《This Heroine Is Not Pretty》


 CH 1

    At seven o¡¯clock in the morning, Li Na punctually woke up and opened her eyes. She stretched out her arms from under the covers and choked. At that time, a pleasant-sounding male voice said, ¡°You¡¯re awake?¡±


    Li Na squinted her eyes and turned her head in the direction of the voice. She saw a man in a white suit, shirt, and black-spotted tie sitting on the edge of the bed. A white-haired Persian cat was curled up beside him. One of its pupils was as clear as the deep sea, and the other one was as bright as the sun.


    Jiang Ke¡¯s hair had just been washed and dried. It was a bit messy, but it added a touch of indescribable sex appeal to the whole person.


    Li Na was just about to ask who he was when all of a sudden she remembered everything!


    Boss! Big boss! General manager!


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    That¡¯s not important, the important thing is¡­ Whyever am I here? Why is the boss here?!


    My house? Boss¡¯s house? Hotel?


    A one-night stand? Sex caused by drunkenness? The boss XX her?


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    ¡°Fvsr ealyxkdt, oyjl wr.¡±


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    Rv yzz pvyavle vball eyup yts.


    ¡­¡­.


    ¡°Blah, blah, blah¡­¡±


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    The sycamore leaves around the community clashed, and the raindrops got bigger and denser. There was no sign of the rain stopping at all.


    A five- or six-year-old boy stood in front of a convenience store. His hair was drenched and his backpack was soaked in the rain. He stood under the eaves in distress and looked at the sky: ¡°How can I go home in such a heavy rain¡­¡±


    Li Na bought tissues, shampoo, milk, and a few snacks at the supermarket. She was carrying her things out when she heard what the boy was saying. She smiled and asked him: ¡°Where are your parents, kid? Why didn¡¯t they pick you up?¡±


    The little boy glanced at Li Na. But he did not speak.


    His family probably taught him not to talk to strangers, so the little boy wasn¡¯t going to answer Li Na¡¯s question.


    Li Na didn¡¯t care. She asked him with a grin, ¡°Are you unable to go home without an umbrella?¡±


    The little boy hesitated and nodded.


    ¡°Now,¡± Li Na said, as she passed him her rainbow umbrella. ¡°I gave you my umbrella, go, hurry home.¡±


    The little boy pursed his lips and refused to pick it up. Li Na shook her head and sighed. ¡°What a proud child,¡± she said. She opened the umbrella in her hand and placed it in the little boy¡¯s hand. ¡°Hurry up and go home, your mother will worry if you don¡¯t go back.¡±


    Li Na did not wait for the boy to respond, she dashed straight into the rain, her figure was shrinking as she turned into a corner and disappeared. The little boy stood there and said softly, ¡°Thank you, Big Sister.¡±


    The little boy came home with an umbrella. After he knocked on the door, a man in a suit opened the door. When he saw the little boy, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, ¡°Maomao, why did you come back so late?¡±


    The little boy¡¯s nickname was Maomao. He was in the first grade of elementary school. He went to the first elementary school on the perimeter of the community. Because it was very close to home, but more than 100 meters away, he had always gone home by himself to practice his independence.


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    When Maomao saw the man, he smiled and plunged into the man¡¯s arms: ¡°Uncle!¡±


    Jiang Ke did not mind that he was being soaked all over, he held Maomao in his arms, picked up the wet umbrella on the ground, entered the house, and closed the door.


    While a couple in the kitchen were busy cooking, Jiang Ke carried Maomao to his room, dried his hair, changed his clothes, carried him to the living room sofa, and brought him slippers.


    ¡°Uncle, no one told me that it was raining today. I didn¡¯t have an umbrella. I was in front of the convenience store downstairs, waiting for you to remember to pick me up,¡± Maomao said, as he held his uncle¡¯s arm.


    ¡°Well, it was Mom and Dad¡¯s fault. No one gave you an umbrella. Pay attention in the future. So that rainbow umbrella isn¡¯t yours?¡± Jiang Ke smiled and stroked his head.


    ¡°A kind big sister gave it to me.¡± Maomao tilted his head and his big eyes rolled around steadily.


    ¡°Well, did you say when to give it back?¡± He supported his head with one hand and looked lazily at Maomao.


    Maomao opened his mouth wide: ¡°Oh, Uncle, I forgot. After that sister gave me her umbrella, she ran and went away without using an umbrella.¡±


    The legendary Lei Feng who did good deeds without leaving a name, and sacrificed himself for others?


    Jiang Ke habitually raised an eyebrow: ¡°Oh? Let me ask you, is the sister who gave you the umbrella beautiful?¡±


    Maomao shook his head.


    ¡°Ugly?¡± Jiang Ke suddenly felt a little bored.


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    Maomao shook his head: ¡°She¡¯s not beautiful but not ugly either.¡±


    ¡°Then do you remember what that sister looked like?¡±


    Maomao blinked: ¡°I forgot.¡± Jiang Ke burst into laughter instantly, ¡°Forget it, it¡¯s just an umbrella, it¡¯s possible that she is in the same community, and if you have fate, you will naturally meet her.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s time to eat!¡± The Maomao¡¯s mother in the kitchen yelled. Jiang Ke rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen to serve the food. After she saw that he came, Jiang Wen pushed him out quickly: ¡°Oh, Big Boss, you just sit there quietly and wait for the food. You are a guest, how can we still let you come and work?¡±


    Next to her, Lan Tainian also echoed: ¡°Big Brother, this is just a small matter. You have been working all day. Wenwen and I will do just fine by ourselves here. Go and sit down.¡±


    Jiang Ke was quite speechless by being called a guest by the couple. He could only sit at the table with his mouth closed accompanying Maomao, obediently waiting for the food.


    Jiang Wen was Jiang Ke¡¯s younger sister, she was two years younger than him. After she graduated from university at the age of 21, she fell in love and quickly got married. Less than a year later, she gave birth to Maomao. Maomao is now six years old and can go to the supermarket downstairs to buy soy sauce. Now, her elder brother who was almost thirty is still a loner.


    ¡°Brother, I heard that last time our parents arranged for you to meet Uncle Zhang¡¯s daughter?¡± Jiang Wen asked nosily: ¡°What do you think?¡±


    Jiang Ke lowered his head to eat and did not look at her: ¡°Nothing.¡±


    ¡­.. ¡°Brother, how old are you?¡±


    Jiang Ke put down his bowl and chopsticks: ¡°Twenty-nine, what¡¯s the matter, am I old?¡±


    ¡°No, no, no, you are not old at all,¡± Jiang Wen shook her head. Saying that he was old, isn¡¯t that also saying that she was old in disguise? ¡°It¡¯s just that if keep going like this, I will doubt that you are gay.¡±


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    Gay¡­.


    Jiang Ke tapped the other end of his chopsticks on his sister¡¯s head: ¡°Your brother, I, am straight, don¡¯t think of random thoughts like mom and dad, I just haven¡¯t met the right one that¡¯s all.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Jiang Wen timidly lowered her head to take some food and secretly looked to her husband. Lan Tainian quickly understood, and said: ¡°Big brother, I have a female colleague that¡¯s quite good¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke sighed helplessly: ¡°If you keep telling me this, I will have to leave.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    The dinner was suddenly quiet, and Maomao shouted at this moment: ¡°Uncle, I want an aunt!¡±


    Fuck! Yes! Good! Jiang Wen immediately wanted to clap her hands and applaud her son. Her son was super great!


    Jiang Ke was speechless. Speaking of his nephew, he was also very cute. He didn¡¯t know what kind of ecstasy soup the kid¡¯s mother had put into Maomao. When Jiang Ke took him out to play last time, every time he saw a woman, he would call her aunt, from the teenage daughter of a company employee to the cleaning lady who cleans his office, he called everyone his aunt! As long as it was a woman, the child kept calling her aunt.


    Jiang Ke was also a bit irritated. His friends around him praise him one by one saying that he was handsome, or that he was the president of a big company, and his personality was not too bad. But the point was, he really couldn¡¯t find the right person.


    As long as he wanted to, a lot of women could line up to have a date with him. Jiang Ke did not pick any. He just didn¡¯t feel like it, didn¡¯t want to talk, felt that love was very tiring and that it was good to be alone.


    He had also doubted whether he was emotionally cold or impaired. He consulted a psychologist who said it was normal.


    But the heart in his chest was never stirred by another.


    Lan Tainian said under the eyes of his wife: ¡°Brother, there is something I have to say, I always feel that you can¡¯t let go of your heart. After such a long time, there are some things you should also let go of.¡±


    Jiang Ke was stunned and went silent.


    A little awkwardness and disappointment can be felt at the table.


    After a while, Jiang Ke said, ¡°I have to go, Xiaomi is still waiting to be fed at home.¡± He put on his coat and took some things. Before leaving, he took an umbrella, colorful and gorgeous.


    Xiaomi was a white Persian cat, one of its eyes was blue, and the other one was golden. Xiaomi was five years old and had a docile personality. It liked to crawl into Jiang Ke¡¯s bed and curl up under his arms when he was asleep.


    Xiaomi was very obedient and well-behaved. Jiang Ke had also been willing to be a shit shovel officer. Over time, he gradually became willing to spend a whole day quietly with Xiaomi at home, rather than talking and dating a woman arranged by his parents.


    There were some things he should move on from. And some people, he should let go.


    Xiaomi had a sterilization operation two days ago and was a bit grumpy. Jiang Ke brought its favorite dried fish but couldn¡¯t tease it out from under the bed.


    He had no choice but to put the food on the plate and put it under the bed to take a bath. After taking a shower, he saw Xiaomi eat the cat food and dried fish on her plate and meowed at Jiang Ke.


    Jiang Ke smiled indulgently, reached down, and pulled it into his arms. He took it to bed and put it under the blanket. ¡°Tomorrow I¡¯ll take you to the company and take you for a walk on the way.¡±


    Xiaomi opened her big watery eyes and let out a ¡°meow¡±.


    ¡°Go to sleep.¡±


    ¡°Meow.¡±

 CH 2

    Li Na lived in a house allocated to her mother when her parents divorced. After her mother remarried, the house remained vacant. Li Na had lived here since she graduated from her senior year internship. This location could be regarded as a bustling area, a good area to find decent people. But to find a well-paid big business could be quite hard.


    She majored in financial management, but usually, her work wasn¡¯t related to her major. Especially now that the competition was so fierce, there were people better than Li Na, and many others who came from prestigious schools.


    Li Na knew that she was too ordinary.


    As her name suggests, Li Na looked ordinary, had average grades, and a modest family background. She had no choice but to attend interviews and application meetings one after another.


    Li Na had always believed that as long as she had a pair of diligent hands, she would never die of starvation.


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    Li Na found several suitable companies and units on 58.com and Ganji. It was ten o¡¯clock at night after sending out her resume. She stretched her waist, washed up, and went to bed.


    The rain had been falling at night. It¡¯s going to be sunny tomorrow, Li Na thought as she lay on her bed.


    Li Na had a dream that night, a beautiful dream, like a wet dream, but not a wet dream.


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    Li Na bought two meat buns and a bottle of yogurt. She put them in her bag and took them to the bus to eat. She had to rush to the job fair. The job fair started at 8 o¡¯clock. It was 15 minutes by subway and half an hour by bus. She chose the latter without hesitation since it was still early.


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    Li Na got into the bus, sat in the back seat, took out her notebook, and looked through it. She had to be at the job fair from eight in the morning until noon, and submit a resume for the interview. If it was not accepted, then she would have an interview with two big companies at one and three o¡¯clock in the afternoon. And if she doesn¡¯t have time for lunch, she¡¯ll grab a bite to eat at a small restaurant. That was pretty much the whole day.


    The bus passed through one stop after another, and the number of people on the bus was increasing little by little. It gradually became crowded and no one could make much movement, the whole bus began to become noisy.


    Li Na sat in a daze in the back row after eating the buns with her resume in her arms. This was her daily activity. Her eyes didn¡¯t blink, and she didn¡¯t think about anything in her mind. It was also an alternative rest.


    Just then, a pair of sneaky hands appeared in Li Na¡¯s field of vision. She moved her eyes and became vigilant.


    They were the hands of a middle-aged man who was reaching out to a beautiful woman with wavy hair in a small suit.


    At first, Li Na thought it might be molestation, but the man had a small object between his fingertips, a razor blade, and his hand was reaching for the woman¡¯s handbag.


    A thief?!


    Li Na naturally wasn¡¯t stupid enough to shout that there were thieves. Most thieves commit crimes by groups. She didn¡¯t want to offend the thieves blatantly, she just wanted to give the woman a heads-up2.


    With that in mind, Li Na got up and pushed her way through the crowd, towards the back door of the bus. The crowd moved because of Li Na¡¯s movement. And the thief quickly retracted his hand when he saw the movement, pretending that nothing happened, his eyes wandering.


    Usually, thieves get on the bus with a few people, especially when there¡¯s a crowd. They surround the target, which is the easiest way to steal, and then get off quickly.


    Li Na elbowed her way over to the woman in the suit, isolating the man who was standing behind the woman. She smiled and moved her shoulder bag to her chest. ¡°Excuse me, I will get off at the next stop,¡± she said.


    The other party responded to Li Na with a polite smile.


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    After a while, the cell phone in the woman¡¯s handbag rang, she opened the zipper and took out the phone to answer: ¡°Hello, general manager, um, I¡¯m ten minutes away from the office¡­ would you like some royal cat food? Yes, I got it.¡±


    While the woman was on the phone, a pair of hands reached into her handbag and stole a gray wallet. Li Na, who thought the thief would not do anything again, didn¡¯t see it.


    Fairy put the phone in her bag after making the call and habitually looked for her wallet, but she couldn¡¯t find anything.


    Cold sweat suddenly broke out on the Fairy¡¯s back. Not to mention hundreds of cash in her wallet, there was her ID card, two bank cards, and most importantly, the black card the big boss had given her for office shopping!


    It didn¡¯t matter if her things were lost. But if the boss¡¯ black card was lost, then she can just go to hell after getting out of the bus.


    Thinking of this, Fairy yelled: ¡°My wallet was stolen!¡±


    Li Na froze, and the people in the car started to make a commotion.


    Fairy first took out her cell phone and opened the camera to take a video of all the people around her. Then she shouted to the driver, ¡°Driver, please drive to the police station right now. I¡¯m going to call the police if I lose my wallet!¡±


    Li Na¡¯s first reaction was to look at the man behind her. The man couldn¡¯t hide the panic on his face after hearing the woman¡¯s words.


    At the same time, someone on the bus complained: ¡°If you want to call the police, then call the police. We are still in a hurry to go to work, why should the driver listen to you and go to the police station.¡±


    After all, Fairy worked in a big company and had seen a lot of things. She sneered, ¡°Driver, the closest police station is just ahead. Turn right at the first intersection and drive for 300 meters. Could we please drive there?¡±


    The driver hesitated, ¡°Girl, look at this big bus, if you don¡¯t have much money and not an essential thing is lost, just forget it, a bus full of people can¡¯t be delayed just for you alone, right?¡±


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    ¡°That is¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m still waiting for work¡­¡±


    ¡°Hey, when you encounter this kind of thing, you can only admit that you¡¯re unlucky¡­¡±


    ¡°Who knows when you lost it, maybe the thief got out of the car long ago.¡±


    Fairy spoke calmly. In a voice not too loud or too small, but it was enough for everyone on the bus to hear, ¡°I got on the bus at the last station. When I got on the bus, I took some change from my wallet. No one has gotten off since I got on the bus, so I¡¯m sure the thief must still be on the bus. Once I go to the police station, the thief will not be able to escape!¡±


    The crowd murmured, and Li Na looked at the thief. The thief noticed her and looked back at Li Na, his gaze a bit fierce.


    Li Na, to make the driver realize the seriousness of the situation, touched her shoulder bag and yelled, ¡°Hey! Where is my wallet! My wallet was stolen too!¡±


    Fairy was stunned. She gave Li Na a second look. Li Na¡¯s hand touched her arm and her voice doubled, ¡°Driver! My wallet is gone! There are two or three thousand in it! Driver, please call the police! I want to go to the police station too!¡±


    Fairy seemed to understand something when she saw this. The girl in front of her was helping her. After all, her words alone might not be able to shake the opinion of the whole bus. At this time, if another person came forward, it would have been a lot easier.


    Li Na chose to be this person, to simply do it or not. To follow along, and make peace with their losses? For cheap thieves? How was that possible?


    ¡°Everyone, look at your bag and see if anything is missing,¡± Li Na stood up and reminded, ¡°You must know that thieves usually commit crimes in a group. There must be more than one thief on the bus. The beautiful woman next to me lost her wallet and mine is also gone. The thief must have stolen other people¡¯s things, we can¡¯t just let it go!¡±


    As Li Na reminded them, many people looked through their pockets and bags, and they were astounded. A man and a woman¡¯s wallets were missing.


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    For a time, everyone on the bus was alarmed. No one dared to say anything, the driver drove straight to the police station without saying a word.


    ¡­¡­


    Jiang Ke woke Xiaomi up early in the morning and put it in the pet bag. Before he went out, he called his assistant, Fairy. Xiaomi¡¯s cat food was finished, and he asked her to buy a bag and take it to the company.


    There was a regular morning meeting on Monday. Jiang Ke rushed to the company at 8 o¡¯clock, and handed Xiaomi to the front desk to be taken care of: ¡°Wait for Fairy to come and let her feed Xiaomi.¡±


    ¡°Okay general manager.¡±


    At 9:30 after the meeting, Jiang Ke went to see Xiaomi. Xiaomi was hungry and meowed. Jiang Ke frowned and asked the front desk, ¡°Where is Fairy? Tell her to come to my office in five minutes.¡±


    ¡°General manager, sister Fairy called and said that she was at the police station and might not be able to make it.¡±


    ¡°The police station? Was she robbed? She went to the police station on the way to work?¡± Jiang Ke said with interest.


    The two girls at the front desk both had strange expressions on their faces. One of them said, ¡°Fairy said that her things were stolen and that the thief had taken her hostage. Now she¡¯s at the police station giving a statement. She said she¡¯ll be back by ten-thirty.¡±


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t expect that he would get it right when he just said it casually. He had some doubts about whether he had the legendary crow¡¯s mouth3.


    But no wonder Fairy¡¯s not here. He casually pointed, ¡°Please go to the nearby pet store to buy a bag of cat food for Xiaomi, the royal brand, the red packaged one.¡±


    The receptionist googled Royal Cat Food. A 2 kg bag of cat food was 498 yuan! She bursts into tears in her heart. She really didn¡¯t eat as well as a cat, and she didn¡¯t live as well as a cat¡­


    Jiang Ke returned to the office and asked the people on the same floor for a piece of bread. He broke it into small pieces and put it on the palm of his hand. Xiaomi hurriedly stepped forward to lick it from the palm of his hand.


    After Xiaomi finished eating, it sat on the table, raised its head, and mewed to Jiang Ke. Jiang Ke ignored it, sat in the chair, and began to deal with the company¡¯s big and small affairs.


    He didn¡¯t know how long time had passed. During that period, the girl at the front desk, Xiaowen, bought cat food, fed the cat food to Xiaomi as required, took the little guy out for a walk, and Fairy came back.


    As soon as she came back, someone told her to report to the boss. Fairy said sadly, ¡°I¡¯ve had a bad day today¡­¡±


    Tian Tian, the HR4 manager, happened to pass by and thrust the applicants¡¯ information into her arms: ¡°Fairy! Cheer up!¡±


    ¡°Fuck off!¡±


    Fairy felt that she was very distressed. She graduated from university and joined the company as an intern. At that time, there were two men and one woman with her as boss¡¯ assistants. After the three-month internship, one woman was eliminated. Another left at the end of the year a year later. And in the end, she and a buddy named Ken were left. This buddy is mixed-race. He returned from studying in the UK and spent two years of ups and downs with Fairy. Then he also chose to run away.


    Her big boss was not so difficult to serve, but the workload was huge. Including everything from financial budget, marketing, advertising planning, and so on, all given to the assistant. In addition, the general manager was somewhat inhumane. His expensive pampered cat, in particular, needs to be waited upon sometimes. But everything else is¡­ okay.


    She had been working with her boss for almost three years, and she had figured out his temper and habits for the most part. A workaholic plus a shit shoveling officer plus a single dog equals a big boss Jiang Ke.


    And she had been happy and worried during this period. The good news was that her salary had been raised again. As an assistant, her salary is comparable to that of the HR manager. She earns six figures a year, more than three hundred thousand.


    What¡¯s worrying was that Big Boss was a bit dissatisfied with her efficiency.

 CH 3

    But you can¡¯t blame her!


    She had been doing the work of five people by herself. And a delicate woman like her being treated as if she had the constitution of an ox1, she was almost drained of energy2, okay?! Fortunately, nothing happened that day, otherwise, she and her work would be fucked up.


    Fairy walked into the Boss¡¯ office nervously and knocked on the door, ¡°General Manager.¡±


    Jiang Ke raised his head and looked at her, expressionless: ¡°What¡¯s that in your hand?¡±


    ¡°The HR department said that it¡¯s the applicants¡¯ information. I¡¯ll show it to you. There are fifty applicants, and this time five people will be recruited.¡±


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    Jiang Ke supported his chin, and the corners of his mouth curved, ¡°That¡¯s right, you¡¯ve been taking care of my affairs by yourself for half a year. The work is a bit heavy.¡±


    After she heard that, Fairy shook her head nervously, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I can handle many things myself without getting tired at all.¡±


    Jiang Ke looked at her and smiled, ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous. I don¡¯t mean anything else by it. I¡¯m just trying to understand your hardship. Don¡¯t overthink it.¡±


    Mbyv¡¯p tsse, vbyv¡¯p tsse¡­


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    Wykau dseele blyhkzu, ¡°Zlp, kv¡¯p vbydjp vs vbyv tkaz. Bdqsavwdyvlzu, R bye vs zlyhl kd pwnb y bwaau vbyv R nswzed¡¯v hkpkv bla obld pbl oyp vyjld vs vbl bsprkvyz.¡±


    Kkydt Il dseele nzlyazu yde ypjle, ¡°Rp vbyv tkaz clywvkqwz?¡±


    Wykau eked¡¯v jdso bso vs ydpola vbkp iwlpvksd. Gdusdl pzktbvzu qyxkzkya okvb Kkydt Il jdsop vbyv bl zssjle zkjl y pxyav twu, cwv bl bye vbl pyxl rasczlx yp xspv xld. Tl zkjle vs zssj yv clywvkqwz osxld.


