Chapter 117: Dinner Tonight

"Then call him and ask him." After what happened last night, he probably wanted her to leave as soon as possible. She also felt that it was better to leave as soon as possible so that they wouldn't have to deal with the same situation tonight.

The assistant went outside to call Lu Xiangdong.

After the call, the assistant returned to her side. He said politely, "President Lu said that he has almost finished here. He asked if you could wait for a few more days and then go back with him."

Su Mianmian frowned. She couldn't wait a few more days, she had work!

"Tell CEO Lu that I can't wait that long. I'm going back to the mainland today."

The assistant said awkwardly, "This is CEO Lu's request. I really can't make the decision for him."

Su Mianmian didn't want to make things difficult for him. She waved her hand and said, "Alright, go do your work. I'll wait for him to come back and talk to him personally."

The assistant let out a sigh of relief. "Yes, then I'll go do my work. If you need anything, you can call me."

She nodded and told him to go and do his work.

Su Mianmian did not leave the house the whole day. She waited for Lu Xiangdong to come back, but he did not know that she had been staying at home all day. It was already eight at night and he had an appointment with a client.

The assistant was too scared to disturb Lu Xiangdong while he was entertaining the client. He waited for the client to leave before he told Lu Xiangdong about Su Mianmian.

He looked at his watch and saw that it was already eleven at night. There was a trace of reproach in his eyes as he scolded the assistant for not telling him about this earlier.

The assistant had not wanted him to be distracted.

As soon as he left the bar, he immediately gave Su Mianmian a call.

Su Mianmian was sitting on the living room sofa watching television when she heard her phone ring. She threw her remote control, picked up her phone, and answered.

"Have you had dinner?" he asked with concern.

"No." She had little money on her, and she had not wanted to ask him for money. She had only eaten some potato chips that she had bought from the plane.

He asked her what she wanted to eat and told her that he could bring it to her now.

Su Mianmian sighed. "If I knew you would come back so late, I would have just gone to bed."

She sounded helpless. She leaned back against the sofa. "I can buy anything."

After hanging up, Lu Xiangdong started the engine.

The door to the bedroom locked and Su Mianmian woke up from the sound. She rubbed her eyes and sat up straight. She saw Lu Xiangdong walking towards her with a midnight snack.

"You must be hungry. Come and eat." He took the food out for her.

Su Mianmian was indeed hungry. All she could think about was food, so she forgot everything that happened last night.

Lu Xiangdong sat beside her and watched her wolf down her food. He did not want to smoke in front of her, so he got up and walked to the window. He lit a cigarette and stood a little further away from her, not wanting to affect her appetite.

Su Mianmian looked up at his back and sensed that he had a lot on his mind. The cigarette butt in between his fingers and was about to burn his skin. "Your- your cigarette!"

He turned around and flicked his cigarette into the ashtray. His voice was low and hoarse. "I'll go upstairs to read. After you finish eating, go back to your room and sleep."

Su Mianmian quickly called out, "Lu Xiangdong, I want to return to the mainland tomorrow."

He stopped, stood where he was, and nodded.

She did not expect to get his permission so easily. Su Mianmian felt a little uncomfortable.

Early in the morning, she began to pack her things. Lu Xiangdong had not gone out yet. He was probably going to send her to the airport later.

"Lu Xiangdong, I've already packed my things. We can set off now."

"Pack my things as well and we'll go back together."

She was stunned. "You've settled everything here?"

"Yes, I've almost settled everything."

She pursed her lips. No wonder he had agreed to her request so readily last night. He was planning to return home as well!

"Are you done packing?" he asked gently.

Su Mianmian was startled by his sudden voice. She turned around and nodded at him.

He picked up their luggage. "Follow me."

Su Mianmian looked around the room. She didn't think she had left anything behind. She closed the door and went out.

Lu Xiangdong put their luggage in the back of the car.

Su Mianmian sat in the car.

The company had specially arranged for someone to pick them up. They hadn't expected that person to be Qi Chuyan.

Qi Chuyan saw Lu Xiangdong and Su Mianmian from afar. She had heard that the two of them had gone to Hong Kong together. Someone else was supposed to pick them up, but Qi Chuyan had found Li Mingzhe and asked him to let her pick them up. Li Mingzhe knew that Qi Chuyan was very sensitive. He did not want to offend her, so he handed the task of picking them up over to her.

