And also I love how Chengyu and Yan Mu stealing glances to each other…
Chapter 15: Judging a person based on appearance?
After knocking twice at the door of President Yan's office, Chengyu heard Yan Mu's voice to let them in, thus he opened the door and turned around to let Yan Lao San in. When the two black-clad bodyguards were going to follow in, he raised his hand over and stopped them, then he said with a smile, “Why don't you wait outside the door?”
Two bodyguards looked at how Lu Chengyu raised his hand just now and they knew that this man was somewhat skilled. Since it wasn't proper to make a scene on other person's territory, they all look up to Yan Lao San and wait for his instruction.
Yan Lao San's face was dark and gloomy, but he still instructs the two bodyguards to stay outside with his eyes. He takes off the cigar from his mouth, clip it in between his fingers and says with ridicule tone, “My worthy nephew raised a good dog.”
“Dogs have a lot of hair. I don't like them.” Yan Mu slightly wrinkled his eyebrows when he saw Yan Lao San was shaking off the cigar ashes down on the floor, “Third uncle (San Shu), just because you like dogs, don't a.s.sume everyone will like them”
Yan Lao San, who has been countered by Yan Mu's words, choked for a while. Then he sat down on the sofa, he pointed to the man behind him, “This is Huangchuan, mine and your third aunt's nephew and he is your brother, get acquainted with him.”
Yan Mu raised his lower eyelids and looked at the man behind him, who was slightly fat, short and ugly. He silently shifted his eyes and looked at Lu Chengyu several times before expressionlessly saying, “My brothers' surname is Yan and Mu.” (T/N: His dad is from Yan Family, while his mom is from Mu family, don't confuse it with Yan Mu's name and as for why he looks at Chengyu is because Huangchuan is quite ugly, so he needs to clean his eyes by looking at handsome Chengyu)
Instantly, Yan Lao San's face was facing down because of shame, he throws his cigar on the floor and grinds it with his shoe's sole, then he said calmly, “If you say that, you simply don't think much of your third aunt?”
“You are the one who supposed to take care of the third aunt, Third Uncle, don't confused about this relationship,” said Yan Mu while reclining back to his chair, “Third Uncle's joke just now is not funny.”
“You!” Yan Lao San was angry and forcefully rushed forwards as if he wants to attack Yan Mu. His two bodyguards who were standing at the door saw the situation and immediately hasten to enter the office. But before they can do anything, suddenly they felt pain on their lower abdomens, and in an instant, they realized they were kicked towards the office's wall and even knocked down the bonsai tree at the corner.
Such a big movement let the angry Yan Lao San honestly stop. At the same time, several people in the room looked at the young man that standing at the door smiling.
“I'm sorry, my leg accidentally cramped,” Lu Chengyu went to the nearest bodyguard and stooped down to reach out to the man and try to help him up. This action frightened the bodyguard and he shrinks back, his whole body was close to the corner and didn't dare to reach out.
Lu Chengyu stood up and patted the dust on his trouser legs. He smiled at Yan Lao San and said, “Excuse me, I'm disturbing your conversation, please continue.”
Yan Lao San swallowed his saliva. How could he get angry? He was choked back to his stomach by Chengyu's movement. He looks at his two bodyguards huddled in the corner and looks at the Yan Mu's who didn't change his expression from beginning to end, he had to endure his anger. He returns to the sofa and sits down, “I came to see you today for the sake of my nephew.” He didn't wait for Yan Mu's reply and continue to say, “I heard that you are looking for a contractor for a project in Jin Hexian recently. You might as well leave it to Huangchuan. This boy is careful and sure to do well.”
Huangchuan immediately facing Yan Mu to win favour by fawning and give a pleasant smile to him. When he smiles, his five senses [1] instantly muster in the same place, which looks really hideous. Lu Chengyu who stood beside with a smile plastered on his face suddenly thinks to himself, the artists who had been doing unwritten rules with Huangchuan in his past life must have good psychological quality. Otherwise, how could they calmly face such a person?
