After eating, the two headed off to work. None of them were speaking; they just enjoyed the silence and each other's company.
As they arrived at the company, the two held hands as they walked towards the elevator.
He Lixue was slightly bashful. She felt at peace and happy, but also somewhat embarrassed.
Usually, she was very straightforward, and not bothered by anything, but things were different this time. She did not know why, but her intelligence would go into the negative digits every time it had something to do with Lu Nanfeng.
Lu Nanfeng was also smiling sweetly when he saw her bashful expression. Usually, she would be very in control of herself and mature, but now she acted like a girl her age.
It truly made his heart flutter and he felt excited. He was able to affect her in such a way.
He Lixue was also unsure of why she was so bashful. Previously she could hold his hands and hang on to him with no problems, but now, just holding his hand, was enough to cause her heart to beat so rapidly that she feared it would leave her chest.
Just because she had accepted him? She could not understand it.
But she was not unhappy. There was a sweetness in her heart, and she could not help but feel that she had found something she had always been missing.
It was a warm and fuzzy feeling that had taken root in her heart, and a smile overflowing with happiness adorned her lips.
Seeing her this happy, Lu Nanfeng also felt his heart clench with emotion. She was everything he wanted right now.
When they reached the floor for the IT Security Department, He Lixue unwillingly let go of Lu Nanfeng's hand, and a strange feeling of loss appeared in her heart.
Not only was she hesitating, but Lu Nanfeng also felt unwilling to let her go, he wanted to bring her to his office and have her stay within his sight for the entire day.
But he knew He Lixue was not going to be content with being a canary in a cage; she wanted to depend on herself; she wanted to prove herself.
"I'll see you after work," Lu Nanfeng said, as he looked at He Lixue, who walked out of the elevator. Nodding her head, she was also hoping that she could be with Lu Nanfeng after work; she wanted to spend all her time together with him, but she also wanted to be serious with her work.
He Lixue smiled at Lu Nanfeng. She stayed outside the elevator and kept watching until the doors closed, and it ascended towards the top floor.
She felt happy as she turned around and walked into the department. Here she spent the whole day implementing the new security system. Since it had been approved, it needed to be implemented as soon as possible.
Everyone in the IT Security Department was busy. They did not have to install the program on every computer, most of it was done on the back-end, but even so, they still needed to install it on the servers and update the router configuration.
They were not going to install it during working hours, as it might cause some issues for the other workers, but they prepared everything so it could be deployed overnight.
He Lixue had planned on spending the evening together with Lu Nanfeng. Still, after knowing that they had to implement the program, He Lixue knew that she had to be there during the maintenance window as the developer of the program.
In case something did not work, she had to be there to solve all the problems. She picked up her phone and sent a text to Lu Nanfeng, telling him that she could go out and eat dinner with him, but after dinner, she had to return to the company and work overtime.
He Lixue was a little disappointed, but nothing more than a little. She had a whole life to spend alongside Lu Nanfeng, so it did not matter if they could not see each other every day.
She hoped they could continue their life just as they had so far, where they saw each other often, but not all the time, it was a good pattern.
But when Lu Nanfeng received the text message, he felt a pain in his heart. Why did she have to work overtime so often? She was still not completely healed, her body was still weak, but she still was so stubborn and did so much extra than what was expected from her.
He wanted to spend the time together with He Lixue, so he returned the message with his own, saying that she should not overwork, and that he would look for her to have dinner together that evening.
Like this, both Lu Nanfeng and He Lixue hurried to finish their work. They were focused and serious about their tasks, and when the sun was setting, Lu Nanfeng finally moved from his office, heading towards the IT Security Department.
In the beginning, many had been curious about why Lu Nanfeng was so often going towards the IT Security Department, but soon rumors about him and He Lixue had spread.
While no one knew what their actual relationship was, everyone knew that they were close.
Lu Nanfeng ignored the many people who were observing him as he headed into the IT Security Department, where he heard He Lixue's voice.
Her pearl-like laughter was like a fresh breeze on a hot summer day; it was like the rain after a drought.
His heart fluttered when he heard it, and his lips tucked up in a smile. But at this point, he also saw that the one who had made her laugh like this was a male co-worker, and her happiness was suddenly making him feel a sense of crisis.