When Will My Childhood Sweetheart Marry Me?-Chapter 199: Miss Me?

The blue screen issue was taken care of quickly, He Shumiao dallied for a good while, but still couldn’t wait for Zhang Xinxin.

Before leaving, she sighed, "If I had known, I would have just removed the hard drive. My poor computer suffered for nothing."

Jiang Xubai was puzzled, staring at the empty doorway for a long time, unsure if the class president’s comment was an implication of his poor technical skills or dissatisfaction with the result?

Tough to handle.

Girls are tough to handle.

As Jiang Xu shook his head with a sigh, the door of the base was pushed open.

Seeing Boss Pei walk in, the project team, which had been quiet all morning, suddenly came to life.

Twelve o’clock, right on the dot.

Jiang Shuyao opened the food delivery app, the delivery guy was only fifty meters from Rong University, probably already at the campus gate.

Just about to put away her phone, a WeChat message popped up.

[Princess, meeting.]

Huh?

Jiang Shuyao read it over and over, confirmed she got it right, it was indeed calling for her.

She turned her head to look toward the meeting room and saw everyone gradually heading inside.

She quickly picked up her paper and pen, no, just took her computer, and calmly entered the meeting room last.

The long-anticipated rectangular conference table, the long-anticipated projector.

Jiang Shuyao looked around before sitting down near the door.

"Move back a bit, you’re too close to the screen, it’s bad for your eyes," Pei Yan said, standing in front of the conference table, bending over to operate the computer, his slight crew cut shining brightly in the light from the white screen.

She pursed her lips and slid her chair symbolically one centimeter away.

Pei Yan adjusted the projector’s angle, then stood up straight to find the girl still gazing intently at him.

"Why, missed me?"

"..."

When Jiang Shuyao came to her senses, she noticed that certain someone had already posed himself comfortably in his chair, looking at her with amusement in his eyes.

The meeting room was so silent you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone ate their dog food peacefully, minding their usual business, not even one person showing the slightest hint of strangeness.

What could cause the entire base to be so numb?

She shifted her eyes away, feeling uneasy as a blush spread to her ears.

Princess, uncharacteristically silent like she was now, received it without arguing or getting annoyed.

Pei Yan’s smiling eyes returned to calm, then gradually deepened.

The arrangements were improper.

The first thing upon returning should not have been sitting here, having her soft warmth would have been more comfortable than facing pages of rigid requirement documents.

With no sign of the meeting starting, people finally turned their attention formally to the front.

Boss Pei was leaning back in his seat, deep in thought.

At times like this, he was probably not daydreaming.

Then, it was highly likely that on his way to the furniture store, he had encountered a thorny issue.

Jiang Xubai cleared his throat, "Shall we eat first and then focus on the meeting in the afternoon? Give the boss a chance to catch his breath."

"That’s fine, I just happened to have someone to meet."

"Then let’s do it in the afternoon, have lunch and then take a little nap."

The suggestion was made and met with an unexpected unanimous agreement.

Jiang Shuyao didn’t understand, with all appearances set up, how could they disperse just like that?

It proved that there was a certain gap between the college’s base and a regular company. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Jiang Xubai walked at the back, and as he passed Pei Yan, he patted his shoulder and sighed, "Don’t just shoulder it all, let everybody think of a solution together."

The conference room, which had been neatly occupied just a moment ago, was now left with only two people.

Jiang Shuyao was confused. Thinking of what Jiang Xubai had said earlier, she felt uneasy.

Just as she was about to ask, that large hand was already on the back of her head, and cool lips descended upon hers.

Instinctively, she glanced at the conference room door with the corner of her eye. It wasn’t fully closed, leaving a small gap.

Fortunately, the person in question briefly tasted before quickly releasing her.

Pei Yan looked somewhat tired. He rested his chin gently against her forehead, his voice tender, "The next month will be very busy, Princess. Do you want to watch a movie? I’ll accompany you tonight."

Watching a movie.

She shook her head, "The recent releases are pretty average. If we can finish work early today, you should go home and catch up on some sleep."

Her instinctive refusal made Pei Yan involuntarily recall the night in the villa’s movie room.

Was she really left traumatized?

He caressed her cheek and chuckled hoarsely, "Don’t overthink it, I’m taking you to a regular cinema."

Jiang Shuyao froze for two seconds before she understood.

"It’s you who’s overthinking it, your head’s filled with filth."

She tried to push him away, as leaning against each other like this might look bad if they were seen.

Pei Yan wouldn’t let her escape. His hand gripped her waist firm as steel, lightly but effectively restraining her.

He teasingly rubbed his chin against her nose. The stubble from not shaving for two days was prickly, both painful and ticklish to her.

"Jerk, don’t go too far," Jiang Shuyao complained in a low voice, struggling to stifle her laughter, her eyes brimming with restrained tears.

"Your boyfriend hasn’t had pure thoughts for more than a day or two. Hasn’t the Princess realized this only now after all this time?"

After toying enough, Pei Yan cradled the girl’s soft face in his hands and gently pecked her a few times, distracting her from any further contention about purity.

Footsteps resounded outside the door, and Jiang Shuyao, with her nerves on edge, quickly disengaged his hands and sat up straight.

Holding her breath, she waited for the unknown person to enter.

Being a well-educated individual who had been through nine years of compulsory education, Jiang Xubai certainly wouldn’t barge in rashly.

Standing outside the glass door, he asked, "Boss’s wife, there’s a steak left outside, did you order it?"

Jiang Shuyao snapped back to reality, ready to fetch it, but the man before her was already up and heading to the door.

At the entrance, Jiang Xubai observed Boss Pei’s expression closely but after a few seconds, he wasn’t able to deduce anything.

Returning to his desk, he fell into a mysterious contemplation.

What the hell was the problem? Asking might seem intrusive, but not asking was like having his insides clawed at by a cat.

However, the truth was, Boss Pei was presently reveling in conjugal bliss, without a care in the world.

It was his first time ordering steak as delivery. While the taste wasn’t as good as when eating out, it wasn’t hard to see from the details that Princess really knew how to care for someone.

On one of the receipts, in the remarks section, was written extra carefully, "Medium rare, half pepper sauce and half ketchup."

Pei Yan smiled and inquired, "What’s this about?"

Jiang Shuyao, unpacking the boxes, replied, "I definitely can’t finish my share, and you don’t like ketchup, right?"

She explained quite naturally, cutting small pieces and lifting them to Boss Pei’s mouth with a fork.

To maintain the original flavor of the steak, the restaurant had nearly sent the whole set of utensils and stone grill pot, which, of course, made this lunch quite expensive.

Jiang Shuyao didn’t know what had motivated her at the time; everyone else ordered whatever was convenient, but she insisted on pursuing sophistication, making it complicated and meticulous.

Normally, she wasn’t like this. Today was especially strange.

Perhaps it was because of that email, or maybe it was Boss Pei’s arduous four-hour drive.

After all was said and done, she hadn’t looked after his feelings for too, too long; to the point that, when facing his unruly hair and feeling helpless, he had opted for a crew cut just so she wouldn’t find him distasteful.

The biggest advantage of a crew cut was its convenience for cleansing, saving time.

At every moment, he was accommodating her feelings.