Chapter 3 The Innocence of a Man

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Could it be...

Is he here for hush money?

Su Muxue felt a wave of dizziness. She really couldn't think of any other reason why Lu Ning would appear at the company.

After all, a loser who struggled to make ends meet, living off picking up trash, would definitely think of extorting money as his first reaction after having an encounter with a wealthy woman worth over a hundred million.

Considering how hard he worked yesterday.

This money, old lady, will give!

Su Muxue quickly regained her composure and said indifferently, "Disperse!"

Having said that, her delicate, onion-white fingers pointed at Lu Ning, "You, come with me!"

"Me?"

Lu Ning was also a bit stunned. He hadn't expected the world to be so small.

It was only one night, and they ran into each other again.

"Yes!"

Su Muxue's face was cold. She nodded and then turned to enter the elevator.

"Yunyun, I'll be up for a bit."

After greeting Tang Yun, Lu Ning followed her up.

In the elevator, Su Muxue was expressionless, treating Lu Ning as if he were air.

Not until they entered a spacious and luxurious office did Su Muxue bite her lip and asked coldly, "Speak up, how much do you want?"

"Oh?"

Lu Ning realized that she thought he was here for money.

His lips curled slightly as he met Su Muxue's icy gaze and said playfully, "What do you think, the innocence of a man, how much is it worth?"

A man's innocence?

Su Muxue's mouth twitched. Was she not innocent either?

However, there was no point arguing with such a loser. She stretched out her fair fingers directly, "One million!"

"Too little!"

Lu Ning shook his head.

"You…"

Su Muxue's beautiful eyes widened, and she slapped the office desk, "Just say a price, how much do you really want?"

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Downstairs, the lobby.

The chubby leader, aided by two security guards, approached Tang Yun.

"Director Cai!"

Tang Yun bowed her head, her body trembling slightly.

She thought Lu Ning had just brought her to reason with the chubby leader, but instead, he went ahead and hit him.

Worst of all, the boss of the company witnessed it.

The beautiful female boss was rumored to have a powerful background and a ruthless disposition.

Lu Ning might end up in jail!

"What, scared now?"

The chubby leader's face held a hint of mockery, his voice full of grievance, "Originally, I wanted to give you a chance to lick my boots, but you didn't appreciate it. Now, I've changed my mind. I'll tell President Su that I've sustained a severe internal injury and probably can't serve the company anymore. Guess what President Su would do?"

"Ah... Director Cai, please don't do this. I beg you, spare my brother. He acted on impulse!"

Tang Yun pleaded with tears blurring her vision.

"Hmph, my stomach still hurts!"

Director Cai was just trying to scare Tang Yun.

Such a delicate and pure girl, how could he settle for just a one-off, under-the-table affair?

Only by letting her know who's in charge would she willingly become his plaything for the long term!

"Stomachache, is it? Let me massage it..."

Suppressing the churning in her stomach, Tang Yun extended her pale and tender hand, intending to massage the chubby leader's stomach.

Just then, with a ding, the elevator doors opened.

Seeing this scene, Lu Ning charged over in a flash.

"Slap..."

An ear-splitting slap resounded through the entire lobby.

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The chubby leader spun around like a top, taking a few turns before finally plopping down on the ground.

Shrieking like a shrew, she yelled, "You're finished! Not only will I send you to jail, but I'll also banish this little wench!"

"Sorry, but the person who is going to be banished is you!"

Lu Ning dusted off his palms, which bore no actual dust, and took Tang Yun's hand. "Let's go, the issue has been resolved!"

"Ah?"

Tang Yun was momentarily stunned but nodded her head. "Right, let's hurry up and leave before the police arrive and complicate things!"

"Security, stop them for me!"

Of course, the chubby leader would not let Lu Ning and Tang Yun leave.

At that moment, the front desk's landline phone rang, and the secretary answered, nodding continuously.

Then, clacking on her high heels, she arrived before the chubby leader. "Director Cai, the HR department wants you to settle your accounts. You've been fired!"

"Ah... impossible, you're lying to me. I'm going to see President Su!"

The color drained from the chubby leader's face, leaving her as pale as a ghost.

"Oh... The call just now was from President Su herself. She also said that the decision was posted on Wu City Chamber of Commerce's website. Congratulations, you've been banished!"

After saying that, the secretary pursed her lips into a smile and swayed back to the reception desk with her graceful figure.

She too had often been harassed by the chubby leader, so this sleazy old man finally got his comeuppance.

On the way back.

Lu Ning rode his electric scooter while Tang Yun clung to the hem of his jacket, pouting. "I didn't expect President Su to be that kind of person, to have Fatty Cai fired."

"Hmm, she's quite... nice!"

Lu Ning nodded earnestly.

Ring, ring...

At that moment, Tang Yun's phone rang.

Seeing it was Wang Ying calling, she answered, "Mom! Okay... my brother and I will be right there. Let's hurry to the hospital, Dad's condition has worsened!"

"Yunyun, don't panic, Uncle Tang surely will be okay!"

Lu Ning said with a grave voice.

Most people know only of Parasite Poison's harmful effects, but actually, it can save lives too.

As the Young Master of the Five Poisons Sect, his ability with Parasites was transcendently skilled!

Half an hour later, at the hospital.

"Where the hell have you been... Your dad is almost gone..."

The moment she saw Lu Ning and Tang Yun, Wang Ying started sobbing and scolding them.

"I'll go check on Uncle Tang, Yunyun, you stay with Auntie!"

Having said that, Lu Ning walked into the sickroom behind him.

No sooner had he entered when another group of people arrived hurriedly in the hospital corridor: "Quick, save my father!"

"Su... President Su?"

Tang Yun heard the woman's voice and instinctively called out.

Yet Su Muxue's attention was wholly fixed on the unconscious old man with a ghastly pale face; she heard none of Tang Yun's words.

Soon, the hospital director, experts, and department heads all rushed over, commencing emergency treatment on the unconscious elder in the nearest sickroom.

A few minutes later.

A smartly dressed Lin Zhengdong, accompanied by an elderly man in a white coat who looked to be ethereally wise, stepped out of the elevator.

"What... what are you doing here?"

Leaning against the wall, Su Muxue's eyes red with fury, glared fiercely at Lin Zhengdong.

"Oh, I came to tell you that your father has been stricken with Parasite Poison. Only this Divine Doctor Qin by my side can cure it," Lin Zhengdong said indifferently.

Last night, after leaving, Lin Zhengdong called Su Muxue's father, Su Yunshan, telling him his daughter was being promiscuous with a rag picker.

Su Yunshan replied that he didn't meddle in young people's affairs; as long as his daughter liked the person, even if it were a rag picker, he would accept him.

Lin Zhengdong was so enraged he smashed the phone right then.

He then commanded a subordinate, who had some knowledge of Parasite Poison, to sneak into the Su family and poison Su Yunshan.

Furthermore, he bribed Wu City's most renowned Divine Doctor Qin.

With that, Su Yunshan's life and death were firmly in his grasp.

As if to confirm Lin Zhengdong's statement, the hospital director pushed open the door, his expression extremely grave, "Miss Su, your father's been poisoned. Hurry up and transfer him!"