Chapter 56: Strict with Her

However, just as she reached for the lettuce with her chopsticks, the man’s cool and composed voice suddenly rang out.

“Eat the meat. Serve yourself.”

Startled by his words, Lin Nanxun paused and stole a glance at the man’s handsome, imposing face, letting out a soft sigh in her heart.

In the end, she obediently picked up a piece of meat and placed it in her bowl, eating it slowly.

Seeing her docile response, a trace of satisfaction appeared on Shen Hanzhi’s face.

It wasn’t that he was being overly strict with her; rather, if he didn’t insist, she would never eat properly.

She was simply too thin—frail and delicate, as if she couldn’t withstand even the slightest hardship.

The last time she was injured, her slow recovery was due to malnutrition. Wounds that would heal quickly for him took her a much longer time to mend.

Shen Hanzhi watched Lin Nanxun quietly eating her meat, the expression in his cold eyes gradually growing more complex.

Perhaps because she was hungry, even the meat she usually disliked tasted delicious to her now.

Though she still preferred the gentle sweetness of fresh vegetables.

After lunch, Lin Nanxun followed Shen Hanzhi out of the restaurant, but instead of returning to the company, they headed straight to a nearby shopping mall.

Even though it was a workday, the mall was bustling with people.

Seeing the crowds passing by, Lin Nanxun grew unconsciously nervous, trailing closely behind Shen Hanzhi and not daring to let her eyes wander.

Thankfully, with Shen Hanzhi leading the way and Zhou Bei following behind her, she began to feel a bit more at ease.

“Meanie, where are we going…” After walking behind Shen Hanzhi for some time, Lin Nanxun finally couldn’t help but ask.

Just then, Shen Hanzhi stopped in his tracks.

Lin Nanxun halted as well, a little taken aback.

“To buy a phone.” Shen Hanzhi turned his gaze toward the mobile phone shop ahead, his tone calm.

…

Afternoon.

On the way back to XG Group.

Lin Nanxun sat in the car, turning over her newly purchased phone with wide-eyed wonder, like a child with a new toy.

“Meanie, this phone is really huge!” She placed her hand against the screen in comparison, exclaiming in amazement.

After years without contact with the outside world, everything seemed fascinating to her.

Shen Hanzhi reclined quietly in his seat, watching her astonished, innocent expression, raising an eyebrow in amusement.

“Do you know how to use it?” Seeing that she hadn’t turned it on after all this time, he pursed his lips and asked.

His question caught Lin Nanxun off guard, and she shook her head.

“No…”

Her old phone had been small, with a physical keypad and a tiny screen, its functions extremely limited. She had used the same handset for years, never willing to replace it, so she’d never encountered anything like this new device and truly didn’t know how to use it.

Apart from basic calls, texts, and taking photos, all the other pre-installed apps seemed foreign to her.

Her old phone, used for so many years, had none of these features.

When she admitted she didn’t know how, Shen Hanzhi’s face showed no trace of surprise.

He reached over, took the phone from her hand, his slender fingers gliding across the screen. He entered a series of numbers, saving his private number into the contacts, then opened up WeChat.