novelraw Chapter 47 – Someone very important
Chapter 47 – Someone very important
"Thinking of quitting?" Lu Yudong was naturally angry after being embarrassed by Jiang Ci.
He lit a cigarette and slammed the lighter onto the table.
"Are you doubting that the umbrella I bought for you is a fake?" Jiang Ci was also upset.
"You're sharp." Lu Yudong squinted at Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci couldn't quite decipher the meaning behind his gaze.
"Look, look, is it a fake or not?" Jiang Ci's anger flared up even more, realizing he had been swayed by Yin Xuemo's instigation, showing how easily influenced he was.
Jiang Ci moved closer to Lu Yudong with her phone, showing him her chat history with her classmate Shen Jingwei.
"Two Fridays ago, I transferred ten thousand yuan to Shen Jingwei. It was in euros on her end, equivalent to over nine thousand yuan, but I gave her ten thousand directly. She's not a personal shopper, just helping out. If she wanted to scam me, she wouldn't find a source! What else could it be but genuine?" After speaking, Jiang Ci put her phone back in her pocket.
Lu Yudong's anger subsided.
Jiang Ci had scrolled quickly, but he caught two sentences.
[Who are you buying such an expensive umbrella for?]
[For someone very important.]
[A boyfriend, perhaps?]
Jiang Ci hadn't replied.
So, in Jiang Ci's eyes, he was "someone very important."
"So?" Lu Yudong's expression softened considerably.
He should have realized earlier that it was Yin Xuemo deliberately sowing discord, but he lacked the ability to judge the authenticity of the umbrella.
And, it involved Jiang Ci...
Jiang Ci was also quite money-minded.
"So, making me move to the room next door was your fault. You were nitpicking, allowing yourself to do as you please while forbidding others, and you listened to slander." Jiang Ci recalled how he made her move next door because of Yin Xuemo's words, and it made her furious.
"What? Can't get used to being alone? Can't sleep?" Lu Yudong teased.
"It's frustrating."
"Scared? Want to move back to my bedroom?"
"Don't flatter yourself!" Jiang Ci retorted.
But to be honest, last night, Jiang Ci was indeed a bit scared. After all, the Lu family's villa was so big, and she had never been in that bedroom before, so it felt unfamiliar and naturally a bit frightening to be alone.
"If you want to move back to my bedroom, there are conditions. Let's see how you perform." Lu Yudong smirked, clearly in a good mood.
Jiang Ci scoffed at the idea of "performance." There were no clear standards, just his whims.
"I'll slowly get used to sleeping alone." Jiang Ci sounded a bit like sour grapes.
"Oh? Seems like you're really not used to it. What's missing?" Lu Yudong, usually serious, rarely spoke like this.
Especially not with such innuendo.
"Missing you, not used to it. Mr. Lu, aren't you just trying to get me to say that to boost your ego? Anyway, you made me sleep next door, and I embarrassed you in class, so we're even." Jiang Ci said, holding her head high.
"What's missing about me?" Lu Yudong pressed on.
Jiang Ci blushed instantly and was about to leave.
"If you bought a genuine umbrella, why didn't you say so earlier? Did you have to wait until I lost face to tell me?" Lu Yudong, having gained the upper hand verbally, wanted to tease Jiang Ci further.
"Just to make you lose face!" Jiang Ci replied lightly.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Lu Yudong switched back to his authoritative tone, "Come in."
The person who entered was Xing Baohua.
He had been eavesdropping outside.
The news of Jiang Ci sleeping during the training class had spread throughout the company.
As the director, he was supposed to take action, so he came to seek Lu Yudong's opinion.
But he had overheard everything outside...
Mr. Lu and Jiang Ci had a tiff over the umbrella yesterday.
Apparently, Mr. Lu was displeased, thinking Jiang Ci didn't care enough about him, buying him a fake, and made her sleep in the room next door.
That was a lot of information.
It meant Jiang Ci used to share a bed with Mr. Lu, though for how long was unclear.
And Mr. Lu's words just now were... simply unbelievable.
Missing what about him...
Who would have thought Mr. Lu could joke like that.
Although colleagues had gossiped about Mr. Lu picking up and dropping off Jiang Ci every day, Xing Baohua couldn't believe someone like Jiang Ci could climb into Mr. Lu's bed.
Turns out, it was true.
Mr. Lu, usually so mature and composed, could lower the temperature by three degrees just by standing there, and new employees would shiver at the sight of him.
Yet he was making innuendos in front of Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci dared to sleep in front of him.
Xing Baohua felt a bit ashamed of his previous actions, thinking it was a real conflict and giving Jiang Ci a hard time.
"Hello, Director Xing." Jiang Ci turned to head back to her office, greeting Xing Baohua.
Xing Baohua nodded back at Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci found it strange; Xing Baohua usually didn't acknowledge people easily, so why did he nod at her this time?