A black suit outlined his perfect figure, and his smooth, fair cheekbones exuded a sharp and stern coldness, inadvertently captivating her gaze for a long time. "Have you had enough of looking? If you have, come over and have breakfast," Lu Qichen said without looking away. Caught in the act of admiring him, Ye Zhiqiu felt quite embarrassed and silently took a seat to the left of Lu Qichen. The breakfast was plentiful, and Ye Zhiqiu felt full after just one bowl of coix seed porridge. Putting down her bowl, she saw Lu Qichen frowning at her, "Why get up so early? Why not sleep a bit more?" "No need," Ye Zhiqiu shook her head. Today's Lu Qichen seemed like a different person; although polite and distant, he was also exceedingly courteous, which allowed Ye Zhiqiu to speak properly, "I took three days off, and today I should go back to work." "Work?" Lu Qichen was taken aback for a moment; the information provided by his subordinates had not mentioned that this ignorant young lady actually had a job. "Yes," Ye Zhiqiu raised her hand to check her watch, not noticing the probing look in Lu Qichen's eyes, "I'm running out of time, I have to go first." "Wait a moment," Lu Qichen stood up, his slender fingers fastening the black suit jacket on his body, and said to Ye Zhiqiu, "I'm going to work too, I can give you a lift on the way." A lift on the way?

He still didn't know where his workplace was, so how could it be on the way? She was skeptical, but Lu Qichen insisted on giving her a ride, so after getting into the car, she reported the address and leaned back in her seat to rest with her eyes closed. Lu Qichen's face remained expressionless, but countless thoughts were swirling in his mind. The address 'Gu Yanfei' reported was for a well-known advertising company in Yangcheng. Although it was small in scale, it was currently Thriving, and it was hard to say what the future held. To his knowledge, this company had no connection with the Gu family, and Gu Yanfei was clearly a pampered young lady with no academic achievements, so how could she be working there? Coincidentally, Xiangyu had recently been cooperating with this company, and he wanted to see what this woman was really up to. Ye Zhiqiu 'timely' woke up as Lu Qichen's car was about to arrive at the company, and asked him to stop at the corner of the company. She could almost imagine that if the people at the company saw a luxury car dropping her off for work, it would inevitably lead to another storm of controversy. Lu Qichen didn't say much and cooperatively stopped the car at the designated spot. Seeing her get out of the car in a good mood, and even waving and greeting him before bouncing off to work, Lu Qichen realized for the first time that work could make someone so happy. Because she hadn't been to work for three days, Ye Zhiqiu felt completely lazy, and Standing at the entrance of Yunman, she secretly cheered herself on in her heart. Despite having the title of 'Mrs. Lu,' no matter how people, events, and things around her changed, only work could give her a sense of security. Even for her seriously ill grandmother, she would definitely put in two hundred percent effort. 'Autumn, you're finally back to work.'

As soon as she stepped into the office, Manager Zhou Yang came up to greet her. She had been with the company for three years, having risen from an obscure planning assistant to become one of the company's most outstanding planners. She wasn't the one with the highest academic qualifications in the company, nor was she the most obedient, but in just three years, she had become Zhou Yang's right-hand woman. Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback for a moment; she had only been away for three days, and Zhou Yang's haggard and disheveled appearance truly started led her. Zhou Yang gripped Ye Zhiqiu's hand tightly, pleading, "Autumn, you must help me this time." Zhou Yang was rambling, and it took Ye Zhiqiu a while to understand that during her absence, Zhou Yang had taken on a big project. However, after five or six drafts, the planning proposal created by the entire company's planning team failed to impress the client at all. Not to mention the planners in the company, even Zhou Yang himself was greatly discouraged. In all the years of running the company, it was his first taste of defeat. "What company is so difficult to deal with?" Ye Zhiqiu frowned slightly. "Isn't it that Xiangyu..." Zhou Yang sighed, "The eighth of next month is Xiangyu's anniversary celebration, and they want us to come up with a party plan." "Xiangyu?" Isn't that Lu Qichen's company? "They said they want the form of a party?"

Ye Zhiqiu frowned and asked. Most companies choose the form of a party for their anniversary celebration, firstly because it conforms to the habits of the Chinese people, and secondly to reward their employees who have worked hard all year round. But suddenly, an image flashed before Ye Zhiqiu's eyes: Lu Qichen, dressed in a suit, holding a glass of wine and toastinging at each table, an image as strange as it gets. That's why Ye Zhiqiu asked this question. 'Not really,' Zhou Yang carefully recalled, Xiangyu's people only mentioned an anniversary celebration plan from beginning to end, never specifically saying it had to be a party. 'Alright, give me the information, I'll give it a try,' Zhou Yang said gratefully. If this ace planner under him couldn't figure it out, then he would definitely lose money on this job. Thus, on Ye Zhiqiu's first day at work, she was busy working overtime on the anniversary celebration plan, not even having lunch, until Ye Wenlan called to remind her. It was supposed to be a reminder, but it felt more like a debt collection. 'Zhiqiu, have you had lunch?' Ye Wenlan asked with concern, like a caring mother. If it weren't for her pushing Ye Zhiqiu onto the wedding scene yesterday, Ye Zhiqiu might have been touched by this, but now... She just couldn't muster the enthusiasm. 'Just speak, I have another plan to rush, I'm very busy.' 'What?' Ye Wenlan exclaimed on the other end of the phone, 'You went to work the day after your wedding?' 'Otherwise what?' Ye Zhiqiu sneered, 'You don't think Lu Qichen would support me, do you?'

"He is already your husband now, it's only right for him to provide for you..." Ye Wenlan muttered, but Ye Zhiqiu really didn't have the patience to talk nonsense with her, and interrupted her impatiently, 'Ye Wenlan, what exactly do you want? If you don't say it, I'm hanging up.' 'Don't, don't, don't...' Ye Wenlan hurriedly stopped her. She didn't care about how Ye Zhiqiu was doing at all; what she cared about was what Lu Qichen had promised and where things stood now, 'Zhiqiu, when you get a chance, ask your husband, since you've married into the family, when can he fulfill his promises? Your grandmother... is still waiting for the next installment of expenses...' Ye Zhiqiu's hand holding the phone turned slightly pale, and it took her a long time to control her emotions. She replied through gritted teeth, word by word, 'Don't worry, I will naturally do what I promised you, but if anything happens to grandma, I will personally destroy everything you care about. You'd better watch out.' The voice of Ye Wenlan came from the other end of the phone, the flattering voice, "Don't worry, she is also my mother-in-law..." Ye Zhiqiu didn't care to delve deeper. When it came to family affection, she had once hoped for it, but now all that was left was despair.