Chapter 33 Is the word "girlfriend" too hot to handle?

The two entered the elevator, and Lu Ming pressed the button for the thirteenth floor, asking, "What do you want from me?"

Wen Chu raised an eyebrow: "Is this how you speak to someone important? I didn't charge you a single penny."

Lu Ming: "Give me the card, and I will transfer the money to you."

"Hey, that's really hurtful! Do you think I need your little bit of money?" Wen Chu said arrogantly, but secretly she was thinking: This is so awesome!! She had thought about this line countless times in her dreams, and now she actually said it! She's really become a rich person!

Lu Ming glanced at her sideways: "What feelings do I have for you?"

"Would it kill you to say something like 'look at your mouth better'?" Wen Chu rolled her eyes.

Lu Ming stepped out of the elevator, with Wen Chu following closely behind. The man suddenly stopped, causing her to angrily bump into his very strong back.

Wen Chu covered her head and took a step back, glaring at him: "Why did you suddenly stop!"

Lu Ming turned his head and stared straight at her, asking, "Since you know so many things, why did you pretend to be ignorant before?"

Wen Chu thought to herself, "Here we go again. This guy is really consistent. Even if he loses his memory a hundred times, he will still be suspicious in the same place. Now he is forgetting parts of his memory every day. He must have forgotten their conversation in the toilet."

"I wasn't pretending. I was just being low-key."

"That's definitely too low-key; it's hard not to suspect that you have something wrong with your head."

Wen Chu wasn't angry at all. Instead, she leaned forward slightly, moved closer to the person, and asked with a smile, "So you're finally willing to admit that I have some skills?"

"So what?" Lu Ming pushed her away a little, then opened the office door and sat down in the office chair. "Do you have anything else to say? If you're just here to cause trouble, I don't have time to play with you right now."

"Of course I do, otherwise why would I come all this way just to be your on-site technician and fix your bugs?"

"Then tell me quickly."

Wen Chu rested his hands on the desk, staring intently into her eyes, and said, "I will participate in the competition presented by the Academy of Sciences as a technical representative of Baiyue Group."

She saw the competition notice on the Academy of Sciences' official website that morning, and immediately the third main task issued by the system came to mind—to participate in the competition as a representative of Baiyue Technology.

She wasn't just showing off out of boredom; she was simply taking this opportunity to prove her abilities to Lu Ming. She couldn't always be seen as a good-for-nothing.

Lu Ming laughed for the first time ever, "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not joking!"

"You are neither an employee of Baiyue nor have any work experience. Putting aside whether you are qualified to participate, even if you have a good foundation, you can't possibly compete with those senior technicians."

"I'm not just good at the basics, I'm very strong, okay? Do you even have eyes?" Wen Chu frowned and glared at her, genuinely a little angry.

"Okay, then you do lack work experience. You can't always win by skill. The ability to quickly find and solve mistakes in a short time is also very important."

Wen Chu scoffed dismissively, "Then may I ask, which of your company's top talents do you intend to send out?"

Lu Ming pondered for a moment. This was indeed a difficult problem that required careful consideration. He then said, "I haven't decided yet, but it can't be you. Chairman Wen will not allow you to work for me as my employee."

"Anyone who wants to be your employee, I'll call you a Gold VIP Technical Consultant! I asked Qi Siyan, and he's planning to hire outside help, he's really capable!"

"Him? You're still in contact with him? And you even told you about this?" Lu Ming looked up and stared at Wen Chu, his eyes unfathomable.

“Um,” Wen Chu paused for a moment, then waved her hand, “Why can’t you hear the point? The point is that the person he’s going to invite is very powerful. His teacher is a big name in the AI ​​field, and the connections he can find are definitely top-notch. You could say they’re absolutely at the forefront. Aren’t you afraid?”

"Then I'll treat you too," Lu Ming said casually, but in his heart he was thinking about why Qi Siyan would tell Wen Chu about this so easily.

That guy has fallen for her?

Or was he trying to get information out of her?

It's also possible that both are true.

