Fallen To The Ruthless Obssessive CEO-Chapter 417 - 387: Then What Do You Want to Be?

Senao Shopping Center.

Jiang Ruan and Su Tiantian parked their car and headed straight for the food court. Aosen is the largest shopping center and food hub in Beijing, where you can find a variety of specialty foods.

Jiang Ruan wasn’t very interested in eating, mainly just accompanying Su Tiantian.

In less than ten minutes, the two of them were holding seven or eight different foods.

Su Tiantian held a skewer of takoyaki in her left hand and candied hawthorn in her right, biting into the crispy and tender takoyaki and muttering, "This is so delicious, Jiang Ruan, you have to try it, this takoyaki is simply divine."

"It’s incredibly delicious, no wonder it’s the top-rated online."

Jiang Ruan didn’t have a free hand to eat; her left hand held her bag, and her right hand carried several snacks. Seeing Su Tiantian’s sauce-covered lips, she couldn’t help but laugh, "You go ahead and eat first, I’ll eat later."

"I remember there’s a dessert shop over there that tastes really good, why don’t we eat there?"

Su Tiantian’s eyes brightened, "Sure."

This way, she could have another dessert.

At the dessert shop, Jiang Ruan ordered a few specialties. The shop was open-air, located on the mall’s balcony, offering a great view outside, especially since the weather was nice today.

Under Su Tiantian’s enthusiastic recommendation, Jiang Ruan also tried the takoyaki. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

It did taste pretty good.

But Jiang Ruan usually preferred lighter foods, so takoyaki was already quite high-calorie for her.

After eating two, she stopped and instead ate the dessert brought by the waiter.

Jiang Ruan pushed a bowl of double-skin milk towards Su Tiantian, "Try this, it’s a signature dish here. I eat it every time I come here."

Su Tiantian said, "Okay."

She put down the candied hawthorns. Just as she was about to eat, Jiang Ruan handed her a tissue, "Wipe your mouth before eating, you’ve turned into a little cat."

"Ah." Su Tiantian’s face flushed with embarrassment. She took the tissue, "It’s all because that takoyaki was way too delicious, I lose all self-control when I find something this delicious."

After wiping her mouth, Su Tiantian stuck out her tongue at Jiang Ruan, "Don’t make fun of me, okay? I really don’t have any other hobbies; I just love eating and learning."

"My parents often say that I must’ve been a glutton in a past life; otherwise, why do I have such a passion for food in this life?"

Seeing her lively and cute demeanor, Jiang Ruan’s eyes were filled with indulgence, a smile on her red lips. She consoled, "I’m not laughing at you, what’s there to laugh at? I’m jealous I can’t even keep up."

"Jealous of what?" Su Tiantian blinked her eyes, puzzled.

Jiang Ruan laughed, "Being able to eat is a blessing."

Then Jiang Ruan watched Su Tiantian eat two bowls of double-skin milk, a bowl of almond soup, and three or four portions of snacks.

She was dumbfounded.

Seeing Su Tiantian about to go for the big cheese stick, Jiang Ruan hurriedly stopped her, "Tiantian, hold on. Let’s go for a walk. We just got here, and there’s so much we haven’t seen yet. If you get full, what if we find something even more delicious later? Then you won’t be able to eat it."

Hearing this, Su Tiantian finally paused.

Jiang Ruan breathed a sigh of relief as Su Tiantian tilted her head, thought a moment, and gave Jiang Ruan a sweet smile, "You make a good point, okay then, but that cheese stick really looks delicious."

Jiang Ruan called the waiter to settle the bill, but Su Tiantian beat her to it, "I’ll handle it, Jiang Ruan, you can’t pay for everything."

This time, Jiang Ruan didn’t stop her and only watched as Su Tiantian paid the bill.

After paying, the two left the dessert shop.

Jiang Ruan enjoyed shopping for clothes, bags, and jewelry, but Su Tiantian had no interest in these; her heart belonged to food.

Sure enough, they’d barely left the dessert shop when Su Tiantian was already eyeing the yogurt ice cream at a counter.

"Jiang Ruan, look at that yogurt ice cream, isn’t it cute? It looks delicious!"

Jiang Ruan’s gaze was on a new handbag from a certain brand, thinking the color was quite nice.

Hearing this, she hadn’t turned her head yet before being pulled over by Su Tiantian.

"Two yogurt ice creams, please," Su Tiantian sweetly said to the person at the counter.

Jiang Ruan said, "Isn’t it too cold, Tiantian? Eating too much ice is not good for girls."

She had already eaten three bowls of cold dessert just now.

Jiang Ruan really admired her stomach, looking so small and slim, yet she could eat so much.

"Oh, it’s alright," Su Tiantian said, "It’s too hot inside the mall, eating something cold is refreshing."

Su Tiantian handed an ice cream to Jiang Ruan, "Here."

Jiang Ruan had no choice but to take it. She was still wearing a mask, afraid of being recognized.

Su Tiantian was happily eating her ice cream.

Seeing that Jiang Ruan wasn’t eating, Su Tiantian realized and said, "Let’s go over there, there aren’t many people, you can take off your mask to eat."

Quite thoughtful.

