Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Pay with flesh.

Li Ningxin, who was originally in high spirits, was suddenly stunned. He shrank his head guiltily, called out "Hello, Mr. Xiao" politely, and hurriedly got into the back seat.

Lin Mo said hello and also planned to go to the back row.

"Do you really think of me as your driver?" Lu Yanxiao glanced back and said indifferently.

Lin Mo had no choice but to close the back door and sit in the passenger seat.

Li Ningxin, who had been so righteous, temporarily cooled her temper. She watched closely, not daring to make a sound, fearing Lu Yanxiao would exploit the situation and come after them. Lin Mo, on the other hand, was afraid to say more and expose her relationship with Lu Yanxiao. So, they both sat in silence, a strange and uneasy feeling hanging in the air.

After the car had been driving for a while, Lu Yanxiao's voice suddenly broke the silence: "There are water and snacks in the bag in the back seat."

Li Ningxin turned around and was surprised to find that the big plastic bag was full of food.

She could choose not to speak, but it would be unreasonable for her not to respond when her boss spoke. Li Ningxin mustered her courage and forced a stiff smile, "Boss Xiao, can we eat everything in here?"

"Okay, I'll just prepare some food for you on the way."

The man continued to speak calmly, but Li Ningxin and Lin Mo were both stunned. Li Ningxin glanced at Lu Yanxiao suspiciously, then quietly poked Lin Mo's right shoulder. When Lin Mo turned around, she gestured for her to check her phone.

But before he could type, Lu Yanxiao spoke again: "It was arranged by the administration. It's also in that Mercedes-Benz."

"Oh, thank you, boss, and thank you company." Li Ningxin thanked him flatteringly and felt relieved for the time being.

Lin Mo looked back and saw a big bag of food.

Yesterday, Lu Yanxiao criticized Li Ningxin in the basement, which made her a little angry. Unexpectedly, he treated his junior sister well today and even prepared food for her. It seemed that he was trying to give in and make up for his mistake yesterday.

Lin Mo also smiled with relief: "Thank you, President Xiao."

"You're welcome, as long as you like it."

"I like it." Li Ningxin smiled and cheered. She hurriedly took out several packages from the bag, tore open the packaging one by one, and handed a bunch of them to Lin Mo. "Plums, nut chocolate, freeze-dried fruits..."

"That's enough. Eat it first and then take more." Lin Mo took it with both hands and asked Lu Yanxiao politely, "Mr. Xiao, do you want to eat it?"

"Yes, thank you."

Lin Mo put the food on the canvas bag, picked up a piece of chocolate and handed it to him.

Lu Yanxiao looked straight ahead, but glanced briefly at her from the corner of his eye: "I'm driving."

Lin Mo was slow to realize that she had dug a big hole for herself, and she also vaguely realized that she seemed to have misunderstood. Lu Yanxiao had no intention of backing down at all. Instead, he insisted on his position yesterday. Now it was clear that he was deliberately intending to expose himself in front of Li Ningxin!

"Can you peel it for me, Engineer Lin?"

Lin Mo was angry, annoyed and felt like she was on edge. She seemed to be able to sense Li Ningxin's inquiring eyes behind her, but she was in a difficult situation. She didn't say anything and could only bite the bullet and help Lu Yanxiao tear open the chocolate wrapper, and then hold it to his hand.

Lu Yanxiao looked straight ahead and showed no intention of answering.

Lin Mo: “…”

Do I have to let her feed me?

Lin Mo became more certain of her judgment.

She absolutely couldn't expose it in front of Ning Xin, and she was determined not to let Lu Yanxiao succeed, so she withdrew her arm and didn't give it to him for the time being. She held the chocolate and waited until the car stopped at a red light.

She raised her arm again and handed the chocolate to Lu Yanxiao: "Boss Xiao, this is for you."

Lu Yanxiao glanced sideways and saw a formulaic sweet smile on the girl's face, but her eyes clearly said: It's almost there.

