Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Being forced to meet for a blind date.
Too shocking.
Lin Mo was completely confused.
She has Lu Yanxiao’s WeChat, and his nickname is not “Feng”. Could it be that grandpa is confused again?
Lin Mo didn't give up. She switched her phone to the search page and looked for relevant information online.
Soon, my heart finally settled down.
Lu Yanxiao's grandfather was indeed named Lu Qingye, and he had indeed served in the same military as her grandfather. She felt the name sounded familiar because Lu Qingye was the chairman of the Lu Group, single-handedly steering the entire organization before his retirement. Perhaps she had heard or seen relevant information about him at some point.
Lin Mo's heart began to beat fast, and she couldn't help but think of what Wei Wei said to Lu Yanxiao when they were walking by the lake.
The outcome was easy to guess; there were only two possibilities. One was that, as Wei Wei had said, Lu Yanxiao wasn't a good person. The other was that, to cope with the blind date his grandfather had arranged, Lu Yanxiao had deliberately disguised himself as "Feng," fabricating a bunch of bizarre statements in order to scare off the blind date.
She was more inclined to believe the latter.
Lu Yanxiao contacted her using another phone and didn't know that her was the person he was dating. Otherwise, the disparity between his attitude towards her in reality and on the Internet would be too great.
But no matter what, it is not advisable to have too much contact with this person. Even if it is the latter, if Lu Yanxiao knew that the blind date was her, the embarrassing situation would make him dig his toes into the ground.
Without caring about anything else, Lin Mo immediately called the front desk of L Hotel. The front desk turned to the parking counter, and the person who answered the phone was the same parking attendant as before.
"Excuse me, has your garage door been repaired? It's been half a month." Lin Mo deliberately made her tone cold and a little impatient.
The parking attendant apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Miss Lin, it's the Spring Festival now, and the door brand hasn't completely returned from vacation yet. We've been asking for a long time. Sigh. Is there something wrong with the car? If so, we..."
Faced with the other party's timid silence, it was like a punch on cotton. Lin Mo was really helpless. Thinking that she shouldn't embarrass the workers, her tone couldn't help but soften: "How about this, I'll return your car later. After the official start of work, you can contact me after the door is repaired and return the car to me."
When the time comes, ask him to park the car in the parking space outside the community and give the key to the security guard for safekeeping.
The parking attendant was embarrassed: "But, it's not good for you to go to work without a car, right?"
"We have a shuttle."
After informing her intentions, Lin Mo hung up the phone and didn't even bother to eat lunch. After washing the car and filling up the gas tank, she drove to the L Hotel and parked in the temporary parking area outside.
The parking attendant hurried over, bent over and apologized repeatedly.
"I'm sorry, Miss Lin, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Lin Mo supported his arm and said, "It's not that exaggerated. Check if there is any problem with the car. If there is no problem, drive back." Then she returned the car keys to him.
"good."
The valet got inside and inspected the car meticulously, checking every nook and cranny of the front and rear seats, the glove compartment, the steering wheel, and even the rearview mirror. He then started the car and drove it in a short circle around the road in front of the hotel. Finally, he got out and carefully checked the trunk.
Lin Mo witnessed the entire incident and was utterly shocked. She wondered if the parking attendant didn't believe her, or if he was simply too serious and demanding about his job.
"Ms. Lin, you are so kind. Not only did you wash the car, but you also filled the mailbox. Thank you so much."
The parking attendant sighed sincerely, wondering how there could be such a beautiful and good-tempered customer like Miss Lin. Even he felt that he had gone too far. If he hadn't been waiting for the boss to come, he really wouldn't have the heart to delay time. Alas, the evil capitalists.
"Ms. Lin, I'm going to get you a gift from our hotel for VIP guests. Please wait for me."
“No, no.”
Lin Mo quickly refused. She didn't want to stay here for even a second. "Remember to contact me after you fix the door and return the car to me. I have something urgent to do, so I have to leave first."
