When he was at the company, Ye Qiu ran into Lan Ying.

Looking at Lan Ying, Ye Qiu thought that it seemed like he hadn't seen her in a long time.

But as soon as Lan Ying saw Ye Qiu, she turned around and left.

"Hey, Manager Lan, why do you have to walk away every time you see me? Am I really that annoying to you?" Ye Qiu immediately chased after her.

Lan Ying was stopped by Ye Qiu and immediately glared, "I just don't like you, so what? If it weren't so hard to hire a driver for Bai Lan, I would have fired you already!"

Ye Qiu was a bit speechless; he didn't think he'd done anything that warranted such hostility towards him.

If Lan Ying knew what Ye Qiu was thinking, she would definitely go crazy. What does he mean by not having done anything? From childhood to now, no man had ever taken advantage of her, but this guy? He'd even stolen her first kiss and touched some sensitive parts!

Thinking of this made Lan Ying angry. If Ye Qiu were really her boyfriend as rumored, she could've tolerated it, but he wasn't her boyfriend at all!

Since Ye Qiu appeared, she was no longer surrounded by heaps of men like before. Although this gave Lan Ying a bit of peace, she was still annoyed that Ye Qiu didn't show any interest.

What's more, the despicable guy would sometimes disappear for days. Lanlan had hired a private driver, but this guy even made Bai Lan drive herself to the company. How could a driver be so irresponsible and unreliable?

Lan Zlan didn't know what spell she was under, ending up with this guy and not firing him!

At this point, Lan Ying sighed softly. Blame it on this guy's impressive skills; he once saved Bai Lan's life, causing her tolerance for him to be sky-high.

Ye Qiu was unaware of Lan Ying's complex thoughts; he just felt a bit speechless, thinking Lan Ying held too much animosity towards him.

"We're colleagues after all, can't we sit down and have a calm conversation?"

"There's nothing to talk about with you!" Lan Ying glared, not wanting anyone to know she'd been talking to him, otherwise, there'd be new office rumors.

Past baseless pregnancy rumors still left Lan Ying feeling uneasy.

Yet, in this world, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.

The elusive receptionist was about to make herself a cup of coffee and happened to pass by.

She saw Lan Ying and Ye Qiu having a tense exchange and immediately looked surprised, "What's going on? Lanlan sis, did you and Brother Ye have a fight? That's not right; after all, 'a day of marriage brings a hundred days of grace...' "

"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting? One more word from you and I'll fire you right now!" Lan Ying interrupted the receptionist girl before she could finish her sentence.

"Ah, no, please... Lanlan sis, don't fire me. If I lose my job, I'll starve, and could you bear to watch me starve to death?" The receptionist girl made a pitiful face.

"Enough!" Lan Ying was genuinely defeated by her; she did her job well and was serious about it. Her only flaw was being a blabbermouth—whatever she knew, the whole company would soon know too.

And Lan Ying had no intention of firing her, otherwise, she would've done it already. But that didn't stop Lan Ying from "threatening" her with malice: "If you keep spreading things about Ye Qiu and me, I'll fire you for sure!"

"Mmm-mmm-mmm!" the receptionist girl immediately covered her mouth, "I won't say anything... I didn't see anything..."

Finished, the receptionist girl ran off as if for her life.

Watching her leave, Ye Qiu found it amusing; the girl was genuinely naive.

"Honestly, she's a good girl. Did you really have to scare her like that?"

"What, do you feel sorry for her?" Lan Ying immediately laughed coldly, "When certain people were rumored to be pregnant and gossiped about, you didn't seem to feel sorry, huh?"

Ye Qiu was deeply embarrassed; he finally understood why Lan Ying had such grievances against him—it was because he didn't feel for her!

"Sigh, I was wrong, I'm guilty!" Ye Qiu immediately confessed, saying, "How about this, to show my sincerity, I'll treat you to dinner. Is that okay? You know I've never treated any girl to a meal before."

"Do you regret it now? I'm telling you, it's too late!" Lan Ying sneered, still not giving Ye Qiu any face, then turned and left.

Through his recent life in the city of flowers, Ye Qiu gradually learned a bit about women's thoughts—many women say they don't want it, but deep down, they really do.

Therefore, Ye Qiu once again blocked Lan Ying's way, saying, "You have to trust me, I'm really sincere!"

Listening to Ye Qiu, Lan Ying felt a strange emotion rising in her heart. It was an odd feeling, one she couldn't quite describe, but she still didn't agree, saying, "Stop it, I'm very busy and don't have time to play with you."

"Who's playing around? I'm really serious!" Ye Qiu, who was usually decisive, rarely acted this persistently.

"I'm also very serious!" Lan Ying said with a serious expression, "The company is still short of a finance manager, and someone's coming for an interview. Lanlan and I need to oversee it personally this time."

"Uh, okay then..."

Ye Qiu saw that Lan Ying wasn't joking, so he stepped aside.

He felt a bit melancholy at the moment; the first time he invited a girl to dinner, and he got rejected! How embarrassing!

Lan Ying left, and Ye Qiu wandered around the company. Although it was aimless wandering, he kept pondering one issue.

Just as Lan Ying said, he seemed not to pay much attention to girls' thoughts; it wasn't intentional, just that he lacked experience in this area and never understood it before.

After Lan Ying's mention, he felt it necessary to spend more time thinking about this.

After wandering around for a while, Ye Qiu ran into Bai Lan, who was followed by a handsome young man.

And Ye Qiu noticed that the young man's gaze toward Bai Lan seemed somewhat off. Although he concealed it well, the eyes of admiration mixed with possessiveness were clear to Ye Qiu.

This made Ye Qiu a bit annoyed. Who was Bai Lan? She was supposed to be his woman; since when did it become his turn?

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