Chapter Thirty-One: Stay for Dinner Together

  Qiao Ran smiled and said to An Xin, "You've worked hard, no worries about losing anything."

  A woman's seventh sense told An Xin that there must be something fishy going on inside.

  He said with a serious and joking tone, "I just made a phone call, you come in first to help me sort out the files, I need to return the call. By the way, help me find if there's a bag in the room, maybe I threw it into some corner."

  He wanted to punch him but had no choice and put down his fist.

  As he entered the room, her calm eyes unconsciously followed him. Those complex eyes were heart-wrenching.

  Qiao Ran pointed to the slightly cluttered documents on the table, and An Xin cooperated very well this time, burying her head in a pile of papers with a hard scalp. A helpless "wow" cry.

  Qiao Ran smiled and walked over to answer the phone.

  After a moment.

  Relaxed and finished with official duties, she lay down on the sofa with her legs raised, resting. When asked why she didn't leave, she simply said, "I'm waiting for praise." For no reason, I let someone serve as a maid, so you should at least let her show off a bit.

  Qiao hung up the phone and turned around to see An Xin closing his eyes contentedly, he didn't walk over but instead walked to the bedside and ordered two dinners through room service, adding a bottle of high-purity wine.

  He gazed down at the daydreaming girl, nudged her butt with his foot, pressed down on her shoulders before she could jump in surprise, and then conjured up a lollipop out of thin air.

  She relaxed, slightly dazed, then pouted and continued lying down. "You clearly had the candy in your room, but made me go all the way to get it, now you think one piece of candy can buy me off?" She said as she snatched the candy from Qiao Ran's hand, unwrapped it and stuffed it into her mouth.

  "This isn't bribery, it's a reward for the great job you did clearing the table just now." Qiao Ran moved his comfortable feet off the sofa and sat down beside him.

  She sat up alertly, still remembering the last time. She didn't want to be taken advantage of again. She tossed the packaging paper in her hand at Qiao Ran, "You go sit over there."

  Qiao picked up the wrapping paper in an orderly manner and threw it into the trash can, surprisingly obedient. He turned around and didn't stick to his seat, but instead casually picked up the documents that An Xin had just organized.

  Seemingly unintentionally opening his mouth, his eyes didn't leave hers.

  "Have you gotten familiar with your work during this past week when I wasn't around?"

  "Still okay, not too difficult." Then he sighed, "If Assistant Fu Jie were here, I would probably adapt faster."

  Qiao Ran raised an eyebrow and looked away at An Xin, "What? With Fu Jie around you'll work harder, but without him you have no motivation?"

  Don't mind, just go on. It didn't occur to me that someone's tone had turned cold. "That's not it, but in comparison, Assistant Fu Jie is more willing to help others. The questions I asked were always answered precisely and helped me solve the problem."

  "In the future, if you have anything you don't understand, don't look for Fu Jie anymore, just come to the office and ask me directly."

  "Why?" An Xin wondered.

  "He was promoted and transferred to a branch company," Qiao Ran said in a low voice.

  Fu Jie's assistant, who was far away, suddenly felt a chill down his spine. His gentle smile trembled slightly as he sensed that something was off, but after scanning the surroundings, everything seemed normal.

  Someone is disappointed, frowning, how can she be on the 33rd floor and Fu Jie wants to leave her? Is it that the fate of the two people is too shallow? Alas, deep feelings have always been shallow. Ah! How helpless. O（╯□╰）o

  The attempt to curry favor failed, and Fu Jie also kept her distance. Feeling depressed, she sucked on two pieces of hard candy and glanced at the clock on the wall. Rubbing her slightly rounded belly, she stood up and said, "Alright, if Director Qiao doesn't have anything else, I'll head back to my room. Probably everyone will be going to eat soon."

  Just as he took a step forward, Qiao Ran's voice came, "Wait."

  Take a firm stand and know that the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard. "Is there anything else?"

  "Lin Feng has already taken everyone to eat, and now there's no one around. Later, everyone will gather by the lake to watch the fireworks, I've already told them, you're helping me out, later I'll go with you."

  "Wait, what?"

  Qiao Ran smiled warmly and elegantly, "I've said it before, I don't like to repeat myself. I've already ordered two servings of dinner from room service, you and I can eat in the room, then we'll go down together later to watch the fireworks, got it?"

  She gave him a reassuring glance, and he was quite good at arranging things, but it made her miss the opportunity to have fun with everyone together. However, this meal could be considered compensation, so she just ate, "Okay." Then she walked around the sofa and collapsed on it like a boneless person.

  The TV show "A Woman's Choice" has already aired the episode where the female lead pretends to have amnesia and returns to her original home, causing a huge fight between the first wife and current wife of the male lead. It's so satisfying to watch, it should be like this, I want my things back, whether or not they are mine is none of your business. But I will definitely discard them like trash.

  Qiao Ran had already taken care of things on his side, walked over, turned off the TV with a flick of his hand, and tossed a pair of slippers in front of An Xin. "Change your shoes and come eat."

  "This move made An Xin even more anxious, 'Why turn off the TV? I haven't finished watching yet.'"

  Qiao Ran walked ahead, "First fill your stomach, then do whatever you want. Watching TV while eating is not a good habit either, come quickly."

  The tone is extremely gentle, making you feel at ease and think that it's unreasonable to get angry again. They're doing it for your own good, thinking of you with all their heart. If you refuse again, it would seem like you're being very disobedient.

  Relax and walk with a twisted waist, today's tone is so gentle all afternoon, as if she had changed into another person. And didn't threaten her, this look is strange no matter how you look at it.

  On the table were exquisite small dishes, each plate had only a small amount of food but enough for two people to eat, the color was very inviting and reassuring, not polite, picked up chopsticks and started eating, filling the belly was great.

  Qiao Ran picked up the wine opener and opened the red wine on the table, took two upside-down cups, and poured the wine into the cups with his slender hands. He handed a cup to An Xin, who was eating with a mouthful of oil, and only then looked up, her white and slender hand particularly attractive under the enchanting color of the red wine. An Xin, who didn't like drinking much, became interested in this and smiled as she took it over.

  He took it over, without saying a word, and downed a cup in one gulp, "Ah, good wine."

  Qiao Ran saw this silly appearance, didn't say anything, just helped her refill the empty wine glass with wine, "Good drinking capacity?"

  "Not bad."

  "Hmm, this is a good wine, let's take the opportunity to drink more." Qiao Ran said with a friendly tone, his eyes shining brightly. Earlier, seeing Lin Feng and him being affectionate, he had a burning fire in his heart, now that they were separated, one east and one west, let's see how you two exchange loving glances.

  Qiao Ran is actually a pretty good person, she knows how to share the good things with her, it seems that making herself her little sister has made him very satisfied.

  Digression

  How about some little meat in the next chapter?

  What do you think?

  Qiao Ran was stifled for a long time.