If we swapped lives, I'd be the CEO and you'd take care of the kids.

He blurted out, "I drank too much tonic soup recently, and I don't want to drink it anymore."

Zhu Tingyue understood that her mother's soup was absolutely delicious, and that was no exaggeration.

But Shen Yanqiu said he drank too much. Did he know that it was a drink he wanted to drink but couldn't?

Zhu Tingyue slightly raised her head, her gaze sweeping over Shen Yanqiu. The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, forming a smile, as if she were laughing at his ungratefulness.

Then, she quickly looked away, ignoring him, and lowered her head to concentrate on enjoying the sumptuous meal in front of her.

As soon as Shen Yanqiu finished speaking, she realized that she had made a mistake. This was clearly hitting Zhu Tingyue where it hurt!

She wanted a drink but couldn't get one, yet she said she'd had too much and didn't want any more. It was like walking on eggshells!

Now she won't even look at me; I can only explain after the show ends.

After a few rounds of drinks, the conversation turned to personal matters.

The balding man named Qiao Enxu joked with the young men, "You guys, while you're still young, hurry up and find someone. As the saying goes, 'Those near the water get the moon first.' Open your eyes a little, and you'll have plenty of opportunities, won't you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present looked at Shen Yanqiu. Apart from Chen Wen, Shen Yanqiu was the only girl.

The others were too embarrassed to speak. Shi Yuan looked around and saw that Li Yixuan and Lin Quan, the two young men, were staring intently at the plate in front of them, as if it contained not food, but a gentle and beautiful woman.

He then turned his gaze to Shen Yanqiu and asked, "Xiao Zhu, do you have a boyfriend?"

Under the watchful eyes of several people, Shen Yanqiu, like Shi Yuan, first scanned everyone before finally fixing his gaze on Zhu Tingyue.

In my memory, Shen Yanqiu should be aloof and unsmiling.

Surprisingly, the current "Shen Yanqiu" often has a pair of bright eyes that are always smiling, turning into crescent moons. For example, right now, she is gazing at him with deep affection.

In an instant, time seemed to freeze, all the noise and commotion around them were shut out, and the whole world was left with only the two of them standing facing each other, their eyes meeting like two intertwined lightning bolts, bursting with endless sparks and anticipation.

Shen Yanqiu thought to himself: My chance to salvage this has come! He smiled, looked at Zhu Tingyue, and said, "Yes!"

The crowd immediately erupted in excitement, vying to ask, "Who is it?"

Shen Yanqiu only smiled and did not answer.

Shi Yuan sighed, looking at him with regret, but said, "Alright, let's congratulate Xiao Zhu. Come on, let's celebrate together."

Everyone raised their glasses, their faces beaming with joy and excitement, and shouted in unison, "Cheers!"

Laughter and cheerful voices filled the entire space in an instant.

Zhu Tingyue's gaze was like the twinkling stars in the night sky, sometimes bright, sometimes dim; sometimes sharp as a knife, sometimes gentle as water.

Her eyes, which were originally calm as still water, were now rippling as if countless pebbles had been thrown in.

Zhu Tingyue gazed silently at the scene before her, her mind filled with countless thoughts. She seemed to want to say something, but the words caught in her throat and she swallowed them back.

The surrounding noise seemed to fade away, leaving her alone, immersed in her own complex inner world. In the end, she simply sighed softly, shook her head slightly, and ultimately chose to remain silent.

On the way back, Shi Yuan insisted on taking Shen Yanqiu home, no matter how much Shen Yanqiu refused.

Shen Yanqiu wanted to hit him on the spot and knock this person who couldn't understand the situation unconscious.

Sitting in Shi Yuan's car, Shen Yanqiu listened to Shi Yuan's incessant chatter and wished he were deaf. He had never realized before that Shi Yuan was such a chatterbox.

"Xiao Zhu, are you settling in well with our company?"

Shi Yuan spoke with the air of a boss, and Shen Yanqiu replied expressionlessly, "Adapt."

"So what do you think of our company?"

"good."

"Do you think there are any areas that need improvement? I think we should listen to the opinions of the masses more. Please feel free to give me any suggestions you may have."

Shen Yanqiu offered no advice, her only suggestion being to tell Shi Yuan to shut up.

"No."

"Huh?" Shi Yuan asked in surprise, "Is our company that good?"

"okay."

Shi Yuan asked questions one by one, and Shen Yanqiu answered two words at a time.

Halfway through the journey, Shi Yuan finally realized that Shen Yanqiu wasn't in high spirits, so he shut up. Shen Yanqiu didn't explain, letting him scrutinize her.

In the past, Shi Yuan, as a partner, was indeed beyond reproach based solely on his work ability. However, looking at it from a different perspective now, he has quite a few shortcomings!

Shen Yanqiu belatedly returned to the Zhu family.

The villa was brightly lit, and before even entering, one could hear Zhu Mingchuan's hearty laughter.

Have they made up again? Zhu Mingchuan is quite skilled at coaxing his wife, a skill that Shen Yanqiu finds truly astounding.

"Yueyue, you're back! Look what this is!"

Zhu Mingchuan proudly presented a beautiful box from behind his back, his shrewd eyes filled with anticipation.

Even Zhu's mother looked at him with a smile, both of them eagerly anticipating his reaction.

Looking at the palm-sized box in front of her, and judging from the expressions of Zhu's parents, Shen Yanqiu guessed: "Jewelry that I like!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Mingchuan burst into laughter, his eyes full of mockery as he looked at his wife: "Hahaha, you guessed wrong!"

Zhu's mother gave him a look that seemed both angry and reproachful: "Not entirely wrong, half right and half wrong."

The couple actually disagreed! Shen Yanqiu cooperated, turning his eyes as if thinking, and after a long while said, "It's a bracelet."

Zhu Mingchuan stared intently at him, and several times he couldn't help but want to tell him the answer, but his mother pulled him back to his mouth.

Upon hearing the answer this time, his smile widened even more!

"Wrong, wrong again! Yueyue, you've become stupid!" He made an exaggerated expression, waving his index finger back and forth in front of Shen Yanqiu, his eyes filled with uncontrollable smugness.

Shen Yanqiu coaxed a child, asking softly, "What is it? Please tell me!"

Zhu Mingchuan ignored his request, even walking a few steps away and pulling his mother to sit on the sofa. When he looked back at her, his tone was arrogant: "I won't tell you, I can't tell you, guess for yourself!"

What a playful old man! Shen Yanqiu couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Zhu Mingchuan, whose personality was completely different at work and at home.

Leaving him aside, Shen Yanqiu turned her pleading gaze to Mother Zhu.

However, Zhu Mingchuan was whispering something to her, and the two were very intimate, a far cry from their cold and hostile attitude that morning.

“Yueyue, you didn’t inherit my intelligence,” Zhu Mingchuan said smugly. Seeing his wife’s expression change slightly, he added, “Neither did you inherit your mother’s.”

"Then who did I inherit from? My godfather?" Shen Yanqiu said this jokingly.