Wen Chu promptly exposed his lie: "Bullshit, you don't know how to invite anyone."

Lu Ming looked up at her: "Do you know me very well?"

"Of course I know you. You don't use people you don't trust. You wouldn't entrust such a crucial step to someone you haven't yet built trust with."

Their eyes met in mid-air. Lu Ming stared at her without revealing any emotion, and after a long while, he asked, "Then why do you think I'll trust you? You lied to me earlier, hiding your strength. I haven't even figured out what your plans are yet. You pretended to be stupid and stayed by my side, but now you're not pretending anymore. Why is that?"

Wen Chu sighed, and this time changed her approach: "I've noticed that you like smart women."

Did I used to look like someone who liked stupid women?

"Who knows?" Wen Chu casually brushed it off, reiterating her stance: "Anyway, you don't need to doubt me at all, because in this world, the person least likely to betray you is me."

Lu Ming's heart skipped a beat. The girl's expression was earnest and sincere when she said those words, and her eyes were clear and pure, without the impurities of people like them, making it impossible not to believe that she was speaking from the bottom of her heart.

He couldn't understand how someone could say something so weighty in such a casual and nonchalant tone.

Lu Ming lowered his eyes, picked up a pen and wrote a few words on the document to cover his emotions, and said in a low voice, "You have to take responsibility for what you said."

“Of course I’ll take responsibility.” Wen Chu placed her hand on his documents. “Finish this matter first before you do anything else.”

"Do you think you can beat the outside help Qi Siyan hired?" Lu Ming finally started speaking to her in a serious tone.

"I don't know, maybe a 70% chance..." Wen Chu rubbed her nose. If the time difference were completely equal, she wouldn't dare to say for sure, after all, there are always people more skilled than you. But right now, Wen Chu's technology is four years ahead of the competition. If she still couldn't win, that would be a bit unreasonable...

“70%…” Lu Ming repeated in a low voice, then laughed: “You’re quite confident.”

Wen Chu crossed her arms, remaining noncommittal. "Confidence is a good thing. I don't fight unprepared battles; I must have done some research before I dare to say this. Don't you like confident women?"

"like."

"Huh?" Wen Chu's heart skipped a beat, and her mind went blank for a few seconds because of what the person said.

Lu Ming stood up, taking advantage of his height, and looked down at her: "What? There are so many confident women in the world, I wasn't talking about you."

Wen Chu rolled her eyes at him and scoffed. Just then, she caught a glimpse of the trash can next to the table, inside which was a pink box. She looked closely, tilted her head, and realized it was the cake she had bought for him before.

Does he remember?

Lu Ming followed her gaze and asked, "What are you looking at? Is it illegal for me to eat some dessert?"

"You..." Wen Chu pointed to the packaging box, then changed her words, "You like this restaurant too?"

Lu Ming felt a scene flash through his mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it. He rubbed his temples and casually said, "I don't know, I just bought it randomly."

He looked up and said, "So what? You're not going to say something disgusting like we have the same taste, are a perfect match, or are destined to be together, are you?"

Wen Chu could roughly tell from people's reactions that Lu Ming didn't remember what happened before, but he still bought such a niche dessert shop.

She touched her forehead, lost in thought. Was it a coincidence?

Or is it that her actions are subtly influencing the other person?

Never mind, it doesn’t matter.

She just needs to finish her own work.

She continued, "Wow, you really know me, we're such a perfect match. So, can you at least think about what I said? I'm really serious about this, so please take it seriously too, okay?"

To be honest, who would want to be transported to this strange world and have to go to work? But the consequences of failing the mission twice in a row at the last banquet really scared her. This time it was still a main mission, and she didn't know what kind of trouble this despicable system would cause her. So she could only diligently follow the instructions.

This time, even if it means death, I will make Lu Ming agree!

Lu Ming then asked, "Does Chairman Wen know about your decision? Did he agree to let you help me?"

Wen Chu: "Oh dear, you keep calling me Chairman Wen, but when Chairman Wen asked you to get engaged to me, and you refused without hesitation, why didn't you consider whether he was happy or not? Now you're suddenly concerned about it?"

