Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Routine.
Lin Mo was horrified: "Aren't you asleep?"
"Not asleep."
So, he knew everything she did after waking up?!
"I..." Lin Mo was nervous, embarrassed, and regretful. If there was a crack in the ground, she would crawl into it without hesitation. She tried to pull her hand out, but the man held her wrist tightly and she couldn't pull it free at all.
"Why did you kiss me?" Lu Yanxiao leaned leisurely against the headboard and stared at her.
"No!" Lin Mo argued righteously.
Lu Yanxiao twitched the corner of his lips: "I think I believe it?"
"Believe it or not, I didn't kiss you." She planned to argue to the end, otherwise she really didn't know how to explain it.
"You have no conscience." Lu Yanxiao snorted and chuckled. He released her wrist, straightened up, and stretched his arm. "Who had a nightmare and held my arm tightly? They held it in the same position for more than 20 minutes."
Lu Yanxiao moved his arms, making uncomfortable sounds of tiredness.
Just as she guessed, she must have been holding on to him tightly during her nightmare.
She moved closer, her eyes fixed on the area he was rubbing, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Lu Yanxiao raised his eyebrows: "It wasn't intentional. Hug me? Or kiss?"
Lin Mo bit her lip and lowered her head: "All of them."
"Why?"
Why is this person so persistent?!
Lin Mo raised her head, intending to respond forcefully, but she didn't expect the man to be gazing at her intently. She was already in the wrong, and her nerves instantly vanished. She looked around evasively, stammering, "Maybe, I just want to relax."
"Relax?" The man pinched her chin and made her look straight at him.
"Well, I'm too tired from work, so I'll just relax. I kissed him anyway, so what do you want to do?" She just gave up.
Lu Yanxiao chuckled, but didn't say anything immediately. Instead, he leaned closer to her. She was already sitting on the bed, so she could only lean back as far as she could until she was completely lying on the mattress. But the man showed no sign of stopping.
Could it be that he wanted to kiss her back?
Lin Mo subconsciously covered her lips with her hands and closed her eyes unconsciously.
She waited for nearly half a minute, but it felt like a century. In the end, before the man could "ask for it", she suddenly felt a light tap on her forehead with a knuckle. When she tentatively opened her eyelids, the man had already stood up and stood by the bed, with a faint smile on his lips, looking at her with interest.
"Next time you want to relax, tell me in advance."
Lin Mo's face flushed red, and she inadvertently glanced at the clock on the bedside table, and her eyes stood up: "Ahhh, it's one o'clock!" Although she had only slept for twenty minutes, the time it took to go up to the tenth floor was indeed a long time for a work report. It was estimated that everyone else had returned from dinner!
She jumped out of bed in a hurry and wanted to open the door, but she couldn't figure out how to open the door of this dark room. After fiddling with it for a long time, she couldn't open it, so she turned and looked at Lu Yanxiao for help.
Lu Yanxiao glanced at her, suppressed the emotions in his eyes, pressed his index finger upwards, the fingerprint recognition was successful, and the door opened.
Lin Mo ran out of the darkroom in a panic. After finally getting out of the office, she suddenly realized that she had forgotten to take her notebook because she was too anxious. So she turned back in frustration.
As soon as she pushed open the wooden door, Lu Yanxiao was standing at the door, holding her notebook in his hand, as if he had expected it.
"Thank you." Lin Mo grabbed the notebook and rushed out again, not daring to stay for a second.
Back at the third-floor office, Li Ningxin and the others had indeed returned from lunch. Fortunately, she hadn't slept very long, and other people had just returned from other parts of the office. Lin Mo gathered herself and pretended to be calm as she returned to her workstation.
"Senior Sister."
Li Ningxin sat on a chair and slid in front of her. "Have you eaten?"
"Yeah, I've eaten. I bought a sandwich and milk from the vending machine." Lin Mo stared at the computer screen guiltily. After she finished speaking, she was surprised to find that she could lie fluently without any hesitation.
"How did the report to President Xiao go?"
