Chapter 821: Extra 10

"In the past, trains were very slow; in the past, letters were very slow; in the past, time was very slow." The woman on the podium seemed born with the corners of her mouth turned up, carrying a gentle smile like a young lady of a prominent family from the south of the Yangtze, with a warmth that permeated from her very bones.

"I have asked myself countless times, by what right do I stand here, and by what right can I become the person in charge of An Shi Design?" She scanned the circle of designers—domestic, foreign, well-known, and new to the industry.

"I rely on hard work, on striving, on diligence, and on constant learning."

"However..."

"I rely on General Manager An."

She never avoided these facts; her acquaintance with An Yinan and her becoming the person in charge of An Shi Design had an initial connection, but it was not the final result.

If Nan Nan felt she was not up to the task, she would have transferred her to another position; she would not have let her stand here, leading these designers and managing the heart of An Shi Design.

"The road is long, but do you still remember your initial self?"

She remembered when she had just started school, and Tiedan was crying incessantly because he was hungry.

She remembered being isolated by her original roommates, feeling like a lamb that had stumbled into a pack of wolves.

She remembered Nan Nan stepping in; she could even recall her tone at the time and the expression on her face.

Everything that happened still felt like yesterday, yet more than ten years had already passed. Looking at one new face after another, An Shi Design had also developed for so many years; from a small room at Beijing University, they had reached where they were now, possessing a large flat in the An Group.

"General Manager Zhou, there is a small problem with the design in the Romantic Country; the materials do not quite match the original design."

"It is far from the effect I wanted to achieve."

Zhou Ruo Ran held the blueprints and then confirmed the physical sample of the pattern; "I will solve the material issue, you start working on backup plans; we need to prepare for both possibilities."

"Yes."

Zhou Ruo Ran made several calls in a row, and after hanging up, she rubbed her brow.

"What could possibly make our Director Zhou so troubled?" An Yinan walked over with a light laugh, carrying a lunch box in her hand.

Hearing her voice, Zhou Ruo Ran opened her eyes without getting up, "A material problem. You actually appeared at the company; that's rare!"

An Yinan chuckled, "Isn't this to comfort you?"

"Are you afraid I'll throw in the towel and quit?" Zhou Ruo Ran, for once, called her out directly.

If one were to say she was career-minded?

She was the one grasping the big picture, always able to provide the newest ideas and the optimal solutions.

But if one were to say she wasn't career-minded?

It would be good if she were at the company for three days a month; whenever there was an issue and someone wanted to find her, the boss, they couldn't find her anywhere in the world.

"Sigh! You don't understand my freedom." An Yinan spread her hands; over these years, everything had gotten on the right track, and she had let go of everything, preparing to give herself a vacation—traveling through mountains and rivers, surfing at the beach, fishing on isolated islands, experiencing different days anyway.

"You are truly not afraid of losing me."

Zhou Ruo Ran looked at her frankness and then shrugged her shoulders.

"How is Tiedan?" An Yinan had come this time because the College Entrance Examination had ended, and the results should be out.

Tiedan was a child they had both raised with love, and she had always been very concerned about his grades.

"Beijing University."

When Zhou Ruo Ran spoke of Tiedan, her eyes curved into crescents, "He said he wants to walk the path his mother and aunts took."

He had been at Beijing University since he was small; she hadn't expected that, in the end, he would return there.

"Alright! Then I'm leaving; you are in full charge of the Design Department's affairs." An Yinan turned to leave.

Zhou Ruo Ran smiled, "I haven't finished speaking yet, where are you going?"

Didn't she know her well enough?

"Why did you really come this time?"

An Yinan chuckled, "Liu Er Jiumu was worried about you and called me several times, asking me to talk to you—that one still needs to find a companion so they won't be lonely when they get old."

"However, I know you don't need that."

"So, I really just came to bring you food."

She pointed to the cloth bag on the side, "Open it and take a look?"

Zhou Ruo Ran smiled; she hadn't expected it to be like this.

Liu Er Jiumu had always felt deeply for her and Er Ya; during holidays, they would also go to see Liu Er Jiumu. Now that Liu Er Jiumu was older, she just worried about her lifelong affairs.

She opened the lunch box and looked at the food inside, all of which were her favorites; she felt moved in her heart.

"I..."

"I know, you have already met the best person; no one else can enter your eyes, let alone your heart."

She understood; she had always understood.

"Yes." Zhou Ruo Ran's eyes curved as she smiled, looking at the person who had helped her and her son survive; in this life, there were very few people who could enter one's heart.

Having them was enough.