Han Yixuan: [Nuannuan, the samples haven't been obtained yet, but our people have already infiltrated. Please wait a bit longer.]
Jiang Nuan: [Okay!]
Jiang Nuan put down her phone and looked out the window, hoping it wasn't as she suspected.
Sun Keyu had just accidentally ingested it.
As Jiang Nuan was thinking, her phone vibrated. She picked it up and saw it was Hua Ying.
"Hello!"
"Nuannuan, my grandfather can be discharged from the hospital today. Dr. Song said my grandfather is recovering very well." Hua Ying's happy voice came through.
"That's great! Rest well when you get back!" Jiang Nuan was also relieved. The old man could live a few more years.
"Nuannuan, I really don't know how to thank you." Hua Ying said, tears of joy welling up.
Her grandfather was better, and now he was going abroad to recuperate with old friends. Without her elder brother and father's troubles, her grandfather's health would only get better.
Jiang Nuan could tell that her third brother liked Hua Ying very much. She wanted to say that marrying her third brother would be the best way to thank her.
But she knew that feelings couldn't be forced. She had met Hua Ying a few times, and she found that Hua Ying didn't seem that interested in her third brother.
Never mind, she couldn't control this matter.
"You're welcome, we're all friends." The status of friends was actually more appropriate.
Third brother still had a chance in the future.
"Nuannuan, can I treat you to dinner today? My grandfather wants to go abroad to relax. After he leaves, I'll be alone. Can you accompany me for dinner tonight?"
Jiang Nuan readily agreed: "Yes."
Hua Ying was very happy: "Then what do you want to eat?"
Jiang Nuan thought for a moment and said, "I'm not too familiar with this area, so you can take me to a place you think is delicious."
She didn't have any particular cravings recently.
"Alright, Nuannuan, I'll make the arrangements. I'll send you the address later. How about we meet at six o'clock?" Hua Ying's voice was filled with joy.
Jiang Nuan checked the time. "Okay!"
After hanging up, Jiang Nuan quickly received the address sent by Hua Ying.
She changed her clothes and went downstairs. Seeing her father watching TV, she stood at the top of the stairs and said, "Dad, I'm going to meet a friend, so I won't be eating dinner at home."
Lu Chengsi became vigilant. "Meet who?"
Jiang Nuan found it a little amusing. Did her father really think she would go out and steal things?
"Dad, I'm meeting Hua Ying. Grandfather Hua has been discharged from the hospital, and Hua Ying is treating me to dinner to thank me."
"Really?" Lu Chengsi was still a little worried.
Jiang Nuan's tone was firm: "Really."
"Oh! You must be back before nine o'clock, or you can send me your location, and I'll pick you up."
Jiang Nuan had to compromise: "Okay! I'll send you my location then, but I might be back before nine. The children are playing in the backyard, don't let them play for too long."
Lu Chengsi was still uneasy: "Okay! Dad will watch the babies, don't worry."
Only then did Jiang Nuan leave.
As soon as his daughter left, Lu Chengsi immediately had his bodyguards follow her.
He was uneasy. He was afraid of Nuannuan's well-intentioned lies!
After making sure everything was in order, Lu Chengsi went to accompany his wife and grandson.
...
Sixth floor of Sakura Mall.
As soon as Jiang Nuan entered the restaurant, she saw Hua Ying.
They hadn't seen each other for almost a month, and Hua Ying looked much thinner.
She was wearing a camel-colored blazer, black slim-fit pants, and her long hair cascaded down her shoulders. She looked pure and cute, and with light makeup, her features were even more exquisite.
Jiang Nuan was casual, always in loungewear, her hair casually down, and her face bare, but she was still breathtakingly beautiful.
"Nuannuan."
Hua Ying excitedly waved to Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Nuan quickened her pace and sat down opposite her.
"Nuannuan, I've already ordered the dishes. There's fish and shrimp that you like." Hua Ying thought it was late, so Jiang Nuan could eat as soon as she arrived.
"Okay!" She was not a picky eater.
"Nuannuan, Grandpa said he would treat you to a meal when he gets back. He's much better now. He said that life is not easy and that I should live the life I want. If the company can't be managed anymore, I can sell it and live a carefree life with that money. But I don't want to do that. I still want to make the company bigger and stronger. The company is my grandfather's life's work."
She didn't have many friends, and these words had been bottled up for a long time.
Meeting Jiang Nuan, knowing her character, she wanted to talk to her.
"Yes! Live the way you like," Jiang Nuan said with a smile.
"Yes!" Hua Ying took a deep breath, feeling a surge of courage.
Jiang Nuan thought of her brother and asked, "By the way, have your brother and father stopped bothering you?"
Hua Ying nodded with a smile: "After being beaten by your third brother last time, they never dared to bother me again."
She knew that her father and elder brother would not let things go so easily.
She had already made preparations to deal with them, but later, her father and elder brother never came to trouble her again.
She knew that Lu Jinyan had gone to see her father and elder brother, and she didn't know what he had said, but her father and elder brother never bothered her again.
"If they bother you again in the future, remember to call my third brother," Jiang Nuan said with a smile.
"Okay!" Hua Ying smiled shyly. However, Lu Jinyan hadn't contacted her recently.
Looking at his social media, he seemed very busy.
Hua Ying felt a little lost, but she still cheered up. She would start working in the company from tomorrow. If she couldn't manage the company's affairs well, she wouldn't talk about love for now.
After the dishes were served, they ate and chatted. Hua Ying told Jiang Nuan about many things that happened since she was young.
Hua Ying's family was well-off, but her parents were a bit patriarchal.
She had been protected by her grandfather since she was young, studied well, and even went abroad to study.
"Nuannuan, you didn't grow up with your biological parents, but you've also grown up to be very outstanding. Although I have parents, my mother didn't marry my father for love; it was because my father was rich."
"My father doesn't understand love. Perhaps it's due to his upbringing. He's obsequious and bullies the weak, which is quite terrible."
Talking about the troubles in her family, Hua Ying felt heavy-hearted.
But after saying it, she felt much lighter.
She hadn't told anyone these things before. She needed to find someone to talk to and pour out her feelings to relax.
Jiang Nuan looked at her and comforted her: "Yingying, those are all past events. There's no hurdle in this world that can't be overcome. Things will get better and better in the future."
Hua Ying's situation wasn't too bitter, nor was Jiang Nuan's situation particularly smooth, but they both had people who genuinely protected them.
"Yes! They will." She felt that ever since she met Lu Jinyan, she seemed to have become luckier and luckier.
After they finished dinner, Jiang Nuan received a call from Mu Jiuchen. Mu Jiuchen was coming to pick her up.
Hua Ying originally wanted Jiang Nuan to accompany her shopping for a while longer, as she didn't want to go back so soon.
But Mu Jiuchen's car had already arrived by the roadside, so she didn't say anything.
"Nuannuan, thank you tonight. I'm very happy." Hua Ying smiled frankly and happily, looking particularly radiant and moving under the lamplight.
"Don't mention it. If you need to talk in the future, you can call me. I'm a very good listener." Jiang Nuan smiled, patted her shoulder, opened the car door, got in, and waved goodbye to Hua Ying.
Hua Ying's home was in the residential area behind, so she could walk back. After walking a few steps, she saw a man standing under the street lamp and stopped in surprise and nervousness.