"No, it's just that she's too guarded. She thought you were testing her." An Xiaonuan didn't understand, but Ye Jiu saw through Kong Mingming's intentions at a glance.

This delicate and somewhat self-deprecating girl loves to overthink things.

An Xiaonuan was helpless and sighed, "Well, whatever. Let her go."

Then she told Ye Jiu about the plan for the new company she had discussed with the older man yesterday.

"Everything else is fine, but there's something about this designer..." Ye Jiu really didn't understand these things very well, so she couldn't really help in this area.

Speaking of designers, An Xiaonuan did think of one person.

She didn't tell Ye Jiu about it because things were still uncertain. She just comforted her and said, "Don't worry, what's meant to happen will happen."

Ye Jiu: "..." This is probably the most laid-back CEO ever.

After finishing everything, An Xiaonuan called Ye Mingjue to have lunch together.

Ye Qing rolled her eyes at her grandfather, who was grinning broadly in his seat.

I really miss the old grandpa before I met my wife. At least he wouldn't have dumped all those messes at work on her!

After Ye Mingjue left, he called Ye Yi: “I asked you to help me find a blind date, did you find anyone?”

"What kind of times are these? You, a young man, actually have to rely on arranged marriages to find a partner?" Ye Ranxi's voice on the phone crackled with endless ridicule across the internet line.

Ye Qing's face instantly turned pale, and he faintly heard Ye Yi's voice from the phone: "Xi Xi, who is calling?"

“It’s night, Qing! He asked if you’ve found a match for him!” Ye Ranxi said with a smile.

"Oh, I forgot, I'll go look right now..."

Then, the sound of "dialing tone" came from the other end of the phone.

"So am I calling just to be abused?"

I'm such an idiot! I actually let Ye Yi, that slow and indecisive man, help me find a dating partner. I'm so stupid!

No matter how much Ye Qing regretted it, Ye Mingjue had already arrived under An Xiaonuan's building.

They went to the same restaurant as yesterday. An Xiaonuan, while eating, began talking about Qiaozhen.

"Looking at her craftsmanship, she doesn't seem like someone without a reputation. Yet, I searched online and couldn't find anything about her." An Xiaonuan asked.

Ye Mingjue ladled a bowl of soup for An Xiaonuan and then said, "Because when she divorced, she asked her ex-husband to destroy most of her past files."

"Oh, so that's how it is. No, how did you know?" An Xiaonuan stared at Ye Mingjue with wide eyes.

Could it be that he's awakened some kind of superpower? Like telepathy or something...

"Before, she brought her child over, so I checked her out. After checking, I found that this woman was quite extraordinary." She was a person with ambition and the ruthlessness to achieve it, someone who could rise from the ashes.

"You met her only once and already investigated her thoroughly?" An Xiaonuan felt like she had discovered a little-known hobby of the older man, such as: gossip?

Ye Mingjue saw the way An Xiaonuan's eyes darted around and knew she was thinking about something nonsensical again.

This little brain of yours, how come it's always coming up with so many strange and bizarre ideas?

"She's too goal-oriented, I don't trust you, so I checked into it." Yeming Jue stroked An Xiaonuan's head and said.

That tone, so full of meaning, gave An Xiaonuan a feeling like she was being patted on the head by her father.

Shaking her head to clear the imagined scenario, she said, "So, what did you find? Let me take a look."

An Xiaonuan was really quite curious about Zhen Jie's past.

"Eat first, I'll send you an email later." Ye Mingjue said, and clipped a piece of ribs onto her bowl.

As soon as An Xiaonuan saw the pork ribs, she immediately forgot about everything else.

"Mmm, this is delicious, and so is this. You should try one too." An Xiaonuan ate while also remembering to give the man some dishes.

Because of her experience of overeating last time, she restrained herself with her chopsticks and mouth this time.

However...

She touched her own stomach, then touched Ye Mingjue's stomach, and pouted, complaining: "Why is it two bowls of rice for both of us? My stomach is round and full, but yours is still just abs?"

An Xiaonuan was very indignant!

Why do guys stay slimmer than girls even when they eat the same amount? Isn't this a flaw in the laws of nature?

Ye Mingjue grabbed An Xiaonuan's moving hands, a dangerous gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Are you courting disaster?"

"You...you...how...I don't have I don't have!" An Xiaonuan hurriedly pulled her hand back, then moved the stool away from the man beside her.

Ye Mingjue pulled An Xiaonuan's stool closer and then said, "It's mainly about keeping fit. Do you want to try it too?"

"I want to!" An Xiaonuan nodded excitedly.

Has she finally got the secret to staying thin forever? Happiness came so suddenly!

Okay, tonight I'll teach you. Now, let me collect the tuition first.

The man's voice was hoarse, but An Xiaonuan didn't understand what was going on.

But the next second she understood.

Because this man had already kissed her lips!

My goodness, has he reached the age of a wolfish man? To actually kiss her in a restaurant!

In the end, she still collapsed softly into the man's arms and scolded him. An Xiaonuan, whose lips ached, thought to herself, forget it, a kiss for a secret, wasn't a bad deal, she was the one who gained.

However, she didn't know that the evening event she had been looking forward to ended with her crying and begging for it to stop.

After dinner, Ye Mingjue sent An Xiaonuan to her company.

As soon as she stepped into the office, An Xiaonuan quickly opened her computer and searched for emails.

She opened the email he had just sent, holding a cup of tea in one hand and using the other to scroll through it with the mouse.

Unlike Qiao Zhen, whose life was a journey of hardship followed by sweetness, her experience was one of sweetness first, then bitterness.

She was born into an ordinary family, and her affluent family pampered her all the way, ensuring a smooth path for her to design university.

Until she met her ex-husband here, her life had been gradually going downhill.

First, I missed the opportunity to study abroad because of pregnancy. Then, I had a miscarriage while going up the stairs, leading to difficulty conceiving.

A life that was once brilliant began to turn bad.

What should have been a shining resume has become an embarrassment.

But she persevered through her own efforts and eventually found her footing in the world of fashion design.

But just as she had gotten on her feet, news of another pregnancy arrived.

The couple finally decided to keep the baby.

After ten months of pregnancy and the confinement period that followed, Qiao Zhen's hard-earned popularity had practically vanished.

As a result, she became even more focused on her work than before, transforming from someone who was meticulous about their job into a workaholic.

In a small talk show interview, Qiao Zhen once said that design was her dream and livelihood, she poured all her passion into it.

Thus, after a year and a half, her daughter had an accident at the amusement park.