She spoke politely and appropriately. "Mr. Ji, the car is outside. Will you be going home next, or do you have other plans?"
Just then, the driver handed Fang Ning the bouquet she had just bought. On the way there, Fang Ning had felt it wasn't quite right to pick someone up empty-handed, so she had bought a bouquet when they passed a flower shop.
Of course, these weren't roses exchanged between lovers, but a few sunflowers representing sunshine, cheerfulness, and a positive outlook.
Fang Ning handed the bouquet to Ji Xiangnian.
A hint of puzzlement surfaced in Ji Xiangnian's eyes, and Fang Ning explained, "For you, to welcome you back."
"Thank you." Ji Xiangnian accepted it, his tone neither intimate nor distant, carrying off his role as a marriage partner with perfect propriety.
In those few short minutes, their polite, appropriate conversation had embodied their roles as contract marriage partners to the fullest.
The way the two interacted made the assistant following behind them widen his eyes.
What was going on? He felt there was something a little off about this married couple's relationship.
He didn't understand why he saw something like friendship in the way this couple interacted. No, no, not friendship.
What was it...
The assistant thought it over, then clapped his hands a few seconds later.
He had figured it out. The way these two interacted was just like his relationship with his coworkers. At work, he and his coworkers collaborated, solved problems together, and faced the evil capitalists together. They were neither close nor too unfamiliar with one another, but polite and professional!
Exactly! That was it! Their conversation right now was just like that! They were business partners!!
*Wait, what on earth was going on? Why was he seeing that dynamic between his boss