She was startled and turned the light on in a panic, and saw Nabi Yan sitting quietly in the hall in her pajamas.
“Why are you sitting here alone and not turning on the light?” Zoey walked over to her and looked at her, “Sister-in-law waiting for me?”
A trace of discomfort crossed Nabi Yan’s pretty face, and in the end, she smiled lightly, “You should still call me Nabi.”
Zoey didn’t say anything, just looked at her, “Something important?”
Since Zoey’s return, she has spoken to her sister-in-law in almost no time at all.
And Nabi Yan seems to be at odds with the family, and doesn’t talk much with Owen Baker. When he came back, he would always bury his head in the study. Even when Nini was in the hospital last time, Nabi Yan did not show up.
Apparently, she and Owen have a very poor relationship, and the two old men don’t blame them for it, which always makes Zoey wonder.
“I heard your brother say that you are now working at MY as a secretary to MY president.” Nabi Yan finally opened her mouth.
It turns out that it was asking about him …
“You know the president of MY?” Without answering, Zoey asked rhetorically.
Nabi Yan smiled lightly by default, “We ran into each other once after he returned to China.”
“Oh …” Zoey nodded gently in frustration.
So we’ve already met …
Then she must also know very well that he still has a her in his heart, right?
“What’s wrong? You don’t want us to meet?”
How can one’s loss be so obvious?
Zoey shook her head quickly and paused for a moment before saying, “What did you wait so late for me to ask him about?”
Nabi Yan hesitated, “Does he have a girlfriend now?”
Zoey gave her a look and reminded, “Nabi, you’re my sister-in-law now.”
In any case, Zoey doesn’t want Nabi Yan to hurt her brother.
“I know it’s not appropriate for me to ask you this. But I just want to know how he is doing now, how is he doing?” Nabi Yan eagerly grabbed Zoey’s hand, “Zoey, tell me, does he have a girlfriend now?”
“Yes.” Zoey sighed, “My former friend, Sunny Qin, they’re together now.”
Zoey’s hand froze in her grip.
Nabi Yan painfully red-eyed, half a long time, the hand slowly let go.
In the air, there is a spread of sadness.
Zoey pursed her lips and patted the back of her cold hand, “It’s getting late, go to bed.”
“Well …,” Nabi Yan nodded woodenly, not moving.
Zoey stood up and took a step out, but still couldn’t help turning back, “Sister-in-law, my brother is really nice. You guys are married after all, so if there is any misunderstanding, you might as well talk about it.”
Yes, Owen Baker was nice! However, that goodness was not for her.
Zoey just went upstairs, the little hammer came over mysteriously.
“Breaking news!”
“What?” Zoey asked her sideways as she turned on her computer.
Little Hammer pouted and nudged the closed door of the president’s office, “The president has a new girlfriend!”
“Huh?” Zoey paused for a moment, following the line of sight of the small hammer, before turning back to roll her eyes, “You will not see a woman enter this door, you say it is the president’s girlfriend, right? Maybe it’s just a customer, too.”
“NO! NO! NO!” the little hammer wagged his finger, “This is a woman’s intuition! If you don’t believe me, just wait and see! You don’t see the way they look at each other, there’s definitely something going on!”
Is this really true, that Sunny Qin broke up with him? Then, who is this woman?
Zoey suddenly felt particularly boring, pursed his lips, did not answer. At this moment, the phone suddenly rang.
Jerry Xiao’s commanding voice came from the other end, “Make two cups of coffee and come in.”
“Okay.” She answered and was about to disconnect the call when he called out, “Wait, an extra third of milk in one of the cups.”
Really sweet …
Zoey knew what that meant. As Hammer said, a woman’s intuition told her that this woman in the office at the moment definitely had a different meaning for him.
“I know.” Answered, her voice darkening a few notches. Disconnecting the call, Little Hammer was still on the sidelines, staring at her with wide eyes, “What’s wrong? Take a phone call and your face changes.”
Is it that obvious?
“It’s okay, I’ll go ahead and make two cups of coffee.” Zoey got up and headed for the pantry. Little Hammer also stopped asking questions, shrugged his shoulders sarcastically and went back to his compartment.
In the pantry, Zoey is the only one. She leans against the wall, staring blankly at the coffee machine and the milk.
Wait until it comes to a boil before carefully blending a cup of coffee with a third of the milk. Another cup is poured full of milk.
He is not well enough to drink too much coffee.
…
Carrying coffee and milk, he knocked gently on the door. Instead of hearing Jerry Xiao’s voice, the door was pulled open from the inside.
Looking at the lightly smiling face in front of him, Zoey was stunned for a long time. It was so shocking that Zoey’s hand was unsteady and her coffee almost spilled on the floor.
Nabi Yan reached out to help, but her hand was suddenly clasped by a large palm, Jerry Xiao frowned and warned, “Don’t touch it. It’s hot!”
Even if the tone of voice is not very good, but the hint of concern and doting, are so distinct that no one can ignore.
