Chapter 131: What Is Happening?

“I... I’ll go too...” came the somewhat shy voice of a boy.

It was Wang Cheng from the corner. Though already in his twenties, the young man wore a bashful expression as he cautiously glanced at the lovely girl standing beside Ron.

A pleased smile appeared on Ron’s face.

“Nanxun, aren’t you coming shopping and to the movies with me?” Ye Ning asked, looking at Lin Nanxun with disappointment.

“But...” Lin Nanxun’s small face immediately filled with hesitation. She cast a sympathetic glance at the bearded man whom everyone had overlooked.

No one was going to accompany him. He was rather pitiful too.

The bearded man had a mild temper and none of the airs of a leader, so everyone in the studio treated him quite casually.

Seeing Lin Nanxun’s dilemma, Ye Ning sighed and could only compromise.

“Forget it, forget it. I’ll go to the farm as well. There’s no point in shopping alone anyway.”

“That’s more like it! Holidays are for coworkers to spend time together and build camaraderie!” Ron finally smiled, then asked everyone, “Anyone else want to come?”

Seeing that the others were all going to the farm, the remaining members of the studio exchanged glances. In the end, they simply changed their minds and unanimously agreed to go as well.

Ron was rather touched. Ever since the studio had been founded, this was the most popular group activity he had ever proposed.

***

That evening.

By the time Shen Hanzhi finished the last of his work, left the building, and got into the car, it was already half past ten at night.

Christmas was just over an hour away.

Besides Zhou Bei, who was driving, another assistant was in the car, going over Shen Hanzhi’s schedule for the following day.

“Boss, we’ll leave home for the airport at eight tomorrow morning. We’ll arrive in Z City at eleven, then go straight to the newly built resort.”

Leaning against the back seat, Shen Hanzhi listened expressionlessly, though his thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.

He raised his wrist to glance at the time and frowned.

He was returning especially late tonight, so he had asked Aunt Xu to stay the night. At this hour, that girl should already be asleep.

At the thought, the expression on his handsome face softened slightly.

***

Before long, the car arrived at the lakeside villa.

Shen Hanzhi got out and strode into the villa.

“Sir...” As soon as he entered, he heard a servant’s deliberately lowered voice.

Sensing that something was wrong, he frowned suspiciously. When he looked up, his gaze fell on a corner of the living room.

By the floor-to-ceiling window stood a Christmas tree that had not yet been decorated.

On the carpet beneath it, a figure dressed in a plush nightdress and long socks lay sprawled over a cushion, already sleeping peacefully.

Shen Hanzhi’s gaze settled on that figure. The expression on his handsome face changed, and his voice grew sterner as he asked the servant gravely, “What happened?”

The servant lowered her head and hurriedly explained, “Aunt Xu had something to attend to at home this evening, so she left first. I stayed with Miss Lin, but she refused to leave and insisted on waiting for you to come back...”

“After waiting for a long time without seeing you, she only just fell asleep.” The servant’s expression turned helpless as she spoke.

Miss Lin was simple and innocent. Since you had said you would come home today to decorate the Christmas tree with her, she had waited here ever since taking her bath.

She never expected you to be so busy today. Even after waiting until late at night, you still had not returned.