Chapter 18: Making Him a Sandwich

"I am Wang Xuekai!"

"Senior? Do you need something?"

"I heard that the person you married is an old man?"

"I married an old man?" Bai Shuruo was surprised. After glancing at Han Yangting, she hurriedly turned around, "Who did you hear that nonsense from?"

"Zhang Yuanyuan said it, saying that the old man is extremely wealthy."

Bai Shuruo felt helpless, but she didn't want to explain: "Senior, you don't need to worry about my affairs. Let's just leave it at that."

She hung up the phone.

But Han Yangting had already heard it.

When they exited the elevator, Han Yangting asked, "What is going on?"

"It's, it's nothing. It's just that many people at the company know I'm married, and they say I... married an old man."

Han Yangting frowned: "Then do you want me to show up and prove it to you?"

"No need!" Bai Shuruo hurriedly waved her hands, "People have mouths, let them say whatever they want. I don't want others discussing my private life; improving my own work ability is what's important."

Han Yangting nodded in agreement: "You are doing the right thing."

Bai Shuruo felt inexplicably happy at being praised.

The next day was Saturday. Although CG had a five-day work week, Xiang Feifei had said that many people came in to work overtime on Saturdays; after all, 996 is a blessing.

To each their own; Bai Shuruo didn't agree with that sentiment, but being in such an environment, she had no choice but to join the rat race. Besides, as a newcomer, being proactive could never be wrong.

When she got up, Han Yangting hadn't woken up yet, so she went to make breakfast first.

There were bread and eggs in the refrigerator, and she planned to make two simple sandwiches.

Worried that she wouldn't do a good job, she specifically looked up a video on Baidu and followed it to make them.

Although the final product was a little different from the one in the video, she felt the taste was quite good. So, she ate one, left the other on the table, left a note for Han Yangting, and then went out.

Not long after she left, Han Yangting also came out.

Last night, he had been reviewing architectural drawings and reading various emails sent from Beishi, only going to sleep at three o'clock, which resulted in him waking up late today.

Arriving at the dining room, he saw the sticky note on the table. The handwriting was neat and elegant: Brother Han, I'm going to work overtime today. The sandwich on the table is left for you.

Han Yangting glanced at the sandwich on the table.

The knife skills were clearly poor; it wasn't even cut into a triangle.

It was fried too much, and there was a charred black spot in the middle.

It was filled with greens and an egg, and the egg was still runny.

Han Yangting felt that the most successful part of this sandwich was the chef's confidence.

For the sake of her confidence, he picked it up and took a bite.

It couldn't be called delicious, but it was at least edible.

With some milk, he finished the sandwich in a few bites.

An hour later, he had diarrhea.

CG office building.

On this day, apart from a few people who had matters at home, almost everyone in the department had come in.

Xiang Feifei had arrived even earlier than Bai Shuruo, wearing large-framed glasses and looking clearly bleary-eyed.

The others were the same, all listless, but they had work on hand and had to do it.

Seeing Bai Shuruo arrive, Xiang Feifei said helplessly: "It's one thing for us single dogs to work overtime, but why are you, a married woman, not at home keeping your husband company, and instead coming here to join the fun?"

Bai Shuruo joked: "Married women need to work overtime even more. You are 'one person fed, the whole family is not hungry,' but I still have to support a family."

Hearing her say this, Xiang Feifei couldn't help but lean over the middle partition and ask: "Isn't your husband quite rich?"

Bai Shuruo thought for a moment: "He is definitely richer than me, but he's not considered exceptionally rich."

"Then what do you see in him!" Xiang Feifei couldn't understand it, so she simply stopped thinking about it and focused on her work.

Bai Shuruo smiled and also began to work.

She opened the system and saw several tasks that He Jian had assigned to her. Because it was the weekend, the work was relatively simple, just making tables and the like. After finishing, she began to study.

At noon, her phone rang, and she picked it up to answer.

It was Wang Xuekai again: "Bai Shuruo, are you free? Come out and talk. I'm right near your company."

Bai Shuruo asked gloomily: "What does Senior want to talk to me about?"

"Come down first and then we'll talk."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Bai Shuruo paused, feeling extremely uncomfortable inside.

When she was dating Wang Xuekai in the past, he was always this despotic, liking her to be obedient and do whatever he told her to do.

But she was the kind of girl who looked soft and weak on the surface, but actually had a streak of rebellion in her bones. Whatever he told her to do, she would specifically not do.

She and Wang Xuekai had already broken up, and there was really nothing to talk about, so she simply didn't go down.

At noon, when she went to the cafeteria to eat, she inadvertently saw Zhang Yuanyuan and Wang Xuekai on the street opposite through the window. The two seemed to be arguing, pulling at each other, and both looked furious.

Near the end of the workday in the afternoon, Bai Shunan called Bai Shuruo. Her tone was very clear: "Ruoruo, come out and have a meal with your sister. If you don't come, it will be a long time before you see your sister again."

Bai Shuruo immediately asked: "Sister, where are you going?"

"Sister has resigned and wants to go abroad to have some fun. It's a pity you have to work, otherwise I would have taken you with me."

Bai Shuruo hurriedly packed her things: "Where are you? I'm coming over right now."

"Let's meet at the Shangmao Building instead, but you'd better take a taxi; I don't have time to wait for you to take the subway, and I'll reimburse you for the taxi fare."

"There's no need, I still have some money, sister, see you in a bit."

……

Bai Shunan sat in the dessert shop waiting.

Usually sporting long, wavy hair, bright red lips, and a sexy yet sharp professional outfit, she was rarely seen today wearing a pale green dress and a small white Chanel-style jacket.

Her long, wavy hair was tied into a high bun, revealing her swan-like neck, and her face, devoid of makeup, looked like that of a fairy. She sat by the window, drawing glances from passersby, yet she was unaware of her own beauty, only slowly scooping the dessert on the table.

Bai Shuruo was stunned for several seconds.

"Sister, why are you so early?" Bai Shuruo sat down; in the past, it was always she who waited for her sister.

Bai Shunan smiled at her, a smile both charming and beautiful, with two alluring little dimples at the corners of her mouth.

"I'm not working now, so I have plenty of time. What would you like to eat? Mango pomelo sago? Or pearl glutinous rice balls?"

"Pearl glutinous rice balls, please."

Bai Shunan used her phone to order the dessert for her, then looked her up and down: "Ruoruo, you've become prettier since you got married. You bought this outfit on the first floor, right? It suits you very well; Han Yangting has very good taste."

"……" Bai Shuruo smiled shyly. She was wearing a knee-length skirt and a small white jacket today. She had looked in the mirror when she left the house this morning, and it was indeed beautiful.

"Indeed, a happy marriage can make a woman beautiful," Bai Shunan sighed.

Bai Shuruo grabbed her sister's hand and asked worriedly: "Sister, are you okay?"

"I'm doing quite well." Bai Shunan also held Bai Shuruo's hand: "Your Mr. Han is right; I can't be a fool anymore. Instead of watching Gu Yunting and his 'white moonlight' being lovey-dovey every day, it's better for me to withdraw voluntarily—out of sight, out of mind."

Bai Shuruo said: "Sister, you are so beautiful and so outstanding, you deserve a better man."

Bai Shunan pulled her hand away and rubbed Bai Shuruo's head: "My sister is still the cutest, knowing how to appreciate me."

"It's the truth," Bai Shuruo said.

Bai Shunan smiled again.

At this moment, her phone rang.

Bai Shuruo glanced at the caller ID: Gu Yunting.