Chapter 23

  She was still intently petting the cat, and Vanxi, who had originally only been close to him and was exceptionally cold and proud, slightly narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to nuzzle her palm.

  The long-lost sunlight filtered through the thick clouds and into the window, and Vanxi blinked, her emerald eyes almost transparent under the sun's rays.

  "An Ran." He suddenly called out her name.

  She responded with a gentle "hmm", looked up at him, her lips still holding a hint of a smile that she hadn't had time to conceal, and her eyes sparkled brightly.

  "Would it be convenient for Van Gogh to stay with you for a few days?"

  The first thing that came to An Ran's mind was... the seven goldfish left at home: "Will it eat the goldfish?"

  Wen Jing Fan was taken aback for a moment, probably also thinking of the goldfish in her tank. She smiled and said: "Tell it that it can't be eaten and it won't eat it."

  Since the seven fish lives were guaranteed, Su Anran took over Fang Xi very smoothly. They agreed to send Fang Xi away in the afternoon, and only then did Su Anran leave.

  When she had some free time in the afternoon at work, she started to make up for how to raise a cat. The seriousness of that... was almost the same as when she was desperately praying before each exam.

  It was calm and peaceful until almost closing time when I heard a message from Zhang Mi of the general office - Zhou Xiaoyan had resigned.

  Su Anran was standing at the counter looking at some information, and upon hearing this, she subconsciously murmured "uh-huh", but when she came back to her senses, she felt surprised: "Why so sudden?"

  "Apparently, it's not just that. I heard she was poached by another five-star hotel and went there to work as the front desk manager right after resigning. She used to be all smiles and affectionate with everyone, but now she comes back to resign with her nose in the air, probably forgetting even her own surname."

  Su Anran didn't see Zhou Xiaoyan, so she naturally didn't know how high the "head held high" was. But after hearing that there would be a new deputy manager coming tomorrow, she carelessly hugged the materials she wanted to read and returned to her office.

  As I walked to the door, it just so happened that I ran into Zhou Xiaoyan, who was packing up her things and getting ready to leave.

  She held the cardboard box and stood at the door, with the light behind her stretching her shadow extra long. At this moment, she slightly narrowed her eyes, and the corners of her eyes, painted with thick eyeliner, curled up, giving off a hint of coldness.

  Su Anran was taken aback by her unfriendly expression, then smiled slightly and politely stepped aside to let her go first: "Come to collect your things?"

  Zhou Xiaoyan nodded and shifted the cardboard box in her arms: "Yes, packing up."

  As she finished speaking, she let out a gentle cough, her voice taking on a hint of amusement: "Come to think of it, I should also thank Sister Sui for her concern over the years."

  As she thought back to their daily interactions, a faint smile appeared on her lips, but the smile was somewhat subdued.

  Zhou Xiaoyan found it uninteresting that she didn't respond, but everyone was a former colleague who had worked in the same hotel, so even if they had some unpleasantness on weekdays, now that she has left her job, they are not related and there is no need to make things unpleasant.

  She smiled and said, "You're always nice to everyone, I'll say one more thing before I leave. Everyone thinks I was poached, but actually I just found a boyfriend who happens to have some shares in that hotel..."

  Su Anran finally looked at her seriously then.

  Zhou Xiaoyan smiled at her as she always did, curving her lips and revealing her pearly white teeth, looking very charming: "I'll be getting engaged soon, so you should hurry up and find a boyfriend too. Even if you're not thinking of getting married directly, sometimes it's nice to have a man by your side when you're alone in A City."

  As soon as she finished speaking, she tilted her head and looked over at the person behind her. For a moment, there was confusion in her eyes, but when she remembered who it was, her gaze became slightly complicated: "Huh, I really did worry about you for nothing."

  Su Anran listened in a daze, following her gaze to look back.

  Wen Jingfan was standing not far away, slightly lowering his eyes, quietly looking over here. He was still wearing that white shirt, but the cuffs had been rolled down, and he stood under the lamp, tall and slender.

  When he saw the two people looking over, he took a few steps forward and stepped into the light, nodding slightly at Zhou Xiaoyan who was sizing him up from head to toe. His gaze quickly shifted to Su Anran's body: "I'll wait for you to get off work."

  Just then, Su Anran suddenly remembered that the two people had agreed to pick up Fang Xi after work, and she looked down at her watch, which was exactly the time she got off work.

