The conflict actually flared up in a single instant, leaving the entire group temporarily dazed.
Chu Yuan had originally intended to present her flowers, but she hadn’t expected a roadblock to suddenly charge out halfway, leaving her feeling a little annoyed.
She wasn’t the type to just swallow her grievances. If anyone made her unhappy, she would definitely strike right back.
Just as Chu Yuan was about to lose her temper and coldly demand to know what the woman thought she was doing ruining her plans, the words reached the tip of her tongue before her peripheral vision caught Yan Dai standing not far away. She forcibly suppressed the rising anger in her chest.
Alright, Sister Yan is right here beside us.
No matter how angry I am right now, I have to mind my image.
Thus, instead of directly confronting the woman who had suddenly rushed out, Chu Yuan instantly transformed into a “green tea” puppy, looking at Yan Dai with an expression of pure grievance. “Sister Yan, who is this?”
Sister Yan, someone is bullying me.
I’m your future wife, you have to stand up for me, sob sob sob sob…
Yan Dai, along with the other women standing beside her, were utterly dumbfounded in that instant.
How could this beautiful girl speak to their President Yan in such a tone?
What… what kind of situation was this?
Before the others could react, Yan Dai spoke up slowly first.
“Qin Man,” Yan Dai called out in a flat, emotionless voice, and then said, “It’s fine.”
The woman called Qin Man still maintained her protective stance in front of Yan Dai, refusing to move. Instead, she glanced at the flowers held in Chu Yuan’s arms, then shot a cautious look back at Yan Dai, before turning around and speaking with a hint of hesitation: “But…”
At this moment, without Yan Dai even needing to open her mouth to explain her relationship with Chu Yuan, Yang Wen, who was standing to the side, had already deduced something. She quickly stepped forward, reached out, and pulled Qin Man away, then greeted Chu Yuan. “I am so sorry, Miss Chu.”
As she finished speaking, Yang Wen noticed the slight shift in Chu Yuan’s expression and knew she had guessed correctly.
She and Qin Man were just employees working under Yan Dai. They only knew that their President Yan had a fiancée whom she was about to marry, but they didn’t know much else in terms of details.
After all, the marriage had only recently been settled. They had never seen Chu Yuan in person before, so it was completely normal not to recognize her at first sight.
However, based on the girl’s age and how she addressed their President Yan, Yang Wen could deduce about seventy to eighty percent of the truth, guessing exactly who the young girl standing before them was.
It was actually quite easy to guess. President Yan’s private life was incredibly clean. The only woman who could address her so intimately could only be the young lady from the Chu family.
Once Yang Wen was certain she hadn’t misidentified her, she quickly explained. “Miss Chu, Qin Man didn’t do that on purpose just now. It’s mainly because our President Yan is allergic to pollen.”
This was also why Qin Man had rushed out to block Chu Yuan without even figuring out the situation first; it was simply a protective instinct toward her boss.
In fact, even if Qin Man hadn’t rushed out to block her just now, someone else among them would have stepped forward to stop it.
They just weren’t as fast to react as Qin Man, who had driven over to pick them up at the airport.
Pol-len… al-ler-gy?
Chu Yuan, who had been bristling like a little hedgehog ready for a fight, was completely stunned upon hearing those words.
With a heart full of joy, she had spent so much effort preparing this bouquet. On the way here, she hadn’t even been able to stop herself from fantasizing about what kind of expression Yan Dai would have upon receiving such an exquisite and beautiful bouquet of flowers.
But through all her calculations, she had utterly failed to calculate that Yan Dai would actually be allergic to pollen.
So, did this count as having good intentions but doing a bad deed, completely messing things up?
The little hedgehog instantly turned into a guilty, smooth furred kitten.
Yan Dai only needed to take one look at her to guess that she must be feeling rather awkward right now, so she spoke up. “It’s fine, they can be made into dried flowers.”
Just as those words fell, Yang Wen caught the right moment to step forward again, speaking politely: “Miss Chu, the flowers are beautiful. Let me hold them on behalf of President Yan.”
Chu Yuan had been quite embarrassed just a second ago, but hearing Yan Dai say this made her whole being light up with joy again.
Sister Yan is so good to me, and her voice is so gentle.
Even though I didn’t know about the pollen allergy, Sister Yan didn’t say anything blameful, and even took the initiative to bail me out.
She felt like she was uncontrollably falling even harder for Sister Yan.
Chu Yuan took the opportunity to say: “I’m so sorry, Sister Yan, I didn’t know about this. But well, it definitely means we just don’t know enough about each other yet. If we can spend more time alone together in the future, I think I’ll get to understand you much better.”
After laying down so much groundwork, Chu Yuan finally, unhurriedly revealed her true intention. “So Sister, let me treat you to dinner.”
By having a meal together, the two of them would have more time to interact, making it convenient for them to get to know each other more deeply.
It was simply perfect!
Yang Wen, Qin Man, and the remaining two people looked at each other, trading glances. Although none of them spoke, everything was understood without words.
They only knew that President Yan was going to enter a business marriage with the Chu family’s little heiress, Chu Yuan, but they didn’t know many of the minor details.
They had all unanimously assumed that in this kind of business alliance, there wouldn’t be any feelings between the two parties at all.
In most cases, the two individuals wouldn’t even be familiar with each other, and those who managed to foster genuine feelings after marriage were a rare minority.