Lu Ming was speechless: "How can these be the same?"

"How is it different? But I asked my dad before I came, and he said that if I don't participate in this, I don't need to worry. It won't create any competition. As for the rest, he'll let me do whatever I want. He'd love for me to find something to do. This competition might be important for the companies competing for the 'Sounding the Dawn' project, but for my family, it's just one less opportunity for public exposure. It's not a big deal."

Lu Ming scrutinized her: "So what do you want? Why do you insist on participating?"

"I just couldn't stand seeing you lose, so I wanted to help you," Wen Chu said, putting on a high-sounding act of giving herself the "good guy" card.

Lu Ming walked to the coffee table and poured himself a glass of water. "I don't believe it."

Wen Chu moved her feet in response to his movements, and upon hearing this, she let out a sigh of relief, "Alright, I do have other plans."

Lu Ming took a sip of water, his voice becoming much clearer: "Speak."

Wen Chu deliberately acted irreverently, cornering him against the wall and pinning him against it. "I'm after you, I want you to see my good points soon and fall in love with me."

Lu Ming was still holding a water glass in his hand, looking at her relaxedly. He suddenly found her actions a bit funny. She was so small, yet she was trying to imitate someone else's wall slam. Her hand, which was pressed against the wall, was raised high, only reaching his neck.

He suppressed the urge to smile and reached out to push her away, saying, "Don't touch me, stay away from me."

"Let me think about it."

"Okay! Think about it quickly!" Wen Chu was completely unaware of the man's inner thoughts, and just kept promoting herself: "Let me tell you, you can trust me, you definitely won't lose out! I'm going back to prepare now, and I'm ready to be tested by you anytime." She raised her chin, very confident.

She turned to leave, but Lu Ming grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"etc."

Wen Chu: "? What?"

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Ming finally said, "There's a gathering with friends tonight. You can come with me."

"Huh? I'll go with you? Why?"

Lu Ming looked away, a hint of unease in his expression: "What do you mean, 'why'? Are you going or not? If you're not going, then forget it."

Wen Chu pouted, "No way, Lu Ming. Although I like you, I'm not someone you can just call on and dismiss at will. If you want me to go with you, you have to tell me what my role is, and what I'm going to do there. You don't expect me to drink with those rich kids, do you?"

Lu Ming couldn't catch his breath, and his face turned even worse: "What's going on in your head? If you think so badly of me, why do you like me? Don't you know what kind of relationship we have in other people's eyes right now?"

Now everyone in the city with a modicum of respect knows that the two of them are dating.

Ever since Lu Mingxiao released the news, Lu Ming has been bombarded with phone calls. Wen Chu's appearance that night was indeed too stunning. A group of young men in the circle who did not attend the birthday banquet had never seen her before, and they clamored to meet their sister-in-law. Hearing this, he turned pale and then red, and he couldn't explain himself.

"Oh," Wen Chu realized, "Is the word 'girlfriend' too hot to say?"

Lu Ming said irritably, "It's hot."

"But I think the word 'boyfriend' sounds really nice and is easy to say, right, boyfriend?" Wen Chu teased him with a smile.

"Shut up." Lu Ming pushed her to the door. "You can leave now. I'll pick you up from your company tonight."

Wen Chu pushed open the door and waved to the person, "Okay, see you tonight, boyfriend." This was overheard by two employees who happened to be passing by, and everyone cast kind and congratulatory glances at them. Lu Ming couldn't argue, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "Be careful on the road."

Wen Chu laughed so hard she bent over, her face full of schadenfreude.

She really enjoyed seeing the little devil get his comeuppance.

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Author's Note: Good news: I'm on the list again this week, so I'll probably update every other day [cat emoji]. Bad news: My favorites aren't moving at all. I write with a big grin every day, but when I finish and open the backend to see the favorites, my smile vanishes. I'm feeling a bit emo. Is it because my synopsis is bad? [pity][pity] Can you guys give me some feedback? [chin resting on hand][melted emoji]