That's all for today, Chapter 55.

It was past 11 p.m. when Zhang Pengfei got home, but he was still awake. He was wearing a silver-gray pajama and leaning against the headboard, staring intently at his computer.

Chen Jingyang pushed open the door, threw his phone on the table, and without saying a word, grabbed Zhang Pengfei's face with both hands, twisted him around, and kissed him on the cheek!

"Ugh!" Zhang Pengfei frowned and pinched Chen Jingyang without any hesitation.

"Ouch!" Chen Jingyang released him in pain, gently rubbing his head, but still wouldn't stop talking: "Baby, are you trying to murder your husband?"

Zhang Pengfei snorted and waved his hand in front of his nose in disgust: "You smell strongly of smoke and alcohol, it's awful. Couldn't you have taken a shower before coming in?"

Zhang Pengfei doesn't smoke much to begin with, and the court office is a no-smoking area. Since Hua Hua came, Chen Jingyang has also consciously stopped smoking at home, so the mixed smell of smoke he picked up outside was a bit pungent.

Chen Jingyang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, go ahead and wash up. I was just worried you'd be missing me too much, so I came in to check on you."

Zhang Pengfei glanced at him sideways: "You're overthinking it. Go take a shower!"

Chen Jingyang took a quick shower and came in wrapped in a towel.

The door was newly replaced and not as sturdy as the previous one. Chen Jingyang was thinking that if Zhang Pengfei dared to lock him outside again, it would be easier for him to kick it down, and he wouldn't even need to replace the door frame.

Chen Jingyang lifted the covers and sat down in bed, snuggling close to Zhang Pengfei and kissing him on the forehead: "Baby, it's past eleven o'clock, time to sleep."

Zhang Pengfei frowned and glared at him, saying unhappily, "Wait! Let me finish reading this!"

Chen Jingyang reluctantly withdrew his hand and looked at the computer screen: "What is this?"

As Zheng Pengfei looked at the case, he said, "It's a case that's somewhat similar to a case that's currently on trial. I think there are loopholes in the prosecution's evidence, so I want to see how the defendant's lawyer defended the case in the past."

Chen Jingyang sighed inwardly. There was nothing he could do; Zhang Pengfei was a top student after all!

"You have five minutes!"

Zhang Pengfei glanced at the progress bar and bargained, "No, it has to be 10 minutes!"

Chen Jingyang snorted coldly and his face fell: "4 minutes!"

Zhang Pengfei turned to look at Chen Jingyang, wondering what he had been up to today, why he seemed so impatient. He had been planning to summarize the key points after reading it, but it seemed impossible to do so tonight.

"Look at me again?" Zhang Pengfei probably didn't realize that whenever he had doubts, his eyes would look at Chen Jingyang with affection and charm!

Without a word, Chen Jingyang slammed the laptop shut with one hand, tossed it onto the table, and laughed, "If you keep looking at me, I'll eat you up!"

"Chen Jingyang!" Zhang Pengfei was a little annoyed. It was so annoying; it was only Tuesday tomorrow!

But Chen Jingyang doesn't care whether tomorrow is a workday or not. Even if tomorrow is the end of the world, nothing can stop him!

The next day at noon, Cai Minmin looked at Zhang Pengfei with a worried expression: "Pengfei, why do you look so pale? Did you not sleep well last night? Are you sure your hemorrhoids are alright? They seem even worse today!"

Damn it, I didn't just not sleep well last night, I didn't sleep at all!

Zhang Pengfei sat carefully in the chair, forcing a smile through his tears: "It's...it's really nothing. I just couldn't resist having hot pot with some friends, and...it's a bit serious now."

Winter is the perfect time for hot pot; how many people can resist the temptation of delicious food?

As a seasoned hot pot enthusiast who can't live without spicy food, Cai Minmin understands him very well.

To Cai Minmin's surprise, Zhang Pengfei's hemorrhoids showed no signs of improvement for the next few days. She had originally wanted to ask Zhang Pengfei to "go out on fieldwork," but seeing how he grimaced after walking just a few steps, she couldn't bring herself to ask.

Two weeks flew by. Although Zhang Pengfei and Cai Minmin only had a few lunches at small restaurants, there was still progress. At least Zhang Pengfei felt much more at ease in front of Cai Minmin.

However, to Zhang Pengfei's surprise, Chen Jingyang actually went on a business trip on Monday!

Oh my god!

Lying in bed at night, Zhang Pengfei wished he could kiss himself twice!

My precious little one, who has been suffering all day, can finally get a couple of days of rest.

On Thursday, after three days of rest, Zhang Pengfei arrived at work feeling refreshed. He had barely sat down when Cai Minmin sent him a message: "Are you feeling better? My dad knows an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor; maybe we should go see him today?"

Zhang Pengfei had mixed feelings: Much better, thank you, I'm basically back to normal today.

Cai Minmin immediately replied: Then, shall we go out on fieldwork today?

Zhang Pengfei thought about it. Five days a week, he could only see Cai Minmin for a little over an hour each day, and he would even make her eat at a small restaurant. If Cai Minmin went back on her word and said that they didn't even have a proper date, he wouldn't be able to argue with her. So he agreed.

Around 11 a.m., Cai Minmin drove him to a members-only private club.

Chen Jingyang was in a meeting at the moment, his left hand supporting his face on the table, a pen dancing nimbly between his right fingers.

Just as he was listening with great interest, a message popped up on his phone on the table. He glanced at it, froze, and it took him four or five seconds to pick up the phone and look at it. His gentle face quickly turned gloomy.

That message came from the monitoring program.

Since discovering Zhang Pengfei's secret, Chen Jingyang has set up an automatic alarm function. He will receive a notification if Zhang Pengfei leaves a certain area.

Chen Jingyang immediately opened the monitoring program and saw the small red dot representing Zhang Pengfei's coordinates moving rapidly on the map.

"President Chen?...President Chen!"

Chen Jingyang suddenly raised his eyes, his face as cold as ice, his eyes filled with intense resentment, as if he wanted to kill someone!

The group leader, Li Dekun, was startled. Chen Jingyang looked at his expression as if he had committed some heinous crime deserving the extermination of his entire family!

He spoke hesitantly, his voice trembling slightly: "Mr. Chen, I... I've finished my report. Do you... have any comments?"

"Oh," Chen Jingyang cleared his throat, quickly regaining his warm expression: "No, it's fine. Everyone has worked hard these past few days. Let's adjourn the meeting!"

Everyone present was startled and involuntarily looked at him. Li Huina quietly turned to the side and whispered, "President Chen, there are still two team leaders' reports that haven't been shown."

Chen Jingyang stood up impatiently: "Excuse me, everyone, I suddenly have something urgent to attend to. Please send Manager Zhang and Manager Liu's reports to my email. If there are any parts that need to be discussed, I will discuss them with you via email or by organizing another meeting. That's all for today."

Two minutes later, a Cullinan, with undisguised ferocity, drove into the traffic.