“I was kindly giving you advice, and you don’t want to listen, but why are you being so fierce?”

Ni Tong thought Ruan Sixian was sometimes simply unreasonable. She held her cramping stomach as she walked to the living room and sat down heavily, making her stomach hurt even more.

Ruan Sixian brought over the brown sugar water and stood in front of Ni Tong.

Ni Tong didn’t want to drink it and turned her face away. “I don’t want to drink this…”

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Ruan Sixian withdraw her arm and take a large gulp herself.

The entire series of movements was smooth and fluid, executed without any hesitation, leaving Ni Tong stunned.

“Fine if you don’t want to drink it.”

After saying this, Ruan Sixian sat down, holding her phone in one hand and the brown sugar water in the other, occasionally taking a sip, looking as casual as if she were drinking tea.

Completely ignoring the patient beside her.

Ni Tong felt aggrieved, but she couldn’t win an argument, and her stomach still hurt, so she could only curl up pitifully.

Suddenly, she felt Ruan Sixian move at the end of the sofa. Thinking her foot had touched her, she immediately curled up more tightly, striving to avoid any physical contact with Ruan Sixian.

Too scary.

Ni Tong felt she shouldn’t provoke Ruan Sixian in the future. This woman was so crazy she even dared to curse at the boss. Who knew what she might do to her?

She definitely couldn’t win in a fight. Ni Tong had heard that Ruan Sixian scored very well on physical fitness tests.

Ruan Sixian noticed her movement from the corner of her eye and smiled, then got up to pour another cup of brown sugar water into the kitchen.

“Drink it before it gets cold.”

Ni Tong took it, buried her head in the cup, and gulped it down. Just as she put down the bowl, Ruan Sixian handed her a tissue.

“Thank you.”

She said softly, but there was no response from across.

The two of them occupied the sofa in silence.

An hour later, Ni Tong’s mother called.

“Ah… I’m leaving now.” Ni Tong picked up her things and stood up. “I’m feeling much better.”

Ruan Sixian didn’t even look up as she asked with complete insincerity, “Do you want me to see you down?”

“No, no, my mom is coming to pick me up.”

Ni Tong put on her shoes and held the doorknob. “Thanks for today.”

Ruan Sixian replied with another emotionless “You’re welcome.”

Ni Tong thought that although Ruan Sixian spoke coldly, she had a warm heart. So before leaving, she wanted to share some of her experience in dealing with men.

But before she could speak, she heard Ruan Sixian say, “How old are you to still need your mom to pick you up? You’re already at an age where you could be a mother yourself.”

“…?”

What’s it to you? I’ll always be a baby!

After Ni Tong expressed her restrained anger with a very well-controlled door-closing sound, Ruan Sixian finally looked up at the door.

The room instantly fell silent again. A few minutes later, Ruan Sixian walked to the balcony and indeed saw a middle-aged woman leading Ni Tong away.

She felt her words just now had been too harsh, like a malicious female cannon fodder character.

And this cannon fodder couldn’t control herself. After a month, she clicked on Zheng You’an’s Weibo again.

Just ten minutes ago, Zheng You’an posted on Weibo with three photos.

The first photo was of a blue sky and white clouds taken through a window.

The second photo was of a silk scarf folded in a gift box, embroidered with the character “Xian,” with colorful text above the image saying “Scarf designed by Mom~”

Seeing this, Ruan Sixian sighed silently.

Turning to the third photo, showed the interior of an aircraft.

She didn’t capture the entire scene, just a corner of the seat, with Bai Yang’s figure faintly visible in front.

Not his girlfriend, huh? If she’s not your girlfriend, why are you letting her sit on your plane? If she’s not your girlfriend, why are you taking her to play in Spain?

Ruan Sixian rolled over on the sofa, stopped replying to Fu Mingyu’s messages, and continued playing Candy Crush.

The summer peak travel season arrived as expected. With Jiang City hosting an exposition, World Airlines increased capacity, adding and intensifying multiple routes.

The weather had been bad recently, and the combination of large passenger flows and adverse weather conditions left Ruan Sixian overwhelmed. While ensuring the required rest time, her schedule was filled with flight hours.

Coincidentally, today’s flight encountered thunderstorm weather. The crew needed to submit a written report within ten days. Since Ruan Sixian was about to complete her supervised flying stage, the captain took the opportunity to guide her and the first officer in drafting the flight report at the World Airlines Flight Department, teaching them hands-on.

When they finished, the sun had already set, with only a streak of afterglow illuminating the clouds.

Today was over, and she had two days of rest time.

In just two seconds, she had already arranged her schedule for these two days.

—Eat well, go to the gym, then lie at home.

Unless the Earth exploded, nothing could make her leave home a single step.

Walking toward the elevator, she looked up at the ten regional clocks hanging on the wall.

It was already almost eight o’clock.

Below the clocks was the day’s date.

It was Saturday.

She felt like someone had mentioned Saturday.

