After they had finished, Zhang Liang brought her to the parking lot. There was no other disturbance from the waitress as she was busy. Not many people still work on this day.

This time, he would be the one to drive the car.

"Secretary He is on vacation today?" Feng Mian asked curiously.

"Yes. His wife will kill me if I didn't give him a day off today."

"Oh."

Normally, no one would be working on New Year, so Feng Mian didn't find it strange that Secretary He would ask for a day off. Besides, having a day off from this devil's tight schedule was already a great gift. Only a handful of people would be able to get additional vacation.

"You're going to go to work again in two days."

"Eh, two days?" Feng Mian was stunned. Why so soon?

Zhang Liang nodded. "The report of the sales is out this morning. It's a huge success, so there'll be a small party in the company in the evening."

Hearing the word 'party,' Feng Mian's eyes lit up. She hadn't seen Yu Yan and others for some time. This would be a good chance for her to interact with them again. At the same time, she also could enjoy the party that Zhang Liang hosted.

"That's nice."

"The deadline for valentine's sweet project is in a month. Make sure you take notice of it."

Feng Mian: "…" right afterwards, we'll be plunged straight into work. Can't you let us have our happiness for a bit longer?

Since she was not part of those who got to design the shape of the sweet, Feng Mian would only have work in the middle of the time. At that time, she would be in charge of the wrappings and additional decoration. Oh right, she hadn't heard about the teams that would be moved to the new branch and those who would be in charge of the overseas project.

"Will my team…?"

"You'll stay here and complete the design from home."

"Right. I'll take care of the permission when I go to work later," Feng Mian replied. They would need a reason as to why she would be working from far. Hopefully, the reason she gave was enough.

Even if it was not, Zhang Liang would pass it for sure.

Zhang Liang stirred the wheel to the side. "I have already selected a different team to handle the project. Your team is not the best in terms of speed."

Feng Mian recalled that they were tasked to finish the other teams' doc.u.ment. In the end, theirs were not selected, so it was obvious that another team have better proposal presented to Zhang Liang. In a way, Feng Mian thought that all was good because she didn't need to work overtime.

"Will there be another project that requires speed?" Feng Mian was stunned. Did it mean she needed to pull all nighter again?

"No, but the number of people won't be as much as before."

"While the project is still a lot?"

"Yes."

Internally, Feng Mian silently prayed for her days to come. She was pretty sure that when it was time for the project, she wouldn't even have the time to rest because of their work.

The two of them no longer talked to each other. Feng Mian glanced out of the window. There were a lot of cars around them. As this journey would take a few hours at the very least since they didn't take a plane, Feng Mian let her mind wander.

Not long afterwards, Feng Mian had drifted to sleep.

Zhang Liang glanced to the side when the car stopped because the lights were red. Seeing how she slept so peacefully, he shook his head lightly. "You're really defenseless. Don't you think that other people might take advantage of you?"

Feng Mian was deep in sleep, so she didn't answer. Zhang Liang himself knew that he wouldn't take advantage of her, but she's a bit too defenseless. He let her be and continued to drive. He wondered whether she lacked sleep at home, but it shouldn't be. She didn't have any work at all lately.

The drive took around three hours. It took some time to enter the capital city because of the security and then Zhang Liang continued to drive back into his father's house.

"Mhm." Feng Mian opened her eyes. She had a really good nap.

"You're awake?"

Feng Mian was no longer drowsy when she heard the voice. Her head was turned to the side where she could see Zhang Liang drove leisurely. "Sorry! I didn't know that I'll be sleeping…"

"It's fine. Are you tired lately?"

"Not really." Feng Mian scratched her head. She couldn't possibly admit that she was completely engrossed in painting lately, right? It was really fun, but it could also be tiring because she had to focus her entire attention to the art before her.

Zhang Liang nodded. "Wipe your mouth."

"AH!"

Feng Mian hurriedly took out a tissue and looked to the other side. Her cheek was bright red, showing her embarrassment.

Upon looking at the unfamiliar buildings, her eyes widened. She had never gone to the capital city before. Even though it only took a few hours, she didn't have the time to visit.

"There are many tall buildings."

"The capital city is the center of economy, so it's obvious that there'll be a lot more buildings. Have you ever visited the capital city before?"

"I haven't," Feng Mian replied. Her eyes glancing around curiously.

Zhang Liang shook his head. "Satisfy your curiosity on the way. You better not show that expression later."

Feng Mian nodded in understanding. If she showed how much of a country bumpkin she was, Zhang Yi would surely think that there was something wrong. In addition, it was completely plausible that Zhang Liang would get beaten up because of not treating his wife properly.

A smile was formed on the corner of her lips. Even though she didn't dare to try, imagining it shouldn't be a problem.

There's a freedom in thinking, right?