"Huh?" Lin Miaomiao's eyes widened instantly. "Is... is there something wrong with this?"

Deng Xiaoqi glanced at Chen Cheng, her face flushing as she leaned in and whispered into Lin Miaomiao's ear:

"Miao Miao, it's the 'Goddess of Fertility'. By giving this, aren't you wishing for Brother Cheng to have a baby?"

"Huh?"

Lin Miaomiao was stunned and hurriedly waved her hands. "Brother Cheng, that's not what I meant."

Chen Cheng looked at the innocent, silly girl and shook his head helplessly. "It's fine."

"Anyway, your Sister Jingjing, Sister Jianguo, and Sister Guan Guan are all clamoring to have children."

"In a bit, give this to Jianguo. She'll definitely be happy."

"Oh~" Lin Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, something occurred to her. Her eyes darted around, and a mischievous grin appeared on her face.

"Brother Cheng, I heard Sister Anna is pregnant?"

Chen Cheng nodded. "Yeah, you're an aunt now."

"Uh~" Lin Miaomiao was momentarily dazed.

Deng Xiaoqi had the same reaction. *Yeah, I was just a kid yesterday, and today I'm an aunt, discussing having babies with Brother Cheng... Ugh, so embarrassing.*

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Lin Miaomiao blinked and asked.

"It's a little princess," Chen Cheng replied with a doting smile.

"That's good, that's good," Lin Miaomiao sighed in relief.

Then her eyes darted around again. "Brother Cheng, let me tell you, Lin Gou Gou is so noisy."

"Every single day—crying when hungry, crying when wet, crying when pooping, crying when itchy... The crying makes my head throb."

"As soon as school starts, I'm moving back to campus immediately."

Chen Cheng looked at her, amused yet sympathetic. It seemed she had been tormented quite a bit by Lin Gou Gou lately.

After finishing the meal, Lin Miaomiao and Deng Xiaoqi wanted to drag Chen Cheng out to play.

Chen Cheng refused and told them to bring Ding Jianguo along instead.

He had to go to the office.

Zou Yu had already reviewed the backlog of documents from this period, but he still needed to go over them himself.

It wasn't until eight or nine o'clock that Chen Cheng finally emerged from his office.

In reality, he hadn't arrived at the company until after tea time, so he had only been busy for three or four hours.

"Are you coming home with me, or are you going somewhere else?"

Chen Cheng asked as he came out of the office, looking at Zou Yu, who was writing furiously at her desk.

"Oh~" Zou Yu looked up at the sound of his voice, pushed up her glasses, and thought for a moment. "Hmm~"

"I have plans with Yueyue. I'm staying over at her place tonight."

Chen Cheng nodded. "Then what are you waiting here for?"

Zou Yu's lips curled into a slight smile as she tilted her chin up coquettishly. "I'm your secretary. How can I leave before the boss does?"

"Always acting so formal~" Chen Cheng shook his head helplessly.

"Let's go~"

"Mhm~"

Once Zou Yu packed up her things, the two of them left the office side by side.

Since it was after hours and the office was empty, Zou Yu naturally linked her arm with Chen Cheng's.

As they passed the front desk, a loud crack of thunder echoed outside the window.

"Looks like it's going to rain," Chen Cheng said with a smile. "Drive carefully on your way."

"Mhm~" Zou Yu nodded and reached out to press the elevator button.

Suddenly, she thought of something. "Are you really planning to buy the Jingyan building?"

"Yeah," Chen Cheng nodded. "Once the inspection report is out, if there are no issues, we can start the transaction process."

Zou Yu clicked her tongue. "That's three billion..."

Chen Cheng's lips twitched. "It's not like you don't know the situation. The data center cost three billion USD; this is nothing."

Zou Yu shook her head. "I was just thinking..."

"Thinking what?" Chen Cheng asked.

"I was wondering if you're only buying Old Ye's building for the sake of Xiao Ye."