"Well, okay then, don't worry, I will contact you as soon as possible."
"Thank you, goodbye."
After saying goodbye to the parking attendant, Lin Mo turned and walked towards the side of the road, which was not far from her home. She planned to hail a taxi to go back.
Unexpectedly, just as she stood by the roadside and before she had time to wave, a flashy Rolls-Royce stopped right in front of her. Then, the rear window rolled down, and Lu Yanxiao was sitting inside.
Lin Mo was upset, but a smile appeared on her face: "Mr. Lu, what a coincidence."
Lu Yanxiao glanced at the small white car not far away and asked casually, "Is driving not going smoothly?"
"No, it drives quite well, thank you, Mr. Lu. However, I have to go back to Changli for work soon after my vacation, and I won't be back for at least a week, so I thought I'd just return the car early."
Lu Yanxiao nodded as if he understood: "Can we go to Changli?"
"No, I take the bus back to Changli. My home in Changli is very close to my workplace, so I don't need to drive normally."
Lin Mo spoke slowly, believing her explanation to be well-reasoned and flawless. Suddenly, she saw a bus passing by that went to the northwest corner of Qinzhou Lake. Wanting to quickly end the conversation, she decided not to wait for a taxi and took the bus back instead.
"The bus is here, I'm leaving now."
"It's on the way, I'll give you a ride back." The man in the car replied faintly.
Lin Mo had to lie: "I'm not going home. I have to go somewhere else."
Without waiting for Lu Yanxiao's response, Lin Mo threw down a "goodbye" and ran hurriedly towards the bus stop. Her timing was just right. When she reached the bus stop, the bus door just opened.
Lin Mo got on the bus quickly, swiped her card with her mobile phone, walked straight to the back of the bus, and found an empty seat to sit down.
The car was well heated, but the window next to it had been pushed open a crack by someone. She stood up to close the window and looked outside inadvertently. She was surprised to find that the Rolls-Royce was still there, and Lu Yanxiao in the car seemed to be looking at her.
Lin Mo's expression tightened and she quickly looked away.
Fortunately, the bus drove away quickly, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally completely severing ties with this person.
Because I took the bus in a hurry, it could not go directly to the entrance of the community. I could only get off at the stop closest to the community at the northwest corner of Qinzhou Lake. After getting off, I needed to walk to the southwest corner of the lake where my home was.
When the bus arrived at the station, Lin Mo got off and walked back along the lakeside trail, enjoying the scenery.
During the Spring Festival holiday, the number of tourists visiting Shaofeng City increased, not decreased. While Qinzhou Lake isn't as famous as other scenic spots, its historic artificial lake has also attracted visitors. Red lanterns, printed with riddles or poems, hang from streetlights along the trail. Every few meters, tourists gather to read poems or guess riddles under the lanterns.
Lin Mo also walked and stopped, occasionally looking at what was written on it.
Halfway through the journey, when passing a T-junction, she inexplicably felt that someone was staring at her. She subconsciously looked to the right, and the next moment, she was stunned.
It was the familiar Rolls-Royce, parked in the driveway outside the trail. Separated by the green belt and the Spring Festival decorations, Lu Yanxiao, sitting inside, stared at her intently, his eyes searching, as if asking, "Didn't you say you had something else to do and wouldn't be going home?"
A feeling of guilt spread as if I had been caught lying.
She was careless. The Qinzhou Lake area is the "rich area" of Shaofeng. Lu Yanxiao is very likely to live nearby. She should have thought of this and should have avoided the lake.
Lin Mo bit her lip in frustration, but chasing after her to explain would seem too deliberate, and there was no need to explain. Couldn't she have been allowed to go somewhere else and change her route home at the last minute? Or perhaps she had already quickly finished something somewhere else and was returning home.
All in all, it has nothing to do with him.
After a brief brain outage, Lin Mo returned to normal, curled the corners of her lips and waved to Lu Yanxiao as a greeting.
