Jun Yelan looked at the table and comforted her, "It's not a spider, just a little trinket made to look like one."
Lan Yan, still resting on Jun Yelan's chest, finally lifted her head and looked at the table. This time she saw clearly, patted her chest, and mumbled, "What kind of shopkeeper came up with this idea, it's terrifying."
She sighed softly, then looked down and saw she was still clutching Jun Yelan's clothes. She quickly let go, feeling a bit embarrassed. It was all because she had been too agitated earlier.
Jun Yelan didn't mind. He moved the spider-like object away and put it back into its packaging box. "Alright, now you don't have to be afraid."
"Mm." Lan Yan saw no reason to stay any longer and prepared to move out of Jun Yelan's embrace, but her waist was held. She looked up in confusion and called out, "Director."
Jun Yelan looked at Lan Yan's flushed cheeks and her soft voice. The tips of his ears turned red. He realized what he was doing, quickly released Lan Yan, his gaze a little evasive.
Lan Yan stood in front of Jun Yelan, thinking that he was not accustomed to interacting with her so closely. She said, "Director, I was too eager just now, it won't happen again next time."
Jun Yelan gazed into Lan Yan's eyes. Her slightly trembling eyelashes seemed to stir his heart, and he responded unconsciously, "It's fine, I should have protected you."
The small figure leaning against him in his arms just now had stirred an unusual feeling in his heart.
Lan Yan's lips curved upwards, and she smiled, "Okay." This was great, her relationship with Jun Yelan had improved. At least now Jun Yelan didn't resist her.
She then picked up a piece of Osmanthus cake from the table and brought it close to Jun Yelan's mouth, smiling, "Then Director, to thank you for protecting me just now, I'll treat you to some cake." She was using the Osmanthus cake to show her appreciation.
Jun Yelan looked at the person who was intentionally so close to him. The sweet scent of Osmanthus cake lingered in his nostrils, mixed with Lan Yan's unique fragrance.
He was taken aback but did not want to refuse. Instead, he opened his mouth and took a bite of the Osmanthus cake.
Lan Yan hadn't expected Jun Yelan to eat it like that. Looking at Jun Yelan, who was almost touching her fingers, her heart began to beat faster. She dared not blink, staring intently at Jun Yelan as he ate the cake.
Jun Yelan had a pair of phoenix eyes. Looking at Lan Yan like that, there was a hint of inexplicable allure at the corners of his eyes, which made Lan Yan stare blankly.
At this moment, a small head popped out from the doorway and called out, "Sister Lan, I've come to find you for dinner." Seeing the scene before her, she quickly covered her eyes and laughed, "So Sister Lan is doing something shameful with Brother. I won't disturb you."
She turned and ran out the door.
"Wait." Lan Yan released the Osmanthus cake in her hand, her cheeks flushed, and she picked up Jun Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, I'll go eat with you."
Jun Xiaoxiao looked curiously at Jun Yelan behind her and asked, "Sister Lan isn't looking after Brother anymore?"
Lan Yan's face grew even hotter. As she walked, she said, "No, I'm not." She quickly left the room, taking Jun Xiaoxiao to the kitchen.
Jun Yelan, left behind, held the Osmanthus cake, a slight curve on his lips.
When Lan Yan returned after dinner, she saw Wuming in the courtyard and almost thought she had gone to the wrong place. "Why are you here?"
Wuming stood straight in front of Lan Yan and called out, "Miss Lan, I am starting as your bodyguard today. If you need anything in the future, just command me. However, my specialty is killing."
Lan Yan was speechless for a moment. She carefully observed Wuming. Since he could appear here openly, it meant Jun Yelan had tacitly agreed. Her incident in the market last time had worried Jun Yelan, so he had arranged for someone powerful to be by her side.
She naturally would not refuse and said, "I gave you a steamed bun before, and you are my bodyguard now to repay that kindness. I will not use this favor to restrain you. When three months are up, you can leave."
A hint of excitement flickered in Wuming's eyes. Everyone wanted to use him, the world's foremost assassin, but Lan Yan was different. He felt a trace of respect for the woman before him and nodded, "Okay."
"Fine, you can go about your business." Lan Yan left. With the shadow of the previous incident, she still didn't dare to interact too much with Wuming. She walked towards the corridor and vaguely heard maids chatting, so she stopped to listen.
The sweeping maid saw that there was no one else around and said to the maid walking with her, "I'm telling you, this Lan Yan is really amazing. Not only can she stay in the mansion, but she can also enter the Director's room."
"How do you think she managed it! Before, the Director never even had a female cat by his side. Now, he sees Lan Yan every day, and their relationship is so intimate."
Other maids responded, "If I were the Director, and there was someone so good to me, I'd want to keep them too. I heard from the cooks that Lan Yan always cooks delicious food for the Director. Would you have this perseverance!"
"I wouldn't dare. Just seeing the Director makes my legs weak." The previous maid said, "But the Director's identity as an eunuch is here. What is Lan Yan's status now? Is she a maid like us, or a concubine who shares his meals?"
The other maids also fell into thought, "I don't understand. I also heard that there are rumors in the market that the Director is keeping a commoner girl in his mansion, and the talk outside is quite unpleasant."
"I heard that too. Those words are unbearable to hear. I wonder what will happen between Lan Yan and the Director?" They all sighed.
Lan Yan listened to these words and realized that so many things had happened recently. The last time she was carried away by Jun Yelan in public, she must have been exploited by someone with ulterior motives.
She became worried and walked towards Jun Yelan's room, thinking about how to resolve this matter.
At this moment, Jun Yelan was assigning a task to Song Cheng. Seeing his hesitant expression, he said, "What is it?"
"Director, I really can't hold back any longer." Song Cheng shouted indignately, "You have no idea what they're saying about you outside!"
Jun Yelan chuckled lightly, "I'm tired of hearing these words, why should you care?" Ever since he took this position, those words had been circulating, some true, some false.
He never cared because caring was useless. "What you have done, you know best. Wanting to gain everyone's understanding is itself an impossible thing."
Song Cheng couldn't be as magnanimous as Jun Yelan and grumbled, "Those words were fine before, but now I don't even want to hear them."
"Then don't listen." Jun Yelan handed the official documents in his hand to Song Cheng, "Go and deal with them quickly, there's still a lot to do." He didn't have time to care what others thought and delay his work.
Song Cheng had no choice but to leave, muttering. When he reached the doorway, he saw Lan Yan and said, "Miss Lan, I'll leave the Director to you." This matter also involved Lan Yan, so he decided not to say anything more.
Lan Yan was slightly stunned and walked in. She looked at Jun Yelan sitting at the desk and said, "Director, I have something to tell you." Those rumors were because of her, and she wanted to take responsibility for Jun Yelan.