CHAPTER 874: CHAPTER 871: GIVE HIM A SURPRISE

"And you? Just finished being busy?" Ji Muran could hear the fatigue in the other’s voice.

"Mm, just finished," Shen Wenzhou responded.

"It’s getting late, why don’t you rest early?" Ji Muran also wanted to chat, but hearing the exhaustion in his voice, she felt somewhat reluctant.

Shen Wenzhou was silent for a moment. "I have to go on a business trip tomorrow."

Both of them fell silent for a moment. It wasn’t true that Ji Muran wasn’t disappointed; they hadn’t met since confirming their relationship on New Year’s Eve.

Although both were busy with work, Ji Muran understood it rationally, but so many days had passed without seeing each other. And now Shen Wenzhou had to go on a business trip again, making the absence even longer. Naturally, Ji Muran felt a bit down.

"Sorry, it’s been busy around year-end. Once this period is over, I won’t be as busy." Shen Wenzhou was also a bit helpless. At year-end, all work seemed to need to wrap up before the new year, leaving him without any free time.

Hearing Shen Wenzhou’s words, Ji Muran quickly perked up. "It’s okay, I’ve been quite busy during this time too."

"It’s late, and you have to travel tomorrow. Rest early," Ji Muran said considerately.

Shen Wenzhou didn’t know what to say because he truly was busy. No matter how much he apologized, he couldn’t carve out time.

"You should rest early too," Shen Wenzhou said.

After hanging up the phone, Ji Muran sighed helplessly. But Mr. Shen had always been this busy, it wasn’t something sudden.

She herself managed two coffee shops and was swamped every day, so naturally, managing such a large company meant Shen Wenzhou was even busier.

So she had nothing to be unhappy about. She should focus on her own work first!

Thinking of this, Ji Muran couldn’t help but feel a bit cheerful. She wondered how long Mr. Shen’s business trip would be. Maybe when he returned, she could give him a surprise!

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Shen Wenzhou went on his business trip. Due to the time difference, Ji Muran’s messages at night wouldn’t get replies until Shen Wenzhou’s lunchtime. And when he was busy, he didn’t have time to reply at all.

But Ji Muran didn’t get angry, as she was busy with opening a new branch.

A whole week of busyness later, Ji Muran finally secured the new shop. In just half a month, the coffee shop could open for business.

Ji Muran was very happy about this. When the shop opened, she knew she’d be busy there for a while.

But the coffee shop was right next to Jinghong. Even if both she and Shen Wenzhou were busy, they’d still have some time to meet!

This thought made Ji Muran quite motivated. No matter how exhausting her days were, she didn’t feel tired at all.

On January 13th, Ji Muran woke up to find several messages on her phone, mostly wishing her a happy birthday. Ji Muran had forgotten it was her birthday until she saw the messages.

She responded to each message, pausing when she reached Shen Wenzhou’s conversation. She wondered if Mr. Shen remembered her birthday.

She opened the chat; the message was from Mr. Shen in the middle of the night, saying goodnight to her.

She recalled Mr. Shen had mentioned a couple of days ago that work was going well and he should be able to return soon.

But he hadn’t specified exactly when he would be back.