So, when Qi Chuyan appeared at the airport, Su Mianmian was not the only one who was shocked.

"Brother Xiangdong." Qi Chuyan held his arm intimately, completely disregarding Su Mianmian.

Lu Xiangdong frowned and looked at Su Mianmian behind him. Su Mianmian pretended not to see and lowered her head. She touched the bag on her shoulder.

"Did the company send you to pick me up?" After taking the opportunity to speak, he gently pulled her hand off. Although she was his sister, it was not appropriate to pull her in public, not to mention that Su Mianmian was present.

Qi Chuyan shrugged. "I heard that you went to Hong Kong and were coming back today, so I came to pick you up and also to see you."

"Chuyan, get in the car. If there's anything to talk about, we'll talk when we get back to the company."

Before she left, she looked at Su Mianmian provocatively. Her eyes were clearly saying, 'don't think that I'll call you sister-in-law. You're not worthy.'

Su Mianmian pursed her lips. Qi Chuyan had never been kind to her, so she was used to it.

"Let's go. What are you thinking about?" Lu Xiangdong called out.

She came back to her senses and said with a faint smile, "I won't take your car. It's not on the same road as yours. I'll just hitch a ride back myself."

She didn't want to ride in the same car as Qi Chuyan. How could Lu Xiangdong not see through her scheme?

"I'll send you home, then I'll drive back to the company. We are still quite a distance from the villa. It'll take a long time to get there by car." He didn't want to leave her alone at the airport. He felt better about sending her back himself.

Su Mianmian thought about it. What he said wasn't unreasonable. It would cost at least a few hundred yuan to get there by car. It would be better to save this money to buy clothes.

"Then I'll have to trouble you." Qi Chuyan walked past him to the Land Rover. When she opened the back seat door, she deliberately lowered the window and said to Su Mianmian, "Sorry, I've always liked to sit in the front. Would you mind if I took your seat?''

How could she not mind? But she knew that, with Lu Xiangdong present, saying this would probably be interpreted as 'sour'. She forced out a stiff smile. "Vice President Qi, if you want to sit, just sit. I'm the exact opposite of you. I like to sit in the back. If there's a collision, the person sitting in the front usually dies faster."

Qi Chuyan felt tricked by her. Her face instantly darkened. "Chengwu Su, how can you say that? Are you cursing brother Xiangdong to die early?"

This woman was mad!

"I'm just stating the facts. Why don't you take a seat?" She crossed her arms.

"Chuyan, fasten your seatbelt." Lu Xiangdong sat in the car and closed the door.

Qi Chuyan buckled her seatbelt in a childish manner. She turned around and glared at Su Mianmian.

Su Mianmian looked back at her. 'What?' she thought to herself, 'Do you think that because you have Lu Xiangdong to support you, you can bully me?' She knew she was not soft, Su Mianmian would not let her do whatever she wanted.

The space in the car was small to begin with. Coupled with the smell of gunpowder on Qi Chuyan's body, the air was filled with a suffocating smell. Su Mianmian did not want to argue with her, so she put on her headphones and listened to music.

As long as Su Mianmian ignored her, Qi Chuyan was like a deflated balloon. She could not find a target to vent her anger on, so her anger naturally subsided.

Lu Xiangdong turned a blind eye. As long as they did not quarrel in front of him, he would not say anything. He sent Su Mianmian out of the villa and turned to her. "I might not come back for dinner tonight. You can order takeout or make something yourself."

Su Mianmian nodded, closed the door, and stood outside the car.

Before the car drove off, she heard Qi Chuyan say to Lu Xiangdong, "Brother Xiangdong, let's go out for dinner tonight. We haven't gone out for dinner together for a long time."

She didn't hear what Lu Xiangdong's answer was because he drove away after that.

So what if they went out for dinner together? Lu Xiangdong and Qi Chuyan were blood-related siblings. Even if Qi Chuyan had some impure thoughts and wanted to pounce, Lu Xiangdong wouldn't do as she wished.

Lu Xiangdong would not sleep with just any woman, not to mention his own cousin. He would not do anything outrageous.

After telling herself this, Su Mianmian felt much better. She turned around and walked into the villa happily.

She could either order takeout or cook dinner tonight. She thought it would be better to cook dinner herself and take the opportunity to improve her cooking skills.