As soon as I pushed open the door to the private room, I saw Shi Wan sitting quietly by the window, holding a teacup and looking at the scenery in the courtyard outside. Her eyes revealed a kind of cool and languid beauty.
Today, she wore a black fitted short-sleeved top that accentuated her slender waist and made her snow-white chest appear even more rounded.
Hearing the door open, Shi Wan snapped out of her daze, nodded to Lu Jingyan, and gestured for him to sit down.
Shi Wan didn't know what to say, and there was a brief silence after the two sat down.
Fortunately, Lu Jingyan's purpose was clear, which broke the awkward situation.
"Miss Shi must be very popular with the children at Sophie Kindergarten."
Fearing that Shi Wan would feel awkward, he started by talking about things they both understood, thus breaking the awkwardness of their first meeting.
Shi Wan was still unsure what to say, but fortunately, Lu Jingyan didn't mention what happened when they first met.
With a slight smile, she said, "Sophie's resource allocation is top-notch in the entire country of China. Fortunately, the children are very obedient, and the parents are willing to cooperate with us."
"I heard that Miss Shi mainly focuses on dance training and competitions for students. How is your leg injury recovering? I have a friend who is an expert in this field. If you'd like, I can have him take a look at you."
At that moment, Ji Chu sneezed in the hospital. Who was thinking of him so much?
Shi Wan paused for a moment, then pulled her leg back towards herself and smiled wryly, "It's okay... I did rehabilitation training before, so although I can't do it like before, I have no problem choreographing dances for children."
The tenderness in Lu Jingyan's eyes could be a reflection of his past concessions or anger at those who hurt her; the veins on his hands under the table bulged as a result of his emotions.
Shi Wan didn't see it and continued to mock herself, "If there's no way to salvage it, then we can only accept reality."
Shi Wan felt that she and Lu Jingyan were not from the same social class, so she didn't talk much. She just felt that Lu Jingyan's gaze was a little strange. She hadn't paid attention to it when she first met him a year ago because of special circumstances.
The man's eyes and attention seemed to be completely focused on her, and she felt a surge of heat and wanted to leave.
Lu Jingyan, on the other hand, saw that the young girl in front of him had rosy cheeks, and unlike the girl he had seen a few years ago, she had become more mature and indifferent.
Many years ago, he saw her shining on stage, and he also saw her charming and coquettish appearance when she leaned on her parents in private.
However, they only met briefly a few times because he needed to take care of things back home, and he didn't go to see her again.
When he returned to Y country to find her, he encountered her after her parents had just passed away. At that time, she was being held in the arms of a boy, and she seemed to have found support in the man's embrace.
He didn't take another step forward.
Later, she had a car accident, returned to China, and settled in the capital. Knowing that she worked at a private kindergarten in the capital, he acquired it under the Lu Group. Knowing that she lived in Dingchen Villa, he bought a house next to hers.
He inquired about everything about her from afar, watching her smile at others, seeing her happy, and also watching her heartbroken and disappointed because of other men.
He thought Feng Yunzhou would bring her happiness, so he could only watch from afar, hoping she could be even happier.
Until a year ago, when she knocked on his door and saw his bruises all over his body, her heartache once again brought all her resentment towards Feng Yunzhou to its peak.
During Shi Wan's hospitalization, he cut off all of Feng's acquisitions and seized most of Feng Yunzhou's resources in China.
Feng Yunzhou's ability to achieve his position in the capital is not to be underestimated. After learning of the encirclement and suppression by several powerful families in the capital, he suffered losses in time and managed to preserve some of his assets, but the resources lost due to being divided up amounted to hundreds of millions.
Unbeknownst to Shi Wan, the silence in the room did not last long, and was soon broken by a commotion.
Chu Ningxuan's voice rang out, "I remember it was Luohua Pavilion, so I booked Luohua Pavilion!"
"Young Master Chu, that's Luo Yun. Oh, you can't go in. That's President Lu..." The manager wiped the sweat from his forehead. He'd seen a ghost today. A mysterious beauty showed up, then Chu Ningxuan and then Lu Jingyan. They were all difficult to please. He wanted to live a few more years.
With a whoosh, the door was pushed open, and their eyes met. The manager saw the two people in the room and hurriedly retreated, while Chu Ningxuan, undeterred, walked in.
Ignoring the man with a dark expression inside, he casually sat down opposite Shi Wan.
