Chapter 106

On the other end of the line, there was silence for a few seconds.

Then, the woman said in a flat voice, "Understood, I will relay the message to President Huo."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Nannan frowned slightly.

"He didn't tell me he changed secretaries."

Hearing Jiang Nannan mutter to herself, Shu Xia asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Nannan smiled, "It's nothing. My husband is in a meeting and couldn't answer my call, so his secretary picked up. It's strange, though; my husband's previous secretary was doing just fine, so why did they stop? Never mind, I don't need to worry about his work affairs. It's just a pity; I wanted to get the scoop firsthand but missed out. When I see him tonight, I'll definitely ask him properly, and then I'll share the gossip about Qiao Muting and Shen Anran with you."

"Alright, I'll wait for your firsthand news," Shu Xia laughed.

The two of them went to browse the mall again.

Jiang Nannan went on a wild shopping spree and bought a huge pile of things.

Shu Xia also bought some clothes, and she even bought an outfit for her foster mother, Jiang Ye.

The two of them had a fruitful haul.

Huo Jingyan sent a driver to pick up Jiang Nannan, and as Shu Xia watched Jiang Nannan get into the car with a face full of happiness and drive away, she also headed to the parking lot.

Not long after leaving the underground parking lot, while passing an intersection and waiting for the traffic light, Shu Xia felt a bit stifled in the car and rolled down the window.

Suddenly, she felt as if someone was staring at her.

She turned her head to look.

She saw Qiao Muting in the car opposite her.

He was looking at her, and he seemed quite surprised to see her.

Through the lowered window, Shu Xia saw Shen Anran sitting with Qiao Muting.

Shen Anran looked very beautiful on television, but the Shen Anran right before her eyes was even more outstanding in appearance, with exceptionally exquisite features.

At a glance, she was clearly a wealthy, high-class beauty from an excellent background.

Perhaps sensing that Qiao Muting was looking outside, Shen Anran also looked toward Shu Xia.

Women have a naturally accurate intuition.

The moment Shen Anran saw Shu Xia, she frowned; she observed that Qiao Muting seemed to have been looking at the woman in the opposite car for a bit too long.

He had looked for as long as the red light lasted.

Shu Xia quickly snapped back to her senses and withdrew her gaze, pretending not to know Qiao Muting for fear of arousing Shen Anran's suspicion.

The moment the green light turned on, Shu Xia stepped on the gas and sped away.

It was as if she were on the run; if not for the speed limits in the city, she would have definitely put a great distance between herself and this street.

After driving for a distance, Shu Xia found it somewhat amusing.

Even though she was his legally wedded wife, seeing her husband with another woman, it was the wife who felt like a thief with a guilty conscience.

However, as a fake married couple who only had a marriage certificate, she and Qiao Muting did indeed need to draw a clear line in public.

Gu Cheng rarely came to the place where his grandfather worked.

His grandfather had been very busy these past few days, and he couldn't catch a glimpse of him at all.

The people on his grandfather's team all knew him, and seeing him arrive, they all greeted him warmly.

"Which floor is my grandfather on?"

He asked as soon as he caught someone.

"Gu Lao is resting on the sixth floor."

After learning where his grandfather was, Gu Cheng immediately took the elevator up to the sixth floor.

The sixth floor was a lounge area.