"Bedtime story's over. Go to sleep," Lu Yan said. There was no response from the other side of the bed. It seemed as if she was deliberately ignoring him.
He gave a helpless smile.
He guessed that his speech just now would only make Miaomiao think he had ulterior motives.
Actually, he didn't say those things to gain Ning Anmiao's sympathy, nor to salvage their precarious marriage.
He just wanted to get it off his chest, that's all.
Lu Yan didn't mind that she ignored him. After saying that, he got out of bed, poured a glass of warm water for Ning Anmiao and placed it on her bedside table.
"The water's on the bedside table," Lu Yan said calmly, then turned off the light.
The room was quiet for a few seconds. Ning Anmiao couldn't help it and rustled up to feel for the glass on the bedside table. She took a few sips.
Hearing the sound of her drinking water next to him, Lu Yan didn't say a word, but just silently curved his lips.
He knew this was her little habit.
Although there was a chance of swelling the next day if she drank water before going to bed, she wouldn't be able to fall asleep all night if she didn't drink some warm water.
He didn't know when she'd developed this habit.
Lu Yan had known about this little habit of hers a long time ago, so he would habitually prepare a glass of water for her at night.
Ning Anmiao was already used to this and didn't find it anything special.
But now, she suddenly realized that after she divorced Lu Yan, no one would do this for her anymore.
For no reason, a hint of loss welled up in her heart.
She belatedly realized that actually Lu Yan cared about her.
Although he was always taciturn and cold in attitude, he knew every little detail, such as the fact that she needed to drink warm water before going to bed.
Not only did he know it clearly, but he also took good care of her.
Thinking about this, Ning Anmiao's mind started to get a bit dull. She hesitated about whether to divorce or not.
Not to mention anything else, Lu Yan had always been a good man when it came to taking care of her. Even now that they'd swapped bodies, he'd never changed.
He used to be a considerate man, and now he was like a virtuous "woman".
It was quite fitting.
The thought that suddenly flashed through her mind made Ning Anmiao stunned. Realizing how absurd she was, she couldn't help but let out a soft laugh. She put down the glass and was about to go to sleep.
"What are you laughing at?" Lu Yan suddenly spoke up from the other side. His voice sounded especially clear in the quiet room.
"Nothing," Ning Anmiao touched her nose and casually perfunctorily replied, then got into the quilt.
The warmth in the palm that had just held the glass was gradually fading away. She suddenly felt a bit flustered.
She found that she was still a bit reluctant.
But the words about divorce had already been said. It would seem immature of her to take them back.
Although she knew that she'd never been as mature as Lu Yan.
Nor as sober as him.
She closed her eyes and thought for a long time. In the end, she didn't come up with anything and finally fell into a deep sleep.
Hearing the steady breathing sound beside him, Lu Yan silently let out a sigh of relief.
His emotions had suddenly welled up tonight, and he'd suddenly said so many words to her. Some things shouldn't have been said to her.
However, seeing that she was sleeping peacefully, Lu Yan felt relieved.
As long as he hadn't caused her any psychological burden.
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The next day, the two of them went back to the company as usual, just like any other day.
However, Lu Yan always felt that the looks from the other employees were a bit strange. Those malicious looks made him feel a bit uncomfortable.
It was as if there were ants crawling on him, an indescribable discomfort.
During the lunch break, he casually grabbed an employee, but the other person stammered and dodged his eyes. They didn't answer him directly at all.
The more this happened, the more Lu Yan felt that there was a problem.
He silently returned to his office, picked up his phone and sent a message to his assistant in his usual tone.
[What's been discussed in the company recently? Report it.]
The assistant had been conscientiously organizing documents. Suddenly seeing such a message, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his back.
Everyone had seen the change in "General Manager Lu's" attitude recently. After all, Ning Anmiao wasn't the real Lu Yan. Her in - born amiability couldn't be hidden.
Lu Yan's assistant also thought that his boss had changed his character.
But what bothered him was why the boss in reality and the one on the phone seemed like two different people?
Could it be that General Manager Lu was deliberately showing his amiability to see if there were any employees who were slacking off at work because of this?
Thinking of this, he didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly went out to inquire about the news.
[General Manager Lu, recently everyone has been discussing the design contest between the madam and Miss Jiang last time.]
Seeing the reply, Lu Yan nodded slightly. It was within his expectation.
[There's more.]
His intuition told him that it definitely wasn't just this one thing.
On the other side, seeing the text message from his boss, the assistant's forehead broke out in a bit more sweat.
He hesitated and tremblingly tapped a few times on his phone.
[I don't know who dug out the madam's family background and posted it on the company's forum. Everyone's discussing the madam's background.]
Seeing this reply, Lu Yan's pupils suddenly shrank.
Could it be that someone had dug out Miaomiao's real background?
He immediately opened the internal forum of Star River Capital and immediately saw the content about Ning Anmiao.
Although the click - through rate was very high, there were very few comments below.
Obviously, these employees still valued their jobs and didn't dare to openly discuss the president's wife on the company's forum.
But the person who posted the message obviously didn't care.
What audacity!
Lu Yan sneered and clicked on it.
But the content wasn't what he'd thought. Ning Anmiao's identity as the only daughter of the Ning family didn't appear in the content either.
Instead, it fabricated out of thin air a family whose ancestors had always faced the loess and their backs to the sky, parents who hadn't received much education, and a motivational story of how they'd worked hard to support their daughter through college so that she could make something of herself.
If it weren't for the fact that the protagonist of this story was Ning Anmiao, Lu Yan would have applauded the person who made up the story.
The person who wrote the story seemed to know Ning Anmiao very well. Every word was full of real emotions, as if they wanted the whole world to know how motivational Ning Anmiao was.
However, this so - motivational little girl had chosen to marry Lu Yan, a successful and wealthy man, right after graduation. This ending was a bit thought - provoking.
In today's news, there were many girls who'd come from the countryside and had been blinded by the rich because of their lack of experience.
Obviously, Ning Anmiao seemed to be one of them.
Lu Yan twitched his lips and just found it funny.
Who would believe such rumors?
Well, there really were people who believed them.
He wasn't in a hurry. He placed his fingers on the edge of the table and tapped it irregularly a few times.
[Check the IP address of the poster and locate it.]
Since the person could post information on the internal forum of Star River Capital, they must be an employee within the company.
He was going to see who had the leisure to spread rumors about his wife!