083. That manAn Ran looks strangely at the two, not understanding the meaning behind Ye Zi Wen"s words. What action too quickly? Is he talking about their marriage? Well yes that is sudden but shouldn"t it be her who took action too quickly? After all the one who proposed and suggested to apply for a marriage certificate was her and not Su Yi Cheng.
Ye Zi Wen turns over to look at An Ran, says in a displeased tone,"And you did not say your husband is Su Yi Cheng!" Making him believe that she was just saying she was married as an excuse to bait and arouse his curiosity, what"s more laughable is that he had really intended to pursue her seriously! What"s even worse is that he has stupidly TOLD Su Yi Cheng this smiling masked tiger that he is going after his own wife! OH MY G.o.d! now that he think about it, just what kind of foolishness has he been doing all this while. Small wonder that he has been tormented by Si Yi Jiao for the past two days, he feels as if he has been gang up by the two siblings!
"You only say you are Eric, you did not tell me you are Ye Zi Wen so I didn"t know you were him at all." An Ran says honestly, indeed she did not even have the slightest notion that he could be the best friend that Su Yi Cheng mentions.
Ye Zi Wen paused, thinking back, it seems to be true, he did only introduce himself as Eric. So, was it his own fault that he was schemed by Su Yi Cheng after all?
Su Yi Cheng, with a hand around An Ran, smiles and asks Ye Zi Wen,"So? Still intending to go on the offensive now?"
Ye Zi Wen turns his head over, with an obviously fake smile, hurriedly adjusts and clarifies his stand,"I was just joking that day, it"s a joke! A joke!"
What a joke! If he could give out his number to Yi Jiao that la.s.s just because of what he says that day, making him spending the whole day just managing her calls, if he antagonizes him further, he predicts he will tell Yi Jiao every one of his addresses in Jiang City! If it comes to that he would really have no way to hide.
Su Yi Cheng also smiles, looking much better now, nodded,"En. Next time don"t play these kind of jokes, they are not funny at all."
Ye Zi Wen"s lips keeps twitching, scolding in his heart, He must be crazy to foolishly repeat this kind of joke! Just why did he show his hand to this black bellied wolf in the past? If he had not been so impulsive in the past, he would not have been threaten so like now.
"Bwahaha__!" Xiao Ying Tian looking at the side could not resist having a laugh, it"s a good thing that Su Yi Cheng decides to enter politics instead of business, if not he is afraid that the dominant position of "Xu Dong" would be his instead.
Ye Zi Wen looks at Xiao Ying Tian in frustration, scolding inside that this uncle of his did not even give him a proper warning. Good thing that he was clever as well, he had intended to spend a bomb buying a jade thumb ring for him, but as he was unsatisfied with those that he had seen he did not buy any and a good thing too or he would have really suffered a loss.
An Ran listens, confused, not understanding any of this, what offensive? what joke? just what are they talking about?
As if aware of her confusion, Su Yi Cheng whispered,"I"ll tell you when we get back."
An Ran nodded, smile and did not ask further.
A lot of people came to the dinner party, mostly business a.s.sociates of Xiao Ying Tian.
Su Yi Cheng is considered a familiar face, and people naturally recognize him as they walk around, then some normal chit chat will start. An Ran does not have to do anything, just stood by his side, at times, smiling, at times nodding.
As if noticing her boredom, when no one was with them he turns and smiles at her apologetically,"Are you tired, do you want to eat something first?"
Actually it"s not a matter of tiredness, but just standing there maintaining a slight smile is causing her mouth to cramp. She does feel hungry, she followed him here after work and the two have not had a chance to eat since they arrive, she nodded,"I"ll go over there to grab a bite and help you take some as well. Come over to eat something later when you have the time." She remembers the doctor saying his condition is chronic and requires long term care and maintenance of his body. It is very unhealthy for him to skip meals and especially drinking on an empty stomach. She reach over and remove the gla.s.s of red wine from him, then replace his drink with a gla.s.s of orange juice,"No drinking."
Su Yi Cheng laughs softly, taking a sip of the orange juice,"As my wife ordered."
An Ran"s lips curved, helping him right the tie he had on that was slightly crooked, then turns and walks towards the food area in the distance.
