Seeing the familiar avatar light up, Ning Anmiao's eyes brightened and she immediately clicked on it.
Yan: [Miaomiao, I'll be back in China next week. We can finally meet!]
Yan: [Will you be available to pick me up at the airport then? I can't wait to see you, the talented girl, as soon as I get off the plane!]
Yan: [Let's set a time then and invite your husband to have a meal together.]
Yan: [Well, it's getting late. I'll go to sleep first. See you in Shanghai!]
...
Looking at Yin Yiyan's messages one by one, Ning Anmiao's eyebrows and eyes softened.
Yin Yiyan was a well - known beautiful fashion designer in the industry. She had become quite famous in the domestic market in the past two years and expanded to the overseas market at the beginning of this year. She had been shuttling between China and other countries all year long.
The two of them got to know each other through an online design competition. Later, they chatted more and more and became very close.
Not long ago, disappointed with her marriage, Ning Anmiao took the initiative to tell Yin Yiyan that she wanted to get a divorce and focus on her career instead.
Yin Yiyan was satisfied with her choice. "You should have dumped your irresponsible husband long ago. After I get back, we'll cooperate and make your husband regret it!"
Ning Anmiao was dumbfounded and burst into laughter at that time.
She stared blankly at the computer screen for a while. Suddenly, she jolted and reread Yin Yiyan's messages.
[Will you be available to pick me up at the airport then?]
Available my foot!
Ning Anmiao was in a complicated mood. How could she pick up Yin Yiyan now?
If it were someone else, she could have asked Lu Yan to go in her body to deal with it. But this was Yin Yiyan, her bosom friend on the Internet. It was not easy to fool her.
After hesitating for a moment, she replied.
[I'm currently dealing with the divorce with my husband. It'll take some time, so I can't pick you up. I'm sorry, Yanyan. (Crying)]
[I'll meet you after I'm done with the divorce procedures.]
Seeing that the other party didn't reply, Ning Anmiao guessed that she had fallen asleep. She sighed and turned off the computer.
This damned body swap!
It had completely disrupted her original plan!
Ning Anmiao pursed her lips. She was helpless but could only get up, turn off the light, and leave the study.
---
Looking at the empty living room, Ning Anmiao guessed that Lu Yan had gone to sleep. Yawning, she pushed open the bedroom door.
A night - light was on in the room, emitting a warm yellow light.
There was an extra person in the bed.
When she saw the person in the bed, Ning Anmiao frowned immediately. "Who allowed you to come in and sleep?"
The person in the bed didn't answer her.
"Lu Yan, stop pretending to be asleep." Ning Anmiao walked over angrily and was about to lift the quilt. However, the other person turned over and pressed the quilt tighter.
Ning Anmiao was almost amused by anger.
"Lu Yan, go back to your room." Ning Anmiao put her hands on her hips and said seriously, "If you keep pretending, I'll throw you out of the room with the quilt."
Since she was in Lu Yan's body now, she could handle such a small thing.
As soon as she finished speaking, the person in the bed moved and then got up lazily, looking sleepy. "Miaomiao, are you done?"
It seemed as if he hadn't heard anything just now.
Ning Anmiao took a deep breath. "Yes, I'm going to sleep. Please leave."
Lu Yan rubbed his eyes. His voice still sounded sleepy. "Why should I leave?"
"Miaomiao, this is our room."
Look, he was starting to act like a rascal.
Seeing that she was about to drive him away, Lu Yan said unhurriedly, "Last night, I let you sleep in the car for a long time. I didn't even have the heart to wake you up."
"But as soon as you're done, you wake me up."
His tone was calm. He didn't blame her at all, but his words were full of hints. "People should treat each other equally. Don't you think so? Hmm?"
Ning Anmiao: ...
He was really a genius with strange logic.
Seeing that she didn't refute him, Lu Yan cleared his throat. "Grandpa just called you. He heard that we bought new furniture at home and asked if you were going to entertain guests."
"The old man is not young anymore. Do you still want to make him sad?"
"Oh, by the way, it'll be the weekend soon. Do you remember what you promised him the last time we visited him?"
"You promised to visit him once a week. Don't forget."
"If you really forget, the old man will be heart - broken."
Lu Yan said it casually, but one sentence after another left Ning Anmiao no time to react.
"Okay, we have to get up early for work tomorrow. Go to sleep quickly."
After saying that, Lu Yan lay down again.
Ning Anmiao was left standing there, feeling at a loss.
She realized that she couldn't reason with Lu Yan.
Lu Yan, who was proficient in business negotiations and could handle himself well at banquets, was obviously much more sophisticated than her.
Ning Anmiao had no choice but to compromise.
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The next day.
As soon as she arrived at the company, the secretary came directly to report an astonishing piece of news.
Yunyan was going to take the initiative to cooperate with Xinghe on the exclusive script that they had bought out before. The two companies would jointly complete the shooting and split the profits equally.
This was almost like money falling from the sky.
"General Manager Lu, General Manager Lin has been competing with our company for several years. Why is she suddenly doing this? Has she... had a conscience?"
After the secretary finished reporting, she still felt unsure.
It wasn't that they were maliciously speculating, but this cooperation came too suddenly.
There wasn't even a hint of it.
"Lu Yan" and "Ning Anmiao" glanced at each other. Then "Lu Yan" pursed her lips. "Okay, I see."
"You can go and get back to work first."
Obviously, this matter needed to be discussed with Lu Yan.
After the secretary left, Ning Anmiao immediately looked at Lu Yan. "What did you two talk about yesterday?"
She remembered that she had gone to the restroom and when she came back, the three of them hadn't talked about anything else.
Ning Anmiao's intuition told her that they must have talked about something at that time.
"Don't tell me you used my body to talk to Lin Chuluo about cooperation?" Ning Anmiao hesitated and voiced her thoughts. "You're wrong to do this."
Lu Yan squinted his eyes and looked at Ning Anmiao for a few seconds. He replied expressionlessly, "Miaomiao, do you think I'm that kind of person?"
"You're my wife. Do you think I'd let you trade on your looks just for a cooperation that wasn't even in Xinghe's plan?"
Ning Anmiao pursed her lips and didn't say a word.
If they hadn't talked about something at that time, she really couldn't figure out Lin Chuluo's intention.
It seemed like Lin Chuluo was just giving this opportunity to Xinghe.
"This matter needs further discussion. Xinghe may not necessarily need to cooperate with Yunyan this time."
Lu Yan said meaningfully, "Sometimes, what falls from the sky may not be a windfall."
"Don't think too much. I'll figure out a way to handle it. You go and do your own work first."
His words clearly indicated that he didn't want Ning Anmiao to interfere anymore.
She had no choice but to sigh.
Their matter involved the interests of two major companies. She really couldn't get involved.