I Revealed My True Identity After Confessing My Love - Chapter 33

After eating the noodles, Ye Nanning went to wash the dishes.

Du Xiran walked around the living room, taking a look at the apartment. She didn’t know what it had looked like before, but now it appeared exceptionally clean and tidy, with a faint, pleasant fragrance in the air, clearly the home of someone who knew how to manage a household.

Du Xiran looked at Ye Nanning’s back with a hint of surprise. Despite her slender waist, she gave off a strangely grounding impression, possessing a maturity beyond her years. Could this be the truth behind the saying that children from poor families grow up faster?

…Wait, that wasn’t right. Her own family had been quite poor when she was young, and she had never been this domestic.

In the end, it really depended on the individual.

Thinking of her own messy home, she felt a sudden pang of shame. It was simply too cruel; if she had known Ye Nanning was such a neat freak, she shouldn’t have opened the door to let her in last time.

She feared that her image in the girl’s heart was no longer that of a perfect boss. If word got out, it wouldn’t sound good. How could she, the legendary “Flower of the Office,” have a reputation for being a slob?

With this in mind, she quickly sent a message to her part time cleaner, telling her to come to work immediately. Then, she stared at Ye Nanning’s figure, pondering how to bribe the “youngster” into not spreading the secret.

When Ye Nanning finished the dishes and put them in the cupboard, Du Xiran followed her.

Ye Nanning pretended to be calm while wiping the kitchen counter, Du Xiran followed her there.

Ye Nanning went to the coffee machine to grind beans. Du Xiran followed her there, too.

After a long silence, Ye Nanning handed her the freshly brewed coffee, her cheeks flushed with two spots of red. “Try this.”

Du Xiran took it, staring at her intently. She took a few thoughtful sips, and her eyes lit up. “The taste is quite good.”

“Thank you.” Ye Nanning looked into her eyes and took a long time to organize her words before finally asking, “Why are you following me around?”

Du Xiran gave a hollow cough. “Do you usually like tidying up a lot?”

“I wouldn’t say I love it.”

Du Xiran had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her continue: “But I do tidy up as I go. If I don’t see things put back in their original places, I feel a bit uncomfortable.”

“…”

Du Xiran sipped her coffee guiltily, thinking: You don’t understand the thrill of throwing things wherever you want, nor do you understand the beauty of a ‘messy room belle.’

“Did I miss a spot?” Ye Nanning asked worriedly.

“Of course not.” Du Xiran looked at the sparkling clean home. If this was considered “not clean,” then what was her house? A dump?

“That’s good then…” Ye Nanning let out a secret sigh of relief. Her gaze dropped to Du Xiran’s attire. She had changed into loungewear, but her slippers were still summer flip-flops, leaving almost her entire feet exposed to the air.

It was late autumn now, and easy to catch a cold. Ye Nanning turned to the shoe cabinet, found a pair of cotton slippers, and placed them in front of her.

“What’s this for?” Du Xiran looked at her in confusion, then at the shoes on the floor. “Are you worried my shoes are dirty?”

“No, just change into these.” Seeing her dazed, Ye Nanning simply knelt down, took her ankle, and helped her foot into the cotton slipper. “Don’t let your feet get cold.”

Du Xiran looked down at her in surprise. “Ye Nanning, you are not just ordinary…”

Ye Nanning looked up at her. “What?”

Du Xiran murmured, “…thoughtful.”

Ye Nanning looked down with an expressionless face and walked alone into the living room, but in reality, she was trying to soothe the joy in her heart.

Du Xiran looked at the new slippers on her feet, they were pink. Then she looked at Ye Nanning’s slippers and smiled. “Yours are blue. The pattern is the same; they look like a couple’s set.”

Ye Nanning’s little scheme had been exposed, and she didn’t dare look at her, but she was curious if the other would realize it. So, she stole a glance out of the corner of her eye.

“What? Still unhappy? Giving me the side-eye?” Du Xiran asked.

Ye Nanning shook her head vigorously.

Du Xiran smiled. She had just mentioned it in passing after all, many people buy multiple pairs of the same style of slippers. It wasn’t strange.

Just then, her phone rang. Du Xiran answered, but before she even put it to her ear, she heard Du Heruo’s voice: “Where are you?! Why aren’t you at home sleeping?!”

Du Xiran: “…”

Ye Nanning also heard the voice on the phone. She opened the front door and saw a young girl standing at the door opposite hers.