However, Lu Yanxiao did not respond to her. The car window rolled up and the car slowly drove into the T-junction, then turned towards the villa area called "Guiyuan".
*
Wang Qian had already parked the car outside the old house, but the boss showed no sign of getting out. He knew where the problem lay. Miss Lin had first insisted on returning the car, then refused to take the boss's car home. Now it seemed that her refusal was just an excuse...
All signs indicate that Ms. Lin seems to be deliberately distancing herself from her boss.
Wang Qian silently glanced at the rearview mirror. Lu Yanxiao was sliding the screen of his mobile phone. From the general colors on the screen, Wang Qian judged that it was a bus route map.
The boss tried to confirm whether Miss Lin lied to reject him by using the bus route.
The inside of the car felt like it had fallen into an ice storage, and the air pressure was terribly low.
Wang Qian didn't dare to breathe, for fear of being affected.
Buzz buzz buzz.
The phone rang at just the right moment! And it was Mr. Lu calling.
Mr. Lu asked him to go back to the old house with his boss today, saying that he wanted to ask about his company. Wang Qian picked up the call immediately as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.
Wang Qian: "Director Lu."
Lu Qingye: "Where are we?"
Wang Qian glanced at Lu Yanxiao, and after receiving his approval, he answered honestly, "Outside the door, come in right away."
Lu Qingye: "Come to the study to find me first."
Wang Qian: "Okay."
This was not the first time that the old man had come to Wang Qian to report on his work. Lu Yanxiao didn't take it seriously. He didn't have the mind to care about anything else now. Lin Mo deliberately avoided his affairs, which was like a dark cloud pressing down on his head, making him feel very annoyed.
He took a bottle of water from the refrigerator and drank a few gulps to cool himself down. Then, Lu Yanxiao lazily sat down on the sofa, looking at the scenery outside the window from time to time.
About ten minutes later, there was a noise coming from the study upstairs.
Uncle Zhang, the housekeeper, came out of the study, walked to the stairs, and said, "Boss Xiao, Director Lu asked you to come to the study."
Only then did Lu Yanxiao sense something was amiss. Wang Qian had taken a while to report this time, and he still hadn't come out yet. Could it be that the old man was angry about something? In times like this, Lu Yanxiao became more relaxed and unhurried, trying to remain constant in the face of change.
"What a big event!"
The study was quite lively. Besides Lu Qingye, Uncle Zhang, and Wang Qian, there were also four muscular bodyguards. Lu Yanxiao glanced at Wang Qian and smiled, "What's going on?"
At this time, Wang Qian, with messy hair and untidy clothes, stood by the wall and looked at him with self-blame. It was obviously the work of these four burly men.
"Are you okay?" Lu Yanxiao asked in a low voice.
Wang Qian shook his head and looked at the phone in Lu Qingye's hand.
"You still have the nerve to laugh!"
Lu Qingye was so angry that he slammed his phone on the table. "I was wondering why I introduced you to so many blind dates, but every time they ended in failure. So this is how you chat with girls?"
It turned out that my grandfather had snatched the mobile phone used to deal with the blind date, and the truth about the blind date was exposed.
Having caught the perpetrator red-handed, Lu Yanxiao simply didn't want to hide anything and said, "If you hadn't forced me, this wouldn't have happened."
"I forced you? How could you even think that?! I'm doing this for your own good. You're my only grandson, so who else should I worry about if not you?"
"Grandpa, I'm fine now, what is there to worry about?"
Lu Qingye hesitated for a long time, but finally said it out loud: "Yan Xiao, Grandpa hopes that you are truly happy. Don't always think about the past. Some things are in the past. People should look forward to it. I..."
“That’s enough!”
Lu Yanxiao's smile instantly faded, his eyes becoming fierce and terrifying. He said coldly, "Nothing, I'm leaving."
Without waiting for Lu Qingye's response, Lu Yanxiao walked out of the study.