"Thank you." He took the chocolate and put it in his mouth, then asked calmly, "Do you want to listen to some music?"

"Yes." Lin Mo responded positively.

I thought that some background music could avoid more communication, so let's play the music quickly. It would be best if everyone didn't say a word from now on and arrived at the flight base quietly and smoothly.

Watching Lu Yanxiao reach out and tap on the car screen, she leaned back in her chair with a sense of relief.

Closing your eyes and pretending to sleep is a good idea.

However, just before she closed her eyes, she caught a glimpse of the content on the screen and almost jumped up. A few words suddenly appeared above the screen - Lin Mo's playlist.

That Saturday after she got drunk, out of gratitude for Lu Yanxiao's care, she took the initiative to massage his shoulders and neck. When she wanted to play some background music, she found that Lu Yanxiao didn't have any music player software on his phone, so she downloaded it for him and helped him log in to her account. Unexpectedly, Lu Yanxiao, who rarely listened to music in the car before, actually played her music list, so a record was left on the car screen.

At this moment, the five words "Lin Mo's playlist" feel like a time bomb.

Lin Mo leaned over in panic and put out her hand to block the screen: "Let me connect the Bluetooth, Mr. Xiao, just focus on driving." Because she was too nervous and anxious, she pushed Lu Yanxiao's hand away and had physical contact with him so openly.

She subconsciously turned around to look at Li Ningxin, but fortunately, Li Ningxin was rummaging through the bag for food and didn't see her.

She turned around and gave Lu Yanxiao a decisive look, signaling him to look at the screen.

Lu Yanxiao looked at it, but didn't think anything of it. He actually smiled silently and tried to get Li Ningxin's attention in a frivolous way: "Students in the back, can you listen to some light music?"

Lin Mo: “…”

"It's all fine. You decide." Li Ningxin was still rummaging through the bag without even looking at them.

Lin Mo glared at Lu Yanxiao angrily, and while Li Ningxin wasn't paying attention, she quickly opened the music player app on her phone and pretended to tap the screen a few times to make it look like she had just connected.

"Okay, let's listen to my playlist." Finally finished, she breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in her chair.

At this moment, the phone vibrated with the sound of a message. Lin Mo lowered her eyes and glanced at it. It was a WeChat message from Li Ningxin.

Li Ningxin: [Senior Sister, I guessed right before, President Xiao likes you! I just checked carefully several times, and the bag is full of your favorite snacks and drinks.]

Li Ningxin: [(Snack Picture)]

It turns out that she has been focusing on this matter.

Lin Mo turned sideways so that her phone screen wasn't visible to Lu Yanxiao, and replied to Li Ningxin: [It's just a coincidence, they're all available at the convenience stores in the park.]

Li Ningxin: [This can't be a coincidence! Senior Sister, you have to trust my intuition, it's really accurate!]

Li Ningxin: [No matter what, you must be extremely careful and cautious. You must maintain control. This type of wealthy young man is the best at using sugar-coated bullets and using money to seduce people. He's also the easiest to make Cinderella fall for him, but in the end, Cinderella will definitely get hurt.]

Li Ningxin: [It’s better to choose Song Yue than him. ]

Lin Mo was slightly stunned. Before she could reply, Li Ningxin sent a new message.

Li Ningxin: [Although he's not as rich and powerful as Mr. Xiao, Song Yue is a good person. He has a good income and good looks. He's definitely more reliable than this wealthy young man.]

"She's trying to set you up with another man."

Lu Yanxiao’s words last night echoed in Lin Mo’s mind at this moment.

It turned out that he was not talking nonsense last night, and she had misunderstood him.

Lin Mo thought for a moment and replied to Li Ningxin: [Ningxin, I'm married.]

After sending it, she had already thought it through in her head. If Li Ningxin asked "With whom? When?", she would vaguely say "We met through a blind date and got married shortly after the Chinese New Year. We are both busy with work and have no plans for a wedding for the time being, so many people don't know about it." It wasn't a lie, but it was manageable.