Jiang Ruan felt a warmth in her heart, "Alright."

Not far away, there were some chairs, so Jiang Ruan and Su Tiantian sat there.

While biting into her yogurt ice cream, Su Tiantian sighed, "Being a celebrity isn’t all that great, is it? Although it’s glamorous, you can’t even casually take off your mask when you go out."

Jiang Ruan laughed, "Yeah."

"Joining the entertainment industry in this life is enough. In my next life, I don’t want to be a celebrity."

Su Tiantian asked curiously, "Then what do you want to be?"

Jiang Ruan thought for a moment and said, "A teacher, perhaps. That was my childhood dream, to be an excellent teacher and educate people."

"Then why didn’t you become a teacher later on?"

Su Tiantian asked curiously.

Jiang Ruan burst out laughing: "I already said it was my childhood dream. My family was poor when I was young, and the most respectable job I could think of was being a teacher. But as I grew up, went to school, broadened my horizons, and saw more of the world, I suddenly realized that being a teacher was just so-so."

"At the time, I thought becoming a big star was way cooler than being a teacher."

"And there was money involved. Because of some family reasons, I was in a situation where I really lacked money, so I entered the entertainment industry."

Su Tiantian listened, curiously asking her, "So you entered the entertainment industry to make money, not out of passion?"

"Not entirely," Jiang Ruan replied. "Adult thinking is more mature; making money and passion aren’t necessarily at odds. After all, passion without financial support simply can’t be sustained. I still need to survive, and I didn’t have the conditions. But if you don’t love this industry, you can’t put your whole heart into acting, and what you present is just an empty shell. How could an audience accept a character without a soul? People aren’t fools, right?"

"So you can’t say I don’t love it; they complement each other."

"You want something, you have to give something; sometimes ideals and efforts are connected."

After saying that and seeing Su Tiantian look a bit confused, Jiang Ruan smiled and asked her, "Did I talk too much?"

Su Tiantian nodded, "A bit, but I understood."

Jiang Ruan praised, "Not bad comprehension skills, as expected from a good student."

The two chatted happily, completely unaware that not far away, Bao Ye was walking over with Chen Nan.

Chen Nan’s legs were weak from all the walking.

The two of them had almost circled Sen Ao once.

If Chen Nan couldn’t tell by now that Bao Ye was searching for Jiang Ruan, he could consider his time as an assistant wasted.

Finally, Chen Nan saw Jiang Ruan, and his eyes lit up as if seeing a savior: "Mr. Bao, Miss Jiang is over there."

Chen Nan said excitedly.

Not hiding it at all, he was truly exhausted.

If Chen Nan hadn’t gone to the gym in the morning, walking another three to five laps with Bao Ye around Sen Ao wouldn’t have been an issue.

But he had already run ten kilometers in the morning, and now, after walking this long, Chen Nan was genuinely tired.

Hearing him, Bao Ye shot him a cold glance: "I’m not blind."

Getting snapped at, Chen Nan: "..."

Boohoo, poor me.

Miss Jiang, save me.

Chen Nan sighed inwardly and, with his head down, was about to continue moving forward when the man in front suddenly stopped.

Unexpectedly, Chen Nan bumped his chest against Bao Ye’s back.

"Ouch."

Chen Nan looked up abruptly, meeting Bao Ye’s deathly glare.

If looks could kill, Chen Nan figured he would be long gone.

Chen Nan blurted out, "Mr. Bao, I didn’t know you’d stop all of a sudden."

Bao Ye coolly replied, "Oh, should I inform you in advance next time?"

Chen Nan hesitated: "Not really..."

Before Chen Nan could finish, Bao Ye turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Chen Nan was dumbfounded. So he wasn’t going to find Miss Jiang anymore?

They had walked all over Sen Ao to find Miss Jiang, and now that they found her, he wasn’t going anymore?

And that was indeed the case.

Because Bao Ye was retracing his steps back.

Chen Nan: "..."

Chen Nan almost felt like dying on the spot.

Was Mr. Bao just walking him around because he thought he had too much free time?

Even though they’d found Miss Jiang, couldn’t they at least go up and say hello? Not a word, just a glance, and then he left?

Until he sat in the driver’s seat of the Rolls-Royce, Chen Nan couldn’t get his head around Bao Ye’s logic.

Starting the car, he sneaked a glance at the back.

Great, the boss was resting his eyes again.

"Mr. Bao, the meeting started almost forty minutes ago over there. Should we still head over?" Chen Nan asked.

The host of this meeting was a tough cookie with a big temper.

Before the meeting started, Chen Nan secretly called them, saying Bao Ye was suddenly out on business and might be a bit late coming back.

As an assistant, Chen Nan had tried very hard to minimize the fallout.

But they offered no leeway, directly telling the assistant if that’s the case, he shouldn’t come.

Throughout all of Beijing, who dares speak to Bao Ye like that?

Chen Nan was a bit stuck too, refusing to ask nicely, so he hung up the call.

Chen Nan knew there wouldn’t be a warm reception if they went now, and Bao Ye surely understood even more.

Just as Chen Nan drove out of the garage and was about to turn back to the office, Bao Ye spoke up.