Leng Yue spat lightly, "You're the one with unhealthy thoughts."

The two immediately started bickering, and the atmosphere in the office became cheerful.

Su Qingyao looked at the two clowns and smiled helplessly.

She coughed lightly, regaining her professional demeanor: "Alright, everyone shut up and get back to work."

The two immediately fell silent, obediently returning to their seats like elementary school students being scolded by their teacher.

As soon as Lu Qingzhou sat down, his hand unconsciously reached for the cigarettes in his pocket. The touch of the cigarette pack made him feel relieved—it was a habit he had developed over the past ten years.

However, before he could even take out his cigarette,

Su Qingyao's figure quickly loomed over. She frowned slightly and reached out to take the cigarette case that Lu Qingzhou had placed on the table.

Lu Qingzhou instinctively reached out to grab it, but she hid it behind her back. "You're not allowed to smoke in the office anymore."

Seeing this, Lu Qingzhou immediately pleaded, "Can't I go outside to smoke?"

Su Qingyao said with a stern face, "I'm pregnant now, can't you control yourself a little?"

Lu Qingzhou looked pained. He'd been smoking for over ten years; how could he possibly control himself? Besides, a good young man like him, dedicated to contributing to the country's tax revenue, was not going to quit smoking.

But seeing Su Qingyao's serious expression, he could only shrink back. "Fine, you can take it."

Seeing Lu Qingzhou's sullen expression, Su Qingyao smiled and said, "How about this, you can smoke a maximum of three cigarettes a day, one in the morning, one at noon, and one in the evening, but you need to apply to me for permission to smoke."

As Lu Qingzhou nodded stiffly, her Adam's apple bobbed twice, and her fingernails unconsciously dug into the leather of the seat armrest.

He lowered his eyes to stare at the dust marks left by the toes of his leather shoes on the floor, thinking about those old smokers downstairs, Li Hua—as long as he avoided Su Qingyao's gaze and found an excuse to go get some documents, he could satisfy his cravings without anyone noticing.

But Su Qingyao seemed to see through his thoughts. She leaned against the desk, and the corners of her mouth, which was painted with a bean paste lipstick, slowly turned up.

Her slender fingers traced the surface of the table, and when her fingertips touched the pen, she gently twirled it.

He then turned and instructed Leng Yue to issue a smoking ban.

"Cold Moon~"

With a rising tone at the end of her voice, she announced, "Notify all departments that, from now on, smoking is prohibited in all areas of the company. Violators will have their quarterly bonuses deducted."

Lu Qingzhou: "......"