    As for the average-looking girls? He would take a look once in a while.


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    So in a way, Fairy was happy for her appearance to be recognized.


    ¡°Uh, the facial features are neat.¡± Fairy replied.


    Oh? So she¡¯s average-looking. Maybe a muscular, athletic woman. Jiang Ke closed the folder and pushed it forward, ¡°I have already hit X for the people who passed. You can get off work after you sort it out and hand it over to the HR department.¡±


    ¡°Get off work?¡±


    ¡°Well, because of what happened to you today, I¡¯ll give you a day off. Go to the hospital and see that girl. Then go home, get some rest, and come back to work early tomorrow.¡±


    Stunned, Fairy thanked the boss and walked briskly out of the office with the folder in her arms.


    She sat in her seat and opened the folder. Page after page, she took down the resumes of the candidates who had been hit with an X. While doing that, she thought that the boss was really good-looking. And that half of the applicants who were hit with an X are boys and girls who looked timid or ordinary. It wasn¡¯t until she turned the page and saw the information of an applicant who had been hit with an X that she paused. First she scanned the ID picture, then she saw the person¡¯s name.


    ¡°Li Na?¡±


    ¡­¡­


    It was afternoon, and the weather was a bit cloudy today. It seemed that the rain was still falling, and Li Na felt that she was in the same mood as the sky, filled with dark clouds.


    She sat on a bench in the park and stared into the distance, dazed. Li Na felt that she should have not gone out today and that she had some bad luck.


    She was being nosy in the morning, and a busload of people were dragged into the police station. As long as the thief wasn¡¯t a fool, he knew he couldn¡¯t get out. Li Na thought there was more than one thief, and it turned out that there were five thieves on board, a woman and four men.


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    But Li Na didn¡¯t expect the thief to be so bold, to take hostages in broad daylight4 in order to escape!


    On the way to the police station, the thief reached for a dagger and grabbed Fairy directly into his arms. A sharp knife was pressed against her neck and threatened the driver to stop.


    Of course, there were many people on the bus, and if everyone put in a little bit of effort, the thief would pose no threat. There was a brief moment of panic, but soon someone calmed down and began to persuade the thief. The driver had to stop by the side of the road to avoid accidents but he refused to open the door.


    Li Na had studied taekwondo for two years in college. When the thief wasn¡¯t looking, she knocked the knife out of his hand and pulled his arm out backward. Someone quickly stepped in to help.


    But the thief¡¯s accomplice in the bus got impatient, and they scuffled with Li Na. A man caught her by the hair and hit the glass. Usually, a woman¡¯s strength wasn¡¯t as strong as a man¡¯s. Li Na¡¯s heart was pounding, and she had a headache. When she cried out, she regretted it very much. She should have known better than to meddle in others¡¯ business¡­


    Fortunately, many people on the bus were of good quality and took control. There was a man who learned wrestling, and he had subdued the two thieves.


    The other thieves didn¡¯t dare to make another move, as if they were planning to fish in troubled waters5 and not be revealed.


    Then a busload of people went to the police station, one by one to help the investigation and record their statements.


    Li Na gave her statement and went to the hospital to have her head examined. Fortunately, it was only a skin injury, and it was a little swollen. The skin was torn and there was a bit of bleeding. The doctor prescribed her medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, then bandaged her forehead with some medicine. Afterward, she rushed to the job fair.


    But it was too late to arrive at the job fair after ten o¡¯clock. And for Li Na, she had no advantage at all.


    Good jobs were surrounded by three layers of people, and the rest of the unpopular ones either had low wages or were too tiring, and she had no right ones to choose from. So Li Na simply left the job fair and walked to a nearby park to sit and rested on a chair.


    Li Na had no plans for noon, so she decided to go home, take a nap, and take the medicine prescribed by the doctor.


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    As soon as she got up, the phone in her bag rang, and a strange call came. For some reason, her left eyelid jumped, and she had a feeling that she could not explain.


    ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°Hello, is this Miss Li Na?¡±


    The other party¡¯s tone was too official, like a sales pitch.


    ¡°Yes, I am. May I help you?¡±


    ¡°Well, we are the HR department of Sanshui Company. I called to inform you that the interview originally scheduled for 3:00 p.m. will be rescheduled for 12:00 at noon. Are you free?¡±


    ¡°Ah¡­¡± Although Li Na was a little curious about why they changed the interview to noon, she still answered ¡°I¡¯m free, bye¡±. She hung up the phone and took the bus to Sanshui Company.


    It was only about 11:20 after arriving at Sanshui Company. Li Na walked around the company and didn¡¯t enter until 11:50. Even so, when she was taken to the interview hall on the second floor by the front desk, there were already seven or eight people standing in line.


    By twelve o¡¯clock, the entire interview hall was like a noisy classroom. Li Na roughly counted, and there were about twenty or thirty applicants.


    Li Na knew that the company was looking for an assistant to the general manager. A total of five people, meaning that only one in five or six people could stand out, and the elimination rate was 76%.


    It wasn¡¯t easy, but at least the competition was not very fierce.


    There was a sudden silence. Li Na looked up, and five examiners came in. A total of three men and two women, all dressed in formal clothes. One of the women was dressed very fashionably, standing next to a woman in black and white business attire. Li Na stared straight at her. That person¡­


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    Wasn¡¯t that the woman who was on the bus this morning!


    Fairy noticed that someone was watching her. She saw Li Na in her dress, smiled at her, and said, ¡°Hello everyone, I¡¯m Fairy, assistant to the general manager, and I¡¯m also your interviewer.¡±


    The woman in black and white business attire was the HR manager. She smiled sweetly, and said, ¡°I¡¯m Tian Tian, ??the HR manager, the tian from field, and the tian from sweet6.??¡±??


    The man in his thirties with a receding hairline next to her had a serious expression, he said, ¡°I¡¯m the Chief Financial Officer, my surname is Zhao.¡±


    In the middle, a handsome young man snapped his fingers cynically. ¡°I¡¯m the boss¡¯s cousin. I¡¯m just joining the fun. Don¡¯t be nervous,¡± he said.


    The other person was a big fat man, the head of the marketing department. He was all smiles and friendly, but for some reason, Li Na saw a nasty smell in him.


    Then, as the five sat in their pre-arranged seats, Fairy was the first to speak, ¡°Let¡¯s get started, everyone. Don¡¯t be nervous. I¡¯m going to ask you a question first, everyone should answer truthfully.¡±


    ¡°Please raise your hand if you don¡¯t like cats or dogs.¡±


    Li Na was puzzled by Fairy¡¯s question, but as a girl, she really likes animals, so she just sat there without moving.


    Slowly, many people raised their hands. Fairy just sat on her seat and counted, ¡°One, two, three¡­ ten, eleven¡­ Okay, the eleven people who had raised their hands can go.¡±


    There was a small commotion in the hall, and Li Na was astonished. That¡¯s how it started?! Those who don¡¯t like pets have been eliminated before they could even start?


    Fairy smiled and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but liking pets is also another requirement of the job. You can¡¯t force it. Those eleven people can leave.¡±


    The eleven people walked away from the hall. It could be seen that these people were angry, unwilling, and regretful¡­ Li Na got even more nervous, she was afraid that she would fall into a trap in the next question. To have passed, she felt even more like walking on thin ice, maybe she had to think for a long time whether the examiners¡¯ words had a double meaning.


    However, Li Na was also a bit wary. The approach of the next few tests was also like that. Ask yourself how you feel about your strengths, can you speak English, and give a self-introduction in English. As well as plans for future work, and their life plans.


    Li Na had answered all the questions politely, but what made her feel guilty was that Fairy had been smiling at her and taking good care of her. That was probably because of what had happened on the bus. She was grateful to Li Na, but Li Na was afraid that others would think she was walking through a back door. You must know that in the workplace, people who came in through relationships will be looked down upon.


    In the middle, six more people were eliminated. Li Na secretly counted, there were exactly ten people left.


    After the examiners questioned everyone, they didn¡¯t say that they had to wait for notice or something else. At that time, the front desk brought something, which was packed in a large transparent food storage box.


    Tian Tian got up and said, ¡°It¡¯s twelve-thirty now. Everyone hasn¡¯t eaten yet. Let¡¯s eat first, and then continue after eating.¡±


    Assistant Fairy and Manager Tian Tian were quite friendly and didn¡¯t put on airs7. They stayed to eat with them in the interview room, and the other three examiners left.


    Everyone began to work and found a few tables to put together. It felt like eating together with classmates in the classroom.


    It had to be said that the treatment in big companies was not the same. They served rice, and the food was quite good. Each of the lunch boxes contained a variety of food, fish and meat, soup and vegetables, as well as sushi desserts, and fruits. It is estimated that there were at least twenty lunch boxes.


    Li Na took a bowl full of rice, put some vegetables into her bowl, and lowered her head to eat silently. Maybe it was because Fairy and Tian Tian were approachable, but there was no silence or embarrassment at the dining table. Instead, they talked and laughed. Li Na was the only one who didn¡¯t say a word.


    In the middle of the meal, a man in a shirt and a black tie came in, holding a white-haired cat in his arms.


    Someone noticed that the handsome man had an extraordinary temperament, and nudged at the people around him. Everyone immediately put down their chopsticks, looked at the man who came in with the cat, and then looked back at Fairy and Tian Tian.


    Fairy said, ¡°General Manager.¡±


    General manager?


    General Manager! So handsome! Does that mean the successful candidate would be his assistant?! There were two or three girls in the hall with uncontrollable excitement and anticipation on their faces.


    Jiang Ke smiled and found a place to sit down, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you guys continue to eat. I¡¯ve already eaten, I¡¯m here to play with Xiaomi.¡±


    Everyone no longer said anything, they should eat and continue the conversations, but they always felt a little uncomfortable. Li Na lowered her head to eat, and Fairy came over with a lunch box next to her. She lowered her head and whispered in her ear, ¡°Don¡¯t do anything.¡±


    Li Na was stunned for a moment and didn¡¯t dare to look back at her. She analyzed what Fairy said to her in her heart, and didn¡¯t do anything.


    What does she mean?


    Li Na thought that this interview was the most intense and inexplicable routine she had ever had.

 CH 4

    What does she mean?


    Li Na thought that this interview was the most intense and inexplicable routine she had ever had. But after she thought about the elimination of those who didn¡¯t like cats at the first question, Li Na decided that it wouldn¡¯t be a mistake to follow what Fairy said.


    Xiaomi¡¯s tail shook, and it jumped out of Jiang Ke¡¯s arms. Jiang Ke didn¡¯t stop it. He sat in his seat with his hands behind his neck ready to see what Xiaomi was about to do.


    Xiaomi probably smelled the fragrance of the meal, it jumped onto the table all of a sudden. Xiaomi cleverly didn¡¯t go to the side with food, it just sat on the table and meowed.


    The general manager¡¯s cat. Naturally, some people would want to curry favor with the general manager by ingratiating themselves with the cat.


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    A girl with big eyes put an unboned piece of fish at its feet and touched it twice. Xiaomi cried, and was about to bow her head to eat. Fairy grabbed the piece of fish and threw it into the trash bin. Then she smiled at the big-eyed girl, saying, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, there are thorns in it, I¡¯m afraid it will get stuck.¡±


    The girl¡¯s face changed. She forced a smile and didn¡¯t speak anymore.


    Seeing that the girl didn¡¯t feed it anymore, Xiaomi walked up to another boy, meowing. The man seemed to have the attributes of a warm man, he picked out the fishbone and fed it a large piece of tender fried fish.


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    Dkysxk zsolale kvp blye vs lyv yde yvl kv kd pxyzz xswvbqwzp. Mbld svbla rlsrzl qle kv vss, vblal olal nyjlp, qawkvp, hltlvyczlp, yde xlyv¡­


    Dkysxk yvl hlau ewxcqswdelezu, pvaszzkdt qasx sdl lde sq vbl vyczl vs vbl svbla lde kd qasdv sq Nk Ly.


    Fllkdt vbl zkvvzl ydnlpvsa nsxkdt, Nk Ly oyp cwpu rasvlnvkdt bla zwdnb csm, eskdt dsvbkdt yde dsv rzyddkdt vs qlle kv.


    ¡°Ylso~¡±


    Nk Ly zssjle yv kv iwklvzu, yde kv yzps zssjle cynj yv Nk Ly okvb ydvknkryvksd.


    ¡°Ylso xlso~¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Meow~¡±


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    ¡°¡­¡±


    A short-haired girl next to her nudged Li Na, ¡°You can also give it something to eat.¡±


    Li Na gave her a blank look.


    She wouldn¡¯t dare. The cats of the rich are more delicate than those of the common people. If it eats something it shouldn¡¯t eat, her job will be ruined, okay?


    Seeing that Li Na was unmoved, the short-haired girl next to her took a piece of meat and put it in front of Xiaomi, but he didn¡¯t even look at it, ¡°Meow~¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Meow meow~¡± Xiaomi lowered its head, rubbed its furry head against Li Na¡¯s hand that was blocking the lunch, and licked the back of her hand with its tongue.


    Soft, wet, but uncomfortable, because the cat¡¯s tongue has barbs, but there was no doubt that the cat licked you, indicating that it likes you.


    Li Na had no choice but to take out a bag of dried fish from the bag she was carrying, feed two to Xiaomi, and then put it back into her bag. Xiaomi ate happily and made a sound of ¡°ah ah ah ah¡±.


    Li Na turned to look at Fairy. Her brows were furrowed, and she moved her mouth to Li Na, ¡°You¡¯re done.¡±


    You¡¯re done.


    Three simple words.


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    Li Na¡¯s mood hit rock bottom. She¡¯s done? Done?!


    After Xiaomi ate the dried fish, it called her again. She was expressionless, but her heart was filled with tears: Because of you, my job is gone. I will not give you food.


    No matter how stupid Li Na was, she knows everything. The boss was a cat slave and likes cats. The assistant¡¯s education and workability were not the priority, the important thing was to like cats and know the basic common sense of raising cats.


    The first girl gave this Persian cat a fish that was unboned and she was expected to be eliminated. Two fed it fruit cakes, and the other two fed it fish.


    After they finished the meal and packed up, ten people stood in a row. The general manager never left. His right hand stroked Xiaomi again and again. He was lazy but sexy. It was unknown how many women he had attracted.


    Li Na resigned herself to the fact that several people who had fed the Persian cat were named and stood up, only three people did not stand up.


    There was a beautiful woman in a big red sleeveless dress, a girl with bangs and glasses, and a handsome guy with dyed hair. There were only three people.


    ¡°You can go now,¡± Tian Tian said.


    Li Na went to get her backpack and was ready to go, when Jiang Ke said, ¡°Wait.¡±


    ¡°Leave out the boy who picked the fishbone for Xiaomi, and the girl who fed Xiaomi dried fish. Just five people.¡±


    ¡­¡­


    Li Na didn¡¯t know how to describe her mood. Great joy and great sadness? She didn¡¯t feel sad either. As for joy, she was very happy, but her face was blank.


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    Jiang Ke left with the cat in his arms. Fairy immediately stepped forward and grabbed Li Na¡¯s hand, ¡°Congratulations, Nana.¡±


    Nana? Since when do they know each other so well?


    Li Na blankly said, ¡°Huh? Oh, thank you.¡±


    Fairy smiled and thought, ¡®Of course, you have to thank me. If I hadn¡¯t rescued your resume from the boss, would you still be here?¡¯


    After the bus incident this morning, Fairy was so fond of Li Na that she wanted to take care of her everywhere. Before Li Na left, she and Fairy exchanged their phone numbers. Fairy said that she was free to invite her to dinner, and Li Na smiled and said yes.


    So sometimes, fate is a funny thing.


    On her first day at work, Li Na wore something more formal, a white shirt and black vest, black slacks, and a pair of five-centimeter-high strappy sandals. The dress was quite satisfactory. This was Li Na, standing in a row with a few people who were hired together. Even Fairy sighed and deliberately dragged her to the first place to introduce herself.


    ¡°I¡¯m Li Na. I¡¯m 22 years old this year. I hope I can work well with everyone in the future.¡±


    The people who stood on the same floor whispered to each other, and pushed a person out, ¡°Nana, you two get to know each other.¡±


    Li Na froze and didn¡¯t know how to react, so Fairy stepped forward to interrupt, ¡°Her name is also Li Na, it¡¯s a coincidence that she has the same name as you, but we all call her Nana, so I¡¯ll call you Xiaona from now on. ¡°


    The other girl, Nana, had nice features. She has a lot of freckles, and she didn¡¯t look like a narrow-minded girl.


    Having the same name and surname is quite embarrassing.


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    Li Na suddenly felt a little flustered in her heart.


    Next is the introduction of others. Yesterday¡¯s handsome guy was called Guo Dehao. He was handsome, especially with his flamboyant blonde hair. As soon as he said his name, everyone burst into laughter, ¡°Good day, your name. It got up pretty good too.¡±


    The warm man who picked the fishbone yesterday looked very stable, ¡°I¡¯m Cheng Tian, ??the Cheng from future, and the Tian from sky.¡±


    The girl with glasses and bangs was very cute. Her name was Xiao Xiao. She was an accountant. Two years older than Li Na, but she looks very young. Innocent Li Na got shot while lying down again.


    But among the five of them, the most conspicuous was the ¡°Iceberg Beauty¡± He Suanran.


    The title ¡°Iceberg Beauty¡± was told to Li Na by Fairy in private, because she was too beautiful, but she didn¡¯t like to talk, and she looked arrogant. After getting along with her for a day, many people were surprised and admired her workability. So everyone nicknamed her ¡°Iceberg Beauty¡± in private.


    Li Na felt that her day¡¯s work was quite easy, but it was also possible that Fairy remembered that she has a forehead injury, so she only gave her a few paperwork assignments, and a phone call to make an appointment.


    The five new recruits joined the company just in time for the company¡¯s monthly mid-month dinner. The company had already booked two Japanese restaurants. After work at eight in the evening, everyone took a taxi and was squeezed into an available car. Li Na was pulled into the GM¡¯s car by Fairy. After getting into the general manager¡¯s car, she was a little restrained and kept silent.


    In the car were Jiang Ke and his cat, Cheng Tian, Li Na, and Fairy.


    During that time, Cheng Tian asked Li Na about the injury on her forehead. Before she could say she accidentally bumped it, Fairy told everyone in the car a lot about it and praised Li Na¡¯s heroic deeds from beginning to end.


    Li Na leaned against the car window, ¡®Big sister, stop it, please¡­¡¯

 CH 5

    After Fairy finished speaking, Jiang Ke was surprised. Li Na, who looked ordinary and had a small figure, was able to fight against thieves. Although she was injured, her spirit of doing the right thing was something the company can learn from.


    The boss Jiang Ke was silently amazed at Li Na, but Li Na was already in tears. She regretted that she had meddled, gotten hurt, and made a fool of herself, but Fairy wanted to turn her from a fool into a hero.


    She was afraid that she, a paper tiger, would be exposed one day, and when the situation changed, she would be laughed at.


    Li Na suddenly felt that she didn¡¯t know what to do with herself.


    The Japanese restaurant was very traditional, there were a few small tables put together, with an old-fashioned paper-paste sliding door. Because it was a company dinner party, the entire restaurant was booked by the company, and when looking from one end of the table to the other, it led directly to the end of the room.


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    Because it was a Japanese-style restaurant, they had to take off their shoes. The men had smelly feet, and they had to drink and get together. At the other end, Fairy pulled Li Na to sit with a group of female colleagues in the company.


    Everyone was talking and laughing. Halfway through the meal, Jiang Ke couldn¡¯t stand the smell of the male staff, so he cheekily moved to Li Na¡¯s side, and took a seat across Fairy, next to the Iceberg Beauty.


    Li Na just wanted to be invisible. He Suanran suddenly seemed to be very good at serving people, she called the waiter to serve a bottle of sake and poured it for herself.


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    Nk Ly eaydj sdl nwr yde eked¡¯v alynv. Mbkapvu, pbl eaydj vbl plnsde nwr, vbl vbkae nwr, vbl qswavb¡­


    Kkydt Il qasodle pzktbvzu yde pyke vs Nk Ly, ¡°El byhl vs ts vs osaj vsxsaaso, lhlausdl pbswze eakdj zlpp.¡±


    Tl Fwydayd pvsrrle bla byde vbyv oyp rswakdt okdl qsa Kkydt Il, yde eked¡¯v rswa ydu xsal okdl qsa bkx.


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    Wykau ypjle Nk Ly, ¡°Eblal es usw zkhl? Mlzz xl uswa yeealpp, R¡¯zz ypj vbl vymk eakhla vs vyjl usw bsxl.¡±


    Nk Ly byzq-piwkdvle bla lulp, yzalyeu zssjkdt byzq-ypzllr yde eawdj. Fbl bye yd wrplv pvsxynb yqvla pbl eaydj vss xwnb okdl. Fbl piwyvvle sd vbl qzssa yde qszele bla yaxp, ¡°Zwzsdt Qyaeld Usxxwdkvu¡­¡±


    Fairy listened closely, ¡°It¡¯s too quiet, I can¡¯t hear you. Speak louder.¡±


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    Li Na cleared her throat, ¡°Yu! Long! Gar-den! Community¡­¡± The first few words sounded like it was broadcasted, but the last two words were muted, and Fairy was speechless. Seeing colleagues around her, including general manager, Jiang Ke, looking her way, she asked, ¡°Who lives in Yulong Garden Community, please help me and bring comrade Xiaona back.¡±


    Yulong Garden Community was a high-end neighborhood nearby. Although not all the people who live there were rich, they were people who had certain economic conditions and popularity in City A.


