Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As she was checking her phone, it vibrated again. She answered the call. Zhang Chaowen’s furious shouts could be heard over the phone. “Zhuang Nainai, where have you been? I only told you to get some takeaways! It’s been so long and yet you aren’t back yet! Are you slacking off again? Or do you want your colleagues in the department to accompany you and work overtime for an additional hour?”
Zhuang Nainai clenched her fists and subconsciously glanced over at Si Zhengting. He remained expressionless.
She could not figure out what Si Zhengting was thinking.
Had he been angry just now because she had embarrassed him in front of so many people, or because of Zhang Chaowen?
And what did this display of calmness mean?
Zhuang Nainai bit her lips. She decided to stick to her principles despite the drastic change of events and said into the receiver, “I’m on my way back.”
She hung up the phone and looked at the two people in the room.
Si Zhengting was expressionless, whereas Ji Chen had a pained expression on his face. He stood there with his head lowered as though he was about to undergo some kind of punishment.
No one spoke in that room for a while.
When it became evident that both of them were not intending to speak, Zhuang Nainai walked toward Ji Chen. As her knee was scraped, she was unable to walk in a straight line and walked slightly sideways. When she was in front of Ji Chen, she stubbornly said, “Where are my takeaway boxes?”
After she said that, the air in the room grew colder.
Ji Chen smiled wryly on the inside. Madam, are you doing this on purpose? Why are you still harping on the takeaway boxes at this time?
But after glancing at Si Zhengting and seeing how Si Zhengting did not react to her question, Ji Chen did not dare to leave her question unanswered. He pointed to the doorway. “They’re there.”
She followed the direction of the finger and saw that the takeaway boxes were stowed in a corner outside the office.
That’s right, Si Zhengting was someone who was obsessed with cleanliness. How could he bring in these takeaway boxes when their smell was overpowering?
Zhuang Nainai sensed that Si Zhengting still had no intention of speaking; thus, she said, “Then I’ll deliver those takeaway boxes.”
Si Zhengting stared at her legs. Every step she took made him feel as though a knife was plunging into his bleeding heart.
But even in this state, she was still insisting on delivering the takeaway boxes… She was definitely still trying to have the last word!
Si Zhengting felt even more stifled.
Zhuang Nainai did not spare a glance back at Si Zhengting and hobbled out of the office. She bent down and was about to pick up the takeaway boxes when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
There was a flash of residual light out of the corner of her eye. She got a shock, the pupils of her eyes contracting. She reached out her hand and left it dangling in mid-air.
Then she saw Si Zhengting’s tall and well-built body slowly bending down and picking up the takeaway boxes.
Zhuang Nainai was stunned, and she was unable to react. There was a thought forming in her mind, but she found it unbelievable.
Was Si Zhengting helping her to pick up the takeaway boxes?
As she was staring into space, she heard a cold voice saying above her head, “You’re still not leaving?”
Zhuang Nainai felt smothered by his words and attitude. If you want me to leave, I’ll leave, why do you have to be so stern about it?
Did he think that she wouldn’t let him help her carry her things?
Zhuang Nainai turned and left, and Si Zhengting followed behind closely.
Everyone stared in disbelief as Madam hobbled out, followed closely by Sir, who was dressed smartly in his suit and leather shoes, carrying the takeaway boxes without missing a beat. The couple, one with a determined expression on her face and the other with a cold and haughty expression on his face, did not look at nor communicate with each other. They were obviously at odds with each other.
This scene caused one’s heart to ache, no matter how one looked at it.