"good."
Li Ningxin moved closer, tilted her head and put it in front of her: "Senior Sister, why is your face so red?"
"Really? Maybe it's hot." Lin Mo symbolically fanned herself with her hands and stood up suddenly. "Ah, it's so hot. I'll get you an iced Americano. Do you want some?"
"Hey, thank you, Senior Sister." Li Ningxin touched her chin and muttered to herself, "But, is it really that hot?"
When Lin Mo came back with two cups of iced American coffee, there were several more people standing by the workstation, and Zhao Zhengrong was standing in the front.
Seeing her appear, Zhao Zhengrong took the lead and said, "President Xiao asked the person he sent to you to help you for the next few days."
Lin Mo was surprised. Why send it at this time instead of earlier or later?
"It seems they were busy with other things a while ago and just finished yesterday, so President Xiao asked them to come today." Li Ningxin had obviously talked to a few people before she came back, so she relayed the story to her, "They were told to put aside all their work at Lu Corporation and help us wholeheartedly, but they'll only help us for a few days. We'll see how things go next time we're busy."
Lin Mo was stunned, and a warm feeling surged silently in her heart.
In any case, having more hands would be beneficial to her, so she politely said, "Thank you."
After a brief communication, those people received their tasks, some returned to their workstations, and some went to the laboratory.
Zhao Zhengrong was reluctant to leave, as if he had something to say to her.
Lin Mo knew very well that they had to work overtime during this period, mainly because there were few people sent from outside the research institute. The three of them wished that one person could work as three people. Strictly speaking, the Lu family had no obligation to help them extra. Therefore, she was grateful for Song Yue's help during this period. She did not expect Lu Yanxiao to send more people, and she did not expect that Zhao Zhengrong would bring people here personally.
Lin Mo handed her her iced American coffee: "This is for you. I didn't touch it."
Zhao Zhengrong glanced at it disdainfully and didn't answer. He said with a straight face, "Although you were the one who pleaded with President Xiao on my behalf before, I won't thank you. I shouldn't have been fired in the first place."
Lin Mo withdrew her hand and said nothing.
Zhao Zhengrong: "You'd better complete your 2L work well. If there is even the slightest omission, I will still give you trouble."
“…”
Lin Mo was speechless. She put the straw into the cup, took a sip of coffee, and smiled sweetly, "Then I'll have to trouble Director Zhao for your help."
Zhao Zhengrong snorted coldly, turned around and left without saying anything.
Li Ningxin, who had been eavesdropping for a long time, waited until Zhao Zhengrong left. Then, biting the straw, she quietly moved over and whispered, "I didn't expect Director Zhao to be so hypocritical."
Lin Mo nodded in agreement.
Then, he sent a message of thanks to Lu Yanxiao.
Lu Yanxiao replied to her: [You're welcome. No matter who it is, if they collapse in my company, I, as the boss, cannot shirk the blame.]
Lin Mo searched through the list and wanted to reply him with a "gratitude" emoticon, but before she could send it, the other party quickly sent another one.
Lu Yanxiao: [After all, I'm also responsible for tiring someone to the point of having a nightmare.]
Lin Mo: [……]
Bringing this up again!!
That embarrassing memory, which I had almost forced myself to forget, was brought up again by Lu Yanxiao.
Lin Mo sighed in frustration.
However, Lu Yanxiao was indeed very thoughtful in caring for his employees.
Due to the increase in manpower, work efficiency was greatly improved. Everyone got off work at 8 o'clock that day. Lu Yanxiao specially dispatched several cars and asked the drivers to safely take all the employees who did not have cars home.
Thursday was the last day of overtime planned at this stage. Thanks to everyone's efforts, not only did we not have to work overtime, but we also completed all the work ahead of schedule at 5 pm.
Therefore, everyone is relaxed and happy, and goes home from get off work on time.
The only one who was not satisfied was Song Yue. He had originally wanted to use overtime as an excuse to ride in Lin Mo's car for a few more days, but he didn't expect the boss to be so kind as to send them home in a special car. He didn't even have a chance to speak again.