    It didn¡¯t look like the recruit Li Na had some family background. Everyone had their own ideas, but no one answered.


    Seeing Li Na¡¯s sleepy appearance, Jiang Ke sighed and said, ¡°Take her to my car, I¡¯ll take her back.¡±


    ¡°General Manager¡­¡± Fairy said, ¡°Don¡¯t you live in the Garden?¡±


    He Suanran, who was standing next to Jiang Ke, heard his words and looked at him: ¡°General Manager, it¡¯s very late. You also drank some wine, so don¡¯t drive. I¡¯ll send you back.¡±


    Jiang Ke was a little overwhelmed. He wanted to get angry but didn¡¯t know what to get angry about. He said helplessly, ¡°My sister lives in Yulong Garden Community. I have to find her for something, so it¡¯s on the way.¡±


    Fairy nodded to show that she knew.


    Jiang Ke glanced at her: ¡°And Fairy, what do you take me for? Your boss, am I the kind of guy who¡¯s out to scheme against his employees?¡±


    Fairy froze and shook her head. ¡°General manager, I was wrong, I thought too much.¡±


    Jiang Ke pointed at his car expressionlessly and asked Fairy to help Li Na up.


    Li Na stood up unsteadily, and when she heard Jiang Ke¡¯s word ¡°scheme¡±, she opened her mouth to answer, ¡°Scheme? Fairy, you think too much, if the general manager wants to scheme, it must be a beautiful woman like He Suanran, rather than my average figure. A girl with an ordinary appearance, unless the man is blind, only then can he see me, hahaha¡­¡±


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    He Suanran¡¯s face suddenly turned cold.


    Li Na¡¯s words were self-deprecating, but they even offended Jiang Ke and He Suanran. Fairy didn¡¯t expect the tactful Li Na to be so troublesome after drinking. She began to worry about what would happen to Li Na if she and Jiang Ke were together. Thinking of this, she began to desperately pull Li Na, and said with a smile, ¡°General manager, she is drunk, let me send her back.¡±


    Jiang Ke just thought it was funny. He could understand that Fairy was protecting the new employee, but he wasn¡¯t angry. He just felt that Li Na¡¯s personality after drinking was so different from before drinking. He was a little curious about what Li Na could say or do.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s on my way,¡± said Jiang Ke, who took Li Na directly from Fairy¡¯s arms and helped her take two steps. The drunk Li Na was hanging on Jiang Ke¡¯s body. Jiang Ke felt too aggrieved. Noticing that Li Na was wearing pants, he picked her up in a comfortable posture and walked towards his Rolls-Royce.


    Fairy did not forget to step forward to open the door for Jiang Ke, because she was worried that a drunk Li Na could disturb Jiang Ke¡¯s driving if she was sitting in the co-pilot, Fairy opened the rear door. Additionally, the co-pilot seat has always been Xiaomi¡¯s special seat, and no one dared to use it.


    Fairy straightened Li Na, fastened her seat belt, closed the car door, and waved, ¡°General manager, take care.¡±


    It was already a bit over ten o¡¯clock at this time, and Li Na¡¯s biological clock was very accurate, so she sat in the car with her head tilted and fell asleep. Jiang Ke glanced at Li Na through the rearview mirror, smiled, and swerved into the parking lot of the Yulong Garden Community.


    Jiang Ke took Li Na out, placed her on the chair in front of the convenience store, bought a bottle of water, and woke Li Na up. Li Na opened her eyes, and said, ¡°What¡¯s wrong¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke unscrewed the cap on the bottle and put the bottle of water in her hand. ¡°Drink this bottle of water and dilute the alcohol. It will help you to sober up.¡±


    Li Na rubbed her eyes and said, ¡°Hmm? Oh.¡± And she obeyed.


    Two minutes later, Li Na pushed the empty water bottle forward, and said, ¡°I¡¯m done drinking, I can go to sleep now.¡± Then, without waiting for Jiang Ke to say anything, she laid down on the table and closed her eyes to go back to sleep.


    Jiang Ke wakes Li Na up speechlessly. ¡°Hey, Li Na, wake up. Where¡¯s your house? Tell me where it is, I¡¯ll send you back.¡±


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    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Hey, don¡¯t go to sleep. I don¡¯t think you can go back by yourself. You have to tell me which building you live in, I¡¯ll take you there!¡± Jiang Ke tapped Li Na¡¯s left cheek lightly.


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Hey!¡±


    ¡°Hey¡­¡­¡±

 CH 6

    Jiang Ke gave up. He thought that Li Na had fallen into a deep sleep and that the square dance aunt beside her couldn¡¯t wake her up. He had no choice but to carry Li Na to his sister, Jiang Wen¡¯s house.


    It was Jiang Wen who opened the door. She screamed when she saw Jiang Ke carrying a woman on his back. Maomao and Lan Tainian both ran out and asked nervously what was wrong.


    Jiang Wen pointed to Jiang Ke.


    Lan Tainian understood and asked, ¡°Big brother, who¡¯s the person on your back?¡±


    On the other side, Mao Mao said, ¡°Aunt?¡±


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    Jiang Ke frowned, ¡°It¡¯s not aunt.¡±


    ¡°If she¡¯s not his aunt, who is she?¡± Jiang Wen smiled and brought a pair of slippers to Jiang Ke.


    Jiang Wen¡¯s house had four bedrooms. Two were bedrooms for themselves, one for Jiang Wen and her husband, and one for Mao Mao. The other two bedrooms were guest rooms. Jiang Ke carried Li Na into one of the guest rooms, put her on the bed, took off her shoes, covered her with the quilt, and closed the door.


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    Li Na gave an umbrella to Mao Mao, a stranger she didn¡¯t know, did a good deed on the bus, and her performance in the company showed that she had a very good personality.


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    Originally, Jiang Ke knew that what Fairy said was exaggerated, but when Mao Mao mentioned it again, Jiang Ke felt that Li Na was a bit mysterious and special.


    It¡¯s like, where have they met before?


    Jiang Wen also looked at her elder brother with a curious look on her face. Jiang Ke waved his hand and didn¡¯t want to deal with the gossiper. He went to another guest room to wash up and sleep.


    After an uneventful night, Jiang Ke got up early to take a shower and went to Li Na¡¯s room. He sat by the bed and watched her for a while, and then she woke up.


    Li Na was the type of person who talks too much after drinking. She would vent her usual frustrations and grievances in various ways and then forget it the next day.


    Any normal girl would be surprised and overwhelmed to be in the same room as her boss when she woke up


    Jiang Ke tilted his head and wiped his half-dried hair. He said to Li Na with a chuckle, ¡°Wake up, get up quickly.¡±


    Li Na clutched the quilt with both hands and asked a little nervously, ¡°General manager, why am I here? Nothing happened last night, right?¡±


    ¡°Nothing happened, you were drunk, and didn¡¯t say where your house is. I can only take you to my sister¡¯s house, it happens to be in your community. You can go back to your house directly after breakfast.¡± Jiang Ke shrugged helplessly.


    Li Na¡¯s mouth widened and she kept nodding. Huh? Oh.


    Li Na straightened her clothes, smoothed her hair, and made the bed. She put her hands in front of her respectfully and left the room with a dry smile.


    Because she didn¡¯t remove her makeup yesterday, her eyeliner and makeup were also smeared, and it looks a little like panda eyes. After Jiang Wen noticed it, she carefully pulled Li Na to the sink, gave her her makeup remover and cleanser, and thoughtfully took out the new toothbrush that she had kept at home.


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    Li Na submissively said thank you.


    Jiang Wen stood behind Li Na and looked at her with a smile. After Li Na washed her face, she raised her head and saw Jiang Wen smiling behind her in the mirror. Frightened, she turned around stiffly. Jiang Wen immediately stepped forward and grabbed Li Na¡¯s arm, ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡±


    ¡°My name is Li Na. I¡¯m a new employee of the company, recruited just two days ago. I accidentally drank too much at the dinner party yesterday. I¡¯m sorry for causing you trouble.¡±


    ¡°Hey, no worries. But Li Na, I¡¯m very curious, what¡¯s your relationship with my brother?¡± Jiang Wen blinked, extremely inquisitive. But Li Na can see that she meant no harm because she gave the impression of a very cheerful and lively character.


    ¡°What, what¡¯s the matter?¡± Li Na¡¯s eyes widened, like a little sheep about to be slaughtered.


    Jiang Wen winked at her, and Li Na waved her hands in a panic when she understood what Jiang Wen meant. ¡°No, no, no, you misunderstood. I¡¯m just an ordinary employee. The general manager is very nice, but I only met the general manager yesterday. We have nothing to do with each other.¡±


    Jiang Wen asked both Jiang Ke and Li Na. Now she was sure that there was nothing between them. But she just wanted to sigh. As long as it¡¯s a woman, it will be nice if my brother can bring her back to our parents.


    After she comforted Li Na, Jiang Wen went to prepare breakfast and asked Li Na to stay and have breakfast together.


    But after all, Jiang Ke was the general manager of the company, so Li Na didn¡¯t dare to be abrupt. She stubbornly thanked her, took her satchel, and came out of Jiang Wen¡¯s house.


    Maomao also said goodbye to her. Li Na saw the general manager sitting at the dining room table reading the newspaper expressionlessly. She was strangely relieved to see that the general manager didn¡¯t pay much attention.


    After all, she was the only one who cared about it.


    The company¡¯s office hours started at 9:00, but Li Na had to take the bus, so she usually went downstairs and left between 8:10 and 8:20.


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    After she returned to her residence, Li Na took a quick shower, changed her clothes, put on light makeup, and rushed out. Of course, there was no time to eat breakfast at the breakfast shop. Li Na went to the steamed bun shop and bought four meat buns worth two yuan each, and went to the bus stop to wait for the bus.


    In less than two minutes, a Rolls Royce stopped by the side of the road. Li Na just kept her head down and ate the buns, not paying attention.


    The car window lowered, and Jiang Ke honked his horn. ¡°Li Na, get in the car, I¡¯ll see you off.¡±


    Only then did Li Na discover that it was the general manager.


    Her first reaction was to wave her hand, ¡°There¡¯s no need, general manager. Thank you. I can take the bus. You can go ahead. The next bus will be here in five minutes, and I¡¯ll be at the company on time.¡±


    Jiang Ke guessed that Li Na would refuse, so he took a tougher attitude. ¡°Are you stupid? You can¡¯t tell which one is better, taking the bus or riding in a car?¡±


    Li Na quickly shook her head. ¡°No. I don¡¯t need to bother you, general manager.¡±


    Jiang Ke got a little impatient. It was the first time he had seen such a stubborn employee who didn¡¯t know how to praise or flatter others. ¡°Don¡¯t talk nonsense, get in the car. Otherwise, you don¡¯t have to go to work today.¡±


    Li Na¡¯s heart rose to her throat for a moment. Not because of the general manager, but because of the phrase ¡°You don¡¯t have to go to work¡±. She felt nervous, fearing that her job would be lost for no good reason.


    ¡®The boss is a little temperamental¡¯, Li Na told herself and got into the car.


    After she sat in the car for a while, Jiang Ke said, ¡°I see that you bought buns, right? Why don¡¯t you eat them?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m afraid it will make the car smell bad, so I put it away.¡±


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    ¡°It¡¯s alright, the car has a ventilation system. You can eat it, don¡¯t stay hungry.¡± Jiang Ke didn¡¯t turn his head, he just drove ahead quietly, his tone was light, and anger or concern couldn¡¯t be sensed.


    Li Na didn¡¯t dare to say no. Do whatever the boss asks her to do. Don¡¯t get caught up in her own drama and make the boss unhappy like just now.


    There were still three buns. Li Na didn¡¯t chew them slowly, she ate the buns in six bites and swallowed them quickly. Then she silently stuffed the plastic bag into her pocket. Li Na hiccupped Just after swallowing the last bite.


    ¡°Hiccup!¡± Li Na hurriedly covered her mouth and looked at the general manager.


    Jiang Ke heard it. But he didn¡¯t react, to avoid the little sheep beside him feeling embarrassed.


    ¡°Hiccup!¡±


    Li Na made another hiccup. She regretted it. She ate too fast just now and choked.


    Li Na kept slapping her chest, and then hiccupped a few more times.


    ¡°Hiccup!¡±


    ¡°Hiccup!¡±


    ¡°Hiccup!¡±


    ¡°A-hiccup!¡±


    This hiccup can¡¯t be stopped.


    Li Na tried to hold it in. She swallowed and held her breath, but she couldn¡¯t help it and kept hiccuping for a while.


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t make a sound. He saw a convenience store on the side of the road and stopped to buy two bottles of pure milk. After getting in the car, he handed Li Na a bottle, opened the other, and began to drink it.


    ¡°Thank you, General Manager,¡± thanked Li Na. ¡°Hiccup.¡±


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t answer. After he drank the milk, he drove back to his house. On the way, Li Na asked: ¡°General manager, this is not the way to the company, right?¡±


    ¡°I asked the nanny to take Xiaomi back last night, and I want to take it back today.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Li Na couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°Is Xiaomi a male or a female?¡±


    ¡°Male, but I had him neutered two days ago, and he¡¯s a bit unhappy these days.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    Silence again.


    After they picked up Xiaomi, and arrived at the company, the news that Li Na came to work in the general manager¡¯s car quickly spread throughout the company. This was the first time the general manager had driven a female employee to work. In addition, Li Na was drunk last night and the general manager sent her home. When you put the two things together, it¡¯s hard not to overthink things.


    Fairy couldn¡¯t resist asking Li Na, ¡°Did anything happen between you and the general manager last night?¡±


    Li Na felt that there was no need to lie to Fairy, so she told Fairy what happened that morning and the day before.


    After Fairy listened to her, she said, ¡°That¡¯s it? That¡¯s not crazy at all. Let¡¯s get back to work.¡± Li Na didn¡¯t know if it was just her illusion, but she suddenly felt that the treatment she received in the company was polarized. She would be treated either very warm or very cold.


    He Suanran was one of them. One of her bags cost three months of Fairy¡¯s salary, and she had a different bag every week. Any smart person can see that she has either a sugar daddy or a rich biological father.


    Fairy knew that He Suanran didn¡¯t come to work seriously. She was the daughter of a classmate of Jiang Ke¡¯s parents and came to hook up Jiang Ke through the position of assistant. So she also reminded Li Na not to offend He Suanran.


    Then, because of the matter with the general manager in the morning, He Suanran had an opinion on Li Na. At the end of the day, intentionally or not, she had left her work to Li Na. When she got off work in the evening, Li Na was in a daze.


    She went home with Fairy using the subway. On the way home, they went to the mall and ate malatang together. Fairy¡¯s house was just a little farther away than Li Na¡¯s house. Li Na took her back to her residence with great care, then she took the bus home.


    After the bus arrived at the station, Li Na went to the security guard¡¯s room to pick up a letter. She was not at home during the day and left it in the security guard¡¯s room.


    When she got home and changed her shoes, Li Na sat at his desk and opened it. It was a large red invitation card with gold trim.


    It was a wedding invitation.


    The bride¡¯s name on it was Ye Lili, and you don¡¯t need to look to know the groom¡¯s name.


    Liu Haonan.


    Li Na¡¯s childhood sweetheart and ex-boyfriend.


    He grew up with her, from the third year of junior high to the third year of senior high, and they once liked each other.


    Li Na also knew the bride. She was the third-year senior high transfer student and the school flower. She took Liu Haonan away from her in less than half a year.


    Scumbag?


    Li Na smiled wryly. She had no right to scold them. Talented and beautiful. A wonderful couple, such a perfect match, how could she have the heart to intervene?


    Li Na just got a job after graduating from university, and Ye Lili and her boyfriend were about to get married. Li Na felt that after four years, the initial sadness and hysteria had faded away. The wedding date was July 7th, on Sunday that week. It was Wednesday, and it was still a few days away.


    Li Na threw the invitation onto the table and went to take a shower.


    ¡­¡­


    It was late at night, and Jiang Ke was sitting in the company office, staring at the red invitation card in his hand, expressionless.


    Groom: Liu Haonan.


    Bride: Ye Lili.


    He lowered his head and looked at Xiaomi, who was sleeping on his lap, and made a wry smile, ¡°Your mother is getting married, but the groom is not me.¡±


    Sometimes, fate is so wonderful. The person you thought was irrelevant, was perhaps the one you used to be attached to.


    Everyone who came to you must have had some reason.

 CH 7

    Jiang Ke saw that He Suanran had left her work to Li Na, and he kindly assigned some of the work to several assistants. Because Li Na was favored by Xiaomi, Jiang Ke asked Li Na to take care of Xiaomi.


    So Li Na¡¯s job had become a leisurely job as a shit shovel officer, feeding Xiaomi, playing with him, and taking him out for a walk.


    It looked very pleasant, but if something happened to Xiaomi, Li Na wouldn¡¯t be able to afford it.


    However, Xiaomi seems to like Li Na very much. He often snores and grunts on Li Na¡¯s lap, his chest rising and falling.


    Li Na had picked up a stray kitten when she was a freshman. It was very similar to Xiaomi, with one eye gold, and the other blue. After she washed it, the whole body was snow-white, and there was a bit of brown fur at the end of the tail. Xiaomi didn¡¯t have it, but it was very similar.


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    Li Na named it Xiaobai, and it was a male cat.


    Because a girl in Li Na¡¯s dorm was allergic to cat hair, Li Na took the subway and sat for over an hour to secretly hand the cat over to Liu Haonan.


    Less than two months later, he told her that Xiaobai had died.


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    As soon as she got online, it was followed by several beeps2.


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    There were group messages and two or three friend messages.


    Li Na checked one by one, the first one was a message from Qin Huadong, a good friend from high school: [Nana, Nana, let me tell you something big, Liu Haonan and Ye Lili are getting married.


    I have even received an invitation. Even so, I am not in City A so I can¡¯t go. But I heard from my classmates that Liu Haonan proposed to Ye Lili. You also know that Ye Lili¡¯s family is rich, it seems that Liu Haonan will be a door-to-door son-in-law.


    Hey, who would have thought that they would actually get married? Back then, Ye Lili, the green tea bitch, snatched Liu Haonan from you, and I hoped that they would break up earlier than anyone else. Looking at it now, it¡¯s better to have a dog.


    I know you¡¯re offline. Remember to call me back when you¡¯re online. Kisses~]


    Qin Huadong¡¯s news was sent four days ago, a day before she received the invitation. After reading these words, Li Na didn¡¯t reply for a while and checked other news.


    One of them was sent by Tian Tian, ??the class monitor Senior 3 Class 1. It was sent on the same day as the news from Huadong, and there were only a few short sentences.


    [Did you know that your ex-boyfriend Liu Haonan and Ye Lili are getting married?]


    Li Na was embarrassed. Liu Haonan got married and they both came looking for her, she was also quite speechless.


    [Don¡¯t be sad, you will meet someone better.


    By the way, I¡¯m also in City A now. You can come out to play with me when you are free. This is my phone number.


    150xxxx2465.]


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    Seeing this, Li Na smiled with relief. The monitor¡¯s name was Yang Kaixin. She was a girl just like her name. She was very popular when she was in school. Unlike Li Na, she was cheerful, and she was Li Na¡¯s tablemate. She was also the first good friend who would fight for Li Na.


    It¡¯s just that after graduating from high school, everyone rarely sees each other again. Even during the New Year¡¯s holiday, Li Na rarely visits her hometown, so she hasn¡¯t had a chance to catch up.


    However, it can be seen from this matter that your best friend still cares about you the most.


    The last text was from Liu Haonan. The other party was currently online. The text was sent two days ago: [Nana, I¡¯m getting married. You¡¯ll come, won¡¯t you?]


    Li Na paused, typed a sentence, and sent it.


    [Of course, I¡¯m very happy that you¡¯re married. I wish you and Lili a long and happy life together.]


    After she sent the text, Li Na replied a few words to Qin Huadong and Yang Kaixin. At this moment, Liu Haonan¡¯s text notification suddenly popped out.


    [Thank you, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.]


    Li Na stared at the screen for a while, typed haha and sent it.


    The word ¡°haha¡± was simply the best chat killer. After replying, she immediately closed the chat box, because she knew that Liu Haonan wouldn¡¯t take the initiative to talk to her again, and Li Na could also eliminate the possibility to chat about other topics with him by doing so.


    Four years ago, she was still able to flirt with Liu Haonan at will, and had endless things to talk about. But after he was with Ye Lili, he distanced himself from Li Na.


    Even so, in Li Na¡¯s heart, they grew up together. They were childhood friends, from kindergarten to elementary school, junior high, and senior high. It should be okay to chat together. It wasn¡¯t until later when Li Na found Liu Haonan for a chat, and the other party directly replied: [You¡¯re very annoying, can you stop talking to me?]


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    Only then did Li Na know that Liu Haonan was already tired of her for a long time, but he just never said it.


    After that, she never took the initiative to talk with Liu Haonan again.


    Despite all the memories and thoughts that went through her mind, Li Na gratefully ate the instant noodles, and then contentedly called Yang Kaixin. They hadn¡¯t seen each other for a long time and unknowingly chatted on the phone for more than half an hour before hanging up.


    After that, Li Na watched a TV series for a while and slept. The next day, she slept in and didn¡¯t wake up until 9:30.


    The wedding banquet starts at 11:30. The guests only need to arrive at around 11:00. Then the wedding banquet will be held at 12:00, and it won¡¯t end until 2:00. Li Na had already arranged her schedule. After the wedding banquet was over, she was going to go shopping with Yang Kaixin, walk around and have fun, reminisce about the past while drinking a cup of coffee, and have a meal in the evening. The whole day was full of arrangements.


    In name, it¡¯s just a classmate¡¯s wedding banquet. Even if she was the ex-girlfriend, Li Na didn¡¯t dare to dress up so flamboyantly. Her beauty and appearance were just okay, and she would only appear deliberate and redundant if she did, and be a joke at the banquet.


