You're already divorced, why are you so anxious about him becoming a succubus?

Seeing that Lu Ci had withdrawn his gaze and showed no intention of taking the watch, Shen Man's smile froze for half a second.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

However, Shen Man reacted quickly. She withdrew her hand and, as if no one else was around, put the watch back on her wrist, saying:

"Hmph... I'll just take it as a gift from you."

Gu Xiaowei, who was eating her meal nearby, witnessed this scene.

The assistant couldn't help but roll her eyes, silently cursing in her mind:

Tsk tsk tsk, he's supposed to be the president of a big corporation, but look how worthless he is...

Shen Man caught the disdain in Gu Xiaowei's eyes. She raised her chin, childishly dangling her slender wrist, adorned with a watch, in the air, and said provocatively:

"This is the same model that Lu Ci gave Niannian for her birthday yesterday. I have one now, so why doesn't someone else have one?"

Speaking of the sisters Shen Nian and Shen Man, Gu Xiaowei actually had a much better impression of the younger sister.

Although they were both competitors, Shen Man was, after all, a married couple with Lu Ci. Even though they were divorced now, the four years they shared a bed would subconsciously make Gu Xiaowei feel that Shen Man and Lu Ci were closer.

Caught off guard by Shen Man's mockery, Gu Xiaowei was like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, so angry that she immediately put down the bamboo chopsticks in her hand.

She immediately retorted, "You bought it yourself, and Niannian said it was a gift from the boss. How dare you show it off here!"

At this moment, Shen Man was nowhere to be seen as the aloof and wise CEO she usually was.

It's just like a child fighting with a classmate over a toy in kindergarten.

She smiled maliciously and continued to stab in the back: "Anyway, I have it, and you don't."

"you……!"

Gu Xiaowei's face turned bright red with anger, and her chest heaved violently.

She was already incredibly jealous when she learned that Lu Ci had given Shen Nian a birthday gift, but now she was being mocked by Shen Man to her face. She felt extremely aggrieved.

Lu Ci raised his head speechlessly and glanced at Shen Man with icy eyes.

This woman's personality has changed so much lately that he almost doesn't recognize her anymore.

Lu Ci frowned slightly: "President Shen, don't you need to go back and handle company business?"

Hearing Lu Ci's cold address, Shen Man was not angry.

She turned around and moved a folding chair over from the side, preparing to sit down next to Lu Ci.

But when she met Lu Ci's cold gaze, Shen Man felt a little guilty and shuffled her toes away, carefully moving the chair a few centimeters to the side.

She secretly glanced at Lu Ci's expression and saw that he still had a cold face, so she could only shrink her neck again and move the chair a few centimeters away.

However, the combined distance the chair moved during those two tugs was probably less than half a meter.

Shen Man sat down with a satisfied look on her face and shook her head confidently: "My dad does Tai Chi at home every day and has nothing to do, so I let him handle company affairs. It's a good opportunity for me to take a long vacation."

Seeing Shen Man shamelessly sit down right next to Lu Ci, Gu Xiaowei's anger burned even brighter.

The assistant stomped her foot angrily, picked up her own folding chair, and sat down on the other side of Lu Ci with a "bang".

Lu Ci felt a surge of irritation. He propped himself up on his knees and prepared to go back to the RV behind him to find some peace and quiet.

However, before he could even take a step...

"Xiao Wei! I can't understand what Ayane-chan is saying."

Not far away, a woman's voice broke the tense atmosphere under the windbreak.

Lu Ci and the two women looked in the direction of the sound and saw Tian Weiwei walking quickly towards them, arm in arm with a young girl.

The girl she was holding looked to be around twenty-four or twenty-five years old. She had an oval face and long, jet-black hair that was neatly styled up at the back of her head, adorned with a Japanese cherry blossom hair accessory.

She was wearing a Japanese kimono, with a long black down jacket over it.

The girl's name is Ayane Akimoto, and she is a young Japanese actress whom the production team specially invited from Tokyo.

In "The Three-Body Problem 2", she plays the role of Sophon, the android ambassador of the Trisolaran civilization on Earth.

In the original work, Tomoko is described as a gentle and elegant Japanese woman dressed in a kimono.

Ayane Akimoto's stunningly beautiful face and exceptional temperament perfectly match the original character.

But only those who have met her know that off-camera, this girl is actually quite adorable and a bit goofy, and her Chinese isn't very good, making communication quite fun.

Gu Xiaowei, being a hardcore anime and manga enthusiast, had specifically studied Japanese online.

Tian Weiwei has a cheerful and enthusiastic personality. A few days ago, when Akimoto Ayane first joined the crew, the two quickly became close because they were of similar age.

However, due to the language barrier, they usually rely on gestures and translation software to chat. Ever since she learned that Gu Xiaowei knows Japanese, Tian Weiwei often chats with Xiaowei and asks her to translate.

Tian Weiwei originally brought Qiuyuan Caiyin to find Xiaowei, but when she got closer and saw Lu Ci, Shen Man and Gu Xiaowei lined up in a strangely crowded scene, she was surprised.

Her pace slowed.

"Hello, Teacher Lu... Mr. Shen..."

Tian Weiwei gave a dry laugh, and the image of all the women gathered in Lu Ci's hotel room that day instantly flashed into her mind.

Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she felt as if she had inadvertently stumbled into some kind of terrifying scene. She froze on the spot for a moment, and even had an impulse to turn around and leave.

However, Ayane Akimoto, who was standing to the side, was completely unaware that something was wrong.

The young woman looked at the group, and a cute, innocent smile instantly bloomed on her usually cool, oval face. She bowed and greeted them in broken Chinese:

"Hey everyone...how are you!"

Lu Ci nodded to Akimoto Ayane with amusement, said hello, and prepared to leave this troublesome place to return to his RV for seclusion.

However, Shen Man, who had been secretly observing everyone, saw Tian Weiwei's stiff expression and then looked at Gu Xiaowei, who was puffing up in anger, and a cunning glint suddenly appeared in her almond-shaped eyes.

Shen Man suddenly shouted loudly at Lu Ci's back in a sweet, delicate voice:

"Honey, where are you going?"

That sweet, coquettish "husband" was like a nuclear bomb detonating in the area.

Gu Xiaowei's eyes were already big, and in that instant they widened to be as round as copper bells.

The assistant turned her head in disbelief, staring at Shen Man, who remained expressionless, as if she were a monster.

Tian Weiwei, who was just about to make an excuse to slip away, was completely rooted to the spot by the word "husband".

She stared blankly at the smiling Shen Man, the polite smile that had been on her pretty face freezing completely in an instant.

For some reason, when she heard Shen Man utter those two words, Tian Weiwei felt an indescribable bitterness well up in her heart.

Through the thick down jacket, Tian Weiwei's small hand, which was holding onto Akimoto Ayane's arm, unconsciously began to tighten its grip.

"It hurts, it hurts..."

Ayane Akimoto, who hadn't understood the meaning of the Chinese sentence at all, was suddenly pinched by her friend, causing her to furrow her brows.

This adorable girl from Tokyo turned her head somewhat blankly, her beautiful eyes innocently looking at Tian Weiwei beside her:

"What? Weiwei-chan...どうしたの? (Eh? Weiwei-chan...what happened?)"