Now that he can finally get off work on time and doesn't need his boss to send a car, he finally has another chance.
When the stopwatch for the end of get off work skipped, he couldn't wait to put on his bag and rushed to Lin Mo: "Mr. Lin——"
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
The phone vibrated endlessly. Lin Mo lowered her eyes and saw that it was Lu Yanxiao calling. After only two seconds of hesitation, she pressed the hang-up button and looked up at Song Yue: "What's wrong?"
"My car..."
Buzz, buzz.
The phone vibrated again. This time it was two WeChat messages from Lu Yanxiao.
Lu Yanxiao: [……]
Lu Yanxiao: [Grandpa asked me to go back to the old house for dinner tonight and stay overnight.]
Grandpa Lu had told them to go back to the old house a few days ago. Because she had to work overtime, she asked Lu Yanxiao to help refuse. Today, she finally got off work on time, and there was no reason for her to refuse. Besides, since she had agreed to marry Lu Yanxiao, it was her obligation to deal with each other's families.
Lin Mo quickly typed the word "OK" on the screen and replied.
He raised his eyes again and looked at Song Yue, waiting for his next words.
Song Yue scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My car hasn't been repaired yet. Can I continue to use your car today?"
It was 5:35, still early and clear, with the subway and bus available, so it wouldn't be hard to get a taxi. A sense of strangeness flashed through Lin Mo's mind, but she didn't think much of it. She smiled and declined, "Sorry, Song Yue, I have to go somewhere else today, so it's not on my way."
"Oh, is that so? It's okay, it's okay. I'll go take the subway." Song Yue waved his hands cheerfully, but he was actually very disappointed in his heart. He always felt that this scene of being rejected was familiar.
Yes, it did happen.
Two days ago, he wanted to invite Lin Mo to dinner, but was interrupted by a sudden message from Lin Mo on the phone. In the end, Lin Mo rejected him.
Who is it? It’s so annoying!
Song Yue turned around, looking even more lost. With a bitter face, he walked out of the office area with heavy steps.
Lin Mo slowly packed up her things. When she was alone at her workstation, she picked up her phone and sent a message to Lu Yanxiao: [It's time to get off work now. There are too many people. Let's go separately, just like when we were at work.]
Lu Yanxiao: [Back to the old house, do you think it's appropriate to drive two cars?]
It seems inappropriate.
A couple works in the same company, gets off work at the same time, and returns to the same home, but they walk separately, as if there is a conflict between the couple.
Lin Mo hesitated for a moment and typed on her phone: [How about this? Drive to the back gate of the park first. Walk west across the road about thirty or forty meters. There's an alley. Go around from the main road to the other end of the alley and wait for me.]
She discovered the alley by chance when she went out at noon one day to avoid traffic congestion. It was actually a narrow road between the wall of a nearby park and another small park. It was relatively remote and few people passed by.
Lu Yanxiao first threw a string of [……], but Lin Mo ignored it. The other party seemed to compromise and finally replied with [OK].
Although it was a covert route, Lin Mo still walked extremely cautiously. As soon as she left the company, she hung her bag on her arm, turned up her collar to cover the lower half of her face as much as possible, and kept her eyes and ears open.
When I reached the end of the alley, I saw the dazzling Rolls-Royce at a glance.
Lu Yanxiao also saw her the first time, and the car lights flashed a few times as if to warn her.
Lin Mo looked around. This was a main road with only vehicles passing by and no pedestrians. She hurriedly got into the passenger seat.
"No one noticed, right?" Lin Mo asked while fastening her seat belt.
Lu Yanxiao glanced at her: "Don't worry, when they see my car, few people dare to approach."
"That's right, no one wants to get too close to the boss."
Lu Yanxiao: "..."
It was the evening rush hour after work. After passing the open road near the company, we soon entered a congested section where vehicles stopped and started and moved slowly.
As night falls, the city's nightscape gradually brightens.
