Volume One, Chapter 15: Fu Yunzhen, You’re Crazy—This Is an Office!

Fu Yun Zhen leaned closer, his lips near her ear, his magnetic voice laced with seduction.

“Go tell them right now that you’re the new president of this company. You can fire anyone you want.”

“The confident and decisive Qiao Nian An from before should come back!”

He had no idea how she had lived through these past six years.

But she was no longer as bright and cheerful as she once had been, nor did she possess her former confidence.

She had been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, a pampered heiress accustomed to luxury, only to fall into the mud overnight.

It was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to return from extravagance to frugality.

It must have taken her a long time to adjust to such a drastic change, hadn’t it?

“Baby Nian Nian, if you’re too embarrassed to face them, I can help you.”

Qiao Nian An frowned. She pressed her small hands against his chest and pushed him away. “Mr. Fu, have you forgotten that you’re my ex-boyfriend? Is it appropriate for you to keep calling me ‘baby’?”

When they had been together, it had been perfectly natural for him to hold her and call her baby.

But they had been separated for six years. Why was he still calling her that?

Fu Yun Zhen raised his hand and enclosed her slender fingers in his palm. Her hand was truly tiny and soft, almost boneless.

Holding her hand, he drew her into his arms, his voice deep and low.

“Qiao Nian An, do you know how much your sudden, one-sided breakup hurt me?”

She had said she was tired of playing and had never loved him. With one sentence, she had cast him aside.

Of course. A man bought with money was never worth cherishing in her eyes!

After she disappeared following their breakup, he had been in a car accident while out searching for her, yet she had never shown herself again.

She had not cared in the slightest whether he lived or died.

Before that, they had often argued as well, but they would always make up in bed. Whenever their quarrels became irreconcilable, they would spend two or three days and nights together, leaving one another covered in the marks of their “revenge.”

As long as he could lure her into bed, he had countless ways to make her soften and forgive him.

Even after they broke up, he had searched for her like a madman, asking everywhere for news of her whereabouts.

When he had finally managed to track her down, who would have thought that his useless little nephew would beat him to it and try to marry his ex-girlfriend for ten billion?

Had anyone asked for his opinion?

Qiao Nian An had only wanted to push him away, but he held her fast, leaving her no choice but to surrender.

“Fu Yun Zhen, whether you want to take revenge on me or dismiss me, do as you please.”

As she spoke, she reached for the doorknob behind her. “I’m leaving first. If I stay too long, people will get the wrong idea.”

Fu Yun Zhen watched as she pulled her hand free from his grasp. His deep voice rose above her head.

“Nian Nian, I’m not leaving again after returning home.”

He had remained abroad for those six years to strengthen and improve himself. Only by becoming strong enough could he gain the ability to protect the person he wished to protect.

Otherwise, even if the Fu family acknowledged him, what could a man as powerless as he was do to protect the woman he loved?

For six years, he had endured the soul-deep agony of missing her.

It was all for the day when he could finally stand before her, shelter her behind him, become her armor, and shield her from every storm.

Now, he had achieved it!

All he asked was that she look at him once more.

The veins on Qiao Nian An’s hand stood out as she gripped the doorknob with all her strength. Without giving it further thought, she pushed the door open and left.

For a fleeting moment, Fu Yun Zhen was dazed.

It felt as though, the moment she opened that door, she would leave him once again.

He immediately reached out, seized her wrist, and pinned her against the door, his body pressed tightly against hers.

Heat began to surge through him.

Qiao Nian An sensed the subtle change in his body as well. Something pressed firmly against her, making her legs weaken. Her voice trembled with tension and fear.

“Fu Yun Zhen, have you lost your mind? This is an office…”