Jiang Chao was about to scold Chen Lu for what was wrong with him when he saw Liang Zhirou staring at Liu Yan, and he couldn't help but turn around and glance at her.
Seeing Liu Yan's haggard face and dark circles under her eyes, he was stunned again.
Liu Yan's tired and fragile appearance made him feel somewhat unfamiliar.
What about his fearless girlfriend?
Jiang Chao went through the process in his mind again and again, but he really couldn't remember when Liu Yan started to slowly become like this.
Was it after her best friend left, or after the bar exam or graduation?
I can't even remember the last time I've really focused my gaze on her.
He had been living the life of reviewing reports at work and documents after get off work for far too long.
Oh, this woman had been telling me before that I would reward her for passing the bar exam by taking her on a trip.
Liu Yan stopped mentioning it later, and he still hasn't fulfilled his promise.
The pressure of the bar exam and the initial challenges of starting work after graduation were things he had never experienced and could never have imagined. Otherwise, there would be no reason for Liu Yan to suddenly become so clingy.
But what was he doing during those days when Liu Yan needed him the most?
My mind is filled with thoughts of my own hardships.
Or perhaps all my hard work is for her own good...
He stood there motionless like a statue for a long time before finally moving his stiff body. His first thought was that his legs didn't even feel like his own.
Liu Yan seemed to be saying something to him, but he didn't hear anything.
He seemed to have absorbed the words, but he couldn't remember anything about them.
The mute button that had been pressed seemed to be canceled only now, and from this moment on, sound gradually began to flow into his ears.
"What are you doing, spacing out like a silly roe deer?"
"If you go insane, I won't take care of you."
Liu Yan became increasingly agitated as she spoke.
"Jiang Chao! I clearly let you in, but you're ignoring me... How can you coax someone like that!"
Jiang Chao did not respond. He simply picked up the contract from the coffee table, glanced at it, put it back, and picked up the pen next to him to sign it.
He didn't know why he was so determined; perhaps it was just a sudden impulse, or maybe he had suddenly come to a realization.
Parents are chosen at birth, and you have no choice whether they are good or bad.
He didn't want the only girl in the world who would understand him to suffer any injustice.
Anyway, Chen Lu and he are in a relationship where they are willing to take bullets for each other, so there's no way he would betray him.
I can have a relaxed job and still earn a good amount of money every month.
No one said that such a life was unhappy; it surpasses the lives of countless others.
How many people in this world can truly realize their dreams?
Let's leave entrepreneurship to truly talented people like Chen Lu; he's already exhausted himself with it.
Jiang Chao gripped the carbon pen tightly, as if bidding farewell to his childhood dream, and wrote stroke by stroke.
He wasn't even this careful when writing his name on the college entrance exam answer sheet.
Liu Yan only now fully realized the situation before her.
Having known each other for so long, it was impossible for her not to see that Jiang Chao's expressions and actions were genuine.
This can't be acted out.
When they made eye contact just now, Jiang Chao wasn't the only one who noticed the dark circles under her eyes; she noticed them too.
At this point, whether Chen Lu was deliberately playing the bad cop for her is no longer important.
She already knew Jiang Chao's choice.
If it's true, the two of them will be able to spend most of their time together in the future. When she gets tired of organizing the files, she can go and complain to Jiang Chao for a while.
Jiang Chao might finally have a chance to sit in the audience and see her dressed formally in court.
After the case is closed, they can go to so many places, see snow-capped mountains, go skiing, and see the sea...
This is indeed the life she has always dreamed of.
Is it really that simple to achieve?
As she pondered, Liu Yan shook her head vigorously again, her gaze returning to the paper contract on the coffee table.
But this is Jiang Chao's dream.
She couldn't be as considerate as Liang Zhirou, and she might never be able to completely sacrifice herself to wholeheartedly support another person in her lifetime.
But at least, she can refrain from stopping it.
"Alright, you two stop acting. You're both repeat offenders, who would believe you..." Liu Yan said coldly, her tone unwavering. But when the others turned to look, they saw that tears had already streamed down her cheeks.
She stubbornly wiped away her tears and said to Jiang Chao, "You are not allowed to sign."
"ah?"
Jiang Chao hadn't yet recovered from his jumbled thoughts and couldn't help but ask a question.
"I said you can't sign it!"
"Oh, okay..." His answer was unusually dazed. After a while, he asked again, "You're not angry anymore?"
Liu Yan gritted her teeth fiercely. Why was Jiang Chao acting like he'd lost his mind halfway through today? He was always a step behind in everything he did.
She bit her lip hard. "I want to eat at Haidilao! I want to spend the money you earned!"
"Fine, my dream of becoming the head of Polaris is shattered again." Chen Lu shrugged, put the contract back in his bag, walked over and took Liang Zhirou's hand like he was taking care of a child, and said softly, "Let's go, no need to see us off."
After declining Liu Yan's suggestion to go out for a meal together, Chen Lu led Liang Zhirou outside.
"You're not serious, are you?" Liang Zhirou asked in a low voice.
"Of course not."
Chen Lu took out the contract and flipped through it page by page in front of the girl.
The first two pages of the contract are perfectly normal.
"You know what? In their eyes, whether the contract is real or fake is no longer important."
As Chen Lu spoke, he flipped the contract to the second-to-last page and pointed to a line in it.
VI. Changes in company authority.
Effective immediately, the social relationship between Party B and Party A is changed to a parent-child relationship, and Party B is obligated to support Party A. Without Party A's consent, Party B shall not use any title other than "father."
Chen Lu turned another page, and the last thing she saw was the almost finished signature of Jiang Chao at the end.
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