Sheng Han Group, the door to the president's office opened, Shen Yanchen holding a trench coat, walked into the adjacent assistant's office and instructed, "Put the approved documents on my desk, I'll sign them tomorrow."
He had just turned with his long strides when the assistant's room buzzed with excitement.
"The famous workaholic is leaving work this early?"
"Yeah, he didn't come yesterday either."
"It's so strange! This morning, Mr. Shen even told me to push back tonight's engagements if possible, or reschedule them for the daytime."
"Is he in love? Rushing home to spend the night with his girl?"
"What? No way! If my dream man is in love, I can't live anymore!"
The assistant's office erupted in all kinds of speculation.
After just a few minutes' drive, he arrived at Yujing International. He parked the car in the garage and walked into the elevator.
His mind was full of the image of that woman. Was she watching TV waiting for him to come back, or painting in the room?
Imagining that serene scene, the elevator stopped on the 25th floor, and with a "ding," the door slowly opened.
As soon as Shen Yanchen stepped out of the elevator, he was stunned.
A red-clad figure was crouching on the ground, bundled up tightly in gloves, scarf, and hat, but the cold wind in the hallway still made it seem very cold.
"What are you doing?"
Gu Qimiao looked up and saw him, smiling happily as she stood up, shivering, and said softly, "I don't have the key..."
Shen Yanchen glanced at her helplessly, reached out to open the code cover, and Gu Qimiao then realized it was a keypad lock.
While pressing the code he said, "273190."
Gu Qimiao was momentarily stunned, then realized he was telling her the code and quickly noted it down in her phone's memo.
"Why didn't you call me to ask?"
"I... I thought I needed a key."
Feeling sorry for her standing in the cold wind for so long, Shen Yanchen didn't scold her further. Entering the house, he first turned on the heater, then seeing her constantly sniffling, he poured a cup of hot water and handed her some cold medicine: "Take it."
Gu Qimiao looked up at him, feeling a secret joy in her heart. No one had ever shown her such care before, especially someone she liked.
"Achoo—" She couldn't hold back and sneezed right at him, clearly splattering his clothes.
Gu Qimiao hurriedly reached out to wipe: "Sorry."
Shen Yanchen slightly frowned and grabbed her hand: "Be careful of your hand injuries."
She had almost forgotten about her hand injuries by then.
Hearing someone knock on the door, he put a few pills in her hand, then turned and walked to the door.
Sipping the hot water, her eyes turned to see a woman in her forties walk in.
Shen Yanchen nodded, and the two walked in together.
Out of courtesy, Gu Qimiao put down the cup and stood up to greet her with a smile.
Seeing a woman in the house, the woman was clearly taken aback but didn't ask questions.
Shen Yanchen introduced, "This is Aunt Yang. I'll be going abroad for a few days starting tomorrow noon. She'll be here to take care of you during that time."
"Oh? No need... I can manage on my own."
Having someone specially take care of her seemed too troublesome.
Aunt Yang looked at Gu Qimiao with a kind smile: "It's no trouble, it's my job. The master and madam are traveling, I'm free anyway."
Gu Qimiao was stunned for a moment, guessing that the master and madam referred to Shen Yanchen's parents.
Before she could say more, Shen Yanchen headed to the study and instructed Aunt Yang, "Go make dinner, a bowl of soup to ward off the cold."
Aunt Yang responded, "Okay," and headed to the kitchen.
Feeling awkward just sitting there, Gu Qimiao followed her into the kitchen.
Aunt Yang quickly tried to shoo her out: "Miss, you can just sit and relax, I'll handle it."
"It's fine, I want to learn how to cook."
Aunt Yang laughed at her words.
"Also, Aunt Yang, you can just call me Miaomiao."
Aunt Yang glanced towards the door and smiled knowingly: "Miaomiao, how long have you known our young master? How long have you been together?"
"Huh?" Seeing the misunderstanding, Gu Qimiao quickly explained, "We're just... friends. I'm staying here temporarily because I've run into some trouble recently."
Aunt Yang teased with a smile, "Don't lie to me. The young master wouldn't bring just any friend home. He even worries about you while on a business trip. There's hardly anyone he cares for ."