She paused at the elevator.

In that brief second, Bai Yang, who had come out looking for her, caught sight of her.

Seeing she was about to enter the elevator, Bai Yang quickly called out from behind, “Miss Ruan!”

Ruan Sixian didn’t react immediately and stepped into the elevator. The captain in front had already pressed the button.

Bai Yang quickly called out “Ruan Sixian” again, louder this time, causing passing employees to turn and look.

The captain immediately pressed the door open button forcefully. Ruan Sixian poked her head out. “What is it?”

Bai Yang waved at Ruan Sixian from a distance. Seeing she wasn’t moving, he walked to the elevator entrance.

“Chairman Fu asks you to go to his office.”

“Me?” Ruan Sixian asked, “What’s the matter?”

The captain behind her also asked, “Is it about today’s thunderstorm? I’ve already drafted the report.”

Bai Yang said it wasn’t. “He just wants First Officer Ruan to come over.”

The captain and first officer’s gazes immediately focused on Ruan Sixian.

Ruan Sixian’s back tensed.

What was this dog of a man up to now?

However, this was World Airlines. When Fu Mingyu called her to his office, she had no reason to refuse.

Ruan Sixian exited the elevator and entered another one with Bai Yang.

This was her first time going to Fu Mingyu’s office.

Passing through an automatic sensor glass door, there were two rows of workstations along the corridor, with four assistants seated.

Seeing Bai Yang bringing Ruan Sixian, two of them looked up curiously.

But their gazes quickly withdrew when Bai Yang opened Fu Mingyu’s office door.

When Ruan Sixian walked in, Fu Mingyu was removing his suit jacket from his desk.

Seeing Ruan Sixian arrive, his movements paused slightly. He looked back once without speaking, then continued taking off his half-removed jacket.

As his arms extended backward, the muscle lines of his chest subtly showed through his shirt.

He didn’t notice Ruan Sixian’s gaze. After putting down his jacket, his right hand loosened his tie, while the other hand turned the chair to sit down.

If you covered this face, Ruan Sixian thought, not knowing it was Fu Mingyu, that scene just now would have been quite sexy.

However, judging by his manner, it seemed like he didn’t have anything important to say.

Sure enough, the next second, he asked, “Haven’t checked your phone?”

“No.” Ruan Sixian asked, “What is it?”

Fu Mingyu twirled a pen in his hand, his gaze falling on Ruan Sixian’s face, sweeping over it lightly, before saying, “I have a video conference later. Wait for me a bit. When it’s over, I’ll take you out for dinner.”

Ruan Sixian: “…?”

She was stunned for several seconds, unable to comprehend what Fu Mingyu was doing.

Just as she was about to speak, the phone in front of Fu Mingyu rang.

Fu Mingyu stopped looking at her. While answering the phone, he opened the laptop in front of him and said in a commanding tone, “Wait for me outside for a while.”

He was indeed busy now. Ruan Sixian didn’t say anything more and turned to leave.

The door closed automatically behind her, cutting off Fu Mingyu’s voice.

Outside was a waiting area. A female assistant came over with tea, asking Ruan Sixian to sit for a while.

Ruan Sixian instinctively took the cup, had a sip, and had just barely touched the sofa when her mind suddenly cleared.

Why should she wait just because Fu Mingyu told her to?

Moreover, it wasn’t even for something important. He said they would go out for dinner! This wasn’t work-related, this was her time!

Had her brain short-circuited just now?

It must have been because she was in the office environment, with a serious atmosphere all around, and Fu Mingyu sitting behind his desk, giving her a sense of hierarchy between superior and subordinate, which made her obediently go out to wait.

Ruan Sixian felt she had been tricked.

Taking her out for dinner? Did she not have legs or a mouth of her own?

And the more she thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

Have dinner together?

Why? They didn’t seem to have the kind of relationship where they could arrange meals together, did they?

She hadn’t made any work-related errors, and today’s thunderstorm was mainly the captain’s responsibility, having little to do with her.

Ruan Sixian couldn’t figure it out. Her brows knotted together, with questions written all over her face.

Seeing this, the female assistant was startled and hurriedly came over to ask, “Is the tea too hot?”

“Huh?” Ruan Sixian came back to herself and shook her head. “No, the temperature is just right…”

The female assistant breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, “That’s good. I won’t disturb you then.”

After the assistant left, Ruan Sixian took out her phone and checked WeChat, indeed seeing a message from Fu Mingyu sent an hour ago.

[Fu Mingyu]: I’m back.

?

Why is he reporting to me that he’s back?

She put down the teacup and stood up, facing the door to Fu Mingyu’s office, as an instinctive sense of realization slowly spread in her heart.

Ruan Sixian was all too familiar with this kind of overture from men. She wouldn’t misinterpret something like this.

So, Fu Mingyu—was he trying to seduce her?

This dog of a man, just returning from abroad with another woman and immediately rushing to pursue her?!

And with such a commanding tone?!

