Even without his wife by his side, things are the same as usual.
bite--
The elevator has arrived.
Luan Yenan went inside without even saying hello.
The secretary had no choice but to go in.
Unexpectedly, Si Ruxin also walked in.
The secretary's expression changed drastically, and she excitedly helped Si Ruxin adjust her skirt.
Si Ruxin simply looked at Luan Yenan and smiled, "You didn't bring your wife with you this time?"
"My wife wants to focus on her studies, and there's nothing I can do about it," Luan Yenan replied.
"Pfft." Si Ruxin laughed out loud. She seemed to hear the resentment of being abandoned in Luan Yenan's words.
Luan Yenan remained expressionless.
Si Ruxin thought for a moment and said, "Fine, since you don't want to treat me to a meal, I'll treat you, okay?"
"I'm a bit busy." The elevator arrived, and Luan Yenan walked out without looking back.
"Tsk, you're so annoying. Can't you even come up with a more specific excuse? I wanted to invite you to dinner to talk about the summit," Si Ruxin said with dissatisfaction.
Luan Yenan turned around and pressed the elevator open button: "You were invited too?"
"Who do you think you are? I'm not only a member of the Si family, but also a designer, and I'm quite well-known in the design industry. They wanted me to participate in 'modeling,' so they brought me to the summit to learn more. I just don't want to look foolish. Can't I treat you to a meal so we can learn some basics? In exchange, I can give you the information I have." Si Ruxin said, arms crossed.
Luan Yenan thought for a moment: "Tomorrow will be very busy, the kind that keeps me busy until midnight. How about the day after tomorrow at noon?"
“Okay!” Si Ruxin responded and took a few more steps forward, wanting to press her advantage. “Then could you also show me the diamond necklace? I came to take pictures of it to observe it up close and study its design.”
Luan Yenan released the elevator door open button.
That's one way to answer the question.
"You're so stingy!!! It's just a necklace worth over 30 million, it won't kill me to lend it to you!" Si Ruxin complained before the elevator doors closed.
Luan Yenan then turned and left.
She has already arranged for someone to take over the exhibits acquired at tonight's auction.
She'll be busy all day tomorrow, so all she needs to do now is hurry back, finish the rest of her work, and get a good night's sleep.
Back at the hotel, after finishing the documents and washing up, it was already late.
She took a picture of the bustling night view and famous local buildings through the floor-to-ceiling window and shared it with Zuo Baixuan.
This time, Zuo Baixuan didn't even give a single response.
Luan Yenan looked at his phone for a while.
It's afternoon in China right now; Zuo Baixuan should be studying diligently in the library.
After putting down his phone, Luan Yenan fell asleep quickly due to exhaustion.
After resting for two hours, Luan Yenan sat up.
She suddenly felt a stinging pain in the glands at the back of her neck, which made her feel uncomfortable. She's been experiencing this inexplicable discomfort quite often lately.
She changed her barrier patch, put on her inhibitors, and was rushed through her workday by her schedule.
I boarded a plane before dawn and it took five or six hours to arrive in Silicon City, a city renowned for its technology.
As soon as I got off the plane, I was picked up by the local tour guide and taken to a local conference at their invitation.
Surrounded by countless highly skilled professionals, it's even more terrifying than the situation in New York City.
After all, New York City is mostly populated by capitalists, while Silicon City is filled with talented people in their thirties who are going bald, all for the sake of honing their skills.
She brainstormed with these top talents about several recent directions for the company's development, and managed to change her flight time to the last one so she could barely catch her flight back home.
After a long day of travel, Luan Yenan finally digested all the information she had gathered by the time she returned to the hotel.
In a daze, I remembered myself in my previous life.
No, no, no, my past self would never feel tired from not having my feet on the ground for a few days.
They wouldn't be so tired that they'd want a hug from their Omega.
Luan Yenan rubbed his temples. Indeed, he was thinking about Xiaobaihua again.
Upon entering the hotel lobby, Luan Yenan, who had just remembered to turn on his phone, first saw a photo of Zuo Baixuan pinned to the top of his screen.
She didn't click on it.
In moments like these, delayed gratification brings greater happiness.
She chose to start by dealing with the information she was most resistant to.
Several messages were sent by Si Ruxin, roughly saying that she had booked a restaurant for tomorrow and that she would come to see her when she returned, etc.
Luan Yenan entered the elevator, replied "okay," and then opened other work information, quickly scanning it without finding anything particularly important.
Then I opened Jiang Lingdan's message.
[Excuse me, could you please reply?]
This is the last and most impatient message.
Scrolling back, the first message was from Jiang Lingdan after I boarded the plane that morning, turned off my phone, and left New York: "[Comrade, the revolution is about to succeed! Little Zuo ran to find you but couldn't get a direct ticket, so she has to transfer! Twenty hours on a plane! That's true love!!]"
【？】Luan Yenan could only reply with this one message.
What is she saying? Did the little white flower come to find me?
She opened Zuo Baixuan's chat interface, just two hours earlier.
It was a similar format to my own, a landing photo. The scene was familiar; it was the airport I had just left.
