Chen Yanli lowered his eyes and looked at Zhou Yunwan, who was a head shorter than him. She was beautiful, and her bright features became more flamboyant when she got angry. She thought she was very intimidating, but in his eyes she was very cute.
Although he didn't know what made her angry, he didn't want to make her unhappy.
After thinking for a while, Shen Yanli came to a more reliable conclusion: that is, she couldn't bear to part with him.
I heard from Tan Yinghao before that young girls in love are very clingy and want to be with their boyfriends all the time.
They had just been together for a short time, but they had to separate for a while because of his work. She must have been reluctant to leave him, and it was understandable that she was anxious to find out the details of his business trip.
Thinking of this, he was secretly happy, and his thin lips curled up slightly: "Business trips usually don't last more than a month, and this time should be about the same."
Hearing his irrelevant answer, Zhou Yunwan was stunned at first, then she narrowed her beautiful eyes and puffed her cheeks with anger. Did he really not understand or was he pretending not to understand? Who asked him about his business trip time?
She pushed his arm impatiently: "Go downstairs quickly, business is more important."
Seeing that she was getting more and more unhappy, Shen Yanli frowned in confusion, and under her pushing, he couldn't let his colleagues wait too long, so he had to suppress his doubts in his heart and turned to go downstairs.
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Zhou Yunwan sat down on the mahogany sofa. Not long after, a little boy holding a rabbit doll appeared in front of her.
While rubbing his eyes with his little hands, Chen Chuan walked towards Zhou Yunwan, grabbed her skirt and said coquettishly, "Aunt, I want to drink milk."
Zhou Yunwan paused as she bent over to organize the notes on the desk. She thought for a while before she remembered that he was talking about malted milk, which is high in nutritional value and sweet and fragrant. It looks similar to milk powder in later generations and is a "luxury product" packaged in a can.
Looking at his soft little face, which looked like he hadn't woken up yet, Zhou Yunwan couldn't help but smile like an auntie: "Then auntie will carry you downstairs to take a bath, okay?"
Shen Chuan nodded and took the initiative to extend his arm to her.
Zhou Yunwan picked him up. It was not difficult to hold the small ball in her arms. After reporting to her sister-in-law Wu Yi, she went straight downstairs.
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Li Jinning had been paying attention to the stairs intentionally or unintentionally, and when Shen Yanli appeared, she almost couldn't contain her excitement and stood up.
When Director Yu forced him to take a vacation a month ago, she thought that with his personality he would return to the institute soon and devote himself to new research work, but she didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, she didn't see him.
After some inquiries, she learned that his arm was injured. In addition, as the Spring Festival was approaching, Director Yu took into account all of his unused vacation time and gave him a long vacation.
It had been such a long time since they last saw each other, but that face was still as handsome and cool as ever, which made her heart beat fast.
After Shen Yanli greeted her out of politeness, he took her to the study and directly asked about the relevant matters of this business trip.
Although Li Jinning didn't expect him to exchange gentle greetings with her for a long time, she couldn't help but feel depressed when he coldly started talking about business without even any preparation.
It’s New Year’s Day, can’t you just say Happy New Year?
Li Jinning was sad for a while before handing him the document in her hand.
After Shen Yanli looked through the documents, it was not a big problem. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be back in a few days.
However, Li Jinning's next words made him frown slightly.
Li Jinning curled her hands on her knees and said softly, "Director Yu asked us to stay there for a while to help the comrades there prepare for the seminar jointly held by the northern provinces. At that time, you may be needed to speak on behalf of our institute."
The project that had problems this time was the one that Chen Yanli was fully responsible for developing. Li Jinning was nominally his assistant, but in fact he didn't help much. When problems arose, Chen Yanli had to solve them.
Helping in organizing the seminar was an unexpected surprise. A seminar usually takes more than a month to prepare, which means they have to spend that much time alone in the Northeast.
In an unfamiliar environment, it is easiest for a single man and a single woman to develop feelings, and she didn't believe that she couldn't win over Shen Yanli this time.
She was so immersed in her own fantasy that she didn’t notice Shen Yanli’s increasingly solemn expression.
Chen Yanli half closed his dark eyes. Because of the seminar, this business trip would take longer than he expected. This was something he had never expected. How should he tell Wanwan?
Just as he was staring at the document in a daze, Shen Chuan's voice suddenly came from outside: "Aunt, are you okay?"
Shen Yanli immediately stood up from his chair, his figure as fast as the wind, and rushed out quickly in two steps.
After opening the door of the study, he immediately saw Guo Yulin standing at the kitchen door. She was saying to the inside: "Quickly rinse with cold water. I'll get you some burn ointment."
Zhou Yunwan's gentle voice came from the kitchen: "It's not a big deal, just a burned finger, it's not serious, auntie, please check if Chuanchuan is burned."
"With you blocking him, of course he will be fine." Guo Yulin was frightened when he thought of the scene just now, and turned around to teach Chen Chuan a lesson.
When Chen Chuan saw that his aunt was scalded because of him, he realized that he was wrong. Tears filled his eyes and he apologized with a sob: "I'm sorry, aunt, it's all Chuan Chuan's fault."
"It's okay, auntie forgives you, but don't cry." Zhou Yunwan didn't blame him. What could a child know? He just wanted to drink the malted milk quickly.
Come to think of it, it was also her fault as an adult for not taking good care of the child. She should have closed the kitchen door earlier.
After going downstairs, she asked Chen Chuan to wait outside the kitchen while she made him some malted milk with boiling water.
After she poured the boiling water into the cup, she put the kettle back into the cabinet on the right, and therefore did not notice that Chen Chuan had quietly entered the kitchen.
When she found him, he was standing on tiptoe and struggling to pull the handle of the cup on the table with his hands. He was short and his hands were short, and as he staggered and dragged, the cup was pulled to the edge of the table.
If you are not careful, the boiling water inside will pour out.
In a hurry, Zhou Yunwan quickly blocked it with her hand.
The enamel cup was not heat-insulating, and her fingertips were scalded on the spot, and the overflowing hot water also splashed onto the back of her hand.
This result was a blessing in disguise, otherwise the boiling water in the cup would have spilled onto Shen Chuan's face. Children have delicate skin, so burns would be considered minor, and the only possible injury would be disfigurement.
The conversation between the two made Shen Yanli quickly understand what had just happened. He strode over and passed by Guo Yulin who was going to get the burn ointment.
Through the open door of the kitchen, he saw Zhou Yunwan washing her left hand with cold water in front of the sink.
Her slender white fingers were red, and it was unclear whether they were frozen by the cold water or scalded by the hot water.
Hearing the noise, she turned around and saw him standing at the door. His long eyelashes trembled slightly like a cicada's wings, and the corners of his eyes were flushed because of the pain, looking weak and pitiful.
At that moment, Shen Yanli felt a surge of heartache in his heart.
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