Xie Chu Yi's hands, resting on the table, were clenched tightly together. Her face was full of entanglement and hesitation: "Wanci, you should still ask President Bo. That time when I gave him a massage, it just happened that he wasn't feeling well. I had just learned some acupressure techniques from my teacher, so I helped him press a few points. But I don't know much about President Bo's health condition."

"That's interesting," Shen Wanci drawled, prolonging her tone. She came to ask Xie Chuyi because of her profession, and also because she felt that since Xie Chuyi was helping Bao Jingzhou with a massage, she must know something inside. "I'll ask him again tonight."

Her appearance looked very disappointed, even her smile seemed a little forced.

Seeing this, Xie Chuyi couldn't help but enviously say, "Your relationship with President Bo is truly wonderful."

"Hmm."

Shen Wanci smiled at her and didn't continue the conversation. Besides health, she didn't want to talk about anything related to Bo Jingzhou with Xie Chiyi.

In the cafe, soft music played in the background. She stirred her coffee absentmindedly with a spoon, watching the cream melt completely into the dark brown liquid. Her mind was racing, trying to figure out how to get the information she wanted from Xie Chuyi.

"That's really enviable."

Hearing the wistfulness in her voice, Shen Wanci casually asked, "Do you have a crush on someone?"

"Well," Xie Chuyi blushed with the shyness and sweetness of a young girl, "but he doesn't really like me yet. I'm waiting for him."

She said this while looking at Shen Wanci. A woman's intuition, combined with the knowledge Qin Yuezhi had imparted to her over the years about "glamorous and slutty women," made her heart tighten unconsciously, "...Then you should try liking someone else."

“It can't be changed, I've liked him for many years,” Hearing her say that she had liked him for many years, Shen Wanci finally put down the suspicion in her heart, “She likes Bo Jingzhou.” Then Xie Chuyi continued, "He is very excellent and he saved me."

“...”

The two of them weren't very close, and once no one spoke, the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

They were sitting by the window, the sunlight felt a bit warm on their skin. Xie Chu Yi's phone rang, breaking the awkward silence just in time. She said "Sorry" and answered the call in front of Shen Wan Ci.

After a few words, she hung up. Seeing Shen Wanci looking at her, she explained, "It was the police. Our place was robbed last night, they called to ask routine questions."

This was also the reason she agreed to have coffee with Shen Wanci. She wanted to know if the person from last night was the one she sent. First, they warmly welcomed her out of the hospital and sent her home, then invited her to a banquet, and then that area was robbed.

It's such a coincidence that one can't help but wonder.

After all, as long as the wages are slightly decent, no one would choose to live in a damp and stuffy basement infested with rats and cockroaches, risking their safety just to steal. The loot they could possibly get wouldn't even cover the cost of transportation back and forth.

But Xie Chuyi was disappointed. When she brought it up, Shen Wanci's eyes didn't waver: "After the new year, everyone is poor, so we need to be more careful during this time. It's best to carry valuables with you at all times. Although people living in basements don't have much money, there are still some who might slip through the cracks. And because property losses are not significant and there isn't much surveillance, the police generally just perfunctorily investigate."

She even shared with her how to hide things in the basement.

Xie Chuyi: "..."

I'm truly grateful for your help.

After finishing her coffee, Shen Wanci was just about to suggest going out for a meal when Bo Jingzhou's call came in, almost on the dot: "Where are you?"

"Outside." She didn't say she was with Xie Chuyi.

"…" Bo Jingzhou fell silent for a moment, "I'm hungry."

Shen Wanci had lived with him for so long, she could understand the implied meaning of his words. Since he wouldn't say it directly, she pretended not to understand, angering him: "Chen Xu didn't set you up on a date?"

The meal he ordered wasn't tasty.

How is that possible?

She could guarantee that Chen Xu understood his preferences better than she did, and would even ask Bo Jingzhou if he wanted to order food when the time came.

"Then you pick what you want, as long as you don't eat anything like bear paws, leopard fetus or stupid illegal stuff like that, he can get you anything else."

" "..." Over there, Bo Jingzhou probably got angry with her. He didn't speak for a long time, and his breathing became heavier. Shen Wanci almost thought he was going to hang up without saying a word after an eternity, when he finally spoke: "I took a tumble this morning, my leg is still hurting, can you bear to abandon your injured fiancé?"

Tsk, playing the victim card now.

"If there weren't outsiders around, Shen Wanci would definitely act coquettish for a while longer, "What do you want to eat?"

Bo Jingzhou reported the name of his family's restaurant, "Order whatever dishes you like."

Shen Wanci didn't know this shop. She checked and found that it was nearby, and it would only take five minutes to walk there: "Okay."

As I was about to hang up, the other end added, "Could you also bring me a cup of coffee?"

She originally wanted to say that the company didn't just have a coffee machine, but then she thought about how she was at a cafe now and it wouldn't be a bother to grab a cup, "What would you like?"

"Same as you."

Shen Wanci: "..."

She pushed open Bo Jingzhou's office door with the takeout in hand. The man was working on documents, his coat taken off and hung on the clothes rack beside him, his shirt neatly rolled up to his elbows.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he subconsciously raised his head. When he saw that it was Shen Wanci who walked in, a smile immediately appeared on his originally somewhat serious face.

Bo Jingzhou put down his pen, got up and walked quickly in front of her, taking the takeout from her hand and placing it on the coffee table: "Didn't I tell you to stay away from her?"

Shen Wanci and Xie Chuyi hadn't sat together for long when Chen Xu came to report, which is why he called her right on time. He was afraid that if he didn't bring her over, she would make plans to have dinner with Xie Chuyi.

"Shen Wanci didn't foolishly ask Bo Jingzhou how he knew they were having coffee together. "Xie Chiyi said her house was burglarized last night? Was it your people?"

Bao Jingzhou didn't hide it: "Hmm."

"Have you found any clues?"

"I said, I'll handle Xie Chuyi's matter, you don't need to worry about it, let alone interfere," Bo Jingzhou pinched her face, "You'd better spend this time thinking about the question I asked you this morning."

"What's the problem?" He was still on the floor, unable to get up from his fall this morning. Shen Wanci only cared about his legs and hadn't noticed what he had asked.

Thin Jingzhou smiled and repeated the question from this morning: “If I listen to you, how will you reward me? You didn’t say a word back then and just turned away. Now it’s been a whole morning, have you thought about it?”

Although they live together, they haven't been close lately because they're both too busy and, for health reasons, he's worried she'll notice something is up.

To count it, the last time was in Italy.