After being reborn, I became the big boss's darling.

"Um, aren't you... going to work yet?"

The man looked up from the newspaper and said casually, "No rush."

"..."

You're not worried, but I am!

Ji Nianci forced a smile and said, "It's almost time to start work, you'd better hurry up. As the boss, you can't be embarrassed to be told you're late, can you? You're a role model for the whole company!"

"You said it yourself, I'm the boss, who dares to say I'm late?"

He was languid and seemed completely unconcerned. After speaking, he turned his gaze back to the newspaper.

Even Ji Nianci wanted to scold him.

If Shen Ceyan hadn't been unaware that she worked at Shen's company, she would have suspected that the person in front of her was doing it on purpose.

Seeing that her advice had failed, Ji Nianci had no choice but to try another approach.

She made up a reason: "I'm going shopping with Zhizhi. We're leaving now. Take your time looking around, no rush."

"You guys seem quite enthusiastic about going shopping so early in the morning." Shen Ceyan looked at her, his expression cold.

"...Haha, yeah."

After saying that, Ci Ji ran off in a flash.

Shen Ceyan watched her retreating figure, his expression gradually turning cold.

After returning to the company, Ji Nianci resubmitted the form from yesterday.

Zhao Qiuyue indeed didn't notice.

After all, there's nothing wrong with this form.

Perhaps because she had suffered a loss at the memorial service yesterday, Zhao Qiuyue didn't make things difficult for her today, but simply assigned her a lot of tasks, both big and small.

Ci Ji accepted it, after all, going to work is about doing things.

As long as Zhao Qiuyue doesn't provoke her, she won't say anything.

Moreover, she overheard Director Deng chatting with others that morning, mentioning that Shen Ceyan was going to meet a client today and probably wouldn't be at the company all day.

Since I won't see him at the company today, I might as well focus on getting things done.

Shen Ceyan did not return home until evening.

Ji Nianci assumed he wouldn't be coming back today, so she went straight to sleep.

When she woke up the next day, she saw Shen Ceyan standing in front of the dressing mirror, putting on his tie, just like the day before.

He turned to look at her again, his expression indifferent as he uttered a sentence:

"You get up quite early."

"..."

Even Ci Du wondered if she had slept until yesterday.

What's this person doing here again?

Not long after, Ji Nianci looked at the man sitting across the table reading a newspaper and felt like crying out for her parents.

How come she never noticed that Shen Ceyan loved reading newspapers so much?

It was right before I had to go to work!

However, she doesn't seem to have gotten up at this time much before.

……

Forget it.

There was no other way; she had to think of a reason to deceive the man in front of her.

"that……"

"What, going shopping with Tang Zhi so early in the morning again?"

The man raised his hand to adjust his silver-rimmed glasses and said slowly.

Ji Nianci's mind went blank, and she immediately forgot the reason she had just made up.

She remained silent for a long while.

"Niannian, aren't you going to tell me the truth?"

The man's voice was low and his expression was somber.

"I……"

Ji Nianci sighed inwardly; it seemed she couldn't hide it from him any longer.

"Actually, I found a job in the design department of Shen's company. I originally wanted to wait for the right opportunity to tell you..."

"The right opportunity?" The man chuckled. "When do you think the right opportunity is? Do you need to pick a day to say? It's just a matter of saying it."

“No, I am…” Ji Nianci said halfway through, but her eyes caught sight of the wall clock, and her tone immediately became anxious: “No, I can’t explain to you later, okay? I’m going to be late for work if I don’t go now.”

After saying that, she picked up her bag from the stool and prepared to walk towards the door.

The atmosphere around Shen Ceyan became even more oppressive. He felt a surge of irritation rising in his heart. He struggled to suppress it, grabbed Ji Nianci's hand, and said in a deep voice, "I'll take you there."

On the way, Shen Ceyan drove very fast.

His expression remained indifferent and calm, but Ji Neng sensed something:

He is angry.

Not wanting the rift between them to deepen any further, Ji Nianci glanced cautiously at Shen Ceyan before explaining, "Actually, I didn't mean to keep it from you. I wanted to give you a surprise, but I just hadn't found the right opportunity..."

Shen Ceyan slowed down the car a little.

Ji Nianci continued, "Didn't I tell you the other day? I was going to look for a job. Actually, I had already decided to work for Shen's Group so I could have more time to spend with you. I just didn't expect to be so busy these past few days. I just arrived, and there's still a lot of work I'm not familiar with. So I haven't had time to come see you or apologize to you."

Shen Ceyan's expression softened a bit, and his tone sounded somewhat helpless: "Niannian, actually, I would be pleasantly surprised if you had just told me. Instead, like now, you only speak up after I ask."

After they finished speaking, the two fell silent once again.

Ji Nianci lowered her head; it seemed she had messed things up again.

Just as they were about to arrive at the company, Ji Nianci suddenly looked up.

She said to Shen Ceyan, "Stop here, just leave me here, I'll walk the rest of the way myself."

Shen Ceyan: "?"

Jinian Ci hesitated for a moment before speaking, "You know I don't want to do this publicly at the company. If my colleagues see me riding in your car to work, what will they think of me?"

Shen Ceyan pressed the tip of his tongue against his back teeth, and his words seemed to be uttered through gritted teeth: "Don't worry, you can't see inside this car from the outside, and I parked in the parking lot, not at the company gate."

“Oh… okay,” Ji Nianci replied weakly.

Why did she feel that Shen Ceyan was even angrier?

Upon arriving at the parking lot, Shen Ceyan had just turned off the engine when Ji Nianci eagerly unbuckled her seatbelt.

Seeing that the man next to her was also about to get out of the car, she suddenly seemed to remember something and pressed down on Shen Ceyan next to her.

Shen Ceyan: "?"

"It's almost time to start work, there will definitely be a lot of people. I'll go out first, you can sit in the car for a while before you leave. It wouldn't be good if someone saw us coming out of the same car or walking up together. Anyway, you're the boss, it doesn't matter when you go up, but I can't. I just started working, and I need to make a good impression on the boss. So, I'll go first, goodbye."

After saying this in one breath, Ji Nianci darted out instantly, giving him no chance to react. The woman in front of him disappeared before his eyes with lightning speed.

Shen Ceyan: "..."

Does this girl really not want to be in the same frame as him?

He was so angry he almost laughed.