However, after waiting for nearly two minutes, no one in the back row responded to her.

Lin Mo turned around and looked over, just as Li Ningxin suddenly sat up straight and raised her voice and said, "Senior Sister, are you married?" As she spoke, she cast her gaze at Lu Yanxiao, looking thoughtful.

Lin Mo was shocked. Could it be that she saw through it?

Lu Yanxiao naturally heard what Li Ningxin said. Although he kept his eyes on the front while driving, his body straightened up involuntarily. Lin Mo even saw the tip of his ear move slightly, obviously waiting to hear what they said next.

She could only take it one step at a time and say, "Yes, I'm married. You know, I usually don't announce things like this. Some people I know know, some don't."

"I understand, I understand."

Li Ningxin acted as if she didn't care at all. On the contrary, she seemed to be a little more excited. She rolled her eyes and glanced at Lu Yanxiao through the front view mirror, raising her voice again, "It's better to get married, so that others won't have any improper thoughts about you!"

Lin Mo: “…”

Lu Yanxiao: "..."

Therefore, Ning Xin was taking advantage of the situation to criticize Lu Yanxiao indirectly.

Tell Lu Yanxiao to stop having any improper thoughts about her?

The "danger" was resolved so easily and by accident.

Lu Yanxiao's face changed in the driver's seat. He gritted his teeth and was very unhappy, but he had to hold it in.

Lin Mo felt relieved, but she couldn't help feeling a little sorry.

When the vehicle arrived at the Nantian Flight Base and she and the team members walked towards the office building, she deliberately staggered a few steps away from the others. As she walked, she sent a WeChat message to Lu Yanxiao: [I'm sorry, I misunderstood you last night. My junior sister may not know that I'm married, so she just tried to match us up. I will talk to her seriously again.]

Lu Yanxiao replied immediately: [If you want to apologize, you must be sincere. Just saying sorry is not enough.]

Lin Mo: [What do you want?]

Lu Yanxiao: [Pay with flesh.]

Lin Mo was speechless. She glanced around and, after confirming that no one was paying attention, replied with two words: [Rogue.]

Lu Yanxiao: [? ]

Lu Yanxiao: [That night you said you didn't want to owe anyone anything, so how did you repay them?]

Lin Mo blushed and turned off the screen, not wanting to pay any more attention to him.

Everyone walked from the parking lot towards the administrative building, and they could see the general outline of the base wherever they passed.

The base has a long history, originally belonging to a certain unit. It was originally a small airport on the verge of abandonment. After the Lu family entered the drone industry, Lu Yanxiao bought the airport. After expansion, renovation, and a name change, it became the current Nantian Flight Base. In addition to being used for Lu's drone test flights, it also provides external drone flight training, helicopter pilot training, helicopter flight experience, and other services, and also undertakes various aviation exhibitions...

Therefore, the base's infrastructure is very complete and its operating system is relatively sound.

But for some reason, their work today didn't get off to a smooth start before it even officially began.

They were greeted by a thirty-year-old man named Ma Binbin, the base's project manager. He had been waiting outside the administration building. Upon seeing them, he apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, there was a problem with the coordination. The meeting isn't in this building, but somewhere else. I'll take you there."

The other building is not close to here and you need to take a shuttle bus to get there.

Ma Binbin spent nearly ten minutes on the phone, seemingly unable to dispatch a free vehicle. Finally, amidst his profuse apologies, the five of them had no choice but to walk. This delayed the meeting by twenty minutes.

The base engineers who attended the meeting were confused and felt that they had wasted their time in the conference room, so they were all a little upset.

"Let's get started." Without giving them any chance to explain, the base's chief engineer glanced at his watch. "We have other meetings later."

"Okay." Lin Mo didn't dare to delay and gave a wink to the rest of her team, asking everyone to take their seats and get ready.

