Assistant Miss Qiao thought that after their boss personally dealt with those people, his mood might improve, yet until they returned to Shengshi, Sheng Jianan’s expression remained as cold as the perpetual snow on Mount Everest.
During the meeting, several departments made consecutive mistakes, directly triggering the boss’s temper. For a moment, the entire Shengshi Group was enveloped in a gloomy atmosphere, even the cleaning lady was walking briskly with her head down.
After Sheng Jianan threw a fit in the meeting room and returned to his office, the first thing he did was check his phone, which was perfectly quiet without even a single message. The expression on Young Master Sheng’s face grew even darker.
When he called, the other person had their phone turned off. After such a long time, there was still no return call—clearly, they were avoiding him. Was he a beast? He couldn’t see at all how that woman, who rendered him speechless in no time, could really be afraid of him.
The gloomy tension persisted until noon. Qiao Zi came in to report, "President, Young Master Ze is here."
Sheng Jianan raised an eyebrow. Zhou Chengze never treated entering his office any differently than entering his own home, yet today he unexpectedly had someone announce it first?
Sheng Jianan managed a cold cough with a sour face: "Let him wait."
Qiao Zi was bewildered. These two brothers were so close they might as well wear the same pair of pants. What was going on today?
Of course, Zhou Chengze wouldn’t actually just wait when Sheng Jianan asked him to. Before Qiao Zi even finished repeating the message, Zhou Chengze had already barged in casually, with a reddened nose and a strong nasal tone in his voice.
"Hey hey, Brother Nan, that’s not right, how can you keep the door closed ?"
Sheng Jianan looked up at him without speaking. Qiao Zi brought in a cup of ginger tea with a smile, "Young Master Ze, ginger tea, it wards off the cold and cures colds."
Qiao Zi was well-intentioned, recognizing that Zhou Chengze had caught a cold and so she poured him a cup of ginger tea. But before her smile could fade, she heard Sheng Jianan’s sarcastic comment: "Young Master Zhou, hero saves beauty, fearless of anything."
Huh? What’s going on?
Qiao Zi was at a loss, and Zhou Chengze coughed lightly, saying to Qiao Zi, "The incredibly beautiful Miss Qiao, could you please step outside? I need to have a word with your black-faced president."
Qiao Zi quickly exited. She was skilled at reading the room, and it was clear these two brothers were having a spat. As a subordinate, she definitely wasn’t going to get involved in a family matter.
Inside the office, only Zhou Chengze and Sheng Jianan were left. After staring at each other for a long time, Zhou Chengze was the first to capitulate: "Alright, Brother Nan, it was reckless of me last night. I just thought you weren’t there, so I went over to help your sister-in-law." Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel·fire·net
Upon mentioning Tang Yanqi, Sheng Jianan involuntarily glanced at his phone again, which remained quiet without any activity. His brow furrowed again, and his tone was unpleasant: "Stay out of that woman’s business in the future, don’t bring unnecessary trouble on yourself."
Zhou Chengze wasn’t sure if he was being too sensitive, but he thought he detected a hint of jealousy in Sheng Jianan’s words. It wasn’t the same surprise and excitement as when he first discovered Sheng Jianan had fallen for someone. Now, Zhou Chengze felt inexplicably comforted and a bit bitter.
Comforted because, if Sheng Jianan could also fall in love with her, then that woman should be very happy, and bitter... Zhou Chengze didn’t delve deeper into that feeling, instead tugging at the corner of his mouth with his usual playboy grin: "Hmm, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t get involved. I’m heading to D City for about three months. How about we get together tonight? My tragic fate is about to begin."