    Although her looks weren¡¯t outstanding, her IQ is still good.


    Li Na¡¯s outfit for the wedding was decided in five minutes. It was a white short-sleeved top and a pleated skirt. There was no additional design. The pleated A-line style was simple and elegant, it looked very neat and comfortable at first sight.


    Li Na didn¡¯t like to wear accessories, and she could only afford to wear something a bit better than what was on the street stalls. Wearing them on such occasions would only be shameful. As for the shoes, she wore a pair of black suede flat shoes, and her hairstyle was still her favorite high ponytail.


    The hotel where Liu Haonan and Ye Lili were going to get married was the largest in City A. It was located in the city center; she could arrive there in 15 minutes by subway from her residence.


    Li Na arrived at the hotel before eleven o¡¯clock. She stood at the hotel¡¯s entrance, holding the invitation card to confirm which hall the wedding would be held in. When the sharp-sighted Jiang Ke got out of the car, he saw Li Na standing at the hotel¡¯s side entrance and paused. He went up to her and said: ¡°Li Na.¡±


    Li Na looked up blankly. She stood up straight and nodded: ¡°General manager.¡±


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    Jiang smiled, but it was only a polite, distant smile. ¡°What are you doing here?¡±


    Li Na closed the invitation, ¡°My classmates are getting married, and I¡¯m here to attend the wedding.¡±


    Jiang Ke glanced at the big red invitation card in her hand and looked at it thoughtfully. ¡°What a coincidence! So am I.¡±


    Li Na laughed uncomfortably and said, ¡°What are the odds, today is a good day. More people are getting married. Let¡¯s hurry in, general manager.¡±


    Jiang Ke nodded and walked in front. Only then did Li Na notice the general manager holding a handbag and a high-quality leather rope in his left hand. When she lowered her head, she was speechless. Sure enough, Xiaomi was there too.


    ¡®Fairy¡¯s right. The general manager is really a cat slave. He even has to bring his pet to a wedding. But I thought the hotel doesn¡¯t allow pets to enter?¡¯


    As soon as Li Na thought of this question, she saw Jiang Ke being stopped by an attendant, ¡°Hello, sir. Personal pets are not allowed in public places.¡±


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t even look at the man. He took out his wallet from his handbag and took out an SVIP card in his hand. The waiter looked up and took a step back in silence. It was a silent acquiescence.


    Li Na shrugged and went in quietly.


    According to what was written, the banquet hall was on the second floor. Li Na and Jiang Ke took the same lift to the second floor. Li Na went out first, and Jiang Ke followed after a pause.


    ¡®Is it on the same floor?¡¯, Li Na thought to herself.


    When they reached the door of the same hall, Jiang Ke was the first to say, ¡°What was the name of your classmate who¡¯s going to get married?¡±


    Li Na froze, ¡°The bride and groom are both my high school classmates. The groom¡¯s name is Liu Haonan and the bride¡¯s name is Ye¡­¡±


    ¡°Ye Lili.¡±


    Li Na opened her mouth: ¡°Are you from the woman¡¯s side, general manager?¡±


    Jiang Ke turned his head to look at Li Na, his eyes narrowing slightly. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s quite a coincidence, isn¡¯t it?¡±


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s quite a coincidence¡­¡±


    Li Na scratched her head, Jiang Ke didn¡¯t say anything else and pushed open the door of the hall. It led directly to the center of the hall. There was a platform of glass and scattered petals at their feet, and under the glass were champagne roses. The roses led directly to the garden platform in the center. There was a wedding arch3 lit in pink, and water curtains that form hearts and letters on the platform.


    Li Na was stunned for a moment. Jiang Ke turned around and saw Li Na¡¯s dazed and intoxicated appearance. He was shocked. He turned around and pulled Li Na¡¯s wrist across the stage and down the side stairs before releasing his grip.


    Li Na couldn¡¯t help touching her face. It was really beautiful. This kind of wedding scene was every woman¡¯s dream. There was still a lot of dry ice blowing down the stage and there were a lot of people in the hall. The sound engineer sets off the atmosphere with soft music.


    And the general manager didn¡¯t say anything else just now, he just took Li Na¡¯s hand as he walked across the stage, kind of like¡­


    ¡°It¡¯s beautiful, isn¡¯t it?¡± Jiang Ke opened his mouth and looked at the wedding arch.


    Li Na nodded without hesitation, ¡°It¡¯s really beautiful¡­¡±


    After all, they weren¡¯t at the company, and Li Na didn¡¯t dare to say more. And since she had some personal contact with the boss that night, Li Na felt a little uncomfortable near the general manager.


    It¡¯s kind of like being held hostage, and having an itch on your back and not being able to scratch it. A bit of an awkward relationship.


    Fortunately, Jiang Ke didn¡¯t say anything else. He found a place near the wedding arch and sat down, he hugged Xiaomi in his arms, lowered his head, and stroked him repeatedly.


    The only person at that table was the general manager, and with his good looks and the white Persian cat in his arms, he stood out. After much thought, Li Na hesitantly stepped forward and sat down beside him.


    After all, he was the boss. So even if she was outside the company, she has to maintain a good relationship with him.


    Jiang Ke noticed the movement next to him and looked up at Li Na. He was a little surprised. And Xiaomi just stood up and went to Li Na¡¯s lap, and just lay there.

 CH 8.1

    Uh¡­ Li Na stared at the general manager, wide-eyed.


    Jiang Ke chuckled lightly, he straightened his pants that were wrinkled by Xiaomi and silently agreed with its action.


    It was nearly 11:30, and more guests had arrived. Li Na¡¯s table was full of people. Most of them were college classmates of the bride and groom. Everyone could talk a bit and gossip about the bride and groom.


    Five minutes before the wedding, the emcee and the staff were ready to begin. The hall was also starting to quiet down.


    It suddenly occurred to Li Na that she came in from the entrance of the hall and because she didn¡¯t see the table where the gift money was supposed to be given, she didn¡¯t give the red envelope¡­ The table was in the corner of the hall. It was less than five minutes before the wedding began when Li Na remembered.


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    She took out the red envelope she prepared from her bag, it contained five hundred in cash. In this regard, Li Na thinks that she was not stingy at all. Although she and Liu Haonan were childhood sweethearts and a former couple, they had not been in contact for two or three years and it could be said that they were strangers.


    And Ye Lili was rich, so they wouldn¡¯t care how much money she gave.


    Li Na picked up Xiaomi: ¡°General Manager, I forgot to give the gift money, I¡¯ll go do it now. I¡¯ll hand over Xiaomi to you.¡±


    Kkydt Il vssj Dkysxk, yde Nk Ly nsdvkdwle, ¡°Qldlayz xydytla, usw pbswzed¡¯v byhl ryke kv ulv lkvbla. Ps usw oydv xl vs blzr usw¡­¡±


    ¡°Mblal¡¯p ds dlle.¡±


    ¡°Xb.¡± Nk Ly iwklvzu zlqv bla plyv. Fbl tawxczle pkzldvzu kd bla blyav, vbl ale ldhlzsrl vbyv byp vs cl tkhld pbswze yzoyup cl tkhld, R eked¡¯v lmrlnv pwnb y aknb rlapsd vs cl ps pvkdtu¡­


    Ju vbl oyu, Nk Ly alxlxclale vbyv pbl eked¡¯v pllx vs byhl ypjle vbl tldlayz xydytla obyv bkp alzyvksdpbkr okvb Zl Nkzk oyp.


    Gal vblu nzyppxyvlp, nswpkdp, qakldep, sa obyv?


    Fbl bye vs ypj obld pbl tslp cynj.


    Gp pssd yp Nk Ly zlqv, y qypbksdyczu ealpple clywvu rwzzle shla Nk Ly¡¯p nbyka yde pyv esod, rwvvkdt y czynj Ubydlz cyt sd vbl vyczl.


    Kkydt Il zssjle yv bla yde pyke, ¡°Tlzzs, clywvu.¡±


    Seeing Jiang Ke talking to her, she immediately smiled and said, ¡°Hello.¡±


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    ¡°You¡¯re sitting in someone else¡¯s seat, that person went to pay the gift money.¡± Jiang Ke said with a polite smile.


    If an ordinary person heard this, they would have silently, but the woman couldn¡¯t hold back the smile on her face after hearing Jiang Ke¡¯s words, ¡°This chair doesn¡¯t have a name on it, whoever¡¯s sitting here now is the one that can sit on it.¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled again. ¡°I see, then I¡¯m sorry to ask, but please stand up, you are sitting on my handbag.¡±


    ¡°Ah!¡± the woman cried out, she just felt something under her butt.


    She stood up reluctantly. Jiang Ke didn¡¯t reach out to get the bag but he put Xiaomi on the seat.


    Xiaomi just lay there inexplicably, staring at his master with wide eyes, not understanding what happened.


    ¡°Well, now this seat belongs to my cat. You can go now.¡± Jiang Ke resumed his poker face without looking at the woman.


    The woman stomped her feet angrily. Seeing that the wedding was about to start, she felt embarrassed to argue with Jiang Ke. She snorted coldly and took her bag to find another seat.


    In less than a minute, Li Na came back after giving the gift money. She saw Xiaomi sitting on her seat, she smiled and hugged Xiaomi into her arms.


    Actually, the bride was in the room upstairs before the wedding. The bride¡¯s family, friends, and colleagues could all go to her, chat, and take pictures as long as they come to the wedding.


    But Li Na didn¡¯t want to go.


    The reason goes without saying.


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    And the groom, who was supposed to greet the guests in the hall, was nowhere to be seen. The wedding, which was scheduled to start at 11:30, was delayed by 15 minutes. As for what happened, no one knows.


    The music softly sounded, and the emcee recited an oration 1 speech before saying, ¡°Please welcome the groom of the day, Mr. Liu Haonan.¡±


    Li Na didn¡¯t raise her head to see the groom, she played with the fur on Xiaomi¡¯s neck, which made him purr comfortably. Jiang Ke looked up to see the groom. The groom was dressed in a decent groom¡¯s suit, with a flower on his left chest. His hair was neatly combed and looked elegant. He was Liu Haonan.


    Gentle and quiet.


    But that was the Liu Haonan that Li Na knew in the past.


    The present Liu Haonan was walking on the stage, his whole body emitting a cold and severe atmosphere.


    In the end, Li Na couldn¡¯t resist looking up. Liu Haonan was standing on the stage, looking down at the guests. His eyes drifted from table to table, as if he were looking for someone.


    Just like that, Li Na looked at him. With no desire and a smile on her face, a hint of relief and sadness could be seen.


    Liu Haonan suddenly met Li Na¡¯s gaze, he abruptly smiled while standing on the stage. Li Na was stunned for a while and returned a polite smile to him.


    ¡°And here comes the bride.¡±


    Wearing a diamond-encrusted white wedding dress, Ye Lili entered the stage while holding her father¡¯s arm and a bouquet of colorful rainbow roses, also known as the flower of happiness. The bouquet was like her wedding, all carefully prepared.


    It was just that even if the bride was amazing and extremely beautiful in everyone¡¯s eyes, the groom¡¯s eyes had been fixed elsewhere.


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    Ye Lili gritted her teeth and suppressed the anger in her heart, she followed his line of sight and saw the two people she didn¡¯t want to see the most.


    Jiang Ke and Li Na.


    Jiang Ke just stared at her quietly, and Ye Lili looked away from him as if nothing had happened. Some of her anger was dispersed, but the feeling of panic was beginning to set in.


    How did the two of them get together? Do they know each other? Maybe they just met by chance. It¡¯s okay¡­ It¡¯s okay¡­


    ¡°Meow~¡±


    Lily looked at Jiang Ke and Li Na again. She also saw Xiaomi in Li Na¡¯s arms.


    That cat¡­


    Ye Lili pretended to be calm and walked to Liu Haonan. Her father was standing beside her, he was just waiting for Liu Haonan to reach out his hand and pull over the bride now, and then the two would begin to say the vows.


    Liu Haonan looked at Ye Lili with cold eyes, not like looking at the person he loved at all.


    Ye Lili felt humiliated and wronged, and tears glistened in her eyes.


    Liu Haonan held out his hand and took Ye Lili. The emcee invited the pastor to stand in front of the table with the rings prepared on it.


    ¡°Lord, we have come before you to witness the blessing of this man and woman entering into the sacred marriage hall. In the name of the Lord, they shall become one body, have a good married life, and grow old together. From now on, they happily will walk the road of life together, mutually aid each other, educate each other, and trust each other. Heavenly Father please bless them, bring grace to both husband and wife, and help them to be inspired by the Holy Spirit. To love the Savior and praise before the Lord all their lives.¡±


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    The pastor looked at the bride and groom with his arms crossed and read: ¡°When the marriage contract is about to be concluded, if there are any facts that stand in the way of their union, please speak now, or keep silent forever.¡±


    The pastor continued, ¡°I command you to confess before the Lord any reason that hinders your union.¡±


    The pastor said to Ye Lili: ¡°Miss Ye Lili, will you take this man as your husband and marry him?¡±


    ¡°In sickness and in health, or for any other reason, to love him, take care of him, respect him, accept him, and always be loyal to him.¡±


    Ye Lili replied: ¡°I will.¡±


    The pastor then asked Liu Haonan, ¡°Mr. Liu Haonan, will you take this woman to be your wife and marry her?¡±


    ¡°In sickness and in health, or for any other reason, to love him, take care of her, respect her, accept her, and always be loyal to her.¡±


    Liu Haonan quietly looked at Ye Lili and did not immediately answer. He blanked for about a minute, and there was some noise in the hall.


    The faces of Ye Lili¡¯s parents had turned ugly at the edge of the stage.


    Liu Haonan slowly closed his eyes and opened them again: ¡°I will.¡±


    The pastor said to the crowd, ¡°Are you all willing to testify to their wedding vows?¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡± replied those present.


    Neither Li Na nor Jiang Ke spoke.


    Pastor: ¡°Who will hand over the bride to the groom, and bless them?¡±


    Ye Lili¡¯s father replied according to the script, ¡°She married him of her own free will, with the blessing of her parents.¡±


    Parents¡¯ blessing?


    Liu Haonan laughed when he heard those words. Ye Lili looked at him and suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a little strange. She had a very bad feeling.


    It was time for the vows. The groom was supposed to face the bride, take her hand and say, ¡°In the name of God, I solemnly swear to take you as my wife. To love and cherish you, from this day forward, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, till death do us part.¡±


    After that, Ye Lili would swear the same thing. Then, the two of them would put rings on each other. Finally, the priest would say a few words, they would kiss, and the wedding ceremony would be complete.


    But to her 2 and Li Na¡¯s worry and fear, he took her by the hand, and said, ¡°In the name of God, I solemnly swear¡­¡±


    After that, he remained silent, squinting his eyes, looking at Ye Lili¡¯s hand as she shook his, and said nothing.


    The crowd began to be noisy again, and someone whispered, ¡°Why do I feel like this wedding is going to be screwed up?¡±


    ¡°Bridegroom?¡± the pastor reminded Liu Haonan on the side.

 CH 8.2

    Liu Haonan looked at the pastor, and in the next moment, he released Ye Lili¡¯s hand without hesitation.


    ¡°No, no.¡± Ye Lili murmured and tried to grab Liu Haonan¡¯s hand. Liu Haonan took a step back, ripped off the bridegroom flower on his chest with his right hand, and watched Ye Lili slammed to the ground.


    There was an uproar in the hall. Ye Lili¡¯s father couldn¡¯t hold in his anger, he stepped forward and asked: ¡°What are you doing?!¡±


    Liu Haonan sneered: ¡°Is what I mean still not clear?¡±


    When Father Ye heard his words, he came forward and seized Liu Haonan by the collar: ¡°You, boy, want to break off your marriage?¡±


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    Liu Haonan pulled Father Ye¡¯s hand apart with no expression on his face. ¡°I haven¡¯t had a wedding yet, and I haven¡¯t received a marriage certificate. How can I break off my marriage?¡±


    Ye Lili¡¯s tears immediately came out. She went up to grab his arm: ¡°Haonan, don¡¯t be angry, okay? Uncle and aunt¡¯s matters are my fault. Don¡¯t be angry, let¡¯s talk about it privately, okay?¡±


    Ye Lili was a smart woman, she knew how to adapt to the overall situation as the top priority. For any man will be soft-hearted when he sees a woman he likes begging himself.


    Jwv Nkw Tysdyd jdlo bla vss olzz.


    Nkw Tysdyd rwzzle swv bkp yax yde oyzjle shla vs vbl lxnll. Tl rknjle wr vbl xknasrbsdl yde pyke, ¡°R¡¯x psaau qsa xyjkdt lhlausdl pll y fsjl. R alyzzu altalv dsv oyjkdt wr pssdla. R¡¯hl clld okvb Zl Nkzk qsa qswa yde y byzq ulyap, cwv dso R alyzkgl vbyv R¡¯hl yzoyup clld kd zshl okvb vbl oasdt rlapsd.¡±


    ¡°Gde obyv xyjlp xl pye yde ekpvalpple kp vbyv vseyu, y zkql lhldv, xu ryaldvp nyd¡¯v pbso wr yde cl sd vbl pvytl,¡± Nkw Tysdyd pyke. Tszekdt swv bkp byde vs pwrrsav Wyvbla Zl, bl nsdvkdwle, ¡°Jlnywpl R nsxl qasx y rssa qyxkzu, Ya. Zl zssjle esod sd xu ryaldvp obs tyhl xl zkql yde aykple xl. Tl ypjle vbl eakhla vs plde vblx yoyu. Mblu nyd¡¯v lhld pll vblka sdzu psd tlvvkdt xyaakle.¡±


    Nkw Tysdyd vssj y ellr calyvb yde csole vs Wyvbla Zl: ¡°Gp usw pyke yzz yzsdt, R¡¯x vbl sdl obs nzkxcle bktb, yde R¡¯x dsv tsse ldswtb qsa uswa eywtbvla. Mseyu, kv¡¯p yp usw okpb.¡±


    Ls xyvvla bso pvwrke yd swvpkela oyp, vblu nswze wdelapvyde vbl tldlayz pkvwyvksd, ps xspv sq vbl sdzssjlap pktble lxsvksdyzzu, yde plnalvzu ekpnwpple, pyukdt vbyv Zl Nkzk¡¯p qyxkzu oyp oasdt.


    Gde dso kv oyp vss zyvl vs pyu yduvbkdt. Wyvbla Zl oyp yzps pvwccsad. Tl rskdvle yv Nkw Tysdyd: ¡°Zsw osavbzlpp clypv, tlv swv, esd¡¯v lhld vbkdj ycswv pllkdt xu eywtbvla kd vbl qwvwal.¡±


    ¡°Twpcyde!¡± Ysvbla Zl bwttle Zl Nkzk yde nyzzle bkx.


    Zl Nkzk ayd swv naukdt, yde bla cswiwlv qlzz sd vbl pvytl.


    Jiang Ke immediately left his seat and ran out. He was chasing after her.


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    Li Na sat in her seat, holding Xiaomi. The general manager left without saying anything, which made her a little confused.


    To add to her confusion, the general manager ran out at this time, because of Ye Lili?


    What¡¯s the relationship between the two¡­


    The bride ran away crying, and Liu Haonan smiled with relief. He walked past the empty glass tables and stepped over the bouquet that fell on the ground. There were colorful petals scattered on the ground, although they had not withered, they had lost their brilliance.


    The groom walked out as if the wedding was just a joke.


    There were some people left in the hall to clean up the mess. Everyone took their share of the gift and left. The bride and groom were not there, who would dare to stay for the wedding banquet?


    Li Na walked up to the stage with Xiaomi in her arms, picked up a bunch of flowers, and held them in her hands. She had to go to the general manager and hand over Xiaomi to him.


    After she dialed the general manager¡¯s phone, Li Na said, ¡°General manager, where are you? I¡¯ll send Xiaomi to you.¡±


    ¡°¡­I¡¯m in the garden behind the hotel, come and find me.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    Li Na asked the waiter and walked down the hall. Sure enough, the hotel was different. There was a walking garden at the back, planted with various flowers and trees.


    Li Na turned around and saw Jiang Ke and Ye Lili standing in the corridor.


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    Not far away from them, Li Na was hesitating whether to go there or not, but Ye Lili noticed her and called her name impassively: ¡°Li Na.¡±


    Jiang Ke turned his head and said, ¡°Come here.¡±


    Li Na mumbled an ¡°um¡±, and holding Xiaomi in her arms, she said, ¡°I¡¯ll give you Xiaomi.¡±


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t answer, and just stared at Xiaomi with a frown: ¡°Please give Xiaomi to her, Xiaomi is hers.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Li Na didn¡¯t understand.


    Ye Lili sneered. Her eyes were red, but her appearance was no longer like the one on stage, a pitiful weeping beauty: ¡°You are still so stupid, your boyfriend wants you to return the cat to me, this is all yours. Don¡¯t you understand?¡±


    Li Na¡¯s first reaction was to look at the general manager. He didn¡¯t respond, he only clenched his fists. Ye Lili¡¯s words also made Li Na feel baffled. She was just about to refute the word boyfriend when Ye Lili glanced at the bouquet Li Na was holding, her anger almost burst out.


    ¡°Why are those flowers in your hands?¡±


    Li Na looked down and answered truthfully, ¡°I thought it was pretty and picked it up.¡±


    ¡°But it¡¯s mine!¡± Ye Lili became emotional. ¡°Even if I lose it, even if I don¡¯t want it, it¡¯s all mine. You¡¯re not picking it up, you¡¯re stealing! It¡¯s stealing!¡± she said. She snatched the flowers from Li Na¡¯s hand and threw them on Li Na¡¯s face. ¡°Bitch!¡±


    Xiaomi, who was held in Li Na¡¯s arms, was frightened and started to struggle, wanting to escape. Li Na held it, but it scratched Li Na¡¯s arm. Taking advantage of Li Na¡¯s pain, it jumped down and ran away quickly, went through the flowers, and disappeared.


