My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection

Chapter 334 - 297: On Marriage Alliances

"Look, brother, you really ruin the atmosphere. We were having a nice meal, and then you show up, and now I don’t even feel like eating." Seeing Yun Qi still smiling so casually, Yun Xi couldn’t help but pout displeasedly and glared at him, complaining."Saying less might be better than anything else," Yun Qi chuckled, looking at her, sincerely offering his suggestion.

Upon hearing this, Yun Xi rolled her eyes at him with a huff, "If I had known, I wouldn’t have taken food for you just now, hmph."

After the four of them had lunch at the cafeteria, the news that Yun Qi was there eating with his fiancée, Ye Lingran, spread throughout the entire company, even accompanied by photos. The staff became even more convinced of Yun Qi having a fiancée, and they also envied Yun Qi’s ’fiancée.’ Everyone had witnessed Yun Qi’s gentleness, no matter who he was dealing with, he was always gentle and rarely got angry. This also made him one of the men many female employees dreamed of marrying, albeit somewhat unattainable for them.

"I’m heading off now. Let’s have lunch together another day! I might have to work late today." After leaving the cafeteria, Yun Xi checked the time, smiled apologetically at Ye Lingran and Cen Jin, waved her hand, glared at Yun Qi, and hurriedly ran off.

"I also need to visit the original yarn factory this afternoon, so I’ll head over first, and come back to the studio later. Lingran, you can go back on your own afterwards!" Once Yun Xi left, Cen Jin checked the time on her phone, grinning as she spoke to Ye Lingran, and waved to Yun Qi, "Today I got to experience the employee meals of the Yun Group, the taste was quite good. I hope to have another chance to come next time."

"Sure, you’re welcome anytime," Yun Qi nodded with a smile, watching her enter the elevator.

Ye Lingran glanced at Yun Xi’s warm smile, her heart sinking again, and just as the elevator Cen Jin was in was nearly completely closed, she reacted and raised her hand to shout, "Wait, Cen Jin, I’ll go down with you..."

But before she could finish her sentence, her wrist was grasped by Yun Qi standing next to her. Stunned, Ye Lingran raised her bewildered eyes to look at him, "What... what’s up?"

"Why didn’t you answer my call last night?" Yun Qi sidestepped, taking the chance to block in front of her, looking down at her. His tone was incredibly gentle, not at all like a questioning, but with a touch of confusion and firmness in his soft eyes.

Faced with his sudden inquiry, Ye Lingran paused, "I was... taking a shower, so I missed it. I only saw this morning that you called me. Was there something important?"

Indeed, she only noticed the missed call in the morning, but she thought that if it was urgent, he would have called again last night, and he hadn’t sent her a message on WeChat, so at the time she didn’t return the call.

"It’s nothing important," Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, his tone lifted with a hint of cheerfulness.

"Oh..." Ye Lingran responded, elongating the sound, and tilted her head to look in the direction of the elevator, seeing that it was already gone. She couldn’t help but sigh internally, just as some already-lunched executives passed by, each greeting Yun Qi.

"President Yun."

"President Yun."

"..."

Watching those individuals nod respectfully at Yun Qi, yet their gazes kept diverting to her wrist held by Yun Qi, Ye Lingran paused again, and only after two more executives passed did she snap back. Once they were gone, she intended to retract her hand from Yun Qi’s grip, but as she tried to struggle out, the large hand holding her wrist tightened again, his eyes narrowing, issuing a questioning sound, "Hmm?"

"Um... I’m going now." Ye Lingran struggled again but still couldn’t break free from his grasp, lifting her eyes to look at him, "Anything else?"

"Nope."

"Then why won’t you let... go." Seeing the smile in his eyes, Ye Lingran’s heart thumped violently twice, quickly averting her gaze, the last two words almost muttered so lightly as to be inaudible.

"Heading back to the studio?"

"Yeah."

"Let’s go!"

"Huh?"

"I’ll take you." Yun Qi turned to look at her, pulling her hand as he walked towards the elevator.

Ye Lingran’s whole body was led along, watching as her hand was tightly held in his palm, her heart began to race once more, a thought suddenly crossing her mind, her expression stiffening slightly, forcefully struggling to free her hand. Lowering her gaze, "No need, you’re busy! I’ll just take a cab back." With that, she walked over to the elevator, pressed the down button, and quietly waited, her rapidly accelerating heart felt like it was going to leap out, bringing with it a sense of restless thoughts.