Yan Qing and Huo Beiting are both known for their action-oriented nature. After agreeing to go to the Ginkgo Forest, they began to look for travel guides.
Song Xue Ning did not let her down. She took this opportunity to make an appointment with Huo Yuanlu to buy things for the autumn outing. The two of them agreed to meet at the entrance of the shopping mall.
Following Yan Qing's suggestion, Song Xue Ning changed into a suit with a less professional feel. Plus, she had a baby face, which made her look even more adorable at this moment.
When she arrived at the entrance of the mall, she saw Huo Yuanlu standing at the door looking around from afar. She walked over bravely with a little shyness and took the initiative to greet him.
"Mr. Huo, you're here early... I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
Song Xue Ning kept her head down while speaking, for fear that the other person would see the blush that had crept up on her cheeks.
Huo Yuanlu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I didn't wait long, I just came too early..."
The two looked at each other, and for a moment, the relaxed atmosphere in the barbecue restaurant disappeared. They both didn't know what to say.
"Well, let's go in and buy something quickly. Boss Yan and the others are still at the company, waiting for us to join them."
Song Xue Ning looked away deliberately, feeling a little awkward.
Huo Yuanlu nodded after hearing this, and then said, "Is there anything you want to eat? Let's buy it together this time."
In fact, he had already asked his brother and sister-in-law a lot about her preferences, especially food. He took the initiative to ask her now just because he didn't want the other party to think he was too proactive.
He is the second young master of the Huo family. When has he ever put so much effort into pursuing a girl?
If his friends knew about this, they would probably laugh at him.
"I don't really want to eat anything, so I'll just buy the things Qingqing wants."
After Song Xue Ning finished speaking, she took the lead and walked into the mall.
The two of them walked one after the other, which made Huo Yuanlu feel a little awkward.
"Are you usually busy at work?" Huo Yuanlu started to make small talk, then continued, "I've been busy since they got married. My brother started intentionally assigning some work to me, saying he was anxious to go on his honeymoon with my sister-in-law."
"It's okay, nothing different from usual."
When talking about work, Song Xue Ning lost her shyness.
She turned around and looked at Huo Yuanlu seriously. It was unknown what she was thinking, but her eyes were slightly complicated.
He suddenly felt a little embarrassed when she looked at him like that. He mumbled for a long time before asking her, "Why are you looking at me? Is there something on my face?"
Song Xue Ning waved her hands repeatedly, but refused to explain why she looked at him like that.
When talking about work, the distance between the two of them became closer. Although it was not yet to the point where they could move their feet freely, their walking posture had changed from one in front and one behind to walking side by side.
Just this alone made Huo Yuanlu very happy.
"You don't know that when I first came to Yan's company, I had to work very late every night and always took the last subway back to my rental place alone."
After saying this, Song Xue Ning felt a pang of sadness and seemed to choke up a bit.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Huo Yuanlu felt very distressed and saw that she was really pitiful.
He asked with a hint of sarcasm: "Is my sister-in-law bullying her employees like this?"
Hearing him ask this, Song Xuening somewhat regretted what she had said just now. How could she make up stories about her boss like this outside? Isn't it normal for new employees to work overtime?
Thinking of this, she hurriedly explained to Yan Qing: "No, it's just that I just came to the company and am not familiar with the business yet. It's my own problem."
After saying this, Song Xue Ning seemed to be afraid that Huo Yuanlu might not believe her, so she curled the corners of her lips and revealed a bright smile.
At this moment, Huo Yuanlu felt that if he could have a future with a girl like this, he would be willing to pay any price, as long as he could see her smile as brightly as she did now.
"Assistant Song, do you have a boyfriend?"
Although Huo Yuanlu had already received the answer from Huo Beiting and Yan Qing, at this moment, he still wanted to ask them in person.
Song Xuening was a little confused about what the other party was thinking, so she told the truth: "No, what's wrong?"
With her words, Huo Yuanlu gained confidence. As long as she was still single, he would no longer be afraid of having no chance.
"If I want you to..."
Just when he was trying to muster up the courage to confess his love to the other party, a child pushing a shopping cart suddenly rushed out from a corner and ran around the supermarket recklessly, with no parents around to take care of him.
Huo Yuanlu sighed: "Assistant Song, be careful."
Then, he quickly walked towards Song Xue Ning and held her in his arms to avoid the collision with the naughty child.
Unexpectedly, this action of his made Song Xuening, who had little experience in love, blush.
It is impossible to tell how many times the two of them blushed from morning till night today.
"Thank you, and...you can let me go now."
Song Xue Ning's words were somewhat incoherent. She tried to push him away, but his hands were tightly gripping her shoulders. Helplessly, she could only clear her throat and hint to Huo Yuanlu to let go.
When he realized his mistake, he quickly apologized to the other party, and now he no longer had the heart to confess his feelings.
Many years later, when Huo Yuanlu was recalling the events of that day with such fresh memories, the naughty kid just happened to rush out and stop him from confessing his love in the supermarket.
Otherwise, this would be the worst and most shabby thing he has ever done in his life.
The two of them walked and talked about many things, and finally bought everything Yan Qing and others wanted.
According to the information he had obtained from Huo Beiting before, Huo Yuanlu pretended to accidentally take a lot of snacks that Song Xue Ning liked from the shelf.
"Hmm? Do you like these potato chips too?"
When Song Xue Ning saw him holding a bag of kimchi-flavored potato chips, she looked a little surprised. There was a faint light flickering inside. It seemed a little unbelievable that the other party, a rich second-generation, actually liked to eat what she liked?
To be honest, she always felt that since the class gap between them was so huge, their consumption levels should be very different. How could the prince like these so-called "common people's snacks"?
Huo Yuanlu smiled slightly and said, "This tastes delicious. Of all the flavors of potato chips they have, this is my favorite."
Song Xuening nodded vigorously upon hearing this and immediately agreed, "Me too."
Little did she know that Huo Beiting had already found out all this, and Song Xue Ning was completely unaware of it.
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