    Jiang Ke grabbed Ye Lili¡¯s hand. ¡°What are you doing?!¡±


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    Li Na frowned and looked at her right arm. A few streaks of blood had begun to show.


    Ye Lili struggled to shake off Jiang Ke, she pointed at Li Na¡¯s nose, and cursed: ¡°You bitch, if it weren¡¯t for you, Haonan wouldn¡¯t treat me like this today. How dare you? Ah? It¡¯s your fault that I¡¯m in this situation!¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re ugly.¡±


    ¡°What did you say?¡±


    Li Na narrowed her eyes. ¡°You¡¯re supposed to be the most beautiful bride today, but you¡¯re still ugly in your white wedding dress.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re the one who didn¡¯t defend and manage your relationship well, but you blame others?¡± Li Na picked up the bouquet, patted it, and held it in her hands.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget, you stole him from me when you were in the third year of high school. Now that he is not performing as you wanted, why don¡¯t you blame the person you took from me for being inappropriate?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say this¡­¡± Ye Lili was interrupted by Li Na as soon as she spoke.


    ¡°I gave that cat to Liu Haonan in my freshman year, and I haven¡¯t contacted him again since then. I only found out a few days ago that you were going to get married. You consumed Liu Haonan¡¯s feelings for you into negative numbers. But you don¡¯t examine your own problems, and come looking for trouble with irrelevant people.¡± Li Na showed this disdainful expression to Ye Lili for the first time.


    Ye Lili burst into tears again, but she still pointed at Jiang Ke viciously: ¡°Everything is calculated by you, right? Ah? Bringing his ex-girlfriend here, bringing the cat here, just to make fun of me? Well, now you¡¯ve got your wish. You can get out.¡±


    Jiang Ke suddenly smiled, ¡°Ye Lili, how did I fall in love with someone like you in the first place?¡±


    Ye Lili froze as if she had been hit on the head. She screamed and turned to leave, her white wedding dress trailed across the tiles, making it full of dust and dirt.


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    Jiang Ke turned to look at Li Na: ¡°Are you all right?¡±


    Li Na shook her head, somewhat dispirited: ¡°Xiaomi ran away, we have to hurry and find him.¡±


    Jiang Ke took Li Na by her arm and frowned at her. ¡°The most important matter now is you.¡±

 CH 9

    The most important matter now is you.


    It was the first time someone told her that she was important.


    Li Na was stunned. She shook her head and said, ¡°I¡¯m fine, it¡¯s just a scratch. I¡¯ll just wipe it with disinfectant when I get back.¡±


    Jiang Ke pulled Li Na¡¯s wrist and headed out, saying, ¡°No, we¡¯ll go to the hospital first.¡±


    ¡°No, there¡¯s really no need¡­¡±


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    Li Na was pulled for a while, then she shouted helplessly: ¡°Hey, general manager!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m really fine, let¡¯s find Xiaomi first and then go to the hospital, okay?¡±


    Jiang Ke looked back at her with a strange look in his eyes, before answering after a while, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Mblu eked¡¯v byhl xwnb vaswczl qkdekdt Dkysxk. Gqvla yzz, Kkydt Il bye aykple kv qsa xydu ulyap. Rv nyxl swv yqvla Kkydt Il pbswvle y qlo vkxlp dlya vbl cwpblp. Kkydt Il vssj Dkysxk swv sq vbl bsvlz. Mbld vblu oykvle qsa y obkzl yv vbl ldvaydnl qsa vbl bsvlz yvvldeydv vs cakdt vbl nya qasx vbl wdelataswde ryajkdt zsv.


    Ebld bl tsv kdvs vbl nya, Kkydt Il ekalnvzu rwv Dkysxk kdvs y pxyzz nytl. Dkysxk pyezu rypple vbaswtb vbl yan-pbyrle tzypp nshla yde kdvs vbl nytl, yde bkp qynl oyp zsolale, bl zssjle hlau yesayczl.


    Jwv Kkydt Il eked¡¯v psqvld bkp blyav vbyv lypkzu.


    Nk Ly pyv sd vbl ns-rkzsv, qypvldle bla plyv clzv, yde oykvle qsa vbl tldlayz xydytla vs eakhl bla vs vbl bsprkvyz.


    Xd bkp oyu vs vbl bsprkvyz, Kkydt Il ypjle, ¡°Fs obyv kp uswa alzyvksdpbkr okvb vbl tassx?¡±


    Nk Ly qlzv vbyv vblal oyp dsvbkdt vs bkel, yde ydpolale vawvbqwzzu: ¡°R¡¯x bkp lm-tkazqaklde. El olal nzyppxyvlp yde ol talo wr vstlvbla, bkp ryaldvp yde xu ryaldvp yal dlktbcsap.¡±


    ¡°Xb.¡± Kkydt Il oyp iwkvl pwarakple. Tl eke dsv lmrlnv Nk Ly vs ydpola kd elvykz.


    Nk Ly zssjle yv Kkydt Il. ¡°Fs tldlayz xydytla, yal usw vbl cakel¡¯p lm-csuqaklde?¡±


    ¡°Mm-hmm.¡±


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    ¡°So it¡¯s you!¡± Li Na sighed.


    Jiang Ke blinked, and his hand on the steering wheel moved: ¡°Did you remember something?¡±


    Li Na bit her index finger and pondered. ¡°I remember that Ye Lili and Liu Haonan separated for a while during freshman year. At that time, everyone 1 was saying Ye Lili had found a handsome and rich boyfriend¡­¡±


    Li Na paused, her tone a little vague: ¡°That¡¯s you¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke sighed softly. Although he didn¡¯t want to admit it, he did love Ye Lili previously¡­ she was his first love.


    Even though he found out that he had just been played in the end.


    Li Na chuckled. ¡°General manager, I didn¡¯t expect that we are quite connected. It turned out that there was an intersection at that time. It seems that it was fate that I entered your company.¡±


    Jiang Ke suddenly smiled. ¡°Maybe we¡¯ve had an intersection earlier.¡±


    Now it was Li Na¡¯s turn to wonder, ¡°When?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know either.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Then they didn¡¯t speak anymore. When they arrived at the hospital, Xiaomi was left in the car. And Li Na sat on a chair in the hospital. On the other hand, Jiang Ke ran back and forth to get the bill, and register. Then he took Li Na to treat the wound and get the vaccine.


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    Li Na¡¯s right wrist was wrapped with two layers of white gauze, and to people who didn¡¯t know, they might have thought she was a patient who had tried to commit suicide by cutting her wrist because of love.


    ¡°¡®There are five shots 2 of the vaccine in total. You will get the second shot on the fourth day, the third on the eleventh, the fourth on the twenty-fifth, and the fifth on the fifty-third day. You have to come to the hospital to get the vaccine.¡± Jiang told Li Na when they came out of the hospital.


    ¡°Wow,¡± Li Na exclaimed. ¡°General manager, you have such a good memory. How can you remember something so complicated?¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled, ¡°Don¡¯t flatter me, anyone will remember this once the nurse says it, the one who can¡¯t remember is the fool.¡±


    Is this saying she¡¯s stupid in disguise?


    ¡°Then, general manager, if there¡¯s nothing else, I¡¯ll go back first. See you at the company tomorrow,¡± Li Na said. She waved her hand and turned around to leave.


    Jiang Ke grabbed Li Na¡¯s wrist again. And perhaps because he put too much strength, or because of the inertia, Li Na was pulled back and she fell to the ground.


    Li Na didn¡¯t scream or lose her composure. She sat on the ground in a daze. Jiang Ke was silent for a moment, then he stretched out his hand, ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    Li Na looked at the general manager¡¯s hand, it was very fair and beautiful.


    She stood up on her own and patted the dust on her body, ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± Jiang Ke retracted his hand, ¡°Are you angry?¡±


    Li Na frowned and smiled. ¡°No,¡± she said


    ¡°Your clothes are dirty and there¡¯s blood on them. It¡¯s because of me, nevertheless,¡± Jiang Ke smiled. ¡°As your boss, I naturally have to console my employees. I¡¯ll take you to the mall to buy another outfit.¡±


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    Is this called shopping together without saying it out loud?


    Li Na rolled her eyes and shook her head. ¡°No, I have to go home and cook. I¡¯m really hungry.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m also hungry.¡±


    Li Na froze and stared at Jiang Ke for a while. She didn¡¯t know why, but she could feel the coquetry from the general manager¡¯s words? It¡¯s like he was acting like a spoiled child?


    Li Na suddenly felt that the general manager was a little cute.


    However! What does it have to do with her!


    Li Na smiled and nodded politely to Jiang Ke. ¡°Then let¡¯s go back to our respective homes and see each other at the office tomorrow morning.¡±


    ¡­


    Jiang Ke felt speechless. It was the first time he saw such an unflattering employee.


    As he saw Li Na going away, Jiang Ke knew he couldn¡¯t stubbornly follow her, so he called Fairy in desperation, and everything was settled after that.


    The reason was very simple. As an employee of Sanshui, especially as the general manager¡¯s assistant, it was a special position. Even on Sundays, she must be prepared to be called by the general manager to work and serve the boss.


    Fairy called Li Na, who was waiting for the bus at the bus station, and told her that she had to be self-conscious as an assistant, and conveyed the general manager¡¯s meaning. The general manager was hungry and hadn¡¯t had his lunch, so take the general manager out to dinner or ask him what he wants to eat and take it to him.


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    Li Na was embarrassed to tell her that she was with the general manager just now.


    But she was still quite speechless and disdained the general manager¡¯s approach. Jiang Ke and Li Na were just the ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend of the bride and groom, and went to a wedding banquet together. A phone call later, their relationship became the boss and employee again.


    So Li Na began to ¡°work¡± assiduously.


    Getting into the general manager¡¯s car again, Li Na resumed her professional smile. ¡°General manager, what do you want to eat?¡±


    When the car stopped at a traffic light, Jiang Ke looked at Li Na and smiled. ¡°I¡¯m tired of eating outside food. I haven¡¯t eaten a home-cooked meal for a long time. Let¡¯s go to your house, didn¡¯t you say that you can cook?¡±


    Li Na looked at him blankly. ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Why, we can¡¯t?¡± Jiang Ke frowned, his expressionless face made Li Na think that he was going to go crazy at the next moment.


    Truly like changing his face faster than turning over a book¡­ Li Na nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice. ¡°Ok, Ok, Ok.¡±


    Li Na lived in Room 6003 on the sixth floor of Building A in Yulong Garden Community. Jiang Ke took Li Na into the underground parking lot, then they took the elevator to the sixth floor.


    Li Na opened the door and ran into the house to get a spare pair of slippers and put them on the floor. Jiang Ke looked at the pink slippers with rabbit ears and was quite speechless. ¡°Are there any other slippers?¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    Jiang Ke had no choice.


    Li Na eats fast food outside most of the time. In the morning, she eats from the bun shop or the bakery, and lunch in the company¡¯s canteen. She only comes back after she gets off work in the evening and cooks for herself. Sometimes she would just eat outside or don¡¯t eat at all.


    When she opened the refrigerator, there were only carrots and broccoli that were bought four or five days ago left. Li Na tapped her head in annoyance. How could she forget to buy groceries on the way back!


    ¡°General manager,¡± Li Na poured him a glass of water. ¡°The refrigerator is out of vegetables. I have to go to the market nearby to buy some vegetables. Do you want to rest at home or go with me?¡±


    Jiang Ke felt that it was not interesting for him to stay at Li Na¡¯s house alone. He said, ¡°I¡¯ll go with you. You can buy anything you want.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    The market was very close. They could walk and get there in five minutes. On the way, Li Na asked Jiang Ke, ¡°General manager, can you eat spicy food?¡±


    Jiang Ke nodded. ¡°Yes I can, can you?¡±


    ¡°¡­I, I like spicy food.¡±


    Don¡¯t call me general manager when you¡¯re not in the company in the future. I don¡¯t want to take a break and still be called general manager.¡± Jiang Ke suddenly said.


    ¡°Huh?¡± Li Na paused. ¡°If I don¡¯t call you general manager, what should I call you?¡±


    Jiang Ke said, ¡°Well¡­ I don¡¯t know either, we¡¯ll have to think about it.¡±


    Li Na trotted up to him and said, ¡°Should I call you President Jiang?¡±


    ¡°¡­What¡¯s the difference between this and general manager?¡±


    Li Na sighed, ¡°But I can¡¯t call you by your first name, general manager, or I can just call you boss. It¡¯s simple and direct.¡±


    ¡°¡­Stop talking, let¡¯s go shopping.¡±


    In the end, the matter of calling was still the same. Jiang Ke thought that the relationship between the two of them was still a bit strange and awkward. Let¡¯s just think about it later.


    Li Na had the habit of buying a week¡¯s worth of groceries every time she¡¯s buying groceries. After all, she didn¡¯t have the energy to buy groceries every day. In the end, Li Na carried two bags and Jiang Ke carried three bags.


    She used fifty or sixty yuan just for groceries, not to mention the meat.


    Tofu, peas, corn, shanghai greens, cabbage, sauerkraut, potatoes, green peppers, ginger and garlic, onions, tomatoes, and eggs.


    It was already 1:15 when they got home after buying the groceries. Li Na was in charge of cooking, and Jiang Ke helped to wash and peel the vegetables and steam the rice. Other than rice, they were making four dishes.


    About half an hour later, all four dishes were on the table. Fried meat with potatoes, eggs with tomatoes, mapo tofu, and fried vegetables with garlic.


    If Li Na was alone, she would¡¯ve made one dish. But she was with the general manager at the moment, and he couldn¡¯t be wronged.


    Jiang Ke held his bowl of rice and tasted the four dishes one by one, but he didn¡¯t say anything. However, he silently went to add another bowl of rice after his bowl was empty.


    Li Na was also embarrassed to ask the general manager if the food was delicious because she had little faith in her cooking skills. Plus, what delicious food have the rich people not eat? Would they still miss her home-cooked dishes?


    ¡°Do you live alone?¡± Jiang Ke suddenly asked.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Li Na said.


    Her house has two bedrooms and one living room, plus a kitchen and a bathroom. It was fine for a family to live in, but looks a bit empty for Li Na to live in by herself.


    ¡°Where are your parents?¡± Jiang Ke asked again.


    Li Na was stunned for a moment. Jiang Ke looked at her, lowered his head, and said, ¡°If some personal questions are inconvenient to answer, you don¡¯t need to answer them.¡±


    Li Na shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s not a big deal. My parents divorced when I was in junior high. My mom moved out of the apartment when I was in college. And now they both have new families. My mom occasionally comes over to stay for a couple of days to check on me.¡±


    ¡°¡­Anyway, you are a girl, you should pay attention to safety, and you can call me if there is anything.¡±


    Li Na said nothing.


    After eating, Li Na packed up the leftover food and planned to wash the dishes, but Jiang Ke stopped her. ¡°I¡¯ll do it. Since you cook, I¡¯ll wash the dishes.¡±


    Li Na was flattered. ¡°No, general manager, you¡¯re my boss. How could I let you work for me.¡±


    Jiang Ke took the initiative to take the soap and sponge. ¡°I also asked an off-duty employee to cook for me on a Sunday. I am also sorry. I should wash the dishes. Don¡¯t say it anymore. You go out and rest for a while.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Li Na was very acquainted and made no further excuses.


    After washing the dishes, Jiang Ke seemed to have no other reason to stay at Li Na¡¯s house. After seeing Jiang Ke off, Li Na went straight to bed to take a nap.


    Sunday was a rare day when you naturally need to make up for some sleep.


    After a nap, it was already 4:30 in the afternoon. The sun was still dazzling. Li Na threw her dirty clothes into the washing machine, then sat on the bed and watched ¡°Reply 1988¡± with her mobile phone, and was amused by Deshan¡¯s parents.


    After the clothes were washed, she hung them on the balcony. Then she continued to watch Korean dramas with her mobile phone. When the phone ran out of power, she switched to a laptop and continued to watch. This is the life of a single dog¡­


    At seven o¡¯clock in the evening, Li Na finished watching 1988. After that, she warmed up the leftover dishes from lunch, took out the instant noodles from the refrigerator, and the spicy and sour pickled peppers, and ate.


    Just as she was about to lie in bed and look for a TV show to watch, her phone rang, it was an unfamiliar number.


    Li Na hesitated for a moment, but still answered the call, ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Li Na¡¯s first thought: Harassing phone calls? After hesitating for a while, she wanted to hang up, but she could hear the sound of breathing from the other end.


    Li Na suddenly remembered something, and she tentatively said, ¡°Liu Haonan?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Is that you?¡±


    ¡°¡­it¡¯s me.¡±


    ¡°Long time no see, Nana.¡±

 CH 10.1

    No one knows how much Li Na once liked Liu Haonan.


    Even though Liu Haonan didn¡¯t know it, Ye Lili had always been disdainful of Li Na. Since she was determined to take Liu Haonan away from Li Na, everything between Li Na and Liu Haonan became so insignificant.


    Li Na and Liu Haonan had been growing up together since they were kids, and they had entered the ignorant adolescence stage together. Liu Haonan was the only person she could talk to, she could tell him all the throbbing and troubles of young girls.


    There was a period after Li Na¡¯s parents separated when Li Na said no more than ten sentences a day. Just when she became decadent and silent, Liu Haonan took her and her friends out hiking. If there was a party, a hang-out, or anything else, he would bring Li Na with him.


    In adolescence, when you start to become dependent on someone and need someone, that¡¯s love.


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    Afterward, Li Na wrote a letter that contained her thoughts and expectations and put it in her math textbook. Between her and Liu Haonan, she was active, but also passive.


    When Liu Haonan was in high school, he grew up 1 and became more outstanding and mature. The two got along as childhood sweethearts, and after school, they were also a pair of lovers full of longing for the future.


    Li Na and Liu Haonan had once secretly walked hand in hand through the small street in front of their neighborhood, the school gate, the corridor outside the classroom, and Liu Haonan¡¯s favorite overpass, the seaside.


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    That was what she originally thought.


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    Life won¡¯t always go as you wish.


    When a good-looking girl unrestrainedly pursues another boy, ninety-nine percent of the boys would be tempted. Li Na and Liu Haonan, one of them sat in the first row on the right side of the classroom, and the other sat on the middle row on the left side of the classroom.


    A distance of less than seven meters, but it¡¯s almost as ridiculous as a long-distance relationship.


    Li Na and Liu Haonan¡¯s ignorant three years of youth were no match for Ye Lili, who was chatting and laughing at the same table as Liu Haonan in March.


    Did distance beat her?


    Li Na shook her head. No. If she was better, better-looking, whiter, and thinner, if she was not inferior to Ye Lili, wouldn¡¯t Liu Haonan choose her?


    This is a face judging world.


    Li Na felt extremely inferior, or she has always had low self-esteem around Liu Haonan. When she liked him, it was she who said it shamelessly at first. Naturally, she would not stubbornly pester him when they broke up.


    The two of them didn¡¯t say anything, and gradually became distant classmates and friends who could occasionally say a word to each other.


    What pained Li Na was that three years couldn¡¯t be compared with three months.


    She thought of her parents¡¯ failed marriage. Didn¡¯t the 18 years of marriage also come to an end?


    What indestructible love? It was also fragile.


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    Li Na had no hope for love.


    She has despaired.


    Being hurt once was enough to deprive her of the courage and ability to love her for ten years.


    Li Na thought that she had forgotten about the four years in college, but when she saw him at the wedding, her emotions were still difficult to calm down.


    It was true that her heart was beating uncontrollably when she received his call, but she quickly recovered because Li Na knew that it was neither love nor liking.


    Who he marries, who he breaks off with, who he likes, who he loves, has nothing to do with her.


    As for talking about him and seeing his physical response, Li Na thought it was just self-healing, a necessary part of saying goodbye to all the pain of the past, the process of forgiveness and healing.


    ¡°Well, long time no see.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± There was silence on the phone.


    Li Na got out of bed and went into the living room. ¡°Why did you call me?¡±


    ¡°Well, there is something.¡± Liu Haonan stopped talking again.


    Li Na frowned. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±


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    ¡°My parents are on the plane here tonight, we¡¯re going to have dinner in a while. Can you come over?¡± His tone was a little tired, and his voice was deeper than before.


    ¡°¡­ I have things to do tonight.¡± Li Na added after a pause, ¡°I have dinner plans.¡±


    ¡°Is that so¡­¡± On the other side of the phone, Liu Haonan was lying on the bed with the back of his hand covering his eyes. ¡°My parents said that they haven¡¯t seen you for a long time, and they want to have a meal with you.¡±


    ¡°They said¡­ They miss you.¡±


    Liu Haonan¡¯s parents were very nice, and his father was kind and generous although a little taciturn. His mother was gentle and beautiful, and she was very kind to Li Na. In high school, Li Na¡¯s father often asked her to go out to buy food because of working overtime. Whenever that happens, Mother Liu will take the initiative to call her home and cook for her.


    For Li Na¡¯s father, a man with a teenage girl also has a lot of inconveniences. At that time, it was Mother Liu who came forward and took her to buy personal clothes to clear her mind.


    She has always been envious. Liu Haonan has such a good and gentle mother. In contrast, her mother who ignored her was too selfish and indifferent.


    From childhood to adulthood, and after her parents divorced, how many blessings and care had Li Na received from Mother Liu?


    Li Na sighed. He knew her very well. He knew that once he mentioned his parents, she wouldn¡¯t refuse. ¡°At what time and which restaurant are we gonna meet at? I¡¯ll go there.¡±


    The corners of Liu Haonan¡¯s mouth twitched. ¡°At eight o¡¯clock, tell me where you are, I¡¯ll pick you up.¡±


    ¡°No, just tell me where you are going to eat, and I¡¯ll be there in a minute.¡± She refused.


    ¡°The three of us will pick you up by the way, and we can chat in the car. Where do you live, we¡¯ll pick you up.¡± Liu Haonan¡¯s tone was a little tough, adding the word ¡°us¡±, she would not refuse.


