MLROCSHR Chapter 62
by Volare“Hmph, I’m not wasting time with you. I have a date to go to, goodbye!”
Li Yang forced a smile through gritted teeth, and after saying that, he grabbed Ling Yu’s hand in front of Lian Xun and strode away.
Ling Yu repeatedly looked back, but Li Yang forcibly held his head and turned it back.
“Do you usually like teasing your little assistant like this at the company?” Qi Luzhi’s tone was cool.
“Ah? Uh… occasionally, I guess.”
Another jealous person.
Truly, birds of a feather flock together.
“I’m suddenly a little hungry. Let’s go eat, and then we should go home.” Lian Xun patted Qi Luzhi’s arm. “Let’s go.”
Since meeting Lian Xun, Ling Yu had been absent-minded. If Li Yang wasn’t holding him, he probably would have run into a telephone pole.
“Careful.” Li Yang raised his hand to protect Ling Yu’s forehead, preventing him from making intimate contact with the pole.
“Sorry, I spaced out.”
Ling Yu took a small step back, lowered his eyes, and still looked worried.
“What do I do? The boss knows about my relationship with you.”
“Will the boss discriminate against homosexuals? He won’t fire me, will he?”
“I don’t want to be fired… What do I do?”
Ling Yu kept talking about his boss, Lian Xun, and Li Yang was very unhappy listening to it, veins popping on his forehead.
What kind of bewitching soup did Lian Xun give to his Ling Yu, that made him so loyal and insistent on being his employee?
“Don’t worry, your boss won’t fire you. He’s known you and I were together for a long time. He would have fired you already if he wanted to.”
Ling Yu suddenly looked up, “Ah?”
Then what was the point of him being so secretive and working so hard at the company every day?
“Also, let me tell you a secret.” Li Yang touched Ling Yu’s head, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, “Actually, your boss and Qi Luzhi have been secretly together since last year.”
Ling Yu again: “Ah?”
As Lian Xun’s closest assistant, how could he know nothing?
Failure! Such a failure!
Ling Yu was unconvinced, “Does Secretary Feng know about this?”
Li Yang: “Of course she knows. Secretary Feng is tight-lipped though, she hasn’t revealed a single thing.”
“…”
Ling Yu wanted to cry.
He really was a lousy assistant!
It seemed he had to work even harder in the future.
On the first day of the holiday, Lian Xun didn’t wake up until late in the morning. Qi Luzhi was working in the study, so he didn’t disturb him, finding a book to read on the nearby sofa.
Keeping each other company, each doing their own thing, was quite comfortable.
On the second day of the holiday, Lian Xun started to feel bored. He lay on the sofa, legs crossed, flipping through social media.
When he got to Ling Yu’s WeChat feed, he casually sighed, “Wow, Li Yang took Ling Yu to the snow mountains.”
Qi Luzhi paused at the desk and looked up. “Do you want to go too?”
“It’s not that I really want to.”
Lian Xun’s tone clearly said that he did.
Qi Luzhi pondered for a moment, closed the folder in front of him, and walked up to Lian Xun. “Let’s go, come out with me.”
“Where to?”
Lian Xun sprung up from the sofa, eyes shining.
“A few days ago, the Chairman of An Sheng Group sent two art exhibition invitation letters, asking me to be sure to attend. I didn’t want to go at first, but since you’re bored at home, how about I take you to have a look?”
As Qi Luzhi spoke, he brought Lian Xun his coat.
“Art exhibition…” Lian Xun thought for a moment, “Alright.”
During his years abroad, he would occasionally go to art exhibitions.
Just a social tool for the upper class.
No harm in checking it out.
The two arrived at the location specified on the invitation. As soon as they entered the hall, the security guard at the door quietly made a phone call.
“Chairman An, Qi Luzhi is here, with Lian Xun from Xun Qi Technologies.”
The art exhibition was quite large, the long corridor seemingly endless, with exquisite paintings hanging on the walls, appearing valuable under the lighting.
Most of the people present were prominent figures in Xuan Cheng, busy networking and rarely focusing on the paintings.
The two hadn’t been browsing for long when An Shun, the chairman of An Sheng Group, walked up with a big laugh, accompanied by a young beauty in a blue dress.
“President Qi, long time no see, I was waiting for you here, I thought you wouldn’t come.”
“Chairman An, you’re too kind, how could I not come after your gracious invitation.”
“President Lian also likes art? It was my oversight, I will personally invite you next time.” An Shun also smiled and exchanged pleasantries with Lian Xun.
“Chairman An, you’re too polite, then I’ll thank you in advance.”
After a few words of greeting, An Shun got to the point. “This is my daughter, An Jinnan, she just returned from studying abroad. The works in this exhibition are all by my daughter.”
“Is that so?” Qi Luzhi feigned surprise, praising, “I’ve seen these paintings, they’re not inferior to famous artists. Your daughter is truly talented, Chairman An is very fortunate.”
An Shun laughed heartily, a satisfied expression on his face. “President Qi, you flatter me.”
Hearing Qi Luzhi’s praise, An Jinnan shyly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, looking at Qi Luzhi with a hint of infatuation.
Qi Luzhi’s reputation was known to everyone in Xuan Cheng, but An Jinnan, having studied abroad for many years, didn’t know much about it.
A while ago, she happened to see an interview with Qi Luzhi on television, and she was haunted by it, unable to forget him.
That’s how this art exhibition encounter came about.
An Shun looked at Qi Luzhi and An Jinnan, a hint of meaning flashing in his eyes, and smiled slightly: “You young people have things to talk about. Jinnan, why don’t you take President Qi around, I have something to take care of, so I’ll be going.”
After An Shun left, An Jinnan reached out to take Qi Luzhi’s arm, but he dodged it imperceptibly.
An Jinnan wasn’t annoyed, still wearing an elegant smile on her face.
“President Qi, would it be convenient to exchange contact information? We can discuss the paintings sometime.”
Lian Xun nearly choked on his saliva upon hearing this, coughing violently a few times.
Heh, discuss paintings?
Was this girl really being so direct?
If he couldn’t see what was going on now, he would truly be an idiot.
“Sorry, Miss An, I’m not comfortable giving out my personal contact information. If there’s anything, you can contact my secretary.” Qi Luzhi coldly refused.
An Jinnan had never been rejected by a man before, and her face fell slightly.
She forced an awkward smile, pretending to be calm. “It’s okay, President Qi, let me take you around first.”
“My father is hosting a banquet upstairs tonight, I wonder if President Qi would do us the honor of joining us for dinner?”
An Jinnan was only focused on attracting Qi Luzhi’s attention, completely ignoring Lian Xun.
Lian Xun really couldn’t watch any longer, interrupting An Jinnan, “Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, I’m going to the restroom, you guys continue.”
Before leaving, Lian Xun glared at Qi Luzhi meaningfully, a look of annoyance that wasn’t quite anger.