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Chapter 269: Nearly Pathological

Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Nearly Pathological

Zhu Qianying was sitting in the reception room, busily attending to her own matters, and Yan Han was also sitting behind his desk, immersed in his own work. At one point, he stepped out and returned with a serving of ice cream for Zhu Qianying.

"You went out?"

Zhu Qianying, when deeply engaged in work, was the type to shut out everything else around her. Thus, she was not aware that Yan Han had even left the office.

"Hmm, I just had a meeting."

Zhu Qianying took the ice cream and thanked him. She just thought that he had brought it back for her as an afterthought when he was out. She was clueless about the fact that the Eldest Young Master Yan had confiscated this ice cream from a secretary of a high-ranking manager, citing a violation of the employee code, and had brought it back to appease her.

Zhu Qianying always seemed to relish whatever she ate. Especially since this ice cream was her favorite kind, she found it even more delicious.

After handing Zhu Qianying the ice cream, Yan Han sat down in the reception room with the meeting documents spread out on his lap.

He originally just wanted to sit with her for a while, but he found his gaze involuntarily drifting towards her again and again.

The way she stuck out her tongue to lick the ice cream like a little kitten, how she smacked her mouth as she savored the taste like a little puppy, and her expression as the cold ice cream made her wince and frown, it all looked too adorable and tempting to him!

However, this scene was completely opposite to the professional atmosphere of the office and to him, it was both a pleasure and a torture!

Thinking back to that night in M country, Yan Han could not help but smirk.

Indeed, many things about Zhu Qianying had changed over these five years. However, her love for food and her carefree way of eating remained the same.

Yan Han distinctly remembered the first time he saw Zhu Qianying eat. It was the morning after the selection process, she was sitting in the dining room at home, accompanied by Uncle Hai.

A full table of snacks and food was laid out before her; Uncle Hai had done so probably because he wasn’t sure about her taste and thus put out a variety of Chinese and Western breakfast snacks.

The quantity was enough to have a lavish breakfast for a family of three.

Then, he watched as Zhu Qianying, with a whirlwind-like momentum and speed, devoured more than half of the food on the table in no time!

He was beyond astounded at that time.

Her appetite was perhaps something that would put even him, a grown man, to shame.

The speed at which she ate was even more terrifying.

However, the strange thing was that even though she ate so fast and so much, she didn’t look messy while eating.

Of course, she couldn’t exactly be called elegant either, but there was something about her enjoying the food that seemed to stimulate other’s appetites and made them want to join her in the feast.

Latter on, she cooked snacks, meals, and noodles for him...

It seems, all the memories he had with her, apart from their intense encounters in bed, were associated with food. Moreover, it was always her who was cooking and him who was eating!

No wonder she did not seem to have a shred of reluctance when leaving.

Upon self-reflection, he wondered what exactly in him was worth her longing for?

"Ying’er...."

Zhu Qianying glanced at him, "Hmm?"

She still had a mouthful of ice cream causing her cheeks to bulge, her lips were puckered up and her eyes wide open — looking like a frog, a very pretty and adorable frog that one would want to rush over and kiss!

"When will you cook tomato beef noodles for me?"

Even after five years, Yan Han was still fondly reminiscing about the taste, to the point of being nearly obsessed.

Zhu Qianying was quite taken aback, looked at him for a while then nodded her head.

"Sure, next time you come to visit my son at my place, I’ll cook it for you."

Zhu Qianying was not a stingy person. As long as Yan Han did not cross the line, she was willing to maintain a friendship with him.

Cooking a bowl of noodles for a friend was a very commonplace thing, wasn’t it?

Once Yan Han received her promise, he was very pleased and was expecting that he would be able to eat the long-awaited noodles in a day or two.

But contrary to his wish, her promise took quite some time to be fulfilled.

On this day, Zhu Qianying stayed in Yanhuang Group until Yan Han ended his work. After seeing her son get into Yan Han’s car, she took a taxi.

"Driver, please take me to Ying Jewelry."

Around four in the afternoon, she received a message from Cheng Ye stating he had returned and asked her to come to Ying Jewelry for a visit.

Although a few days had passed since they last saw each other, Zhu Qianying assumed that he wanted to discuss something work-related as he was so eager to meet.

But to her surprise, when she arrived at the store, she found Cheng Ye leisurely chatting with a few staff members, looking completely relaxed. The only thing missing was each of them having sunflower seeds to crack open.

"Ying Zi, where’s the little one?"

When Cheng Ye had sent the message, he asked Zhu Qianying to bring her son along because it has been almost a month since he last saw the little boy.

"He’s gone back to his grandparents’ house..."

Zhu Qianying tried her best to not mention Yan Han in front of Cheng Ye, so as to not upset him.

But, even though she changed the way she said it, she could not stop Cheng Ye’s smile from freezing slightly.

"Is that so? Then it’s going to be pretty hard for me to see him, isn’t it?"

Each time Cheng Ye came back to the country, he usually wouldn’t stay more than a week. During this week, he would visit the branches in various cities, which meant he only had a day at most to stay in L City.

Zhu Qianying seemed to be in a dilemma, she had just sent the boy away, it wouldn’t be appropriate to fetch him back right away, would it?

Moreover, the most important part was that the reason for bringing him back was Cheng Ye.

"What time are you flying to Capital City tomorrow? I will bring him back in the morning, is that okay?"

Despite being caught in the dilemma, Zhu Qianying decided to let Cheng Ye meet her son.

Even though the young boy always maintained some kind of hostility towards Cheng Ye, their relationship was much better than just normal.

It was a relationship that Zhu Qianying didn’t have the words to describe, she just knew that both of them genuinely cared for each other, whilst also constantly picking faults with each other.

There were several occasions where Zhu Qianying expressed her bewilderment about their relationship, and Cheng Ye would just say, "The bond of brotherhood between men is something you wouldn’t understand."

Hearing Zhu Qianying’s words, Cheng Ye’s worries turned into joy, "Okay, I’ll take the night flight then and try to spend more time with him in the afternoon."

And so, they happily planned out their schedule for the following day. For dinner, Zhu Qianying along with Cheng Ye and the employees had some takeout food in the store.

Once the store closed, a group of around ten people, as planned, went to the KTV for karaoke and fun.

Before Zhu Qianying returned, the employees of Ying Jewelry had heard rumors that the boss and the chief designer were a couple.

However, after Zhu Qianying returned and talked about her son and vaguely about her son’s father, everyone hesitated to say anything further.

Now that the boss was back and standing with Zhu Qianying, they could not help but bring up the past. Especially in a setting like the KTV, they started to tease and stir things up.

"Boss, Ying Zi, sing a song, sing a song..."

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