Chapter 82: You've Made Progress

It was 5:30.

Jiang Fan was chatting with his landlord, an older woman, about daily life in the supermarket when Qian Wan called punctually, asking if he was in the company and whether he wanted to go out for dinner together. Jiang Fan glanced down at the groceries he had bought and politely declined Qian Wan's invitation. Then Qian Wan told him that when leaving work today, Li Dongsheng suddenly said he wanted to invite everyone for dinner, including everyone from the entire Integrated Department, even Chen Yi was invited, but only she and Jiang Fan were not notified.

Jiang Fan chuckled after hearing this.

"Do you really need his meal? He's childish, and you're acting childish too. Just ignore him. With his mama's boy personality, it's pointless to engage with him. Go home early after work and don't go to the internet cafe."

"Got it. Hey, Fan, shall we beat up Li Dongsheng one day? Like, in a sack?"

"You're acting childish too."

Jiang Fan laughed and hung up the phone. He silently counted, and within thirty seconds, his phone rang again. Without even checking the number, he answered with a smile.

"What? Did you agree to go with Li Dongsheng?"

It was Chen Yi calling. Jiang Fan believed his judgment of people was not wrong. Chen Yi whispered on the other end of the phone.

"I didn't refuse, and I had no reason to refuse. Of course, my reason for not refusing isn't because of Li Dongsheng. I'm worried this guy might try to set a trap for Jin. Liu Jiulong is also going! Initially, I thought this guy might say something bad about you during the gathering, but after careful consideration, he shouldn't be that stupid, right?"

"You can't be sure."

Jiang Fan stood up, waved goodbye to the landlord, and then continued smiling into the phone.

"Did you call just to tell me this?"

"Well, yeah. I'm not saying anything else. Jin and I are heading downstairs now."

Chen Yi hung up the phone. Today, unusually, he didn't say any nonsense. When he returned home, Tang Wan was already there. She had been stuck on a problem for the whole afternoon and couldn't figure it out. Now, the matter of Glory was giving her a headache.

At home, Tang Wan was a slob and a little parasite, but in the company, she was a woman labeled as a strong and capable person.

Seeing Glory growing stronger step by step and knowing that Su Qing would soon be able to hold her head high, she felt somewhat unwilling. She had little appetite during dinner, ate only a small bowl of rice, and then put down her chopsticks, pouting and looking at Jiang Fan as she leaned on the table.

Initially, Jiang Fan didn't want to engage with her, but after a while, he noticed that Tang Wan was still looking at him, her little face looking as pitiful as could be. Jiang Fan smiled helplessly, put down his bowl, and softly said.

"Can you get me a cup of water?"

This sentence instantly energized Tang Wan. She stood up, happily took a bottle of mineral water from the fridge, opened the cap, placed it before Jiang Fan, and then obediently sat on the chair waiting for Jiang Fan to speak. However, when she realized that Jiang Fan had no intention of speaking, Tang Wan got frustrated and swung her black hair to vent her dissatisfaction.

"Stop, stop, stop! Do you want me to eat or not? Your hair is swinging into the food."

Jiang Fan reached out and held Tang Wan's head, frowning as he spoke.

"I know what you're struggling with. I've thought about it this afternoon. Right now, I can't, or rather, I won't let you showcase your talents at Changxiang. You've done enough at Changxiang over these years. You don't need to do planning to prove yourself. There's one more thing..."

Tang Wan sat on the chair with her hair down, her hands resting on the chair between her legs, her big eyes staring at Jiang Fan as she whispered.

"I know. You don't want your hard work to become a tool for the Lin family to earn money. I don't want you to do that either. But... but I just feel very uncomfortable. Seeing our competitors making moves, I..."

"Then wait until you're stable in the company, preferably until you can become the president. I'll give you some big plans as a gift to celebrate. Tang Wan! Like I said earlier, what you need to do is not to prove yourself but to find a way to prevent Lin Xuan from sidelining you. Changxiang is such a big group. Do you really want Old Tang's hard work to be taken away by others like this? You! Your direction of effort is wrong."

Tang Wan shook her head again. Jiang Fan lost his appetite and stood up, holding Tang Wan's shoulders and guiding her back to the sofa. He pressed this girl who seemed stuck in a rut onto the sofa, then went to the kitchen and brought out a bottle of milk, which he handed to Tang Wan. Tang Wan took the milk, held it in both hands, and sipped from it. After a while, Tang Wan blew up the milk carton and whispered, "I found that I'm not concerned about work, nor about Rongyao's plan. I just want to grind people down."

Jiang Fan smiled and took the milk carton from Tang Wan's hand without saying anything. Tang Wan sighed weakly, "I'm emotional because of my period. I'm going upstairs to sleep. Oh! I put some more money in the drawer. Just take it when you need it."

Hearing that Tang Wan was going to rest, Jiang Fan felt relieved. But as Tang Wan walked to the stairs, she suddenly turned back, pointed at the sofa, and looked at Jiang Fan. Jiang Fan stood up and sat on the sofa, while Tang Wan curled up and lay on the sofa, resting her head on Jiang Fan's lap.

Feeling Tang Wan's even breathing, Jiang Fan knew she was asleep. A pair of hands unconsciously hugged Jiang Fan's waist, and she slept soundly, with a bit of drool coming out.

When women have their periods, their moods tend to be unstable, and they cannot control their temper and thoughts. It's okay to be modest at this time, and Tang Wan wasn't being unreasonable. Jiang Fan took a blanket and covered Tang Wan, then leaned back on the sofa, thinking about some things he needed to deal with recently.

The priority was Tu Xiao's transformation. He was about to meet this gangster leader. Jiang Fan was a bit scared. He dared to provoke educated people like Lin Xuan and Gao Lvxing, but he didn't dare to provoke a thug like Tu Xiao.

He sighed again, and then his stomach hurt. He lowered his head and saw Tang Wan staring at him with her eyes.

"Don't sigh all the time! You'll sigh away your good fortune."

"Wipe your drool?"

"Annoying."

Tang Wan got up and turned on the TV, lying on her side on the sofa with her head resting on Jiang Fan's lap, watching a very childish cartoon. Jiang Fan's attention was also drawn to the cartoon. He felt a bit sorry for the wolf and somewhat disliked the author. Couldn't they let the wolf eat some meat?

"Jiang Fan, do you think Grey Wolf is like you?" Jiang Fan couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

"Then are you like Red Wolf?"

"I haven't hit you with a frying pan. No! I haven't hit you once. No matter how bad or mischievous I am, I know your bottom line. Ah! Jiang Fan, get up quickly and go get me that thing."

Tang Wan suddenly got up and ran to the bathroom without even wearing shoes. Jiang Fan, sitting on the sofa, was stunned. He looked at Tang Wan's back with a bewildered face and asked in confusion, "There's toilet paper in the bathroom! Do you have diarrhea?"

"I'm not talking about diarrhea, it's a sanitary pad!"

Jiang Fan's face changed instantly, looking embarrassed.

"Is it in your room?"

"Second-floor bathroom, ah!!! And get me a pair of underwear while you're at it."

"The one with Winnie the Pooh?"

"Jiang! Fan!"

After a busy spell, Tang Wan went upstairs red-faced and angrily. Jiang Fan looked at her with confusion. Why was she suddenly angry? He took off his clothes and went to take a shower. The water falling on his back still hurt a bit, but it was tolerable.

Half an hour later, Jiang Fan opened Tang Wan's room door and whispered, "You've made progress. You can wash your underwear yourself now."

Bang!

A pillow flew over.