Cao Jingshen cleaned his ears to make sure that what he heard just now was not his own illusion, so he said, âXiao Lu, you mean being togetherâŚâ
âItâs together,â Lu Chengyu smiled and stretched out his thumb, then bent it, âYou understand.â
âI donât want to understand at all,â Cao Jingshen wiped his face. âThe rumours about you on the Internet were very vigorous. I thought it was the people on the internet who were talking nonsense. I didnât expect it to be me who is too naive.â But, how could this be? The two people walked together so silently, so fast that he couldnât react.
âThis happened just a few days ago. I told you when I came to the company. Is it enough buddy?â Lu Chengyu lied on Cao Jingshenâs desk with a smile, âI havenât come to work these days. Thank you for your hard work.â
âWho is your buddy?â Cao Jingshen snorted, then looked at Lu Chengyu with a sceptical look, âYou tell me this, maybe you want me to prevent other women in the company from approaching the boss, right?â Itâs not that he is too careful, but Lu Chengyu was really thinking too much.
âHow is it possible that I am that kind of person?â Lu Chengyu sighed, âYou really donât know me, further with a self-disciplined person like Brother Mu, how could that happen.â
âYeah, I just know too much. Youâre here,â Although Cao Jingshen was not glaring at him, he still knew a little bit about Lu Chengyu. This person seemed to be personable, but in fact he was small-minded and loved to hold grudges. No matter how good his words were, he couldnât hide his fox-like nature, âThatâs why I doubted you.â
Lu Chengyu smiled and didnât refute. He raised his wrist and looked at the time, âForget it, Iâll go up and do things. Brother Mu stayed up late and worked overtime every night, and if he stayed up, I would be worried that it would affect his health.â
âOkay go,â Cao Jingshen drove Lu Chengyu out like a fly. He waited until the office door was closed and frowned.
âHow come the two of them are together?â As a straight man, Cao Jingshen didnât quite understand how people of the same gender fell in love, not to mention the resistance from the Yan family and the Mu family behind them. This kind of love affair that was not in line with secular values seems to be unopposed by many people on the internet, and even a large part of them were supportive. But in fact, after leaving the online world, many people could not accept homosexuality, and some even found it disgusting and perverted.
The reality was often more cruel and helpless than the internet, but no one could leave the herd and live alone[1] .
âBoss, this is the revised travel schedule.â Tang Xuan came in with the report. Seeing Cao Jingshenâs face was not so good, she smiled and said, âBoss, your expression seems as if you owe someone five hundred yuan, why is it so stinky?â
Cao Jingshen went through the schedule. This was a new schedule formulated by their secretarial department regarding the inspection of the branch next month. Because Lu Chengyu was injured, the plan was postponed for one month.
âSmall things,â Tang Xuan saw that Cao Jingshen didnât want to mention anything else, so she said, âThen I will go out.â
âWait a minute,â Cao Jingshen hesitated, then said, âAre there any strange rumours in the company recently?â
Tang Xuan raised her eyebrows and asked instead, âFor example, what kind of rumours?â Did the boss really start to be jealous of Assistant Lu?
âFor example⌠Mr. Yan and Assistant Lu?â Cao Jingshen gave a dry cough, âAre you there?â
âBoss, you donât believe these messy rumours too?â Tang Xuan frowned, thinking of someone in the company talking. There were various internal battles between other people and Lu Chengyu, so she asked with some suspicion, âBoss, Assistant Lu is not that kind of person, donât believe other peopleâs nonsense.â
Cao Jingshen looked at Tang Xuan speechlessly. He felt that the other party had misunderstood. He then helplessly said: âI am asking about the Boss and Assistant Lu, do you understand?â
Tang Xuan was stunned for a few seconds before she suddenly realized, âI understand, itâs all on the Internet. Donât take it seriously boss, you will lose.â After saying this, she remembered what happened in the elevator in the morning. In the scene, although the relationship between Boss and Assistant Lu was really good, she would never believe that the two first-class men had automatically paired, which was not in line with her outlook on life.
âI see, you can go out.â Cao Jingshen was relieved, knowing that no one in the company believed that Lu Chengyu and the boss had a relationship. After all, Lu Chengyu would be the one who was most affected after the incident came out.
After Tang Xuan got out of Cao Jingshenâs office, she glanced behind her with suspicion. Could it be that she really used a villainâs heart to judge a gentlemanâs belly[2] ?
In the afternoon, Lu Chengyu stayed in Yan Muâs office as usual. Every executive who came to Yan Mu would look at him a few more times, and then discuss some company decisions with Yan Mu in a very serious manner.
