Jiang Ci wasn't as fortunate as Lu Yudong. When she was in elementary school, her dad was always at the construction site, and her mom was at work, so she had to cook by herself. She wasn't even tall enough to reach the stove, so she had to stand on a stool to light the fire and cook for herself and her disappointing brother.

By the time she was in sixth grade, she was already skilled at making hand-rolled noodles, doing it with ease.

Before long, she brought the steaming noodles and tomato egg soup topping to the table. Grandpa beamed with joy, as if he was back in the days when Grandma was around, eating happily.

Lu Yudong didn't show much expression.

Jiang Ci kept sneaking glances at Lu Yudong, wanting to see if her performance met the twenty-thousand-yuan standard.

After dinner, they watched some TV, and the moment Jiang Ci was both anxious and anticipating finally arrived.

At ten in the evening, Grandpa went to his bedroom to rest.

"Go to sleep," Lu Yudong glanced at Jiang Ci and said.

"Okay." Jiang Ci followed Lu Yudong to his bedroom.

Lu Yudong's bedroom was spacious, about the size of the two-bedroom apartment Jiang Ci rented. It had a private bathroom, fitness equipment, a bookshelf, a desk, and a large double bed.

"You can shower in the bedroom; I'll go to the living room." With that, Lu Yudong took his pajamas from the wardrobe and left the room, not paying attention to the nervous Jiang Ci standing there.

Jiang Ci felt like a puppet being manipulated, murmured an "okay," and took her pajamas to the bathroom.

When Jiang Ci came out of the bathroom in her pajamas, Lu Yudong was already leaning on the bed reading a book. He occupied half of the bed, and the other half was naturally for Jiang Ci.

Lu Yudong was wearing high-quality silk pajamas, while Jiang Ci wore childish cotton pajamas, which didn't match him at all.

Throughout, Lu Yudong didn't look at Jiang Ci even once, absorbed in his book.

Seeing that he didn't seem ready to sleep, Jiang Ci took out her "Economic Law" book from her suitcase.

Jiang Ci was preparing for the CPA exam.

She sneaked a glance at Lu Yudong, who looked indifferent and detached.

Jiang Ci knew that when he was drunk, he probably mistook her for someone else. Now that he was sober, he shouldn't make that kind of mistake. After all, Lu Yudong was the President; he probably wouldn't make things difficult for a subordinate...

Lost in her thoughts, suddenly, Lu Yudong asked, "Are you taking the CPA exam?"

"Uh... yes!"

"How many sections have you passed?" He rarely showed interest in chatting.

"I've passed four sections, just two more to go, and I haven't taken the professional ethics exam yet. But this time, I only registered for one section because I don't have much time due to work. I'm about to graduate, and there's a lot going on. Preparing for one section seems safer, and I need to focus most of my energy on work."

Jiang Ci answered honestly, implying that she was working hard at New East.

"You're not going to dry your hair?" Lu Yudong glanced casually, noticing Jiang Ci's hair still dripping.

"Oh, I'll... I'll dry it later..."

Mainly because Jiang Ci never had the habit of drying her hair since she was young.

Lu Yudong raised his hand, seemingly indicating for her to dry her hair, but at that moment, his phone rang.

Sitting next to Lu Yudong, Jiang Ci vaguely heard the other party discussing the issue of the company's interns staying or leaving.

Jiang Ci's heart instantly tensed up.

"Just announce the results to the whole company on Monday." After the other party's lengthy speech, Lu Yudong replied with just that.

After hanging up, Jiang Ci licked her lips and mustered the courage to speak, "Mr. Lu, did they mention anything about my status?"