What’s more, a living example of a failed arranged marriage was right there beside them, namely, their Chairman Yan and her ex-wife from an arranged marriage.
In other words, Yan Dai’s two mothers…
But seeing Chu Yuan today, they realized that their previous assumptions seemed to be entirely wrong.
President Yan’s arranged marriage wife seemed to be a lively and cheerful sweet girl, and from the looks of it, she quite liked their President Yan. The relationship between the two of them was actually quite good.
Yan Dai had no idea that the people around her were gossiping about her private affairs behind her back.
She looked at Chu Yuan and nodded slightly: “Sure.”
Her voice was incredibly pleasant and very unique.
Chu Yuan was a voice-crush person, she usually loved listening to double female lead Yuri audio dramas to fall asleep, which was always beyond cozy.
Right now, she felt that Yan Dai was simply too suited to be a voice actress. A voice like hers could absolutely capture a massive following of voice fans.
Sister Yan was simply perfect in every single way.
Chu Yuan: “I’ll take you to a restaurant. The food there is especially delicious, and I’ve already reserved a table in advance.”
She had actually been plotting to ask Yan Dai out for dinner since yesterday.
This meeting was, in its truest sense, their very first date together. Naturally, she had to value it and arrange it well.
“Whatever you say.” Yan Dai had no objections and went along with her completely.
It was as if, no matter what Chu Yuan did right now or what kind of request she made, Yan Dai would submissively agree to it.
Meanwhile, Yan Dai’s assistants were tactful enough not to disturb the big boss’s date with her wife, quickly pulling their suitcases and walking away.
As Yang Wen dragged the suitcases away, she couldn’t help but stifle a laugh.
So, President Yan postponing the meeting was actually to accompany her fiancée, hahaha…
She indicated that she was totally shipping them.
Only Qin Man, who had driven over intending to pick up President Yan but ended up with a car full of suitcases, was still left completely out of the loop…
Chu Yuan and Yan Dai walked out of the airport side by side.
During this time, the corners of Chu Yuan’s eyes kept uncontrollably stealing glances at Yan Dai walking beside her.
Clearly, her own height wasn’t considered short, and for the sake of looking pretty today, she had even specially worn heeled shoes. Yet Yan Dai was still half a head taller than her. When walking side by side, she still had to tilt her head up slightly.
This was the first time they were at such close proximity, so close that Chu Yuan could even clearly see the beauty mark under Yan Dai’s eye, as well as a small mole on her earlobe.
How could someone have moles in locations that were so alluring, so beautiful, and so sexy?
At first, she was still a bit restrained, watching her covertly. Later on, her skin grew thicker, and she thought to herself. She’s my fiancée, why shouldn’t I look at her? What do I have to hide?
Liking to look at the person she liked, combined with having the official status to do so, she boldly turned her covert glances into a direct stare.
Because she was too focused and all her attention was placed on Yan Dai, she didn’t care about anyone else. In this bustling airport with people coming and going, she almost collided with a passerby lady who was rushing to board her flight without even realizing it.
It was Yan Dai who reacted first. She reached out and grabbed Chu Yuan’s wrist, pulling her closer into her space to avoid the collision.
Being pulled so abruptly, Chu Yuan was drawn even closer to Yan Dai. She could even catch the faint fragrance emanating from Yan Dai’s body.
Chu Yuan swore she really wasn’t some kind of pervert, but right now, she just couldn’t control herself from taking a subconscious deep breath.
She was honestly about to faint from how good it smelled, ah ah ah ah!
Chu Yuan really felt like she couldn’t stop herself from screaming internally.
If she could be allowed to lean into Yan Dai’s arms forever, even if it meant she had to enjoy a lifetime of wealth and luxury, she would be completely willing.
Even in a situation like this, she was still daydreaming and fan girling, she was truly beyond saving.
Just as Chu Yuan was secretly harboring pink bubbles in her mind, Yan Dai spoke up slowly:
“Watch your step.”
Having said that, she let go of her.
The original distance was restored between the two of them, leaving a tiny, uncontrollable trace of disappointment in Chu Yuan’s heart.
Just a little bit more, and we could have directly hugged. It really is a bit of a pity.
Chu Yuan behaved sweetly and obediently. “Thank you, Sister Yan.”
It really was her who had spaced out just now.
Yan Dai: “You actually don’t have to call me that…”
Calling her “Sister Yan” seemed a bit too intimate given their current relationship, she still wanted to take things gradually, step by step, or rather, she was somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Yan Dai still felt it would be better if the other girl directly called her by her actual name.
However, before she could even finish her sentence, Chu Yuan put on an incredibly bashful expression, naturally twisting the meaning entirely. “Can I already call you ‘Wife’ now?”
It wasn’t that she was unwilling to call her that anyway. If Yan Dai was willing, she could actually change her phrasing without any hesitation.
She even deliberately covered it up a bit. “But would it be a bit too fast right now?”
Do I really have to change my phrasing to call her ‘Wife’? It’s really so embarrassing~
Yan Dai: “?”
She didn’t mean that either.
Yan Dai didn’t dwell on the matter any further. “Then keep calling me ‘Sister’.” After all, she was indeed a few years older than her.
Chu Yuan: ?
Hearing this, she wanted to cry and frustratedly punched the air.
Why did I have to say such a redundant sentence just now? I’m honestly regretting it to death, boohoo.