The Appearance of an Old Flame and the Pre - sense of Relationship Crisis

Zhuang Bao watched as Anna walked towards a bearded man. The man looked both anxious and angry, while Anna was making faces like a coquettish girl... She was really cute! Zhuang Bao shook her head and smiled, then started the car and drove away.

Max rudely burst into Ken's penthouse on the top floor. Who asked Ken not to have the habit of locking the door usually?

"Ken! Ken! Wake up! Your old flame is here!" Max shook Ken vigorously. "Get up! Get up and watch the news! There's the trouble you love the most!"

In fact, other senior executives also lived in this building, just in different locations. The highest - level executives from the head office each had a suite on the floor below Ken's. When this building was first planned, there were also other employee dormitories on the floor above the factory at the bottom. Then there were rooms for entertaining foreign guests, and above that were the offices of the management department. But the elevators were separate, which was convenient for management and safe. So they were happy not to have to find another place to live.

"Ken!" Max shook Ken's arm and took the TV remote control in his hand, pressed the Power button, and started changing channels, deliberately turning up the volume...

"Oh... Come on, is there a civil war in the United States? Or did Bill Gates die? Did Microsoft go bankrupt? Or did Intel's stock plummet?" Ken mumbled under the quilt. Who liked to be woken up in the middle of sleep?

"None of the above! It's... Hey! I found it! She's here!" Max said excitedly. "Your trouble is here!"

"You're really noisy. You don't sleep in the middle of the night and you want someone to watch TV with you? Turn it down. It's really noisy..." Ken was so disturbed that he couldn't fall back asleep even if he wanted to. "You'd better have some big news, or I'll definitely send you to work at the construction site and let you die of heat!" He propped himself up on his elbows and looked at his friend. He was actually staring at the screen, watching a fashion show?

"Max, you'd better explain..." Ken kicked Max with his foot.

"Look... It's her!" Max finally waited for the camera to show her again and excitedly pointed at the TV screen.

"Come on! What's so interesting about Anna's fashion show? You woke me up for this? Max, I didn't know you were a fan of hers," Ken lay back on the pillow and teased his friend, "Next time we need to shoot an advertisement and invite her, you'll be in charge, okay? Now, don't disturb me, okay?"

"Hehe! It seems you don't know what's going on yet. There was an exclusive interview just now!" Max reminded him with ill - intention.

"Um..." Ken completely ignored him and turned over to go back to sleep.

"It was an exclusive interview by a Taiwanese TV station!" Max saw that he wasn't interested at all, so he had to get to the point: "She'll have a fashion show in Taiwan next week."

"So what?" At least he reacted.

"She arrived in Taiwan yesterday for rehearsals. It's said that she has a good friend in Taiwan. According to her manager, her good friend is a young entrepreneur, a man!" Max said with great effort, and finally Ken showed some reaction.

"And then?" Ken knew that the man was probably referring to him. Getting some news with entrepreneurs like them could help increase Anna's fame, reputation, and exposure. So when in New York, Anna's manager happened to be his club senior. So social dinners were inevitable. Therefore, he had to wake up.

"Then your name was mentioned," Max said leisurely, swinging his legs.

"Since you discovered this news, you go deal with my super - talkative senior George," Ken immediately gave an order.

"Hey, they specifically asked for you," Max patted his leg.

"Stop kidding. You know I'm having a hard time chasing Baobao now. I don't want George to bring Anna here to mess things up," Ken said.

"Who asked you to be handsome and rich? Anna said she really admires you," Max said gloatingly.

"Goodness! Max, please do me a favor. I just found out that there's a little guy competing with me for Baobao. Now I can't worry about other things," Ken covered his face with his hands and sighed. In the past, he didn't care about his love affairs. But if they came to cause trouble now, he would definitely be blocked by Zhuang Bao.

"What? What little guy?" Max immediately caught the key point and asked.

"Sigh! Baobao has a son although she's not married," Ken said distressingly, telling his current dilemma. "If her son doesn't like me, do you think I have a chance?"

"Wait! You mean she had a child out of wedlock? Or an adopted child?" Max was very surprised. She didn't look like a mother at all.

"Her own child," Ken said casually.

"Why isn't she married?" Max couldn't understand. "Is she a feminist avant - garde? But she doesn't look like it."

"How would I know! She didn't tell me why. As for feminism, I really feel it now. She doesn't really care about me in her heart, so I'm really frustrated," Ken said with a bitter smile, explaining his current situation.

"Then why do you still have to have her? Isn't Anna much simpler?" Max expressed his opinion.

"Max, if you find out that the person you've liked for years is unmarried but has a child, will you give up?" Ken asked.

"Um... I think I'll love her even more because I'll think she must have had a not - so - good memory," Max thought carefully before answering.

"So regardless of whether she embraces feminism?"

"Of course I'll try to move her with my tenderness," Max said seriously, covering his chest. "So you're in trouble, Ken. You've fallen in love with her! You're trapped and have no freedom!"

"I knew that seven or eight years ago!" Ken sighed, and then added in a low voice, "But I just realized it recently."

"Then you..." Max shook his head and worried a little for him. "Damn, a while ago, the media in New York was hyping up that you were Anna's new boyfriend. Now you're in Taiwan and she's here too. Of course, that George won't miss this great publicity opportunity."

"If Anna were a small - time model, it would be easier to deal with. But she's the top model in the United States. That's a bit difficult; plus, it seems she really likes you. That makes it even more difficult to handle. And generally speaking, you seem to care about her too. According to general statements, you get along very well," Max nagged, pointing out the facts.

"Come on! It's not that kind of feeling between me and her. We get along like siblings! Anna wouldn't like my type at all," Ken told the truth.

"How do you know? Is Anna so close to you that she even tells you what kind of person she likes?" Max didn't believe it. "Why didn't you explain before? You let the media hype it up while going in and out with her?"

"Before, I didn't care. But now it's different. Since I have Baobao, I have to draw a clear line with others. Otherwise, what will Baobao think? So dear Max, that difficult George is up to you. Do me a favor, okay?" Ken said seriously.

"I think it's better for you to explain to Baobao now before the media comes to you. Otherwise, I'm afraid the more you explain, the worse it will be," Max, as a good friend, immediately pointed out the truth. "Otherwise, even if we want to help you, it may be very difficult, unless Anna herself tells Baobao that she and you are just good friends like siblings..." Max shrugged, not making a conclusion.

"Ah..." Ken groaned loudly. He was really a bit annoyed recently.

Max stood up and said, "Friend, your trouble is to find a way to win over your sweetheart first." Then he walked towards the door. "Good night."

Without the nagging Max, the whole room was only filled with the sound from the TV, the music accompanying the fashion show... Ken irritably turned off the TV, and finally only his breathing was left... He made a decision! Anyway, he must find an opportunity to explain to Baobao first. At least it's better to draw a clear line first. It's really hard to know things in advance. I hope the media in Taiwan won't be so boring...

That night, Anna was still at Zhuang Bao's house, playing video games with Zhuang Weixin. They were so into it that they couldn't stop. Anna had to call George and say she wouldn't go back to the hotel.

Zhuang Bao felt like she had an extra child. The two of them were really crazy! They kept shouting and yelling as if they were really in a war. It was rare for Zhuang Weixin to be so childish. Maybe it was because Anna happened to be a video - game lover and was quite good at it. So Zhuang Weixin, who rarely met an opponent, was now as close to Anna as a long - lost relative. They were really getting along great!

His mom could only stay aside and cool off!

So she hid on the back balcony, slowly reading a magazine and enjoying the cool air.