Zuo Baixuan really came to find me?
Luan Yenan stood at the elevator entrance, somewhat dazed.
Seeing Luan Yenan's absent-minded appearance, the secretary couldn't help but remind him, "Boss, we've arrived."
Swish—
A shadow rushed over.
The secretary was so frightened that she thought someone was coming to assassinate her.
There is only one presidential suite on the top floor, so it's impossible for anyone else to get up there.
unless.
"You... how did you get up here?" Luan Yenan looked at Zuo Baixuan, who had her arms around his neck, and for the first time felt a mix of surprise and emotion.
Is this what it feels like to have family and loved ones?
She wrapped her arms around Zuo Baixuan's waist and tightened them.
"What? Are you hiding a mistress and afraid I'll find out? Why are you so nervous?" Zuo Baixuan's face showed signs of travel fatigue, but her smile remained unchanged.
Luan Yenan's eyes were churning with emotion, which he barely managed to suppress, leaving only a smile: "If I'm going to hide someone, I'll hide you too. Are you ready to be hidden away by me?"
“I came here openly and legitimately with my marriage certificate, I’m the rightful wife, why should I be hidden away?” Zuo Baixuan asked, tilting her head back.
Luan Yenan stared at her for a while, then couldn't resist lowering his head and kissing her lips.
Unexpectedly, the couple started showing affection in front of everyone, leaving the secretary unsure where to look.
Hunched in the corner, his neck hunched, he pressed only the door open button.
Secretly thinking to myself, no wonder the boss is so ethical, traveling thousands of miles to find his wife, this is just too sweet!
"I heard from Jiang Lingdan that you took a 20-hour flight here. You must be exhausted. Come on, let's go back to our room and rest." Luan Yenan lifted Zuo Baixuan up by her legs.
Zuo Baixuan was startled as she was carried out of the elevator. She muttered under her breath, "I knew it! Did you bribe Jiang Lingdan? Why has she been siding with you lately and even tattled on you? I was planning to sneak over and ambush you. Hmph, you didn't come back so late just to take care of some flowers and plants, did you?"
"No, no, boss lady, absolutely not! You have to believe the boss, she's been with me these past few days, we've been so busy we've been working like crazy, I've even... cough, the boss has lost weight from exhaustion! She took a plane to Silicon City early this morning, she's been working non-stop, and just got back on the last flight!" The secretary, seemingly driven by a survival instinct, answered a bunch of questions for Luan Yennan.
Luan Yenan waved to his secretary, indicating that he could leave first, and then smiled at Zuo Baixuan and said, "It's also my fault for not having time to turn on my phone after getting off the plane today. My phone was off all day. If I had seen Jiang Lingdan's tip earlier, I could have sent a car to pick you up. You must be exhausted from coming here by yourself with your luggage."
"No, I only brought a backpack with me." Zuo Baixuan said, sounding a little guilty.
Relying on the fact that his visa from his previous government-funded exchange trip abroad had not yet expired, he impulsively bought a plane ticket and flew over without even packing any luggage. He simply packed his laptop, charging cable, and two sets of clothes into his backpack before arriving.
Even if you think a lot about things in between, your actions are impulsive, and there's no explanation for that.
Seeing Zuo Baixuan's guilty look, Luan Yenan kissed her again.
As the elevator doors closed and even the only light bulb left, they shared a deep kiss in front of the room door.
Before, I only wanted to show off in front of others, but now I just want to admire the little white flower when no one is around, its petals folded up from being kissed.
Zuo Baixuan, panting, accused, "What are you doing! I just saw the photos the media took of you and Si Ruxin..."
"So you're jealous?" Luan Yenan chimed in.
"I came here because I was afraid you'd cause some trouble again. What jealousy? This is just my duty as a service provider," Zuo Baixuan corrected, adopting a businesslike demeanor.
Luan Yenan's narrow eyes were full of smiles, showing no belief whatsoever.
Zuo Baixuan then added, "Besides, I have my own reasons for coming to New York."
"What is it?"
"I asked you to contact the team that collected the data through Senior Chen to investigate some things. I wanted to get a paper copy of some of the data directly from them, so I came over in person. I don't need to report the details to you, right?" Zuo Baixuan looked at Luan Yenan.
Every word he spoke was a test.
The goal was to test whether Luan Yenan knew that "Huanyu" and "Huanyu" were the same person, whether he knew which team he had contacted, and whether he knew what specific information he had asked them for.
But when I looked up...
Luan Yenan ignored all attempts to probe, pressed the keypad lock on the presidential suite, carried Zuo Baixuan into the room, carried her all the way to the sofa in the living room, put her down on it, and tried to kiss her again.
"You, you, you..." Zuo Baixuan hurriedly dodged.
"My glands are so uncomfortable. You've come at the perfect time, Party B." Luan Yennan simply accompanied Zuo Baixuan in a businesslike tone, tossing the backpack on her back aside.
"I..." Zuo Baixuan was kissed again, taking away her space to speak.
She wanted to ask, who said that the obligations of the second party included soothing glands and pheromones?