Su Yi Cheng looks on as she left and only looks away a while later.
"COUGH cough cough." Ye Zi Wen who is looking on besides him says sourly,"It"s too mushy, too mushy!" his expression exaggerated, his arms hugging each other.
Su Yi Cheng takes a look at him, with a smile on his lips and did not give any reply, lifting the orange juice in his hand, he takes another sip.
An Ran places some cake and salad on her plate and helps Su Yi Cheng to take some seafood noodles that he normally likes to eat then heads towards the rest area.
Sitting on a couch, she looks at a young boy about 6 to 7 years of age who"s already sitting there. An Ran finds him familiar but cannot place where she had seen him before.
The boy saw her too as An Ran sat on the opposite end of the couch and smiles at him. The boy did not smile or talk, look at An Ran for quite a bit then turns and continues playing with the robot toy in his hands.
An Ran did not pay it to mind and started to eat the cake with tiny bites. She craves sweets and eating these sweet delights fills her with a sense of happiness and fulfillment. No matter if she was feeling bad or feeling good nothing beats having something sweet to eat.
Just as An Ran was enjoying her cake she notices a pair of eyes staring in her direction. Turning to look, she saw the boy sitting up straight, still playing with the transformer toy in his hands but An Ran notices that he was holding the toy upside down.
Turning, she continued enjoying the cake and felt the intensity of a stare again, An Ran turns her head immediately and caught the boy this time. He was staring at the seafood noodles and unconsciously swallowing saliva, seeing that An Ran had turned around, he immediately turns around, not looking at her.
An Ran had a slight smile on her lips, he must be hungry. Turning to look around, there isn"t anyone that seems to be the child"s parents. Pushing over the plate she had helped Su Yi Cheng to take, she places it closer to the child. With the food in front of him, An Ran smiles at him,"Little boy, do you want Auntie to treat you to some noodles?"
The boy looks at An Ran then at the food in front of him, evidently struggling, but in the end turns his head over, clutching and playing his transformer toy.
An Ran smiles, thinking the boy must be wary of strangers. She placed the food in front of him and got back to her own seat, eating the mousse cake, looking at the people in the main hall. Unconsciously she seeks out Su Yi Cheng standing in the crowd, he seems to be discussing something with another person, his face always gentle with a smile, unable to discern if he is feeling good or bad.
At this time someone approach him, looking at the orange juice in his hands, spoke something and stop the waiter and takes a gla.s.s of wine for him. He shakes his head with a laugh, lifted his juice, saying something, that person insisted, wanting to get him the gla.s.s of wine. As if caught in a bind, Su Yi Cheng said something then looks in her direction.
An Ran paused for a moment, only to see the person with Su Yi Cheng followed the direction of his gaze to look in her direction and then they laugh together. The person carried the gla.s.s of wine and drank it in a mouthful and seem to have no more intention of forcing Su Yi Cheng to drink the wine anymore.
Su Yi Cheng spoke to him a moment more then smile and proceeds towards An Ran.
Grinning and seated besides An Ran, An Ran asks curiously,"What did you just told them? Why did they look over here?"
Su Yi Cheng places his hand around her waist naturally, says,"I said my wife forbids me to drink and is looking at me from the side."
An Ran paused, then reacted, hitting him and laughing,"Hey, so you are using me as a shield." According to him, she is a fierce female tiger of a wife, which she isn"t!
"No, I just stated my stand and decisively told them I"m a good man and has adamantly decided to respect my wife"s wishes and not succ.u.mb to others" temptation." Su Yi Cheng says matter of factly, even his expression is serious.
An Ran giggles seeing his serious expression then was reminded that he has not taken anything yet. And the plate of noodles she had previously help him to take is already given to the young boy,"I"ll help get you something to eat." Then she gets up and headed toward to food.
Su Yi Cheng held her and got her to sit back down, pointing at the half eaten mousse cake on her plate,"I want to eat this."
An Ran only thought that he wants to eat mousse cake, smile and replied,"OK, I"ll help you to take that, anything else?"
Su Yi Cheng shakes his head, and placed the plate of cake on her hands, looking at her, smiling.
An Ran looks at the cake in her hand then at Su Yi Cheng, asked,"You want me to feed you?" G.o.d, doesn"t this differ too much from his normal image as a serious and proper Special a.s.sistant to the mayor office?
Su Yi Cheng smile but did not say anything else, opening his mouth waiting for her to place the cake into his mouth.
An Ran looks around embarra.s.singly at the boy behind her, only to see him with fork in hand, eating the food on the plate, staring at the two of them.
Her face suddenly becomes red, she turns, pats Su Yi Cheng,"Stop playing, everyone"s watching."
Su Yi Cheng insisted, hurrying her,"Quick, I"m feeling so hungry."Then continues opening his mouth waiting for her.
An Ran concedes defeat, it"s so frustrating yet feeling the whole thing is so funny, she lifted the cake and places a piece into his mouth with a fork.
Su Yi Cheng gobbles it up with a face full of smiles, then look at An Ran again,"One more."
An Ran already feels as if her face is red beyond belief by now, this kind of intimate feeding is a first for her. And the two of them don"t even do this in the privacy of their home, what"s more, this is a dinner party with people pa.s.sing by every so often, in public!
An Ran relented, scolding,"Su Yi Cheng, you have very weird taste." But still she placed another piece of cake into his mouth, then put the plate into his hands, turning over, ignoring him.
Su Yi Cheng laughs satisfactorily, lifting the plate in his hands to place it onto the table. Actually he takes after his father and is not particularly fond of sweet foodstuffs but the both of them also seems to have married wives who craves sweets.
Just as he turns around intending to speak to An Ran, he saw Tong Xiao Jie and Mo Fei heading towards them. Tong Xiao Jie smiles and asks,"Special a.s.sistant Su and senior"s feelings are so good, it"s really enviable."
An Ran turns over, saw Tong Xiao Jie and Mo Fei, paused.
Su Yi Cheng took a look at her, then turns and smiles at Mo Fei and Tong Xiao Jie,"Director Mo, Ms Tong, take a seat."
Mo Fei pressed his lips tightly, wanting to leave, but was pulled by Tong Xiao Jie to sit opposite Su Yi Cheng and An Ran.
"I"m so envious of Special a.s.sistant Su and An Ran senior." Tong Xiao Jie repeated, eyes looking staring at An Ran.
An Ran kept quiet, only smiling.
Su Yi Cheng leans back slightly on the couch, his hand naturally wraps around An Ran"s shoulders and places it on the top of the couch, his expression gentle still,"Isn"t Director Mo and Ms Tong the same? I heard that when Ms Tong went overseas to study Director Mo left everything behind to accompany her. This kind of action and determination would not be possible without deep feelings of love. If you are talking of being envied then Ms Tong and Director Mo is really the envy of everyone around." Then Su Yi Cheng looks over at Mo Fei, expression smiling yet unsmiling.
Tong Xiao Jie smiles, turns and looks at Mo Fei pa.s.sionately.
Mo Fei"s expression stiffens, only bending his lips, his face devoid of laughter.
Tong Xiao Jie turns and looks at An Ran,"An Ran senior, Mo Fei had just returned from USA recently and his company here has also just been established, everything is just starting up. I remember the both of you were a specially good combo during University days. Mo Fei also mentions you were the source of inspiration for a lot of his submissions at several compet.i.tions. If you don"t mind this request, would you like to join our company and help Mo Fei out?"
Hearing this, the other three paused for a moment. Mo Fei was staring at her at a lost while An Ran was looking at her uncomprehendingly then looks over at Mo Fei puzzled.
Tong Xiao Jie looks at her, then turns to Su Yi Cheng,"Special a.s.sistant Su would not mind, would you?"
Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng laughs,"Of course I don"t, but I"m afraid Director Huang would not let her go so easily." Saying this, he stood up and welcomes Huang De Xin who is walking towards them from behind Mo Fei,"Director Huang."
Only then does Tong Xiao Jie and Mo Fei saw Huang De Xin who is full of smiles, then stood up and smile back.
Then the group sat back down, Huang De Xin sat next to Mo Fei, Su Yi Cheng smiles, asking,"Since Director Huang is here, why don"t Ms Tong ask Director Huang? An Ran is his subordinate after all, it"s up to him if he"s willing to let her go."
Huang De Xin had just arrive and was confused to what"s going on,"What"s all this about letting people go, I"m getting more confused as I listen more."