[1] 五官 [wǔ guān]: five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears); facial features
Huading bought a piece of land in Jin Hexian. Due to the land size is quite small, this land is suitable to build a small residential area and even the construction plan has been designed, but the construction team has not yet been determined. Yan Lao San's trip here is nothing more than to let Huading hand over the matter to Huangchuan.
Although Jin Hexian's project seems small and not worth mentioning, it is still able to bring profit to Huading, and any mistake in doing this project will cost a lot of money.
For Yan Mu, although Jin Hexian is not a big project invested by Huading, it is impossible to hand over construction plan of a small residential area to an unfamiliar person. He looked at Huangchuan, who has been smiling and showing his missing teeth, Yan Mu quickly move his eyes away from this man, “The staff that involve in Jin Hexian has already talked the construction team. Since Mr Huang is the third uncle's nephew, how can he be handling these insignificant small matters?”
“As long as the young people are willing to endure hardship, why not giving it to him?” said Yan Lao San while laughing, “What's more, it's only a small investment in Jin Hexian. What's the reason you can't rest a.s.sured with my nephew?”
“I wonder if Mr Huang has a construction qualification certificate?” At this time, Lu Chengyu slowly opened his mouth and said, “The reputation of Huading's construction of residential communities is known as second to none in this industry. The reason, of course, is that Huading's building quality is good and the residents can trust it, so the choice of contractors is very important. I wonder what buildings Mr Huang has built before?”
In the real estate sector, some people will get the contract for building houses and then spend money to rent other people's construction qualification certificates, so that they can build houses smoothly and make a good profit. Huangchuan probably belongs to this category, because Chengyu knows very well what Huangchuan used to do, which is absolutely not related to architecture.
When Huangchuan heard Lu Chengyu's question, his original smiling face suddenly became stiff and he stammered, “This… I have only recently begun to enter this industry, which requires more support from President Yan, more support.”
“That is to say, Mr Huang, you haven't worked in this field before?” Lu Chengyu smiled meaningfully. While Huangchuan is in trance, Chengyu suddenly said, “I don't know whether you want tea or coffee. I'll prepare it for you.”
“No need,” Yan Lao San looks angrily at Lu Chengyu, and his tone was even worse, he stood up, “Think about what my nephew asked. Since you are busy, I'll leave first,”
He went to Lu Chengyu and looked at the smiling young man. He stretches out one of his hand and pat him on the shoulder and said, “Young man, really brave.”
Lu Chengyu smiled and bowed his head, he said, “Thank you Mr Yan San for your praise. This younger generation is not worthy of it.”
“Humph!,” Yan Lao San take off his hand from Chengyu's shoulder and left. When Huangchuan saw the situation, he said goodbye to Yan Mu and then followed him out. While walking outside, Huangchuan looked again at the handsome young man standing at the door. He saw that the young man showed a strange smile to him.
He went out of the office and walks toward the elevator. Then he saw the two bodyguards behind his uncle covering their abdomen, he sighs with emotion and said: “Who was that young man just now, President Yan's secretary? He looks so young.”
“Who knows what he is,” sneered Yan Lao San, “He just graduate this year and yet being transferred to work beside Yan Mu. Only they know themselves what kind of fishy things happen between them.”
When Huang Chuan heard this, his mind suddenly thinks in a crooked way. It was not impossible that President Yan is the same as him. He looks so proper that Huangchuan didn't think Yan Mu is the same as him.
But that young man just now looks really delicious. No wonder even President Huading is attracted to him.
The president's office was calm again. Yan Mu saw Lu Chengyu bending over to tidy up the bonsai tree that had just been knocked over by Yan Lao San's bodyguards and he asked, “You know that Huangchuan just now?” Otherwise, people like Lu Chengyu would not have that kind of att.i.tude just now.
Luo Chengyu placed back that bonsai tree at an attractive angle in the office. After he heard Yan Mu's question, he claps his hand and said: “I've heard about this man. He has some problems in his character. If Jin Hexian's project is given to him to do it, it will be a small matter for him to gain profit by underhand means. If he slacks off and reduced the material quality of the building, it will be a big problem.”
