Chapter 84 This child's taste is like his father's
Early in the morning, Su Nian was sitting in the car that Si Yan drove her to work. She swiped the screen of her mobile phone with her fingertips and caught a glimpse of the message sent by her mother Su Hong yesterday.
"Mattress?" She frowned and whispered, she clearly had never bought this thing.
She tapped the voice button with her fingertips and asked doubtfully, "Mom, I didn't buy a mattress. Do you want to change it?"
As soon as the message was successfully sent, my mother replied: "No, it's my mistake."
Su Nian stared at the screen for a moment, then put the phone back into her bag without asking any more questions.
At this moment, at Su Hong's home, she was stretching her waist and savoring the good sleep last night - even though she didn't fall asleep until midnight last night, in just a few hours, the quality of her sleep was really good.
She thought it through and decided to use it first, no matter who gave it to her. At worst, she could cook a few more meals for him to pay off the debt. A year's worth of meals should be enough.
As for the girlish pink four-piece suit, she frowned in disgust and decided to let Su Nian take it away next time, so that out of sight, out of mind.
After doing this psychological preparation, Su Hong felt relaxed all over.
It was still early when Su Nian arrived at the company, so she quickly got into work mode, carefully organized the minutes of yesterday's meeting, sent them to Director Lan, and then turned around and rushed to the department meeting room - the design department's weekly meeting was about to begin.
This week's regular meeting is particularly important. The new winter design plan must be decided at the meeting, so Chairman Chen Ran will naturally have to attend the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Director Lan, who pointed out at the outset: "All the revisions to this plan were made by newcomer Su Nian."
Everyone couldn't help but look at her, especially Chen Ran, with encouragement in his eyes.
Su Nian became nervous and sat up straight.
During the PPT presentation, Su Nian looked at the carefully adjusted details page by page. It was clear that they were modified later, probably by Director Lan.
Compared to my own version, the final design is more perfect.
She clapped her hands wildly in her heart: Director Lan's revisions had elevated her design from "Bronze" to "King"!
She looked up at Lan Ting with a complex look that was difficult to decipher. It contained gratitude, surprise, lament for the professional gap, and even a natural respect.
She learned another valuable lesson from this senior.
Unsurprisingly, this regular meeting went overtime.
By the time all the design plans were finalized, the wall clock had already passed twelve o'clock and lunch time was long gone.
"It's my treat today!" Director Lan announced with a smile. "We've ordered fried chicken and burgers, everyone, help yourself!"
Cheers suddenly rang out in the office. Chen Ran, standing behind the crowd, shook his head helplessly, lowered his head, took out his mobile phone and started swiping.
The phone in Su Nian’s pocket suddenly vibrated, the screen lit up, and a new message popped up: “Come to my office on the top floor.
Her heart tightened and she suddenly looked up at the sender. Mr. Chen was looking down at his phone with no expression on his face, as if the person who sent the message was a fake chairman.
She thought of yesterday's "special meal incident" and the strange looks Zhang Yue and others gave her. The faint discussions seemed to ring in her ears again.
She clutched her phone, her heart pounding. What on earth did Director Chen mean by this? Yesterday's rumors hadn't died down yet, and now he was suddenly calling her to his top-floor office...
Should she go? The question lingered in her mind like a vine, making her feel uneasy.
Chen Ran must have noticed that she didn't move, so he followed up with another message: "Eat! You can't eat this junk food."
Su Nian felt relieved. Indeed, she was pregnant and couldn't eat these.
Okay, I was just overthinking it.
She looked up, smiled mischievously at Mr. Chen, and stretched out her hand to make an "OK" gesture.
Chen Ran secretly smiled, thinking to himself: This kid finally reacted.
The old father expressed his relief!
Taking advantage of the time when his colleagues were making noise, Su Nian quietly slipped out of the meeting room.
Chen Ran was standing at the elevator entrance. Seeing her coming, he pressed the door-opening button with his fingertips and waited patiently, and nodded at her.
"Sorry to trouble you, Mr. Chen." Su Nian spoke a little embarrassedly as he stepped into the elevator.
"No trouble." Chen Ran smiled and shook his head. His eyes were gentle as he looked at her. "You are in a special period now. You need to keep up with your nutrition."
He wanted to say that they could eat together from now on, but he swallowed the words back - he was afraid of scaring the child.
In the chairman's office on the top floor, Fang Shuo was neatly arranging two lunch boxes. Today, there was an extra box of fruit - cherry tomatoes and blueberries.
"You eat first, I'll drink the medicine first." Chen Ran said as he poured out the warmed medicine on the side. A faint bitter smell suddenly floated in the air.
Today's stir-fried shrimp with celery and lily bulbs is very much to Su Nian's liking, but she doesn't like braised pork.
Seeing this, Chen Ran pushed his untouched plate of stir-fried shrimp with celery and lily bulbs in front of Su Nian, "Eat more, I prefer this meat."
Su Nian was stunned for a moment, and just as she was about to refuse, he waved his hand and interrupted her: "It's okay, help me solve it, it would be a shame to waste it."
Only then did she pick up the chopsticks and start eating in small bites.
The office was quiet, with only the subtle sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding. The sunlight shone through the blinds onto the lunch boxes, creating a rare sense of warmth.
Su Nian quickly finished her meal and was about to get up to take the dishes to the tea room to wash them when Chen Ran immediately stopped her. "No need to do anything. Just leave them there." He pointed to the fruit box on the table and said, "Take the fruit with you and go downstairs to rest for a while."
Su Nian nodded, picked up the fruit box obediently, turned around and left.
The office door closed gently. Chen Ran looked at his daughter's remaining portion of stir-fried shrimp with celery and lily bulbs. He picked up his chopsticks and took a bite. The crisp celery mixed with the sweet lily bulbs, and the shrimp were tender and chewy. It was indeed delicious. This child's taste was just like his.
When Su Nian walked back to his workstation carrying the fruit box, his colleagues in the conference room were still having a lively dinner.
Li Yue, with her sharp eyes, immediately popped her head out of the conference room, carrying a fried chicken burger. "Where did you go just now? Here, I left this for you."
"Thank you, but please eat it for me. I can't eat this." Su Nian took the burger and put it back with an apologetic tone.
"So pretentious?" Li Yue raised an eyebrow and glared at her. "What's going on?"
Su Nian was not sure how to explain it. "I have a mouth ulcer and can't eat this." She handed the fruit box over and said, "You should also eat less fried food. It's really not healthy."
"Okay, okay," Li Yue smiled as she took the fruit box, opened the lid, picked up a strawberry and stuffed it into her mouth. "As expected, you have a Chinese medicine doctor at home, so you have a high level of awareness of health preservation."
As the two were talking, Wu Xiao came out of the conference room carrying two cups of milk tea and handed them directly to them: "I just bought some milk tea for you two."
Li Yue glanced at the milk tea, then pointed to the fruit box in her hand, and deliberately raised her voice and said, "We are eating healthy fruits now, not drinking your 'junk food'." In fact, she knew in her heart that Wu Xiao was particularly attentive to her in the past two days, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Li Yue, you're going too far!" Wu Xiao pretended to cover his chest, looking "wronged." "Why didn't you say anything when you were enjoying your fried chicken burger just now? Now you're complaining that my milk tea is junk food. The discrimination is too obvious!"
A burst of laughter suddenly rang out in the office, and the originally quiet afternoon suddenly became lively.
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