Du Heruo turned around with her phone in hand and said in surprise, “Sister Ye! Why did you run over to the neighbor’s? Our house is over here, come back quickly!”

Ye Nanning blinked, then blinked again. She pointed to the house, but before she could speak, the other girl ran over and started pulling her out. “Don’t let the owner find out, let’s go.”

As soon as she finished, Du Heruo heard footsteps at the door. She turned her head to apologize: “Sorry, my tutor went to the wrong place… Sister? Why are you there?!”

Du Xiran stood at the door, watching them pull and push, leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed, enjoying the show.

“Why are you leading the way to the wrong house!” Du Heruo let go of Ye Nanning and turned to grab Du Xiran. “How did you two end up in someone else’s house? Is there no one watching you?”

“It’s okay, I invited President Du over to play,” Ye Nanning said from the side.

“You inviting her isn’t okay either… Wait, what did you say? You invited her? To your house? To play?” Du Heruo’s small head was filled with a big question mark.

Du Xiran leisurely pulled her hand back and rubbed her wrist. “Let me re-introduce her. This is your tutor, and also our new neighbor.”

Du Heruo was dumbstruck. “Sister Ye? You are our new neighbor?”

Ye Nanning nodded, but her gaze lingered on Du Xiran’s wrist. A section of it had been turned red from being pulled, which made her feel distressed.

She instinctively reached out and squeezed President Du’s wrist.

Du Xiran looked at her in confusion. “What are you doing?”

Ye Nanning realized what she was doing a second too late. Her ears turned red instantly. She didn’t dare lift her head, so she held the wrist and said, “Checking your pulse.”

Du Xiran: “…”

Du Heruo asked, “What kind of pulse does my sister have?”

“A joyful pulse (pregnant pulse),” Ye Nanning said profoundly.

Du Xiran: “?”

Du Heruo burst out laughing. Ye Nanning explained: “I mean, President Du, something joyful is about to happen to you!”

“Well, isn’t that a joyful pulse then?” Du Heruo laughed and patted Du Xiran’s stomach before opening their door to put away her backpack.

Du Xiran turned to look at Ye Nanning and said coolly, “Tell me, what joyful thing is going to happen to me next?”

Ye Nanning: “A promotion and a raise… and a romantic encounter.”

“I’ll take your word for it then. If there’s no promotion, raise, or romance, see how I deal with you,” Du Xiran said.

Ye Nanning: “No problem.”

Please, deal with me ruthlessly! Don’t spare this delicate flower!

Du Heruo finished putting her things away and ran out to ask, “Sister, what are we eating for lunch?”

Du Xiran had just finished a large bowl of noodles and wasn’t hungry at all. “Just order whatever you want.”

“Delivery again?” Du Heruo sighed deeply.

Ye Nanning asked, “Do you want some noodles? I can make some for you?”

“Really? That’s great!” Du Heruo followed her into the house. “I really love your cooking!”

Ye Nanning went to the kitchen to continue making noodles. Du Heruo was naturally friendly as soon as she entered, she began to openly explore the place, not forgetting to put down a certain someone: “Sister, look at Sister Ye’s bedroom, it’s so clean. You and her are really like heaven and earth!”

Du Xiran: “…”

Du Heruo: “Sister, look at the bathroom, everything is arranged so neatly! Not like you at all!”

Du Xiran: “…”

Du Heruo: “Sister, look at her living room yourself. Aren’t you ashamed?”

Du Xiran could take it no longer and tried to grab her to take her home, to stop her from crazily dissing her in front of her subordinate.

“Ahhh, help! Sister Ye, save me!” Du Heruo clung to the door and refused to let go.

Ye Nanning ran over, but didn’t know how to intervene. She could only try to persuade Du Xiran from the side: “President Du, don’t be so petty with a child. Let it go, and happiness will come quickly. As the saying goes, one hand cannot clap, and two monks carry water to eat…”

Du Xiran and Du Heruo: “…”

The two sisters were stunned by her nonsense. After a while, Du Xiran said, “That was well said. Don’t say it again next time.”

Ye Nanning lowered her head in shame. “I… don’t know how to stop a fight.”

No one had ever fought in front of her or asked for her help before, she had no experience. She said sincerely, “President Du, don’t worry. I will study how to stop a fight and try to do better next time.”

Du Xiran: “…” No one wants you to learn that!

