Lu Yunfan was a shy little charmer. It felt pretty cute the way he called Fang Yan “Sister Yan” with Lin Nuan. Fang Yan liked it very much.
Fang Yan asked her some questions about the art gallery. Lu Yunfan said that she hadn’t had the time to inspect the building and make arrangements for renovations, so she planned to do that after lunch with Lin Nuan.
“Brother Xiao already recommended a renovation team. I don’t think there’ll be a problem.” Lu Yunfan smiled.
The Brother Xiao she was referring to was Fang Yan’s friend.
“Ah, if Xiao Shan recommended it to you,” Fang Yan said, smiling, “then it must be his brother’s team. Don’t worry, his brother is an honest person. He definitely won’t cheat you.”
Lu Yunfan nodded. “Yes, I think so too!”
Lu Yunfan was pure and shy. Fang Yan could tell that the young lady was a good-natured girl. Not only Lin Nuan, Fang Yan, and Miss Xia are also fond of her.
When the meal was about to end, Lin Nuan called Lin Chen. Knowing that Lin Chen hadn’t eaten anything for lunch, Lin Nuan arranged for some food to be packed up, intending to deliver it to him herself. She asked Lu Yunfan if she wanted to come with her.
Lu Yunfan’s heart was thumping wildly. She wanted to reply, but she was at a loss for words.
If she went to the Lin Corporation with Lin Nuan just like that… would Lin Chen think she had ulterior motives towards Lin Nuan?
Seeing Lu Yunfan’s hesitation, Lin Nuan continued, “After all, you bought so many presents for Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan. I really can’t take them all by myself. Miss Xia and Sister Yan still have to rush back to the agency for a meeting in the afternoon!”
Lu Yunfan immediately nodded and eagerly picked up all the shopping bags she had brought. “Okay! I’ll send Sister Nuan Nuan over. I’ll also send her home!”
Miss Xia couldn’t help but laugh. “Thankfully, Lu Yunfan, you’re a woman. If you were a man, I would call Lin Nuan’s husband to tell on you because I would have suspected that you have special interests for her.”
Lu Yunfan lowered her head in embarrassment and bit her lip…
She indeed had special interests… but it was for Sister Nuan’s older brother.
When Lin Nuan and Lu Yunfan appeared at the Lin Corporation together, Lin Chen was stunned.
Lin Chen glanced at Lu Yunfan, who had appeared at his office with Lin Nuan. He reached out to take the lunch from Lin Nuan’s hands and asked, “What made you visit me today?”
Lin Nuan smiled and turned around to lead Lu Yunfan into Lin Chen’s office. She said, “I was having lunch with a friend at Lotus Pond Under Moonlight. I was told you haven’t eaten anything yet, so I came over to bring lunch! Oh right, let me introduce you… this is Lu Yunfan, my little friend.”
Lu Yunfan didn’t tell Lin Nuan about her relationship with Lin Chen, so Lin Nuan pretended not to know, lest the silly child felt awkward.
Lin Chen looked at Lu Yunfan with a hint of a smile on his face. Lu Yunfan was about to suffocate from that gaze and blurted, “Sister Nuan Nuan, that… I know Brother Lin Chen!”
Lu Yunfan then lowered her head. Her ears and face turned red.
“You know her?” Lin Nuan didn’t pretend to be surprised, but her tone was very calm. “That’s great. I was worried that you’d be so shy that you would turn shy seeing strangers when helping me bring things up!”
“She? Shy? Are you mistaken with what you know about her?” Lin Chen placed the lunch box on the coffee table and instructed his secretary to pour a cup of tea for Lin Nuan and a glass of orange juice for Lu Yunfan.
When Lu Yunfan heard the word “Orange juice”, her ears twitched, and she felt touched…
Lin Chen actually remembered what she liked to drink!