Half an hour later, Fu Mingyu came out of his office.

Scanning around, there was no one besides the four assistants.

Fu Mingyu looked at the female assistant responsible for reception and asked, “Where is she?”

The assistant stood up and hesitated for a moment before saying, “First Officer Ruan said she wouldn’t wait for you and left first.”

Although Fu Mingyu had already guessed this, actually hearing the assistant say it still made him rub his brow.

The female assistant secretly observed his expression, grateful that she had changed the wording when relaying Ruan Sixian’s message.

—”Tell your Chairman Fu he can go eat by himself!”

Ruan Sixian returned home, too tired to change out of her uniform. She took off her shoes and collapsed on the sofa.

Staring at the ceiling, she felt her lungs hurt from anger.

After cursing Fu Mingyu one hundred and eighty times in her mind, the doorbell stopped her from cursing for the one hundred and eighty-first time.

Ruan Sixian sat up and called out, “Who is it?”

An unfamiliar voice from outside replied, “Your delivery is here.”

Ruan Sixian remembered that she had indeed ordered takeout before coming back, so she quickly got up to open the door.

But the person standing at the door wasn’t wearing a yellow uniform, but a black suit.

He was holding two large bags, which he handed to Ruan Sixian.

“Your delivery. Please enjoy, and have a pleasant meal.”

Ruan Sixian was stunned. She had ordered claypot rice. Did the restaurant give her a whole pot? Why were there two such large bags?

“Did you deliver to the wrong address? This doesn’t seem like what I ordered.”

“Ming Chen Apartments, Building 3, Apartment 1601, Miss Ruan Sixian, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Then there’s no mistake. This is your delivery.”

Ruan Sixian took the two bags, closed the door, and placed them on the table. She took out two wooden meal boxes with “Xixiang Banquet” carved on them.

She knew this was a high-end Chinese restaurant nearby, but she hadn’t ordered from there.

While hesitating, the doorbell rang again.

This time Ruan Sixian didn’t ask but looked at the monitor.

“…”

It was Fu Mingyu.

Sure enough, this takeout was ordered by him.

Ruan Sixian watched Fu Mingyu through the monitor but didn’t open the door.

After waiting a long time without the door opening, the person outside pressed the doorbell again.

Ruan Sixian nodded to herself.

Fine, let’s see what you’re up to.

She opened the door, leaned against the doorframe, and stood directly in front of Fu Mingyu.

“Chairman Fu, what can I do for you?”

Fu Mingyu had his suit jacket draped over his arm. His tie was removed, his shirt unbuttoned by two, his eyes downcast, lacking his usual sharp aura, and instead appearing somewhat tired.

“Has the takeout arrived?”

His voice was also a bit hoarse.

“It has.” Ruan Sixian said, “What exactly are you doing?”

“Didn’t I say we’d have dinner together tonight?”

“No, that’s not what I meant. You just came back from Spain with your girlfriend, and now you’re asking me out for dinner. What’s that about?”

“I told you before, she’s not my girlfriend.”

Fu Mingyu had been on a plane for more than ten hours, then held a video conference at World Airlines, before coming directly here. Calculating it, he hadn’t rested all day.

Faced with Ruan Sixian’s questioning attitude, he couldn’t believe he was patiently explaining again.

Women were hard to appease when jealous.

“She’s the daughter of a partner company’s boss. She had business in Spain and happened to take my plane.”

Ruan Sixian paused, said “Oh,” and didn’t speak further, but her eyes were moving as if thinking about something.

Fu Mingyu took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, afraid she would bring the topic back to Zheng You’an, so he took the initiative.

“The food is already here. Aren’t you going to let me in?”

Ruan Sixian didn’t move.

Fu Mingyu didn’t move either.

After a brief standoff, Ruan Sixian’s fingers gripping the door gradually loosened.

It’s just a meal, no big deal.

She moved aside slightly, and Fu Mingyu strode in.

He placed his jacket on the sofa, turned to the table, opened the boxes, and arranged the dishes one by one.

His movements were very quick, but they looked methodical as if he wasn’t handling food but exquisite art pieces.

Ruan Sixian walked over to take a look.

The selection of dishes was quite rich, with both meat and vegetables, fragrant and steaming.

In the other box, there were four plump hairy crabs.

Ruan Sixian picked one up and started untying the strings.

But this restaurant’s tying method was elaborate, and she struggled for a while without success, muttering, “Why are they tied so tightly?”

Fu Mingyu glanced at her.

“Go get scissors.”

“Oh.”

Ruan Sixian put down the crab and turned to find scissors, but noticed Fu Mingyu’s jacket placed on her sofa.

She paused and said, “You leave after you finish eating.”

It was a statement, not a question.

Hearing this, Fu Mingyu paused his movements and turned to look at her.

“What else?”

Ruan Sixian: “…?”

Just speak if you want to speak, why are you smiling?

“Otherwise I’ll tie you to a straw boat to borrow arrows.”