  Zhou Xiaoyan understood the situation between the two people and nodded to Wen Jingfan, saying: "Sister's actions are quite quick, hurry up and go on a date after work, I'll leave first."

  Just as An Ran took a step forward, she immediately froze and looked at Wen Jingfan with a normal expression, explaining: "No, we just happened to have something..."

  "Don't worry, I'll keep it confidential." After saying that, she winked at Su Anran and walked away with the cardboard box.

  Sui Anran was blocked by her like this, and she smiled awkwardly at Wen Jingfan: "I'll call her later to explain."

  Wen Jingfan murmured a response and casually asked, "Did she quit?"

  "Yes, I'm back to settle the resignation procedures and collect my things." She said as she went in to tidy up her desk a bit. Fortunately, she had already organized everything earlier, so all she needed to do was categorize the documents and files before leaving.

  Wen Jingfan stood at the door and didn't come in, her eyes casually sweeping over her office environment: "Since she's already quit, there's no need to deliberately explain, it would only seem like a cover-up in her eyes."

  "Shut the drawer safely and quietly," I heard this sentence and was stunned for a moment, hesitantly asking back: "......Will it?"

  Wen Jingfan just smiled and didn't respond.

  Man He has already been taken into the car by him, and the two people took the elevator directly to the underground parking lot.

  The temperature in the underground parking lot was much lower than in the hotel, and she felt a chill as soon as she stepped out of the elevator. She wrapped her coat tightly around her and looked up at him: "You're wearing so little, aren't you cold?"

  "The clothes are in the car." He replied, and immediately thought of something, adding a sentence lightly: "The cat is also in the car."

  That voice lowered, slightly sinking, yet gentle beyond imagination.

  Whenever he thought of him holding a cat, his heart couldn't help but feel soft and jealous.

  His car was parked not far away, he unlocked it and opened the passenger door for her. As soon as she lifted her leg to get in, Van Gogh, who had been quietly lying on the back seat, suddenly jumped over, stepped on her knees, found a comfortable position and lay down.

  As he walked around the front of the car to the driver's seat, An Ran slightly inclined his body to fasten the safety belt, but was restricted by Van Xi who was lying on his legs.

  He looked at her and smiled, leaning over to take it from her hand: "I'll do it."

  As he didn't let go in time, his fingers covered hers, warm and dry. She looked up at him, just as he also looked over, their eyes met, and she was slightly taken aback for a moment.

  Just as he was about to say something, Vanxi, who had been lying on his leg all along, suddenly stretched out a lazy waist and reached out with his paw to gently scratch An Ran's left hand.

  As soon as it was stroked, it subconsciously loosened its grip, lowered its head to look at the cat, and again showed a lazy appearance, lightly licking its own paws, and slightly narrowing its eyes to look at her.

  "Manxi is very quiet and sensible." He "clicks" the seatbelt shut, "After I brought it back to A city, work was busy, often didn't have time for it. It would find its own fun, this time probably wasn't feeling well for a long time, but I didn't discover it until now."

  Gently stroking Vanxi's head, Vanxi seemed to sense something, let out a low growl, stretched her body, put her front paws forward, rested them on her arm, and leaned her head against it, motionless.

  It had been quiet for a long time without noticing its movement, and when it went over to take a look, it was already asleep.

  On the way, I went to Wen Jingfan's apartment in Chaoyang to pick up Van Gogh's daily necessities. By the time I arrived at Su Anran's home, the sky was already dark and had lost all its light.

  After arriving home, Wen Jingfan put down Fan Xi and saw it circling around the living room to explore. Then, she went downstairs again to fetch cat litter, a litter box, and Fan Xi's canned cat food and snacks.

  It's getting late, so I'll just go see An Ran and make sure everything is okay with her, then head to the kitchen to see what ingredients we have.

  Just bought three small yellow fish yesterday, I don't know if Fang Xi can eat them. There's also some green vegetables, which can be used to make a vegetarian dish and a pot of green vegetable soup. And there's the Coca-Cola chicken wings she was planning to make in a few days... just two dishes and one soup... not enough!

  She glanced over and saw the tomatoes washed and placed in a bamboo basket on the table not far away, originally intended to be eaten raw... just cut the meat, roll up the eggs, and make another dish.

  When Wen Jingfan came back, she had just cooked dinner and was washing vegetables.

  He put the thing in the living room and went to look for Van Gogh, only to find it squatting seriously next to the fish tank, staring intently. Upon closer inspection, its front paws were already wet, clearly having had intimate contact with the goldfish in the tank.

