Chapter 578: He is a Family Man

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year was Lu Qingye’s first day back to work after the holiday.

As soon as everyone arrived at the company and met their colleagues and leaders, they said "Happy New Year" to each other, and the atmosphere in the office gradually became lively.

After receiving the red envelopes from the company, everyone returned to their respective posts and started today's work.

At this time, Lu Qingye was already handling the company's affairs.

Near noon, Jiang Yi came to Lu Qingye's office to report to him on the progress of the work he had left behind a few years ago. After talking about work, Jiang Yi also talked to him about some personal matters.

"By the way, why didn't you reply to the messages in our group?" Jiang Yi couldn't help but complain in front of him: "You took a vacation and it's like you disappeared."

Lu Qingye frowned slightly and asked, "What news?"

Since the holiday, Lu Qingye has hardly looked at his phone. Even during the past two days when he was at home accompanying Meng Chuyuan to paint, he would read books when he was free instead of playing with his phone.

Jiang Yi: "Zhou Shunyan and I wanted to get together with you, but we haven't heard from you."

Lu Qingye: "..."

They have a small group and chat almost every day, even on weekdays. If they encounter something interesting or strange, they will tell the group about it.

Although Lu Qingye doesn't speak much normally, as long as you tag him, he will usually see it.

However, this time, they also discussed for several days and said that they would set a time for a small gathering. Lu Qingye did not speak from beginning to end, so everyone decided to discuss it another day.

It wasn't until last night, when someone took the initiative to ask if there was a chance to have a meal together, have a drink and chat before the end of the annual leave, that they discovered that Lu Qingye was not there again.

Lu Qingye opened WeChat and found that this was indeed the case. "Sorry, I just saw the message."

After saying that, Lu Qingye sent a message to the group, explaining to everyone else that he hadn't seen the message.

Jiang Yi looked at him calmly, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes: "Why do I feel like you're busier on vacation than at work? You don't even have time to reply to a message."

In the past, Lu Qingye would still be at work on New Year’s Eve.

However, Lu Qingye had been on business trips frequently in the past two years, and some of his vacation time had not been fully utilized. Therefore, he specifically applied to his superiors for compensatory annual leave, which earned him half a month's vacation.

It just so happened that Lu Qingye took such a long annual leave, and Jiang Yi and the others didn’t make any appointments for even a single day.

Lu Qingye raised an eyebrow and looked at Jiang Yi, saying softly, "What's wrong with me spending my vacation with my family?"

He used to occasionally deal with some work matters during his holidays, but now, Lu Qingye completely separates work and personal time and no longer lets work take up his personal time.

Jiang Yi noticed that Lu Qingye was wearing a turtleneck sweater today, which just covered his entire Adam's apple under the collar. But even so, when Lu Qingye was speaking, he vaguely saw a red mark underneath.

Jiang Yi knew how it was done and replied with a smile: "Of course no problem. If it happens again next time, I will explain to them on your behalf that you have a family."

“…” Lu Qingye understood what Jiang Yi said, but he didn’t understand his smile.

"Okay, that's all I have to say for now." Jiang Yi stood up and said to Lu Qingye, "I have to go back to work."

"Hmm." Lu Qingye suddenly thought of something and called Jiang Yi: "Wait, I want to ask you something..."

Hearing Lu Qingye speak, Jiang Yi turned around and looked at him puzzledly, "What's the matter?"

After a moment, Lu Qingye asked a very serious question: "How did you and your girlfriend spend Valentine's Day?"