"Bastard, this unfilial bastard..." Lu Qingye stood up anxiously, but due to his excitement, his heart suddenly couldn't bear it and he fell back into the chair.
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, what's wrong with you?"
"Old man, wake up!"
"Medicine, medicine, quickly take out the medicine from the drawer!"
…
Hearing the urgent cries for rescue coming from behind him, Lu Yanxiao punched the stair railing in frustration, but finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and walked back to the study.
After taking the medicine, Lu Qingye gradually felt better.
"Qingqing is a really good girl. She is beautiful, has a good personality, and is capable at work. Her grandfather and I are old comrades-in-arms. Although we haven't seen each other for decades, we know each other very well. Just think of your grandfather and go meet her. Maybe you will hit it off." Lu Qingye leaned back in his chair, appealing to his feelings and reasoning with him.
"Just seeing him is enough?"
Lu Qingye leaned on the armrest and sat up a little: "Don't try to fool me anymore. You have to treat me well when you meet me. Grandpa is not forcing you, but I hope you can treat me with your heart and give yourself a chance."
Lu Yanxiao couldn't listen at all, but he wanted to let the old man calm down first. It was more important to take care of his health. "Okay, I'll see you."
"It's settled." Lu Qingye finally showed a relieved smile on his face and handed the phone to Lu Yanxiao, "Contact now to apologize and arrange a time and place."
"Boss Xiao's WeChat has been blocked." Before Lu Yanxiao could pick up the phone, Wang Qian rushed to help his boss out.
Lu Qingye didn't buy it. He took back the phone and ordered Lu Yanxiao: "Change your phone number to contact, greet politely, apologize sincerely, and let the girl give you another chance."
“…”
Lu Yanxiao clenched his fists, a ball of anger rising in his chest.
"What are you standing there for? Make a phone call!" Lu Qingye urged.
Things had come to this point, so he had to deal with the immediate issue first. Lu Yanxiao pulled out his regular phone, flipped through the chat history with Wang Qian, found the number he had sent to "Qingqing," and dialed it. He turned on speakerphone so the old man could hear.
Beep—beep—
The phone rang several times, but the other party never answered.
Lu Yanxiao shrugged: "No."
Lu Qingye: "You haven't contacted each other by phone before. The girl might not know who you are and won't answer calls from strangers, or she might be busy. You should apologize first by texting."
“…”
Lu Yanxiao, "No."
Lu Qingye was anxious. Without thinking twice, he pointed at Wang Qian and said, "You send it for him."
Although he had been intimidated by the four bodyguards, Wang Qian did not dare to act rashly without his boss's order. He stood there stiffly, feeling dilemma.
Lu Yanxiao was annoyed and speechless, so he simply threw the phone to Wang Qian.
Wang Qian carefully chose the words and composed the sentences. After finishing the text, he wanted to show it to Lu Yanxiao for review first, but Lu Yanxiao didn't want to look at it at all. Without even a glance, he gave it to Lu Qingye for review.
Lu Qingye looked at the text message with a frown on his face. "No need to make excuses. Just tell the truth. Let the girl forgive you and give you another chance. Only by being honest with her can you impress her."
After Lu Qingye's repeated review and revision, the final version of the text message was completed.
"Hello Qingqing, I'm Lu Yanxiao. I must first apologize for my previous rude remarks. The following is what happened: the elders in my family insisted on arranging a blind date for us. Since I'm a little averse to blind dates myself and didn't want to waste either of our time, I said those rude words. Afterwards, I realized that although my intentions were good, I unintentionally caused you discomfort and didn't consider your feelings. I deeply regret this and blame myself. I'd like to apologize to you in person. Could you give me another chance?"
"Is it too long?" Wang Qian asked tentatively.
Lu Yanxiao sneered disdainfully: "Writing an essay."
"Just send it out!" Lu Qingye glared at him and gave Wang Qian a death order.
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