novelraw Chapter 58 – Are you not giving your husband face?
Chapter 58 – Are you not giving your husband face?
Jiang Ci spent the night in the dormitory.
Without a WeChat message or a phone call from Lu Yudong, Jiang Ci felt uneasy, unsure of what he was thinking.
The next day at work, the training department suddenly sent out a message: "The Friday training has been moved to this afternoon. Mr. Lu will be teaching, and today's topic is: Introduction to Corporate Crisis Management. Please attend on time."
The training department had created a group chat for the "New East Star," which included all the executives who would be teaching.
Naturally, Lu Yudong was also in the group.
According to the schedule, Lu Yudong's course was supposed to be next month. Why was it suddenly moved to today?
His thoughts were always lofty and hard to grasp, leaving Jiang Ci unable to figure them out.
Unable to understand, Jiang Ci decided not to think about it.
However, Han Lan sent Jiang Ci a WeChat message: "Are you going this afternoon?"
Jiang Ci didn't want to see Lu Yudong.
She had already decided to let things fall apart in front of him.
"I'm not going," Jiang Ci replied.
"You might be having a spat, but you can't let it affect your career."
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"I don't want to see him."
"Whether you want to see him or not, he's still your husband. You and Mr. Lu are married. If you don't attend, it would be disrespectful to your husband. Won't he deal with you?"
Perhaps Han Lan was busy at work, with too many chat windows open, and accidentally sent the message to the training group.
Jiang Ci was also working and, seeing no reply from Han Lan, assumed she hadn't responded yet and didn't pay attention.
Until a colleague next to Han Lan nudged her and asked, wide-eyed, "Jiang Ci and... Mr. Lu are married?"
Han Lan's eyes widened, "How did you know?"
"Didn't you say so?" The colleague held up their phone.
Han Lan frantically tried to retract the message, but it was too late.
Realizing she had made a huge mistake, Han Lan felt extremely embarrassed.
There were over twenty people in the training group, with Jiang Ci being the only one from the finance department. Although she was slow to react, this was a major piece of gossip, and it quickly spread.
When everyone started whispering about "Mrs. Lu," Jiang Ci was stunned: Who were they talking about?
Until Han Lan, blushing with embarrassment, said, "Jiang Ci, check the training group."
Jiang Ci thought: It's just training this afternoon, what's there to see?
But when she opened the training group, she was completely dumbfounded.
"Quick, retract it."
"I can't retract it anymore. Punish me," Han Lan sent a crying emoji.
Jiang Ci thought: This is bad. The marriage was supposed to be kept secret, and now the whole company knows. How will he deal with her?
Lu Yudong was also in the training group. Who knows if he saw it?
Colleagues were discussing: "Jiang Ci's counterattack is impressive, not letting go of Yin Xuemo, first making the President change the microwave, and now releasing the marriage news, she's ruthless."
"Of course, Yin Xuemo is a formidable opponent, and her position is now precarious."
It seemed like the colleagues intentionally wanted Jiang Ci to hear, speaking without much discretion.
"Shh, she's Mrs. Lu now. Better say less, or you won't know how you'll be dealt with in the future."
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Jiang Ci originally planned not to attend the training in the afternoon, but because of the major mistake, she wanted to see Lu Yudong's reaction.
In the afternoon, under the gaze of many, Jiang Ci went to the training room.
She didn't sit in the front row but chose the last row.
"It's all your fault, you've ruined me," Jiang Ci complained to Han Lan.
Han Lan also wore a regretful expression, "I don't know how it ended up in the training group, it wasn't intentional. When we were chatting, group messages also came in, and I didn't look carefully."
Lu Yudong took the stage, opened his laptop, and began the class.
Colleagues glanced at Jiang Ci in the back.
She lowered her head even further.
Lu Yudong, with his noble demeanor, stood tall and aloof, teaching with a serious expression.
Throughout the class, Jiang Ci tried to discern his emotions from his face, but she saw nothing.
After the class, Lu Yudong assigned homework.
"Someone didn't want to see me but eventually gave me face and came to class. I believe this student knows what to do next. Tomorrow, this student will hand in the homework to me personally."
Lu Yudong was smiling, but it was definitely not a warm smile, nor a sincere one; there was no warmth in his eyes.
He was speaking ironically, telling the person who gave him face: Challenge accepted.
Colleagues all turned their eyes to Jiang Ci.
They all understood one thing: Mr. Lu had seen Han Lan's message and didn't refute it...
So, Mr. Lu and Jiang Ci must really be married.
Jiang Ci wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
Her mind was in chaos, thinking: It's over.