Early in the morning.
An Nuan was eating a breakfast that was a bit too nutritious.
While eating, she said, "Uncle Zhong, you don't need to make it so sumptuous. We can add more once there's good news. It's fine."
"No, it's not fine," Uncle Zhong was very serious.
An Nuan frowned.
She thought Ye Jinghuai was stubborn enough already.
But she didn't expect Uncle Zhong to be even more stubborn.
"Actually, pregnancy places high demands on the mother's body. This high demand is not only for the gestation period, but also the preconception period. The healthier the mother's body when she conceives, the better it is for the baby. Ma'am, you should nourish your body well now so that when you do get pregnant, you can give birth to a healthy, chubby child. So please make sure to eat more," Uncle Zhong said solemnly as he bowed deeply to her.
An Nuan felt like she was under a lot of psychological pressure.
When she went to the Ye family, the topic of pregnancy came up as well.
Ye JInghuai was also constantly talking about wanting children.
And now even Uncle Zhong was always trying to nourish her body so that she would get pregnant.
If she didn't get pregnant, she would be letting them all down despite their good intentions.
An Nuan had no choice but to lower her head and eat her breakfast.
She made an effort to eat until she was full before getting up from the table and going to work.
"Ma'am, please be careful. If you do conceive, the fetus will be unstable in the first three months, so you must pay attention," Uncle Zhong reminded her from behind.
"Okay."
"Oh right, ma'am, you must not drink coffee anymore. Coffee is bad for the baby..."
"Okay..."
"Have a safe trip, ma'am," Uncle Zhong said respectfully.
An Nuan felt like she really wanted to escape.
She truly felt the pressure to have a baby was immense.
Sitting in the car,
An Nuan clearly felt that the car's speed was slower than usual.
Although she usually left quite early in the morning and was never late, she still felt something was off.
"Hu Feng, are you driving a bit too slowly?" An Nuan brought it up.
"Uncle Zhong called me early this morning and told me to drive slower. He said you might be pregnant, ma'am." Hu Feng answered honestly.
An Nuan almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
If she wasn't actually pregnant,
she reckoned the most disappointed would be Uncle Zhong.
An Nuan took a deep breath to calm herself down again.
She looked at the familiar streets of Qingcheng.
She had to admit, she suddenly felt a little expectant about getting pregnant.
She suddenly felt a little expectant about the birth of a child.
She suddenly wondered,
who would the child look more like, her or Ye Jinghuai?
Just thinking that she might give birth to a little Ye Jinghuai, her heartbeat would suddenly accelerate.
She maintained her composure.
She quietly imagined all sorts of things about the future.
Ever since she and Ye Jinghuai truly got together, she really looked forward to their days ahead.
The car arrived at An's Group.
As usual, An Nuan opened the car door to get out.
"Ma'am, wait a moment!" Hu Feng hurriedly called out to her.
An Nuan frowned.
In that moment, she saw Hu Feng get out of the driver's seat. He came to An Nuan's door and opened it for her.
An Nuan said plainly, "No need, I can get out myself."
"Uncle Zhong said for the sake of the fetus, it's best if ma'am doesn't exert too much force now."
"..." Damn.
She wasn't even pregnant yet.
An Nuan couldn't take it and strode forward.
Hu Feng hurriedly caught up in a few steps, "Uncle Zhong also said ma'am you shouldn't walk too fast either, otherwise if you fall, that would be even worse."
"Hu Feng, don't say so much," An Nuan said sternly.
Hu Feng shut his mouth.
In fact, not only did Uncle Zhong give instructions.
Master Ye also gave separate instructions.
But Master Ye said to blame it all on Uncle Zhong.
Hu Feng always felt that after Master Ye married Madam, he became more cunning.
An Nuan walked into the office.
Luo Si followed behind and gave a formal report on work matters, "The employees who were interviewed and hired the day before yesterday have all started working normally since yesterday. Boss An, do you want to have a separate meeting with them?"
"No need," An Nuan declined, "Have HR do an evaluation report on the new employees and give me a weekly update, that's fine."
"Yes," Luo Si nodded, "Boss An, you have a monthly operations meeting at 10 AM. It'll probably last around 2 hours. In the afternoon, An's Group is holding a carnival event across all business areas, and today is the opening ceremony. Chairman has asked you to represent him and attend. Several high-level leaders will accompany you, they are..."
Luo Si read out the list of names.
After listening, An Nuan said plainly, "Call Tan Yufei to come along too."
"Yes," Luo Si answered respectfully, "Those are the only two fixed events today. Does Boss An have any other work for me?"
"An's bid for Nanyuan New City was unsuccessful. Looking at our newly won projects, it's clearly not enough, so we need to look for business opportunities to keep An Group occupied. Once we're idle, that represents loss. Give me a list of all ongoing projects under An Group. Then have the Business Development Department and Sales Department gather information on whether Qingcheng or other branches have any projects they're tracking that we can proactively bid on," An Nuan instructed.
"Yes," Luo Si took note.
"Report back to me the day after tomorrow. Can you do that?"
"No problem." Luo Si affirmed.
An Nuan smiled.
Sometimes she really was very happy to have a highly capable secretary who saved her from much trouble.
She said, "That's all for now, you can go about your tasks."
"Will Boss An have black coffee?" Luo Si asked.
The words automatically came from An Nuan's mouth before she paused, "Milk."
Luo Si thought she had misheard and couldn't help but ask, "Coffee with milk added?"
"Just milk."
Luo Si felt Boss An had changed a lot recently.
As expected, Young Master Ye's charm was powerful indeed. Even independent career woman Boss An would be influenced by Young Master Ye.
In Luo Si's mind, all of Boss An's abnormal behavior owed thanks to Ye Jinghuai's credit.
In the morning, An Nuan participated in the operations meeting.
When she returned to the office to go eat lunch in the canteen,
Luo Si walked in holding an exquisite thermal food container, "Boss An, your lunch."
"Mine?" An Nuan was surprised.
She didn't order takeout!
"It was delivered by someone called Uncle Zhong, he asked me to pass it to you."
"...Does it need to be this dramatic?"
Who let Uncle Zhong deliver food!
"Uncle Zhong also said after eating, no need to wash it, just let Hu Feng bring it back after work for him to handle."
"Mm." An Nuan acknowledged.
Luo Si respectfully placed the food before her.
As she left, she couldn't help but ask, "Boss An, are you pregnant?"
The more she thought about it, the more suspicious things seemed.
Drinking milk instead of coffee.
The house steward even specially delivered nutritious meals for lunch.
If she wasn't pregnant, then what else could it be?!
"Don't talk nonsense!" An Nuan was clearly somewhat agitated, "It's nothing."
"Then you must be trying to conceive."
An Nuan looked at Luo Si.
"I guessed right?!" Luo Si sounded a little excited.
When An Nuan first met Luo Si, she felt Luo Si was rigid and by-the-book in handling work but was careful and prudent. After working with her for a period of time now, how come An Nuan felt Luo Si had become much livelier!
"Secretary Luo, aren't you single? How do you know so much about this?!" An Nuan's brows rose slightly, "Are you dating?!"
With An Nuan's words,
Luo Si's face flushed red.
