CHAPTER 246: CHAPTER 246 MR. AND MRS. ARE REALLY A PERFECT MATCH

The apartment was a duplex. Gu Yikun knew An Junxi had an aversion to the room downstairs, so he moved the room upstairs. He didn’t want her to feel upset.

Seeing Gu Yikun’s gesture, An Junxi knew he was considering her feelings. The apartment was so large, and there were three rooms downstairs. It wasn’t necessary to move upstairs.

She didn’t say much and called Gu Jinxiu, asking, "Jinxiu, Mommy is discharged and back at the apartment. We’ll be staying here for a few months. Why don’t you move in too? Your sister misses you."

Gu Jinxiu was ecstatic; Mommy and sister were always thinking of him. He said, "I will move my toys over."

Gu Jinxiu was not attending school now. Every day, he had one-on-one lessons with different teachers, his schedule was fully packed.

He asked his French teacher for leave and dragged his small suitcase to the apartment with Uncle Cheng.

He was glad that he hadn’t thrown away everything Mommy had given him before, or he wouldn’t know how to answer if she asked.

Mrs. He and another servant moved into the apartment with them. The apartment was about 200 square meters with a large terrace, totaling 400 square meters over two floors. Before, the young master lived alone and didn’t allow others to come in. She used to clean on a schedule and leave. It was hard to manage a house without two people.

An Junxi told Gu Yikun to go to work without worries. After she organized things, Gong Xiaoyu called her, "Are you feeling better? Take the kids out to play someday. I’ve noticed Miao Yan is not herself lately, consider it as spending time with her."

An Junxi recently neglected Miao Yan. She asked, "What’s wrong with Miao Yan?"

Gong Xiaoyu said, "Do you know she’s been cooking for Xie Yuchen? I suspect the girl has fallen for Xie Yuchen."

An Junxi thought to herself, You just realized?

"I really didn’t know she was cooking for Xie Yuchen. How did she become Xie Yuchen’s lifestyle assistant?"

Gong Xiaoyu roughly explained the situation over the past two years. An Junxi felt sad for Zhang Miaoyan. How hard it must be to see the person you like every day but not dare to take a step forward?

She understood this feeling. She had gone through this stage with Gu Yikun too, pining for someone but not daring to confess. It was tormenting.

An Junxi said, "Why don’t you come over for dinner tonight? It’s inconvenient for me to go out with Ai Xi, and I need to tutor Jinxiu in the evening."

Gong Xiaoyu sighed, "An Junxi, you’re about to become a housewife."

An Junxi explained, "You wouldn’t understand the feeling of being with your child as they grow up. You should ask Yue Xiaoyang for a child; then you’d understand."

She was also delving into photography, not spending all her time with the kids. Yikun didn’t oppose her learning what she liked.

She was tinkering with photography on her own, not daring to mention You Ran to Yikun.

Gu Yikun’s possessiveness was extraordinarily strong. Yue Xiaoyang had told her that Yikun wouldn’t even allow her and You Ran to be in the same room. She didn’t want to provoke him; otherwise, You Ran would suffer more.

Speaking of Yue Xiaoyang, Gong Xiaoyu was truly filled with complaints, "I spoke a few extra words with Yu Zheng that day, and he gave me attitude. It drove me mad."

"What happened with you two again?"

Gong Xiaoyu said, "I’ll talk about it when Miao Yan and I come over tonight."

"Alright, see you tonight."

An Junxi hung up the phone and sent a WeChat message to Zhang Miaoyan, inviting her over for dinner that night since Gu Building was nearby and she could walk over after work.

Zhang Miaoyan replied quickly: Okay, I’ll come over after work.

Zhang Miaoyan finished replying to An Junxi, then sent a message to Xie Yuchen, saying she would have dinner at An Junxi’s place and wouldn’t cook for him tonight.

Xie Yuchen didn’t reply.

Zhang Miaoyan couldn’t focus on work all day. Was he still angry?

The day after she had dinner with Yang Chenmin, she went to the apartment to cook lunch for him, but when she went back in the evening, she found that the lunch hadn’t been touched at all.

