After greeting Song Ziwei, Lin Xinyuan hurriedly went upstairs.
However, the relatively good expression she had just shown in front of her was now somewhat off.
“Sister Yuan, you don’t know… These past few days, a woman has been coming to find President Qin…”
“President Qin said not to let her in, but that woman just waits outside!”
“And she keeps saying things like she’s Qin Nanfeng’s girlfriend, just back from abroad… first love and all that…”
“Don’t let it bother you, Sister Yuan. It’s been like this before. There are always clueless people harassing President Qin… I just thought I’d let you know so you’re aware…”
“……”
Inside the elevator, the car kept rising, but Song Ziwei’s words echoed in the girl’s mind, agitating her.
The fingers gripping the handle of the insulated food container turned white from excessive force.
‘First love…’
At this moment, Lin Xinyuan immediately thought of the woman Qin Qingge had mentioned to her before.
‘Brother Feng’s ex-girlfriend…’
She naturally wasn’t suspicious that Qin Nanfeng was still in contact with her or anything—after all, that woman had hurt her Brother Feng so deeply…
‘Isn’t it said that ordinary people all have some inexplicable attachment to their first love or white moonlight? Is Brother Feng the same?’
‘She didn’t know…’
But even though she thought it was impossible, she couldn’t stop herself from thinking about it.
The girl stared blankly until the elevator doors opened, then gradually snapped back to reality.
She then did her best to suppress her chaotic emotions, stepped out of the elevator, and headed toward the office.
Finally arriving at that familiar door, Lin Xinyuan’s heart couldn’t help but grow complicated again.
Yet she didn’t plan to bring up that issue with the young man, let alone question him.
Because she trusted Brother Feng.
‘This matter… I want to face it myself…’
‘Brother Feng, I’ll defend him with my own actions. I won’t let her succeed!’
‘Mm… Go for it!’
‘Lin Xinyuan!’
‘All those ox-demons and snake-spirits, get out of Brother Feng’s sight…’
The more Lin Xinyuan thought, the more determined she became.
Her originally jumbled emotions improved considerably.
Although she was still uneasy, it was more of a desire to charge forward.
Thinking this, she took a deep breath, then looked up. Just as she was about to knock, a light footstep came from inside.
In an instant, the office door was pushed open, revealing a plain but gentle male face.
“Eh, Miss Lin, you’re here?”
Upon seeing the girl standing at the door, Su Feng was startled for a moment, but quickly recovered and greeted Lin Xinyuan with a smile.
“Uh… Yes, hello President Su!” Lin Xinyuan was also taken aback, then revealed a sweet smile and politely greeted Su Feng.
“No need to be so polite. President Qin is inside. Miss Lin, go on in. I’ll be off now!”
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the insulated food container in the girl’s hand.
Su Feng understood, and without waiting for Lin Xinyuan to say anything, he tactfully slipped away quickly.
After all, the last time Lin Xinyuan had come to deliver food, they’d met, and she’d even invited him to eat!
He had been so tempted by the aroma back then, because the girl’s cooking reminded him of his hometown’s dishes…
Since he hadn’t returned to Guang Province in a long time and hadn’t eaten his family’s cooking in ages, he couldn’t help feeling nostalgic.
So he couldn’t resist staying for a few bites.
But after that time, the look President Qin gave him…
Ahem…
To avoid any future retaliation from President Qin, he figured it was best to make a strategic retreat.
Watching the man leave in a hurry, Lin Xinyuan was a bit puzzled, but she assumed he had something urgent and didn’t call out.
“Xiaoyuan?”
Inside the office, hearing the sounds, Qin Nanfeng naturally knew who had arrived. He stood up from his boss chair, a smile on his lips.
‘Xiaoyuan is the most contradictory…’
“Time to eat, Brother Feng.”
After entering, Lin Xinyuan closed the door and carried the insulated food container toward the coffee table.
However, when she saw the teasing expression on the face of the young man walking toward her, her face immediately flushed with embarrassment.
‘Uh… this morning, she swore she wouldn’t come to the company…’
‘And yet… ahem…’
‘But… so what! She was just being magnanimous! It’s not because of any other reason…’
‘Besides, doesn’t this prove that she loves Brother Feng more than he loves her?’
‘So the one who should be ashamed is that yellow-haired brat!’
‘Every day he just knows how to bully her…’
Thinking this, Lin Xinyuan glared at him, but she couldn’t help feeling a little guilty.
The fierce expression on her cute, baby-fat face only made the young man want to bully her even more.
The girl had just turned around to put down the insulated food container, and before she could even arrange the dishes one by one, someone came over and directly hugged her petite figure from behind.
Warm breath continuously puffed onto her sensitive, delicate neck, causing an indescribable itch, like ants crawling on her skin.
At the sudden movement, Lin Xinyuan’s hand shook, and she almost spilled the soup.
“Ah! What are you doing…”
Lin Xinyuan let out a startled cry, her whole body trembling.
She quickly put down what she was holding and turned to glare at Qin Nanfeng.
Her earlobes were burning, and her face was flushed from anger.
“I’m sorry, Xiaoyuan.”
Seeing this, Qin Nanfeng immediately put on a wronged expression, which, combined with his overly handsome face, caused Lin Xinyuan’s rising anger to dissipate almost instantly.
Although her anger had subsided, Lin Xinyuan didn’t want to seem so easy to forgive this guy.
‘Wouldn’t that make the yellow-haired brat even more emboldened to bully her in the future?’
‘No… can’t compromise…’
At the same time, she thought of what front desk Xiao Song had said.
A strange glint flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she couldn’t help but get a little angry again.
She turned her face away, a cold expression on her lovely face: “Let me go…”
Qin Nanfeng’s five senses were extremely sharp, and his understanding of the girl was unparalleled. He almost instantly sensed something was wrong.
But he didn’t say anything, nor did he let go of the girl.
Instead, he directly pulled Lin Xinyuan to sit on the sofa.
“Be good, I was wrong. Let’s eat, okay?”
Qin Nanfeng’s tone was gentle, and as he spoke, he directly leaned in and quickly kissed Lin Xinyuan.
In an instant, the eyes of that little cat who was still sulking for no reason became clear, and the irritation in her heart completely vanished.
Her expression gradually softened.
Although she still didn’t want to speak, she lowered her eyes and began to organize the insulated food container on the coffee table again, setting out the dishes.
Qin Nanfeng helped in tacit understanding.
Once everything was ready, it was time to eat.
Lin Xinyuan picked up her chopsticks and, as if to vent her feelings, forcefully picked up a piece of chicken for Qin Nanfeng.
The chopsticks struck the bowl’s rim with a crisp sound.
“Hmph…” She puffed out her tender face like a pufferfish and snorted.
Qin Nanfeng didn’t mind at all.
He just smiled dotingly, but his eating speed gradually increased, as if he was very satisfied with the girl’s cooking.
In fact, that was true. Although the young man was already used to Lin Xinyuan’s cooking and didn’t feel much about it anymore, he couldn’t help loving the girl so much that he loved everything about her…
Sure enough, just as Qin Nanfeng had predicted, the girl no longer kept her face cold.
She just occasionally looked at him while he ate, and her movements of picking up food for him became more frequent.
She didn’t speak, but the love in Lin Xinyuan’s eyes didn’t lie.
The young man couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly…