First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 49 Translation

049. Social niceties/ dinner party


In the office, An Ran was concentrated on drawing the blueprint for the city hall building. It was afternoon, and even though a draft is still a draft, but she has always been able to see a little bit of progress.

An Ran grabs a pen and examines the paper seriously, then suddenly takes an eraser and wipes the diagram that she had just drawn. Then she takes the ruler and once again measures and draws, doing this repeatedly until she was satisfied, nodding her head. Just as she was about to draw another thing, someone knocks on her office door. She raises her head, only to see Xiao xiao, with her perfect makeup, and her hair made up into a wavy style, all of which was completed with an outfit, apparently changing her look to a different one since the meeting this morning. An Ran sometimes doesn't really get it. They all work together, in the same office, doing the same work. Where does she get that much time to fix herself, furthermore change her makeup according to the occasion, changing into different clothes and different bags. She’s very attentive to her lifestyle, but she herself feels that it must be very tiring.

“Alright, the director asked me to tell you that it’s almost time.” Xiao xiao says at the door with a smirk. She can’t tell if it’s a smile or not.

An Ran looks at the time on the computer screen, turns to look out the window to see the dark sky. She then sighs thinking that time is really going by too quickly.

She nods at Xiao xiao, tidies up and says to her, “Ok, I’ll be there soon. Where did the director say it was at, I can drive there myself.” Xiao xiao looks at her, only smiles and asks, “Don’t you wanna fix yourself up in the washroom first?”

Only then does An Ran realize that she had exhausted herself designing, and while she designs she has a habit of scratching her head. Even with her hair tied up it must be a mess right now. She looks at the time, puts the blueprints aside first, takes out her makeup bag and quickly runs to the washroom, passing by Xiao xiao, not forgetting to say, “You can just give me the address, I can get there myself.”

Xiao xiao raises her eyebrows, and says, “YouRan restaurant.”

An Ran pauses, her thoughts couldn’t help but bitterly cry. Why does it have to be ‘YouRan restaurant’, it’s such a big city, don’t tell me that there’s no other place to eat?

Seeing her frown, Xiao xiao asks in disdain, “What’s up, you don’t like that place?”

“No.” An Ran chuckles, shaking her head. She can only pray that she doesn’t bump into Su Yi Jiao.

Xiao xiao also doesn’t say anything, only looking at her with her brows raised.

An Ran avoids her gaze, and only says, “You don’t need to wait for me, I’ll be down in a minute.” After saying that she directly goes to the washroom.

Xiao xiao watches her figure disappear into the corner, then turns to look at the blueprints on the desk. She raises her brow, her gaze has a little shine to it.

In the washroom An Ran simply combs her hair, then dabs a bit of powder on her face. By the time she got back to her office Xiao xiao was already gone. She puts away some of her work from before, then grabs her briefcase, and the cellphone on her desk, and leaves the office.

Rushing through the short time to get to the parking lot from the office, An Ran’s eyes are only fixed on the cellphone in her hand, feeling that something’s wrong, but she doesn’t know what is it. Afterwards when An Ran was sitting in her car, she then recalls that today Su Yi Cheng hadn’t given her a call, and hasn’t said whether or not he would pick her up. Just as she was about to start the car to leave, she then recalls that Su Yi Cheng had mentioned during breakfast that he would be away for an inspection today, and that he’d probably be home a little late today, so he won’t be able to pick her up, and she can drive herself back home.

The car’s engine rumbles faintly. An Ran stares at her cellphone for a while, a little out of it. Then the phone in her hand sudden starts to ring. It was a call from Xiao xiao. Frightened from it, An Ran quickly answers it, not speaking right away, only hearing Xiao xiao ask, “An Ran, are you out yet, the director and I are already on the way. Wait at the 2nd floor house number 208. Get here soon, officer Tong is almost here, so don’t hold us up.”

“Ok, I got it.” An Ran answers, then hangs up. Then she looks at her phone and couldn’t help but shake her head, forcing herself to smile. How long as it been, she unexpectedly is used to getting that man’s call everyday, even that considerate picking up and dropping off.

Habits, they really are a scary thing.


When An Ran had arrived there, she luckily ran into Manager Zhang. Due to Su Yi Jiao’s earlier instructions, once Manager Zhang saw An Ran he greeted her passionately, his face beamed as he asked if she had reserved a table yet, whether or not she has friends coming and so on and so forth, asking until An Ran was getting overwhelmed, so in a hurry she said that she has work matters, and that she was with her company for a business dinner with an official, she shouldn’t stick around to chat too long, seizes the time and hurriedly runs up the stairs. When she knocked on the door she only saw Xiao xiao and Huang De Xing sitting at the edges of the table, Xiao xiao’s wavy hair in disarray. Her face was also a bit red, her lip gloss was a bit off. And the Huang De Xing beside her sat there honourably, checking his cellphone. Seeing An Ran come in, he simply nods at her, not really saying anything. And Xiao xiao suddenly gets up to leave, saying that she has an upset stomach. She then grabs her bags and immediately goes to the washroom.

An Ran senses that something was off, but all in all it was none of her business, she doesn’t have the seniority to give speech, so she simply bows her head and examines the beautiful, delicate tablecloth.

That evening, Bureau chief Tong that Huang De Xing had invited enters before Xiao xiao. To An Ran’s surprise this Bureau chief Tong was none other than the man from the other time, furthermore he was somehow acquainted with her mother.

Tong Wen Hai also recognizes An Ran. He remembers her, firstly because she is Su Yi Cheng’s wife, and secondly because she is Lin Xiao Fen’s daughter. Regardless of their status, she is a person he can not ignore.

“You…..” Tong Wen Hai was about to say something, but was interrupted by Huang De Xing getting up behind up.

“Chief Tong, it’s been while yet you still look dashing as ever, ha.” Huang De Xing laughs and walks over to Tong Wen Hai.

Tong Wen Hai comes back to earth, looks at Huang De Xing, and only smiles as he says, “Director Huang is such a joker.”

“You flatter me. It’s Chief Tong that’s too modest.” Huang De Xing says, then turns to An Ran beside him, “An Ran, this person is the new chief of city construction, Bureau Chief Tong. You should serve a few drinks to Chief Tong.”

An Ran smiles, nods at Chief Tong, and greets, “Nice to meet you Chief Tong.”

Tong Wen Hai nods, looking at her with a complex expression. Then the door behind him was pushed open, Xiao xiao was with a person cracking jokes as she enters. Along with An Ran they clearly see the man entering the room with Xiao xiao. Their eyes widen; they were surprised and shocked.

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Oh no, Xiao xiao... I was reserving judgment, why you do dis D: Stay professional girl, stay professional :(

First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 48 Translation

048. Results


In ‘Jing Cheng’ building’s general meeting room, Huang De Xing sits in the first seat. An Ran and Xiao xiao sit separately on his two sides, and the other workers follow suit, sitting along the side following An Ran and Xiao xiao.

Huang De Xing carries the cup of tea and takes a sip of it, and says, “Today’s gathering will mainly be about 2 things.”

An Ran takes a pen and comes up with something to draw. She doesn’t know the purpose of this meeting, but she guesses that it has to be related to the construction site accident. She doesn’t know what the outcome is, however looking at Hou Zheng Wen’s proud face opposite to her, she assumes that he had nothing to do with it.

“Concerning the shopping center ‘Bi Hu Yuan’, the cause of the collapse at the construction site, the firm has already investigated it thoroughly.” Huang De Xing says. As he speaks he shoots a glance at An Ran, then Hou Zheng Wen, and finally looks at who was Xiao xiao sitting on his left.

“My construction was done according to Architect Gu’s plans. If there really was a problem, then it wouldn’t be with me.” Hou Zheng Wen says coldly as looks at An Ran, his manner of speaking was rather provoking.

An Ran stares at him, not speaking, circling her pen around. If it really was her to blame, then she doesn’t have anything to say. Huang De Xing looks at Hou Zheng Wen, and starts to say, “There weren’t any problems with An Ran’s designs. The company asked a specialist to examine the blueprint in detail. Everything in the plan was reasonably calculated, so it was not the cause of the accident.”

Hou Zheng Wen’s eyes pop open, “I worked in accordance to the blueprint, if there was nothing wrong with the plan, then there certainly should be no problem with my construction.”

“Lao Hou, you didn’t let me finish, why are you getting so worked up for? I haven’t said that there was a problem with the construction.” Huang De Xing looks at him as he jokingly says this.

Hou Zheng Wen rubs his nose, muttering, “As long as it’s not my fault.”

Huang De Xing looks at Xiao xiao once again, then starts to say, “This accident wasn’t on the plans, neither was it on the construction. It was all a result of the quality of the cement, which simply did not reach safety standards. This supportive use of the 32.5 grade of the Portland cement composite compressive strength was measured to be barely 4.8, 4.3 MPa, while the standard is 32.5 MPa, differing by a factor of 6.8 and 7.6. This kind of Portland cement composite then lost its usable value. This is also the main cause of the collapse.”

An Ran raises her head at this unexpected outcome. It was the cement strength that didn’t reach standards. This completely relates to whether or not the building can be built, whether or not it can collapse, whether or not it’s a jerry-built building project. This relates to the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inhabitants.

One after another, the others begin to talk. In construction this is the situation that one fears the most. If there was something wrong with the blueprint or the construction then it can easily be changed, but this frugal spending, lowering the quality of the building, it all comes down to human lives. It’s good that they were able to discover the accident now while it’s still early, if it were later, after everything was completed, then the dreaded collapse wouldn’t just be that balcony; the casualties of the collapse wouldn’t just be one person.

Huang De Xing waves his hands to settle everyone down, and says, “Alright, regarding the issue with the cement quality, the company will co-ordinate with the supplier to resolve this, I will only report this matter in a paragraph, so do not start arguments with each other.”

“Since the matter has been thoroughly seen, I have no complaints.” Hou Zheng Wen mutters.

“If it was a problem with the materials, then even the best design and construction would be in vain. I personally believe that regarding this accident, our company must pursue legal sanction against the supplier. After all we are a construction business, eventually this building will have people living in it, and we aren’t able to bear this big of a risk.” An Ran says objectively.

Huang De Xing nods, and glances at Xiao xiao on his side, only says, “The company will handle this matter, there will absolutely be no appeasements.”

An Ran nods. She turns her head and sees Xiao xiao sending her a glance, only seeing her smiling faintly as she looks at her. Her eyes were somewhat fierce. An Ran frowns, looking up to look at her, only to see that she had already turned away, smiling as she asks Huang De Xing about the other thing.

Huang De Xing nods, and says, “ The next thing will be about the city hall building’s bidding that will start in a few days. Our company’s blueprint is yet to be decided. Next Wednesday I was thinking of making a public evaluation for the company. Several architects will submit their designs. At that time everyone can vote, whoever has the most votes will have their design chosen. Of course if the interns are interested they can also participate, this can be considered as a chance to train yourself.”

Calling to mind about the blueprints An Ran starts to get a headache. The past few days she has been busy labouring over it yet she doesn’t know what to be busy about. About the blueprint to the city hall building, up until now she has only managed to come up with a draft. With the particulars she still hasn’t come up with any. At first she wanted to spend the past few nights to get it done on time, however with Su Yi Cheng wrapping himself around her every night, tossing her from night and well into the morning not letting her go to bed, she really doesn’t understand where in the world he gets all that energy from.

Thinking about all that, An Ran couldn’t help but both get shy and annoyed at the same time, her face has also become unconsciously hot.

“An Ran?” Huang De Xing wrinkles his brows, calling her in a low voice.

Only then does An Ran come back to earth, looking at him blankly, and once again looks at everyone. She didn’t hear anything at all about what they were just talking about.

“What are you thinking about, your face has gone red. The Director has called on you several times yet you haven’t answered back.” Facing her Xiao xiao smirks as she speaks coldly.

An Ran couldn’t help but rub her burning cheeks, apologizing to Huang De Xing and nods. “Sorry, my mind went wandering.”

Huang De Xing looks at her, and only says, “Tonight there’ll be dinner with city construction’s Bureau Chief Tong. After work don’t be in a rush to leave, until then just wait with me and Xiao xiao for the dinner.”

An Ran nods quickly, “Okay. I got it.” These types of social niceties are actually universal, although she doesn’t like it much, but she can’t decline.

Huang De Xing nods, then collects the materials on the desk, taking the lead and stands up, saying, “Ok, that’s all for the meeting today. Everyone can go back to work.”

An Ran sighs, leaning against the chair and sitting there, no sign of leaving. Her eyes were tired, her body was aching. She thinks that she should very well discuss their married life together. Otherwise she’ll be sucked dry.

“Congrats, what luck.”

While An Ran was thinking of how to bring this up with Su Yi Cheng when overhead she hears a cold voice, her tone cold, not good-natured. She raises her head to look, only to see Xiao xiao looking at her with a faint smile, but her eyes don’t have the slightest amount of a smiling expression.

“What do you mean?” An Ran frowns, not understanding what she meant by ‘Congrats’, where that came from?

Xiao xiao looks at her with a strange smile, not saying anything. She turns around to leave to the conference room.


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First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 47 Translation

047. A touch of love 



The pen in her hands slips. The line that she was drawing on the blueprint went past the outline, so much that she puts on even more pressure on the paper. The nib of the pen creates a hole into the blueprint.

An Ran sighs, absentmindedly throwing the pencil aside on the desk. She raises her head and sits on the swivel chair, closing her eyes. The images on the blueprint bounce around before her eyes. There’s joy, and tears. She still remembers the first date, when they strolled around the campus lakeside shoulder-to-shoulder. He was smiling while talking about their future life, laughing as he said that he must start a construction company, build lots of high-rise apartment buildings. They talked about their dreams, their aspirations, chatting until they got closer and closer together, not realizing who was the one to first hold the other’s hand. The sun sets in the west, he finally grabs her hand, their ten fingers interlocking. And it was in that setting sun, in the reflection of that small lake, that he kissed her. At the time they were adorably innocent. Their lips barely touched, yet their faces reddened like ripe red apples, their heartbeat jumping at 180 bpm.

Unexpectedly led on by the nose from the memories, An Ran suddenly opens her eyes. She crumples up the blueprint on the desk, throwing the paper into the basket beside her foot. In the basket there were about 7 or 8 of those balls. It was the result of An Ran’s struggle all evening.

The door to the studio opens. It was only Su Yi Cheng in a neat suit, entering with a briefcase in hand. Upon seeing him, An Ran quickly stands up, “Y-you’re back. You need the studio? I-I’ll get out right away.” Saying that, she gets up and stacks the blueprints, preparing to leave.

“An Ran.” Su Yi Cheng calls out to her, shakes his head, and says, “I don’t need the studio. I’ve already finished all my work in the office. If you need to use the studio feel free to use it. We’re married, and you’re this house’s madame, there’s no need to be this courteous.”

An Ran stands there, looking at him speechless. It’s just that she’s still not used to this. Su Yi Cheng smiles at her, puts his briefcase aside, and loosens the necktie around his neck. “I’ll go wash up first.” He leaves the room as he says this.

An Ran sits down again, once again spreading out the blueprint paper across the spacious office desk. She grabs a measuring tape and painting brush to seriously design. But her mind is still on that scene in Huang De Xin’s office. She just doesn’t understand what Mo Fei is trying to pull. She never would have thought that he would be the kind of person who wouldn’t back down. At that time he had turned his head and never looked back, he could so easily let go of 4 years of affections, so why is there this kind of entanglement now? He either thinks highly of himself or thinks too lowly of him, could it be that he thought she would really be so foolish as to run back to him now that he’s back? Could it be that he doesn’t know that on this earth there are relationships that can be missed, like time, there’s no turning back time.

She lets out a big sigh. An Ran puts the pen down. She’s really afraid that she really can’t come up with anything tonight. She can’t settle down these agitated trains of thoughts. She puts the painting brush down, putting away the blueprint paper along with the resource books she’d brought with her.

She takes her stuff into the bedroom. Right at that moment, she bumps into Su Yi Cheng who had just finished bathing, with only a towel wrapped around his hip, coming out of the bathroom. Their four eyes staring at each other, An Ran’s face instantly turns red. Although they’ve done those intimate activities, but still An Ran was embarrassed seeing him naked from the waist-up. She avoids his gaze, puts her stuff aside, only feeling that the two in the room together is embarrassing. She raises her head, eyes avoiding his body, and asks, “Did you eat yet? If not do you want me to make you some noodles?”

Su Yi Cheng sees the uneasiness in her face. Actually he’d already eaten in the evening, with a few grassroots officials, but he remembered her appearance that day when she boiled noodles for him, reminiscing it a lot. His heart skips a beat, and he nods and says, “Sure. I want that tomato-topped noodles again from last time.”

An Ran nods, and heads to the kitchen. Actually what she never told him was that, besides the tomato-topped noodles, she really can’t make anything else. Of course, she doesn't make that very well either.

As Su Yi Cheng was changing into his home clothes and coming out of the room, at that time An Ran was busy in the kitchen. He leans against the counter and watches her get busy for him. His heart has this unspeakable tranquility.

Seeing An Ran busy with boiling the noodles, he recalls that at that time there was also that kind of woman who would do everything for him. He had once thought that it would be that woman who would walk hand in hand together with him until the end of their life, but in the end he didn’t expect there to be that kind of ending. He also once thought that he would never get married. Who would have thought that this impulsive side of his could also do this kind of lightning wedding. At that time he had once picked out a ring in preparation to proposing to his beloved person, yet who would have thought that he would meet the deepest kind of betrayal. He was beginning to reject all kinds of relationships, even friendship, let alone marriage.

Meeting An Ran again, he now understands that marriage can be this simple, no need for love, suitability is the most important factor, no need for weddings, or wedding rings.

As he was thinking, Su Yi Cheng didn't know how he ended up in the kitchen, and didn't know how he ended up hugging An Ran from behind. He rests his chin on her shoulder, his warm breath blowing against her ears. He can even start to feel the body against his chest get stiffer by the minute in his embrace. Seeing her face gradually burn, he couldn’t help but laugh. This woman’s cheeks are rather too thin, can’t even stand against a little bit of provocation. Now that he thinks back, he really isn’t convinced that at that time it was her first formal meeting that she requested this marriage. He couldn’t help but be curious of where she got that courage.

“N-noodles are almost ready, y-you go over there and sit, i-it’ll be ready right away.” Being embraced by him from behind, An Ran stammers, she was nervous as hell.

“Ok.” Su Yi Cheng answers, but he doesn’t let go of her. He sniffs her skin. Her body has the same scent of the body wash that he uses, fresh and clean, nice to smell.

Somewhat rigidly, An Ran reaches out to turn off the heat, then takes a bowl and pours the noodles into it.

“Ya!” The bowl of noodles in her hands was almost spilled, where in the world is his hands touching!

“Su, Su Yi Cheng!” An Ran yells at him, warning him, stopping his hands before it goes too far.

Su Yi Cheng doesn’t say anything, still embracing her, as his hands starts to explore. The him at the moment is elsewhere as he settles down the bowl of noodles. He has found an even better midnight snack, moreover it’s sure to be delicious.

In the past An Ran had asked him many times on why he had agreed to her absurd proposal, in fact he had asked himself the same question over and over, and every time his answer is the same as her’s, they were suitable, they in fact are suitable indeed. But is it only her that is genuinely suitable as his wife?

Or perhaps it was that he had liked her the first time he saw her, that kind of dim fondness, the kind of fondness that isn’t love.



An Ran’s tomato-topped noodles was finally in that certain someone’s stomach in the middle of the night, and at that time An Ran was already tired all over and drops onto the bed.

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First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 46 Translation

046. What is he thinking?


Su Yi Cheng opens the door, and smiles at Huang De Xing.

“Director Huang.”

“Ah, it really is you Special assistant Su. I thought I saw wrong.” Huang De Xing smiles back at him. As he was passing by he thought that the license plate was familiar. When he was passing by he couldn’t help but look at it a little longer, and felt that the person inside the vehicle was familiar. He didn’t think that it actually was Su Yi Cheng. And what’s even more coincidental was that he and Su Yi Cheng had only met at an estate summit meeting once before, he really didn’t expect that he would still remember his name. How coincidental, indeed very coincidental.

“Special assistant Su is here for business?” Huang De Xing smiles as he asks.

“Uh, no. Just passing by.” Su Yi Cheng says, his face relaxed.

“Uh, Special assistant Su, I heard that the municipal committee just recently planned on the Xinjian science and technology town, so….. Have you guys decided on collaboration partners yet?” Huang De Xing inquires. The Xinjian science and technology town is a large-scale project, if they were able to catch that, then there’d be no need to pick up other projects for the next few years.

Su Yi Cheng raises his brows, aware of what he was intending to ask. He’s seen this kind of situation many times, so he has a lot of ways to reply to that. Mysteriously, he says, “For the time being I still haven’t received any files, so, regarding to the matter Director Huang is talking about, I’m not too sure. Where did Director Huang hear this from?”

“Uh, no, it was just hearsay, hearsay.” Huang De Xing smiles dryly.

Su Yi Cheng doesn’t push on further. He raises his arm and looks at his watch, and says, “There's still a municipal committee meeting this morning, I’ll have to take my leave first.”

“Oh! Have a good trip, have a good trip. Will there be an opportunity to invite Special assistant Su to a meal another day?” Huang De Xing probes.

Su Yi Cheng raises his brows, just smiles and takes a seat in his car. He doesn't say yes, but also doesn't say no. Truly not letting people see through him.

Huang De Xing sees him start the car and leave, pondering over the meaning of his smile just then.

“Director.” Xiao Xiao comes up from behind, still decked out in designer suits, outlining her exquisite, delicate figure. Her mature look of wavy hair added to that look of perfection, exuding irresistible glamour.

“Director, who was that person just now?” Xiao Xiao asks. That man looked like the man who had picked up An Ran the other day, but she doesn’t understand why Huang De Xing that old man was looking at him as if trying to win his favour.

Huang De Xing glances at her, his complexion turning serious, and doesn’t give her an answer. He just coldly says, “The results of last time’s accident is here.”

“Oh. Really? Was it a problem with An Ran’s design or was it Hou Zheng Wen’s construction?” Xiao Xiao rejoices in other’s misfortune. She can see that these two people were out of sorts, regardless of who was in the wrong, she’d be happy to see the outcome either way.

“Neither. You might be disappointed with the results.” Huang De Xing says coldly.

“Uh, what do you mean?” Xiao Xiao was confused.

“The cement from this project was supplied to us from your jiu jiu (maternal uncle), wasn’t it. The stone balcony from this project collapsed not because of deficiency in design, nor was it an error from the construction. It was entirely a result of the cement, which did not reach acceptable standards. Therefore it was the deficient stone that caused the accident, so I suggest that you notify your jiu jiu to prepare his self. The firm will certainly pursue liability. Fortunately this project’s progress with Wan Xing has been slow, otherwise with this kind of shoddy construction there would be more accidents.” After saying that, Huang De Xing looks but also doesn't look at her face turn pale, turning towards the building and walking in.

At this moment Xiao xiao couldn’t attend to anything else, she hastily fishes out the cell phone in her bag and gives her jiu jiu a call. At first she had wanted to arrange a way for him to wire some money, but who would have thought that he would give her such a big problem, really pisses her off.



In the office, An Ran looks at the blueprint that Ling Lin was submitting. Her head suddenly hurts. This is already the third time this month. She really can’t help but be sceptical that Ling Lin really did graduate from a famous school, the one who had received several domestic prizes? Why are her drafts so elementary, so much that she even miscalculates even the simplest scales?

She helplessly shakes her head, putting the blueprint aside. She rises to go over to Huang De Xing’s office.

Knock knock knock….

“Come in.” He answers from inside.

An Ran pushes the door open, opening her mouth to say, “Director, about Ling Lin, I don’t think I have the capability to look after her. Please, I ask you to change to another architect for her to learn from.” After she says this, she then realizes that there was another man in the office besides Huang De Xing, the two were apparently discussing about something. And at the moment when An Ran could clearly make out who was sitting on the sofa, her tiny face suddenly turns pale, her firsts clenching. She did not expect that man to be Mo Fei.

“An Ran, you came at the right time. This person is Cheng Kai’s Director Mo. We were just talking about you. So it turns out you and Director Mo were school mates!” Huang De Xing looks at An Ran and laughs as he says this.

An Ran looks at Mo Fei, not understanding why he’s here. She thought after that last time, they wouldn’t see each other again.

Mo Fei stands up, and smiles as he walks over to her. He reaches out, as if they were two people who hadn’t seen each other in a long time, laughing as he says, “An Ran, long time no see.”

An Ran looks at him in a daze, not returning his handshake. She doesn’t understand what he’s trying to pull here and she doesn’t want to know. Because no matter what he wants do, it has nothing to do with her.

She looks over him at Huang De Xing behind him and says, “Director, since you have an unexpected guest I’ll take my leave first so as to not disturb you.” Saying that she turns around to leave.

“An Ran, wait. Director Mo and I were just talking about a collaboration for a project, you should stay behind and listen.” Huang De Xing starts to say.

An Ran excuses herself, “I can’t. I still have to make a trip to the construction site. Worker Wei called and said that some of the blueprint’s unclear, so I should go over and take a look.” Finishing that she turns her head and doesn’t look back as she leaves the director’s office.



Mo Fei stares at the disappearing silhouette. His two hands hang by his side, clenched. An Ran, this time he won’t give up!

Huang De Xing apparently senses the situation. He smiles as he probes, “The relationship between Director Mo and our Architect Gu seems to be quite deep?”

Mo Fei turns his head, smiling at Huang De Xing, but not answering.

Seeing that he had spoken too much, Huang De Xing is also considered as a refined person. He’s been mingling around in this position for this long, naturally he has come across all kinds of people. This being the case he doesn’t say anymore, and meaninglessly asks, switching topics, “About the city’s plan to invest in building the science and technology town, is Director Mo’s information reliable? As far as I know the files haven’t come out yet, after all whether or not this is true is yet to be known.”

Mo Fei smiles, and lazily says, “Director Huang seems to have forgotten that my father-in-law is the Bureau Chief of the city’s construction.”

Huang De Xing is shocked, immediately smiles, and only says, “Then about the collaboration, I will report to the board members. I believe, if things go well, we will happily work together.”

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