Ling Nuan was retaliated against.
At the huge dining table, in front of Huo Linsheng were all kinds of delicious and sumptuous dishes, with perfect color, aroma, and taste.
And in front of her...
There was only plain congee.
"Mr. Huo," Ling Nuan looked at Huo Linsheng pitifully. "There are so many dishes. Can you finish them all? Actually, I can help you share some."
Huo Linsheng seriously reminded her, "The doctor said that since you're injured, you should keep a light diet. Secretary Ling is not a child anymore and should follow the doctor's advice, right?"
"Doctor Fu didn't say so at all," Ling Nuan retorted.
Huo Linsheng was well-prepared. He took out his phone, played a voice message, and soon Doctor Fu Qili's voice came out.
"Diet? It must be light. Avoid spicy food."
"Secretary Ling, are you giving up now?" Huo Linsheng asked with a smile.
Ling Nuan said righteously, "Mr. Huo, I now firmly believe that he is a quack doctor! How can we trust the words of a doctor who postponed his graduation for three years?"
Huo Linsheng raised his eyebrows. "Since that's the case, your foot can move. Should I send you home?"
Ling Nuan fell silent, but she was still not willing to give up.
"Mr. Huo," Ling Nuan clasped her hands together and pleaded. "Just a little bit, only a little bit."
Huo Linsheng sighed, as if he had no way to deal with her. Then he got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Ling Nuan was surprised. She was shocked that Huo Linsheng was actually quite easy to talk to today. She thought he deliberately prepared a whole table of delicious dishes to torture her. Was she wrong?
This thought only flashed through Ling Nuan's mind for a moment, but the next second, it was completely shattered by reality.
"Eat," Huo Linsheng put a small plate of pickled radish in front of Ling Nuan.
Ling Nuan: "?"
Huo Linsheng also kindly reminded her, "You can't order takeout here."
The implication was that besides drinking congee, she could only go hungry.
Ling Nuan was extremely angry. She even failed to manage her always proud expression, showing a trace of anger.
"If only killing people weren't illegal..."
After viciously beating Huo Linsheng up in her mind, Ling Nuan began to lower her head and eat the congee.
She ate mouthful by mouthful, grinding her teeth. She bit the pickled radish as if she had a deep hatred for it.
Huo Linsheng still didn't stop.
He asked her in a rare gentle and considerate tone, "How's the taste?"
Ling Nuan bit the pickled radish with a crunch and replied, "Why don't you try it, Mr. Huo?"
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng took a bite of the dish and replied, "The taste of mine is pretty good."
Ling Nuan: "..."
Damn dog man!
Seeing Ling Nuan angry, Huo Linsheng talked even more. "The beef is tender and smooth. The flavor of the spices is perfectly integrated with the meat. The cooking time is just right, leaving a lingering fragrance in the mouth. I should give the chef a raise."
Ling Nuan kept silent. She hugged her congee and turned her body away, ignoring Huo Linsheng.
Finally, after finishing the meal and calming down her mood, Ling Nuan was lying on the sofa resting and thinking about some small tricks when Huo Linsheng suddenly threw a pile of documents into her arms.
Ling Nuan caught them with a blank look on her face.
"Mr. Huo?"
Huo Linsheng put away his own pile of documents and looked at Ling Nuan. "After dinner, we should exercise a bit. Coincidentally, the work isn't finished yet. I'll have to trouble Secretary Ling to work overtime with me."
When Ling Nuan found out that Huo Linsheng wasn't joking, she was shocked. "Mr. Huo, don't you think you're being a bit too inhumane?"
She didn't forget to point at her injured foot.
Huo Linsheng said, "I delayed my working time to send Secretary Ling to the hospital and accompany her to have dinner. Shouldn't Secretary Ling compensate for that?"
Ling Nuan: "?"
It made so much sense.
Huo Linsheng added, "Moreover, didn't Secretary Ling say that she wanted to please the leader and do more work? I believe Secretary Ling must be very willing to work overtime with me."
Ling Nuan was speechless.
Which worker liked to work overtime?
Even if the person sitting opposite was a male god, it wouldn't work.
