"Yo, Miss Yan, haven''t seen you and your other half around for a while!"The breakfast shop owner, a man in his fifties, warmly greeted Yan Mingyu as soon as she entered the door.
Previously, when Qin Yu was her bodyguard, he would pick her up in the mornings and stop by this breakfast shop every so often.
Later, when Qin Yu was transferred to the branch office as general manager, Yan Mingyu hadn''t come here since.
Otherwise, walking in with a dozen bodyguards to eat breakfast would seem a bit like showing off.
"Uh..."
Yan Mingyu looked a bit embarrassed, not knowing how to explain.
"Haha, boss, you''ve got it wrong, I''m just Miss Yan''s driver!"
Qin Yu said with a slight smile, stepping in to ease the situation. Then, he very skillfully ordered, "The usual, one bowl of clear soup, another with mild spice. No garlic and no spring onions in either."
Garlic and spring onions taste good, but they''re strong. Yan Mingyu had a morning meeting at the company to attend, so she would definitely not eat them. And when he was her personal bodyguard, he couldn''t eat them either to avoid affecting her with the smell.
"Alright!"
The breakfast shop owner nodded his head.
"Miss Yan, please wait a moment!"
Qin Yu then took out a disinfectant wipe, cleaned the stool and table before inviting Yan Mingyu to sit down. He was aware of her mild obsession with cleanliness.
"Tsk tsk, young people nowadays really know how to have fun. Clearly a couple, yet they role play as boss and driver..."
After giving Qin Yu and Yan Mingyu a look, the breakfast shop owner muttered softly to himself.
"Wuwu..."
At that moment, Yan Mingyu''s phone vibrated once.
She picked it up, unlocked the screen, and her fair fingers delicately tapped the screen to reply to messages.
"Wuwu..."
"Wuwu..."
The vibrating sounds continued, indicating she was chatting with someone rather than dealing with company matters.
"Miss Yan, is it Xiaoxiao?"
Qin Yu casually asked.
In his memory, Yan Mingyu hardly had any friends in private, with her best relationship being with her close friend Liu Xiaoxiao.
"...It''s not."
Yan Mingyu looked up at Qin Yu and added, "Tang Black Tortoise, he''s back in the provincial city. The group''s branch there has encountered some troubles recently, but he''s already found people to resolve them for me!"
"Uh..."
Qin Yu felt a bit miffed, how could he almost forget about this?
This Tang Black Tortoise had both looks and background, obviously interested in Yan Mingyu, and he would surely become a rival in the future!
"So... he''s still pestering you!"
Qin Yu said with a slight hint of irritation in his voice.
Between him and Yan Mingyu, beyond the marriage certificate, there was no real emotional foundation. If he really had to compare himself with Tang Black Tortoise, he was certainly at a great disadvantage.
Just the halo of the provincial city''s Young Master Tang was enough to crush him completely.
"Haha, how could it be considered pestering? If we could really cooperate with the Tang Family, it would be very beneficial for our group''s development in the provincial city!"
Yan Mingyu couldn''t help but laugh, finding Qin Yu''s reaction a bit strange, almost as if he was jealous?
"But it''s clear he has ulterior motives towards you!"
Qin Yu said grumpily.
"Don''t worry, I''m a married woman who knows her boundaries. Besides, could it be that my husband sent you to keep an eye on me?"
Yan Mingyu looked at Qin Yu with a skeptical expression.
"Uh... that''s not it. You''re my boss, after all. I''m just worried you''ll be sweet-talked into something!"
Qin Yu said sheepishly.
"Am I that easy to deceive?"
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"Oh... then how are things with your husband?"
Qin Yu couldn''t keep speaking ill of Tang Black Tortoise, or he''d give himself away.
"Let it be then, give him another chance; the rest is up to his performance!"
Yan Mingyu spoke with an air of nonchalance.
Mainly, the impression her "husband" left was too vague. Nonetheless, since they had gotten married, she was willing to give him a chance to work on the marriage together.
"Then... don''t you feel like there''s a huge gap in status between you? I heard he''s still a delivery guy!"
Qin Yu tentatively asked.
He felt that the biggest obstacle between him and Yan Mingyu was the difference in their status. When Old Master Yan was gravely ill, and he went to the hospital, the airs put on by her relatives made it clear that her family wasn''t easy to deal with.
"What I want is a husband, not a business partner. As long as he''s up to the mark in the role of a husband, I won''t care about the rest!"
Yan Mingyu patiently explained.
"Hehe, your husband is one lucky guy; I''m a bit envious of him!"
The response from Yan Mingyu was like a reassurance to Qin Yu, instantly clearing the gloom from his mood.
"Let''s not talk about him anymore, let''s eat!"
Seeing the breakfast shop owner approaching with two bowls of wontons, Yan Mingyu passed a pair of chopsticks to Qin Yu.
"Thank you!"
Qin Yu nodded his head.
After breakfast, they made their way to the company.
Under the escort of the security team, Yan Mingyu went off to attend a morning meeting. Qin Yu stayed in her office and had the logistics department bring over an ultraviolet (UV) disinfection lamp, which he set up himself.
Such high-powered disinfection lamps could even kill mites, so they should presumably be effective against most common poisonous insects.
And the glass windows were operable, so no matter how lethal the poisonous insects were, they couldn''t penetrate glass.
The only entry point left was the ventilation duct in the ceiling. Qin Yu had already installed the UV disinfection lamp; all that was left to add was the laser detection system.
Around ten o''clock or so.
Yan Mingyu finished her morning meeting and returned to the office.
Looking up at the ceiling flickering with a faint blue light, she said, "I won''t have any problems staying in the office for the next few days; there''s a cloakroom and a single bed inside. But what about you? Where will you stay?"
"Hehe, I''ll just sleep on the floor!"
Qin Yu said with a smile.
"Then I''m sorry to put you through that!"
Yan Mingyu nodded.
"What''s the big deal? In the past, during missions, we''ve slept in forests, mud pits, graveyards, you name it!"
Qin Yu said, grinning.
Then, glancing at the wall clock, he said, "I''m going to book a hotel now. My friend should be arriving soon. After having dinner with her, I''ll come back!"
"Okay!"
After Qin Yu left the office, he found a nearby hotel, booked a standard room for a week, and asked them to arrange a small private dining room.
Once everything was in order, he sent the location to Lu Wenrou''s phone and asked via voice message, "How much longer will you be? I''ve booked the hotel."
"Twenty minutes!"
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"Alright, no rush, take it slow on the road!"
After Qin Yu put down his phone, he went to the private dining room to order dishes and wait for Lu Wenrou.
A short while later.
The door to the private dining room was pushed open.
It was Lu Wenrou, still sporting her shoulder-length hair and looking dashing, who walked in.
However, she seemed to have a slight limp as she moved.
"Wenrou, what happened to you, are you hurt?"
Qin Yu immediately put down the menu and stood up to ask.
"Ah, let''s not talk about it, it''s so embarrassing. I got drunk at the last reunion with my comrades, took a spill, and strained a muscle in my thigh. It hasn''t healed properly, so I''ve been resting lately!"
Setting down her black leather suitcase, Lu Wenrou spoke with a look of chagrin.
"Muscle strain? That''s easy, I''ll give you a massage later!"
Qin Yu volunteered eagerly.