“Well, Huading's buildings can't be handed over to such people.” said Yan Mu while nodding and he added, “The man's appearance is not very good either.”
Lu Chengyu silently glanced at Yan Mu and nodded his head, agreeing with Yan Mu's statement. Sc.u.m like Huangchuan, living is truly a sin. Such a person who lacks virtue, talent and appearance, how many mistakes did his parents make that such a green-rice son who is full of defects can partic.i.p.ate in the life race and attain the first place?
Yan Mu looked at the bonsai tree that had been placed back in new angle by Chengyu, “Just now, thank you so much.”
“I'm your a.s.sistant. It's my professional ethics to deal with these problems.” said Lu Chengyu while smiling, “I haven't been exercising lately, and my feet haven't been strong enough.”
Yan Mu can't help but place his hand on his abdomen and speak with a solemn tone, “It's already great.”
“Thank you for your compliment,” Lu Chengyu looked at the time and said, “It's almost five o'clock. I'll talk to you during the personnel meeting. I'll go out first.”
Yan Mu look at the closed door, start to concentrate on his doc.u.ment, but still from time to time, he looks up at the bonsai tree that has been well placed.
At the end of the day, Lu Chengyu saw that he did not need to work overtime. He went to his car at the underground parking lot and drive back home. Then he saw Yan Lao San and Huangchuan sit in a car, side by side. They are smiling and there is no trace of anger can be seen in their face, unlike when they leave the office room that afternoon.
They left the President's office before 5 p.m and yet now they are leaving Huading. Did Yan Lao San bring Huangchuan to meet someone in the company after they left the office earlier?
Lu Chengyu starts the engine, control the car's speed and he steadily drive his car out from the underground parking lot. The afterglow of sunset did not make him feel warm, but only make him feel hot. In summer, if you see the sunlight, you will only feel hot.
While turning on the air conditioner in his car, Chengyu sneered. Huangchuan really wants to use Huading but it won't be easy.
Sure enough, Huangchuan visited Huading several times in the next few days and invited people from Huading management to have dinner. However, since there is no one on top management has relented, no one dared to answer Huangchuan's request.
A few days later in the afternoon, Lu Chengyu had just come out of the elevator and walks towards his car. He had not yet reached his car, and suddenly, a man came out of the elevator. After recognizing the person, Chengyu pretended to be frightened and did not see the person clearly. He kicked the person to the ground with one foot.
After the man fell heavily to the ground and made a dull noise, Lu Chengyu was surprised and said, “Isn't this Mr Huang? I just beat a purse-stealer the other day, when I see someone rush over, I thought someone is taking revenge onto me, that's why just now I moved my foot. I didn't think it was you, I'm so sorry.”
“It's alright, it's alright.”Huang Chuan stood up with a bitter laugh over his protruding stomach, “It's just a misunderstanding, Is Mr Lu already off the job?”
Lu Chengyu raised his eyebrows. It seems like Huangchuan had inquired about him. Otherwise, how could he know his surname? “Is there any injury to Mr. Huang? Why don't you go to the hospital?” Chengyu knows a technique of kicking foot but not leaving any trace and yet it is very painful. It can be seen from the sweat on Huangchuan's forehead and his pale face.
“Don't worry, I'm not hurt,” said Huangchuan while laughing. “I'm here today to invite Mr Lu to have dinner together. I wonder if you have time for Mr Lu?”
Although Lu Chengyu likes to eat without paying, he really has no appet.i.te for people like Huangchuan. When he just about to reject Huangchuan's offer, he heard footsteps behind him. Chengyu couldn't help but looks back and saw Yan Mu coming out of the elevator with a straight back and firm pace. It might because of Huangchuan's face hurting his eyes, but this time, when Chengyu was looking at Yan Mu, he felt that there was an aura of “I'm handsome, I'm rich, I'm president” all over Yan Mu's body.