Jiang Yuyan was standing by the window of her office when Xiao Min knocked on the door and entered with the schedule of the entire day for President Lu. 

Seeing her by the window surprised Xiao Min as she always preferred to start her work the moment she entered the office. Seeing her dazed and looking outside of the window blankly that she didn't even notice Xiao Min's presence which meant she was troubled with something. 

"Boss!"

Jiang Yuyan looked at him, and he said, "Is there anything wrong?"

Jiang Yuyan shook her head and sat in her chair as she waited for him to start his work. 

Instead of explaining the schedule, Xiao Min said, "Boss can tell me if something is bothering her."

Jiang Yuyan, who was calm, stared at him for a while and said, "Soon you would be too busy with your troubles to listen to mine."

Xiao Min didn't understand what she meant, but as she returned to her savage form, that means she was normal. 

"Whatever happens with me, I'll always be there to share my boss's troubles," he said and held the tablet up to look into it as Jiang Yuyan waited to hear it. 

"We have a meeting at ten-thirty, which might last for half an hour. After that, there is no meeting before lunch. At two o'clock, Ms. Song Meilin had scheduled an appointment with the boss. Later….."

"At two clock, the time of your troubles will start," Jiang Yuyan interrupted him.

Feeling puzzled, he looked at his boss, "Is there anything important that I have to do once Ms. Song is here?"

"You will know by then," she said and looked into the laptop screen. 

Xiao Min didn't ask much but hearing Song Meilin's name reminded him of a certain someone, and he frowned. "It's better he is not here."

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During the meeting, finally, Lu Lijun and Jiang Yuyan came across each other, but as usual, both treated each other professionally. During the meeting, their sights met, but it held no meaning other than just work. 

Jiang Yuyan was thankful for his professional behavior, unlike how he acted before coming to the office or didn't how she would have stopped coming here. 

Though she was relieved in the office, she was anxious about what he would do once the office hours were over. Pressing her temples, she sat in the chair, thinking about what to do.

"Should I not go home for a few days? Should I go to Jiang residence….but mother will start pestering me for marriage…. Yeah, I should go to my home, and he won't know where I went….." Just as she thought she found a solution, she paused and remembered Lu Lijun's threat of going to the police to file a missing report of his wife, "Argh….that kid….what should I do?" She felt like banging her head on the table. 

Inhaling deeply to calm herself down, she leaned back in her chair and frowned, "Why am I scared of him? Just as she thought, she denied her previous thought as she chuckled, "Scared? My ass!.. Why would I be scared of him?" She asked to herself and thought about the 'why'. 

The next moment the memory of what he did with her in the car flashed in her mind, and her heart raced faster. She stood up and went to the window to give a thought about it while staring outside. In the morning, when she arrived at the office, she was puzzled by the same thing. 

'I was wrong. I am not scared of him. I am scared of…..'

Knock! Knock!

The sudden knocking on the door disturbed her, and the receptionist entered the office. "President Lu, Ms. Song is here."

Jiang Yuyan nodded and sat back in her chair. 

Song Meiling entered Jiang Yuyan's office as assistant Shen Li followed her. 

They greeted each other, and the two sat in the chair opposite Jiang Yuyan. They discussed the project. Shen Li was the one leading it, and for that, he had to go to another city for the past few months.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Xiao Min, who was busy with some other important work, entered the office not knowing someone unexpected was there too. 

He greeted Song Meiling and Shen Li. He tried his best not to show he was even surprised to see Shen Li and acted as if Shen Li was no one special. Even Shen Li, too, didn't show anything on his face.

They discussed further things, and Jiang Yuyan looked at Shen Li. "Assistant Li can discuss the remaining things with my assistant."

Shen Li nodded while Xiao Min didn't look so happy but had to carry out his work. Shen Li left to go to Xiao Min's office while Song Meilin stayed back. 

"How is Nicky?" Jiang Yuyan asked once they had finished discussing the work. 

"She is fine and doing good with what she had planned," Song Meilin replied. 

"Hope to see her back soon," Jiang commented. 

"She might return soon."

It surprised Jiang Yuyan, and Song Meilin added, "This time when I visited her and asked her to return, she didn't say firm no like before."

"Hmm, then she might return."

The two continued to talk while Xiao Min led Shen Li's way to his office.

Just as Shen Li sat in the chair, Xiao Min started discussing the work, not even asking when Shen Li returned. 

Shen Li didn't mind as they needed to work first. Once they finished discussing, Xiao Min spoke as he closed the file, "Our legal team will contact your legal department, and we can proceed with the next arrangement."

Shen Li nodded and asked, "How have you been?"

Xiao Min put the file aside and replied, "As usual busy with work."

Though they were close to each other, meeting after so long created a distance between them as Xiao Min's stubbornness added to it.

"You didn't ask when I returned."

"I didn't even know when you left."

"It was an emergency, and you were busy with your boss. But I dropped the message," Shen Li countered.

"You are taking me wrong, assistant shen Li. I mean to say, it didn't matter to me when you left, so your return too doesn't concern me."

"Understood!" said Shen Li as he asked, "How about dinner tonight."

"I am busy," said Xiao Min. 

"Hmm," Shen Li stared at him for a while, and Xiao Min felt uneasy. 

"I'll see you out," Xiao Min stood to let Shen Li's way out of his office. 

Shen Li didn't mind it and stood up to leave as he said, "See you."

Xiao Min didn't reply and Shen Li left. The moment his office door was closed, Xiao Min sat back in his chair and pulled out his cellphone. He had so many unread messages from Shen Li and realized he must have messaged him but he didn't read it. He opened the messages and finally saw his note about returning to the city. 

"Why is he back?" Xiao Min frowned and leaned back in chair.

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