The atmosphere was solemn and quiet, and you could almost hear a pin drop.

The main content of this meeting was the 2L simulated flight test.

It required the cooperation of Lin Mo's team and the base personnel. It went smoothly at first, but when the drone was about to touch the ground, a red light suddenly popped up on the screen, as glaring as an alarm.

Lin Mo was suddenly startled. She squinted her eyes to look at the screen and then at the document on the tablet, her brows tightly furrowed. This was a plan developed by their dispatched team and other colleagues from the research institute. There shouldn't be any problems.

However, during the third test, the alarm sounded again at the same place and at the same time.

"Don't try it, the landing gear is severely deflected." The chief engineer's attitude was not very good, and he was about to get up and leave. "Go back and investigate what went wrong, and try again."

"Could it be a problem with the sensor, Teacher Zhang? Let's adjust it and try again." Song Yue hurriedly stopped the chief engineer.

The chief engineer squinted at him, his expression intimidating without anger: "Are you sure?"

Song Yue shut up timidly, he was not sure.

However, after spending some time together, everyone in their group knew very well that Lin Mo had a strict plan for work, and each task was basically carried out within the time she planned. If today's meeting could not be completed smoothly, it would take several days to coordinate the personnel for a meeting later. So, with time being tight, they would definitely have to work overtime later.

Everyone in the group looked at Lin Mo for help.

As the team leader, Lin Mo was of course the most nervous one. However, the more she encountered such situations at work, the calmer she became. She stared at the tablet with bright eyes, slid the capacitive pen across the screen, and the three-dimensional model of the landing gear kept rotating in her mind. Her brain was like a machine, automatically magnifying and disassembling each part.

She blocked out all the sounds of people around her.

The chief engineer, who was about to leave, couldn't help but come over curiously to see what she was drawing on the screen.

"It's a problem with the shock-absorbing material." Lin Mo suddenly raised her head and asked Song Yue for confirmation. "What time is the work schedule for this afternoon?"

Song Yue: "Two-thirty."

Lin Mo nodded, then it’s still in time.

She then looked at the chief engineer and said, "Teacher Zhang, can you give me two hours? Our project schedule is really tight, and I hope to complete the original work schedule as smoothly as possible within today."

The girl's eyes were blazing, firm and confident, and the chief engineer was moved: "Okay, two hours at most."

"Of course. Thank you, Teacher Zhang."

No matter how talented a person or team is, there will always be times when they make mistakes. Moreover, during the simulation test phase, mistakes and repeated back and forth are the norm, and there will be no actual losses. It is just because it involves the cooperation of external companies that they will feel more pressure.

The four-person team went to the small conference room next door. Lin Mo quickly presented her adjustment plan and immediately arranged the work. "There's no need for major structural changes. Two hours will definitely be enough. I'll be responsible for issuing a detailed written plan. Meanwhile, Ning Xin, you'll be responsible for contacting Director Shen, and Liu Jun, you'll be responsible for contacting Director Feng or Sister Zhao Xi. Confirm the feasibility of the plan I just mentioned with them over the phone. We need to verify it quickly."

Although there were only three of them on the Lu side, the entire project involved an extremely large number of people and teams from the research institute. All of their work was synchronized and followed up promptly by the research institute.

Within a limited time, mobilizing people and teamwork will be more efficient.

"And Song Yue, please help appease the teachers at the base and try to discuss this with them in advance."

"Okay." Everyone received the task and left the meeting room one after another to carry it out.

Lin Mo closed the door and started working on paper and tablet.

An hour and forty minutes later, the four of them gathered in the conference room. After a brief chat, they returned to the large meeting room. As expected, the simulated flight test was successfully completed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It was already past two in the afternoon, well past lunch time.

We didn't feel it when we were highly nervous, but now that we've relaxed a little, we all feel hungry.

The base is far away from the city, there are relatively few restaurants, and there is no take-out, so a canteen is set up. The canteen is free for a fixed quota of people in the base. Lin Mo and others are not internal staff, so they have to pay for their meals.

