Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

It was not yet two o'clock when I went upstairs with Shang Chenyan. The company was quiet, and everyone was taking their lunch break.

The elevator doors opened, and Shi Ying first poked her head out and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention, she hurriedly ran out.

After she got off the elevator, she found Shang Chenyan still behind her, strolling lazily behind her. Shi Ying hurriedly turned back and grabbed his wrist: "Hurry up."

The man looked down at her arm linked with his and suddenly remembered that when they were still in school, after they started dating, Shi Ying would run over and hug his arm whenever she saw him, clinging to him like a koala.

Later, after they graduated and grew up, Shiying no longer held his arm when they went out together.

She said it would be childish for people to see her like that, since she's an adult.

Five years have passed, as if it were an insurmountable chasm.

"Shiying".

Shang Chenyan rarely called her by her full name, so Shi Ying stopped and looked up at him in surprise.

The man's eyes were dark. Without saying a word, he grabbed Shi Ying's wrist and pinned her against the wall.

"Shang Chenyan!" Shi Ying called him softly, her face slightly flushed. She reflexively raised her hand to cover his mouth. "What are you doing?"

Shang Chenyan bent down slightly to meet her gaze, his voice muffled by her covering his mouth: "Little liar."

"You never used to be so secretive back in school."

Shang Chenyan couldn't quite describe how he felt, but he just felt very empty.

Shi Ying never resisted introducing him to her roommates and classmates. They would walk hand in hand on the bustling playground every day and whisper to each other in the crowded classrooms.

Now, she's even unwilling to appear with him, and says she'll stay with him for life.

Shi Ying let go of his hand, then shook his arm off: "I really didn't mean that. I just felt that everyone here is your employee, and they're all colleagues and friends who used to work with me. I don't want them to look at me strangely when I suddenly start seeing you..."

When we're in school, we're all students, but in society, the differences in status become apparent, and gossip and rumors follow.

Shang Chenyan may not be unaware of this principle. If it were the old him, he would have taken these considerations into account and respected Shi Ying's thoughts.

But now, it seemed as if some surging emotion was churning within him, making it impossible for him to remain rational.

He just wanted everyone to know that Shi Ying was his, and for everyone to remember that Shi Ying was his wife, the one he would spend his whole life with.

Shang Chenyan rested his forehead on her shoulder, feeling somewhat helpless.

"Shang Chenyan..." Shi Ying noticed something was wrong with him. She raised her hand and patted his back. "What's wrong? Did something I said upset you?"

"Well... never mind then. Let them see us if they want. Anyway, I don't work here anymore, so I can't hear what they're saying." Shi Ying grasped his wrist, her palm against his wrist, feeling his pulse.

"Besides, if they talk bad about me just because I'm with you, then they're not worth me considering as friends anymore."

Shi Ying convinced herself and gradually stopped resisting being close to him outside.

She cupped his face in her hands, making him look up: "Let's go inside. Do you want to hold my hand or carry me?"

Shang Chenyan slowly straightened up. Shi Ying tiptoed and kissed him on the chin: "Are you not angry anymore?"

Shang Chenyan gave a muffled "hmm," which reminded Shi Ying of the golden retriever she raised with her father when she was little—well-behaved but proud.

After calming him down, Shi Ying walked with him to the office door: "You go in first, I'll get you some water. Would you like some coffee?"

"Just drink water."

Shi Ying took the cup and walked to the tea room with practiced ease. As soon as she entered, she met the gaze of two pairs of big eyes.

Jiang Mingxue and Su Wan were clinging to the door frame, not knowing how long they had been there.

The elevator and the tea room are in the same place, which means that they saw everything she and Shang Chenyan said and did outside the elevator.

Shi Ying's mouth opened into an "O" shape.

Jiang Mingxue was the first to react, lunging forward to hook her arms around her neck: "Oh, Shi Xiaoying, so you really are..."

Su Wan chimed in, "Is she really going to marry into a wealthy family?"

"What are you saying?" Shi Ying hurriedly picked up two small breads from the table and stuffed one into their mouths.

As Jiang Mingxue chewed, she said, "We all saw it. You two not only hugged, but you almost kissed."

Su Wan poured three drinks and placed them on the table, looking like a curious child: "Yingying, you've been gone for so long, is it because of President Shang?"

In just a few minutes, countless images flashed through her mind, which she had been reading novels for years.

Love at first sight, she ran and he chased, imprisonment play... no wonder they couldn't contact each other...

Shi Ying covered her face: "No, don't overthink it, we're just...getting to know each other, understand?"

Jiang Mingxue took a sip of her drink and gave a meaningful "oh".

Su Wan's eyes sparkled: "How far have we gotten?"

Which step?

That's a very deep level.

Shi Ying felt as if the office building was still heated; it was a bit hot.

She picked up her water glass and took a sip.

After finishing her bread, Jiang Mingxue curiously rested her chin on her hands and asked, "Have you...have you ever made this before?"

"Cough cough cough!" Shi Ying choked, put down her cup, and said, "Throw that filthy nonsense out of your head!"

"I'm just curious..." Jiang Mingxue blinked excitedly, "Do you know what the hottest topic is at the company every day?"

Shi Ying shook his head.

"It's about President Shang's love life. You have no idea. I've worked here for three years, and every time President Shang goes out for a social event, he attracts all sorts of women like a piece of Tang Monk's flesh. When I first came here, there was a young lady named Li who would come to the company every day. She would be stopped by the security guards, so she would stay downstairs all day just to wait for President Shang."

"There's also a Ms. Tang, who works in the entertainment industry. After she became the spokesperson for one of our company's products, she would have people secretly photograph President Shang and her every now and then to create rumors. Later, she was warned by a lawyer's letter."

"That Miss Meng from a while ago, she was brought here several times by President Shang's mother..."

Su Wan continued, "There's also a foreign male client who, ever since we started working on a project together, calls every few days trying to ask President Shang out..."

Shi Ying almost choked again.

"Since then, Mr. Shang has never cooperated with that multinational company again."

"President Shang's love life is truly the biggest of the company's top ten unsolved mysteries," Jiang Mingxue said at length, then circled back to the previous point, "So, did you two do it? How many times a night?"

Shi Ying shrank back slightly, met two pairs of eyes that were shining with excitement, and nodded slightly.

Jiang Mingxue quickly covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming.

"What does it feel like? What does it feel like?"

"Just like it's written in the book, seven times a night..."

"No!" Shi Ying wanted to shut them both up. "It's not a perpetual motion machine!"

Although it wasn't seven times in one night, it was probably more than three times...

For some unknown reason, Shi Ying blushed silently.