"Mmm." Upon receiving this news, An Yiruo felt visibly more relaxed and at ease. She fell asleep under Mo Jingchen's gentle coaxing.
Mo Jingchen tucked An Yiruo in and gently kissed her forehead: "Goodnight, my wife. As long as I'm here, you can always be a carefree child. I'll take care of all the pressure for you."
Mo Jingchen spoke softly, afraid of waking the sleeping person beside him. An Yi, who was in her sleep, could neither hear nor feel the deep affection Mo Jingchen was showing at that moment.
The next day, An Yiruo, who had already taken many days off due to her injury, and had taken another day off yesterday to take her mother to the hospital, felt too embarrassed to ask for leave again today. She struggled to get out of bed.
"An'an, if you're not feeling well, go back to sleep for a while longer," Mo Jingchen said, feeling sorry for her and wanting her to rest at home.
"No, taking too much leave won't have a good impact. I can do it, don't worry."
After arriving at the company, An Yiru sat listlessly at her workstation.
"Yi Ruo, what's wrong?" Zhang Yuanyuan asked, unable to resist getting closer to her to show her concern.
“I took my mom to the hospital yesterday, and the doctor said her condition is… a bit complicated.” An Yiruo considered Zhang Yuanyuan a good friend, so she didn’t hide anything from her and told her the truth.
"Auntie will be fine, so don't be too sad. After all, you have the CEO, and with his connections, he will definitely find a top doctor to perform the surgery for Auntie."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanyuan could only offer this consolation to An Yiruo, because at this moment, anything she said would seem rather weak.
"Yes, he's already found the best doctor. As for the rest, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate. Enough said, let's get back to work."
After the two returned to their work, little did they know that an invisible eye was watching An Yiruo's every move. However, An Yiruo was completely absorbed in her mother's illness and did not notice.
The man sitting not far away looked at An Yiruo's tired face. Although he couldn't hear what An Yiruo and Zhang Yuanyuan were saying, he could feel An Yiruo's helplessness at this moment.
He sat behind An Yiruo, wanting to know what had happened to her. Asking her directly wouldn't work; she certainly wouldn't tell. If he wanted to know the reason, he could only start with Zhang Yuanyuan!
He spent the entire morning watching Zhang Yuanyuan's movements, until he saw her pick up her cup and head to the break room. So he grabbed his own cup and followed her, pretending nothing was amiss, creating the illusion of a chance encounter in the break room.
"Sister Yuanyuan, I'm sorry," he said, deliberately bumping into Zhang Yuanyuan just to have another chance to strike up a conversation.
"My clothes! Watch where you're going next time you walk, you're so clumsy!" Zhang Yuanyuan looked down at the coffee stain on her shirt and quickly cleaned it with a tissue.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was just too anxious."
"Alright, I won't make you pay for my clothes anymore. Just be more careful next time! I'm going home now."
Just as Zhang Yuanyuan was about to leave, he stopped her: "Sister Yuanyuan, I'm so sorry. How about... I treat you to lunch today!"
The man's name was Dong Cheng, and he was a recent college graduate.
"Dong Cheng, no need," Zhang Yuanyuan said.
"Yes, Sister Yuanyuan. I dirtied your clothes, and you didn't ask me to pay for it, so I should treat you to a meal!"
Faced with Dong Cheng's enthusiasm, Zhang Yuanyuan was a little embarrassed, as she was going to have lunch with Yi Ruo at noon!
"I'll go ask your sister An. If she's alone at noon, I won't come to have lunch with you."
"I can bring Sister An along!" Dong Cheng thought to himself, wondering if he might have a chance to have a meal with An Yiruo!
"Let me ask, I'll go back first."
After returning to her workstation, Zhang Yuanyuan first took a spare set of clothes to change in the restroom. Just as she picked up the clothes and was about to leave, An Yiru noticed the stains on them.
"Yuanyuan, what happened to you?" An Yiruo asked, pointing to the stains on her body.
"Don't even mention it. I went to the break room to get some coffee, and I bumped into Dong Cheng on my way out. And that's how it turned out... this is what you see here!" Zhang Yuanyuan told An Yiruo helplessly as the story unfolded.
"Go change your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold."
"Okay, let's talk about it later."
Zhang Yuanyuan went to the restroom, changed her clothes, put the dirty clothes in her pockets, looked at herself in the mirror, and returned to her workstation after confirming that everything was in order.
"An'an, what do you want for lunch?"
“I’m having lunch with him at noon. So… I’m sorry, Yuanyuan,” An Yiruo said somewhat embarrassedly, because Mo Jingchen was worried about her and insisted that she go upstairs to eat.
"It's alright, you go ahead. I was going to say that Dong Cheng felt guilty and wanted to treat me to dinner as compensation. I was thinking of going together at noon. But... you have a date, hehe, so just enjoy your dinner with your big boss, I'll go to my appointment alone," Zhang Yuanyuan said with a smile.
After saying that, she sent Dong Cheng another message: "Your sister An has something to do at noon, let's go have lunch."
"Okay, Sister Yuanyuan. What would you like to eat for lunch?"
Regarding Dong Cheng's question, if Zhang Yuanyuan chooses something too expensive, he doesn't have the financial means; if she chooses something too cheap, it would make him seem cheap. Therefore, this matter is left to Dong Cheng to handle himself. "You decide. I'm fine with anything, I have no dietary restrictions."
Dong Cheng chose a mid-range restaurant, one that matched his usual spending level.
"Sister Yuanyuan, does Sister An have plans for lunch?" Dong Cheng asked Zhang Yuanyuan tentatively on their way to the restaurant.
"Yeah, she has plans. What? Want to have dinner with your sister An?" Zhang Yuanyuan said jokingly.
Whether it was because his secret thoughts had been exposed or something else, Dong Cheng's face suddenly turned slightly red. Fortunately, Zhang Yuanyuan didn't look at him at the moment: "Just asking casually."
An Yiru deliberately lingered at her workstation a little longer, and while everyone else went out to eat, she took the elevator straight to Mo Jingchen's office!
"Madam, I'll take you there. The president is waiting for you in his office," Assistant Zhou said, waiting for An Yiruo by the elevator.
"Thank you for your trouble."
Following in Zhou's footsteps, An Yiruo arrived at Mo Jingchen's door.
"Madam, please go straight in. I'll leave you here!"
An Yiruo nodded, then pushed open the door to Mo Jingchen's office!
Looking at everything before him, one has to admit that Mo Jingchen is truly wealthy; even the decoration of his office is so luxurious!
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