An An was looking at a magazine on Qin Fei Wan's desk when he heard Tang Zhen Zhen call him. He instantly recalled Tang Zhen Zhen's expression the first day they met.
He turned his head.
"An An, I asked you yesterday if you were President Qin's brother, why didn't you tell me you were his son?" Tang Zhen Zhen said with a rather hypocritical smile. "It made me misunderstand the whole time."
An An didn't really want to deal with this aunt, so he stayed quiet.
Tang Zhen Zhen thought he was shy and moved closer. "An An, who is your mother? How come I've never heard that President Qin is married?"
"You haven't met my mother," An An said, flipping through the magazine without looking up.
"What does your mother do? Is she pretty?" Tang Zhen Zhen thought of Qin Ning Yi's face and felt incredibly unbalanced. What kind of woman had managed to capture Brother Qin so quietly?
An An said without hesitation, "Pretty."
"Then she..." Tang Zhen Zhen wanted to continue asking, but An An interrupted her. "Auntie, I don't want to talk about my mother with you. Can you leave if you have nothing else? I want to read quietly."
Tang Zhen Zhen felt a bit embarrassed. Qin Fei Wan was Qin Ning Yi's elder sister, and she was blunt, which Tang Zhen Zhen could accept. But what was this child? Talking to her like this!
Her expression shifted repeatedly, and finally, she suppressed her anger, forcing a smile. "An An, Sister Qin's meetings usually take a long time. You must be bored here."
"An An is not bored." An An really didn't understand what this aunt wanted. Why was she talking to him? Didn't most adults dislike playing with children?
Tang Zhen Zhen's words were choked back. Feeling a bit frustrated, she walked out of the studio.
She pondered for a long time by the elevator and then came up with an idea. She hurried to the 65th floor. "Sister Liu, quickly, An An seems unwell, I need to find President Qin."
Sister Liu dared not let her in, but upon hearing about An An and recalling yesterday's office gossip, she still called Assistant Xiao.
When Assistant Xiao heard it was about An An, he didn't dare to be careless. Soon, Tang Zhen Zhen met Qin Ning Yi.
"What's wrong with An An?" Qin Ning Yi said, holding his phone as he hurried out, heading straight for the private elevator.
Seeing him about to press the elevator button, Tang Zhen Zhen quickly ran over and blocked his path.
"Brother Qin, don't worry. An An might have a slight heatstroke and isn't feeling well. I've already found some medicine for him," Tang Zhen Zhen said, looking at Qin Ning Yi with longing.
"Where is your Sister Qin? Why isn't she telling me?" Qin Ning Yi's suspicion grew.
Tang Zhen Zhen told the truth. "Sister Qin started a meeting with all the heads as soon as she returned. I was looking after An An."
Xiao Kong Lin interjected, "Is there no one in your design department? You have to look after him?"
He had always disliked Tang Zhen Zhen's affected demeanor.
Tang Zhen Zhen had already prepared her response and looked at Qin Ning Yi. "An An was brought in by me that day, so we are more familiar with each other, and that's why I was staying with him."
Qin Ning Yi was still worried. He reached around Tang Zhen Zhen and pressed the elevator button to go downstairs and see.
Tang Zhen Zhen seized the opportunity to lunge forward, as if about to be embraced by Qin Ning Yi.
On the other side, by the stairwell, An An had just reached the 66th floor and saw this scene from afar.
An An, who had been behaving obediently, ran over. As Qin Ning Yi moved aside, An An kicked him.
Logically, even with all his might, a child's kick would only cause some pain. But An An's kick made Tang Zhen Zhen lose her balance and fall.
An An's initial anger subsided the moment Qin Ning Yi moved aside. He returned to being the calm and well-behaved child.
He simply looked at Qin Ning Yi with a faint tone and a hint of accusation in his dark eyes. "Dad."
Meeting such a gaze, Qin Ning Yi felt inexplicably flustered. Although he hadn't done anything, it felt as if he had done something wrong.
"Dad moved aside," Qin Ning Yi sensed An An's unusual mood and explained.
An An pointed at Tang Zhen Zhen, who had fallen to the ground. "She's bad."
"She said An An was sick, so I wanted to come down and see you," Qin Ning Yi said, reaching out to stroke An An's head. In his deep voice, An An stopped looking at him with his dark eyes.
"She's lying," An An felt it was too much. "She kept asking about Mom. I didn't tell her. When she left, I felt something was strange, so I followed her out. She took the elevator to the 65th floor."
An An was very angry thinking about this. "Dad, does she want to be my stepmother?"
Qin Ning Yi felt that it was also a bad thing for this child to be too smart, and An An was quite sensitive.
"No, Dad doesn't like her, and he won't let her be your stepmother."
An An finally relaxed and returned to his soft and cuddly self, hugging Qin Ning Yi.
Qin Ning Yi gave Xiao Kong Lin a look, and then he carried An An into the office.
Tang Zhen Zhen was sent back to the 51st floor by Xiao Kong Lin. Everyone watched as she was pushed out by Assistant Xiao.
As Xiao Kong Lin left, he gloatingly said, "Don't make excuses to find President Qin. President Qin won't like you. Behave yourself."
The design department was already gossipy, and this news spread like wildfire.
Tang Zhen Zhen covered her face and ran into the restroom to hide.
"Did you see? That lovesick Tang Zhen Zhen was thrown back by Assistant Xiao!" a sharp female voice said mockingly.
"I was drawing drafts and didn't see it. What happened?" Gossiper No. 1 had missed out on the gossip.
"This is so embarrassing! Before, she at least used Sister Qin's name, and President Qin gave her some face. Today, Assistant Xiao personally escorted her down from the 66th floor, hahaha, she deserved it!" The sharp voice recounted the incident to them.
"She never had any face before, didn't you know? The 65th floor has a strict order not to let Tang Zhen Zhen go to the 66th floor alone!" Gossiper No. 2 had reliable information.
"Where did you hear that?" The other two asked in hushed tones.
Gossiper No. 2 said proudly, "Oh, I ran into Sister Liu when I was picking up my child last time. She told me. It was hilarious, it serves that lovesick woman right for always being so picky."
"Hahaha, serves her right! Who told her to be so arrogant just because she has some talent? Look at her designs, they're all different each time, maybe she buys them!"
"What do you mean by that?"
Several people gossiped as they walked out of the restroom. The restroom door opened, revealing Tang Zhen Zhen's furious face.
"Damn kid, you made me a laughingstock. Just a bastard child." Tang Zhen Zhen clenched her fists, walked to the mirror, tidied her hair, and smiled at her reflection.
"Just wait and see, I can't even deal with a little brat?" Tang Zhen Zhen touched her earring, lifted her head, and walked out of the restroom with her chest out.