Chapter 272: No Emotional Connection with Customers

"Huh?" Lu Qiu couldn't hide the astonishment in his eyes at all. For a moment, he thought he was hallucinating. "What?"

He moved a little closer and gently pinched Xia Wange's cheek, "Your face is not as thick as a city wall."

It's been almost a month, and she's either traveling or doing her own things outside...

Xia Wange slapped Lu Qiu's hand away and counted on her fingers, "Look, am I at home now? My job is to be your assistant, so am I considered to be working?"

After saying that, she spread her hands and said, "Work from home."

Lu Qiu: “…”

"Before that..."

"It's considered a secondment." Xia Wange said, "I accompany the company's vice president to commercial performances, drinking parties, and also work."

"Do we have to pay you travel expenses, accommodation expenses, and food allowance?"

"Then you don't need this." Xia Wange waved her hand. "I'm not an unreasonable person. Mr. Du from the company has already reimbursed me for this part. The house is his, and my food, clothing, housing and transportation in Beijing are all paid for by him. I'm not so greedy as to take two shares of the money."

"Intimate what?" Lu Qiu was stunned for a few seconds, and raised one eyebrow slightly, "Intimate what? Intimate payment? Hmm?"

He stared at Xia Wange in disbelief for a moment, raised his hand and stuffed a pastry into his mouth, chewing with his eyes lowered while his brain was working frantically. Several times he wanted to blurt out some inappropriate words, but gave up because of the food in his mouth.

After finishing the one in his mouth, he stuffed another one in his mouth.

"Didn't you say you liked it but only ate a little?"

After swallowing the food, Lu Qiu calmed down a little. "If I don't eat it, I'm afraid it will be placed in front of my portrait when I see it again."

He felt like he was going to explode.

Intimate payment...

Xia Wange slammed the table, "You don't believe in my ability."

Lu Qiu took a big sip of water and said, "I just believed it too much..."

He felt that one day he would be angry to death.

"Last time you were in the hospital, I topped up your money to play games, but you paid it back later..."

Why are other people’s intimate payments being used now?

Xia Wange sat back, blinked, and scratched his head. "It feels weird to spend your money to play with other men. I would rather spend my own money to support the man I like."

Lu Qiu: “…”

He stretched out his hand, palm facing up, and looked at Xia Wange.

Xia Wan Ge: “?”

"Check out." Lu Qiu looked into her eyes and said confidently, "You bought these two for me. Pay for them."

Xia Wan Ge: “…”

She reached out and patted Lu Qiu's palm, "Just go ahead."

Lu Qiu opened his phone, looked for it, and said, "These are the two dishes I ate. Transfer the money. The total is one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-three cents. Use your own money, don't use intimate payment."

Xia Wan Ge: “…”

She rolled her eyes, not knowing what Lu Qiu was crazy about. She took out her phone and said, "I don't need to forward the ones I've already eaten to you?"

"No, you don't need to eat."

Xia Wange raised her eyebrows, put down her phone and picked up chopsticks to eat the two dishes that Lu Qiu pointed out. Lu Qiu was stunned by her actions. He quickly picked up one in each hand, raised it high and leaned back, but he didn't expect Xia Wange to rush over to take it in this narrow space.

But in a moment, their postures changed drastically. Xia Wange put one knee on the wheelchair cushion between Lu Qiu's legs, one hand on the back of his wheelchair, and the other hand was still stretched out to touch the pastry.

Feeling the familiar fragrance, Lu Qiu was slightly stunned. He looked up at Xia Wange's face and pursed his lips.

"I ate it." Xia Wange stuffed a piece of cake into his mouth, sat back, raised his chin slightly, and looked at Lu Qiu with a smug look in his eyes, "I won't let you suffer a loss either, just give me a discount."

Lu Qiu opened his mouth, put down the two plates of snacks in his hands, lowered his eyes and took out a wet tissue. While wiping his hands, he asked casually: "Xia Wange, last time you said you wanted to embrace the world and make changes. Will you consider relationships between men and women in the future?"

"Love?" Xia Wange looked at Lu Qiu and turned the water cup.

"Yeah." Lu Qiu didn't look up at her and continued wiping his hands.

"Maybe I'll consider it? But let nature take its course." Xia Wange said uncertainly. She picked up the cup and took a sip of water. "But in our line of work, the worst thing to do is to develop feelings for the clients, so exclude the clients."

Lu Qiu's breathing stagnated slightly and he looked up.

He looked at Xia Wange's profile facing the window and did not speak for a long time.

Slowly, he lowered his head and looked at his legs. He felt as if every heartbeat was tearing at his meridians, causing severe pain.

So he has been excluded.

"Just like a psychiatrist cannot fall in love with a patient, it is easy for people to fall in love with their savior, but that is not love. Anyway, this is my principle."

Lu Qiu really wanted to shout that he knew exactly what kind of feelings he had for Xia Wange. He understood all his emotions, which were so complex, changeable, entangled, longing and helpless. They were definitely not just about falling in love with a savior.

He knew his own heart, and he could clearly understand that he liked everything about Xia Wange, her strengths, her weaknesses, and her little quirks. He accepted and liked them all.

If someone else were in his current situation, he would only give more financial rewards to repay the favor and provide the other party with all the help he can, but he would definitely not have such a strong possessiveness.

Apart from liking her, apart from liking her madly, Lu Qiu couldn't think of anything else.

He couldn't imagine how boring life would be without Xia Wange.

But now...

Has he been excluded by her?

Lu Qiu just thought it was ridiculous. He could completely deduce that if he confessed to her now, Xia Wange would tell him very clearly that he was just having the Broken Bridge Effect and just liked the person who saved him. After his leg healed, he would be fine after a while...

An unknown amount of time had passed before Lu Qiu managed to find his voice again. He lowered his eyes and spoke in a dry voice, preparing to fight for himself one last time. Thinking of what he was about to say and the despair he would most likely suffer, Lu Qiu felt a dull pain all over his body.

"Only...only exclude customers?"

"Well, it must be ruled out. No room for negotiation."

"Xia Wange, as your client, can I..."

"What? Client? You?" Xia Wange turned his head, picked his ears, walked closer to Lu Qiu in shock, raised his hand and poked him in the heart.

"President Lu, I hope you can put yourself in the right place. You haven't paid me yet, so what kind of client are you?"

Lu Qiu's pupils shrank slightly, and he raised his eyes instantly, looking at Xia Wange, completely stunned.

Her voice struck his eardrums again.

"I have a strong sense of service to my customers. Don't try to take advantage of me. We are comrades-in-arms. In layman's terms, it is the purest and most original relationship of mutual benefit and mutual use."

Lu Qiu: "..."