Chapter 67 No... male colleague?
As soon as Si Yan's car drove out, discussions came from the roadside.
"Did you see that? The person who just got on the bus is the newcomer from our department, right?" Li Ruoyi took Wen Xiaoqiao's arm and walked towards the subway entrance without stopping.
"That's her," Wen Xiaoqiao said, looking back at the receding car's taillights, her tone tinged with envy. "Honestly, the guy who came to pick her up was really handsome."
"What's the use of being handsome? He just drives a Tesla Model 3. He's probably just an ordinary white-collar worker and probably doesn't have much money." Li Ruo said with a curled lip.
The two people being talked about were currently immersed in the cedar scent of the car's incense. Si Yangang helped Su Nian, who was sitting in the passenger seat, adjust the seat angle.
"Tell me, what are those interesting things you mentioned on your first day at work?" He said as he turned the steering wheel and merged smoothly into the evening rush hour traffic.
Su Nian curled up her legs and gently pressed them against the center console. The soles of her loafers rubbed against the leather seat, making a slight sound.
"I just don't understand," she puffed out her cheeks, her tone full of confusion. "Why is Zhang Yue, the head of the design team, so hostile to me? It's so obvious, not even a hint of concealment."
As she spoke, she glanced at the rearview mirror. The outline of the office building was gradually shrinking. Li Ruoyi and Wen Xiaoqiao had disappeared in the crowd at the subway entrance. "By the way, I didn't know her before."
"What kind of hostility?" Si Yan tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel, his eyes casually sweeping over her slightly furrowed brows.
"She just doesn't like me," Su Nian tilted her head in confusion, "It makes me feel like I'm competing with her for her affection, but who would ever favor me? This is only my first day at the company."
Si Yan felt a subtle sense of grievance in his heart - This doesn't count as pampering?
Su Nian seemed to see through his thoughts and quickly added: "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the people in the company."
Si Yan's fingers gripping the steering wheel paused slightly, and his heart skipped a beat - Chen Ran?
The car stereo happened to play soothing jazz music. Si Yan glanced at the street scene passing by outside the window and asked casually, "No... male colleagues?"
"Yes, there is a design team leader named Wu Xiao. When I was reading the information, he even came over to bring me coffee." Su Nian answered casually.
Si Yan remained expressionless, but was secretly thinking in his heart: In addition to Chen Ran, there is now another person named Wu Xiao.
"Hmm?" Si Yan's tone rose slightly, with a hint of barely perceptible nervousness, "You drank it?"
"How could I? I can't drink coffee right now. I remember it all." Su Nian winked cunningly, a hint of playfulness flashing in her eyes, "I secretly poured it out when no one was around."
"Good girl." Si Yan's lips curled slightly as he glanced at the little girl beside him, his heart slightly relieved. The platinum ring on his ring finger shone warmly in the night, but he was still silently writing the name "Wu Xiao" into his little notebook, intending to "get to know" this enthusiastic colleague later.
Little did she know that Su Nian was blushing and at a loss as to what to do. The car had already smoothly entered the basement of Jinghuayuan Community. Fortunately, they were almost home.
Si Yan parked the car in the underground garage and picked up a bulging paper bag from the back seat. "I bought some snacks for you. Put some in the bag every day and eat them when you're hungry."
Su Nian took a closer look at the paper bag and saw various nuts, cakes, soda crackers and the like neatly arranged inside.
Si Yan went around to the trunk and took out a thermos box. When he handed it to me, his tone was warm: "Grandma stewed fish maw chicken specially for you. I went back to the old house to get it this afternoon. Just heat it up in ten minutes and you can eat it."
Su Nian looked at the paper bag in his arm, and her nose suddenly felt sore.
She looked at the tenderness in Si Yan's eyes, and her heart was filled with warmth - he really cared about her with all his heart.
After returning home, Si Yan tied on an apron and went into the kitchen. Soon, the hum of the range hood and the clatter of pots and pans could be heard.
Su Nian slumped on the sofa like a pile of mud. As soon as she answered the video call from her best friend Lin Feier, an enlarged gossipy face immediately popped up on the screen.
"Niannian, how was your first day at work? Were there any handsome guys offering you water or coffee?" Lin Feier asked with full confidence, looking like she knew a lot about the workplace.
Su Nian rolled over and put her feet on the armrest of the sofa. "I don't have any handsome guys, but I do have a bitchy woman. Zhang Yue from the design team stares at me and finds fault with me from morning to night. It's so annoying!" She pouted, "I even wonder if I owed her money in my previous life."
When mentioning Zhang Yue, Su Nian felt very wronged and couldn't understand why she was targeting him for no reason.
"Oh, are you experiencing a workplace palace intrigue?" Lin Fei'er analyzed confidently, "I'm familiar with this plot. It's obviously jealousy!"
Lin Feier suddenly lowered her voice and leaned closer to the camera mysteriously, "Could it be that... the person she has a crush on... looked at you a few more times? Is interested in you...?" Lin Feier's words became less and less reliable.
"Fei'er, what nonsense are you talking about!" Su Nian pretended to be angry.
"Just kidding, just kidding!" Lin Fei'er suddenly thought of Si Yan. She felt that what he said was inappropriate, extremely inappropriate. She didn't know if he had heard her or not. This semester, she had a university credit course with Professor Si, and she was wondering if she could ask her best friend to ask Professor Si to give her a break.
But she couldn't talk nonsense anymore. Lin Fei'er immediately sat up straight and said, "How about I give you a bad idea? Bring a bag of chili powder tomorrow and put it in her coffee cup——"
"Go to hell!" Su Nian smiled and slapped the screen away, "Be serious."
The two were chattering in front of the screen, discussing counterattack strategies, when Si Yan came out of the kitchen carrying a steaming hot fish maw chicken, his apron tied in a neat bow at the back: "Let's eat first!"
Lin Feier on the other end of the video fell silent the moment she heard Si Yan's voice, and her ferocious expression turned into a well-behaved one in an instant.
"Um... Nian Nian, you guys eat first. I suddenly remembered that I still have a paper to revise. Let's talk about it another day!"
Lin Feier knows her own limitations and she wouldn't dare to occupy someone else's wife for too long.
Su Nian was trying to hold back her laughter and before she could reply, the call was hung up.
The speed at which Lin Feier hung up the phone could be described as running for one's life, no exaggeration!
——Is this that serious?
Su Nian approached the dining table holding her phone and said, "Look how scared you made my best friend."
Si Yan paused as he poured the soup, a smile on his face: "Not really, I'm pretty gentle with students in school!"
Su Nian scooped a spoonful of soup and smacked his lips, expressing his disbelief.
The warm yellow light shines on the dining table, and the aroma of fish maw chicken fills the entire living room. The unhappiness of the day has long been dispelled by this relaxed atmosphere.
Su Nian looked at Si Yan who was carefully helping her pick out fish bones, and suddenly felt that with such a caring husband, she would not be afraid even if she met more Zhang Yues.
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