"Hi~ beautiful lady. I'm Chu Ningxuan, you can just call me Xiaoxuan." She introduced herself without paying any attention to the gloomy-faced man beside her, nor did she look at Lu Jingyan's expression, as if afraid of meeting Lu Jingyan's cold gaze.
Shi Wan looked up and nodded to Chu Ningxuan. "Hello, Mr. Chu."
Chu Ningxuan was stunned for a moment when he saw the faint red mole next to Shi Wan's delicate and straight nose. Had he seen someone with such a mole in the same place somewhere before?
"If you have nothing to do, get out!" Lu Jingyan said coldly, suppressing his anger.
Ugh... All those years of brotherhood were for nothing?
Chu Ningxuan snapped out of his daze at the girl's delicate and beautiful face. "Ayan, introduce me to her!"
After saying that, he fearlessly nudged Lu Jingyan with his elbow.
"You can call me Shi Wan, Shi as in time and Wan as in gentleness." Shi Wan was amused by Chu Ningxuan, who completely ignored Lu Jingyan's dark face that seemed to be about to unleash a storm.
"Oh, Wanwan, how's our Ayan? He woke me up early this morning to pick out clothes for him. Doesn't he look handsome? Aren't you smitten?"
"Uh?" She then met Lu Jingyan's gaze with a smile.
The man, afraid of revealing the tenderness and affection in his eyes, coughed twice as if to hide it, his Adam's apple bobbing nervously.
"Oh dear, which room is my Ah Yan in? Which private room did the manager book?" At this moment, Lu's mother's voice came from the courtyard.
“This…this…Young Master Lu instructed us not to disturb him.”
"Hi! Aunt Lu, over here, over here!"
The manager was speechless. What bad luck had he had on his first day back from vacation?
"Xiao Xuan, is A Yan with you? Didn't he go on a date? I knew this son of mine was unreliable..."
Mother Lu walked into the room with a look of disappointment on her face. The moment she saw Shi Wan, she turned to Chu Ningxuan angrily and asked, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
She turned around and instantly put on a gentle and virtuous face, walking to Shi Wan's side. "Oh my, this is... Teacher Shi, right?"
"My two children, Nanbei and Beibei, were taken care of by Teacher Shi at school. If it weren't for Teacher Shi, I really don't know what would have happened to them that afternoon."
After saying that, she wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.
“Aunt Lu, this is my duty, there’s no need to be so polite.”
Lu's mother did not ignore Shi Wan's excuses at all, "Sophie is a school under the Lu Group. It is Jingyan's blessing to have such a beautiful and dedicated employee as you."
Lu Jingyan: ?
"Xiao Wan, may I call you that? Our A Yan is usually cold and doesn't like to smile. His employees are too afraid of him to get close, so he doesn't have any friends yet."
"Sometimes I'm really afraid that when he gets old, he won't have any relatives or friends around him, and he might die alone at home without anyone knowing..."
After speaking, he looked distressed and occasionally wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes.
"So, Xiao Wan," he suddenly grasped Shi Wan's hand, "to thank you for taking care of Nanbei and Beibei, come to my place tomorrow, I'll cook for you. The food outside isn't healthy, you young people don't know how to take care of your health. Come to my house to eat, what do you like to eat?"
Chu Ningxuan secretly gave Aunt Lu a thumbs up when the two parties involved couldn't see, and the two exchanged a glance.
Shi Wan was already surprised enough by the appearance of Lu's mother, and was caught off guard by the sudden invitation.
"Ms. Shi, do you have time to come over tomorrow? Nan Nan has recently started learning dance, but my sister isn't home often. We don't know much about dance either, so since you're her teacher, we'd appreciate it if you could come and give her some guidance."
"Besides, my mother is a very good cook. Would it be convenient for you to come over?"
Lu Jingyan was unsure whether Shi Wan would come, so he brought up Xiao Nanbei as an excuse.
Shi Wan, who had intended to refuse, sighed inwardly when she saw the three people looking at her with anticipation. "Alright, thank you, Aunt Lu. I'll have to trouble you again then."
The warmth and kindness Shi Wan saw in Lu's mother's eyes reminded her of her own mother. When her mother was alive, she liked to invite friends and colleagues home for Chinese food. Like her mother, she enjoyed socializing with people, including her friends and classmates from the dance troupe. When did she start to shut herself off in her own world?
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