What Su Qinglan didn't expect was that in the days since then, Gu Jinchi did do what he said he would do, and every day he would come back in the evening to accompany Xiao Ze for dinner, and for the whole family to play together for a while.

And purposefully brought her a necklace as a gift.

But seeing that necklace, she still couldn't help but think about it a little more.

Thinking about the day Gu Jinchi and Shirui went shopping together and brought her earrings, if this one is too ...

Her line of sight deepened a bit, and Gu Jinchi smiled as if he had a heart to heart, and lowered his voice to explain, "Don't worry, it's not with her this time."

"Last time was a fluke, this time the necklace was a sample that Lu looked at as a fundraiser and thought it would suit you so I reserved one with them."

The necklace is delicate, not ornate, but exquisite, and the pale pink design is more suitable for some young women.

She thought for a moment and pushed the box back, politely declining, "No need to give me any more gifts, I have no reason to accept them now."

In the past, Gu Jinchi had sent her almost countless things, and even some time ago, she had received quite a few.

All kinds of jewelry are almost all sent by him, life has just lost the trajectory of this man's life, she did not even know that so many things around her are actually from the handwriting of Gu Jinchi.

The brand in front of her she had seen, the price was not cheap, although for Gu Jinchi, this amount of money was nothing at all.

The reason why Gu Jinchi still insisted on giving her a gift now was well known to her.

"Take it, if it's because of the price, it's a special gift from the funders." Gu Jin Chi frowned and returned the box him again, even looking for a reason.

A necklace was being pushed around like a hot potato, so she didn't bother doing the shoving and just got up and went to her room.

It was just after 8:00 p.m., which should have been the time when most creatures had begun to rest, when Vivian suddenly called her.

"How was it? Did you have a good trip? Isn't it time to come back to work?"

"Would have liked two more days off." She joked, "What's wrong? Is there some job that needs me?"

"Can't I call you back for coffee without it?" Vivian smiled back, but quickly lowered her voice again, "There are still people watching you from the board's side, and someone has already found out that you and Gu Jinchi are still living together."

"What exactly is your relationship now, at least give me a heads up."

After her emotions froze for a moment, she sighed, "It's really shady, it's a pain in the ass to talk about, so let's just do it for Ze's sake."

She knew very well that Vivian was Lord Ren's person, and that the news might not be too good for Lord Ren either.

"So you're now part of a ... post divorce cohabitation?" Vivian was a bit nosy.

Cohabitation up after divorce may be a sign to remarry, but for her ...

"Stop gossiping, I'll go to the office tomorrow and talk to you slowly." This matter, she still had to take the time to explain clearly.

Vivian was resentful, "Alright, I'll wait for you at the company, by the way, I'll tell you a good news, that friend of yours will also come back to this side of the headquarter tomorrow, it's Mr. Ren's idea."

A friend?

She froze for a moment, thinking of Ji Ching Yue, "I don't know what to think, but it's going to be a lot more lively with her here."

Considering Ji Qingyue's character, it might even be possible for her to feel at ease in the midst of this confined environment.

...

Early the next morning, as she helped Zee put together the little dress she would wear for her piano lesson, she knelt down and admonished, "Mommy's going to work starting today."

Frozen for a moment, Zee turned and ran back to his room, bringing out a card, "Mommy, Daddy will give us money, don't go to work okay."

That was the day Gu Jinchi said he would pay the alimony.

Gu Jinchi out of the inevitable is not small hand than, the money inside is not a fixed amount, should be his secondary card.

Frankly speaking, she had no intention of trying to live off Gu Jinchi's alimony, that would only make her look down on herself.

"Ze." She set the card aside, "Mommy can't just spend your daddy's money."

"Now that Daddy and Mommy are separated, Mommy has no reason to spend Daddy's money."

She believed that Zee was a smart kid, but there were just too many complicated-to-explain words between them to explain to Zee.

After a brief moment of silence, Xiao Ze embraced her neck and leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Mommy, don't be so stupid, if you don't spend his money, won't you want another woman to spend Daddy's money in the future?"

It was a reason she was surprisingly unable to refute for a moment.

"But is Mommy the same as those women?" She tugged up Zee's little face, pulling and kneading it from side to side, "Are you going to draw a line in your mind between Mommy and those mongrel women?"

"I absolutely didn't!" Zee slurred his words as he was torn, "I just think Mommy's too tired to take care of me and work and be mad at Daddy."

"It's just cheap to work so hard." The little guy snorted coldly.

It's not hard work, how can it be hard work.

Maybe she would regret being with Gu Jinchi, but she definitely didn't regret having Xiao Ze.

