The two are slender, elegant and well-matched from a distance.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lu Yan liked Shen Zhinian, and they all praised him out of compliment.
Lu Jingchuan's face was filled with clouds. He couldn't hear a word what Mrs. Lu and Lin Shanyue were saying.
Lin Shanyue suddenly stopped chatting with Mrs. Lu and suggested gently: "Jingchuan, you seem to be worried about Secretary Shen. I think she is a little uncomfortable, so why don't you go and see her off first."
Before Lu Jingchuan could answer, Mrs. Lu hurriedly interrupted: "Ayan has gone to... Jingchuan?"
Lu Jingchuan hurriedly said thank you to Lin Shanyue, turned around and chased out quickly.
The guests looked at each other in confusion, and Mrs. Lu's face turned dark.
Shen Zhinian was just angry for a moment and agreed to Lu Yan's proposal out of reluctance. At this time, he walked out of the hotel. The evening breeze blew and he felt much more awake. He stood two steps away from Lu Yan's car and said, "Thank you, sir." Mr. Lu comes to my rescue, but this is Mr. Lu’s birthday party after all, so please return as soon as possible.”
"She's right. You are my brother after all. Leaving my birthday party early would be too disrespectful to me." Lu Jingchuan answered unhurriedly.
Seeing that Lu Jingchuan actually chased him out, Shen Zhinian's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he didn't even dare to look back at Lu Jingchuan's face.
Lu Yan paused while opening the car door, smiled knowingly, and said as if he was bored: "My good brother said so, of course I will not take away people's beauty, so you guys have a good talk and make sure to send Miss Shen home safely."
After saying this, he returned to the venue calmly and unscathed.
Shen Zhinian took a deep breath, lowered his head and said to Lu Jingchuan, "Mr. Lu, please go back too. Mrs. Lu and Miss Lin may not be very happy."
"Why do you want to guess Shan Yue without permission? She asked me to come out to see you off." Lu Jingchuan was in a irritable mood, venting his emotions without causing trouble.
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhinian completely regained her composure from her throbbing. She no longer struggled to refuse, but nodded and accepted her kindness: "Then it's Mr. Lu's trouble."
While they were talking, Lu Jingchuan's car drove over, and the parking boy handed the keys to Lu Jingchuan. Shen Zhinian walked around the front of the car and got into the passenger seat, fastening his seat belt without saying a word.
Lu Jingchuan seemed to be angry too, he just looked at the road ahead and drove silently.
Shen Zhinian thought for a while but took the initiative to break the silence: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, I hope it didn't embarrass you."
"As long as you don't talk to Lu Yan less, I won't be so embarrassed." Lu Jingchuan hummed coldly, as if he was waiting for her to speak.
Her expression changed slightly, her lips moved but she said nothing.
Thinking that she was unconvinced, Lu Jingchuan glanced at her quickly and added coldly: "If others knew that the Lu family's son was interested in a secretary, they would probably laugh out loud."
Shen Zhinian's body froze, her eyes were hot, and the tip of her nose was sore. She felt grievances and insults welling up at the same time. She suppressed her tears and refrained from answering.
"It seems that you know this yourself." The less she spoke, the more uncomfortable Lu Jingchuan became, and the more he forced her to speak, but when she did, she would say harsh words that hurt people's hearts.
This creates a vicious cycle.
The silence that was finally broken returned to its original state again.
Shen Zhinian stared at his fingers that were intertwined with each other the whole time, his heart was filled with despair, and he remained silent until Su Mang was downstairs.
She thanked her quickly and reached out to pull the door handle. She pulled it but didn't pull it. She didn't want to face Lu Jingchuan directly, so she kept pulling the car door sideways and asked, "Mr. Lu, help unlock the door."
But Lu Jingchuan turned a deaf ear.
Shen Zhinian gave up struggling and leaned back on the backrest, looking resigned.
"Aren't you curious about what I wanted to say when I asked you out?" After a long silence, Lu Jingchuan took the initiative to ask.
"I was curious at first, but now I can't. You should probably say something to stop me from overestimating my abilities." Shen Zhinian's patience was also exhausted during the long wait, and he pointed it out straight to the point: "What you said to Miss Lin I heard it all."
The car fell silent briefly.
After a moment, Lu Jingchuan asked with an indifferent expression: "So?"
Shen Zhinian's head suddenly shook, yes, so what? Lu Jingchuan didn't need to be responsible or accountable to her.
"It's nothing, I just told Mr. Lu that I don't need to mention it anymore. If there's nothing else, please let me get off the car." She smiled bitterly and replied calmly.
After all, Lu Jingchuan didn't say anything more, unlocked the door and let her get out of the car.
Shen Zhinian stood outside the car and bowed deeply to Lu Jingchuan. She twisted her long skirt and turned around. Tears fell instantly. She was overwhelmed with sadness, sweeping through her emotions.
She raised her hand to wipe away her tears so that she would not be so embarrassed.
Unfortunately, the high heels got stuck in the bayonet, and the roots fell off when they were pulled out. She sprained her feet and fell to the ground.
Stinging pain came from the palm of his hand and his calf. Shen Zhinian felt even more aggrieved and struggled to hold up his body.
The pain in her sprained foot was unbearable, and she couldn't get up for a while. She planned to call Su Mang to ask her to come down and pick her up.
Just as he took out his cell phone to send a message, his whole body suddenly became airborne, and the familiar smell of perfume invaded his nasal cavity. Lu Jingchuan hugged her with a cold face, frowning: "How can such a big person twist his feet and still not get up?"
Shen Zhinian had no time to blush and her heart beat at this moment. She only felt the humiliation doubled and subconsciously tried to make amends for herself: "I just didn't see the gap in the ground. Mr. Lu can let me down."
Lu Jingchuan seemed to have turned off his hearing at this moment and carried her to the door.
By coincidence, Su Mang was not at home. She took out her key, opened the door, and pointed to the sofa: "Just put me there."
Lu Jingchuan did as he was told.
"Please help me close the door when Mr. Lu leaves, thank you." Shen Zhinian reluctantly put on a smile to see off the guest.
But Lu Jingchuan remained unmoved and asked, "Where is the medical kit?"
Shen Zhinian was lame on one leg and couldn't drive people away. He sighed helplessly, pointed to the location of the medical box, and said casually: "Mr. Lu, just bring it for me. You probably don't know how to bandage it."
Perhaps this sentence stimulated Lu Jingchuan's self-esteem. After finding the medicine box, he squatted next to the sofa without saying a word, lifted her feet to check, and rummaged for medicinal oil.
Shen Zhinian glanced at it and corrected lightly: "It's the bottle next to it. Mr. Lu, just give it to me. You won't...eh?"
Lu Jingchuan directly put her feet on his knees, carefully applied the medicinal oil on the ground, slowly kneaded them with his warm palms, and patiently massaged them patiently.
She stared at his flawless profile, and an impulse made her blurt out: "Mr. Lu, what did you want to say when you asked me today?"
"Don't you want to know?"
Lu Jingchuan still had the energy to tease him back, and paused before answering: "I've had a lot of misunderstandings about you recently, so I wanted to take this opportunity to make some compensation to you, but it seems I failed."
