The yogurt, taken from the fridge, felt cool in her mouth and slightly relieved her toothache.
After eating so vegetable salad, she began to cut the steak.
Just as she picked up the knife and fork, she heard the man opposite her say, "I saw you ordered a dium-well steak at the restaurant, so I made it the sa way, the sa flavor for you."
Ye Yuning was stunned at his words!
It was sowhat surprising that he had rembered the details of her preferences from the mont they t.
And her? She couldn’t rember what he had eaten that night at all...
She ate very slowly, chewing thoroughly, not at all like her deanor at noon. Xiao Linye raised an eyebrow. "Doesn’t it taste good?"
"No, I just have a bit of a toothache."
The flavor was truly great, but it was too bad her tooth hurt so much!
It seed to be a wisdom tooth; she didn’t dare bite down on that side of her jaw. The mont she tried, a sharp pain shot through her body.
Her wisdom teeth rarely got inflad. But when they did, they could ache for half a month.
Perhaps it was the constant trouble with Zheng Cai recently. She was already simring with frustration, and after eating a lot of spicy food at noon, her tooth finally couldn’t take it anymore!
Upon hearing this, Xiao Linye stood up and walked around the dining table to her. He cupped her small face, tilting it up. "Open your mouth, let see."
His broad palm was warm.
Ye Yuning felt her face heating up as well.
When she tried to speak, her words ca out muffled, "Mmmph! Don’t look, it really hurts."
That last bite had been too much, and now the pain in that spot was so intense tears welled in her eyes.
She grabbed the yogurt and held it against her cheek.
Xiao Linye, seeing her struggle to speak, turned to look for a dicine box. But having never had a toothache himself, he didn’t have any dicine for it.
He turned back to Ye Yuning, who was clutching her cheek, and said, "I’ll go downstairs and buy you so dicine."
"Don’t bother, dicine won’t help with a toothache."
Ye Yuning whimpered in response; she knew this pain all too well from experience.
Once this bout of pain subsided, she was determined to have that troubleso tooth pulled.
It was always the sa. When it hurt, she’d be desperate to get it pulled, but once the pain stopped, she’d forget all about it!
Now she truly regretted it... she was going to be tornted for another half month!
Xiao Linye said, "It’ll be quick, there’s a pharmacy just outside."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Ye Yuning sat alone in the dining room, the cold yogurt pressed against her cheek, offering temporary relief.
Just as the man left, her phone started to vibrate.
She picked it up and saw it was Chen Wei. She humd in acknowledgnt and answered, "Hello."
"Director Ye, our draft got rejected again!"
Ye Yuning was speechless. Her toothache seed to worsen!
Who on earth was this new president of Xiao Corp?
Isn’t this just too picky?
Before she could speak, Chen Wei continued, "Ma Di and Lei An have already rushed to the studio, and other designers, upon receiving the notification, also said they were heading back to the office imdiately."
Ye Yuning pressed her forehead.
ntally, she cursed everyone at Xiao Corp from top to bottom, even throwing in this new president and the entire Xiao Family, ancestors included, for good asure.
She was so furious it made her insides ache!
She snapped irritably into the phone, "Maybe we shouldn’t work overti today?"
With the situation unclear, working overti would be pointless!
Chen Wei said, "We can’t afford not to. What if we ss up and have to pay millions in compensation?"
Just a mont ago, Ye Yuning had been ready to throw in the towel, but hearing "millions," she had to suppress her anger.
She swore that once this collaboration was over, she would definitely sever all ties with Xiao Corp. What a pain! So infuriating!
Her employees, unwilling to let their good boss lose these millions, were all rushing to the studio to work overti!
Ye Yuning, enduring the toothache, said, "I’ll be right there."
"Should I order so late-night snacks for you?" Chen Wei asked.
Ye Yuning replied, "No need, I can’t eat with this toothache."
Chen Wei said, "Your toothache again? That must be awful. Once it feels better this ti, you should really schedule an appointnt to get it pulled."
"That’s what I’m thinking too."
As she spoke, she was already getting up to change her clothes in her room.
When Xiao Linye returned, he saw her erging from the room, pressing a hand to her cheek.
She had changed her clothes, clearly intending to go out.
He glanced at his watch; it was almost nine. "Are you going out?"
Ye Yuning nodded. "Sothing ca up at the studio; the boss called for overti."
Xiao Linye frowned. This studio was certainly demanding.
He handed her the dicine, then poured her a glass of warm water. "Take the dicine. I’ll drive you."
"You don’t have to, I... okay then."
She swallowed the words of refusal that had been on the tip of her tongue.
After taking the dicine, Xiao Linye drove her.
The slanting shadows of the streetlights flashed by, and the man’s silhouette, under the shifting light and shadow, exuded an even more captivating charm.
Xiao Linye glanced at her, visibly suffering from her toothache, and asked, "Which studio do you work for? Why are you always working overti? Can’t you ask your boss for so ti off?"
Considering the severity of her pain, he thought she really should go to the hospital!
Although she had visited Xiao Corp the previous day, he wasn’t sure if that was Manlang Studio.
Sure enough, the next mont, Ye Yuning said, "Manlang Studio. We mainly design parks and tourist areas. Everyone’s going in tonight; it wouldn’t look good if I didn’t."
Xiao Linye nodded in response.
He ’hmd,’ then added, "Manlang has a good reputation in Upper City and collaborates with many companies."
Xiao Corp also had projects with Manlang; both Lai Shuo and Assistant Yang had ntioned it, leaving a strong impression on him.
"Are you a designer there?"
"No, I just do odd jobs!" Ye Yuning replied.
Xiao Linye registered her reply and glanced at her, but in the end, he didn’t ask why soone who "just did odd jobs" had to work overti.
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