After contracting to have a child, the icy female CEO became addicted.

"..."

Jiang Ran blinked and pushed her forward, saying, "Before I met you, I thought there were only three things that mattered most in a person's life."

Wen Ling looked up: "What?"

"What to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?"

"..."

"I didn't expect that after resolving these three issues, there would still be so many things to deal with..."

He murmured to himself, looking at the school of fish floating in the sea beside him.

When Wen Ling looked up and glanced to the side, she saw Jiang Ran standing in front of the glass. The azure seawater was penetrated by sunlight, which shone on Jiang Ran's face, casting blue and white beams of light.

His profile is very handsome. Years of high-intensity physical work have kept his weight at a fitness level, and his jawline is perfect.

If only she weren't in a wheelchair.

Wen Ling thought to herself that at this moment, she should actually take the initiative and kiss his cheek.

But she couldn't reach it.

She simply raised her hand and placed it on the back of Jiang Ran's hand, looking at the school of fish behind the glass just like him. "Do you know what the biggest difference is between humans and animals?"

Jiang Ran felt a sudden warmth on the back of her hand and instinctively looked down to see her slender, white fingers.

She didn't look at him.

Just like him, she was staring at the school of fish floating behind the glass.

If Wen Ling weren't all alone with him at that moment, Jiang Ran wouldn't be sure if she was saying those words to him.

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Where?"

Raising her other free hand, Wen Ling tapped her temple with her fingertips. "Here."

"Brains?" Jiang Ran murmured. "Don't animals have them too?"

Wen Ling shook her head, took off her sunglasses, and stared at the seawater behind the glass, as if she saw her own reflection in the glass.

"They don't."

Her voice was resolute, and through the glass, she saw herself.

"Nothing?"

"They lack self-awareness and empathy."

Inside the aquarium, the lights underfoot were turned on, illuminating Jiang Ran from bottom to top.

Following Wen Ling's gaze, Jiang Ran's eyes also fell on the transparent glass.

The only difference between glass and a mirror is that one allows you to see others, while the other only allows you to see yourself.

However, if someone casts a shadow over the person standing in front of the glass, and the person is illuminated by the light, the glass can still see themselves.

"Animals live to survive and reproduce, but humans do not. After satisfying their basic needs, humans will ask 'Why do we live?' and are even willing to pay the price of their lives to find an answer."

Softly muttering these words, Wen Ling suddenly looked up and landed on Jiang Ran. "What you're talking about regarding what you eat for three meals a day is only because the problem of survival hasn't been solved yet. Once the most basic problem is solved, you'll have to consider many more things, just like me."

Line of sight can be sensed.

Jiang Ran felt Wen Ling's gaze when she said those words.

He turned his head slightly and met Wen Ling's eyes, which were the only part of her body that was covered up.

As if her former competence had returned, Jiang Ran noticed the slight crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, but her eyes still retained their former charm.

Jiang Ran suddenly realized the essential difference between Wen Ling and Xia Yunxi and him.

They have never been on the same social class.

For him and Xia Yunxi, survival comes first, then living.

Wen Ling, on the other hand, never had any survival issues from the beginning, so what she wanted was much purer.

In other words, Xia Yunxi insists on having money before she can talk about love.

Wen Ling, on the other hand, is not short of money.

Lovers often emerge from wealthy families.

At that moment, Jiang Ran suddenly remembered this sentence. When he first heard it, he just thought it was funny.

But now...

Her love was too heavy.

Jiang Ran suddenly chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Like the AI ​​your company is developing right now?"

"This is the general trend."

Changing the subject, Wen Ling looked ahead and said, "Moreover, AI will replace human jobs in the future, and money will become worthless."

"If human jobs are replaced, what about humans? Those who earn a living with tools and skills, won't they starve to death?"

"That's why we live."

Patting Jiang Ran's hand, Wen Ling's eyes curved into a smile, and the corners of her lips beneath her mask curled up. She added earnestly, "You must remember, the wheels of history roll ever onward, and the changes of the times are unstoppable. The only thing you need to consider is how to avoid being eliminated!"

The times are irreversible.

That's how we developed step by step.

When the tide of the times surges in, what we need to do is embrace it and adapt!

No one can go back to the past.

Impossible. Time is irreversible.

Therefore, the past is irreversible. Faced with the entanglements left by history, the times are still progressing, and escapism will not solve the problem.

All he can do is face it, make choices, and keep going until one day he can accept it with equanimity.

Looking at Wen Ling, Jiang Ran suddenly realized the gap between himself and Wen Ling at that moment.

Apart from her emotional life, Wen Ling is indeed without flaws.

What she saw was completely different from what he saw.

"Sister Wen..."

In the silence, Jiang Ran murmured a sentence and called out.

Wen Ling, still deep in thought, was taken aback: "Huh?"

"Didn't I tell you you're really good?"

"......ah?"

"On these principles, I feel I still have a lot to learn from you. My perspective is too narrow; there are many things I haven't understood..."

He muttered to himself, then touched his nose somewhat shyly, his expression clearly a little unnatural.

But the respect he expressed was crystal clear.

Wen Ling suddenly smiled and said, "Learning is fine with me. Whatever you want to learn, I can teach you."

Jiang Ran was taken aback, and said somewhat awkwardly, "Is this appropriate? Once you've recovered, shouldn't you go back to work?"

"No rush, the company has Liu Wan for now."

Staring at him, observing his extremely unnatural expression, Wen Ling's smile deepened. "I can teach you, it won't take much time, but..."

"But what?"

"However, I do charge tuition."

"Tuition...?!"

Jiang Ran stammered and almost bit her own tongue.

"certainly."

Wen Ling nodded, looking at him with a smile, "There's no such thing as a free lunch."

How could he possibly be qualified to have the CEO of the Wens Group personally teach him?!

Jiang Ran smacked her lips and asked, "Is the tuition expensive?"

Wen Ling didn't speak. She shook her head and looked at Jiang Ran's awkwardness, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

"Well, you name how much, and I'll see if my savings are enough, then I'll think about it..."

Jiang Ran stroked his chin and murmured something.

The next second, Wen Ling suddenly released his hand, her slender, pale fingertips tapping the mask on her cheek, and said to him, "Give me a kiss, and I'll teach you for free."