Du Heruo hugged the door and laughed. “Fortunately, Sister Ye, you don’t tutor me in Chinese. That would be the death of me, hahahaha.”

In the afternoon, Du Xiran worked in the living room for a while before receiving a call from Zhang Mishuang, asking her to go look at houses with her.

She pushed open Du Heruo’s bedroom door and saw Ye Nanning’s profile as she seriously explained a problem, and Du Heruo listening intently. The atmosphere was so good she felt like an outsider.

It seemed Ye Nanning was a good tutor.

She didn’t interrupt them directly. After changing her clothes, she sent a message to Du Heruo and went straight to the address Zhang Mishuang had sent.

After the tutoring session ended, Du Heruo stretched and went out to get a drink.

Ye Nanning also walked out. Not seeing Du Xiran anywhere, she asked curiously, “Where is your sister?”

“I don’t know.” Du Heruo checked her phone. “Oh, Sister Shuangshuang had something for her, so she went out.”

“Oh…” Ye Nanning felt a bit disappointed. She had hoped to see the beautiful President Du as soon as she finished tutoring.

“Probably Sister Shuangshuang taking her on another blind date.” Du Heruo said as she casually drank her Coke.

Ye Nanning froze suddenly. “What did you say?”

“Blind dates. Sister Shuangshuang loves to meddle in her business.” Du Heruo shrugged. “Every now and then, she finds all sorts of reasons to drag my sister out, and then brings various high-quality men to the gathering. It’s basically a disguised blind date.”

Ye Nanning panicked. She asked as casually as possible, “Where did they go today?”

“Let me ask.” Du Heruo sent a message to Du Xiran. Soon, Du Xiran sent back a location, it was in a nearby high-end residential complex. “Wow, this gathering place is quite fancy. It couldn’t be that she went straight to the guy’s house, right? Could it be that Sister Ye was right? Is this my sister’s ‘joyful pulse’?”

Ye Nanning’s heart skipped a beat. She leaned over to look at the screen, memorized the address, and said, “I’m going home now. Remember to finish your homework, I’ll check it tomorrow.”

“Not staying to play for a bit?”

Ye Nanning left in a hurry. “No, I have things to do.” If I don’t go check the situation, my President Du is going to be snatched away!

After going downstairs, she thought about how expensive that residential area was. Instinctively, she got into her Maserati and drove the luxury car to the complex.

But the complex was so big with so many buildings. Where was Du Xiran hiding?

Ye Nanning kept circling the main gate until the security guard couldn’t help but come out to ask, “What are you doing here?”

Ye Nanning whispered, “Waiting for someone.”

After waiting for who knows how long, she noticed Du Xiran coming out of a building. Her eyes lit up, and she immediately followed her secretly. She found a tall man in a suit standing beside Du Xiran. He was smiling as they spoke. The two of them walked into another building together. When they went up the steps, the man even gallantly reached out his hand.

Ye Nanning was furious!

She followed them into the building on tiptoe and heard the man ask, “Where does Miss Du live? Is it near here?”

Du Xiran: “Mingyan Gardens.”

“That’s quite close. If you have time, you and Miss Zhang can come and take a look anytime.”

“Mhm.”

“Do you have any other requirements for the house?”

Ye Nanning’s face turned pale, why is the progress so fast? They’re already discussing houses?!

Du Xiran replied, “Greenery coverage, orientation, decoration, area, and price, all of these need to be carefully considered.”

“That’s only natural. If you want a larger house, I have several others over there.”

Ye Nanning: Damn, he’s a tycoon!

Ye Nanning observed the man secretly. Although he was tall, he was too thin he couldn’t protect President Du properly! His hair was also a bit thin, unworthy of President Du! His leather shoes were a bit dirty unworthy of President Du! His clothes weren’t good-looking unworthy of President Du!

In short, after observing him from every angle, the conclusion was: HE! IS! NOT! WORTHY! OF! PRESIDENT! DU!

Just then, the elevator arrived. The man gallantly held the door for her. Du Xiran walked in naturally and even smiled at the man to thank him.

Things were looking bad.

Just as the elevator door was about to close, a slender, white hand suddenly appeared and blocked the door.

When she saw clearly who was standing outside, Du Xiran’s eyes slowly widened. She was about to ask why the girl was there, but she heard Ye Nanning say decisively:

“President Du, I do not approve of this marriage!”