The young lady hired me to help her and the young master have an online romance.

At this time, Harvard Business School.

Shang Shixu leaned against a railing, his phone pressed to his ear, listening to the "beep-beep" of the waiting line.

Today is March 15th.

On a whim, he looked through his old chat history and found that he had added her as a friend on January 15th.

Two whole months.

He didn't know why he made the call, but he just wanted to, to say something to her.

Congratulations to her for harassing him for two months?

So stupid.

Or is today their two-month anniversary of meeting?

That's even dumber.

Before Shang Shixu could think of what to say, the call was answered.

"crooked?"

The girl's sweet voice came through the receiver, tinged with a cautious murmur.

Just as Shang Shixu was about to answer, another man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Drink some water."

A rustling sound came from inside, like someone was passing something to someone.

Shang Shixu gripped his phone tightly.

"Who?"

He squeezed it out through his molars.

On the other side, Jiang Wan felt a chill run down her spine when she heard the cold, harsh question.

She couldn't say too much in front of Shen Che, so she quickly explained, "It's my friend's birthday today, and I'm celebrating with him. I'll talk to you when I get back."

After speaking, I hung up.

Jiang Wan put down her phone, looked up, and found Shen Che looking at her.

"Friends?" he asked.

"Mm." Jiang Wan nodded.

Shen Che didn't say anything, but handed over the water bottle with the cap unscrewed, "Have some."

Jiang Wan took it and drank a small sip.

Shen Che's gaze remained fixed on her face.

He heard it.

The voice on the other end of the phone was a man's.

Although he only said one word, he could tell that there was jealousy in his voice.

There is also a strong sense of oppression.

A man called a woman around 9 PM, and upon hearing another man's voice near her, immediately asked, "Who is it?"

What does this mean? The answer is obvious.

Looking at Jiang Wan's behavior, she seemed somewhat afraid of the other party.

He tapped his fingers lightly on his knee twice, then smiled and said, "Your friend has a pretty nice voice."

Jiang Wan casually replied, "Yeah, I think so too."

Shen Che's smile froze.

He suddenly remembered something from his childhood.

The year he moved away, one day after school he saw her chatting and laughing with a little boy as they walked.

He walked over to her and asked, "Who is that?"

She said innocently, "Hey classmate~"

He asked, "Do you like playing with him?"

Jiang Wan replied, "Yes, he's my good deskmate. We should work hard together to get into a top-tier junior high school!"

At that time, this answer made him quite depressed.

He used to think that this depression was because the girl next door was showing signs of early romance.

Now he understands.

That was because they didn't want her to have any other close male friends.

So, from that very early on, his feelings for her were no longer pure.

Shen Che suppressed his surging thoughts and suddenly spoke.

"Wanwan, do you have someone you like?"

Jiang Wan paused in her cake-eating motion, blinked, and said, "No."

This is the truth.

Although she flirts with the market every day, it's for the sake of the mission.

Her attraction to Shang Shixu stemmed from the fact that this man truly possessed qualities that made her heart flutter.

He really appealed to her aesthetic sense, and some of his unexpected actions were quite touching.

But Jiang Wan was always perfectly clear that they were from two different worlds.

Once the mission is over, everyone can go their separate ways.

Therefore, Jiang Wan's goodwill towards him remained at the level of appreciation.

Shen Che stared into her eyes and, seeing no sign of lying, breathed a huge sigh of relief.

That's good.

They shared a childhood bond, so he should be able to win her heart more easily.

Jiang Wan finished the cake and glanced at the time.

"It's almost ten o'clock, Brother Che, I should go back."

"Okay, be careful."

"Yes, you too."

When Jiang Wan returned to the dormitory, her three roommates were all in bed, playing on their phones.

She changed into her pajamas, took her phone, went to the outdoor balcony, and closed the door.

Open Facebook and call Shang Shixu.

"Beep—beep—beep—"

It rang for a long time, so long that Jiang Wan thought he wouldn't answer, but then the other party answered.

Just like last time, the call went through, but he didn't say anything.

Jiang Wan had experience in coaxing people.

She called out to him sweetly, "Brother~"

no respond.

"Shang time sequence?"

Still no response.

But there was a very soft breathing sound on the other end, which meant he was listening.

Jiang Wan knew he was waiting for her to explain.

So she cleared her throat and spoke in a more serious tone.

"The person celebrating his birthday is that friend I told you about last time. We haven't seen each other for many years, but we recently reconnected, so I'm celebrating his birthday with him."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a response from the other end of the phone.

"Is he so desperate to be with you because he has no other friends?"

"Last time it was just a meal, this time it's your birthday, is he really that important to you?!"

Jiang Wan: "..."

After blurting it out, Shang Shixu gripped his phone tightly in frustration and muttered under his breath, "Damn it!"

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

Since it concerned the 500,000 yuan reward, Jiang Wan tried to organize her thoughts in a voice message to calm the man down.

Before I could figure out what to say, his cold, hard voice suddenly came from the other end of the line.

"sorry."

what?

Should Shang Shixu apologize to her?

Has the sun risen in the west?

Jiang Wan was a little confused and asked softly, "You're not angry anymore?"

"I'm not angry."

I sense you're jealous.

Stop being so narcissistic.

Jiang Wan gave a helpless twitch of her lips and decided to change the subject.

"Why did you suddenly call me? What do you want to say?"

"I have nothing to say."

"Then why did you hit me?"

Shang Shixu paused for two seconds, then asked curtly, "What's the date today?"

Jiang Wan paused in her breathing.

Why do they all keep asking her what day it is today?

Could it be that Shang Shixu is also having a birthday today?

But that doesn't make sense. She asked him about his birthday and zodiac sign; he's a Virgo born in September.

Jiang Wan tentatively asked, "Today is March 15th, is it some special day?"

Shang Shixu took a breath, his tone quite unnatural.

"Today marks... exactly two months since we became friends."

Jiang Wan: "..."

Her native language is speechlessness.

Is two months after adding each other as friends a particularly memorable milestone?

This man's thought process can be really bizarre sometimes.

While complaining, Jiang Wan quickly did some mental calculations.

Gu Manning had been harassing him for two weeks without success, and she had been carrying out the mission for a month and a half.

It has indeed been two months in total.

Jiang Wan asked with great interest, "So you called to commemorate our friendship?"

"Who has any feelings for you?" Shang Shixu retorted.

Jiang Wan curled the corners of her lips and flirted with him effortlessly.

"Fine, we have no feelings for each other."

"I only have lust for my brother."