After Ning Pingping entered, she first greeted Li Ye, then noticed the several dishes on his desk.
She smiled and said, "Classmate Li Ye. Oh, I should call you Deputy Director Li now. I specifically came half an hour early to treat you to a meal, yet I still turned out to be late."
Li Ye asked strangely, "You wanted to treat me to a meal? How did you know I was on duty at the factory today?"
Ning Pingping smiled faintly. "A true master always has a clever plan."
"..."
Li Ye's brows furrowed slightly.
Back when Ning Pingping had gone abroad for further study the year before last, Li Ye had arranged it through Hao Jian in Fenghua Apparel's name. He had not seen her for nearly two years, and seeing Ning Pingping again today, he felt that she had changed tremendously.
The first time Li Ye met Ning Pingping was with the fashion performance team formed by the Textile Institute. At the time, Ning Pingping had been stubborn.
Because of society's prejudices, the first generation of mainland models had not been in a particularly good position. So whenever Wen Guohua, Li Ye, and the others watched them rehearse, she tried her utmost to conceal the rawness and panic in her heart beneath a faint coldness.
But after Ning Pingping became acquainted with Wen Guohua, that stubbornness gradually vanished from her. The last time she met Li Ye at the entrance to the COFCO Compound, the resentment and grievance in her eyes had already caused her to lose herself.
But today, her confidence seemed to have returned. There was even an additional trace of faint "arrogance."
Li Ye had seen that sort of arrogance in many people, such as Li Dayong's former girlfriend, Lin Qiuyan.
Li Ye could