Chapter 134: Deafening Heartbeat
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
At the dining table, everyone watched the show silently, taking in their interactions.
This… did not look like an ordinary classmate at all.
Moreover, they were junior high school classmates.
If they were just university classmates, everyone might still believe they had a platonic relationship.
However, it had been ten years since they were junior high school classmates, right? Was their relationship still so good? That was strange.
Qi Yan only recovered after drinking two glasses of water. She put down the glass and could not wait to explain. “Brother Nan and I are good friends. Don’t talk nonsense.”
“We’ve only just gotten back in touch recently. I really had no choice today, and had to ask this big shot to help.”
Nan Zhe did not say anything about this.
Since the boss had spoken, they did not dare to tease her anymore. The topic quickly turned to work.
“Sister Yan, should we contact the brand immediately or talk about it some other time?”
The brand had been shirking responsibility for today’s incident and playing their studio around.
Until now, the brand had not given a positive response.
“They were really bullying us. We had booked the jewelry two months ahead of
time, but the brand gave it to someone else just like that. Couldn’t they at least give us advance notice? We could have discussed this with the artists to change the slot.”
“That’s right. It’s obvious that they did it on purpose. They didn’t ask if it was alright or take the initiative to tell us about the change. It was simply unprofessional of them.”
“If it weren’t for President Nan today, we really wouldn’t have been able to finish the shoot.”
Compared to the anger of the employees at this moment, Qi Yan was much calmer. “Let’s eat first.”
“Huh
“I’ll talk to them after dinner.” Qi Yan gestured for them to eat quickly. “Hurry up and get off work to rest after eating. Stop huh-ing around.” Hearing this, Nan Zhe could not help but take another look at her.
He was a little surprised that she was so calm.
After dinner, they said goodbye to Qi Yan and left one after another. Not long after, only Nan Zhe and Qi Yan were left on the first floor. Nan Zhe glanced at the time. “Let’s go. I’ll send you back.”
Qi Yan was too lazy to move and lay on the chair to rest.
She waved her hand. “I’ll just sleep here tonight.”
“I can’t believe how lazy you are.” Nan Zhe went forward helplessly and pulled her up. “Let’s go. That lousy sofa in your lounge isn’t even enough for you. Go back and sleep.”
In the end, Nan Zhe stuffed Qi Yan into the car.
Leaning her head against the car window, she turned on her phone and looked at WeChat. She sighed and communicated with the brand.
Nan Zhe did not need to look to know who she was chatting with just by listening to her words from time to time.
“Send me their contact.”
Just like that, he listened to the conversations all the way back. When they were about to reach the apartment, Nan Zhe suddenly spoke.
“Huh?” Qi Yan could not help but look up at the driver’s seat. The man had one hand on the steering wheel, and even when he was driving, he looked relaxed.
The taillights of the car in front flickered. For some reason, the man who usually looked sharp seemed to have suddenly lost his edge. Perhaps it was some sort of filter, but she felt that his facial features were as gentle as the hazy light.
There was a traffic jam on this road, and it was inevitable at this hour of the day.
He was not in a hurry. He leaned back in his seat, looked straight ahead and his gaze looked relaxed. In the next second, as if he had sensed something, when he turned to look at her again, his gaze suddenly changed.
Perhaps it was because their gazes met unexpectedly, she did not have time to stop sizing him up. The emotions in her eyes did not escape his eyes.
Behind them, cars honked continuously, urging something.
Only then did the man retract his gaze and follow the car in front.
Qi Yan also looked away in a panic. She looked out of the window and not long after, she slowly focused her gaze on his figure reflected in the car window.
At this moment, she was extremely glad.
Because the honking of the car following them came at the perfect time and completely disguised her deafening heartbeat.
After a moment of silence, she turned around and continued what he had just said. “Brother Nan, thanks for today. I can handle the brand on my own. It’s no big deal. You’ve already helped me a lot today.”
“If I don’t even have this basic negotiating ability, wouldn’t it be too embarrassing for you?”
Her words stopped him from saying the things at the tip of his tongue.
After thinkinz about it, he did not force her. “Alright.”
After getting out of the car, Qi Yan walked around to the side and waved at him. Nan Zhe lowered the window. “Go up and rest early.”
“Okay. Be careful on the road.”
“Good night.”
“Good night.”
As soon as she finished speaking, neither of them moved.
“Go up.” Nan Zhe frowned.
Qi Yan pointed at the building at the back. “My block is right behind me, so don’t worry. Why don’t you leave first?”
Both of them wanted to watch each other leave.
After a few minutes of stalemate, Qi Yan was finally chased upstairs by Nan Zhe.
On the balcony, Qi Yan waved at him and told him that she had already gotten home and that he should go back early.
Seeing this, Nan Zhe started the car.
Looking at the car disappearing around the corner, Qi Yan slowly heaved a sigh of relief. She was not in a hurry to return to her room. After fighting with the brand all the way, she was no longer sleepy.
She might as well lean against the railing and enjoy the breeze.
Just as she was staring at the corner in a daze, she suddenly saw the taillights of a car flash. It quickly got her attention.
Next, she saw the car reverse bit by bit under the cover of the trees. Then, it appeared under her building and overlapped with the spot where Nan Zhe had parked the car before stopping.
She narrowed her eyes. After seeing who the car belonged to, her thoughts scattered all over the ground.
Qi Yan subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the sudden movements made her back hurt again.
“Sss… F*ck! ” After crawling back, she turned off the lights and moved to the living room to look behind the curtains.
The floor she lived on was not very high, so she could see clearly from this distance.
No, why was she hiding?
What if Nan Zhe came back to deliver something?
Did she leave something in his car?
At the thought of this, she held her waist and ran back to the bedroom to get her phone. She thought that Nan Zhe would call, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement on WeChat, let alone a call.
Weird.
She walked towards the balcony and looked downstairs.
Nan Zhe’s car was still there.
The view from the bedroom was not good. If she wanted to see clearly, she had to push open the door and go to the balcony.
She thought for a moment and aimed her phone at the car downstairs. She zoomed in with the camera function.
The photographer’s hand was steady. Qi Yan maintained this posture and did not move for a long time.
Under the blurry image, she saw Nan Zhe slowly lowering the car window.
At this distance, she did not expect to see his face clearly.
Coupled with the fact that there was no obvious light source around where he was parked, his facial features were almost buried in the darkness.
She waited and vaguely saw a flash of red..
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