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    ¡°¡­Yulong Garden Community, call me when you arrive. I¡¯ll wait for you at the door of the convenience store outside the community.¡±


    ¡°Okay, it¡¯s 7:30 now. I¡¯ll be there at 7:45.¡±


    ¡°Okay, bye.¡±


    After hanging up the phone, Li Na sighed again and went into the bedroom to change out of her strawberry pajamas and into a plain white t-shirt, an A-line denim skirt, and a pair of white platform sandals. After all, she was having dinner with Liu Haonan¡¯s parents. It can¡¯t be too formal or too casual.


    At 7:45, as soon as Li Na went downstairs, Liu Haonan called. When she went out of the community, she saw a BMW parked on the side of the road, and Liu Haonan got out of the car and waved to her.


    Li Na took a deep breath and walked over. Liu Haonan opened the car door for her. Li Na sat in the co-pilot¡¯s seat, fastened her seat belt, and turned around to greet Father and Mother Liu.


    ¡°Auntie, uncle, long time no see,¡± said Li Na with a smile and curved eyes.


    Father Liu has a typical square face, with handsome facial features, but she hasn¡¯t seen him for four years. His face got a little older, and when he smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had increased. ¡°Nana, you¡¯re here.¡± Father Liu said cheerfully, without any haze.


    Mother Liu simply tied a low ponytail, and her face was simple and clean, it seems that the years had not left a mark on her face.


    ¡°Nana, we¡¯ve finally seen you again,¡± Mother Liu smiled as she took Li Na¡¯s hand, and clasped them together. ¡°You haven¡¯t come back since you left. Aunt hasn¡¯t seen you for a long time. I really miss you.¡±


    Li Na was stunned for a while but started laughing after that. ¡°Me too.¡±


    ¡°And even if you won¡¯t come back to see us, see your father.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Li Na quietly pushed away Mother Liu¡¯s hand. ¡°Auntie, don¡¯t you know our family¡¯s situation?¡±


    The smile on Mother Liu¡¯s face froze and gradually disappeared. ¡°Yes, life is unpredictable, and every family has its own difficulties.¡±


    The last sentence seemed to mean something. Today, Liu Haonan¡¯s wedding was messed up, and Mother Liu seemed to be depressed about it.


    Father Liu smiled and patted Mother Liu¡¯s hand. ¡°It¡¯s no big deal. Don¡¯t think about it.¡±


    Li Na glanced at Liu Haonan who was driving. He looked ahead with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth as if he didn¡¯t hear what his parents said behind him.


    As an outsider, she can only remain silent. Sometimes silence is better than comfort.

 CH 10.2

    Liu Haonan took his father and mother to Haidilao in the food street. After all, it was a family meal, so it was natural to go to a down-to-earth place.


    Inside the restaurant, they were placed on a square table on the first floor, near the large glass window. The waiter quickly began to place the soup base and boil it.


    Father Liu and Mother Liu sat in their seats to rest, while Li Na and Liu Haonan went to get some food from the buffet.


    Afterward, everyone chatted and laughed together at the dinner. They were very happy, those that didn¡¯t know would have thought that it was a big family. It¡¯s just that Li Na didn¡¯t deliberately continue the topic that Liu Haonan talked about, so the two of them seemed a little awkward.


    Father and Mother Liu¡¯s flight was at 9:20 pm. They had to arrive at the airport at 9:00 in advance. They had dinner for half an hour. Liu Haonan looked at his watch and ate some more, and got the bill. Then they left the restaurant.


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    On the way to the airport, Father and Mother Liu talked about Li Na and Liu Haonan¡¯s previous school days, as if they were deliberately trying to ease the relationship between the two.


    Li Na smiled and said something once in a while. The atmosphere in the car was quite warm.


    At the airport, Liu Haonan took his parents¡¯ documents to check in, while Li Na and Father and Mother Liu were waiting at the boarding gate.


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    ¡°He¡¯s the general manager of the company I work for. I¡¯m his employee, that¡¯s all.¡± Li Na added.


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    ¡°Oh, I see.¡± He was relieved.


    ¡°Hmm.¡±


    Liu Haonan contemplated for a while, and when he was about to speak again, Li Na¡¯s cell phone rang. It connected and she said, ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°Li Na, I told you that we¡¯re having a barbecue on the side of the road. Cheng Tian and Xiao Xiao are both here, come over quickly. We just started, and I have saved your share, so come quickly.¡± It was Fairy¡¯s voice.


    ¡°There¡¯s no need, I just finished eating. You guys can eat it.¡±


    ¡°Hey, Nana, come on. We have too few people to drink. Come on over, I¡¯ve got something to tell you.¡± Fairy said coquettishly.


    Li Na thought for a while. She originally didn¡¯t want to go, but she was afraid of what would happen if Liu Haonan sent her back, and Fairy insisted that she would go¡­


    ¡°Where are you? I¡¯ll catch up with you later.¡±


    ¡°Moon Bridge, come quickly. There are a lot of hawkers here. And the food is delicious.¡±


    ¡°Okay, bye-bye.¡±


    ¡°Bye.¡±


    After hanging up, Li Na said to Liu Haonan, ¡°Do you know the Moon Bridge? Just send me there.¡±


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    Liu Haonan frowned. ¡°It¡¯s half-past nine, you¡¯re a girl¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± Li Na interrupted. ¡°It¡¯s a few female colleagues from work. They¡¯re just having a late night snack, and they don¡¯t go to nightclubs, and we will go back in a while.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    The Moon Bridge was a night-view bridge in City A. At night, it would be lit up with bright lights, which were colorful and endlessly changing. And that place was also near the downtown square, next to a technical college.


    There were also many hawkers, a feng shui treasured place to set up stalls. At night, a lot of people strolled around and shopped there. But the bridge was quite old and cars have been banned from passing through.


    Liu Haonan dropped Li Na off on the side of the road. After Li Na got out of the car, she remembered something and leaned over the car window: ¡°Liu Haonan, let me ask you something.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t Xiaobai, the Persian cat I picked up when I was a freshman, and the one I gave to you, died?¡± Li Na looked at him, half-squinting, her expression cold and calm.


    Liu Haonan pursed his lips. ¡°Who told you?¡±


    Li Na suddenly laughed. ¡°So you lied to me about Xiaobai dying, but you actually gave it to Ye Lili, right?¡±


    Liu Haonan looked at Li Na¡¯s strange smile, and he began to panic: ¡°No, Nana, listen to me.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say anything.¡±


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    Leaving such a sentence coldly, Li Na straightened up and walked over to the Moon Bridge without looking back.

 CH 11

    Li Na quickly regained her senses and walked up to the Moon Bridge. Both sides of the bridge were lined with stalls set up by some small vendors. The ones selling snacks were in the middle of the bridge, and Fairy and the others were there.


    Li Na walked in the middle of the bridge, passing couples, students, and office workers in formal suits. Then a hand grabbed her arm from behind.


    ¡°Nana, listen to me.¡± Liu Haonan¡¯s hair was messy and he was panting. He stopped the car and chased after her non-stop, just to explain to her.


    Li Na looked at him expressionlessly and said nothing.


    ¡°When you gave me Xiaobai, I took good care of it. But when Ye Lili knew that you picked up the cat and asked me to raise it, she started a fight with me. And then, I really couldn¡¯t do anything after that¡­¡±


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    ¡°So you gave Xiaobai to her, and then lied to me and said he was dead?¡± For some reason, Li Na just wanted to laugh. As if other than a polite laugh, she didn¡¯t have the strength to give another response to Liu Haonan.


    After eating lunch with Jiang Ke, Jiang Ke talked about Xiaomi. Saying that his ex-girlfriend gave it to him, that it was a stray cat she picked up on the road, and then he kept it and didn¡¯t return it to her after breaking up with her. And he also wanted to keep it as a memory.


    There was no doubt that the ex-girlfriend was Ye Lili.


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    After thinking about it, Li Na realized, how can life be full of coincidences? The stray cat she picked up when she was a freshman turned into her boss¡¯ cat?


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    Was it a coincidence? Or a tragedy?


    Liu Haonan stretched out his hand to hold Li Na¡¯s shoulder, saying, ¡°It¡¯s my fault, I apologize to you. But I also gave Xiaobai to Lili after she promised not to hurt Xiaobai. I lied to you because Lily didn¡¯t want me to get in touch with you again. I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m really sorry.¡±


    Li Na raised her head and glanced at the food stall and saw a familiar figure standing at the bridge¡¯s railing. She turned her head and smiled at Liu Haonan. ¡°I see, after all, it¡¯s been so long, and there¡¯s nothing to argue about. I still have something to do, you can go back first,¡± she said as she pushed Liu Haonan¡¯s hand away and was about to leave.


    Just after walking two steps, Li Na was suddenly hugged from behind.


    ¡°Nana, I miss you very much. Can you forgive me?¡± Liu Haonan frowned, buried his head in her neck, and muttered softly.


    She tried to pry away his arm and get rid of his hold on her. ¡°I¡¯ve forgiven you,¡± she said.


    ¡°You know what I¡¯m talking about. Nana, I regret it. I really regret it. I¡¯ve had a bad life in the past few years. Are we still as good as before? Huh?¡±


    There were many people in Moon Bridge, and Li Na and Liu Haonan¡¯s ambiguous behavior attracted the attention of many people around. She also doesn¡¯t want to be entangled anymore, ¡°General Manager.¡±


    Three or four meters away, Jiang Ke, who was leaning on the railing to watch the night scene, turned around and approached them with a chuckle: ¡°Why did you just come, I¡¯ve been waiting for you for a while.¡±


    Noticing Jiang Ke, Liu Haonan let go of Li Na and said unkindly, ¡°Why are you here?¡±


    Li Na stood beside Jiang Ke and spoke for him. ¡°He is the general manager of our company. He is having dinner here with some of our employees.¡±


    Liu Haonan looked at her, confused. ¡°Nana¡­¡±


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    Li Na smiled and said, ¡°It¡¯s getting late, you should go back early. We should not keep in touch in the future. It¡¯s not good for both me and you.¡±


    Liu Haonan was silent.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go, general manager.¡±


    ¡°Ok.¡±


    As they walked side by side, Jiang Ke was the first to speak, ¡°When did you see me?¡±


    ¡°From the beginning,¡± Li Na looked at him. ¡°Fairy didn¡¯t tell me that you were here too.¡±


    Jiang Ke turned his head to look at her. ¡°I didn¡¯t let her say it.¡± I was afraid you wouldn¡¯t come.


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    After the two walked for a while, Li Na saw a few people sitting on small stools at a small table by the bridge. Xiao Xiao, Cheng Tian, ??Fairy, plus Li Na, and Jiang Ke, there were exactly five people.


    Fairy pulled up another stool for Li Na at the empty table next to theirs. ¡°Hurry up, sit down and order whatever you want. It¡¯s the boss¡¯ treat, eat until you¡¯re full.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve just finished eating at Haidilao. I¡¯m not hungry,¡± Li Na said and shook her head.


    ¡°Alright.¡± Fairy was a little frustrated.


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    ¡°You¡¯ve had dinner with him at Haidilao?¡± Jiang Ke said without thinking, and the table became a bit quieter.


    It took about 20 seconds for Li Na to realize that the ¡°him¡± meant Liu Haonan. ¡°Yes, there are also aunt and uncle, Liu Haonan¡¯s parents who went with him.¡±


    They were all unknown names. Xiao Xiao and Cheng Tian continued to chat, and Fairy followed suit.


    ¡°Bringing people to Haidilao for dinner is really low-class.¡± Jiang Ke whispered.


    Li Na¡¯s ears were sharp. And when she heard it, she asked Fairy, ¡°Why would the general manager come to the roadside stall with you guys for a barbecue? It¡¯s too humble.¡±


    Jiang Ke: ¡°¡­¡±


    Fairy handed Li Na a bunch of chicken wings and ate hers happily. ¡°No, we worked overtime until nine o¡¯clock at night. The general manager felt bad and said he would take us out for supper. The barbecue stall was chosen by Xiao Xiao and Cheng Tian. Then we all agreed to come here.¡±


    Li Na: ¡°¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke made a ¡°humph¡± proudly, poured himself a glass of beer, and drank it quickly.


    Li Na, Xiao Xiao, and Cheng Tian were chatting with each other when Fairy suddenly took Li Na¡¯s arm and blushed, saying, ¡°That, Nana, I have something I want your help with.¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    Fairy twitched. It was something difficult to say. ¡°It¡¯s like this, a classmate and I are renting together, and then that classmate¡¯s boyfriend is going to go to her place tonight. And the two haven¡¯t seen each other for a long time, that, you know¡­¡± She laughed and said, ¡°Then I think I can¡¯t go back tonight, and I don¡¯t want to go to a hotel. So I would like to ask you, is your home convenient?¡±


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    ¡°Just one night! One night, I can sleep on the couch, okay?¡± Fairy took Li Na¡¯s arm and shook it back and forth.


    Li Na nodded: ¡°Yes, I live alone anyway, and I don¡¯t need you to sleep on the sofa. I have an extra room at home. You can come, don¡¯t be such a stranger.¡±


    ¡°Yeah!¡± Fairy hugged Li Na and kissed her on the cheek. ¡°Thank you, my friend. Thank you so much!¡±


    Li Na touched her face in amazement. ¡°Don¡¯t get so excited¡­¡±


    Fairy felt a lot better after her troubles were resolved. She poured a glass of beer for Li Na, and said, ¡°Come! My friend, I respect you! If you don¡¯t get drunk, you won¡¯t go home!¡±


    Li Na smiled and took a sip from her glass.


    After three rounds of drinking, beer is also wine.6 Fairy, Xiao Xiao, and Cheng Tian all had a hint of drunkenness on their faces. However, their mind and body became relaxed after work. All three were alcoholics, and they started throwing dice in different ways.


    Li Na was bored. When she looked at the time, it was only after ten o¡¯clock, and it was less than ten-thirty. It¡¯s not good to disturb the mood and say that we have to leave early.


    In contrast, Jiang Ke had been sitting silently on the small stool, looking at the cold, dark water, and the people walking by the shore, as if he was remembering something.


    Li Na also joined the dazed team. After a moment of silence, Jiang Ke said, ¡°Actually, I fell off the Moon Bridge more than a year ago and almost drowned.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Li Na stared at him with wide eyes.


    Jiang Ke said sternly, ¡°It¡¯s true, I can¡¯t swim. After falling, I thrashed at the bottom of the water, but I couldn¡¯t go up, so I kept sinking¡­¡±


    ¡°Just when I thought I was going to die young, a girl jumped off the bridge. She dived into the water, pulled me ashore, and gave me artificial respiration.¡±


    Li Na¡¯s mouth fell open. Why does this feel so familiar to her?


    ¡°At that time, my consciousness was a bit fuzzy, but I still remember what the girl who saved me looked like. Later, when I was sent to the hospital, the girl did not leave her name for her good deed, and I didn¡¯t say a word to her. I didn¡¯t even know her name.¡±


    At this point, Jiang Ke looked directly into Li Na¡¯s eyes. ¡°I didn¡¯t think that there was such a thing as fate in the world. And I also didn¡¯t think that I would meet you a year later, know your name, and be involved with you by fate¡­¡±


    Li Na was shocked. She stared straight at Jiang Ke¡¯s face, and finally couldn¡¯t help but stretch out her hands to hold his face. Looking left and right, especially at his rather thick lips¡­


    ¡­


    !!!


    She remembers! She remembers!


    Li Na couldn¡¯t help exclaiming, ¡°You¡¯re the guy who committed suicide for love that I rescued at Moon Bridge a year ago!¡±


    Suicide for love? Jiang Ke was confused. When did he do it?


    Li Na was a true living Lei Feng. She has lived for so long and couldn¡¯t remember all the big and small good deeds she had done.


    From fighting with gangsters on a bus to helping an old man cross the road, she had done a lot of good deeds. So much so that when she first met him, she had no memory of him at all.


    About a year ago, it was the beginning of autumn, and the night was chilly. Li Na and her friends went to the Moon Bridge to play. As soon as they got to the middle of the bridge, they saw a group of people around them exclaim, and then there was a huge ¡°splash.¡± Li Na and her friends hurriedly leaned over the railing to look. The river was dark at night and only the surface of the water that had just been disturbed was sparkling with waves.


    Someone shouted, ¡°Quick, call the police to save someone! A young man committed suicide out of love!¡±


    What does it have to do with the police? Wait until the police arrive to salvage the body?


    Li Na silently complained in her heart. She threw her coat to a friend, climbed over the railing, and jumped down without hesitation.


    The river at night was like a dormant beast. No one knows whether it would open its mouth and swallow everything in the next second.


    Fortunately, when Li Na swam toward the place where the man fell into the water, she saw the young man who ¡°had committed suicide for love¡±. Unfortunately, his mouth was gurgling and gulping water, with the momentum to drink the whole river dry.


    Li Na swam over to give the man a breath, took him up to the surface, and swam to the shore. There were a lot of people watching the scene and meddling on the shore. Li Na cleaned the sewage from the man¡¯s mouth, performed artificial respiration to make sure he didn¡¯t die, and then left him to the masses.


    Then she hugged her cold body and went back to the dormitory with her friends to change her clothes and stay warm.


    After that, the incident came to an end. No one went to the school to look for the Lei Feng, and no TV station reported the incident. For Li Na, it was just a small episode in life. After it passed, it was forgotten.


    But Jiang Ke kept a straight face and replied to Li Na, ¡°What I did is not the version you said.¡±


    ¡°What version?¡± Li Na was curious.


    ¡°What you¡¯re talking about is a copy of the story, and what I¡¯m about to say is the real story.¡±


    Jiang Ke was speechless. ¡°That night, I tried to do a good deed like you did, but I didn¡¯t expect to be so unlucky¡­¡±

 CH 12

    Jiang Ke rarely came to night markets like the one on the Moon Bridge. He was in a bad mood that night because of the company and his family. He just happened to drive past the Moon Bridge and felt that the scenery was good, so he came down to the bridge to take a breather and go for a walk.


    In the middle of his walk, he noticed a boy by the bridge. That boy looked like a student from a nearby college, he was holding his cell phone and roaring, ¡°Why can¡¯t you give me another chance!¡±


    So Jiang Ke took another look at him.


    And just because Jiang Ke took another look at him in the crowd, he couldn¡¯t just stand by¡­


    ¡°I really love you, so don¡¯t break up with me, okay?¡± The boy begged the person on the other side of the phone.


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    ¡­In the end, the boy didn¡¯t hear the answer he wanted. The screen of the phone lit up, and the person on the other side hung up the phone.


    The boy said, ¡°You¡¯re gonna regret this!¡± to his phone as if the other side hadn¡¯t hung up yet.


    Hearing such a sentence, Jiang Ke stood there, unable to leave. His intuition told him that the boy was going to do something wrong.


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    ¡°Let go!¡± The boy became more agitated. His feet were standing on the edge of the concrete slab, body leaning forward, and he stretched out his hands to grab Jiang Ke: ¡°If you don¡¯t let go, don¡¯t blame me for hurting you!¡±


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    Jiang Ke did not let go, nor did the boy let go. The boy¡¯s situation was not good. He had an idea and tried to persuade him, ¡°Do you think she will be sad and guilty for you when you die?¡±


    The boy was stunned for a moment, and his hands suddenly lost their strength.


    Seeing this, Jiang Ke spoke once again, ¡°There are so many women in this world, you can find a better one. It doesn¡¯t have to be her. You are still young, why do you have to hang yourself to this one tree?¡±


    ¡°Your life was given to you by your parents, but you lose your life for a woman who doesn¡¯t love you. Think about how sad your parents must be? Do you have the heart to leave them alone? Just because of your impulsiveness?¡±


    The boy let go1 and started to cry. He was determined to jump into the river, but he burst into tears because of Jiang Ke¡¯s words.


    It was the first time Jiang Ke had ever made someone cry, although the current situation was a bit awkward¡­


    However, it could be seen that the boy had temporarily lost the intense emotions that made him want to die. But Jiang Ke still did not dare to let go.


    Then Jiang Ke and the crowd began to speak kind words, persuading the boy to come over and not stand in such a dangerous place.


    The boy cried out of breath, ¡°You, don¡¯t, don¡¯t mind me, I just want to stand here quietly.¡±


    ¡­


    Who can rest assured that you are just going to stand there quietly! He could just take a step out and jump down on a whim, who can rest assured!


    Jiang Ke endured and used his last patience to climb over the railing, one hand on the iron railing and reaching out to him with the other. ¡°It¡¯s okay to be in unrequited love. You can also go shopping, eat, and date other girls. If you want to be in a quiet environment, you can also go home and have a good sleep. Everything will pass.¡±


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    In retrospect, Jiang Ke felt that the worst action he had ever made was to push himself into a dangerous place and try to pull out another person who was also in a dangerous place.


    He¡¯s not a superman, he¡¯s not a fire officer, and most importantly, he can¡¯t swim!


    The boy shook his head. ¡°Don¡¯t come over! Leave me alone!¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, take my hand. Let¡¯s go to the roadside and drink two glasses of wine¡­¡± Jiang Ke still tried to grab his arm.


    The boy unconsciously stepped back because of Jiang Ke¡¯s actions. ¡°Don¡¯t come over! If you come over again, I¡¯ll jump down!¡±


    Eh? Something seems to be going wrong!


    It was clear that his emotions had stabilized just now, but because of Jiang Ke¡¯s actions, the boy became agitated again.


    Jiang Ke¡¯s eyelids fluttered, and he was speechless. ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t go there. Don¡¯t get upset¡­¡±


    ¡°Get back, get back, and stay away from me!¡± The boy pointed at him and shouted.


    Jiang Ke sighed and started to step back according to the boy¡¯s words. It was a bit inconvenient to walk on the narrow concrete slab. Jiang Ke was only focused on paying attention to the boy¡¯s mood. Before his hand that was holding on to the railing could exert force, he fell off the bridge!


    The boy who was about to commit suicide by jumping into the river stood there with a confused face.


    Isn¡¯t it me who was going to jump into the river? How did you get down, buddy?


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    At the moment of the fall, Jiang Ke wanted to cry but had no tears. He regretted it, regretted being nosy, and regretted being a good person¡­


    Then, after a sigh, he made a ¡°splash¡± and fell into the cold water.


    On the bridge, people behind who didn¡¯t know the truth heard his voice and thought that the person was not persuaded. The person jumped off, and they hurriedly shouted, ¡°Quick! Call the police to save someone! A young man committed suicide out of love!¡±


    When Li Na heard this, she looked over the railing, threw her coat to her friend, and jumped off without hesitation.


    The guy who was about to commit suicide at the railing looked confused. He seemed to have made things worse? Originally, he was going to jump into the river, but as a result, two unrelated people were involved and got into the water¡­


    That was how it happened¡­


    Jiang Ke¡¯s sleeves were rolled up. Li Na didn¡¯t hold back and burst out laughing as he spoke helplessly about what had happened..


    ¡°Hahaha-hahaha hahaha¡­¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke looked at her contemptuously. ¡°Is it that funny?¡±


    ¡°Ahahahahahahahahaha¡­¡±


    ¡°Hey¡­your laughing standard is too low2.¡±


    ¡°I could laugh myself to death over this matter. Hahahahaha¡­¡± Li Na took a deep breath and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. ¡°So that¡¯s what happened.¡±


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    ¡°Well,¡± Jiang Ke looked at Li Na firmly, ¡°I think you and I have a lot of fate.¡±


    Li Na smiled and said, ¡°Fate, there may be, or there might not be. General manager, don¡¯t be too superstitious.¡±


    ¡°This is called superstition?¡± Jiang Ke laughed. ¡°I¡¯m not superstitious at all.¡±


    Li Na didn¡¯t know what to say.


    Jiang Ke reached out his hand to tuck her hair behind her ear. Li Na froze. Jiang Ke was affectionate, focused, and gentle. At that moment, Li Na¡¯s eyes were fixed on his handsome face.


    Li Na¡¯s heart beat faster, and her ears began to turn red.


    Fortunately, Jiang Ke retracted his hand in time. He stood up, and clapped his hands. ¡°Okay, it¡¯s getting late. There¡¯s still work tomorrow. I¡¯ll drive you guys back.¡±


    ¡°Hey, let¡¯s play a little longer.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go, let¡¯s go. I¡¯m sleepy.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go, Sister Fairy.¡±


    Li Na stood by, secretly staring at his back, then quickly looked away before he turned his head.


    The feeling just now was a bit strange, but it was very clear. Legend has it


    that people who meet someone they like will have a physiological response of rapid heartbeat and red ears.


    Li Na shook her head and denied that. She was really going mad, it was just her hormones¡­ Whether she likes him or not, she really thinks too much¡­


    Xiao Xiao¡¯s house was nearby, so she walked home and did not use the general manager¡¯s car. All that was left was Fairy, Li Na, and Cheng Tian.


    After sending off Cheng Tian, Jiang Ke took Li Na and Fairy to Yulong Garden Community. After getting out of the car, Fairy said, ¡°Thank you, general manager. Goodbye.¡±


    Li Na remained silent and looked up at the lights on the upper level of the community.


    Jiang Ke looked at Li Na. He chuckled, gave a ¡°hmm¡±, and drove away.


    As Li Na and Fairy walked down the road, Li Na asked Fairy, ¡°How long have you been working in this company?¡±


    ¡°Well¡­ I came to the company as an intern right out of college, and I¡¯ve been around the general manager for over three years.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± Li Na said. ¡°It¡¯s been a long time, and it¡¯s not easy to hold on for so long.¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Fairy said. She nodded her head fiercely. ¡°If it weren¡¯t for the good treatment and high salary in the company, I would have left the company long ago.¡±


    Li Na had just entered the workplace and didn¡¯t know much about this, so she could only nod her head and say nothing. When they got into the elevator, Fairy suddenly hold Li Na¡¯s arm, and said with a look of excitement: ¡°Nana, let me tell you something.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°He Suanran, the Iceberg Beauty of our company, what do you think of her?¡±


    Li Na thought for a moment, ¡°She looks good, has a good figure, and her work efficiency is quite high. Compared to me, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.¡±


    ¡°Hey,¡± Fairy hit Li Na in disgust, ¡°What we¡¯re discussing is gossip, not this, okay!¡±


    ¡°Well¡­ in what way?¡±


    He Suanran¡¯s bags and accessories, all of them are famous brands. One bag of her bag is worth two months of my salary, and or at least three months of your intern¡¯s salary without food or drink. Some people said that she was kept by someone and it was given by her patron.¡± Speaking of this, Fairy paused and looked excited, ¡°As a result, I found out today, that it¡¯s not correct!¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­¡± Li Na said absentmindedly.


    ¡°If we say that she was kept by someone, and she was rich and capable. Why should she come to the company and work? That¡¯s obviously not right. I found out by accident that He Suanran is not kept, but has rich parents.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­¡±


    ¡°Her parents are the founders of LE Enterprise, and she is still a wealthy daughter after all. As long as she wants to, what kind of position can¡¯t she have in her own company, why should she come to our company as a small assistant?¡±


    Li Na was not interested in this, and just as she was about to say, ¡°I don¡¯t know¡±, Fairy patted Li Na again excitedly. ¡°It¡¯s because of the general manager!¡±


    ¡­ ¡°Ding-dong.¡±


    The elevator door opened. Li Na was stunned, got out of the elevator, led Fairy to the door of her home. She opened the door, and after entering, Fairy continued to chat, while Li Na sat quietly on the sofa and listened.


    ¡°He Suanran¡¯s parents and the general manager¡¯s father are classmates. The general manager is twenty-eight this year. His parents had arranged a lot of blind dates for him some time ago, but it didn¡¯t succeed in the end. But this He Suanran is different,¡± she said. Winking, she continued, ¡°She may become the general manager¡¯s wife, ah!¡±


    ¡°¡­Oh.¡± Li Na yawned.


    ¡°Think about it, she¡¯s so beautiful and capable, and she¡¯s got the support of the general manager¡¯s parents. She¡¯s willing to be a small assistant in the company to get close to the general manager and enhance her relationship with him. I think there is a high chance that she will hook up with the general manager,¡± said Fairy with a dry mouth. She poured herself a glass of water and told Li Na after drinking it.


    ¡°I am also kindly telling you that in the company, avoid conflicts with He Suanran if you can, and don¡¯t offend her.¡±


    Li Na nodded. ¡°Well, I see.¡±


    Fairy sighed. ¡°The workplace is like a battlefield. You¡¯re new. You¡¯ll get it later.


    ¡°¡­¡±


    While Fairy washed up, Li Na made the bed in the spare room and went back to her room to sleep.


    Lying in bed, Li Na couldn¡¯t sleep for a long time. Too many things happened today. Thinking of the past, as well as the various twists and turns of the relationship and coincidence with Jiang Ke, Li Na felt a lot.


    But whether it is Liu Haonan or Jiang Ke, they are just passers-by in her life and there will be no relationship.


    Li Na said to herself.

 CH 13

    The next morning, Fairy came out of her room half-asleep and saw Li Na frying eggs. ¡°You got up so early?¡±


    Li Na buried herself in her work. ¡°Yeah, why don¡¯t you go wash your face? Breakfast will be ready in a while.¡±


    ¡°Oh, okay.¡±


    After washing her face, Li Na put some raw rice and red dates into the rice cooker. Then she went downstairs to buy some fried buns and bread. After that, she waited for the water in the rice cooker to boil before frying eggs.


    Fairy was just fully awake. By the time she finished washing, the breakfast was already set on the table. Li Na was already eating her bread, and Fairy sat down. After breakfast, they packed up and left for work.


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    They sat in the back row of the bus together, arrived at the company, recorded their attendance, and returned to their respective work.


    After Jiang Ke came to the company, he called a meeting with all the employees on the same floor. This period of time happened to be the company¡¯s 30th anniversary. Various products and industries were engaged in activities. The marketing department also took the opportunity to withdraw from the new cleaning products, and the company was also looking for directors and models to prepare advertisements.


    In short, there were all kinds of activities, planning, itineraries, and going to the factory for inventory meetings. Not only was the general manager busy, but the whole company was also busy. And no employee had the time to be idle.


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    Li Na collected the trash in the kitchen, living room, and bedroom. She carried three bags of trash. Without makeup and wearing a cartoon T-shirt, denim shorts, a small black bag, pink slippers, and black-rimmed glasses, she went downstairs.


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    Originally, she wanted to throw away the trash and go to the ATM in a nearby supermarket to withdraw 200 yuan. However, on the way back, she turned a corner and sat on a bench in the community garden for a while. Watching the twenty or thirty aunts who danced in the large open space in the garden, she felt a little restless.


    That¡¯s right, she wanted to go square dancing.


    Li Na was also quite speechless about her hobby. She loves square dancing and wanted to dance when she heard Phoenix Legend and the Chopsticks Brothers.


    This hobby started since she went to school. Li Na was harassed on the bus before, and she was determined to become stronger. Then she chose to join the Taekwondo club.


    Li Na had a hard time at first. But later, when she got over the adjustment period, she learned a lot. She could fight with the seniors in the club and beat an ordinary man to the ground.


    Then she studied for more than a year. When she was in her sophomore year, Li Na¡¯s school year overlapped with the school¡¯s centennial celebration. All major clubs and departments had to perform and submit at least one program.


    In the past, the Taekwondo club would only come out to show off their skills or perform grappling. That year, the president felt that that was nothing new. During that time, the Chopstick Brothers¡¯¡¶Little Apple¡·had just come out, and it swept across major lists and squares. It was very famous.


    So the president decided to have a square dance.


    Some people felt that square dancing was not high-class, while others felt that performing taekwondo was too boring. Then the president submitted two proposals, square dancing, and taekwondo performance, and both passed.


    Compared with the seniors in the club, Li Na was still average at taekwondo, so she was sent to do the square dance.


    At first, they danced together in the department at school. Then, after school, they would follow the aunts in the square to learn. Li Na felt embarrassed at first, and slowly got used to it. Later, Li Na was obsessed with square dancing.


    Incidentally, the Taekwondo club¡¯s square dance won second place at the school celebration with a bonus of 800. And the president also took everyone to the cafeteria for a meal.


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    After the song was over, the aunties stood in place to wait for the next song. The prelude sounded, and a child shouted: ¡°It¡¯s Little Apple!¡±


    ¡°I planted a seed and it finally bore fruit. Today is a great day¡­¡±


    Li Na was about to move, she looked around first. There were no youths around, so she had nothing to be ashamed of. She stood at the back of the line and jumped to the beat.


    ¡°I pluck the stars for you, and pull down the moon for you, I let the sun rise up for you every day~ I¡¯m willing to become a candle to light your way, I dedicate everything to you only if you like it, you make every tomorrow meaningful, life is short, but I¡¯ll love you forever, will never leave you¡­¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re my little, oh little apple, my love for you will never be enough¡­¡±


    ¡°Ah, uncle, look. It¡¯s the Rainbow umbrella sister!¡± Mao Mao pulled Jiang Ke¡¯s finger and pointed to Li Na, who was dancing happily.


    ¡°Your little reddish cheeks warm up my heart, they light up the little fire in my life. You¡¯re my little, oh little apple, just like the most beautiful cloud in the sky. When the spring comes again, and the flowers blossom on the hills. If you plant a seed of hope, you¡¯ll have a harvest¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke looked in the direction Mao Mao pointed, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure. Li Na swung her arms and stepped to the left and the right. The moves were quite similar, not inferior to the square dancer next to her.


    ¡°I¡¯m never fed up with you, I like everything about you¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke held back his laughter, stepped forward, and patted Li Na on the back. Li Na turned around. After seeing Jiang Ke, her expression and actions all looked dumbfounded.


    The two looked at each other silently and speechlessly for a few seconds. Then Mao Mao said, ¡°Sister, you can square dance!¡±


    Li Na wanted to shake her head and say, ¡°No, I can¡¯t!¡±


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    She really did not expect to meet the general manager here. If she had known earlier, she would never have danced! Absolutely not!


    At this time on the field, the song just came to the chorus, ¡°You¡¯re my little, oh little apple¡­¡±


    ¡°Pfft¡ª¡± Jiang Ke finally couldn¡¯t hold back his laughter and laughed. Beside him, Mao Mao also laughed. And the corners of Li Na¡¯s mouth twitched and she laughed dryly.


    Sure enough, I was laughed at¡­


    When Jiang Ke was done laughing, Li Na asked, ¡°General manager, why are you here?¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled and said, ¡°You¡¯re a young girl, how could you be so good at this?¡±


    Li Na, take a deep breath. What¡¯s wrong with her! I just like square dancing! People who didn¡¯t know what he was talking about could¡¯ve thought that she had done something disgusting and dirty!


    But she couldn¡¯t get angry. She could only smile and say, ¡°It¡¯s a personal hobby.¡±


    ¡°This hobby is quite good, when will you invite me to do this together?¡± Jiang Ke smiled, ¡°I also want to exercise my body. Expert, bring me with you.¡±


    Li Na reminded herself with a smile, ¡°General Manager, why are you here?¡± This was the second time she had asked.


    Jiang Ke smiled and teased her, ¡°Li Na, you are so interesting. Later, when you¡¯re in your thirties or forties, I¡¯m afraid you will probably dominate the nearby square, right?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


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    ¡°General manager, why are you here¡­¡± Li Na asked again through clenched teeth.


    Jiang Ke brought up the bag in his hand, ¡°I¡¯m going to my sister¡¯s house to grab a meal.¡± Li Na looked down and saw a plastic bag full of vegetables and some cold dishes.


    Mao Mao pulled Jiang Ke¡¯s hand, ¡°Uncle, let¡¯s go back quickly. Mother should be in a hurry.¡±


    Jiang Ke touched Mao Mao¡¯s hair and asked Li Na, ¡°Have you eaten?¡±


    ¡°I have eaten.¡± Li Na replied respectfully.


    ¡°Okay. If you haven¡¯t eaten, I would¡¯ve asked you to come. But if you have eaten, forget it.¡± Jiang Ke shrugged with a smile, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    Jiang Ke and Mao Mao returned to Jiang Wen¡¯s home and handed the dishes to the chef. They sat on the sofa and watched TV. It¡¯s just that Jiang Ke was watching the Children¡¯s Channel the whole time. It was ¡¶SpongeBob SquarePants¡·, and he laughed a lot.


    When Lan Tainian was serving the dishes, he asked, ¡°Big brother, is the cartoon very funny?¡±


    Jiang Ke laughed. ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    No one knew what he was laughing at, and even Mao Mao thought his uncle was laughing at the big star 2. Only Jiang Ke knew that he was laughing at Li Na, that funny and weird girl.


    The way she danced in the square was enough to make him laugh for a year.


    Right, the umbrella.


    Jiang Ke remembered that previously Mao Mao said that the umbrella belonged to Li Na. He kept it at home and forgot to return it to her. However, it was okay to just forget it.


    ¡­


    Li Na angrily returned to her apartment. She turned on the computer and watched a TV series for a while when her phone rang. It was Fairy.


    ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°Nana, where are you now?¡±


    ¡°At home, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Fairy paused, she had a bitter expression on her face. ¡°Nana, I¡¯m sorry, but I have something to tell you¡­¡±


    Li Na asked, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±


    ¡°Can I come over and disturb you for one more night? Mmm? My roommate is too inhumane. She always brings her boyfriend back to abuse me, a single dog, woohoo hoo¡­¡±


    Li Na was amused by Fairy¡¯s tone. ¡°Eh, it¡¯s okay, I live alone anyway. I¡¯m quite lonely. Come here, I¡¯ll wait for you at home.¡±


    ¡°Wow! Thank you, Nana!¡± Fairy said happily. ¡°If she¡¯s still like this tomorrow night, I won¡¯t share the lease with her!¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay. Call me when you arrive. I¡¯ll pick you up downstairs.¡±


    ¡°Okay, bye-bye~¡±


    After hanging up the phone, Fairy looked relieved. Sure enough, Li Na was a good friend, and rescuing her from the general manager was the right decision!


    Fairy settled in Li Na¡¯s house again that night, and the next night¡­


    Someone knocked on the door. Li Na, who was eating instant noodles, went to open the door and saw Fairy standing there, with a sad face, and bringing her two gray suitcases.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Li Na asked.


    Fairy hugged Li Na and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry¡­ Listen to me¡­¡±


    Li Na smacked her lips, she probably guessed it, ¡°Come in and talk slowly.¡±

 CH 14

    Fairy¡¯s roommate didn¡¯t care about her feelings as a single dog and brought her boyfriend home again. She begged and apologized to Fairy, acting like a spoiled child. Fairy tried to be patient, she packed her bags and went out.


    With Fairy¡¯s salary and expenses, going to a big hotel was not a problem at all, but she had a plan in mind, which was why she was dragging her luggage to Li Na.


    ¡°You want to share a lease with me?¡± Li Na asked, a little surprised.


    Fairy nodded and blinked. ¡°Yes. Is it okay, Nana? I¡¯ve thought about it. You live alone anyway, and you have an extra room. This location is quite close to the company. As for the rent, don¡¯t worry!¡±


    Fairy patted her chest, and said with a serious face, ¡°I¡¯ve searched about the market price. Renting a house as big as yours in this community is 3,800 yuan a month, and you have to pay for at least three months. It¡¯s too wasteful for me if I live alone. If you don¡¯t mind, I¡¯m willing to pay 2,000 yuan a month for the rent, and we¡¯ll split the water and electricity bills equally!¡±


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    ¡°¡­¡± Li Na frowned in thought.


    ¡°Please?¡± Fairy said, shaking Li Na¡¯s arm. ¡°Nana~ can you do me this favor?¡±


    Li Na was quite lonely living alone. Recently, she wanted to find someone to rent with her, but she was afraid that an accident could happen if that person was unreliable. It was just at this time that Fairy came to her door¡­


    ¡°R¡¯x pkdtzl vss,¡± Nk Ly pyke, zssjkdt yv bla.


    ¡°Twb?¡±


    ¡°Fs usw esd¡¯v byhl vs osaau ycswv xl vyjkdt y xyd bsxl,¡± Nk Ly pyke pvladzu: ¡°Gp qsa vbl aldv, usw nyd fwpv tkhl xl 1,500 uwyd, yde vbl oyvla yde lzlnvaknkvu ckzzp okzz cl przkv liwyzzu. Mbyv oyu R¡¯zz qllz y ckv xsal liwyz.¡±


    Wykau rywple yde pbssj bla blye. ¡°Ls, vos vbswpyde kp qkdl, R nyd¡¯v tkhl usw zlpp.¡±


    Nk Ly eked¡¯v ytall. Fbl pyke, ¡°El¡¯al qakldep. Tso nyd R ypj usw qsa xsal? Yu xsx cswtbv vbkp yryavxldv, yde R sdzu ryu qsa vbl oyvla yde lzlnvaknkvu lhlau xsdvb. R nyd¡¯v ypj usw vs ryu vbyv xwnb, svblaokpl esd¡¯v zkhl blal.¡±


    ¡°Elzz, bso ycswv sdl vbswpyde yde lktbv bwdeale?¡± Wykau vssj swv vbl nypb qasx bla oyzzlv yde nswdvle kv. Mbld pbl rwv kv sd vbl vyczl, ¡°Rq usw pvkzz oydv xl vs tkhl zlpp, R nyd sdzu qkde svbla rzynlp okvb xu pzkrrlap yde zwttytl.¡±


    ¡°¡­Xjyu,¡± Nk Ly pxkzle. ¡°Elznsxl, xu dlo assxxyvl.¡±


    ¡°Mbydj usw, Lydy.¡±


    Because of eating instant noodles for three consecutive nights, Li Na developed two pimples on her forehead. So in the morning, she made two servings of mung beans and rice porridge.


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    After dinner, Li Na and Fairy went to work together. And before they even started, she had a hunch that it was going to be another busy day.


    ¡°Phew, just hold on for a few more days,¡± Fairy said, patting Li Na¡¯s hand. ¡°The general manager said that he will take a day off this weekend, and then the whole company will go to the beach next Monday to play.¡±


    ¡°Really?¡± Li Na¡¯s eyes immediately lit up.


    ¡°Of course. I¡¯m an old employee of the company, and the information is accurate.¡±


    When they arrived at the company, there was a notice posted near the elevator. Many people gathered around and looked at it. Li Na also wanted to join in the fun, but Xiao Xiao stopped her: ¡°Nana, don¡¯t look at it. It says that the company will organize a day trip next Monday.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± Li Na already heard the news through Fairy, so she wasn¡¯t too surprised: ¡°Okay.¡±


    Guo Dehao came out of nowhere, and put his hands on Xiao Xiao¡¯s shoulders: ¡°Really? Where are we going to play?¡±


    ¡°The seaside of Longnu Island. It takes two or three hours to go there by car. One day is simply not enough time to play.¡± Xiao Xiao complained in a whisper.


    ¡°It¡¯s good to have some fun,¡± Guo Dehao smiled and said. ¡°Everyone, we can¡¯t be too greedy.¡±


    The elevator door opened, and several people entered the elevator. Guo Dehao and Li Na were squeezed together. Li Na sniffed and smelled cologne. She asked him, ¡°You¡¯re using perfume?¡±


    Guo Dehao smiled. ¡°Yes, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°You, a grown man, use perfume?¡± Li Na was a little surprised. But looking at Guo Dehao¡¯s attire and appearance, it seems that using perfume is normal.


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    ¡°Men¡¯s perfume, the smell of hormones,¡± Guo Dehao sniffed his shoulder: ¡°My female friends all like this smell.¡±


    ¡°¡­Well, it smells good.¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡±


    Ding dong~¡± The elevator door opened, and Li Na went out of the elevator. The general manager was standing in front. For some reason, she suddenly thought of what happened the previous night. Her ears suddenly became hot, and she slightly nodded without looking at him, saying, ¡°General manager, good morning.¡±


    ¡°Good morning.¡±


    Jiang Ke watched Li Na walk away and stopped Guo Dehao who was walking behind.


