Fang Bai realized that her words were slightly ambiguous, but she didn't show it.
As long as she doesn't say anything, Ji Yuning won't know.
"I'm going out," Ji Yuning said expressionlessly, but the tips of her ears, hidden under her stray hairs, were burning hot.
Fang Bai forced himself to remain calm, "Okay, close the door."
Author's Note:
Aunt Fang: "Where else do you want me to touch?"
Xiao Ji: Her ear tips turned red. (Why did Auntie ask so directly? I'm so shy!)
Adult Xiao Ji: From head to toe, all over her body.
Chapter 65
Thanks to Ji Yuning's initiative in communicating, Fang Bai, though unable to understand Ji Yuning's thoughts, combined what Ji Yuning said with the information she knew and stopped deliberately avoiding physical contact with Ji Yuning.
However, Fang Bai would still avoid some intimate actions, such as rubbing Ji Yuning's head or pinching her cheeks.
Fang Bai has taken care of himself, and he has no right to interfere with what Ji Yuning does.
As it turned out, Fang Bai's approach was effective. As time went by, from summer to winter, her relationship with Ji Yuning became inexplicably harmonious after that day.
In the frigid November, the ample warmth of the car's heater made me drowsy.
Suddenly, a cell phone rang.
Fang Bai slowly opened her eyes, her eyes filled with exhaustion. She shouldn't have worked overtime until late last night and forgotten that it was Monday and she had to get up early to take Ji Yuning to school.
The ringing bell continued, dispelling the weariness and drowsiness in Fang Bai's eyes, and his gaze returned to clarity.
With his phone in his right pocket, Fang Bai subconsciously stretched out his right arm—
I can't move.
Fang Bai turned his head and looked at the hand that Ji Yuning was holding.
Fang Bai didn't know when it started, but when the two of them were together, Ji Yuning would occasionally hold her hand. At first, Fang Bai would ask why she was holding her hand, but Fang Bai forgot how Ji Yuning answered. Anyway, as time went on and the number of times increased, Fang Bai got used to it.
In this cold weather, it's nice to have someone warm her hands.
Fang Bai paused for a moment, preparing to reach for her phone with her left hand, but before she could make a move, Ji Yuning leaned towards her and took the phone out.
The call was from his assistant, saying there was an urgent meeting. Fang Bai responded, hung up, and put his phone in his left pocket.
Ji Yuning ran her thumb along the back of Fang Bai's hand and said in a low voice, "Auntie, you've been staying up late again?"
Fang Bai closed his eyes again and said lazily, "Mmm."
Seeing the dark circles under Fang Bai's eyes, Ji Yuning gently pinched the tip of Fang Bai's index finger and said, "Don't see me off after today."
Fang Bai turned his head to the side, without opening his eyes, and said, "I promised to pick you up and drop you off."
Ji Yuning looked at Fang Bai's manicured nails and said, "Then don't stay up late."
"We'll see."
"Do you have a lot of work?" Ji Yuning touched the decorations on her nails.
"A little." Noticing Ji Yuning's movement, Fang Bai slightly opened his eyes to look at Ji Yuning, deliberately teasing her, "Be careful not to drop it."
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Ji Yuning's face, but it quickly disappeared, and she returned to her indifferent demeanor.
"Well, then you—"
Fang Bai stared at Ji Yuning's profile for a few seconds, and interrupted her as she was speaking, saying, "Auntie has to earn money to support the family and pay for your schooling. You're in your final year of high school now, and you'll be taking the college entrance exam next year. It's very expensive, you know~ So don't say things like 'don't work'."
Ji Yuning hadn't intended to say that.
But upon hearing what Fang Bai said, Ji Yuning narrowed her eyes, a smile playing on her lips, and followed up with Fang Bai's question, "How did Auntie guess what I was going to say?"
Fang Bai snorted lightly, his tone languid, "I didn't expect that, I was just being cautious in case you said that."
After saying that, Fang Bai closed her eyes again. The person next to her didn't say anything more, but Fang Bai could feel that the other person was playing with her hand.
Her hand was released only after the car stopped, and then something was placed in her palm.
Fang Bai lifted his eyelids and glanced sideways at the hand still resting on Ji Yuning's leg.
A cola-flavored lollipop.
Fang Bai held it up to his face and waved it at Ji Yuning, "Why are you giving me this?"
Looking at the candy held in Fang Bai's hand, it was as if it had been specially bought to replace someone else to keep Fang Bai company.
Ji Yuning said calmly, "A reward."
After saying that, Ji Yuning got out of the car.
Fang Bai sat in the car, watching Ji Yuning enter the school gate.
Fang Bai put the candy she was holding into her pocket, leaned back, and quietly asked Uncle Li to take her to the company.
Fang Bai didn't expect to see an acquaintance as soon as he entered the company. Although the figure flashed by, Fang Bai still recognized that it was Yuan Yizhen.
Why did Yuan Yizhen come to the Fang family?
Fang Bai pondered for a moment before walking toward the elevator.
