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

Wait until Shen Xiling's car drives away.

Zhang Xiaoyuan walked to Lu Ranran with a "tsk tsk tsk" sound, stretched out his hand and put it on Lu Ranran's shoulder.

"What's going on..."

Zhang Xiaoyuan's voice was very soft, but his breath made Lu Ranran feel numb.

"What are you doing? What's going on?"

Lu Ranran pushed Zhang Xiaoyuan's face away and pretended to be angry.

But this could not hide her cheeks that were red with shyness.

Zhang Xiaoyuan came closer with a smile.

"Hey, it's ok for you to hide it from others, but can you hide it from me?"

"You said you were married, but you've only known each other for a few months, right?"

At this time, Gu Nianzhi ran out, panting and saying:

"I asked, and the police officer said that food safety issues should be reported to the market supervision and management department."

"They have already asked Niu Daqiang to mention it."

Zhang Xiaoyuan snorted coldly.

To express his disdain for Gu Nianzhi's hindsight.

Lu Ranran secretly gave him a thumbs up.

"Let's go, I'm hungry."

She didn't give the two a chance to continue arguing, and pushed Zhang Xiaoyuan towards Jianye.

He signaled with his eyes for Gu Nianzhi to follow quickly.

Fortunately, Gu Nianzhi is not stupid.

Not long ago, Jianye Cai caused such a big fuss.

But here in Tongxi, people still come and go, as if nothing had happened.

Gu Nianzhi stopped the appointment today and took the two of them to the box in the backyard after entering the door.

"The view here is great, you guys take a seat first, I'll go cook."

Halfway through the walk, he hurried back.

"Are there any taboos?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan replied: "Avoid everything."

Lu Ranran translated: "It means there is no taboo."

Gu Nianzhi then left, half-comprehendingly, and went back to his work.

After everyone left, Zhang Xiaoyuan stretched out and leaned back in his chair in relaxation.

"Tell me about it."

"say what?"

Lu Ranran blinked innocently.

Zhang Xiaoyuan smiled back, "Of course, every single one."

Lu Ranran first briefly summarized why Gu Nianzhi called her.

In short, it's all because of Shen Xiling.

Zhang Xiaoyuan nodded. "Now that you put it that way, it doesn't seem like a coincidence."

"I almost thought I was being scammed."

"A pig-killing plate?" Lu Ranran teased, "You are so powerful, I am afraid you will kill me, right?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan pretended to hit someone, and the two of them laughed and made noise for a while.

But suddenly, Zhang Xiaoyuan's mood became depressed again.

"What's going on between you and Shen Xiling?"

"What do you want to ask? How did we meet? Why did we get married?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan nodded, "All of them."

Lu Ranran tilted his head and thought for a while, then said with emotion:

"I didn't expect it's been so long..."

It has been nearly half a year since the two got married for no apparent reason due to a "childhood engagement".

It's almost the end of the year.

"You just promised him that? When you first met him?"

"The situation was urgent and we couldn't delay any longer."

"But," Zhang Xiaoyuan paused, "your relationship..."

It’s not that it’s hard to say, but Zhang Xiaoyuan seems to find it difficult to say those words about intimate relationships.

Lu Ranran understood because she was the same person before.

I am ashamed to express my emotions, and I don’t have the confidence to say that someone is my good friend, lover, etc.

"Better? Isn't it?"

But now, she took a sip of tea and spoke calmly.

Zhang Xiaoyuan was stunned at first, and then subconsciously put on that carefree smile again.

"Wow, do you have any experience you can share with me?"

It was as if she now had someone she wanted to advance with.

Lu Ranran didn't expose her.

"Have we talked about Jane Eyre before?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan nodded, not understanding why Lu Ranran talked about this book at this time.

"We all used to think that after Jane inherited the fortune, there was no need for her to return to Thornfield and to Rochester."

"But now, I seem to understand her choice a little bit."

"Jane occasionally thought about death in the days following Helen's death."

"I still remember the description. Except for the foothold under your feet, everything else is like floating clouds."

"If I could grab something at this moment, maybe it wouldn't be so painful."

In Lu Ranran's opinion, people have to go through a lot of pain in their lives.

But perhaps the most deadly thing is nothingness.

God has given humans the ability to think, but also the pain of thinking.

Zhang Xiaoyuan held the teacup in both hands, lowered his head, and muttered to himself:

"Is it just because of this..."

"Maybe, but I don't think that's where Jane's strength lies."

"?" Zhang Xiaoyuan tilted his head to look at her curiously.

Lu Ranran smiled and said, "I think what's amazing about her is that she can still face her heart sincerely after being hurt."

"After being hurt, perhaps everyone will choose to live in seclusion out of fear."

"But Jane is very strong. She knows that she is not a dead tree and accepts her turbulent emotions."

"She won't blame herself, she will pursue it bravely."

"Maybe being impulsive isn't such a bad thing after all."

In the end, it seemed as if he was talking to himself.

At this time, the door of the box was pushed open.

Gu Nianzhi rushed in with a huge dinner plate, still wearing her apron.

"Come on, come on, let's eat!"

He is full of energy and doesn't look like someone who has been working in oil fumes for a long time.

He went back and forth, and soon the table was filled with four dishes and a soup.

There is also the salt and onion beef that Lu Ranran is most familiar with.

It's delicious and makes me hungry just by looking at it.

"Eat, eat," Gu Nianzhi took off her apron and casually put it on a chair beside her.

As soon as she sat down, she found that the two people opposite her were staring at her.

Lu Ranran was fine. She glanced at Gu Nianzhi, then at Zhang Xiaoyuan, as if she understood everything.

But Zhang Xiaoyuan stared at him straight, with some unknown emotion in his dark eyes.

It seemed like I was looking at him, but also like I wasn't looking at him.

Gu Nianzhi pulled back the hand that was holding the chair, took a step back, and clasped his hands in front of his chest.

"What, what's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan was startled and woke up from his trance, his face was rarely hot.

She pursed her lips, put on her usual cold face, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Gu Nianzhi was neither standing nor sitting, like a primary school student standing in the corner for punishment.

In the end, it was Lu Ranran who spoke.

"Sit down and eat."

Having said this, Lu Ranran sighed in his heart.

She had never played the role of peacemaker so many times in her life.

The pressure and worries from both sides almost caused her brain to suffer work-related injury.

Thinking of this, she suddenly put down her chopsticks.

This time, not only Gu Nianzhi, but even Zhang Xiaoyuan stopped what they were doing and turned to look at her.

The atmosphere became tense for a moment.

Lu Ranran cleared her throat, looked at Gu Nianzhi and said:

“Can you make dessert?”

“Can you give me some takeout?”