    ¡°Good morning, general manager,¡± Guo Dehao greeted him. Jiang Ke nodded. Then he coughed and asked in a low voice, ¡°What¡¯s the brand and the name of the perfume you¡¯re using?¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Guo Dehao was stunned. ¡°Why do you ask?¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled at him and said, ¡°Write down the brand and the name of your perfume on a piece of paper and give it to me in ten minutes.¡± Then, he turned around and left.


    Guo Dehao stood there and shrugged helplessly, ¡°Well, the boss said one, and I can¡¯t say two.¡±


    Guo Dehao¡¯s perfume is Bulgari¡¯s Eau Parfume Au Th Vert. It¡¯s a refreshing and elegant luxury cologne, with a hint of green tea scent.


    After reading it, Jiang Ke threw the paper on the table and began to concentrate on his business.


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    When it was almost noon, Fairy came up to Li Na and asked, ¡°Nana, are you going to eat at the company cafeteria or will you cook at home?¡±


    Li Na put away the document in her hand, raised her head, and massaged her temples. ¡°The lunch break is only for an hour, so I don¡¯t have enough time to go back and cook. I don¡¯t have that energy either, so I always go to the company¡¯s cafeteria at noon, or go out to eat.¡±


    ¡°Oh, well, let¡¯s have lunch together later.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s still ten minutes left, don¡¯t be in a hurry.¡±


    Five minutes before it was time to get off work, Jiang Ke walked out of the general manager¡¯s office and walked behind Li Na: ¡°You, come with me.¡±


    ¡°Me?¡± Li Na was confused, ¡°Is there anything the matter?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Jiang Ke said with a straight face. ¡°Come with me.¡±


    He Suanran, who was sitting next to him, kept staring at Li Na. When Li Na turned around, she met her stare and smiled awkwardly. She carried her small bag and followed the general manager.


    After getting out of the elevator and going downstairs, Jiang Ke asked Li Na to stand at the company¡¯s entrance: ¡°Wait for me here.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    After a while, Jiang Ke drove his car over to the entrance of the company and got out to open the co-pilot for Li Na. ¡°Get in the car. If you don¡¯t hurry, an hour¡¯s time won¡¯t be enough.¡±


    ¡°Where are we going?¡± Li Na couldn¡¯t help but ask again.


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    ¡°You¡¯ll know when we get there.¡± Jiang Ke chuckled. He was completely different from the stern-faced general manager in the company.


    But this was also a way for him to protect Li Na. After all, Li Na was a new employee, and she was still in the internship period. If she gets too close to her boss, there will inevitably be some bad rumors.


    Jiang Ke took Li Na to the hospital first, and then Li Na just remembered that that day was the fourth day and she was going to be vaccinated.


    After the injection, Jiang Ke and Li Na came out together, and Li Na said while holding her arm, ¡°Thank you, general manager. Actually, I can come alone after work.¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled. ¡°It was Xiaomi who scratched you, so I am also responsible. Besides, if you go to the hospital after you get off work, the medical staff would have already left.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± Li Na got into the car and asked casually, ¡°Where¡¯s Xiaomi? Why didn¡¯t Xiaomi come to the company these two days?¡±


    ¡°The company has been very busy in the past two days. The company is big, and there are a lot of people. I will be worried about it if I bring it to the company. So I left it at my sister¡¯s.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    Jiang Ke took Li Na to the Bulgari perfume counter of a high-end shopping mall. Jiang Ke walked to the men¡¯s perfume area, and an attendant stood beside him and said, ¡°Hello, may I help you?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m just looking around,¡± Jiang Ke said, waving his hand. He pointed to the counter, and said to Li Na, ¡°Pick a perfume you like.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    The counter attendant sprayed the sample on a tissue and handed it to Jiang Ke. Jiang Ke put it in front of his nose and handed it to Li Na. ¡°How is this smell?¡±


    ¡°This is Eau Parfume Au Th Vert, one of Bulgari¡¯s men¡¯s perfumes. A refreshing and elegant luxury cologne. It smells like a classic cologne at first, then there¡¯s a little green tea scent at the end. This cologne is a bit more subtle.¡± The attendant next to him introduced it fluently.


    Li Na sniffed it and said, ¡°Well, it¡¯s nice. But why does it smell so much like Guo Dehao¡¯s perfume?¡±


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t answer. He picked out a few more perfumes and asked the attendant for their samples. Then he asked Li Na to smell them and finally asked her which one smelled better.


    Li Na pointed to a transparent square bottle. ¡°This one.¡±


    ¡°You like this one?¡±


    ¡°Well,¡± Li Na put the sample on the tip of her nose and closed her eyes to smell it again. ¡°It¡¯s light, it¡¯s not that pungent, it¡¯s not greasy, it¡¯s like¡­ there¡¯s a little bit of lemon scent.¡±


    Jiang Ke crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows. He said to the attendant, ¡°That¡¯s it, wrap it up for me.¡±


    Li Na was a little surprised. ¡°General manager, did you buy it for someone else, or is it for yourself?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll use it myself.¡±


    ¡°But why this one? There are so many others,¡± Li Na said. She felt strange and awkward. ¡°My opinion is just for reference.¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled and applied some perfume on his wrist, then he rubbed it on his neck too. He moved closer to Li Na, and the tip of his nose was close to the tip of her nose. There was a faint scent of the perfume on him.


    ¡°Because I want to have the smell you like on my body.¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled. The corners of his eyes crinkled, and there seemed to be shining stars in his pupils.


    Li Na was stunned for a moment, then she realized that Jiang Ke had already stood up straight and took out his card to settle the bill.


    Li Na sighed a little ruefully and looked down at the tip of her shoe in a daze.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± said Jiang Ke, calling Li Na after swiping his card. ¡°Why are you in a daze? We have less than half an hour left. Let¡¯s hurry up, eat, and go back to work.¡±


    ¡°Oh, ah? Where are we going to eat?,¡± Li Na asked. ¡°Are we going to eat out? I don¡¯t want to. At this time, there should still be food when I get back to the company. I¡¯ll text Fairy and ask her to help me with the meal.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go. I¡¯ll treat you as a reward for helping me choose the perfume,¡± Jiang Ke said, putting his arm around Li Na¡¯s shoulder.


    ¡°There¡¯s no need¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go, hurry.¡±


    Li Na really didn¡¯t want to eat with the boss. But in the end, she couldn¡¯t resist and followed Jiang Ke into an expensive high-end Italian restaurant.


    Li Na lied that she wasn¡¯t hungry, and only ordered tomato pasta, a dish with a portion of less than half of a 6 yuan bowl of rice noodles outside. Li Na was also very speechless. Just make do with it, a portion of pasta costs 69 yuan, is this really not a robbery?


    After the meal, they quickly returned to the company. Li Na went to work as usual, and by two or three o¡¯clock in the afternoon, she was already starving.


    In desperation, she poured herself a large glass of water, then she began to ¡°beg¡± from door to door.


    ¡°Xiao Xiao, do you have anything to eat? Candy bars are fine, I¡¯m starving to death.¡±


    ¡°Ah, sorry, I only have Green Arrow gum, do you want it?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­give it to me.¡±


    ¡°Cheng Tian? Do you have anything to eat¡­¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Guo Dehao, big guy, do you have any snacks? I¡¯m so hungry¡­¡±


    ¡°I never eat snacks.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­All right.¡±


    ¡°Ah, woo woo woo, Fairy, I¡¯m starving. Do you have anything to eat? Even sugar is fine!¡±


    ¡°Here, the sugar for my coffee.¡±


    ¡°Many thanks!¡±


    ¡°Umm¡­ He Suanran, do you have any food? I didn¡¯t have enough for lunch¡­¡± Li Na hesitated and asked He Suanran.


    He Suanran looked at her, took out a piece of chocolate from the drawer, and handed it to her. ¡°Here you go.¡±


    ¡°Thank you! Thank you!¡± Li Na almost cried.


    ¡°By the way, didn¡¯t you go out for lunch with the general manager? Why aren¡¯t you full yet?¡± He Suanran pretended to ask casually.


    But Li Na knew what she was thinking as soon as she heard her. She thought about it and replied, ¡°I only ate pasta for lunch, and it wasn¡¯t enough for me. I¡¯m really hungry¡­¡±


    ¡°I really regret it. I shouldn¡¯t have followed the general manager. He didn¡¯t even consider my feelings as an employee. I didn¡¯t even have enough to eat at the place he picked. I really don¡¯t want to go out for a meal with the general manager anymore¡­ ¡± Li Na said with a sad face. ¡°Let¡¯s stop talking. I¡¯m going back to eat the chocolate you gave me.¡±


    He Suanran, who was listening to Li Na¡¯s speech with her chin propped up, suddenly widened her eyes and looked behind Li Na.


    ¡°General manager¡­¡±


    Li Na¡¯s figure froze, instantly petrified. She, who was about to turn around, stood still.

 CH 15

    As soon as she turned around, she saw Jiang Ke standing in the corridor two or three meters away, holding a teacup. He looked at Li Na expressionlessly, and obviously heard what she had just said.


    Li Na smiled stiffly: ¡°General manager¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke didn¡¯t answer. He just left straight away and didn¡¯t look back.


    Is he angry?


    No way, there was nothing to be angry about, thought Li Na. And besides, what she said wasn¡¯t a bad thing, it was just a complaint at most.


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    Li Na sighed. She returned to her desk, finished eating her chocolate, and went back to work.


    After they get off work, Li Na and Fairy went to the mall together. Li Na was very hungry and suggested going to a buffet, it was 38 yuan per person. They went to the restaurant to eat and then took a taxi to get home.


    Back at home, Li Na lay on the sofa, squinted at Fairy, and said, ¡°You take a shower first, I¡¯ll lie down on the sofa for a while.¡±


    Wykau rwv vbl yrrzlp qasx vbl nsdhldkldnl pvsal kdvs vbl alqaktlayvsa. ¡°Xb, sjyu,¡± pbl pyke. ¡°Ju vbl oyu, oblal eke usw ts okvb vbl tldlayz xydytla yv dssd vseyu?¡±


    Nk Ly srldle bla lulp yde pvyale czydjzu yv vbl nlkzkdt. ¡°R oyp pnayvnble cu Dkysxk vos eyup yts yde tsv hynnkdyvle. R byhl vs tlv vbl plnsde pbsv vseyu, yde vbl tldlayz xydytla vssj xl vs vbl bsprkvyz. Mbld ol oldv vs y Jwztyak pvsal. Tl ypjle xl vs rknj swv y rlaqwxl qsa bkx, vbld ol nyxl cynj yqvla lyvkdt vstlvbla.¡±


    Wykau aszzle bla lulp, pyv esod sd vbl psqy, yde pxkajle yv bla. ¡°Ebu es R qllz vbyv uswa alzyvksdpbkr okvb vbl tldlayz xydytla kp y ckv yxcktwswp?¡±


    Nk Ly tzydnle yv bla, vbswtbv ycswv kv, yde pyke, ¡°Yyucl kv kp y zkvvzl yxcktwswp. Rv¡¯p dsv tsse vs tlv vss nzspl. R¡¯zz byhl vs jllr y ekpvydnl qasx vbl tldlayz xydytla.¡±


    Wykau ekpytalle. ¡°Ebyv¡¯p oasdt okvb vbyv? R oyp fwpv pyukdt kv nypwyzzu. Pke usw vyjl kv plakswpzu?¡±


    ¡°Pked¡¯v usw pyu kv clqsal? Mbl osajrzynl kp zkjl y cyvvzlqklze. Gp y dlo lxrzsull, kq R tlv vss nzspl vs vbl tldlayz xydytla, R okzz cl tsppkrle ycswv¡­¡± Nk Ly pyke olyjzu.


    ¡°Mbyv¡¯p aktbv,¡± Wykau pyke, vukdt wr bla nwazu byka okvb y awccla cyde. ¡°Ebld eke Dkysxk pnayvnb usw? Tso eke R dsv jdso?¡±


    ¡°Xb, R oldv vs y oleekdt zypv Fwdeyu yde blzrle vbl tldlayz xydytla bsze vbl nyv qsa y obkzl. Jwv R eked¡¯v lmrlnv yd ynnkeldv vs byrrld¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh, I see.¡± Fairy got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. And less than half a minute after closing the door, she yelled out, ¡°Nana!¡±


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    Li Na asked her in a hoarse voice, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°How could you meet the general manager at a wedding?!¡± Fairy shouted. ¡°What¡¯s going on between you and the general manager that I don¡¯t know? Tell me! Tell me!¡±


    Li Na sighed helplessly. Anyway, there was nothing to be ashamed of. And she told her what had happened.


    But some things she didn¡¯t say. She just said that she was attending a classmate¡¯s wedding, but it didn¡¯t work out. The bride ran out crying, and the general manager went after her. He wanted to return the cat to the bride, but Xiaomi was not happy. It was frightened. It scratched Li Na and ran away. The general manager had no other choice. They found Xiaomi then he took Li Na to the hospital for vaccinations.


    Because of only eating instant noodles or eating out these days, Li Na¡¯s throat felt a little irritated and inflamed. And after speaking, her throat got a little sore. She got up to get some water, and Fairy sat on the sofa, frowning in thought.


    ¡°Our general manager is still as infatuated as ever,¡± Fairy sighed. Then she said, quite jokingly: ¡°Nana, do you want to know the story of the general manager and that bride?¡±


    Li Na put down her glass and wiped her mouth. ¡°I don¡¯t want to.¡±


    ¡°Why?!¡±


    ¡°No reason,¡± Li Na said as she laid back on the sofa, and fiddled with her phone. ¡°That bride is the ex-girlfriend of the general manager. What nice story is there?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you want to know how they met and fell in love with each other?¡± Fairy looked disappointed. ¡°I¡¯ve been with the general manager for so long, and I know him best. I want to share it with you, but you won¡¯t listen.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to hear it,¡± Li Na said. After a while, she opened WeChat and said, ¡°I don¡¯t like the general manager, why should I pay so much attention to him.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s not right, he¡¯s your boss after all. So it¡¯s always good to know more.¡±


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    Li Na was speechless and urged her: ¡°Hey, go take a shower. I¡¯m so sleepy, I¡¯m waiting to go to bed after a shower.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­I see¡­¡± Fairy grumpily went to take a shower.


    Li Na lay on the sofa and looked at the ceiling, deep in thought. When Fairy came out of the shower, Li Na asked her, ¡°Based on what you know about the general manager, what kind of person do you think he is?¡±


    Fairy smirked. ¡°What? Didn¡¯t you say that you have no interest in the general manager and that you should keep your distance?¡±


    Li Na was too tired to joke with her. ¡°I¡¯m just asking,¡± she said. ¡°You don¡¯t have to answer if you don¡¯t want to.¡±


    ¡°Well, fine,¡± Fairy patted her belly, sat on the sofa, and thought about it: ¡°The general manager is completely different from those sons in the upper class, and he¡¯s quite attractive.¡±


    ¡­Isn¡¯t that nonsense?


    ¡°The general manager has a wise personality, works hard, and is kind. He belongs to the warm-hearted category. As for his love of cats, it is all because of his ex-girlfriend. This proves that the general manager is an infatuated man,¡± Fairy smiled.


    ¡°However, he also has a common fault of men. He likes to look at good-looking people. Previously, your resume was rejected by the general manager at the first level. I was the one who secretly put you in the interview pile.¡±


    Only then did Li Na know that Fairy had helped her so much. She smiled and hugged her. ¡°Thank you,¡± she said.


    ¡°Hey, hey, there¡¯s no need for this.¡±


    ¡°Then go to bed early, I¡¯m going to take a shower.¡±


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    ¡°Okay, good night.¡±


    For the next two days, Li Na did not speak to Jiang Ke again, mainly because the company was busy. Jiang Ke didn¡¯t take the initiative to find Li Na, and Li Na also deliberately kept a distance from Jiang Ke.


    On the contrary, the beautiful He Suanran often went out with the general manager in the past two days. She went out to eat with the general manager at noon, and she was sent home in his car after she got off work at night.


    Li Na, Fairy, and a few others who knew about them before kept quiet. And people in the company who didn¡¯t know about them before all started talking about it. Some people said that they are well-matched, and others said that He Suanran is a vixen, a scheming person. In short, in life and in the workplace, there was never a shortage of gossip about bosses and colleagues.


    Li Na wasn¡¯t in a very good state in the past two days. The heat and inflammation had made her feel like her body was burning. But she didn¡¯t like taking medicine, so she bought a box of vitamin C Yinqiao tablets and took two tablets in the morning and evening to reduce the heat.


    In the past, every time Li Na had a fever or a cold, she would just drink more water and take some tablets (to reduce heat) and get over it in two days, so she did the same thing this time. On Sunday, she slept at home all day and felt much better when she got up at night to cook. But she still couldn¡¯t exert herself too much.


    The company¡¯s personnel department sent a mass text message to everyone, asking them to gather in front of the company before 5:30 a.m. on Monday. There were less than 100 people in total going on the trip, and the company had rented three buses. They planned to leave before 6 a.m, and it¡¯s estimated to be a two-and-a-half to three-hour drive.


    But Li Na was unlucky. She slept all day, and at night, it was like having the side effects of taking certain medications. She tossed and turned, but she couldn¡¯t sleep. She didn¡¯t fall asleep until almost two o¡¯clock, and then the alarm clock woke her up at five o¡¯clock. She felt so sleepy that she couldn¡¯t open her eyes. But she had to get out of bed to wash her face and brush her teeth.


    Fifteen minutes later, Li Na and Fairy packed up and went downstairs. They stood on the side of the road and waited for five or six minutes before getting a taxi. At five o¡¯clock, the sky was still gray, and there was no one on the road. Halfway through the ride, the sky was already bright.


    In front of the company, everyone gathered in twos and threes to chat. Xiao Xiao sat on the edge of the flower bed, eating bread. Fairy and Li Na went over to sit together. Li Na narrowed her eyes, she wore no makeup, and her hair was messed up on Fairy¡¯s shoulder, half asleep.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Nana? Are you sick or sleepy?¡± Xiao Xiao asked with concern.


    Li Na frowned. ¡°I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because I didn¡¯t sleep well or something, but my head hurts a bit and I¡¯m sleepy.¡±


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    ¡°Okay,¡± Xiao Xiao said. She took out two egg tarts from her bag and gave Fairy and Li Na one each, and said, ¡°You haven¡¯t had breakfast yet, have you? It just so happens that I bought a lot of food. You should have some too. You¡¯ll get carsick if you go on an empty stomach.¡±


    Fairy took them and gave both to Li Na. ¡°I¡¯m not hungry,¡± she said. ¡°You eat. It might make you feel better.¡±


    Li Na placed one in Fairy¡¯s hand and said, ¡°One for each of us. If you don¡¯t eat it, just give it back to Xiao Xiao. I won¡¯t eat it anyway.¡± Then she opened the package, lowered her head, and ate the egg tart in two or three mouthfuls.


    Afraid that Fairy would give it to her again, she got up and stretched in the open space. She saw the company¡¯s buses drive from the road to the company¡¯s entrance and stopped, one by one.


    Jiang Ke got down from one of the buses and said, ¡°Everyone, let¡¯s get on the bus and go.¡±


    Fairy quickly pulled Li Na onto the blue bus that Jiang Ke was on. She was the general manager¡¯s assistant, so she naturally had to pay attention to his needs.


    After getting on the bus, Li Na sat in the third row near the window. Fairy sat down beside her, and her colleagues began to board. Li Na had a terrible headache. After she told Fairy, she hugged her bag, leaned her head against the window, closed her eyes, and began to sleep.


    After everyone got on the bus, Tian Tian, ??the personnel department director, came to count the number of people, got out of the bus, and went to count the number of people on the other buses.


    After a while, the bus started to drive on the road. No one was in the mood to shout and sing. After all, many people had just woken up. They closed their eyes to catch up on their sleep. Others play with their phones.


    Jiang Ke sat in the first row near the aisle. He took out boxes of food from a box in the front row. There were packages of bread in various flavors in one, and there was yogurt in the other box. He gave the box of bread to Fairy and told her to distribute it to everyone, while he carried the box of yogurt and gave each employee a bottle of yogurt.


    After sending the bread, Fairy returned to her seat. Cheng Tian, who was next to her, called out to her, ¡°Are you sleepy?¡±


    Fairy shook her head, said nothing, and pointed to Li Na who was sleeping.


    Cheng Tian whispered to her. ¡°Sit here with me. We can chat for a while, she¡¯s asleep and you¡¯ll wake her up when you eat.¡±


    Fairy thought for a moment and sat down in the empty seat next to Cheng Tian.


    Jiang Ke noticed all this from the rearview mirror. When he saw that the seat next to Li Na was empty, he looked at He Suanran, who was glued to his side and staring at him. He wanted to move to the seat next to Li Na.


    Guo Dehao happened to walk to the first row and asked Jiang Ke, ¡°General manager, can I change seats with you? I¡¯m not very comfortable sitting there.¡±


    Jiang Ke smiled. Just as he was about to answer, He Suanran spoke first: ¡°The seats are all the same, there is no seat more comfortable or uncomfortable. You can find someone else to change with.¡±


    Guo De felt reluctant. ¡°I have motion sickness, so I have to sit in the first row.¡±


    Jiang Ke got up without saying a word. ¡°You sit, don¡¯t be unhappy on this trip because of motion sickness. I¡¯ll just sit in another seat.¡±


    ¡°Thank you, General Manager.¡±


    ¡°General manager¡­¡±


    Jiang Ke sat down next to Li Na. The drowsy Li Na had her head hurt by the vibration of the window as the bus was driving.


    She squinted, half asleep, and rubbed her head against Jiang Ke. She murmured, ¡°Fairy¡­ my head hurts. Lend me your shoulder¡­ to lean on.¡±