“Xiao Hang,” Aunt Geng called her outside the door.

Jian Hang came back to her senses and said, “Aunt Geng, what’s the matter?”

Aunt Geng said, “Moling is back. Dinner will be served in ten minutes.”

“Okay.”

Jian Hang had been unpacking her luggage. There were still so many scattered things in the suitcase that she wouldn’t be able to finish it in ten minutes. She put it aside for now and went downstairs to eat first.

Qin Moling was sitting at the dining table, waiting for her.

Hearing footsteps on the stairs, he turned his head and looked over.

She didn’t know if it was her misunderstanding, but ever since the two of them slept together, Qin Moling no longer tried to hide it when he looked at her. 

His eyes were direct when he watched her and filled with unspeakable desire. Every time he looked at her like this, she thought of how he also looked at her like this when they were in bed, and she couldn’t help but look back at him too.

They held each other’s gaze like this, and in Aunt Geng’s eyes, it meant that the young couple had a good relationship.

It was really true that couples had to go out often. Traveling together was still the best way to cultivate relationships, Aunt Geng thought.

She left the two alone in the dining room, and she hurried back to the kitchen.

Jian Hang washed her hands and went to the dining table. The sun hasn’t even set.

This was the earliest time she has ever gotten off work since she entered the workplace, and it was thanks to her resignation.

She sat down opposite Qin Moling. There was a plate of sushi on the table. The shape and decoration of the sushi were unique. It was the sushi from the most famous sushi restaurant in the country. Only one chef could make it.

If one wanted to eat this, one had to make a reservation one month in advance.

“Do you like sushi?” Jian Hang wasn’t sure if he bought it for her specifically, so she asked.

Qin Moling said, “In general, I can’t say I like it.”

He rarely ate sushi. But before going on her business trip to Suzhou City, she brought home some of SZ’s sushi to eat. He remembered that there was a chef famous for making sushi, so he made a reservation and got some for her.

“I bought it for you.”

Who could resist this kind of thoughtfulness?

A rational and calm person like Jian Hang was not exempt from temptation.

Qin Moling put the sushi in front of her, “You don’t have to work overtime tonight?”

Jian Hang said, “Even if I work overtime, I can still finish it in about an hour.” Pang Linbin has already approved her resignation letter, and many important emails would not be sent to her again.

Her workload dropped significantly.

As a courtesy, she also asked him, “What about you?”

“Not busy.” Qin Moling put his phone aside.

They both picked up their chopsticks to eat.

There were only two of them in the dining room, so there was no need to worry about dining etiquette. Qin Moling stretched his legs.

His legs were long, and if he stretched them out even slightly, he could reach Jian Hang’s calves.

The two had been so close to each other in Oia Town, Jian Hang did not object to such ambiguous actions under the table.

She was eating sushi without raising her head, completely calm.

In Oia before, he left to go to the bathroom and failed to stay with her for a while. Today at his own home, Qin Moling didn’t have to worry about what to do if there was a reaction.

After they finished eating, Aunt Geng removed the plates and brought them fruits to eat as dessert.

Jian Hang took a piece of watermelon to eat, but Qin Moling didn’t eat any. He turned on his phone to look at it and accompanied her to eat fruits.

During this time, their legs never separated for a moment.

Jian Hang gently took off her slippers and stepped on Qin Moling’s instep with her bare feet.

Qin Moling raised his eyes to look at her. Jian Hang was nibbling on the watermelon as if nothing had happened.

He said nothing and just let her step on him. He lowered his head and continued to look at his phone.

In the past, the two of them went back to their rooms after eating—but no one moved to leave tonight.

Jian Hang finished eating a piece of watermelon. Qin Moling had no intention of going back to the room, and she was not in a hurry to go upstairs to work overtime so she killed time by scrolling through her phone.

She scrolled through today’s hot search list and passed up on topics she wasn’t interested in. She saw a topic related to Lemeng’s spokesperson and paused.

Lemeng had many products and many celebrity endorsers. Tan Moxing was one of Lemeng’s spokespersons, and he endorsed products from the First Division.

“After Tan Moxing’s endorsement contract for Lemeng expires, will it be renewed?” she asked.

Qin Moling’s first reaction when he heard this was that Tan Moxing was a relative from Tan Feng’s family—otherwise she wouldn’t care whether a spokesperson renewed his contract with Lemeng or not. Tan Moxing was not Lemeng’s only endorser, and he didn’t see her caring about other spokespersons.

He said calmly, “I don’t know.”

He really didn’t know.

Jian Hang clicked on the topic: it said that Tan Moxing was on a filming set and was drinking Lemeng’s products.

He was very popular with the public—Aunt Geng was a big fan of his. Last time, when the romantic movie he starred in was released, Aunt Geng even took time off to go to the cinema to support it.

“He was on trending searches today. Fans said that he is Lemeng’s mobile billboard.”

Qin Moling didn’t even raise his eyelids and gave a perfunctory “hmm”.

Jian Hang read a lot of comments. Some said that Tan Moxing and Lemeng might not renew their contract after it expired. They also said that Lemeng has found a new spokesperson.

“If the First Division doesn’t plan to renew the contract with Tan Moxing, I think the Fourth Division’s soft drinks can be endorsed by him. He is more suitable for the Fourth Division’s products. This year, the sales volume of the soft drinks from  the Fourth Division seems to be average. It would be good to try using another spokesperson.”

After she finished speaking, the dining room fell silent.

Qin Moling didn’t respond.

“I’m just expressing my personal opinion, I’m not trying to interfere in your company’s affairs.”

It seemed her relationship with Qin Moling may be more suitable for silence.

Chatting could cause unnecessary conflicts and misunderstandings.

Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: I feel like taking out sushi from a high-end sushi restaurant is a sin 😐

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