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

"Childhood friend?!"

Zhang Tao keenly caught the words in the girl's speech.

"right."

Qin Yiyao nodded, her cheeks slightly flushed, and said, "Jiang Ran and I were childhood playmates..."

As she spoke, she even opened her phone's photo album and browsed through it for a long time.

After finally managing to find it, she eagerly showed the photo to Zhang Tao, "Look, this is a photo of us together from before..."

Seeing the photo on her phone screen—a photo of her and Jiang Ran, whom he had met before—Zhang Tao's eyes lit up instantly!

He quickly took out his phone and read out Jiang Ran's phone number.

After carefully noting it down, Qin Yiyao quickly thanked him.

Seeing that the other party turned and left immediately after finishing taking notes, Zhang Tao scratched his head in confusion.

If they were childhood friends, wouldn't you suggest going in for a chat?

After all, the information about the homeowners here is considered private. After thinking about it, Zhang Tao decided to call Jiang Ran and tell her about it.

Jiang Ran had just gotten home and poured the shrimp into the sink to wash them when she opened her phone. Just as she was about to calculate the cooking time for each dish, she saw a small red dot appear in her WeChat message.

He clicked on it and saw that someone with the nickname "Little Princess" had requested to add him as a friend.

Jiang Ran was taken aback, and for a moment, he really couldn't remember who this person was.

Out of curiosity, he clicked "Apply".

However, before he could type in a message to ask who the caller was, the screen flashed and showed Zhang Tao's call.

Jiang Ran answered the phone naturally.

"Brother Jiang, a girl just said she's your childhood friend and asked for your phone number..."

"Childhood friend?!"

Jiang Ran was stunned, and Qin Yiyao, whom she had just met, instantly popped into her mind.

"Yeah, that girl was really pretty, and she even showed me a photo of the two of you together. I just impulsively gave it to her..."

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Tao clearly felt apologetic, and added, "Mainly because the photo I saw was of you."

Oh dear, something's gone wrong!

Qin Yiyao can even find photos of the two of them taken before?!

Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow but did not blame him.

"Okay, I understand."

After saying that, he decisively hung up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, he saw a chat message on his phone screen from "Little Princess".

Little Princess: [Jiang Ran, please stop being angry with me, okay? If you're not married, just say you're not married. Why did you lie to me?]

Little Princess: [Let's make up, like before. I want to marry you.]

Little Princess: [Jiang Ran! I know you can see this! Actually, I just want to climb higher. Li Yicheng is indeed better off financially than you, but if we're talking about marriage, I still want to be with you the most. After all, we've been together since childhood, and we know each other pretty well, right?]

Looking at these messages, Jiang Ran's face was full of disdain.

Has Qin Yiyao gone mad?!

How dare she say such things?!

Ever since he broke up with Qin Yiyao, he had deleted her from his contacts, thinking that they would never cross paths again. But she actually went to the security guard at the gate and got his phone number.

She probably saw me enter the villa area, which is why she's been chasing me so relentlessly.

Thinking about her own family and Qin Yiyao's family, both sets of parents knew each other.

If Qin Yiyao really went to his house and cried her eyes out, his parents would be incredibly embarrassed.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran didn't delete her this time, but instead typed a reply: [Miss Qin, I am indeed married. I made myself very clear last time. Please save some face for yourself.]

If it doesn't involve family matters, then everything is fine; just delete it.

The key issue is that her family is now involved, and Jiang Ran doesn't want her parents to worry about her anymore.

Qin Yiyao's eyes widened when she saw Jiang Ran's reply!

She's already been so humble, how can Jiang Ran still be so heartless?!

Skillfully opening Jiang Ran's Moments and seeing the message "Friends only show content from the last month," Qin Yiyao immediately typed:

[What marriage? Jiang Ran, I'm the person you like, not your enemy. You don't need to be so competitive with me. Don't lie to me. If you were really married, why wouldn't you post on social media?! I haven't even seen a picture of the bride...]

Jiang Ran was speechless upon seeing these words.

Since when has a person's life been judged solely by their social media posts?!

Speaking of WeChat Moments, he doesn't recall seeing Wen Ling post anything there...

As her thoughts drifted away, Jiang Ran subconsciously clicked on Wen Ling's profile picture.

Under the white snow and red plum blossoms, Wen Ling's WeChat Moments was clean and tidy, displaying only the words "Friends only show Moments from the last three days".

It's said that he and Wen Ling went straight to registering their marriage without holding a wedding ceremony. If word got out, it seemed like he couldn't even produce a single photo of the two of them together...

Jiang Ran opened her chat window with Qin Yiyao, set it to "Do Not Disturb," and then stopped reading her messages.

He put his phone aside, cleaned the shrimp, and pondered whether he should discuss taking a group photo with Wen Ling.

Come to think of it, his parents don't even know what his "wife" looks like...

At 11:30, Jiang Ran came out of the kitchen right on time, carrying a lunchbox.

He took off his apron, put the carefully prepared lunchbox in a bag, and headed towards the garage.

After getting into the G-Class, Jiang Ran placed the lunchbox on the passenger seat, then opened the location sent by Wen Ling, started the navigation, and stepped on the gas.

The emerging technology and artificial intelligence company was not far from Junlan Mansion. Jiang Ran arrived at his destination in 20 minutes.

Looking at the high-end Niuma Building that was so familiar to Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Back then, he also worked day and night in such an office building.

Unexpectedly, he has now transformed into a capable assistant, delivering meals to the head manager inside...

"Hello sir, please show me your employee ID."

Upon realizing it wasn't a company vehicle, the security guard at the gate dutifully came out.

"Oh, is that so? I'm delivering food to my old... Wenling."

Jiang Ran almost blurted out "my wife" without actually saying it.

Upon hearing the name "Wen Ling," the security guard subconsciously glanced up and looked at the person in the driver's seat.

"So, Assistant Liu was referring to you!"

He sighed and quickly opened the door to let them in.

Hearing this, Jiang Ran was stunned. The last time he was stopped by the security guards was still fresh in his mind. He didn't expect that this time it would go so smoothly.

It seems my sister gave me specific instructions...

Jiang Ran felt a warmth in her heart. After parking her car downstairs, she got out with a bag full of lunchboxes.

After taking the elevator to the top floor, Jiang Ran knocked on the door of the room with the words "Internal Office" written on it, according to the room number.

In the office, Wen Ling raised her hand and glanced at the time.

At exactly 12 o'clock, a knock on the door rang out precisely on time, and Wen Ling's eyes flickered.

Knowing that the person outside was Jiang Ran, she put down her work and replied coldly, "Come in."

With just one word, its power is fully displayed.

Even though he was outside the door, Jiang Ran still shivered. He took a deep breath and pushed open the office door.

Inside, the technologically advanced setting and huge floor-to-ceiling windows brought the atmosphere to a freezing point. Bi Wenling was dressed in a white suit, with his hands clasped together on the desk in front of him.

She was still wearing those gold-rimmed glasses, sitting upright, staring at him with a stern expression and sharp eyes.

Without realizing it, Jiang Ran stood at the doorway, silently straightening her posture...