Hearing Xu Xinchen say this, Chen Ningsheng was naturally heartbroken and readily agreed to her request: "Of course you can. You can come to the company with me tomorrow and do whatever you want."
Xu Xinchen nodded and reached out to tug at Chen Ningsheng's sleeve, a look of relief finally appearing on her face: "Then it's settled. Remember to wake me up when you go to the company tomorrow."
Seeing Xu Xinchen's expression relax, Chen Ningsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and patted Xu Xinchen's shoulder: "I know, you go and rest first. Don't worry, I'm at home now, nothing will happen."
Xu Xinchen nodded gently, assuming that Chen Ningsheng was not resting because of the cooperation they had discussed that afternoon. Therefore, she didn't ask any further questions and simply picked up the pillow she had been holding and walked into the room.
Just as she was about to reach the door, she turned back and said to Chen Ningsheng, "Then I'll go in first. Don't stay up too late, and you should get some rest too."
Chen Ningsheng's lips curled up slightly, a pleased smile appearing on his face: "I understand, you should go in first."
Watching Xu Xinchen enter the room, Chen Ningsheng's smile faded, and he turned to walk into the study. In a locked compartment of the desk lay a list of all the prominent figures in the city, along with clear photographs attached to each name.
Chen Ningsheng picked up the list and flipped through it page by page, carefully searching for the people on it, trying to find someone who resembled the woman Xu Xinchen had mentioned.
However, after going through the entire list, he still couldn't find a single person who matched the characteristics Xu Xinchen had described.
His brow furrowed slightly as he put the list back into the box and locked it.
He picked up the phone, dialed a number, quickly spoke a few words to the person on the other end, received a response, hung up, and then stood up and went back to his room.
Xu Xinchen had already fallen asleep, but he seemed to be really frightened. Even though he was asleep, his brows were still tightly furrowed, and he looked like he was sleeping very restlessly.
Chen Ningsheng looked at her, whose expression still showed fear even in her sleep, and pursed his lips tightly. He stepped forward, placed his finger between her eyebrows, and smoothed out the wrinkles.
Perhaps sensing the warmth of Chen Ningsheng's fingers, Xu Xinchen's expression finally relaxed, and her brows unfurrowed. She raised her head and gently rubbed her palm against Chen Ningsheng's, a relieved expression on her face.
The next morning, when Xu Xinchen woke up from her dream, Chen Ningsheng was still fast asleep. She turned her head and looked at the clock on the wall; it was only 6:30.
Xu Xinchen simply stood up, stretched, quickly washed up, changed into a simple and convenient set of sportswear, picked up her small coin purse from the table, and went outside.
There were quite a few elderly people out for their morning exercise on the street. Xu Xinchen had lived here for a long time and was able to exchange a few words with these elderly people.
When the women in white tracksuits saw Xu Xinchen approaching, they all greeted her with smiles: "Min Shi, what are you doing so early?"
Xu Xinchen smiled shyly and waved the coin purse in her hand: "It's a bit early now, I want to go out and buy some food."
The aunties who are able to exercise early in the morning are generally very health-conscious. (This is from Xu Xinchen.)
After that answer, several aunties showed disapproval on their faces.
But this breakfast every morning is the most important; how can I just buy something outside and call it a day? If I have the means, I should cook for myself.
"Your Aunt Li is right. If you have the means, you should cook for yourself. Food from outside is too oily, and the cooking environment isn't very hygienic. It's easy to get sick if you eat it."
Hearing the concerned words from the aunties, Xu Xinchen smiled slightly: "We don't often go out to buy food. We usually cook for ourselves. It's just that today's situation is a bit special, so that's why we're doing this."
Upon hearing Xu Xinchen's words, the aunties finally dropped their disapproving expressions and instead showed gentle smiles: "So that's how it is. If it's just occasionally, then it's indeed acceptable."
"That makes sense. It's not a big problem to eat it once in a while. After all, I would get annoyed if I had to cook every day."
Seeing how quickly these aunties had changed their tune, Xu Xinchen gave a faint smile: "I..."
She was just about to chat casually with these aunties when she suddenly remembered the strange woman guarding her door yesterday afternoon. The words on her lips changed, and she changed the subject to another question: "Aunties, I have something to ask you."
"What is it? Go ahead and ask." When the aunties heard that Xu Xinchen had a question, their faces immediately lit up with enthusiasm: "We'll tell you everything we know."
"Yes, yes, yes, if anything happens in this neighborhood, you just need to ask us and we'll know. We're in this area."
"The longer we stay here, the more we hear the slightest sound."
"Xiao Lu, are you trying to ask about the apartment in room 307 of that building over there?"
Xu Xinchen looked at the aunties, who seemed ready to gossip, and was momentarily speechless. She quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, it has nothing to do with other people. It's something I saw yesterday."
The aunties, hearing that it was something completely new, seemed even more excited: "What is it? Tell us about it!"
Xu Xinchen cleared her throat, glanced around, and looked at the surroundings. Only after confirming that the woman was not there did she lower her head and move closer to the group of aunties.
"When I came back yesterday, I saw a very strange woman in front of my house. That woman..." Xu Xinchen told the aunties some of the things she could talk about.
"What? When did a woman like this appear around here? I have no idea!"
"Me too, me too. If Xiao Lu hadn't come to ask, I wouldn't have known that such a person existed."
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