"Okay, Mommy will go ahead and drop you off at class, Mommy has plenty of time, you don't have to worry about Mommy." She rubbed Zee's head, changed her shoes and grabbed her keys and headed out the door.

It was close to break time in the morning by the time they got back to Windward.

Her presence still had some of the employees talking, though she was completely oblivious to the gossip that slipped into her ears.

Back in the office, a hand closed around her eyes from behind, her voice deliberately low and wry, "Guess who I am?"

She was a bit envious of Ji Qinyue for still being so childlike and innocent at this age.

She reached out her hand and tickled Ji Qingyue's waist backwards, "I could have guessed it was you even if you didn't make a sound."

Ji Qinyue was afraid of itching, especially afraid, and was tickled so much that she begged for mercy, "I, I, I, I was wrong, you're still getting more and more uninteresting."

"If playing with you is called fun, why don't I hire you to be Ze's babysitter someday? You two must hit it off."

Two spirited ones come together and must spend every day playing like crazy.

"You don't say, I even came back this time because I wanted to see Xiao Ze, at night I'll go to your place to see Xiao Ze, okay." Ji Qingyue took her hand and shook it to pamper her.

"Good, Xiao Ze must have missed you too." Doing the math, Xiao Ze and Ji Qing Yue hadn't seen each other for about a year or so.

"Good, that gives me motivation to work!" Ji Qingyue was full of vigor and gave herself a cheering gesture, "Just like what Ren Lord said, headquarters is really not a place for people to stay."

Su Qinglan looked at her and raised an eyebrow in confusion, "What? Who embarrassed you?"

"It's all being difficult." She bristled, "You are unaware of what that design that has been approved has been vilified by the directors over here, a bunch of people who don't know anything about design or art are there to judge, it's all insulting to the art."

The specifics were probably what she wanted.

Even if it's a perfect design, those old oilheads will want to suppress Ji Qing Yue at this time, and will pick on anyone to achieve their goals.

After laughing, she poured a glass of water, "Think of it this way, the pickier they are, the better they prove you are, and they're worried that you'll step on them sooner or later, so they're going to come and discredit you."

When she said that, Ji Qing Yue was in a much better mood as an afterthought, and her eyes lit up, "Yes hey, why didn't I think of that."

"I don't know if they'll still dare to be so wild after Ren Lord returns."

"He's the president, we're just part-timers, you still want to pursue equal treatment?" Su Qinglan shook her head helplessly, revealing her shock after catching the point, "You said Ren Lord is coming back?"

"Yeah." Ji Qingyue nodded frankly, and knew exactly what she was thinking.

"I know that the relationship between you guys is ... but this is after all someone's head office, you can't turtled up and keep them from coming back." She snatched Su Qinglan's water over and took two sips, gossiping with a look of watching the fun.

"I hear you're living together again, old feelings rekindled?"

Where she had heard it from, Su Qinglan had already guessed.

But to confirm, she still raised her eyebrows and pursued, "Who did you hear it from? It couldn't be that Vivian told Lord Ren and Lord Ren told you, right?"

Ji Qingyue froze and reached out to give her a nod, "Clever, but don't worry, he hasn't reacted much yet."

What to expect ...

Su Qinglan's eyebrows jumped, Ji Qingyue couldn't be wanting to see Lord Ren crying his eyes out.

"And when will he ... be back?" She asked tentatively.

The situation is already a mess right now, and it would be a hilarious show if he came back.

"Not sure, but I'm sure if you call him right now and tell him I miss you, you should be able to see someone within a few hours." Ji Qingyue teased.

She couldn't help but pick up a file and throw it at her, "There's nothing reliable in the mouth."

"Oops." Ji Qingyue dodged and reached out to take the document, "It was supposed to be, people are loyal to you, but you're as cold as anything, like this even I can't look at it anymore."

"If it were me, I would have already had my heart set on it." She tsked twice, came over to help Su Qinglan organize the documents on the table, and said with gusto, "Let's go out for dinner together tonight, just as a pick-me-up, and you bring Xiao Ze with you."

That's a good suggestion.

Su Qinglan nodded, "Good, since it's a pick up for his sister-in-law, it's only natural, I'll pick up Xiao Ze from his piano lesson later."

"Have you thought about what you're having for dinner?"

What to eat, was a difficult problem, but was skillfully resolved by Ji Qingyue, "I eat the same as our young master, let Xiao Ze pick it out when the time comes."

Su Qinglan looked at her helplessly, "Alright, go to work first, don't let those old greaseballs catch on again."

But she didn't want Ji Qingyue to meet up with Vivian when she went out.

The two men were not very well acquainted, and only nodded to each other politely.