Can You Afford To Raise?

Chapter 1: Embarrassing Encounter (1)

In the air-conditioned office, Ye Yuqing closed the document and leaned back.
As her back touched the chair, she let out a long sigh of relief.

Ten seconds later, she picked up the phone and opened her WeChat Moments, sliding her finger upwards slowly.

The whole screen was full of affectionate poses and freshness.

Lin Jie, who was done with her work, was passing by and patted the person who was playing on her phone with her head lowered.
“Why haven’t you left yet? By chance, did you not plan for a date with your boyfriend for the Qixi Festival?”

Ye Yuqing looked away from her phone screen and sat up straight.

“We made a reservation in a nearby restaurant.
It’s very close.
Just two subway stations away.”

Ye Yuqing had made an appointment with her boyfriend at 6.30 pm.
She intended to leave around 6 o’clock.

“Tsk, no wonder you have dressed up so beautifully today,” Lin Jie said as she looked at the little girl in front of her.

Ye Yuqing usually wore plain clothes and rarely a red dress.
Her complexion was rosy, cheeks like a plump, juicy fruit that made people want to reach out and poke.

Ring! Ring!

The phone rang, Ye Yuqing glanced at it, the caller was Han Chuan.

A smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
“Is the road blocked today? What’s your location now?”

“That …Yuqing, I’m going to Beijing temporarily for a business trip.
It will take two days to come back.
Sorry, I can’t accompany you to dinner tonight.”

Ye Yuqing was slightly startled.

Han Chuan waited for a few seconds, noticing there was no sound, he added: “I’m sorry, can I make it up to you when I come back? Don’t be angry, I also can’t do anything about it.”

Ye Yuqing pulled her thoughts together, and said quietly, “It’s okay; your work is very important.”

Han Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then spoke slowly, “I knew my baby would understand.
I will contact you when I come back, don’t be disappointed.”

“Okay, be careful on the way.”

Ye Yuqing lay on the table with her chin resting on her hands, staring at the darkened mobile phone.

How could one not be disappointed? She deliberately wore a dress and apart from eating today, she still had something to say to him!

Lin Jie crossed her hands over her chest and clicked her tongue, “tsk”.
“Disregarding a little beauty on of Qixi … Your boyfriend is a man who does great things! Does he even think about the relationship between a man and a woman?”

Ye Yuqing raised her head but kept mum, not knowing how to answer those words for a while.

Lu Jie blinked as she was tapping the table with her finger and changed the topic.
“Even though his career is important, he shouldn’t give a cold shoulder to his girlfriend on Valentine’s day.
You really don’t care?”

Ye Yuqing sat up straight and while clearing the table said, “It’s all right, we do meet usually.
He just happened to have something.”

Even as she said those words, she felt something was odd.

Ye Yuqing sighed from the bottom of her heart and only thought that her boyfriend was busy and it couldn’t be helped …

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Back at home, Ye Yuqing quickly took off her makeup and had a bath.
After half-drying her hair, she went to the kitchen to cook herself a bowl of noodles.<