Lin Mo looked out the window bored. It was a rare opportunity that she didn't have to drive herself and could focus on enjoying the night view. For her, even the traffic jams didn't seem so unbearable.
When she reached the ancient city gate, she couldn't help but pick up her mobile phone, took a photo of the street scene, and shared it with her mother Xu Jinyan as soon as possible.
It was lunchtime on Xu Jinyan's end, so she replied promptly: [You seem to be in a good mood. Have you eaten yet?]
Lin Mo sent a voice message: [On my way home, Grandpa Lu asked me and Yan Xiao to go back to the old house for dinner.]
Lu Yanxiao cooperated very well and greeted Xu Jinyan into the microphone.
As the mother and daughter chatted, Lu Yanxiao drove with his eyes fixed on the road, his ears listening intently. Not long ago, the girl had fallen asleep in his office, her pitiful, helpless appearance caught in a nightmare that had left a deep impression on him. Could it be about her parents? Back then, she'd held his hand, murmuring, "Mom and Dad, please don't leave me."
The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and then Xu Jinyan said she had to go out for something, so the two said goodbye reluctantly.
"Have you still had nightmares these past two days?" Lu Yanxiao asked casually as the call ended.
Lin Mo was stunned, then recalled the embarrassment in the dark room that day, and said lightly, "I didn't do it."
Lu Yanxiao nodded.
The car was silent for more than a minute, and then he asked again: "Can you tell me what the nightmare was?"
He wanted to know more about her.
Lin Mo thought he was going to bring up that embarrassing kiss again. She really didn't know how to explain it, so she continued to pretend not to care, stroking her chin and pretending to be deep: "Let me think about it..."
"I dreamed I was doing an experiment at a research institute, and I couldn't pull the joystick down no matter what. I was so anxious. It was so scary." She lied, half-seriously. "Maybe I just mistook your arm for a joystick."
"Oh, right, I have some documents to look over." Lin Mo took out a stack of papers from her bag, opened her phone, and started looking at them. "Don't talk, I have to finish reading them before I get home."
This meant forcing him to shut up.
Lu Yanxiao's eyes were filled with indulgence: "If you look at your phone for a long time in the car, be careful of motion sickness."
"It's okay, you drive very steadily and you won't feel dizzy at all." Lin Mo didn't even raise her head. Now, she only had the documents in her eyes and could not hear or see anything else.
Lu Yanxiao raised the corners of his lips secretly and helped her turn on the overhead light without saying a word.
When I returned to Guiyuan’s old house, dinner was just ready.
"Where's my brother?" Lu Yanxiao looked around the room. The old man asked them to go home for dinner, but there was no sign of Lu Sijian.
"I'm on a business trip out of town, Qiquan or somewhere else?"
Lu Qingye was unsure and glanced at the butler, Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang quickly replied, "Yes, you're not mistaken. It's Qiquan City."
"This kid Si Jian just wants to avoid me now. I just urged him to seize the important things in his life a few days ago and wanted to arrange a blind date for him, but he went on a business trip. Alas, maybe I said too harshly." Lu Qingye was a little annoyed.
After all, Lu Sijian is not Lu Qingye's biological son, and he has a sensitive personality. Lu Qingye usually doesn't say much about him. But ever since Lu Yanxiao got married, he saw the couple living happily together, and he couldn't help but urged Lu Sijian a few times, asking him to arrange a blind date for him. Unexpectedly, Lu Sijian went on a business trip the next day.
"Yan Xiao, please take some time to talk to Si Jian tactfully for me. I won't push him anymore."
"I think you're overthinking it. My brother wouldn't have to hide from you for something like this. He must be on a serious business trip."
Lu Qingye tutted his words, looking displeased.
Lu Yanxiao had previously been troubled by his grandfather's urging for marriage, and now with his lover by his side, he couldn't help but show off. Crucially, he had always disliked his grandfather being too cautious with Lu Sijian, as this only made Lu Sijian uncomfortable. So, looking for a fight, he said, "This is unfair, old man. When you were urging me, you didn't say a single soft word, but when it comes to my brother, why are you reflecting on your harsh words?"