Ling Nuan struggled, "Mr. Huo, I'm still on my probation. I'm not capable of handling this kind of work yet."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. It's just simple sorting," Huo Linsheng replied. Then he began to draw a pie for Ling Nuan. "You can get in touch with this kind of work during your probation, which will be very helpful for your future promotion. Secretary Ling has always been very motivated, right?"
Ling Nuan was speechless.
She had to bear the excuses she made herself.
Ling Nuan was forced to work overtime.
She was in pain but also a bit happy.
For every document she read, she cursed Huo Linsheng in her mind and wished that he would be impotent!
For every line of words she typed, she cursed Huo Linsheng in her mind and wished that he would be childless!
She managed to persevere for more than two hours of continuous work by cursing Huo Linsheng. After finishing the last document, Ling Nuan couldn't help but stretch.
Out of the corner of her eye, she accidentally glanced at Huo Linsheng and couldn't help but be stunned.
Huo Linsheng looked extremely tired. He was lying on the sofa and had fallen asleep. His eyebrows were still furrowed, as if he had encountered something troubling.
At this moment, Ling Nuan actually felt a bit of guilt.
Ling Nuan had been paying attention to Huo Linsheng's business trip. For the listing of the new company, he had to find out the reasons and build connections. In the past few days, Huo Linsheng didn't even have time to rest, and there were continuous dinner parties. He finally came back but was calculated by her. He had to deal with the trivial matters in the company and accompany her to the hospital...
Maybe the air conditioner was set too low, and the place where Huo Linsheng was lying was right in front of the air outlet. He subconsciously curled up.
Ling Nuan was feeling the most guilty at this time. Seeing this, she quickly grabbed a blanket. Despite her injury, she hopped on one foot to cover Huo Linsheng with the blanket.
After covering the blanket, she suddenly had a cramp in her foot, and she fell directly into Huo Linsheng's arms.
When Ling Nuan looked up, she happened to meet Huo Linsheng's opened eyes.
Ling Nuan: "..."
"Secretary Ling, even in this situation, you still remember to throw yourself into my arms," Huo Linsheng joked.
Ling Nuan held the blanket, trying to make it more noticeable. "Mr. Huo, if I say this was really an accident, would you believe me?"
Huo Linsheng looked at the blanket and suddenly realized, "Secretary Ling is really smart. You even know how to find a good excuse."
Ling Nuan fell silent.
Why did she feel sorry for this damned capitalist?
What on earth was she thinking?
Ling Nuan refused to talk to Huo Linsheng and just wanted to get up quickly. However, the cramp in her foot didn't go away immediately. As soon as she propped herself up on the sofa, her foot lost strength, and she fell into Huo Linsheng's arms again.
It was like a second bloom.
Huo Linsheng couldn't help but laugh.
Ling Nuan was almost crazy with anger. "I have a cramp in my foot!"
Huo Linsheng was extremely amused. "One foot is swollen, and the other has a cramp. Ling Nuan, you're really good at causing trouble."
Although he said so, Huo Linsheng still hugged Ling Nuan and put her aside.
"Do you need me to call a doctor?" Huo Linsheng asked.
Ling Nuan shook her head. "It's probably because I've been sitting still. Just let me take a break for a while."
After saying that, Ling Nuan quietly glanced at Huo Linsheng, cleared her throat, and said seriously for the first time, "Thank you."
After all the joking around, she hadn't seriously said thank you until now.
Huo Linsheng was a bit surprised and joked, "It's not easy."
Ling Nuan said seriously, "One thing is one thing. I'll remember what you've done for me."
Huo Linsheng didn't understand Ling Nuan's concern. He followed her words and asked, "How many times do you have to owe me? How are you going to thank me?"
Ling Nuan immediately took the opportunity. "I can marry you, Mr. Huo."
She was so coquettish that it was almost dripping.
Huo Linsheng pushed the approaching Ling Nuan away expressionlessly.
"Accompany me to a gathering," Huo Linsheng said.
"Sure," Ling Nuan replied readily.
Huo Linsheng smiled faintly and added, "Shen Shaoqing and Huo Xiao will both be at this gathering."