After breaking off the engagement, she became the CEO's favorite

"Jianye" is a newly emerged private restaurant in Nancheng, located near the city center of Nancheng.

This is not a prosperous place.

Like other Jiangnan cities, Nancheng has a rich water network, including a small river called "Tongxi" that runs through the city center and flows eastward into Lishui.

The houses are distributed on both sides of Tongxi River. This is an old residential area with white walls and black tiles, and there is an ancient bluestone road paved beside the river.

There are many small family shops along the road, which have recently been rented out to sell coffee, milk tea, etc.

In fact, this place is similar to the quaint commercial street in the lake area, with the main focus on the old-time atmosphere.

However, because there are still people living here, this place has a more down-to-earth feel.

There are both high-end and fine dining restaurants, such as "Jianye" and other high-end private dishes hidden deep in the alleys.

There are also some old-fashioned restaurants in the lower classes, which, relying on their developed networks, have queues even longer than those at the chain stores in the city center.

Compared to the Lake District, the quiet yet lively atmosphere here may be more suitable for the recently popular citywalk.

The only disadvantage is that the road here is narrow and prone to traffic jams.

after get off work.

Without Wu Zhi's deliberate harassment, Lu Ranran left his workstation at the appointed time.

Even though no one else around had any intention of leaving.

If it were before, Lu Ranran might have been struggling over whether or not to work overtime just to fit in.

After the annual meeting, the veil was lifted. In terms of status, Lu Ranran's work behavior was more like "self-pursuit".

If we were to act out this situation again at this moment, it would be somewhat ironic.

Lu Ranran may be low-key, but she is definitely not a person without any opinions and who follows orders submissively.

If she really had no self-control, she wouldn't have skipped classes to write novels after enrolling in civil engineering.

It's pitiful. When a building is being built, the elevators will be packed with people going to work on time.

But at off-hours, the elevator was empty.

Shen Xiling's car was already waiting in the driveway.

Lu Ranran opened the car door at the speed of light and got in.

Shen Xiling in the car has not lost his elite look: a well-tailored suit, a meticulous hairstyle, and gold-rimmed glasses on his high nose bridge...

Shen Xiling heard the door open and turned to look at her.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his face through the car window, making his originally tough facial lines appear hazy.

This made his eyes even more affectionate.

Shen Xiling looked at the person who came, curled up the corners of his mouth, and said softly:

"You won't work overtime today?"

Lu Ranran had to admit that she was a little stunned the moment she saw Shen Xiling.

After all, who wouldn’t be stunned for a moment after seeing this face?

But now she was calm, pulled the seat belt on one side and buckled it carefully, and said softly:

"How can I keep an appointment if I work overtime?"

The car started slowly. Shen Xiling seemed not to care about the sting in her words and continued the conversation calmly.

"It's okay. If you work overtime, I can take you back after dinner."

It is hard to imagine that Shen Xiling, with such a handsome face and under such a beautiful sunset, could say such cold words.

Lu Ranran was so angry, but she couldn't show it.

Finally, he just said "No need" in a sullen tone and turned his head to look out the window.

Having been in the business world for so long, Shen Xiling has become extremely sharp and tactful.

He knows what to say without making mistakes, and he also knows what to say to be humorous without losing the sense of propriety.

For some reason, he liked to see some lively expressions on her face.

It's not shyness or politeness, but a slight anger and dissatisfaction.

At a time when everyone is used to magnifying positive emotions, if you can freely express dissatisfaction in front of someone...

Maybe it's a sign of intimacy?

But this also needs to be controlled in scale.

For example, now that the other party has clearly shown dissatisfaction and refusal to communicate, you should not continue to increase pressure.

"But," Shen Xiling said in a serious tone, "I saw you were quite busy before."

"Before?"

Lu Ranran turned her head, somewhat confused, wondering what he was thinking.

Shen Xiling just nodded, with no teasing expression on his face.

“When you first joined the company.”

Lu Ranran said "Oh" as if she suddenly understood.

This "Oh" was a response to the conversation with Shen Xiling.

It also shows that Lu Ranran understood. Maybe Shen Xiling was just curious and did not mean to deliberately mock office workers as a president.

"Before... that overtime before, there should be a reason..."

Shen Xiling raised his eyebrows and became interested.

"what reason?"

The two had met late at night before, and Shen Xiling had briefly chatted about his experiences in the workplace.

But Lu Ranran now said there was another reason.

This aroused his curiosity.

Lu Ranran gave a brief overview of the matter.

After listening to this, Shen Xiling chuckled.

"Do you believe what he said?"

"Believe it or not, it's not really important."

"why?"

Lu Ranran turned her head and looked out the window, her tone surprisingly indifferent.

"How should I put it..."

“I chose to join this studio just to try it out.”

"If I can learn something and have a signed work, that's to be expected. If not..."

Lu Ranran turned her head and smiled at Shen Xiling.

"Then I can leave too."

"But at least Wu Zhi's attitude is very serious now."

"Now let's see what I can dig out of him."

Shen Xiling also laughed, "You are quite open-minded."

Lu Ranran shrugged, with a hint of helplessness and compromise in her tone.

"Ah, a small shrimp like me needs to be open-minded to move forward."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ranran suddenly felt something was wrong.

Now, her official identity is the wife of Shen Xiling, the wife of the president of the famous Shen Construction.

With such an identity, he still calls himself a "small shrimp".

Either it is to belittle oneself and elevate the other party, which Shen Xiling obviously does not need.

Or he could clearly cut off ties with the Shen family and Shen Xiling.

Lu Ranran really wanted to slap herself twice. She should change her self-deprecating habit.

It was clearly a cooperative relationship, but what I said made it seem like Shen Xiling was threatening me. Wasn't it clearly saying that he had a bad character?

Just when I was feeling frustrated, the car slowly stopped by the roadside.

"get off."

Lu Ranran shook her body and exclaimed "Ah?" in surprise.

Normally, Lu Ranran would definitely not think that there was any deep meaning in Shen Xiling's tone.

But at this moment, she is in a state of conflict and self-reflection.

It was natural to think that Shen Xiling must have understood what he meant by "small shrimp" and was angry but couldn't explain it.

In order to maintain the dignity of the two, they had to let Lu Ranran get off the car in advance, out of sight, out of mind...

Shen Xiling saw the frightened look on the face of the little girl beside him and felt confused. His brain quickly recalled the conversation just now, wondering if he had scared her again.

But there was no result.

But he still curled his lips gently and unbuckled his seat belt first.

"The road ahead is narrow and prone to traffic jams."

"Let's walk."

Lu Ranran was stunned for a moment, then quickly unbuckled her seat belt and opened the car door.

But she didn't feel relieved.

Next, I have to be careful with my words, she thought.