After leaving the conference room, the chief engineer took out a meal card and handed it to her: "Well, go to the cafeteria and swipe my meal card. I have to go to the next meeting, and I'll ask someone to pack my meal and send it over. I don't need the card for now."

Lin Mo felt embarrassed and made an excuse: "Ah, thank you, Teacher Zhang. It's okay. We can just go to the convenience store and buy something."

“How can you fill yourself up with food from convenience stores? As a leader, you can still boss your team members around and let them eat bread with you? Those things have no nutrition. Just take them when you are told to. Don’t save money for me.” The chief engineer had a stern face and a tough attitude, like an elder who is teaching a child.

Lin Mo couldn't refuse anymore and was about to take the card when two figures walked towards them. One was the project manager Ma Binbin and the other was Lu Yanxiao's assistant Wang Qian.

Wang Qian: "Everyone, you've worked hard in this meeting. President Xiao has specially ordered food from downtown to reward you. Please move to Conference Room 3 for your meal."

As soon as Wang Qian finished speaking, Ma Binbin added with a smile, "Assistant Wang personally flew it here by helicopter."

Everyone present exclaimed in surprise and held up their meal cards, ready to go and enjoy the meal the boss had treated them to.

"Okay, then you guys go eat quickly. I'll go to the meeting first." The chief engineer put away his card and gave an order. Everyone else went to conference room number three.

Li Ningxin, holding Lin Mo's arm, followed a female employee of the base and asked curiously, "Teacher, has your CEO Xiao ever experienced this situation before?"

"No, our CEO Xiao used to just give out big red envelopes or transfer money to have department heads arrange dinner. He's never gone to such lengths."

Li Ningxin was in a daze for a few seconds. She seemed to have heard this statement when she first joined Lu Corporation. That night, they were working overtime on experiments in the company, and President Xiao ordered delicious food from Zhenxiangxuan for them.

"It is said that two helicopters were dispatched. One was driven by Assistant Wang to pick up the food in the city, and the other was driven by a pilot from the base to pick up the food in Changli. It's so exaggerated." The female employee also found it unbelievable.

"Did you go to Changli to pick up your meal?"

Li Ningxin glanced at Lin Mo suspiciously and lowered her voice, "Senior Sister, I feel like Mr. Xiao is trying every possible way to please you with his domineering attitude. You must resist and not be tricked."

Lin Mo was speechless: "Student Li Ningxin, I think you are overthinking it."

Li Ningxin, however, was very confident. She glanced at Song Yue, who was still laughing foolishly, from a distance. She felt really disappointed. How could this "idiot" possibly be a match for President Xiao? Alas.

Lin Mo didn't think much about it at first, but after arriving at the meeting room and seeing the food, she was stunned.

On the long conference table, in addition to the meals from a high-end restaurant in the city, there were also foods with the word "Changli" printed on the packaging, such as Changli mung bean cakes, Lao Guo's eggplant boxes...all her favorite Changli snacks.

Ever since he got drunk and mumbled to Lu Yanxiao that he "didn't want to stay in Shaofeng and missed the food in Changli", Lu Yanxiao would always bring some back every now and then, using excuses like "someone happened to be on a business trip to Changli and bought it on the way".

Now it seems that it is not on the way at all.

It was impossible for her not to be moved. She sat down on the chair and sent a message to Lu Yanxiao: [Lu Yanxiao, thank you for the meal. (Red heart emoji)]

Lu Yanxiao replied: [This is the second time today that you've come to me specifically to express your gratitude or apology. Do you want to complete the three times this time as well?]

Lu Yanxiao: [I'll try my best.]

Lu Yanxiao: [Try to get it back as soon as possible.]

Lin Mo: [……]

Because I had kissed him three times before, in the ward of Shaojing Hospital, he said it was unfair and wanted to get it back.

That night, they had their first intimate physical contact.

