Although Uncle Guan cared about Tong Xiaohuai's family, he was ultimately a man. He was already doing a good job of ensuring their nutrition, but he never cared about drinks or beverages.
When Tong's mother was at home, she would often send someone to buy some desserts and sweet soups. Now that Tong's mother is not at home, Tong Xiaohuai's meals have become much more monotonous.
The meals Tong Xiaohuai had with Yan Bo were among the most delicious she had eaten recently.
Tong Xiaohuai came to Yan Bo's house with the intention of improving her meals, so she was somewhat annoyed by Yan Bo's practice of leaving her to be the bad guy.
Yan Bo accepted her glare but didn't explain. Instead, he turned to Aunt Xin, who was standing there holding the flowers, and said, "Aunt Xin, please put the flowers in my study. Thank you!"
After Aunt Xin entered the study, Tong Xiaohuai reached out and pinched Yan Bo's arm hard.
"You're really making me the bad guy? No way! I'm such a kind person!"
Yan Bo didn't dodge, letting her pinch him hard.
"Mr. Yan, the light in the study seems to be broken. Do you have any light bulbs? Could you replace it?"
When Aunt Xin came out, she reminded Yan Bo of something.
Yan Bo then remembered that half of the light bulb had gone black last night. He had originally thought that Di Xu would call someone to replace it in the afternoon, but he forgot about it because Tong Xiaohuai was coming over for dinner.
"We don't have any at home. I'll have Di Xu come over and get some tomorrow."
Tong Xiaohuai had never met Di Xu, nor did she intend to ask. Little did she know that after Yan Bo finished speaking with Aunt Xin, he turned to explain to her.
“Di Xu is my assistant. If you can’t find me, you can look for him.”
Tong Xiaohuai was startled. "Could it be that Di Xu?"
Yan Bo raised an eyebrow. "Which one?"
He felt a little uneasy. When they first met, she knew nothing about him. However, judging from the tone of her words just now, it was as if she knew Di Xu very well.
"Is he the most prominent figure in the Economics Department at L University? It's said that he won many awards for the school while he was in school and published several influential papers in national professional journals?"
Yan Bo wanted to say no, because the adoration in her eyes at that moment made him envious, jealous and resentful.
However, he could not deny it.
Because her assistant, Di Xu, was clearly the same person as the Di Xu she was talking about.
"It's definitely him..."
Yan Bo reluctantly agreed, and he could even detect a hint of sourness in his own words.
"Is it really him? Ah! Ah! When can you introduce me to him?"
Tong Xiaohuai, who is usually calm and composed, turned into a fangirl in a second.
Yan Bo felt a sudden sense of crisis, vaguely feeling that all that he had done before might be in vain because of Di Xu!
"Yan Bo?"
Tong Xiaohuai called out to him eagerly, her beautiful eyes filled with anticipation.
Yan Bo now wished he could bite off his own tongue.
Why bring up Ti Dixu? If he just replaced the light bulb himself, this problem wouldn't exist.
Despite his youth, Yanbo has always been confident in everything he does and never underestimates himself.
But when he encounters Tong Xiaohuai, his rationality and intelligence seem to vanish like a dog's. Even if she only catches a glimpse of a man's figure, he will be on high alert, immediately activating a state of high alert where he sees enemies everywhere.
"Can we meet tomorrow?" Little did Tong Xiaohuai know that Yan Bo's heart was bleeding, and she was pressing him to introduce her to the senior she admired.
Yanbo picked up the cup, tilted his head back, and gulped down most of the flower tea. He finally calmed down a bit and then looked like he had suddenly remembered something.
"Tsk, I forgot, Di Xu is going on a business trip early tomorrow morning and it will probably be several days before he comes back."
Tong Xiaohuai stared at him with a mixture of belief and doubt, and after a long while, she said disappointedly, "Then... we'll just have to wait until he comes back from his business trip!"
Yan Bo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "This is the only way!"
Fearing she would bring up Di Xu again, Yan Bo put down his cup and turned to look at her.
"I think I have quite a few books in my study that you might find useful. Would you like to take a look?"
Tong Xiaohuai's attention was immediately drawn away, and she put down her cup and followed him into the study.
Before entering, Tong Xiaohuai had always assumed that Yanbo's residence would be luxurious.
After all, Yan Bo's clothes were usually quite sophisticated. Although they weren't flashy or fashionable, Tong Xiaohuai could always see a difference in style and taste between him and aristocratic scions like Ling Qingyun.
However, upon entering, one is greeted by a living room that can only be described as shabby. The walls are all white, the sofa is just an ordinary camel-colored leather sofa, there is a black coffee table, and a television is mounted on the wall.
After learning that Yanhuang Real Estate was a key enterprise in L City this year, she was quite surprised to see that the residence of its CEO, Yan Bo, was so simple.
However, she kept this surprise to herself.
After all, it would be very impolite to say such things directly.
Because the living room gave her such a sparse impression, she assumed that the study would be similar, with only a large desk and a bookshelf with a few scattered books, nothing more.
When she stepped into the study, she was immediately stunned by the sight of the room full of books.
"So many books!"
If she hadn't known beforehand that this was his study, she would have thought she had wandered into a corner of a library.
"These are all books I bought abroad over the past few years. I couldn't bear to throw them away when I returned to China, so I shipped them back directly."
Tong Xiaohuai thought to herself, "As expected of rich people, so willful!"
The cost of shipping these books back from abroad could probably buy them all back.
However, Tong Xiaohuai silently swallowed her inner complaints after seeing those books.
Because she saw many books on the bookshelf, either in English or in languages she couldn't understand, she guessed they were all original works.
"Yanbo, have you read all of these books?"
Could he possibly know five languages?
Judging from the books she had just glanced at, there were at least six or seven different languages.
Yan Bo shook his head modestly, "No, not at all..."
Tong Xiaohuai tilted her head and looked up at him. At this moment, she was truly looking up to him with admiration.
"So how much do you know?"
Based on her understanding of him, she estimated that there were at least three kingdoms, if not five.
Yan Bo seemed to do some silent calculations before answering her, "I'm barely proficient in the Three Kingdoms. As for German and Russian, I only know a little bit of spoken language. For more advanced languages, I'd need a translator."
Tong Xiaohuai immediately felt that, as a freshman in college, standing in front of him, she was like an illiterate person who had come from some remote mountain village.
She always knew he was capable, but she never imagined he was this capable.
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