Chapter 126: He's not at Zhu Di's place

The car that Qi Chuyan drove away belonged to a man in his thirties. The assistant kept apologizing to him in the reception room and luckily he was reasonable. If he got his car back, he would pretend that nothing had happened and would not pursue Qi Chuyan. If the car had serious abrasions, he just needed to fix the car.

The assistant wiped his sweat. It was a lucky thing.

"Director Liao, do you mind waiting for me for another half an hour? I need to find your car. It won't take long." The assistant tried his best to smile. It was not his fault, but as an assistant, he had to deal with this.

Director Liao nodded slightly, lit a cigarette, and let him deal with it.

"Director Liao, while waiting please have some tea. I'll be right back." The assistant pushed open the glass door and ran out quickly.

As soon as he went out, he called Qi Chuyan. God knows where she went.

Lu Xiangdong was almost done taking photos, but Zhu di said that she wanted to eat something nearby. She had been in China for a month and had fallen in love with the delicacies here.

During the meal, he secretly sent a text message to ask the assistant about Qi Chuyan.

The assistant had looked for Qi Chuyan everywhere, and she wasn't picking up the phone. Just when he was at a loss, she came back in the luxury car.

"President, she's back." The assistant made a gesture of blessing.

Lu Xiangdong frowned and put his phone back into his pocket. Zhu Di asked curiously, "What's wrong, Senior? Do you have somewhere else to be?"

He didn't hide it from her. Something had happened on his side, and she probably had guessed it.

"Zhu Di, this meal is on me. Take your time to eat. I have something to do, so I have to leave." Lu Xiangdong picked up his coat.

Zhu Di held his hand and said with a smile, "Senior, I have a presumptuous request. I hope you can help me."

He turned his head to look at her. His intuition told him that whatever she wanted could not be good.

"I want to work in your company until the end of this winter." She was confident that he would not refuse her request, because he owed her this.

Lu Xiangdong narrowed his eyes and thought about her request.

Qi Chuyan got out of the car and walked arrogantly past the assistant. The assistant called out, "Vice President Qi, wait a moment."

"You want to give me a lesson?" she said with her arms crossed.

The assistant shook his head.

"Vice President Qi, I shouldn't have said that to you before. I apologize to you, but you have to go to the reception room with me because the owner of this car is waiting to see you."

Qi Chuyan was not in the mood to see the owner of the car. "Are you going to compensate me? How much? I'll pay."

"Miss Qi, even if you don't want to see me, you should at least apologize for your reckless behavior." A man held a cigarette in his hand and stood behind her with a cold gaze. It was obvious that he was a mature man with a successful career.

The assistant widened his eyes and quickly smiled. "Director Liao, I'm really sorry for making you wait for so long."

Liao Xing waved his hand. He didn't mind waiting for a long time. He put one hand in his pocket and slowly walked toward Qi Chuyan.

Qi Chuyan looked at this man who could be her father and said in a flat tone, "Director Liao, is it? Although I drove your car around, the car was not scratched at all. Just treat it as lending your car to me. Let's each take a step back. I'll give you 10,000 yuan and you can treat it as if nothing happened."

"You can't be so rude to a child. Name?" He spat a mouthful of smoke on her face.

Qi Chuyan waved the smoke in her face and glared at him.

The assistant quickly answered on her behalf, "This is Vice President Qi of the NEPC International Airlines. She's the biological sister of Director Lu."

"Shut up!" Qi Chuyan hated when others talked of her being Lu Xiangdong's sister. This made her feel that there was no hope between her and Lu Xiangdong.

"Okay." The man dragged out his speech meaningfully. He took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to her. "So it's CEO Lu's sister. I'm Liao Xing."

She couldn't even be bothered to stretch her hand. She pursed her lips. "Not interested."

Faced with her cold reaction, he wasn't annoyed. He put the business card back into his pocket and said with a straight face, "Qi Chuyan, remember what you said."

Liao Xing walked past her, opened the car door beside him, and sat in it.

Qi Chuyan couldn't help but look back at him. This man was really baffling. Was he threatening her?

This man gave off a cold and gloomy feeling. He could be her father, judging from how old he was. He would not try to find trouble with her, right? She released her hands that were crossed in front of her chest and entered the company without looking back.

The assistant clasped his hands together and said, "Fortunately, President Liao did not pursue the matter. Everything is going well."

