It was close to noon when Jiang Linyuan followed the location Shen Wanyu had sent him.
On the phone, she'd said, "There's a little girl here I need you to look after," sent him an address, then hurriedly hung up.
Just look at this Department Head. She's already training me to be a full-time dad, a boyfriend-in-training.
Jiang Linyuan arrived quickly and spotted Shen Wanyu at a glance.
Today, she wore a very smart black coat over a gray turtleneck sweater, her hair tied up in a neat, high ponytail.
In the autumn sunlight, her fair skin looked like translucent pink amber, giving her a polished, refined air.
The Department Head's autumn-exclusive outfit. I love it, I love it.
She'd clearly noticed Jiang Linyuan too. She'd been about to walk over, but then seemed to remember something and stopped.
Jiang Linyuan walked up to her. "Department Head, you look especially lovely today."
Shen Wanyu glanced at him, then looked away and pulled a timid-looking little girl out from behind her.
She looked about seven or eight years old.
"Can you look after this child for me?"
She pointed to the little girl beside her and said,
"I have some things to take care of."
Sometimes the Department Head felt like an NPC, handing out quests every day and then dropping rewards.
Couldn't she just skip straight to the reward?
Thinking this, Jiang Linyuan said shyly,
"Department Head, are you going to pay me again this time? I've been saving all the money you gave me. They're all pieces of your dowry, you know. Once I collect them all, we can be together."
The little girl beside him was startled by that and secretly peeked at Shen Wanyu.
She found Shen Wanyu staring at Jiang Linyuan expressionlessly.
"Then you'll never collect