Ye Feng packed up some of the prepared food and drove to the company.

Upon arriving at the company entrance, the security guard stopped him. "What are you doing here?"

Ye Feng didn't want to reveal too much information, "I'm here to find Qin Xiaoran."

"Who are you?" the old man asked, looking him up and down.

Ye Feng thought for a moment and said, "I...I am her boyfriend, Chen Yuhao."

He lifted the lunchbox in his hand, "She didn't eat dinner, so I brought her some food."

The old man then let them go, saying, "Go ahead, go ahead. Xiao Qin should still be working overtime in the office."

Ye Feng arrived at the door of the finance office and gently knocked.

"Who is it?" Qin Xiaoran's clear voice came from inside.

"It's me, Ye Feng."

"Ye Feng, you've finally arrived!"

When Qin Xiaoran saw Ye Feng, she breathed a long sigh of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted off her shoulders.

Ye Feng asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? It's like a secret meeting between underground party members."

Qin Xiaoran pulled him into the office, quickly closed the door, and then cautiously glanced outside.

Ye Feng sensed something was amiss. "What's wrong? Is it inconvenient for me to come?"

Qin Xiaoran bit her lip. "I...I broke up with Chen Yuhao."

"You broke up?" Ye Feng was stunned.

This is so sudden.

"Okay." Qin Xiaoran handed the phone to Ye Feng. "Take a look for yourself."

Ye Feng took the phone, and the screen displayed dozens of messages sent by Chen Yuhao, all of them vulgar and threatening.

There were also missed calls, displayed in glaring red numbers.

A wave of guilt washed over Ye Feng.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoran, it's all because of me..."

Qin Xiaoran shook her head. "No, Ye Feng, I should thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known he was this kind of person. Ye Feng, could... could you please go and talk to him tomorrow?"

Ye Feng agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll go find him."

Qin Xiaoran gave him a grateful look.

My heart started racing.

This man is surprising and delighting her more and more.

Ye Feng noticed the blush on Qin Xiaoran's cheeks and quickly opened the lunchbox. "Eat first, it's getting cold."

Qin Xiaoran picked up her chopsticks, took a bite, and exclaimed, "Wow, this is delicious! Much better than what Chen Yuhao makes!"

She's practically wolfing down her food now.

Seeing her eating so heartily, Ye Feng also felt hungry.

"Tell me where you bought this, and I'll buy some next time," Qin Xiaoran exclaimed.

"I made this," Ye Feng teased her deliberately.

Qin Xiaoran was stunned, and then admired Ye Feng even more.

At nine o'clock sharp, Qin Xiaoran took out her key and opened the door to the archives room.

"It's this cabinet."

She pointed to a tin cabinet, dusty and covered in dirt, "It contains the inventory from Phase One. Be careful not to mess it up."

Ye Feng nodded, turned on the video recording function on his phone, and began filming the documents in the filing cabinet.

The yellowed paper, covered with densely packed numbers, appeared particularly blurry in the dim light.

There was too much material, and he only completed a small part of it before his wrist started to ache.

Qin Xiaoran asked softly, "How about I help you?"

"No need, you still have to work your shift."

Ye Feng shook his head; he didn't want to involve her.

"It's okay, I can leave early."

Ye Feng hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Qin Xiaoran turned off the light in the finance office, returned to the archives room, and gently closed the door.

The room suddenly went dark, with only the faint light from the phone screen.

Ye Feng stood there blankly, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Qin Xiaoran urged, "Hurry up, there won't be another chance like this."

Ye Feng then came to his senses and quickly continued filming.

With Qin Xiaoran's help, efficiency indeed improved significantly.

Hope was within reach, and Ye Feng felt a surge of excitement.

Just as it was about to be finished, a knock on the door suddenly broke the silence of the room.

"Knock knock knock!" Ye Feng and Qin Xiaoran were both startled, and their phones almost fell to the ground.

Qin Xiaoran thought for a moment and said, "They probably came looking for me, but when they found I wasn't there, they left after a while."

"Then how do you explain it tomorrow?" Ye Feng was still shaken.

Qin Xiaoran joked, "I just said... I went to the restroom."

Unexpectedly, the sound of a lock being opened suddenly came from outside.

Qin Xiaoran's face turned pale, and she grabbed Ye Feng's arm.

"It's my boss! You'd better find somewhere to hide!" She whispered, almost in Ye Feng's ear, her voice urgent and rapid-fire. "I'll go out and deal with it!"

Ye Feng grabbed her and shook his head.

"No! It's too suspicious for you to suddenly go out now!"

Qin Xiaoran panicked and asked helplessly, "What should we do?"

Almost simultaneously, the door to the finance office was opened.

"Shh—" Qin Xiaoran quickly gestured for Ye Feng to shut up, and nervously pointed to the door of the archives room, "The soundproofing is bad."

The two held their breath and listened intently to the sounds outside.

"Strange, Xiao Qin is on duty today, why isn't he here?" a woman's voice came.

"The door wasn't locked either," a man's voice replied.

After a suffocating silence, the man's voice rang out again, his tone flippant, "It's good he's not here, hehe, it can create an opportunity."

"Stop fooling around!" the woman's voice was tinged with reproach. "What if someone sees us? There are people on duty in other departments too!"

Qin Xiaoran's eyes widened suddenly, and she covered her mouth tightly.

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