* * * *

After Su Mianmian got off the plane, she immediately contacted Ouyang Que. The mastiff had stayed with her for long enough, and it was time to return him.

After Ouyang Que received the call, he said that he would meet her at a coffee shop in half an hour. He asked her to bring the mastiff to the coffee shop.

Su Mianmian returned to the villa and took the mastiff away from the servant who was taking care of it.

"Madam, did you just get off the plane?"

She nodded, not understanding why the servant would ask such a question. She was in a hurry and did not have time to chat with her.

The servant guessed that Madam must not know what happened at the company, which was why she was so calm.

"Do you have something to say to me?" Su Mianmian asked her.

She said awkwardly, "Actually, it's not a big deal. I heard from the butler that when he went to pick up the Young Master, he saw the Young Master with a foreign woman. And the woman was preparing to enter the Young Master's company to work. Madam, you have to be more careful!"

Su Mianmian was sure that the woman she was talking about was Zhu Di. She wanted to enter the NEPC International Airlines. Lu Xiangdong should not have agreed to it!

"Madam, you must not tell the Young Master about this. I'm afraid that the Young Master will scold me for being nosy," the servant whispered.

Su Mianmian glanced at her. If she was afraid that Lu Xiangdong would be angry, why did she tell her about this? Did it make her feel better?

"Okay, I got it. I have something to take care of. Go and do what you need to do." She led the mastiff to the fence, pushed open the gate, and went out.

Ouyang Que stood up to greet her.

"Mianmian! I'm over here!"

Su Mianmian led the mastiff to the table he was sitting at.

"I'll hand the mastiff to you now. Are you okay with it?" She sat down and took a sip of cold water.

He smiled and said, "It shouldn't be a problem. My sister-in-law and the others will return to the country tomorrow. I'll bring it back and let my sister-in-law watch over it."

She nodded. "That's good. But there's something I have to confess to you. The mastiff has been injured and there are still scars on it. Please apologize to your sister-in-law for me."

At the mention of scars, the mastiff became very unhappy. It pawed at Su Mianmian. Although it had only been with Su Mianmian for a few days, it had already fallen in love with her.

Ouyang Que looked at the mastiff. "It's alright. It seems that the mastiff has fallen in love with you."

Su Mianmian squatted down and patted its head. She then passed the dog leash to Ouyang Que and said somewhat reluctantly, "Mastiff, I'm leaving. When you go back, listen to your master properly. Don't cause trouble everywhere."

"Mianmian, it's a dog. It won't cause trouble," Ouyang Que said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

She was only trying to liven up the atmosphere. Actually, she quite liked the mastiff, but it was someone else's pet. She couldn't take away someone else's love.

"Ouyang Que, I won't send you off. I'll be leaving now." Su Mianmian stood up and picked up her bag from the sofa. She put it on her shoulder and waved at him and the mastiff.

The mastiff raised its two front legs and whimpered. Ouyang Que told it to sit properly, but the mastiff spun around on the spot. It was probably very sad when it saw Su Mianmian leave.

Su Mianmian looked back at the mastiff from time to time. She told herself to forget it, they wouldn't see each other again anyway.

Ouyang Que led the mastiff out and chased after her.

"Mianmian."

Su Mianmian opened the car door and looked back at him and the mastiff. She was very upset.

"The mastiff already likes you. You asked me to bring it back. What if it comes looking for you?" Ouyang Que said with a smile.

Su Mianmian looked at the mastiff. She believed that that kind of thing would not happen. After all, it was just a dog. As soon as it returned to its master's side, it would forget about her.

"It will soon forget about me. It just can't adapt for a while. It will be fine in a few days. I'm leaving." She forced herself not to look back at the mastiff. She fastened her seatbelt and wiped the steering wheel with both hands. She drove away from Ouyang Que.

She changed out of her slippers at the door and looked into the living room. She realized that he was still not back. He was probably still accompanying Zhu Di.

Just as she was about to go upstairs to rest, the phone in the living room rang. She walked to the landline, picked up the phone, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"You're back?"

The moment she heard his voice, Su Mianmian had the urge to hang up the phone. "What are you doing? Leaving food for you or helping you put in the bath water?"

He smiled faintly and said, "I'm not coming back tonight. I'm at the Lu family's villa."

If he wasn't coming back, why would he tell her all this? But she was relieved to know that he wasn't at Zhu Di's side.