"Hmm..." Chen Cheng pondered for a couple of seconds. "Not really. The location of that Jingyan building is excellent. As long as there are no quality issues, I'd take it even if the price went up by another ten percent."

"That will be the actual headquarters of Zhencheng Capital."

"In the future, we'll also venture into commercial banking and insurance brokerage. A headquarters building is a necessity."

"Banking?"

"Insurance?"

Zou Yu's eyes widened. Chen Cheng had never discussed the company's strategic plans with her before.

Chen Cheng gave a mysterious smile but said nothing.

Zou Yu swallowed hard. "Those licenses aren't exactly easy to get in this country."

"That's not for you to worry about. Don't overthink it, just go home," Chen Cheng said, giving her arm a reassuring squeeze.

"Mhm~" Zou Yu nodded, her gaze slightly vacant.

She was truly stunned by Chen Cheng's words.

When they reached the ground floor, Zou Yu said goodbye and headed to her parking spot.

Chen Cheng was surprised to see Eleven. "Aren't you supposed to have finished your shift?"

Eleven had a smile on her face. "I'll see you home before I head back."

"Hmm..." Chen Cheng thought about it. He didn't have anything else to do today.

"It's raining. Let Ma Yong and the others take you back; I'll drive myself."

"Huh?" Eleven was taken aback.

"What's with the 'huh'? It's thundering out there, and it looks like a heavy downpour is coming. The roads will be jammed."

"By the time you drop me off and head back yourself, who knows what time it'll be."

"Or do you want to stay at Huaihai Road tonight?"

"No, no~" Eleven immediately shook her head like a rattle.

This man was too much to handle. Even if he didn't come to her room, the commotion was always so loud that she couldn't sleep well at all.

*Gulp.* Eleven swallowed and said, "Alright then, I'll head back."

"Yeah," Chen Cheng gave her a hug. "Go ahead."

Eleven nodded with a smile. "I'll get an umbrella and put it in the passenger seat for you."

Chen Cheng watched her walk away, shaking his head with a smile, and got into the driver's seat.

Eleven didn't usually say much, but she really knew how to care for others.

She was also much more tight-lipped than Zou Yu, which had led her to always be somewhat of an outsider among this group of women.

Consequently, Chen Cheng would subconsciously care for her even more.

On a rainy day like this, since she didn't want to stay at Huaihai Road, there was no need to make her commute back and forth.

Mainly, it was because he had his cheat now, so he wasn't worried about safety issues.

Two minutes later, a black S680, a G63, and a Yukon exited the building's underground garage one after another.

While listening to classical music, Chen Cheng drove leisurely toward Huaihai Road.

At an intersection, Chen Cheng was startled by a figure on the side of the road ahead.

It was a woman in a gray sleeveless dress with short hair.

However, it was pouring rain, yet the woman had no umbrella and wasn't running.

She looked completely drenched and seemed to have simply given up.

The light turned green. Chen Cheng withdrew his gaze, released the brake, and drove forward.

As he passed her, Chen Cheng instinctively turned his head to take a look.

"It's her!"

Chen Cheng's lips curled up. He checked the rearview mirror and pulled over a little further ahead.

He grabbed the umbrella from the passenger seat and got out of the car.

"What are you thinking about, looking so lost?" Chen Cheng walked up to Zhong Xiaoqin and teased her with a smile.

Yes, the woman who had given up in the rain was Zhong Xiaoqin.

"Chen Cheng!"

The light instantly returned to Zhong Xiaoqin's previously dull eyes.

"What are you doing? You have such exquisite makeup on, yet you're not even running in this heavy rain?" Chen Cheng asked with a smile.

"Your makeup is all smudged."

Actually, seeing Zhong Xiaoqin dressed like this, he already had an idea of why.

"I..." Zhong Xiaoqin hesitated.

With a slight smile, Chen Cheng reached out and put his arm around her shoulder. "Get in the car first. We'll talk inside."