I was surprised to see Fu Yanshen, who was rumored to have resigned, appear in the meeting room at Monday's routine meeting.

Why is he back at work again?

The man was dressed in a suit and tie, handsome, and walked without any apparent abnormalities. His leg injury seemed to have almost healed, and he looked to be in good spirits.

At lunchtime, I went to the 16th floor to get my food and found a seat at random.

Before I even picked up my chopsticks, Fu Yanshen came over with his plate and sat down opposite me.

"Isn't that President Fu from the former Shengshi Group?"

"That's Sheng Qiaoqiao over there, his ex-wife!"

"A big CEO eating in the cafeteria? He must be here to win over his wife..."

I hadn't even taken a few bites of my food when I heard a few girls talking behind me on the right.

At this moment, Fu Yanshen picked up a piece of his sweet and sour pork ribs and put it into my bowl.

The girls' gossip only got more excited.

Was he deliberately exaggerating?

What a scheming dog.

I gave him a cold look.

“Don’t you love sweet and sour pork ribs the most? Back in London, you always pestered me to make them for you.” He looked at me innocently and said in a low voice.

He still has the nerve to mention it.

"I don't remember," I said indifferently, and continued eating my meal.

"Back then, I deliberately kept you at arm's length. But when you were sick and had no appetite, I couldn't bear to see you like that—"

“Mr. Fu, it’s okay to not talk while eating or sleeping, right?” I interrupted him.

Fu Yanshen nodded and stopped bothering me; he also ate his meal in silence.

After the meal, as I was drinking water, I saw him pull out a tin box that looked somewhat familiar to me. It was covered in English and said: "Quit Smoking Candy".

When I tried to persuade him to quit smoking before, I specially flew to Australia to buy him this nicotine gum, but he insisted on not quitting.

"I'm quitting smoking," he said earnestly when we met eyes.

Listening to his words, I suddenly remembered Xu Xun and Fu Ren's reactions when they saw him smoking. "Yeah, it's good to quit, it's good for your health."

Fu Yanshen looked at me with slight surprise.

I got up and walked away.

He followed me into the elevator. "There's a private restaurant nearby that's pretty good. Shall we go try it tonight?"

"Mr. Fu, I'm sorry, I have an appointment tonight." I declined with a forced smile.

I do have plans for tonight.

After Makino got injured, I had a lot more time and planned to sign several new talents who could sing and dance and send them to participate in variety shows to debut.

“Okay, then… next time,” Fu Yanshen said gently.

I remained noncommittal and exited the elevator.

At 8 p.m. sharp, I arrived at a very famous livehouse in Beijing. Instead of watching the show on the first floor, I went straight to the private boxes on the second floor.

Passing by the restroom, I went in, looked in the mirror, and tidied myself up a bit.

"Huh? Qiaoqiao, what a coincidence, you're here to watch the show too?" A surprised female voice came from behind me. I looked up and saw Shi Jin through the mirror.

She had a warm smile on her face, as if we were old friends.

“Skillful,” I replied coldly.

I am never enthusiastic towards people who are irrelevant to me and whom I have no need to interact with.