Lu Yunfan just stood there with all the shopping bags containing toys for Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan in her hands. She looked like she was going to stand there all year round…
“Fan Fan… come here and sit with me!” Lin Nuan called out to Lu Yunfan.
Lu Yunfan put down all the things in her hands and obediently sat down next to Lin Nuan. She then started to explain herself. “I… I wanted to open an art gallery in Haicheng, then Third Sister-in-law… Sister Su Nian helped me contact Sister Nuan Nuan. Sister Nuan Nuan then helped me to find a nice gallery. I wanted to thank Sister Nuan Nuan by treating her to a meal today, but she ended up treating me…”
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes. “Xie Jingqiu’s wife’s uncle is the famous painter Ji Zibai, and he’s from Haicheng. If you wanted to open an art gallery in Haicheng, why didn’t Xie Jingqiu’s wife ask her uncle for help? But she asked Lin Nuan instead? This is really interesting. Coincidentally… I’m about to undergo a physical checkup in Jincheng in a few days. I’ll meet Xie Jingqiu’s wife there, so I’ll ask her what this is all about.”
Lu Yunfan lowered her head and hugged her bag tightly.
“Brother, what are you doing? Are you interrogating a criminal?” Lin Nuan protested, trying to smooth things over for Lu Yunfan. “Because of you, I owed Dr. Su a big favor. So, when Dr. Su called me for a favor, I was very happy that I finally could do something for her.”
Lin Chen remained silent at the mention of this matter.
Lu Yunfan raised her head and stole a glance at Lin Chen. She then pursed her lips and said, “Sister Nuan Nuan, I’m sorry… I was the one who pestered Sister Su Nian to call you!”
The honest Lu Yunfan finally came clean. She didn’t have the fierce aura she had towards Jian Qiqi that night. Currently, she looked like a child who had done something wrong.
“Actually… I like Brother Lin Chen a lot!” Lu Yunfan lowered her head even more. Her voice was so stifled she almost sounded like a buzzing mosquito. “I thought that if I were to be friends with Sister Nuan Nuan, you would help say good things about me to Brother Lin Chen. I’m sorry, Sister Nuan Nuan, I didn’t mean to fool you! I was wrong! Don’t be angry, Sister Nuan Nuan, I’m not a bad person, but I know I’m in the wrong…”
Lu Yunfan was very nervous and didn’t know what to say.
Lin Nuan couldn’t help but laugh.
Hearing Lin Nuan’s laughter, Lu Yunfan raised her head to look at Lin Nuan…
“How can there be a silly lady like you! No one had forced you into confessing, but you did it voluntarily!” Lin Nuan chuckled. “If I were really angry about this, would I still bring you here?”
Lu Yunfan was stunned. “Sister Nuan Nuan, so you know?”
“Do you think everyone is as foolish as you?” Lin Chen couldn’t help but reprimand Lu Yunfan.
Lu Yunfan lowered her head again and fiddled with her fingers. “Sorry…”
“You really wished to open an art gallery?” Lin Chen asked Lu Yunfan.
Lu Yunfan nodded. “En, thanks to Sister Lin Nuan and Sister Yan’s help, I’ve already signed the contract. We’re still in the talk for a renovation. After the renovation is done and the opening ceremony is over, I’ll treat you guys to some fun!”
“Okay!” Lin Nuan agreed readily, but Lin Chen didn’t say anything.
Lu Yunfan didn’t look like she was confident about it, but at least she knew what she wanted to do…
Lin Chen forgot who it was that told him about Lu Yunfan’s great love for art so much, even though she lacked the skills. Hence, one of her greatest dreams ever since she was young was to open an art gallery.
Later on, many people thought that Lu Yunfan wanted to open an art gallery just to please Ji Zibai because he was handsome.
But now that Ji Zibai was married to Xie Jingqian, the daughter of the Xie family, Lu Yunfan was still resolute about opening an art gallery. It looked like… the reason she wanted to open a gallery was really the first one.