"..."
She knew he didn't mean anything by it, but Zhan Beijue’s words were so harsh!
Zhou Jinbei thought to herself, but didn't dare to say it out loud.
Zhan Beijue pushed her back a step and closed the door.
"That kind of spineless guy, I really don't know why you insisted on having children with him."
"Just offering him a couple of drinks scared him so badly. Your Zhou family really is getting worse with each generation."
If it were really Jiang Sicheng's child, she wouldn't have him even if she were beaten to death.
Zhou Jinbei touched her belly and sighed inwardly.
"I hope you inherit more of your father's genes and are stronger than your uncle when you're born."
"Our Zhou family's generation is indeed lacking. The future revitalization of the family depends on you."
The next morning, Zhou Jinbei was up by six o'clock.
She tiptoed to wash up, changed her clothes, and went to the community entrance to wait for Jiang Nan Fang.
She chatted with the security guard at the entrance for about half an hour. The guard then reminded her.
"She's coming out. That car is hers."
Zhou Jinbei hurried to the front of the car and stopped it.
Because she had to go through the sensor gate, Jiang Nan Fang had slowed down considerably.
Zhou Jinbei's sudden appearance didn't startle her.
She just couldn't understand why she would block her way so early in the morning.
"Something wrong?"
Jiang Nan Fang slowly rolled down her car window.
She had to admit, she was beautiful.
Even though she was approaching thirty and had two children, her skin was still as firm as a young girl's.
With a little light makeup and carrot-colored lipstick, bathed in the warm morning light, she looked breathtakingly beautiful.
Even the usually confident Zhou Jinbei, after looking at her for two seconds with the window down, had to admit inwardly.
No wonder he was so devoted to her. With just this face, few women in Nancheng could compare.
"Nothing really. I came specifically to apologize to you."
"The other day at the entrance of the Administration for Industry and Commerce, I spoke carelessly and said hurtful things. I'm sorry."
She handed over the breakfast.
"I bought you breakfast especially. I've been waiting for you here for over an hour. Please give me a chance to forgive me."
It seemed she had dealt with Zhan Beijue’s cousin last night after they parted ways.
Otherwise, with Zhou Jinbei's temper, would she come to apologize so early in the morning?
It was unnecessary.
Jiang Nan Fang thought.
Even if she apologized, what difference would it make to their relationship?
Jiang Nan Fang didn't accept it and smiled.
"Thank you. But I've already eaten breakfast, so you should keep it for yourself."
Zhou Jinbei knew she wouldn't accept it, so she didn't insist.
"Oh, I see. Since you've already eaten, I won't disturb you then."
"To be closer to you, so I can see you anytime, my cousin rented an apartment in the complex opposite yours. I'm living with him now, so we're neighbors."
"When you get off work early or aren't too busy, you're welcome to come over."
After saying that, she ran off with the breakfast.
Jiang Nan Fang looked up at the imposing building opposite.
She couldn't imagine that Zhan Beijue had rented an apartment there.
Just to see her all the time?
The siblings were putting on quite a show, weren't they?
Jiang Nan Fang left early, perfectly avoiding the morning rush hour.
There were very few people when she arrived at the company.
As she walked in, she planned to stop by the bakery downstairs to buy a bread.
Unexpectedly, just as she reached the office door, she found a large box on the floor.
It was obvious that it contained food.
Because the box had the logo of a well-known dim sum restaurant in Nancheng printed on it.
There was a sticky note attached to the box, with a line of delicate handwriting:
"Eat well and be happy every day." A cute smiley face was drawn after it.
She knew who sent it without even thinking.
She didn't expect her to be so persistent.
She didn't accept it when delivered to her, so she sent it to the company?
Jiang Nan Fang had no intention of forgiving her, nor did she care to be bought off with such small gestures.
She grabbed the box to throw it into the trash can.
As she did, the sticky note fell off, revealing another line of writing on the back.
"There's no need to punish yourself for others' mistakes. Skipping breakfast can lead to gallstones~"
Skipping breakfast can lead to gallstones.
Jiang Nan Fang thought about how long it had been since she last ate breakfast.
Indeed, there was no need to punish herself for someone else's mistake.
Throwing it into the trash didn't reflect her attitude any better than eating it.
She carried the breakfast into the office.
It was quite sumptuous, with excellent color, aroma, and taste.
After a delicious meal, she worked until nine in the morning. One set of data had an unclear source, so she went to the open-plan office area to ask someone.
As she was chatting with a technician, a young man in a delivery uniform appeared at the door and knocked.
"May I ask who Jiang Nan Fang is?"
Everyone turned their gaze towards him.
The young man was holding a large bouquet of flowers, white roses and baby's breath.
It was tied with sky-blue wrapping paper, giving it a fresh and very beautiful overall appearance.
"Someone sent her flowers, please sign for them."
Is she crazy? After sending breakfast, she's sending flowers too? Is Zhou Jinbei that bored?
Jiang Nan Fang didn't even go near the young man. She glanced at the flowers and said.
"I won't accept them. Please take them back. Thank you."
As if Zhou Jinbei had anticipated she wouldn't accept them, she had asked the delivery man to say.
"I'm sorry. The buyer did not leave an address, nor their real name or phone number, so we cannot return them."
"The payment has already been made. If you really don't want them, you can throw them in the trash, or give them to someone else."
Such a beautiful bouquet of flowers, how could she refuse?
Besides, it was clearly from President Zhan, so she definitely couldn't refuse!
Engineer Zhang immediately jumped out of his cubicle and took the flowers for Jiang Nan Fang.
"Engineer Jiang, how can you be so unromantic?"
"Such beautiful flowers delivered to your doorstep, they must be worth at least two hundred yuan. How can you just throw them in the trash?"
He prepared to persuade Jiang Nan Fang.
However, Jiang Nan Fang had no intention of listening.
Ending the conversation, she coldly said to him.
"If you're so romantic and like receiving them, then you keep them."
With that, she turned and returned to her office with a flourish.
Everyone looked at each other. After a moment, someone asked.
"Hey, did she leave a note? Who sent them? Was it President Zhan?"
"No note was left, but you can tell it was President Zhan just by thinking about it."
"Think about it, besides us, who else is the person that appears around Engineer Jiang the most?"
"We're definitely not good enough for her..."
"Is President Zhan not good enough either? Why didn't she accept them?"
Engineer Zhang was stumped.
"I don't know. I didn't have much contact with President Zhan before. Just by looking at his appearance and hearing rumors, I thought he was quite arrogant and self-satisfied, thinking he was invincible with his money."
"But after working on a couple of projects and having some contact, I realized he's quite sincere and down-to-earth."
"I won't talk about what happened in the Northwest. You know how concerned he was about Engineer Jiang. But do you know how dangerous it was when we went on a business trip to that small town last time?"
The crowd naturally didn't know and all perked up their ears, listening intently to his detailed account with gossip in their eyes.
He placed the flowers on the desk and began to speak emotionally.
"That time, Engineer Jiang was almost abducted at her wedding. When I called him to say she was missing, his voice changed instantly!"