Zhao Yinran had just hung up the phone, and before she could really get into work, the phone rang again. This time it was her stepmother, Cao Qin.

Zhao Yanran frowned again and answered the phone. Cao Qin's excited voice came over, "Yanran, have you read the newspaper? Did you see it?"

Zhao Yanran had to suspect that Cao Qin was possessed by a ghost, otherwise, why would she call her Yanran? She usually called her dead girl.

"I saw it."

"That's good to see. Let me tell you. Yinyin and the Xu family have decided to get engaged next month." Cao Qin said excitedly.

Zhao Yanran replied calmly, "Oh."

Cao Qin said excitedly,

"You only have one word? Our Yin Yin was so capable this time. She immediately took care of the Xu family's eldest son. She brought honor to the Zhao family and gave your father face. Such a happy thing, and you only have one word?"

Are you jealous of our wonderful family?"

Zhao Yanran's eardrums hurt, so she had to bite the bullet and say, "Good news, wish her the best!"

Cao Qin then calmed down a little.

"That's more like it. I'm calling to tell you that you have to attend the engagement."

She had to see with her own eyes how this Zhao Yanran lost to her precious daughter Yinyin. Zhao Yanran said stiffly again: "Okay, I understand."

After Cao Qin hung up the phone, her father also called her. The topic of the call was naturally Zhao Yinran's engagement.

This is really rare. No matter what big or small things happen at home, it has nothing to do with her.

This time was really rare. She numbly agreed to attend the wedding, and then was forced to listen to her father showing off with great joy.

After hanging up the phone, she felt a little pain between her eyebrows. She rubbed her eyebrows and forced herself to work.

During work, she always forced herself not to be distracted. She felt that Zhao Yinran's engagement with Xu Su next month had no effect on her.

It was only when she finished the report and reviewed it with her assistant.

Here comes the problem.

Some data are incorrect and some data are missing.

This was a stupid mistake she had never made in her career.

The assistant looked at her carefully: "Ms. Zhao, are you okay?"

Zhao Yanran's heart was surging, but on the surface she was elegant and calm. "It's okay, maybe I'm really tired. Well, I won't get off work overtime today. I will go home early and have a good rest."

The assistant nodded: "Well, you should have a good rest and don't get sick from exhaustion."

Zhao Yanran rarely drives home from get off work at 5:30 on time.

She held the steering wheel with one hand and the window with the other, her white fingers resting on her temple.

She hasn't felt particularly tired recently, so how could she make such a low-level mistake?

For some reason, Xu Su's face always flashed through her mind.

She ran into him by chance in the supermarket and ignored him from the beginning.

Then there were one chance encounter after another, the most impactful of which was the scene where Xu Su pulled her to escape through the crowd at Song Huihai's birthday party after the oolong bomb incident.

At that time, she felt that she was super calm and this man was super funny.

The explosive power of the bomb is so terrifying, what’s the point of running a few more steps?

However, after this evil man glared at her seriously for the first time, he took her running and running, and there was no doubt that she fell and got injured in the end.

Xu Su never let go of her hand. When she was injured, he carried her to the hospital and accompanied her to bandage her wound.

Those images once surged in her mind like a rising tide.

She shook her head irritably, trying not to think about these messy things.

When I returned to the villa, I saw a flashy sports car parked at the door.

She didn't need to guess, she knew it must be Xu Su.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the hall, I heard laughter from inside.

Zhao Yanran took a deep breath, walked up to him, and calmly changed her shoes.

Her presence was like pressing the pause button in mid-air.

The people who were chatting in the hall stopped automatically and looked at her one by one.

Zhao Yanran has long been accustomed to such scenes.

Every time, she felt like an outsider, out of tune with the laughter in the family.

This time, it was a little different. She felt a sharp gaze on the sofa.

She knew it was Xu Su looking at her.

Cao Qin always acted gentle and kind in front of strangers, and said quickly,

"Yanran, are you off work? That's perfect! I was just about to ask your sister to call you and ask you to come back early for dinner."

Zhao Yanran was a little unhappy today, so she had no appetite: "I'm tired. Go back to the room and rest for a while."

Cao Qin gently advised,

"Not eating anymore? If you're tired, you have to eat something, otherwise your stomach won't be able to take it."

There was a hint of coldness in Zhao Yanran's beautiful eyes.

When she was a child, she was tortured by her for three days and three nights and was not given anything to eat. Wasn’t she afraid that her stomach would not be able to bear it at that time?

But it was boring to talk about these things, so she just said coldly: "I'm not hungry."

Zhao Yinran was a little unhappy. She sat next to Xu Su with her arms tucked into his arms, looking a little unhappy. "Sister, what's your attitude? I'm getting engaged. Why are the whole family so happy, but you're the only one who's so cold?"

After Zhao Yanran changed into slippers, she still said coldly: "You know, this is my attitude."

Zhao Yinran pouted slightly, but explained to Xu Su gently, "Su Su, don't mind it. My sister is just like that. She's usually so cold and clear to our family."

Xu Su raised his eyebrows: "It doesn't matter."

Cao Qin continued to put on a kind face, staring at his daughter.

"Your sister works very hard, so it's normal for her to be tired. I'll have the maid bring her food later. No matter how tired she is, she can't skip a meal."

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