The assistant, standing in the lobby, saw Fang Bai responding to the employees' greetings. She couldn't help but sigh. When Fang Bai first joined the company, everyone was talking about it, saying that he was a rich young lady who had come down to earth to experience life. They questioned Fang Bai's abilities, saying that coming to the company was just child's play, and no one had high hopes for him. They were all waiting to see Fang Bai make a fool of himself.
Five months later, after Fang Bai secured two major projects in succession, the initial criticisms subsided and turned into praise. No one had expected that the young lady was actually quite capable.
More importantly, Fang Bai speaks softly and has no airs of a chairman's daughter. She never finds fault with her employees, which is completely different from the spoiled young lady the employees had heard about. However, even so, apart from greeting each other, the employees are not very willing to interact with Fang Bai.
It wasn't for any other reason than that Fang Bai was very businesslike. Apart from being praised for doing a good job, no matter what else happened, Fang Bai would just nod, as if he cared about nothing but work. Although he had a smile on his face, the smile didn't reach his eyes, and he was full of aloofness.
The assistant composed himself and hurriedly stepped forward to greet Fang Bai, "Mr. Fang, everyone is in the conference room."
"Okay, I understand." Fang Bai nodded, then turned and pointed to the elevator. "Did you see the person who just came out of the elevator?"
"Are you referring to Miss Yuan?" The assistant asked, somewhat surprised, wondering why Mr. Fang was suddenly asking about someone else.
"Hmm, you know her?" Fang Bai asked.
The assistant shook his head: "I was waiting for you in the lobby. The receptionist was busy, so I was the one who greeted Ms. Yuan in her place."
After saying that, the assistant added, "She's here to see the chairman."
Looking for Fang Maozhou…
Fang Bai understood and said to his assistant, "I understand, go to the meeting first."
After the meeting, Fang Bai went straight upstairs to Fang Maozhou's office.
Hearing the knock, Fang Maozhou assumed it was his secretary. He said "Come in" and didn't even look up, continuing to look at the documents in front of him.
Fang Maozhou only looked up after the door opened and he heard no voice from his secretary.
Upon seeing Fang Bai, Fang Maozhou's serious expression vanished instantly, replaced by a warm greeting: "Bai..."
Fang Maozhou paused for a moment, then remembered the way Fang Bai had corrected him, and changed his address to "Bai Bai".
"Chairman," Fang Bai called out.
Fang Maozhou clicked his tongue: "There are no outsiders here, why call him Chairman?"
With his hand resting on the table, Fang Maozhou asked, "Did you need something?"
Having asked, Fang Maozhou already knew the answer in his heart: his daughter wouldn't come looking for him unless there was something wrong.
Fang Bai walked to the table and sat down. Fang Maozhou's question had set the stage for her, and Fang Bai asked directly, "What is Yuan Yizhen doing here?"
Fang Maozhou: "You know him?"
“I’ve met you twice before at parties,” Fang Bai said naturally.
Fang Maozhou wouldn't doubt Fang Bai's words, nor would he hide anything about work. Fang Bai's performance over the past few months had exceeded his expectations, and he was very satisfied.
“She came to talk to me about a collaboration,” Fang Maozhou said, pushing the documents he had just been looking at toward Fang Bai. “It’s the one I talked to Lu Raomei about before.”
This time it was Fang Bai's turn to be surprised, "Hasn't it been implemented yet?"
Weren't they talking about this a long time ago? I haven't heard anything from them lately, so I thought it was still going on.
“Lu Raomei only gave me the information these past few days.” Fang Maozhou’s tone was not very good. After all, they had started talking about cooperation five months ago, but he had been stood up for five months for no reason. After he concluded that this cooperation had fallen through, he sent an invitation message again.
Fang Maozhou felt like he had been played.
Fang Bai frowned, not understanding why Lu Raomei had delayed for so long. "Why?"
Fang Maozhou told Fang Bai everything Lu Raomei had told him: "She said that a project under her management had run into problems and she had been busy dealing with it."
Fang Bai lowered his eyes and remained silent. After a few seconds, he flipped through the documents in his hand.
After carefully reviewing it, Fang Bai asked Fang Maozhou, "May I take a look at Lu Raomei's copy?"
Fang Bai was interested in the company's cooperation, and Fang Maozhou was overjoyed, "Of course!"
He then pulled a folder from the pile of documents beside him, saying, "This is it."
When Fang Bai took the documents and started looking at them, Fang Maozhou suddenly asked, "Do you know Lu Raomei?"
We met at the victory celebration banquet.
Fang Maozhou said, "I noticed that her attitude towards you was a bit strange that day, and I thought there was something between you two."
"No," Fang Bai replied, glancing at the documents.
Fang Maozhou seemed to have seized the opportunity to spend time with Fang Bai, and after a while, he asked again, "How are things going between you and Xiao Ji?"
When Ji Yuning was mentioned, Fang Bai raised his head this time, his tone gentle: "She's fine."
"That's good. If I remember correctly, it's Xiao Ji's birthday in a few days. I think it's his eighteenth birthday? Should Dad throw him a birthday party?"
"No need," Fang Bai said. "She doesn't like it."