Chapter 213: Episode 213: Playing the Long Game to Catch Big Fish
Throughout the entire dinner, Yuan Weicheng behaved himself perfectly, showing no signs of overstepping boundaries or making inappropriate remarks. He stuck strictly to discussing work-related matters with Zhang Jingwan, and whenever he sensed the conversation drifting toward personal topics, he quickly and alertly steered it away.
This behavior was entirely different from his online persona, where he freely scattered provocative comments.
"Miss Wanwan, please mind yourself. This is a public place, and I am a married man..." Facing Zhang Jingwan’s intentional or accidental physical touches, Yuan Weicheng handled it smoothly, flashing the ring on his left ring finger as a warning to her not to overstep.
"Oh, but Mr. Yuan, you had quite a different attitude when you chatted with me online," Zhang Jingwan said, batting her eyelashes.
"Online is a virtual world, reality is the real world. Miss Wanwan, being as smart as you are, surely you wouldn’t confuse the two?" Yuan Weicheng said, enticing yet rejecting her with his gaze.
"Ah, right, that was presumptuous of me. Let’s continue our conversation about work!" Zhang Jingwan politely smiled, pulling back her foot that had been stretched out under the table.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Weicheng suddenly trapped her foot with his legs.
’Damn it, acting all high and mighty with me! Putting on airs like a gentleman on the surface, but underneath just a beast in robes. If you really don’t want to be teased by me, then damn well get your stinking foot off me!’
Zhang Jingwan cursed him inwardly, but her face remained very calm.
The two continued their disjointed work-related conversation, speaking at cross purposes, never quite on the same wavelength.
To outsiders, the atmosphere between the two seemed quite harmonious, but Zhang Jingwan was nearly bored to death. Just endlessly going on about the mundane aspects of work, she wondered what was there to brag about the company they were taking over...