This time, he actually counted the times, wanting to use three more times to summon an intimate physical contact?

Lin Mo frowned, wanting to tell him: No, the "so-called repayment" was just an excuse. She just wanted to have that kind of physical intimacy with him, not any repayment.

She wanted to explain and typed on her phone, but she kept typing and deleting and couldn't get the words out.

"Senior Sister."

Li Ningxin's voice came, and Lin Mo cautiously put away her phone. She turned around and pretended to be calm and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Ningxin pointed at Song Yue and Liu Jun angrily: "Look at them, they don't sit with us, but chat with others enthusiastically."

Li Ningxin had already complained about Song Yue in her heart for the hundredth time. Wasn't this idiot chasing after her senior sister? Why didn't he understand at all now?

Lin Mo was confused: "It's just a meal, it doesn't matter where you sit."

"No, don't we have a test flight this afternoon? Our team needs to at least do one more test to make sure everything is foolproof." Li Ningxin made up a far-fetched excuse and shouted at Song Yue, "Song Yue, Senior Sister asked you to come over because there's work to be done."

Song Yue could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and moved over reluctantly with the bowl and chopsticks.

Li Ningxin moved to another chair and automatically gave up the seat next to Lin Mo to Song Yue. She thought to herself, this idiot still needs her more assists, otherwise, he will definitely be pinned to the ground by President Xiao.

Song Yue had no choice but to sit down next to Lin Mo.

"Engineer Lin, I don't think there's anything to worry about with the test flight. We'll be doing the original aircraft test flight later. It'll mainly be carried out by our colleagues at the flight base. The original aircraft has been on the market for so long, so a test flight is a piece of cake for them. Our main task is just to monitor the data on the spot."

"Well, as long as you coordinate well."

"No problem." Song Yue made an OK gesture and glared at Li Ningxin with disgust.

Li Ningxin rolled her eyes, speechless. This Song Yue, really only came here to talk about work? How could there be such a stupid person? He really couldn't lead him.

"Song Yue..."

Li Ningxin gritted her teeth. Before she could finish her words, there was a noise outside the conference room. Someone eating at the door said, "Boss Xiao is here."

Everyone looked towards the door.

Song Yue's body stiffened suddenly, and the next second he jumped up as if he had been electrocuted. "Well, I suddenly remembered that I have something to discuss with Ma Binbin. I'll sit over there." After saying this, Song Yue quickly escaped.

Li Ningxin couldn't help but curse inwardly: Idiot!

As the team leader, the boss had to greet him politely. Since the chief engineer wasn't there, another engineer at the base quickly got up to greet Lu Yanxiao and thank him for the treat. Lin Mo, the person in charge of the other team, had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow suit.

"Boss Xiao." She greeted Lu Yanxiao respectfully.

"Is it to your liking?" Lu Yanxiao asked with a smile.

Lin Mo gave a formal smile: "It's fine, thank you for your concern, Mr. Xiao."

"Okay, you guys continue eating. Don't be so reserved. I just came over to say hello." Lu Yanxiao said as he was about to leave with Wang Qian.

Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, just as he turned around, Lu Yanxiao's voice rang out again: "Engineer Lin——"

"What?" Lin Mo subconsciously retorted, a hint of impatience. After she finished speaking, she was stunned. She found that several people nearby were looking at her in surprise. She was embarrassed for two or three seconds, quickly adjusted her smile, and said gently again, "Boss Xiao, is there anything else?"

Lu Yanxiao: "Contact me when you're done working, and I'll drive you home."

Lin Mo: “…”

Did he have to say it in front of so many people? He must have done it on purpose.

Lin Mo clenched her fist silently, but still looked very friendly: "Okay, thank you, President Xiao."

After Lu Yanxiao left, she tried to explain to others why she took Lu Yanxiao's car.

After a while, the phone vibrated. It was a message from Lu Yanxiao.

Lu Yanxiao: [I'm working hard for the third time.]