After finishing her class, Wen Shuqiao stretched her shoulders and neck and got up from her seat.
My phone pinged again. I thought it was another message from Shen Jiazhou, but when I opened WeChat, it wasn't. It was a friend request.
Hello Aunt Shi Yue, I'm Lu Shengyue's mother.
Lu Shengyue's mother?
Wen Shuqiao was a little confused. Who was Lu Shengyue?
She added this number from the class group. Wen Shuqiao thought for a moment, then clicked "add" and replied with a "hello".
A voice message came quickly from the other end.
Wen Shuqiao took out her Bluetooth earphones from her pocket, connected them, and a bright and cute voice came into her ears: "Hello, Auntie Can Can! I'm An'an. I want to play with Can Can. Is Can Can here?"
So Lu Shengyue is An'an! Wen Shuqiao had only ever heard the name An'an before.
I originally wanted to type a reply, but then I remembered that the other person was a child who might not recognize all the characters, so I sent him a voice message instead.
"Hi An'an, Can Can went to the zoo with his uncle today and isn't home. I'll have him send you a message when he gets back, okay?"
An'an quickly replied: "Okay, okay, Auntie, I'll wait for Can Can!"
Wen Shuqiao sent a nodding emoji, then put her phone back in her pocket, thinking to herself that Can Can's social skills were pretty good; he had only been in class for a week, and already some kids were asking him to play.
She was quite happy; the world should be vibrant and colorful.
Zhong Qi suddenly appeared out of nowhere and asked, "Sister Shuqiao, what's wrong? Why are you so happy?"
Wen Shuqiao laughed and said, "Nothing, I was just wondering what my kid is doing right now?"
"Oh, oh, oh," Zhong Qi said, "Are you going back now? Together?"
"You didn't have work this afternoon?" Wen Shuqiao was a little surprised. Zhong Qi's ability to close deals in the studio was among the top.
Zhong Qi said somewhat dejectedly, "Don't even mention it, sis, the customer stood me up again."
She's been getting stood up so many times these past few days that Zhong Qi is starting to question her existence.
However, she quickly composed herself and, holding Wen Shuqiao's arm, continued, "Just consider it a rest. I haven't had much rest lately."
Wen Shuqiao nodded: "I'll take the subway too."
“Great!” Zhong Qi smiled, her eyes crinkling. “We can have a good chat then.”
Wen Shuqiao is actually a formal assistant at the studio starting today. However, there weren't many teachers shooting today, so Wen Shuqiao was able to leave work early.
“I have two scenes to shoot tomorrow, starting at ten o’clock. Can you come early in the morning?” Zhong Qi said, “I’ll talk to HR tomorrow and ask them to assign you to me.”
What Zhong Qi didn't say was that she had already spoken to HR before, but for some reason HR didn't agree.
She'll go talk to them again tomorrow.
"Okay," Wen Shuqiao said. "What time are you coming tomorrow? I'll come early too."
“I’ll probably be there by 7:30,” Zhong Qi said. “You can come around 8:30.”
Wen Shuqiao nodded: "I'll try to come earlier tomorrow."
Zhong Qi smiled and said, "Okay."
The two chatted and laughed as they left work together.
*
When Wen Shuqiao returned home, her aunt was already in the kitchen preparing dinner.
She changed her shoes, went to the kitchen, and asked, "Aunt Zhang, hasn't Cancan come back yet?"
Aunt Zhang paused the audiobook she was listening to on Tomato and turned around to say, "Can Can hasn't come back yet. Xiao Shen is in the study."
Wen Shuqiao nodded and rolled up her sleeves: "Let me help you."
"Oh, no need, no need," Aunt Zhang quickly said. "This is my job, you don't need to help me. Go and rest, go ahead."
She walked over and pushed Wen Shuqiao out of the kitchen: "You young people should do what you young people do. Wen, you're too kind."
Before Wen Shuqiao could say anything more, she saw Aunt Zhang neatly close the glass door, her refusal quite obvious.
Can Can is helping her to train the child, but if Xiao Wen comes to help her, she's going to lose her job!
Wen Shuqiao watched as Aunt Zhang continued listening to the novel.
Okay, it seems we really don't need her help.
Wen Shuqiao had no choice but to prepare to go find Shen Jiazhou, as cake and milk were already circling around her legs.
She squatted down and touched the cake and then the milk, making the two little ones feel comfortable before getting up and going to the study.
The study door was closed. Wen Shuqiao raised her hand and knocked. After hearing someone say "come in" from inside, she pressed down the doorknob.
The door opened, and Shen Jiazhou looked up from behind the computer, raising an eyebrow at Wen Shuqiao: "Oh, who's back?"
Wen Shuqiao silently prepared to close the door again.
Shen Jiazhou snorted: "Wen Shuqiao, what are you doing?"
Wen Shuqiao then re-entered the study and said, "I just wanted to let you know I'm back. What can I do for you?"
Shen Jiazhou placed his hands on the table in front of him and said, "Come here."
Wen Shuqiao held up a finger: "No."
Shen Jiazhou sighed and said, "Come here."
Wen Shuqiao had already guessed what Shen Jiazhou wanted to say, and she said, "I won't disturb you any longer, Mr. Shen. I'm going to the living room."
He left right after saying that, without a trace of regret.
Shen Jiazhou watched her hurried figure, his smile growing even wider. He quickly got up and followed Wen Shuqiao to the living room.
Wen Shuqiao had just sat down when he followed her over.
"Starting to follow Can Can's lead?" Wen Shuqiao joked, "How come I didn't realize President Shen had this potential before?"
Shen Jiazhou sat on the sofa, leaning against it: "Stop changing the subject, tell me quickly, how did the people in your studio praise me? Didn't you say you were going to come back and tell me in person?"
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