Ye Jinghuai carried the basin of warm water to the bathroom.
Uncle Zhong also brought bird's nest in at this moment.
An Nuan ate up the bird's nest in big mouthfuls, and was just about to go to bed when the phone suddenly rang.
She took a look at the incoming call.
Seeing Ye Jinghuai come out from the bathroom at this moment.
Hearing the sound of her phone call, his face changed noticeably, "Who's looking for you this late?"
"Nan Chen," An Nuan said.
Ye Jinghuai's eyebrow furrowed.
"I'm going out to the balcony to take the call," she said, then directly went towards the outer balcony.
Ye Jinghuai pressed his lips together.
Ultimately, he chose not to mind.
On the balcony.
An Nuan answered the phone, "Nan Chen."
"Asleep yet?"
"Thanks to Ye Jinghuai, not yet," An Nuan replied with some helplessness.
If it wasn't for Ye Jinghuai making such a fuss, she should be asleep by now.
"So I didn't interrupt anything between you two?" Xiao Nan Chen asked hurriedly.
It was clearly a misunderstanding.
An Nuan felt very uneasy, she explained, "It's not what you think."
"What is it that I think?" Xiao Nan Chen even laughed.
Clearly not someone who likes joking around, yet now obviously teasing.
"Anyway, it's not what you're thinking right now," An Nuan didn't want to explain, feeling that the more she explained the worse it would seem. She directly changed the topic, "It's so late, why are you looking for me?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Qi Qi," Nan Chen said.
"Go ahead," she said. She also felt she should have a good talk with Nan Chen about Qi Qi.
"I met Qi Qi's father tonight. He really hopes Qi Qi will go work at Xia Bank. But Qi Qi doesn't listen to him much. I figured that in this world, other than Nie Ziming, she probably listens to your words the most. Could you try persuading Qi Qi to go work at Xia Bank?" Nan Chen asked.
"Why do you want Qi Qi to go work?" An Nuan asked back.
"Qi Qi is the Xia family's only daughter. Xia Bank will eventually be hers. If she doesn't get used to it now, how will she be able to take over smoothly in the future?"
"What you're worried about probably isn't just that Qi Qi won't be able to take over Xia Bank. What you're more worried about is Nie Ziming taking over Xia Bank for himself, right?" An Nuan brought the words out into the open.
Xiao Nan Chen was clearly somewhat stunned.
He probably didn't expect her to have this idea.
"Why don't you tell Qi Qi?" An Nuan asked Xiao Nan Chen.
The reason why she hadn't interfered in their matters was because she wanted to respect Xiao Nan Chen's choices.
Moreover, Xiao Nan Chen was indeed protecting Qi Qi, protecting her in the biggest way possible, without letting her get hurt one tiny bit.
This kind of excessive protection meant taking all of the hurt onto himself.
He had really borne all of it.
"Do you know something?" Xiao Nan Chen asked An Nuan.
"Everything you know, I know too," An Nuan replied.
Xiao Nan Chen still kept silent for a very long time.
He thought this matter was only known to him.
Was it because An Nuan knew too, that's why she was unconditionally standing by his side like this?
"Actually, you can consider telling Qi Qi everything. She probably isn't as fragile as you think," An Nuan suggested.
"If I say, I want Qi Qi to like me first before telling her, would you think I'm overconfident?" Xiao Nan Chen suddenly asked.
An Nuan laughed softly, "No."
"Qi Qi has always felt Nie Ziming was the best to her. She hates her father, she hates me. She finally has a man she likes. I don't want her to know she's just been deceived by this man from beginning to end. But if one day she likes me, she won't feel like the whole world has hurt her." Xiao Nan Chen explained.
An Nuan knew.
That was what he was thinking.
So.
When would Qi Qi finally discover Xiao Nan Chen's goodness?
When would Qi Qi finally like Xiao Nan Chen?!
In her past life, it really was only at Qi Qi's moment of death when she saw the text on her phone that she knew Qi Qi actually liked Xiao Nan Chen.
"Nie Ziming really has ulterior motives, but for now I can't do anything to him either. The more miserable Nie Ziming is to Qi Qi, the less she can let go. For now I just hope Qi Qi can rein herself in a bit and put some of her life's focus into work. One day she'll take over Xia Bank after all."
"Never considered helping her manage it?" An Nuan asked.
"Not for now," Xiao Nan Chen said. "If I go to Xia Bank now she'll think I'm after her family assets."
"Nan Chen, I really don't know what to say about you." An Nuan sighed deeply. She really felt deep heartache for Xiao Nan Chen.
She even felt an urge to drag Qi Qi out for a beating, for being blind to the man who loved her most?!
"So I'll have to trouble you," Xiao Nan Chen didn't seem to mind too much.
Being good to Qi Qi was like an instinctive sort of goodness.
Just instinctively being so good to her.
Just how much love did it take to love to such... selfless degree?
When she loved Gu Yansheng, she had at least considered what was in it for her.
At least it was because Gu Yansheng had at least treated her well on the surface.
How could anyone be silly like Xiao Nan Chen?
She said, "I'll do my best to advise Qi Qi, but with her personality, getting her to work will probably just be three days fishing, two days drying nets."
"Still better than drinking and partying at nightclubs every day."
"She still goes to nightclubs frequently?" An Nuan frowned.
"About the same."
"Went today too?" An Nuan couldn't help asking.
"Mm."
An Nuan was truly furious.
Qi Qi had left the banquet early on. She had finally compromised to leave together with Xiao Nan Chen, yet unexpectedly they had parted ways after leaving together. How was that any different from her leaving alone?
"Still not back?" An Nuan felt a little angry.
"Not yet... seems to be back now," Xiao Nan Chen paused briefly then said, "I hear the sound of the door opening."
"Alright, I know what you said today. I'll advise her properly tomorrow. You should rest early too."
"Thanks for the trouble."
Xiao Nan Chen was always very polite and gracious.
"No problem. Good night."
"Good night."
Xiao Nan Chen hung up.
He also didn't get up to check on Qi Qi.
After all with his disabled legs, getting in and out of bed was difficult.
And these days Qi Qi came back this late almost every night, so he was used to it.
At this moment he had even switched off the lights in the room, and lay straight down.
Eyes closed.
The surroundings were quiet all around.
Until.
The room door was suddenly shoved open with force.
Then in the darkness could be seen a figure, rushing straight onto his bed.
Really rushing right up.
Onto Xiao Nan Chen.
Xiao Nan Chen pressed his lips together.
At that moment, apart from some sudden pain, there was also the smell of alcohol, very strong.
So Qi Qi tonight was drunk?
Right.
If not drunk, how would she possibly have come into his room?
