Shen Zhinian stared blankly at Lu Jingchuan's back. The door to the lounge opened and closed again, and the sound of leather shoes "tapping" became farther and farther away.
He was angry.
The moment this thought flashed across her mind, Shen Zhinian jumped up from the bed, grabbed her coat and hurried out, chasing her to the door and stopping in a daze to keep Lu Jingchuan away from her. Wasn't this exactly what she wanted.
Shen Zhinian turned around calmly, silently sorted out the meeting schedule, placed it neatly on Lu Jingchuan's desk, and went directly back to Su Mang's house.
For three days in a row, every day, her conversations with Lu Jingchuan were limited to work. Occasionally, there would be moments of intertwining, and the two would move away tacitly after a brief distraction.
It's like a lover's quarrel.
Shen Zhinian knew better than anyone that this was Lu Jingchuan's demonstration, and he was waiting for her to show weakness.
With things on her mind, Shen Zhinian's condition had deteriorated visibly. She had lost five pounds in just one week and looked haggard. Su Mang felt distressed and forced her to go out to relax.
It happened to be a long-awaited weekend without Lu Jingchuan's abuse, so Shen Zhinian agreed.
The two took advantage of the sunny weekend and went hiking nearby. At Su Mang's request, they took a lot of group photos. Shen Zhinian looked at himself with a rare bright smile in the group photos, picked two and posted them on WeChat Moments.
As soon as the front leg came down from the mountain, the back leg received a call from Lu Jingchuan.
Shen Zhinian's heartbeat couldn't help but quicken. He contacted her on non-working days. Is there anything wrong?
Su Mang squeezed over from the side and spat when he saw someone coming: "Don't answer the call. What good can I do by looking for you on the weekend? You're exploiting people."
"In case there is an emergency in the company..." Shen Zhinian found an excuse and answered in Su Mang's eyes.
Lu Jingchuan's voice became more magnetic through the mobile phone, and his question was very concise: "Come directly to my house after you finish playing."
The unexpected request made Shen Zhinian stunned for a moment: "Is there something wrong?"
"You can go hiking with Su Mang now. Your health should have recovered. What's the problem?" the man answered matter-of-factly.
When Shen Zhinian heard this, she understood. Her eyes darkened. What did she think it was? It turned out that she couldn't wait to exercise her rights after seeing that she was in good health.
I definitely can't refuse, but the doctor has never told me to be extra careful now.
Shen Zhinian frowned and thought for a moment, then replied softly: "Okay, but I want to drink some wine after a long time. I wonder if Mr. Lu can satisfy me?"
"When did wine become a luxury for me?" The man chuckled.
After hanging up the phone, Su Mang looked worried: "Do you really want to go? Your current body is no joke."
Even today's mountain climbing was done with stops and starts, for fear of tiring her.
Shen Zhinian was grateful for Su Mang's concern and smiled: "Don't worry, I have a solution."
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At the beginning of the night, the night view of City A was brilliant. Shen Zhinian arrived at Lu Jingchuan's villa on time. The bedroom was already filled with a whole table of wine.
Lu Jingchuan was wearing a bathrobe and leaning on the chair, staring at Shen Zhinian with his drunken eyes.
Shen Zhinian looked at the half-empty bottle of wine and felt a little relieved.
He's always easy to talk to when he's tipsy, so it doesn't look like it'll be too hard to get him a few more bottles.
Shen Zhinian sat on his lap knowingly, raised the wine glass with her slender hand, and said with a smile, "Mr. Lu won't wait for me either?"
After speaking, he raised his head and took a sip of wine. He raised his hand to lift Lu Jingchuan's chin, put it directly on it, and gently transferred the wine to his mouth with a smile on his face.
Lu Jingchuan is as sweet as sugar.
Just one mouthful after another, the four bottles were empty in the blink of an eye.
Lu Jingchuan's usually sharp and sharp eyes were somewhat unable to focus at this time, but his hands were wrapped around Shen Zhinian.
Shen Zhinian only drank a little wine, so he was still quite sober. He opened a new bottle of wine and fed it directly to his mouth this time.
After feeding three bottles in a row, Lu Jingchuan's hand dropped weakly and he was leaning on Shen Zhinian's body, as if he had lost consciousness. Shen Zhinian called out several times without getting a response.
She breathed a sigh of relief and carefully slid off him. She looked around and found two blankets. One covered him and the other wrapped around herself. She planned to sit there for a while before slowly leaving.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I sat down, I fell asleep on the sofa.
Shen Zhinian breathed slowly, and the blanket was about to fall to the ground as she turned over. A big hand with sharp bones caught it in time and covered her body again.
The man who should have passed out drunk stared at Shen Zhinian with deep eyes and murmured: "What on earth are you thinking about?"
From the second bottle she poured into Lu Jingchuan, Lu Jingchuan realized that something was wrong, but he was curious about her motives, so he cooperated with her scheme.
After he "fainted" and heard the sound of moving, he quietly opened his eyes and saw her going directly to the study. At that moment, he thought she was going to secretly transfer assets. After all, she knew almost all the secrets of the Lu family.
Unexpectedly, she came back a moment later, and then there was warmth coming from her body, and then there was no sound.
As soon as Lu Jingchuan opened his eyes, he saw Shen Zhinian sleeping soundly on the sofa.
You went to great lengths to get him drunk just to sleep?
Lu Jingchuan stared at Shen Zhinian's naive face, his heart softened, he bent down to pick her up and put her gently on the bed, Shen Zhinian let out a cry.
The man thought he woke her up, but she just turned over, leaned into his arms, and continued sleeping.
kindness? Shen Zhinian seemed to be different somewhere.
In the past, if she stayed overnight, even if he coughed lightly, she would wake up immediately and ask him if he wanted to drink water. Now, even after holding him and walking around, he still didn't respond. Was he too tired recently?
Or is your body not fully recovered, so you get tired easily?
Lu Jingchuan stared at Shen Zhinian's face, with various thoughts flashing through his mind. In the end, he just gently hugged her into his arms, turned off the light and went to sleep.
The next morning, Shen Zhinian woke up from his sleep and felt guilty when he saw the man's still sleeping profile. He stepped out of bed lightly and swept away the mess on the table and floor.
Lu Jingchuan wouldn't realize later that she was just trying to get him drunk.
Shen Zhinian packed up and said goodbye to the housekeeper.
The housekeeper dissuaded with some worry: "Why don't we wait until the young master wakes up and go to the company together?"
"No, I have to deal with things first." Shen Zhinian didn't want to be questioned by Lu Jingchuan on the way.
As soon as I arrived at the company, I heard my colleagues talking.
"It has been spread that Secretary Shen is Mr. Lu's mistress, don't you know yet?"
"So is it true? How can I still sit in such a high position without any ability? Tsk tsk."
"It's normal. Anyone who works as a secretary will get some."
…
There are even worse digs.
Shen Zhinian walked in with a straight face, glanced at the chattering people, and snorted: "The company is not a place for you to gossip. I have nothing to do with Mr. Lu. If you hear anyone talking nonsense again, go directly to the human resources department."
Several colleagues looked at each other and said nothing.
When Lu Jingchuan came in, his face darkened when he heard this clarification.
