Chapter 61: Things Often Go Against One's Wishes

  To avoid entanglements, she even changed her habit of climbing stairs to avoid running into him. When they met at work, it was a brief encounter; he was the busy general manager and she was the diligent intern, with no connection between them.

  I worked overtime that day. Suddenly I missed the air on the rooftop, so I turned onto the top floor staircase, trying my luck.

  The door was surprisingly ajar, and it opened with just a light push. The balcony was quiet, with the fragrance of flowers and plants wafting through the air, mixed with a faint scent that invigorated the senses.

  She walked forward, holding onto the railing, facing a sea of twinkling lights, and couldn't help but stretch her waist, patting her shoulders, and let out a sorrowful sigh.

  Suddenly, a voice came from behind not far away.

  She was startled and walked while opening her eyes wide to scan around, originally in the corner on the other side there was a familiar figure, elegant and refined, no need to look to know who it was...... Goodness, such a big living person, she didn't notice earlier and directly filtered him out.

  The man in front of him, with his hand on the railing, slightly turned around, holding a cigarette, with a grayish-white ash at the tip and a starry fire flickering in the middle. He gently spat out a mouthful, with faint smoke rising slowly, and said slowly, "It's really you..."

  She smiled awkwardly, "Manager Guan, I didn't expect you to be here too......"

  "Are you not coming up?" He glanced at her sideways, leaned against the railing, propped himself up with both hands, and his eyes were deep like a pool of water, looking unclear...

  She waved her hand and said, "Of course not. However... this rooftop seems to be off-limits to ordinary employees. I didn't come because I was afraid of offending someone."

  "...he thought for a moment and then said,"Do you like it here?"

  "Of course." Facing the high-rise buildings and the lights of thousands of families, the night sky was like water, and the gentle breeze carried her words as she said lightly, "Look, the scenery here is so beautiful. After finishing work, stay on the balcony for a while, and suddenly feel carefree..."

  He looked unresponsive, but his eyes sparkled with a hint of warmth, and then returned to normal. "You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

  Ning Meng touched his belly and found that inside was starting to sing "Empty City Stratagem", so he awkwardly smiled, "I got busy and forgot..."

  "I was hungry just now too. Let's go eat..." He suddenly pinched out his cigarette and threw it into the trash can, then turned around and walked forward.

  Ning Meng waved his hand behind him, thinking that he should have avoided this person from the start, but things didn't go as he wished.

  The car got on the elevated outer ring road, speeding very fast, with lights outside the window flashing by. After about twenty or thirty minutes, it left the main road and entered the suburbs, where dense green trees stood in clusters, with the view gradually opening up.

  All the way, neither of them spoke much, only the clear and refreshing music was flowing. Ning Meng was originally a person who couldn't stand silence, she would never be too cold in any situation, but this big Buddha next to her was sometimes hot and sometimes cold, his actions were strange, so she also calmed down.

  "Haven't you been climbing stairs lately?" He suddenly broke the silence.

  As expected, he saw through her. She muttered, "The weather has turned hot, I thought about it and decided that climbing the stairs made me sweat all over, so it's not very convenient to go to work, so I'll just change to swimming instead."

  Yang Ming heard her complaining about the inconvenience of exercising while eating, and the next day he handed her a card, saying that the owner of the gym was his acquaintance, and when he first bought the card, it was buy one get one free, so she accepted it with peace of mind.

  "Swimming..." He gave her a sideways glance, somewhat suspicious.

  Ning Meng thought that last time he had wrongly accused him of being a hero who saved the beauty, so he felt a bit guilty and quickly explained, "I grew up by the sea when I was young, so I'm used to playing in the water. That day in the tangerine garden, I originally wanted to tease Yang Ming, but I didn't expect you to be there..."

  He snorted and said, "Don't you know Yang Ming can't swim?"

  "Yang Ming can't swim?" Her eyes widened like copper bells. It's unbelievable, such a young and handsome guy, with long limbs and a strong physique, looks like a swimming expert, but in reality... Thinking back, there were some clues. That day he didn't even approach the pool edge, and later when she fell into the water, he had plenty of time to rescue her, but he just anxiously shouted... So, for no reason, she owed him one.

  He curled up the corner of his mouth and said, "When he was very young, he was greedy for fun and almost drowned. Later, conditioned reflexes made him see water and become fearful, which is purely a psychological problem."

  "It's like that. But this heart disease still needs to be treated with heart medicine," she thought for a moment and said, "I'll have to take the time to advise him properly another day, maybe after some persuasion it will work."

  "Mind your own business." Another cold snort.

  What's this got to do with anything? Yang Ming is her friend, but they're cousins... Just as she was about to retort, the car stopped and Guan Xuan pushed open the door and got out.