After Ding Ruola got home, she kept whispering in Fang Siyan's ear, "The lawyer today was so amazing!"
Fang Siyan felt a bit miffed. He didn't like it when Ding Ruola showed admiration for other men.
"Isn't it because I have good taste?"
Normally, Fang Siyan was a modest man. But when it came to Ding Ruola, he'd break his own rules.
He never thought he'd become so boastful one day.
"Ruoruo! You seem to be in a much better mood today!"
"Maybe it's because I went out for a stroll. I was too busy to dwell on negative thoughts."
Ding Ruola lowered her head and tucked a wisp of hair behind her ear.
The way she raised her eyes was full of charm.
Fang Siyan was overjoyed to see Ding Ruola's improvement.
It seemed that girls really should hang out with other girls. Maybe there were just some things that only girls could share with each other.
"Lao Fang, I think I can go back to work!"
"Our studio has been swamped with the Fangyuan Group's case recently. You can just come to the company with me."
Although Fang Siyan had noticed the positive change in Ding Ruola, he still couldn't feel at ease. He'd only be reassured if he could keep an eye on her.
Ding Ruola didn't reject Fang Siyan's suggestion.
"Ruoruo, time to get up!"
Ding Ruola had a sound sleep that night without any dreams, a feeling she hadn't had for a long time.
She sat up on the bed. Fang Siyan put a beige T - shirt on her, slipped his hands under her armpits, and lifted her up from the bed.
As soon as she was lifted, Ding Ruola wrapped her arms around Fang Siyan's neck to prevent herself from falling.
"Okay! Go wash up. Breakfast will be served soon."
Under the oversized T - shirt, Ding Ruola's long, shapely legs, fair and tinged with a faint pink, were swinging.
Fang Siyan stole a glance and started to salivate.
Maybe it had been too long since he'd been close to Ding Ruola. He couldn't resist the temptation. He felt a heat rising in his lower abdomen, and his blood seemed to be flowing to strange places instead of his brain.
Everything that should rise in the morning had risen.
"Lao Fang, you don't look well!"
Fang Siyan rubbed his cheeks with his palms and let out a long breath.
"Maybe I didn't rest well last night."
The girl didn't press further.
Instead of leaving Ding Ruola in his office, Fang Siyan sent her to the Propaganda Department downstairs.
"Black tea!"
Zhang Jun stood beside Fang Siyan. The man moved the documents on the desk to one side, signaling Zhang Jun to put the tea on the edge of the table.
After Zhang Jun put down the tea, he turned and left.
"By the way, tell Gu Sen to cut off the Qin family's capital chain."
Fang Siyan had no interest in small - scale families like the Qin family. Normally, he didn't target such families. In fact, he hoped that there would be more capable small families, so that the four major families in Kyoto would be gradually weakened.
But this Qin family was really asking for trouble.
Who was Ding Ruola? They just had to pick a fight with her.
Once was okay, but they kept provoking Bi Shuang and hurting Ding Ruola.
Such people couldn't be tolerated.
"By the way, if Gu Sen incurs any losses, I'll cover them."
Zhang Jun prepared a document and handed it to Fang Siyan.
Fang Siyan glanced at the document briefly.
"This is also a way to solve the problem."
Then he told Zhang Jun to handle the matter according to his own plan.
At noon, Ding Ruola went upstairs to have lunch with Fang Siyan. They suddenly started talking about Bi Shuang.
Ding Ruola shrugged. She said that Bi Shuang was a great person, but she was just a hopeless romantic. She lost her mind when it came to love.
She wanted Bi Shuang to work at the Soraka Studio. Then she could cooperate with Du Gaosi.
"That's fine! You can work together!"
"However, we'll have to wait for a week."
Ding Ruola felt a bit disappointed.
Fang Siyan was a bit confused. Bi Shuang had already quit her job, so why did they have to wait for a week?
Bi Shuang was going back to her hometown to recuperate for a week. The previous relationship had taken a toll on her physically and mentally, and she wanted to leave this place for a while.
She wanted to go somewhere else to recover.
Suddenly, an idea popped into Fang Siyan's mind. Why hadn't he thought of this before?
He said that if Ding Ruola wanted to accompany Bi Shuang, she could go back to Bi Shuang's hometown with her.
"What about the studio?"
"Don't worry! Jiang Chen and Claudia have returned to the company."
Ding Ruola hadn't seen Jiang Chen for a long time. She'd almost forgotten about him.
"This way you can also relax and visit Grandma Bi!"
Fang Siyan also wanted to thank Grandma Bi. The matter of Bai Lijingming had been resolved thanks to Grandma Bi's help.
He never thought that Bi Shuang had such a powerful family background. Their connections could reach such a high level.
"You're right!"
With Fang Siyan's permission, Ding Ruola immediately took out her phone to contact Bi Shuang.
Bi Shuang was overjoyed when she learned that Ding Ruola was going back home with her. The last time she went home alone, Grandma Bi had asked her several times why she didn't bring Ding Ruola with her.
She'd explained it many times, but Grandma Bi was still a bit disappointed.
Grandma Bi was old. For her, every meeting with someone might be the last. If they didn't seize the opportunity, they might never see each other again.
Due to a new situation at the company, Fang Siyan couldn't send the two girls to the airport. He had to arrange for Zhang Jun to take them there.
Bi Shuang was very talkative on the way. But when Zhang Jun mentioned the word "boyfriend", Bi Shuang's face darkened.
It seemed that she still hadn't gotten over the emotional trauma.
Ding Ruola understood but didn't say anything. She sat beside Bi Shuang and pretended to be asleep as soon as she got in the car.
She found it an effective way to fight carsickness.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but there was still someone causing trouble.
Gu Tingjun drove out of Keda and headed west.
He knew that he could meet someone who shared his goal in that direction - to get rid of Fang Siyan.
Fang Siyan only knew that Gu Tingjun had left the company. At first, he thought that Gu Tingjun was going to make another move when he learned that Ding Ruola was leaving Beishi. But then he found that the direction Gu Tingjun was going was completely opposite to the direction the two girls were taking.
He felt relieved and didn't pay much attention to Gu Tingjun.
"Why should I cooperate with you? You can't even clean up your own mess!"
"Don't worry about that. It's been over twenty years. Even if Fang Siyan has the ability to dig out what happened back then, it won't do him any good!"
Gu Tingjun pushed a file bag towards the man in front of him.
The man was skeptical. He opened the file bag in his hand.
"Aren't you taking too big a risk?"
He held a cigarette between his fingers and blew out a puff of smoke, which hit Gu Tingjun's face.
Gu Tingjun had been in poor health since childhood and had never been exposed to such things.
He quickly covered his nose and mouth and coughed several times before he could catch his breath.
"Right, a consumptive. You won't live long anyway."
The man's words hurt Gu Tingjun deeply.