âAssistant Lu, there is a gentleman named Zhang Hong at the front desk who wants to see you.â The phone from the front desk called directly to the presidentâs office, which made Lu Chengyu a little unable to look directly at him. Dis everyone in the company know that he was in the presidentâs office all day?
âI see, he is my friend. Please lead him to the hospitality room and I will be there, right away.â Lu Chengyu knew that Zhang Hong was not a person who came to the company to find him without reason, so he logged out of the webpage and wiped his login traces.
âYour college friend?â Yan Mu still had an impression of Zhang Hong, so when the front desk mentioned this name, he knew who it was. âGo down and have a look.â
âOkay.â Lu Chengyu nodded and closed his notebook. He put the computer on the sofa, adjusted the collar and left the office. When he took the elevator to the reception room for foreign guests, he saw Zhang Hong sitting on the sofa holding a cup of coffee. He seemed to have a leisurely manner. He felt like he was thinking a little bit more.
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âWhy are you here?â Lu Chengyu walked to Zhang Hong and sat down, patted him on the shoulder, âI havenât seen you for a while, you seem to be a lot darker.â
âItâs all because of going out for business,â Zhang Hong, a big man, didnât care about his skin. He just saw Lu Chengyuâs beautiful appearance, and suddenly felt that his appearance scores had been compared a lot. He sighed, âForget it, I donât have to be handsome in front of you. I came today because we wanted to find Huading Investment for a project in our company. The manager knew that I was a classmate with you, so he sent me to the back door.â
âWhat project âLu Chengyu did not want his buddy to embarrass himself,â Iâll take a look. â
Zhang Hong put the contracts in Lu Chengyuâs hand, âEven though we are brothers, you donât have to make things difficult for yourself. Anyway, I am only being trained by the manager. It doesnât matter if I donât get this project.â
âYou think I can open the back door for you, but Iâm a good and honest young man.â Lu Chengyu smiled and took the planning book. After reading it through, he found this project and the development plan to be very innovative, and he remembered that Zhang Hong mentioned the cooperation with Huading in the previous life, and in the end both parties made a lot of money.
âThis planning book is very well done. It is very innovative and close to life. I will show it to the boss for you. As for whether the boss can agree or not, it is not my decision.â Lu Chengyu closed the planning book. âHowâs the company doing?â
âItâs not like that,â Zhang Hong said with a smile. Obviously, he was more comfortable at work. âItâs no big trouble. Itâs not as good as your development, even the front desk downstairs. After the receptionist heard that I was your friend, she became more enthusiastic about me.â
âI am a genius, and most people are destined to get hurt more than I am,â Lu Chengyu joked, âSo, itâs normal to be inferior to me.â
âYou, this skin is thicker than riding on a rocket, but how could you grow so fast?â Zhang Hong knew that although Lu Chengyu was doing well now, he did not look down on his good buddies, so he didnât care about Lu Chengyuâs jokes. In other words, he dispelled the uncomfortable feeling of asking for Lu Chengyu help, âThank you for this matter today.â
âA word of thanks is fine. If the matter is settled, please invite me to dinner,â Lu Chengyu shook his head and said, âEverything is empty. Itâs safe to eat until you eat it.â
When the two were talking and laughing, suddenly the door of the reception room was knocked, and Lu Chengyu said, âCome in.â
âExcuse me,â the new secretary in the secretarial department knocked on the door. She gave Lu Chengyu a timid smile. âAssistant Lu, Mr. Cao asked me to give this to you.â
âThank you,â Lu Chengyu took the item and found it was a USB flash drive, so he put it in his pocket and said a thank you to the little one who brought it. The secretary smiled.
The little secretary left the hospitality room with a blushing face, and did not forget to close the door for the two of them.
âPeople like you are simply menâs enemies,â Zhang Hong knew that Lu Chengyu was busy with work, so he said, âOkay, I wonât delay your time. I will invite you to dinner when things are settled.â
âOkay.â Lu Chengyu was not polite to him, and stood up and said, âThen I will go up first, call me if I have anything else to do.â
Zhang Hong made a good gesture, turned around and left Huading. Friends for so many years, many times need not be so polite.
After he walked to the lobby downstairs, he saw the beautiful lady at the front desk smiling and saying goodbye to him. He was happy to walk out of the door of Huading Company. No wonder, Huading was more successful than their company, as even the smiles of their front desk sisters were gentler than their own companyâs front desk.