Chapter 156 Brother, this is all I can do for you.
The next day, around noon, Sang Qian received a text message from Jin Changyu saying that he had a business dinner and wouldn't be home for lunch.
She replied: 【Okay.】
Just as I was about to put down my phone, Jin Ningxi called.
"Ningxi?"
"Sister-in-law, are you free this afternoon?"
Sang Qian: "Yes, what's wrong?"
“That’s great. Well, it’s my professor’s birthday in a few days, and I’m planning to go to an antique shop to pick out a gift for him, but I don’t know much about antiques.”
Jin Ningxi asked, "Sister-in-law, can you come with me?"
"sure."
Sang Qian agreed without hesitation.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. See you this afternoon."
Sang Qian: "Okay."
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
The two met at the antique market and then went into an antique shop together to pick out a gift.
Sang Qian asked her what she wanted to give as a gift, and Jin Ningxi said she had no idea yet and would buy it if she saw something suitable.
Sang Qian accompanied her for a while, and seeing that she couldn't make up her mind, she asked her about the professor's preferences and finally suggested that she buy an inkstone as a gift.
"Sister-in-law, you're so thoughtful."
Jin Ningxi held the inkstone she had recommended in her hand. "This is a good gift. It's tasteful and has collectible value. Most importantly, it won't seem too ostentatious or eye-catching when given as a gift."
"This is it."
Jin Ningxi immediately asked the shop assistant to wrap it up.
"Mission accomplished."
Jin Ningxi hugged her arm and said, "Sister-in-law, to thank you for helping me choose a gift, I'll treat you to afternoon tea."
Sang Qian couldn't refuse, so she was dragged to a coffee shop, and then Jin Ningxi couldn't persuade her to order a whole bunch of pastries.
"There are only two of us, isn't that too much?"
"My dear nephew wants to eat too." Jin Ningxi gently touched her stomach.
Sang Qian said, "Even if we include your nephew, we still can't finish it."
“It’s okay, if we can’t finish it, we can give it all to my nephew’s dad.”
Sang Qian's eyes paused for a moment.
Her nephew's father?
Isn't that Jin Changyu?
"Let's eat first, and if we can't finish it, we'll pack it all up. Then we'll take some snacks to my hardworking brother at the company. What do you think?"
Sang Qian was reluctant to go and said tactfully, "Let's not go. It wouldn't be good if we disturbed his work."
"How could that be? If my brother knew you were going to bring him afternoon tea, he'd be overjoyed."
Sang Qian was about to speak when she was interrupted again, "You don't believe me? I'll call him and ask him now."
As Jin Ningxi spoke, she directly clicked on her phone and dialed a number.
Just as Sang Qian was about to stop her, she heard her already continuing the conversation on the other end—
"Hey bro, my wife and I are coming to the company to bring you afternoon tea later. Are you at the company? ...Yeah, my wife is coming too. See you later."
After hanging up the phone, she smiled at Sang Qian and said, "My brother said he's waiting for us at the company."
Sang Qian wanted to refuse, but then she thought that Jin Ningxi didn't know that she and Jin Changyu had divorced. If she didn't go, Jin Ningxi would definitely think that there was something going on between them, and if she mentioned it to her grandmother, it would cause more trouble.
Finally, the two of them took the leftover snacks to the Jin Group.
As soon as the car stopped downstairs at the Jin Group building, Jin Ningxi's phone rang.
"Hey, Xiaokui, what? Now? Why so urgent?"
She glanced at Sang Qian with a troubled expression and said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Okay, then wait for me, I'll be right there."
After she hung up the phone, Sang Qian asked, "What happened?"
"It's my classmate. She suddenly had an urgent matter and needed my help."
Jin Ningxi looked at her apologetically, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I have to go there right away and can't go with you to find my brother."
"It's alright, you can go ahead if you have urgent business."
"Hey, sister-in-law, I'm in a hurry, can I borrow your car and driver?"
When she arrived, she got into Sang Qian's car and came over together.
"sure."
Sang Qian said to Old Chen in front of her, "Old Chen, could you see Miss out?"
Old Chen replied, "Yes, ma'am."
A moment later, Sang Qian got out of the car, and Jin Ningxi took the snack box out of the car and handed it to her, saying, "Sister-in-law, I'll be going now."
Okay, bye-bye.
"Bye-bye." Jin Ningxi waved goodbye to her after getting into the car.
Sang Qian watched the car drive away before turning around and entering the group's building.
Jin Ningxi, sitting in the car, turned her head to look at her retreating figure through the window, smiled triumphantly, and then sent a message to Jin Changyu:
Brother, this is all I can do for you.
*
As soon as Sang Qian stepped into the lobby of the building, she saw that familiar tall figure from a distance.
Jin Changyu was wearing a black suit today. He was tall and handsome, with a steady and reserved gait. He exuded an aura and authority that belonged to someone in a superior position.
But at this moment, as he walked towards her, his gaze was tender and affectionate.
There was not a trace of the sternness one might expect from someone in the workplace.
Sang Qian looked at the man in surprise as he walked up to her. "You... are you getting ready to go out?"
Jin Changyu's handsome face froze for a moment. "No."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"I'll come down to pick you up."
Sang Qian, "..."
She knows where his office is, why does he need to come down here in person?
"Let's go up."
Jin Changyu took the pastry from her hand with one hand and held her hand with the other.
The employees in the lobby all secretly looked over.
In the early autumn weather, Sang Qian wore a milky white maternity dress underneath a light yellow thin long coat, and her hair was tied in a bun.
She possesses a quiet and elegant temperament.
The president's wife is exceptionally elegant, gentle, and beautiful—this is common knowledge among her employees. But what everyone is surprised and gossiping about right now is—
Her slightly protruding belly.
"My God, is your wife pregnant?"
"Nonsense, President Jin came down to pick him up personally. Look how carefully he protected him."
"Ahhh, it's been two years! My favorite good-looking couple is finally going to welcome their love child."
"How sweet, Mrs. Jin is here with her pregnant belly to bring him afternoon tea."
"Mr. Jin is usually serious and stern, but look at him with his wife, his expression and eyes... are so tender they could melt your heart."
"Yes, Mr. Jin only shows this kind of expression when his wife comes to the company. He's usually very strict with us."
"Nonsense, she's his beloved wife, not an employee. We're just ordinary people, how can we compare to someone else's wife?"
Sang Qian was led towards the elevator by the man. Although she couldn't hear what the employees were saying, she could tell from their peeking and looking in her direction that they were discussing her and Jin Changyu.
Jin Changyu was completely immersed in the happiness of "his wife bringing him afternoon tea". Holding her soft hand, he was so happy that he wanted to kiss it.
But he forcibly suppressed the thought as soon as it popped into his mind.
It was already quite kind of her to be willing to hold his hand in public, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
I was afraid of upsetting people.
The elevator doors opened, and the two entered, going directly to the floor where the president's office was located.
"Ningxi was supposed to come, but she had an urgent matter to attend to at the door and left first," Sang Qian explained.
"It's alright, she can go and do what she needs to do."
Jin Changyu replied nonchalantly.
Once inside the office, he pulled someone to sit on the sofa and eagerly opened the snack box.
"What delicious food did you bring me?"
Seeing his happy expression, Sang Qian felt a hint of embarrassment.
She coughed twice before saying, "...Ningxi ordered too much and said not to waste it, so she packed up the leftovers for you."
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