  Wen Jingfan narrowed his eyes, a few degrees of severity on his face, and when he called out its name, it also carried a few degrees of sternness.

  Manxi raised her head to look over, reluctantly tilting her head to glance at the goldfish in the jar that had been frightened quite a bit, and then quietly jumped down.

  Wen Jing pinched the flesh pad of the cat's paw, and with a slightly curved finger, she tapped its head lightly: "No."

  Manxi raised her head to look at him, a pair of emerald-like eyes shining brightly under the light. She slightly lifted her paw and meowed unhappily.

  "No," he repeated.

  Manchu looked at him for a while with a tilted head, then reluctantly ran away.

  It dispelled the idea of eating goldfish, and Wen Jingfan also entered the kitchen to help. She was still wearing her hotel uniform, with an apron tied around her waist, soft slippers on her feet, and she was intently chopping vegetables with her head down.

  She wasn't short even when she didn't wear high heels, but only reached the top of his shoulder, her head just an inch below his Adam's apple.

  The wok had been heated up and was making a faint noise. Next to it were the ingredients she had already prepared, he glanced at them roughly: "Braising fish?"

  "Can Van Gogh eat?"

  Van He?

  Wen Jingfan calmly looked at the small yellow fish that had been cleaned and was waiting to be cooked, and replied: "I like to eat it."

  That tone, soft and gentle, yet subtly carrying a hint... that's hard to detect...

  His hand, which had been chopping vegetables with ease, suddenly paused, and he couldn't find words to describe his somewhat childish tenderness.

  Wen Jingfan had already picked up the plate, swept the fish into the pot, and oil splattered everywhere. He frowned slightly, turned his body to block her: "Stand back a bit."

  Su Anran didn't answer immediately, turned around and saw him half-blocking her way, remembering the last time he stood here, saying to her: "The pot is heavy, I'm here to help."

  There are some things that can make your heart feel tender in an instant, even if it's unintentional.

  Even if I didn't like him five years ago, now that we've met again... I'm afraid it will still be the same outcome.

  Like him, like him, like him.

  Su An felt that... later on, she still had to avoid being alone with Wen Jingfan often, otherwise she would eventually die from blood loss without enough time to replenish her blood.

  Apart from the small yellow fish, all the other dishes were contracted by him. Just by looking at the presentation and smelling the aroma, it was clear that he was also skilled in cooking.

  Manxi didn't know when he ran into the dining room, elegantly lying on the dinner table, looking at them. Seeing that all the dishes were ready, he half-supported himself, jumped from the table to the chair, and squatted halfway, waiting for dinner to start.

  The spirit is much better than when I saw it at noon.

  After dinner, washing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.

  Wen Jing Fan was sitting comfortably on the sofa, eating and drinking to his heart's content. Van Xi lay sprawled out like a lazy blanket on the armrest of the sofa, occasionally flicking his tail to remind everyone of his presence.

  After seeing her busy, he also stood up and bid farewell.

  Accompanying him out calmly, when they reached the door, she felt some itching on her feet. Lowering her head, she found that Fan Xi had followed over at some point and was standing beside her, looking up at Wen Jingfan.

  As he was about to leave, she softly meowed and swept her tail back and forth.

  "I can go down myself." He changed into his shoes, put the slippers in the shoe cabinet and patted Vanxi on the head: "You have to listen, I'll come pick you up when I'm done, don't cause any trouble."

  Man He looked at him quietly.

  Wen Jingfan finally stood up: "I'll be troubling you for the next few days."

  "No, it's just right with one person at home."

  Wen Jingfan's gaze was still on Fan Xi, but when he heard this sentence, he raised his head to look at her, and a hint of smile flashed in his eyes: "Then it's time to seriously consider what that colleague of yours said."

  For a moment, An Ran didn't react, and when he did, he realized that Zhou Xiaoyan was talking about finding a boyfriend. Suddenly, his ears felt a little hot, and when he opened his mouth again, he was completely flustered: "I don't need... so I'm not going to consider it."

  Wen Jingfan lightly murmured "uh-huh", slightly raised an eyebrow, with a hint of doubt.

  As she calmly watched him, her eyes sparkled with a captivating light, and in the heat of the moment, she blurted out: "I have someone I like."

  As soon as his voice fell, it was silent all around.

  Wen Jingfan's expression didn't change, but she softly repeated her sentence in a low voice: "Have you found someone you like?"

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