Zhou Cha's husband had no connection to Chen Yuan; they had barely even met. On top of that, he was suffering from a rare disease and had fallen into a deep depression, languishing in the hospital day after day.
Under these circumstances, it was impossible that he would suddenly decide to curry favor with the Jiangs' future heir.
Zhou Cha used this excuse as a precaution, fearing it could be used against her in future factional struggles.
After all, outside of official business, Zhou Cha had no reason to contact Chen Yuan. Every time she saw him, Jiang Zhengfeng had been present. As a highly competent and trusted executive secretary, she had no need to use such tactics to improve her standing, much less make preparations so far in advance.
She worried that approaching him out of the blue would send the wrong signal and arouse suspicion, so she'd concocted an excuse that was barely an excuse at all.
That afternoon, she left work before sunset and arrived home a little after four.