The coffee splashed out and burned Zoey’s fingers. Her fingers were stiff, but she didn’t feel hot at all, instead … just felt the coffee was incredibly cold …
Straight, cool into the bottom of her heart …
“How can I be so arrogant and spoiled now?” Nabi was obviously happy with his concern for her as always, and her tone was pouting with the petulance of a little girl. This was something Zoey had never seen in all her life – she had never been like this in front of her brother!
And Jerry Xiao, also gentle in a way she hadn’t seen before, with a hint of unrecognizable gloom, “Yes, five years have changed us all too much.”
He became the president of MY, and Nabi became a human woman.
I think, at this moment, his heart is very hard to feel! But what about brother? If he knew that Nabi had come to Jerry, how would he feel?
Zoey didn’t dare to think about it, just lowered her eyes and silently put the coffee and milk on the carved low table.
Raising his eyes, he could only see his cool back.
From the beginning to the end, he did not even look at her. At this moment, the bottom of his eyes must be only Nabi’s, last night and their kiss, but a dream …
Zoey couldn’t be more clear about this.
But …
It is so clear, but I can’t help but feel sad in my heart.
Without speaking, quietly step out.
“Wait!” Zoey turned around and saw his eyes on the glass of milk and frowned, “What’s going on?”
“I’m sorry, I made a mistake.” Zoey silently went over to take away the milk, “I’ll change it to coffee right away.”
Jerry Xiao’s eyes fell on Zoey’s face. The eyes are deep and invisible, seemingly with a deeper meaning, yet seemingly without any emotion, looking at Zoey’s heart tightening.
But Nabi smiled slowly and gently held Zoey’s hand down, “Zoey, don’t change it, he’s fine with milk.”
Zoey stops moving and subconsciously looks towards Jerry Xiao.
“You know, I never drink this stuff.” When talking to Nabi, his face is much softer and naturally less cold than that.
“You’re not well, don’t drink so much coffee.” Nabi Yan picked up the milk directly, blew it carefully to cool some, and handed it to him, “Well, drink it.”
He looked helplessly at the milk, but in the end, he obediently carried it over.
The affair between them is so obvious that Sunny Qin and her brother Owen Baker are more like a third party in comparison.
Zoey couldn’t stay any longer, and instead of saying goodbye, she just silently pulled open the door and walked out quickly.
A group of colleagues came up to gossip about what was going on inside, Zoey did not care to talk to them, just hurried back to their own cubicle, half lying on the table did not move.
The finger that was burned actually hurts vaguely at the moment.
“Put it on.” Julie next door threw over a small ointment and winked at her, “It’s especially effective on burns.”
A trace of warmth crossed her heart and she smiled, “Thank you.”
…
Zoey looked up at the closed office door for the first time.
Julie finally couldn’t help herself and looked over at Zoey, “If you keep looking, you’re going to see a hole in the door of the president’s office.”
Zoey paused and looked away sheepishly. Looking at Julie’s gossipy eyes, she laughed bitterly and explained, “It’s not what you think.”
Julie didn’t believe it at all and looked at Zoey askance, “How dare you deny that you don’t have a crush on the president?”
“I can only count the number of people on this floor who don’t have a crush on him, right?” Zoey exclaims.
“You’re different.” Julie looked at Zoey with certainty, “Look at you, out of the office and lost your soul, with the loss of soul like. In fact, a male boyfriend is no worse than the president! Why bother competing with other women for a man?
It’s uninteresting …
Especially, in the knowledge that the man will not even look at himself, in addition to boring, more is heartbroken, lost, decadent.
Putting down the ointment, the office door finally opened.
Zoey got up and followed him, causing Julie to stare.
…
“I’ll walk you downstairs.” Jerry Xiao led Nabi Yan.
Nabi Yan nodded contentedly, looked at him, and couldn’t help but add, “Jerry, let’s have dinner together in a couple of days, okay?”
Jerry Xiao’s eyes were slightly dark. He looked at Nabi Yan for a long time and did not make a sound.
Nabi bit her lip in disappointment and looked away. But then she heard him ask, “What do you want to eat? I’ll have someone book a table in advance.”
She burst into laughter and met his eyes, “Suddenly I miss the last meal we went to eat the year we graduated from middle school.”
“That store is still there?”
“Hmm.”
“Then it’s set there.”
Zoey happened to catch their silent conversation as she followed him over.
Pursing her lips and ignoring the dull pain in her chest, she inserted the topic, “Sister-in-law, can I have a word?”
She admitted that she had deliberately bitten the word ‘sister-in-law’.
As expected, the faces of both people changed slightly because of this name.
Nabi Yan carefully stole a few glances at Jerry Xiao, and his face, too, darkened a few points.
“Secretary Baker, you send Nabi down. When you come up, come to my office!” He gave Zoey a heavy glare, as if to blame her for suddenly appearing to disturb the atmosphere.
It’s probably hard enough to go to the office later!
Zoey, in a cold sweat, pressed the elevator.
…
Inside the elevator, only two people remain.
Zoey pursed her lips and was the first to speak, “Sister-in-law …”
“I know what you want to say.” Nabi, however, had cut her off, taking the lead and lowering her head, looking obscure, “I’m sorry. I know I was out of line …”
Looking at her hard and conflicted look, Zoey moved her lips, but for a moment did not know what to say.