His slippers were still in their usual spot, so he probably didn’t come back at noon.

Zhang Miaoyan didn’t cook again. She reheated and ate the food by herself, cleaned the dishes, and left him a note, "If you don’t want to eat, I won’t cook anymore to avoid wasting food."

Since that day, she hadn’t gone back to cook, nor had Xie Yuchen contacted her.

Zhang Miaoyan felt a heavy heart. Did he have to hold onto that little white lie for so long?

After a few days, she couldn’t hold it in any longer and sent him a message: Mr. Xie, have you gotten used to eating takeout? Do you not need me to cook anymore?

She didn’t get a reply until the evening: I’m on a business trip abroad; I’ll contact you when I return.

Zhang Miaoyan was so angry that she couldn’t sleep well. Couldn’t he let her know about his business trip?

Despite her anger, when Xie Yuchen returned and called saying he was hungry, she still went over without hesitation to wash her hands and cook for him.

Every day, she made a point of going to Xie Yuchen’s apartment early, cooking and then leaving without seeing him.

Tonight she was going to Jun Xi’s place for dinner. When she refused to cook, he didn’t reply at all.

Zhang Miaoyan always felt like she did something wrong, but she hadn’t done anything wrong at all.

She knocked her head with a folder, berating herself, "Zhang Miaoyan, you’re just too insecure, which is why you always feel you’re messing up."

As it was close to the end of the workday, Han Jiayi came looking for her.

Zhang Miaoyan didn’t want to deal with her. Han Jiayi only wanted her help to mediate with Jun Xi, hoping that Jun Xi wouldn’t hold grudges.

On the day of the program’s launch, Han Jiayi’s assistant had brought An Junxi’s child to the scene, intending to deliver a blow to An Junxi. Who could have expected that the child was actually the president’s?

Han Jiayi had no idea that she had done something incredibly foolish, fostering a reunion between father and daughter, and had been personally slapped by Liu Zhiwen, leaving her face unfit to be seen. She had been hiding, trembling every day, not knowing when An Junxi would come to settle the score. Once the wound on her face healed a bit, she came to the company to beg Zhang Miaoyan for help.

Zhang Miaoyan wasn’t one to be overly generous, especially with past grievances with Han Jiayi, and had no intention of helping, "I don’t wield that much influence. You’re overestimating me, Miss Han."

She instructed the front desk that personnel from the entertainment company on the fifth floor were not allowed to wander to other floors, to avoid disrupting their work environment, warning that violators would receive a warning letter.

Just as work was ending, Zhang Miaoyan grabbed her bag and went downstairs, only to see Xie Yuchen’s car parked at the door.

Xie Yuchen was waiting by the car, looking dashing and elegant, drawing the attention of passing colleagues, "That’s the general manager of Wansu Technology, waiting for which girl?"

Zhang Miaoyan looked around and, feeling the pressure, walked over, "Did you see my message? I’m going to Jun Xi’s place tonight."

With him waiting so openly, it would fuel the rumor mill at work by tomorrow.

Xie Yuchen said, "I’m going too. You want to go empty-handed?"

Zhang Miaoyan, realizing she had nothing with her, replied awkwardly, "Jun Xi asked me last minute, I didn’t have time to buy a gift."

Xie Yuchen said, "Get in the car."

Zhang Miaoyan got into the passenger seat. Xie Yuchen drove them to a shopping mall. They went to the third floor, to a large baby store. The sales clerk greeted them with a smile, "Welcome! What would the gentleman and his wife like to buy for the child?"

Blushing, Zhang Miaoyan quickly said, "We’re not..."

Xie Yuchen interrupted her, "We’re looking for children’s clothes for a 15-month-old."

With a smile, the sales clerk led them to one side, "The gentleman and the lady make a lovely couple. The child must be very cute. Is it a boy or a girl? We have many new arrivals."

Zhang Miaoyan felt dizzy, watching Xie Yuchen’s profile, seeing no sign of him wanting to explain.

Why didn’t he clarify things with the sales clerk?