Without waiting for Tong Xiao Jie to speak, Su Yi Cheng answers,"Ms Tong was just inviting An Ran to work for them at their new company and I said it"s up to you, don"t you think so?"
Hearing this, Huang De Xin immediately states his stand,"Sighs, how can this even be possible, An Ran is our company"s top premier designer, how can I possibly let her go, Ms Tong don"t take advantage of me now, Director Mo himself is a prize winner from several international compet.i.tions, so why worry about lacking good designers?"
Hearing this, Tong Xiao Jie laughs,"Kekeke, I was originally really intending to poach my senior from behind Director Huang"s back, thinking to leverage on our previous relationship during university. I had just spoken up but was caught by you immediately. Looks like Director Huang must be wary of us from now, don"t you think so, Mo Fei?"
Mo Fei smiles dryly, not speaking much, his eyes fixed on An Ran in front of him.
The few sat and chatted a while more, Huang De Xin saw a couple of "Jing Cheng"s" business partners waving at him so he went over. Mo Fei was feeling restless sitting here and gave an excuse saying he saw a familiar person then pulls Tong Xiao Jie over.
After they left, An Ran lets out a sigh and took a drink.
Su Yi Cheng took a look and asks,"Tired?"
An Ran shakes her head, smiling at him.
At this time, the lighting at the venue dimmed and a spotlight shone on the stage. The emcee of the night stood at the podium and after some customary greetings and congratulatory wishes on Xiao Ying Tian"s 60th birthday, he invited the birthday star to give a speech.
Actually it was just a pre-planned speech, thanking everyone for attending, thanking them for their support of "Xu Dong". After the series of thanks, 10 minutes has pa.s.sed and Xiao Ying Tian got down from the stage to much applause. At this time the music started playing and the light darken, turning soft. The emcee got back on stage again and invited Mr and Mrs Xiao for the first dance. After another round of applause, a ray of light shone on Xiao Ying Tian and wife, he held his wife"s hand and went onto the dance floor, swaying to the music, waltzing. The rest of the crowd joins in later and the party really got started.
Su Yi Cheng holds out a hand to An Ran, looking at her with a smile,"To the beautiful Mrs Su, may I have the honor of dancing with you?"
An Ran looks at him, laughing then places her hand into his big palm, nodding,"Of course."
The two held hands and head towards the dance floor. They had just turn when they heard a sound like something had fallen. The two look back at the same time, only to see the boy that was originally playing with the transformer toy had fallen onto the floor holding his belly in pain.
The two hurried over, An Ran help him from the floor to rest in her arms,"Little boy, what happen to you?" He was just fine but what happen suddenly?!
The boy hugged his stomach, his face twisting in agony, unable to say clearly,"Pain....pain, it"s... painful."
Looking at the situation, An Ran looks towards Su Yi Cheng, not knowing what to do.
"The child"s parents, who are his parents?" Su Yi Cheng asks.
An Ran shakes her head,"I don"t know, when I got here the child was alone on the couch. There wasn"t any adult near him."
"Little boy, tell uncle the names of your mother and father, uncle will look for them alright?" Su Yi Cheng asks the child, trying to get the ident.i.ty of the child"s parents.
Hearing this, the boy in An Ran"s arms hugs his stomach and shakes his head violently, as if afraid.
Looking at this, the two can do nothing about it.
The boy suddenly seems to be in worse pain, holding his stomach yelling in pain.
An Ran could not bear seeing him in such agony,"What do we do, he looks to be in a lot of pain."
Su Yi Cheng reach over and took the child from An Ran, saying quickly,"We"ll first send the child to the hospital. I"ll give a call to Ye Zi Wen later and get him to search for the child"s parents here then to immediately let them hurry to the hospital."
Not seeing a better solution, they can only proceed like this for now. An Ran nodded, taking her purse from the seat and hurries out of the venue with Su Yi Cheng.
In the car, Su Yi Cheng calls Ye Zi Wen on bluetooth while driving and An Ran sits in the backseat with the child. The boy had curled up in pain, his expressions contorted, forehead sweating.
