"It turns out you're still a little kid." Ning Zhi smiled, albeit a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth. "This world isn't as simple as you think. People won't just give you candy for free."
Ning Zhi looked at her cleaned arm, which Wu Ming had tidied up for her.
"Thank you." Ning Zhi raised her arm and thanked him.
"I'm not a little kid. I'm already 20." Wu Ming was upset when she called him a little kid. He turned his head away.
But then, as if he had thought of something, he turned back with a mysterious expression.
"Give me your hand."
Seeing his mysterious face, Ning Zhi didn't want to dampen his spirits, so she simply opened her palm and extended it to him.
Wu Ming took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket. "Who said no one would give you candy? I'm here!"
Looking at the candy in her hand and then at his innocent face, she burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, then I'll accept this candy."
The wind blew at the right time, lifting her hair and carrying with it waves of fragrance that blew into his heart.
The sunlight shone on her, and her smile made her look like a beautiful and captivating painting.
Wu Ming was just short of taking his eyes out and gluing them on Ning Zhi.
"That's right." Wu Ming also smiled happily at Ning Zhi. "Smiling more will make you feel better. When you're in a good mood, your body will feel better."
"You certainly have a positive outlook." Ning Zhi tore open the candy wrapper and stuffed it into her mouth. It tasted the same as when she was young.
Suddenly, her phone rang. It was the taxi she had called, and she stood up to leave.
"Thank you for the candy, but I have to go now." Ning Zhi gestured with her phone to indicate that she had to leave.
"What's your name?" Wu Ming mustered up his courage again. "You said last time that you would tell me this time."
"I am Ning Zhi." Ning Zhi put the candy wrapper in her pocket. "I'm leaving."
Watching Ning Zhi's departing figure, Wu Ming gripped his phone tightly. He had yet to exchange contact information.
Li Yan stood in the office building above, witnessing everything. The cup on the table had been thrown to the ground and shattered.
This Ning Zhi was not being nice to him, but she was always smiling at others. She's quite something.
He took out his phone and dialed Ning Zhi's number, only to find that he was blocked. He then tried to call her through WeChat, but the call was hung up.
[What's the matter?] Ning Zhi sent a message.
[Where are you?] Li Yan edited and deleted his message several times, still he did not dare to ask what he wanted to ask.
[I forgot to tell CEO Li that I have a follow-up appointment at the hospital this afternoon. I've already applied for leave from the HR department.]
[Come back to the office.]
Li Yan's last message was like a pebble thrown into the sea, completely without a reply. He angrily flipped his phone over.
Lin Sha pushed the door open and sashayed in.
"It's time for our appointment. Let's go eat." Lin Sha was standing very close to Li Yan, almost leaning against him.
"What are you going to eat?" Li Yan did not want to continue the interaction with Lin Sha in a private place.
"Did you forget? I just had Special Assistant Ning make a reservation at the hotpot restaurant. I also want to taste the flavor of Huaguo hotpot," Lin Sha said. "By the way, you'd better come with me because Auntie Li will be there too."
"You even called my mother?" Li Yan's frown deepened. "Who gave you the right to act on your own?"
"Oh, it wasn't me who invited Auntie Li, it was Auntie Li who asked me out." Lin Sha looked innocent, but how could Li Yan believe her?
"You get ready. I'll meet you in the underground parking lot in ten minutes. We'll go together!" Lin Sha blew a kiss at him and left the office.
The two of them drove to the hotpot restaurant together. As soon as they got out of the car, they saw the bodyguards who had been following Madam Li for years waiting for them at the entrance.
"Young Master, Miss Lin, Madam is waiting for you upstairs." He respectfully greeted them as soon as he saw them get out of the car.
Although Lin Sha smiled on the surface, her eyes kept scanning the environment inside the hotpot restaurant. People were eating and talking happily in the hotpot restaurant. In her eyes, they were all rude and uncivilized. Her disdain was obvious.
However, this disdainful expression vanished when she saw Madam Li.
"Auntie Li, long time no see!" Lin Sha smiled and affectionately took hold of Madam Li's arm.
"Shasha, you've changed so much and become even more beautiful!" Madam Li also liked this prospective daughter-in-law very much and could not stop smiling.
"Mom, why do you want to come here to eat?" Li Yan asked.
Madam Li noticed her son's unhappy face. Although she was unhappy, she could not say anything in front of Lin Sha.