Chapter 104 The stock price will fall, you are reluctant to
【Downstairs】
Meng Yanchen's car was parked quietly on the side of the road, with the windows half-down.
Chen Mingyu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, glanced cautiously at his boss, swallowed his saliva, and finally couldn't help but speak.
"Mr. Meng, I've already asked Miss Fan for three days off in a row... I even used the excuse of 'my cat needs to be neutered.' If I keep asking her, she'll probably fire me..."
He paused, and seeing that the other party remained indifferent, he added tentatively.
"If she fires me...can I go back to Guokun?"
Meng Yanchen's eyes were still fixed on the direction of the building entrance, his face expressionless.
"cannot."
Chen Mingyu, "..."
He resigned himself to his fate and took out his phone, his finger hovering over the screen, hesitantly saying,
"Then...how do I send this message?"
Meng Yanchen said calmly, "Just say your dog is neutered."
Chen Mingyu, "..."
Fan Shengmei had just finished sorting out the last piece of client information when her phone screen lit up and a message from Chen Mingyu popped up.
[Mr. Fan, I'm really sorry. My dog was neutered today and needs to be taken care of at home. I can't pick you up tonight. I'd like to ask for leave...]
Fan Shengmei stared at the message, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she almost laughed out of anger.
She tapped her fingertips on the screen a few times and replied,
[Chen Mingyu, you don't need to come tomorrow.]
Chen Mingyu looked at the reply with a look of despair, and silently turned the screen to Meng Yanchen.
"Mr. Meng...Miss Fan told me not to come tomorrow."
Meng Yanchen glanced at it and said lightly,
"Okay, I understand. I'll find a way to go back."
Chen Mingyu couldn't help but say, "Mr. Meng, if I want to go back, you have to tell Miss Fan. She told me—"
Meng Yanchen interrupted him, "I say, you should find a way to go back now."
Chen Mingyu was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Oh, I understand! My home is nearby, I can just take a taxi back!"
After saying that, he quickly opened the car door and sent a message to Qin Yu.
Is there any room left in the Secretariat?
Qin Yu replied immediately, "Shall we switch? If you could be of some use in detonating the switch, I wouldn't have to worry about being in the center of a nuclear explosion every day."
The rain was getting heavier at the entrance of the building.
Fan Shengmei walked out of the door, looked up at the sky, and was about to take out her cell phone to call a taxi when a black umbrella was already opened over her head.
She turned her head and met Meng Yanchen's calm gaze.
"Did you ask Chen Mingyu to take leave?"
Meng Yanchen looked at her straight,
"yes."
He paused, then continued, "Chen Mingyu's leave is something I can control, but the rain is not something I can control."
He lowered his head slightly, his voice gentle,
"It's called... a match made in heaven."
Fan Shengmei, “…”
She took a deep breath and moved aside.
"I'll take a taxi back."
Meng Yanchen did not move, the umbrella still firmly covering her head.
"Ms. Fan, we just had a fight, not a breakup."
His tone was calm, as if he was stating an objective fact.
"I know you're angry, but we agreed before that adults should get along with each other. When encountering problems, we should solve them, not avoid them."
He took a step towards her and whispered,
"You got wet in the rain just to be angry with me, isn't that a bit childish?"
Meng Yanchen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "I know you want to punish me, I accept it."
Fan Shengmei looked up at him fiercely.
"Meng Yanchen, if you keep pestering me like this all day and night and appearing beside me anytime and anywhere, I'll call the police and have you arrested."
Meng Yanchen adjusted his glasses and lowered his head slightly. "Will calling the police calm you down?"
"I......"
"You won't call the police."
Fan Shengmei laughed in anger, "You're so confident? Why do you think I can't do it?"
Meng Yanchen chuckled, "If I go to the police station, Guokun's stock price will be affected tomorrow."
He looked at her and said, "You can't bear to leave."
Fan Shengmei, "You..."
She took a deep breath, too angry to speak.
If I had known this earlier, I would not have bought Guokun’s stocks.
Meng Yanchen looked at her angry expression, took another half step towards her, lowered his head, and his nose almost touched her cheek.
"Xiaomei, I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I just, I just want to be closer to you."
Fan Shengmei couldn't argue with him, so she just turned around and left.
The car was quiet, with only the sound of raindrops hitting the window.
Fan Shengmei stared at the neon lights flying outside the window and wanted to go home and eat a bowl of hot instant noodles.
Meng Yanchen caught a glimpse of her slightly pursed lips from the corner of his eye, then took out an insulated box from the back seat and handed it to her.
"We have sweet, spicy, and non-spicy options."
He paused, his voice low, "If you think it's not enough, let's go get a midnight snack."
Fan Shengmei stared at the box of exquisite midnight snacks, swallowed her saliva subconsciously, but still turned her face away stubbornly.
"I'm not hungry."
Meng Yanchen chuckled softly, took back the food box, and said in an indulgent tone,
"Okay, let's go home and eat when you're hungry."
"I go back to my home, and you go back to yours." She corrected immediately.
Meng Yanchen nodded, "Yes, that's what I mean."
He paused, and looked sideways at her, with a hint of mischief in his eyes.
"Do you want to go back to 2602? Everything is ready at home. I'll make you a midnight snack when you get home."
Fan Shengmei, "......"
He chuckled and stopped teasing her. He just steered the wheel steadily, his eyes returning to the road ahead.
The car became quiet.
In Meng Yanchen's peripheral vision, Fan Shengmei's profile was particularly clear in the reflection of the car window.
She pursed her lips, her eyelashes trembling slightly, as if she was thinking about something, or as if she was struggling with herself, stubborn yet soft.
His fingers tightened slightly on the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white.
She wasn't like this before.
There is a term in psychology called "feeding behavior"——
People always can't help but buy food for the people they like.
In the past, Meng Yanchen didn’t like the smell in the car, but after being with her, he liked watching her eat, like a kitten.
He has never raised a cat because Fu Wenying doesn't like it, but he has watched a lot of videos saying that when a kitten eats something it likes, its eyes will become wide and sparkling, just like Fan Shengmei used to be like that.
Meng Yanchen knew that what she needed now was time.
It takes time to believe and confirm that his kindness to her is not a replacement for anyone else, nor is it habitual tenderness.
Now, she has retreated to a safe area.
Whenever he did something, she couldn't help but think—
He had done the same to that person.
He also remembered that person's preferences.
He also waited patiently for her to calm down, and even...looked at that person with the same eyes.
This is what happened. Although Meng Yanchen was not wrong, this fact was like a thorn that silently pierced into her heart. It was not fatal, but it caused a dull pain.
She is neither pretentious nor unreasonable.
But some things cannot be easily smoothed over with just a simple “it’s over”.
Meng Yanchen knew that this knot could not be untied in a few words.
He needs to prove it little by little with his actions——
Prove that his past is just the past.
And his present and future belong only to her.
The sound of rain gradually subsided and the car slowly drove into the night.
Meng Yanchen's fingers gently stroked the steering wheel, and in the end, he resisted the urge to hold her hand.
He knew that he couldn't rush or force her.
He is willing to wait...
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