"Can it be the same?"
"How is it different? You..."
Lu Yanxiao was halfway through his words when the girl next to him tugged at his sleeve. He glanced over and saw the girl wrinkled her nose and shook her head slightly at him, obviously not wanting him to "talk back" to the old man anymore.
Her well-behaved appearance makes people's heart beat faster.
Lu Yanxiao was helpless: "Okay, okay, I'll tell you."
Of course, Lu Qingye also saw this scene and was extremely happy.
Finally someone can deal with this brat.
"Qingqing, are you adapting well at the company?" Lu Qingye asked with concern. "Are you busy?"
"Busy, extremely busy, working overtime every day!" Before Lin Mo could reply, Lu Yanxiao deliberately interrupted her, his tone filled with dissatisfaction, "Grandpa, please tell me about her."
"Working overtime every day?" Lu Qingye frowned.
Fearing that the old man would worry, Lin Mo quickly explained: "I was very busy when I first arrived, but I've been much better recently."
"Oh, no matter how busy you are, you have to prioritize your health. You can't always work overtime." Lu Qingye showed pity on his face as he gave a few careful instructions. He then turned his attention to Lu Yanxiao, "What about you, brat? You're the boss, can't you get more help?"
“…”
"I?"
Lu Yanxiao put down his chopsticks, pretending to be hurt, leaned back in his chair, and said in a lazy and uninhibited tone, "So the whole process is my fault."
Lin Mo tried to smooth things over: "Grandpa, he helped me."
"Qingqing, don't speak for him." Lu Qingye thought Lin Mo was just defending Lu Yanxiao, and he became even angrier. The more he looked at Lu Yanxiao, the more unhappy he became. "Then let me ask you, Qingqing is working overtime, and what about you? What are you doing?"
"I'm alone in an empty room."
"You're just asking for trouble!" Lu Qingye raged. "You don't do a good job of providing logistical support, and you're staying home all alone? I think you're asking for a fight!"
As he spoke, Lu Qingye raised the end of his chopsticks and tapped Lu Yanxiao's shoulder twice. The old man pondered Lu Yanxiao's words for a moment, "You can't even take your wife to and from get off work, can you?"
"She worked overtime until very late." Lu Yanxiao said righteously.
Not only did this brat not care, he even thought it was too late and didn't pick up his wife. Lu Qingye was so angry that he ordered sternly, "You have to pick her up even in the early morning! From now on, you must pick up Qingqing to and from get off work. Do you hear me?"
"Grandpa, it's okay. It's more convenient for me to drive myself."
Lin Mo smiled sweetly and explained in a gentle voice. Her hand moved under the table. She wanted to quietly pull Lu Yanxiao's sleeve to signal him to stop irritating his grandfather. However, Lu Yanxiao happened to sit up straight and put his arms on the table. Her hand reached out but missed.
Lu Yanxiao continued to act like a jerk: "Qingqing said I didn't need to answer it. I'm the boss and I don't have to punch in. Why would I go so early? Are you so bored?"
"You!" Lu Qingye gasped in anger.
Upon seeing this, Butler Zhang immediately came over to pat Lu Qingye on the back to help him calm down.
Lin Mo kicked Lu Yanxiao under the table and glared at him fiercely.
Only Lu Yanxiao knew clearly that the old man was fine, but he still had to pretend. He stood up, poured Lu Qingye a glass of water, and compromised, "Okay, okay, I'll pick you up on time every day and be your full-time driver."
When Lu Qingye heard this, his physical condition immediately improved. He looked at Lin Mo and said, "Qingqing, you heard me. If he doesn't do it in the future, tell grandpa and he will take care of it for you."
Lin Mo agreed crisply: "Okay."
After saying that, he turned around and gave Lu Yanxiao a helpless and complaining look.
Lu Yanxiao shrugged, lowering his eyes and a triumphant smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
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