HCB Chapter 104 How Grudge-Holding Are Jealous Girls?
Chapter 104 How Grudge-Holding Are Jealous Girls?
The next day, Cheng Ning did not get up early as usual, just like the previous days.
Lu Ran got up at seven o'clock, used his key to open Cheng Ning's door, went inside, and walked lightly to Cheng Ning's room. He gently pushed open the door and saw Cheng Ning fast asleep.
Lu Ran didn't disturb them. He closed the door, went out to buy groceries, and prepared breakfast.
He bought some whole wheat bread, lettuce, cucumbers, and tomatoes. He took out slices of ham from the kitchen freezer, fried two eggs, and finally heated up the milk he had bought.
A nutritious breakfast is now ready.
Lu Ran carried breakfast out of the kitchen, just as Cheng Ning got up and came out of her room.
"You're up?"
"Go wash up, breakfast is ready."
Cheng Ning's heart skipped a beat when she saw the books on the sofa being placed on the table.
He watched Lu Ran's expression nervously.
"I... I forgot to set my alarm, so..."
"Okay, go wash your face and brush your teeth, then have breakfast."
"oh oh."
Cheng Ning, unsure whether Lu Ran had noticed, nervously went into the bathroom to wash up.
After washing up, Lu Ran pulled me to sit down on the sofa.
"Here, I made you a nutritious breakfast especially for you. Try it and see how it tastes!"
Cheng Ning wanted to ask something, but Lu Ran had already brought the bread to her mouth, so she had no choice but to open her mouth and take a bite.
"How is it?"
"Mmm, delicious."
"Then finish your meal, and there's milk to drink with it."
"oh."
Cheng Ning ate her bread and drank the milk Lu Ran handed her, then asked, "And what about you?"
Lu Ran smiled and said, "I've already eaten."
After Cheng Ning finished eating, Lu Ran went to find some eye drops to relieve eye fatigue and personally applied them to Cheng Ning.
Then he gave Cheng Ning a head massage.
"Go to bed earlier in the future, and don't use your eyes for too long. Make sure to get some rest."
Cheng Ning shuddered, rubbing her fingers and clutching her clothes: "I... I went to bed early, and I... I got some rest."
Lu Ran stopped massaging.
He casually picked up a book from the table behind the sofa.
"You've read quite a wide range of knowledge. How to make employees feel a sense of belonging to the company? You buy books every day, at least a dozen, and you've finished reading them all in just a few days?"
Cheng Ning was so nervous that her hands were rubbing together until they were bloodless.
Lu Ran silently grabbed her hand and pried her fingers apart.
"Just speak properly, why are you so nervous?"
Cheng Ning said weakly, "I...I only watched a little bit."
Lu Ran frowned: "I didn't get back until 11 p.m. last night. I was thinking of getting some fruit from you, and I happened to see that your room was still lit up."
"I have good hearing, so even when you speak very softly, I can hear you reading aloud."
"You, who rarely wear makeup, have suddenly started wearing it these past few days. Is it to hide the fatigue from staying up late reading, so I won't find out?"
"I certainly support your desire to learn how to manage a company, but you need to take care of yourself. Your health is a million times more important than whether the company makes money or not."
"If asking you for help will make you this tired, I'd rather find someone else to do it."
After Lu Ran finished speaking, he got up and prepared to leave so that Cheng Ning could think about it herself.
However, as soon as Lu Ran stood up and turned his back, a hand grabbed the hem of his clothes at the lower back.
Cheng Ning pursed her lips tightly, not daring to speak. She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, she would burst into tears. Lu Ran didn't like her crying, and if she cried now, Lu Ran would definitely be even angrier.
She could only hold onto Lu Ran's clothes to prevent him from leaving.
Lu Ran turned around, sat down next to Cheng Ning again, and said with a gentle smile, "I'm not angry. I just want you to sort things out and figure out what's important and what's secondary."
"I...I want to help you." Cheng Ning's voice was trembling with tears and fear.
"I know, but you need to be careful. You're risking your life like this. What can I do besides telling you not to get involved?"
"You're usually so well-behaved, but when you get stubborn, you're like a bull that you can't be pulled back."
After a few minutes of silence, Cheng Ning said softly, "I don't want to drift further and further away from you."
"You're making progress, Hu Wen is making progress, your secretary surnamed Liu is also very capable, and Xiao Yan is even more capable."
"Everyone is so amazing, but I... I'm like a bird that can't fly, watching you soar higher and higher, worried that one day you'll forget to fly back, and then I'll never find you again."
Lu Ran felt as if he had been struck a heavy blow; he thought he understood Cheng Ning's inner vulnerability.
Unexpectedly, this vulnerability would cause such anxiety and trepidation.
Lu Ran pulled Cheng Ning into his arms and let her rest her head on his shoulder.
"From now on, you can't read for more than three hours a day. You have to stop and rest after every hour."
"Um."
"No staying up late at night is allowed. That's the bottom line, or I'll really get angry."
"Um."
"If you want to read at night, turn on the light. Your lousy desk lamp is so dim, it's hardly good for your eyes."
"It works great, and it doesn't break."
"Um?"
"Oh, no need, just turn on the light."
"I asked Hu Wen to do things for me mainly because she's your classmate, and secondly because she's very meticulous. I didn't mean anything by it."
Cheng Ning said softly, "I know."
"Also, Liu Nini can only be considered an assistant at most, not a secretary."
Cheng Ning pursed her lips: "Aren't they the same?"
"How are they the same? The secretary is with the boss every day. I just ask her to do things for me. At most, she's an employee. Strictly speaking, she can't even be called an assistant."
Cheng Ning was silent for a few seconds, then mumbled indistinctly, "She's so beautiful..."
Lu Ran didn't hear clearly after that, and looked down at her with amusement.
"So that's why you're crying?"
Cheng Ning blushed.
"I am not."
It's no wonder Cheng Ning cares so much about Liu Nini; as a woman herself, how could she not sense Liu Nini's attitude towards Lu Ran?
Men might not notice some small details, but women are very sensitive and can sense them immediately.
For example, when Lu Ran was thirsty while reading documents at the factory, she wasn't the only one who noticed this detail; Liu Nini also prepared to get water before Lu Ran spoke up.
Cheng Ning was simply one step ahead.
Not to mention that Lu Ran's first name to call out was Liu Nini, something Cheng Ning still thinks about to this day.
"Alright, I'll transfer her to Lao Bai's side tomorrow. Let's just let her go; after all, she's been working hard."
Lu Ran naturally had no idea that Cheng Ning would think so much, and he had no idea that Cheng Ning would remember him so much just because he asked Liu Nini to pour him a glass of water that day.
Lu Ran's current thought is that since Cheng Ning thinks he has found her a secretary, he should transfer her away to stop the girl from overthinking all the time.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Ning quickly said, "No."
If that's the case, then what will she become? There will definitely be more men around Lu Ran in the future, and there will be no shortage of people who have feelings for Lu Ran.
If everyone is like this, what will others think of her, what will they think of Lu Ran?
She was just a little jealous, not to that extent, and she believed in Lu Ran's feelings for her.