The person outside turned the doorknob.
But when they tried to push the door open, they clearly felt resistance.
Ling Nuan felt the resistance from behind and was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
She pushed Huo Linsheng.
But she couldn't move him.
Huo Linsheng continued the kiss.顺势, he pushed the door shut with his hand and quickly locked it.
Ling Nuan was stunned.
Wasn't this clearly telling others that there was someone inside and that something shady was going on?
Ling Nuan struggled even more violently. Huo Linsheng bit her lips as punishment and warned in a low voice, "If you keep moving, the people outside will know who's inside."
Ling Nuan: "..."
Suddenly, she became as quiet as a mouse.
Huo Linsheng laughed softly and continued to savor his dessert.
Lin Lan and another female colleague standing at the door were completely dumbfounded.
They could open the door the first time, but when they turned the doorknob the second time, it was clearly locked from the inside.
"Who's in there?" Lin Lan asked in a low voice.
The other woman shook her head. "Let's go back quickly."
Sometimes, you can't just casually gossip.
The two exchanged a look and quickly left this place full of drama.
Although they left, when they returned to the work area, they still couldn't help but observe the people around them. There were only a few people on the top floor, and most of them were at their posts. And the one who wasn't at the post now was -
Ling Nuan.
Wait, it seemed that Assistant Fang hadn't come back either?
The two looked at each other, their expressions full of shock. They both felt as if they had discovered some huge secret.
Huo Linsheng had no idea that he was perfectly invisible in this gossip.
He pinched Ling Nuan's cheek and said, "Don't have any private contact with Shen Shaoqing."
Ling Nuan was still a bit dazed.
"What?"
"Don't cross the line with him," Huo Linsheng added.
Ling Nuan blinked at Huo Linsheng, looking confused.
"Remember?" Huo Linsheng asked her, his fingertips pinching her chin as if to imply that if she didn't remember, he would kiss her again.
Ling Nuan quickly nodded. "Remembered."
Seeing this, Huo Linsheng let go.
Then he smoothed out the clothes that Ling Nuan had wrinkled and left as if nothing had happened, looking every bit the gentleman.
After he left, Ling Nuan took out her phone and checked herself. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were dazed, and her lips clearly showed that they had just been ravaged. How could she go out?
Ling Nuan cursed Huo Linsheng in her heart for a long time. Then she left the tea room and went to the restroom to fix herself up.
Two or three days later, Ling Nuan finally understood what Huo Linsheng had meant by those words in the tea room.
Even though he knew that Shen Shaoqing still had feelings for Ling Nuan, Huo Linsheng finally agreed to let Ling Nuan be in charge of contacting Qingnuan Technology.
When Ling Nuan got the news, she immediately went to Huo Linsheng's office.
"Mr. Huo," Ling Nuan walked up to Huo Linsheng, smiling as sweetly as she could.
Huo Linsheng glanced at her and said coldly, "It's working hours, Secretary Ling. Behave yourself."
Hearing this, Ling Nuan cleared her throat and put on a serious and professional look. Then she bowed 90 degrees to Huo Linsheng. "Thank you, Mr. Huo, for your trust in me and for giving me such an important task!"
Although he had done as he promised, Huo Linsheng wasn't really happy.
Ling Nuan偷偷 glanced at him and then smiled again. "Mr. Huo, am I being very obedient and well - behaved?"
"Are you being sarcastic?" Huo Linsheng replied.
Ling Nuan protested. "Mr. Huo, you can't just slander me. How am I being sarcastic? Where have I been disobedient?"
Huo Linsheng put the document in his hand on the table, his gaze falling on her. He frowned and said, "During working hours, keep work and personal matters separate. Have you forgotten, Secretary Ling?"
Ling Nuan: "?"
"Your behavior doesn't seem obedient or well - behaved at all," Huo Linsheng commented mercilessly.
Ling Nuan felt that it was thanks to her good physical condition that she didn't vomit blood out of anger.
This was something from ages ago. Why was he still bringing it up?
Ling Nuan forced a smile. "Mr. Huo, it wasn't me who made the first move, right?"
Who was it that had pulled her into the office to kiss her and even made her report work while kissing?
Report his father's work.
Huo Linsheng said confidently, "Am I the patron or are you?"
Ling Nuan nodded. "Understood. The officials can do as they please while the commoners are forbidden to act."
Huo Linsheng wasn't ashamed at all. He replied, "No?"
"Sure, you're amazing," Ling Nuan replied with a fake smile.
She thought she must be crazy. Knowing that Huo Linsheng had been acting strange these days, she still went to him and got scolded.
"Mr. Huo, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first. I won't disturb your work," Ling Nuan chose to run away.
Huo Linsheng just let out a soft "hmm".
Ling Nuan ran away quickly.
Huo Linsheng watched her go and laughed out of anger. He cursed under his breath, "She's so heartless. She uses me and then dumps me."
Ling Nuan didn't care about this.
Although she had a backup plan, even if she wasn't directly involved in the cooperation with Qingnuan, she still had ways to deal with Shen Shaoqing.
But if she could be directly involved, then what she wanted to do would go much more smoothly.
She still had to thank the patron.
For the next period of time, Ling Nuan's life was quite comfortable.
Huo Xiao was still in the hospital for prenatal care.
Qi Yang and Zhao Leli's incident had really angered Huo Xiao. Huo Xiao's mother, Second Aunt Huo, couldn't sit still either. Now she was personally watching over her in the hospital, so Huo Xiao had finally calmed down.
With her mother - in - law in the hospital, Shen Shaoqing naturally had to go to the hospital to show his concern.
Ling Nuan didn't have to see that unlucky Shen Shaoqing, and her plan to deal with Qingnuan was proceeding as she had planned.
The only drawback was that Huo Linsheng would occasionally make sarcastic remarks to her, and their intimate moments were more frequent and more intense than before.
Other than that, everything was still pretty good.
But things could never go smoothly all the time.
...
Ling Nuan received a call from Sister Li at noon.
"Miss Ling, your uncle and aunt are here," Sister Li said in a worried tone.
As soon as Ling Nuan heard about these two people, she was surprised. "What are they doing here? How dare they come?"
With Xun Cong around, Xun Yao and Zhao Shuting should be afraid to cause trouble.
Sister Li sounded even more worried. "This time, they didn't come on their own. It was... it was the old lady who called them over."
"Grandma?" Ling Nuan was shocked, but then she quickly realized.
Grandma's memory was confused. She had forgotten that Ling's mother had passed away, so it was natural that she might have forgotten what Xun Yao's couple had done.
Before Ling's mother's accident, their family had gotten along quite well.
"How's Grandma now?" Ling Nuan asked with concern.
Sister Li stood in the corner, looking at the happy scene in the living room. Her tone was strange. "They've made the old lady very happy."
Ling Nuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Li, please keep an eye on them for me. I'll go there after work," Ling Nuan instructed.
After becoming a full - time employee, Ling Nuan's work had been on track. She was very busy and couldn't just take a leave of absence every time there was something wrong with Grandma.
However, because she was worried about Grandma, she left work as soon as it was time.
Just as she was leaving, she happened to meet Zhao Ran.
"Nuan Nuan, there's a plan here that we need to confirm. You..."
"Sister Zhao, I'm leaving work first. You can decide," Ling Nuan said and then left.
Zhao Ran watched Ling Nuan's departing back and then looked at the plan in her hand. Suddenly, she smiled.
She had been worrying about not having a chance to act.