Su Yi Cheng looks at the situation in the backseat from his rearview mirror. Ye Zi Wen picks up the call at this time. Without waiting for him to speak,"Zi Wen, check if anyone brought a child to the dinner party, then check if any parents are unable to find their child, if there is any bring them immediately to the hospital."
"Huh? What"s the situation?" Ye Zi Wen asks, uncomprehending.
"Don"t ask so much, do as I say, that child was sitting by An Ran just now, and suddenly collapse due to stomach pains. An Ran and I are bringing him to the hospital. When you find the child"s parents, bring them to the City hospital." Saying this, Su Yi Cheng hangs up.
Looking at the child in agony, An Ran feels terrible, saying angrily,"Isn"t the child"s parents too irresponsible? Leaving such a small child alone, not even knowing if the child is fine. It"s ridiculous."
Looking at the rear view mirror, Su Yi Cheng remains quiet but speeds up.
At the hospital, Su Yi Cheng carries the boy straight to the emergency room. The doctor on duty at the emergency room diagnosed that the child is suffering from severe stomach cramps due to acute allergy to seafood.
Mistaking An Ran and Su Yi Cheng for the child"s parents, he gave them a good scolding,"How can you be parents?! Don"t you know about the child"s allergies, still giving him seafood, it"s a good thing he was send here early, if it had been one hour later, do you know the consequences could be drastic?!"
The two did not explain but ask for the child"s current condition. The doctor took a look at them and did not say anything further,"It"s lucky that he was send here so early, he"s stable for now and needs to be on a drip. It"s best if he can stay in the hospital to be monitored for a few days."
The two nodded, hearing the child is fine now really lifts a huge burden from their hearts.
An Ran is in the room with the child on drip, the child keeps sweating due to stomach cramps and his eyebrows knitted tightly together. An Ran took the tissue and wipe at his sweat, heart aching. Reaching over to smooth out his knitted brows, mumbling,"It"s all my fault he is like this now, if only I had not given him the seafood noodles I had gotten for you in the first place. I wasn"t aware he had seafood allergies, and it"s such a severe one too."
Su Yi Cheng goes up to give her a hug,"It"s fine now."
An Ran nodded, saying softly,"It"s lucky it"s ok now."
Su Yi Cheng lets her go,"I"ll give a call to Ye Zi Wen to ask if he"s on his way here."
In a corner of the corridor, he called Ye Zi Wen.
The phone rang for a while before being picked up, he ask immediately,"Found the child"s parents?"
"That... Actually..." Ye Zi Wen was mumbling, as if not knowing what to say.
Su Yi Cheng frowns,"What this or that? Have you found them? Are they really not worried about the child?" How irresponsible can one get?!
"Sigh.. I... I can"t explain clearly at this time, I"ve found the child"s father, and we"re on the way, I"ll give you a call later." Ye Zi Wen then hung up.
Su Yi Cheng"s instincts is telling him that Ye Zi Wen"s tone of voice is unlike himself, but he is unable to know more just from a few sentences. So he took a look at the phone for a bit, then kept it and returned to the ward.
Ye Zi Wen only reach the hospital 20 minutes later, Su Yi Cheng was with An Ran in the room accompanying the child. After the injection, the pain seems to lessen and the child finally seems able to relax his brows.
Ye Zi Wen enters the ward alone, looking at Su Yi Cheng, his expression seems weird, as if conflicted.
Su Yi Cheng look at his back and even after a while did not see the child"s
parent. With slightly displeased expression,"He"s not here?"
Ye Zi Wen shakes his head, looking backwards and from there, a man appears from behind the wall, dressed in a suit, his hair parted and combed neatly, stepping on handmade italian tailored shoes and enters.
Su Yi Cheng looked at the man in front of him, as if dazed. He was just thinking who the child"s parents was that was so irresponsible but he would have never thought the parent was him!
This man isn"t just anyone but Zhou Han! Small wonder that Ye Zi Wen was at a lost to what to say on the line.
An Ran looked over and paused. She only feels he"s familiar and only remembers after a while. She saw this person before at the courtyard at the activity area. Then she looks at the child on the bed again, so he was the little child that had mischievously knocked into her. She still remembers this man had helped to steady her that time. He seemed to be very strict and the boy seems to be afraid of him. She also remembers Su Yi Cheng and him are acquainted but does not seem to be on good terms.
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