Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Possessiveness.
The next morning, Lin Mo was shocked to find that she had woken up in the second bedroom downstairs.
Lin Peng went to school an hour earlier than they did, so she was nowhere to be seen. Lu Yanxiao was eating in the dining room. Sister Qin, the housekeeper, was busy in the kitchen. When she saw her, she quickly brought out her breakfast.
Just opposite Lu Yanxiao.
People tend to be more impulsive and reckless at night, but they automatically become restrained during the day. Lin Mo is like this at the moment. Thinking of what happened last night, her face flushed. She sat opposite and deliberately lowered her head to eat toast to avoid looking at Lu Yanxiao.
"You look good." Lu Yanxiao's frivolous voice sounded, with a smile, and said it with a hint of meaning.
Seeing him acting like nothing had happened, Lin Mo's competitive spirit suddenly took over. She raised her head in dissatisfaction, curled her eyes, and smirked back, "You look good, too."
Lu Yanxiao remained calm: "Thank you."
"Can't you hear the irony?"
Lu Yanxiao: "I heard it. Thank you for making me look good."
"Ah!" Lin Mo hurriedly picked up a strawberry and blocked his mouth. "Stop talking and eat quickly."
Lin Mo was so shy that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Sister Qin was nearby, and she was really afraid that Lu Yanxiao would say something shameless again, which would be too embarrassing.
"If you say another word, I won't let you send me off." Lin Mo threatened.
Lu Yanxiao bit a strawberry, and the way he tried to hold back his laughter looked like he was asking for trouble.
Just shut up, Lin Mo didn't want to bother with him anymore.
After breakfast, as agreed, Lu Yanxiao drove a black Audi and took her to the alley at the back door of the park. She didn't run into any colleagues and everything went smoothly.
After entering the company building, Lin Mo took off her sunglasses and was about to get into the elevator when she heard Li Ningxin's voice from a distance.
"Senior sister, wait for me."
Lin Mo pressed the door-opening button and waited until she came in quickly before letting go.
Li Ningxin ran in a hurry, adjusting her hair in the reflection of the elevator car wall, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh my God, Senior Sister, you look so good today."
Why is it this sentence again? Lin Mo asked guiltily: "Is there?"
"Yes, you are fair to begin with, but today you are fair with a hint of pink. You look full of energy, very healthy, and really make people want to pinch you." Li Ningxin said exaggeratedly as she reached out to pinch her.
Lin Mo stepped back reflexively.
"Senior sister, please, let me pinch you." Li Ningxin stretched out her hand and acted coquettishly.
Lin Mo compromised and turned her face over awkwardly.
"Wow, it feels really good. Senior Sister, have you been using any new skincare products recently?"
Lin Mo could only go along with her and make up a lie: "No, it might be because I caught up on a day of sleep over the weekend. I got enough sleep, so my complexion has improved a little."
"Oh, that makes sense." Li Ningxin was convinced.
Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief silently.
She looked at herself in the mirror and seemed to be in good condition. It turned out that Lu Yanxiao had not deliberately teased her that morning.
To avoid excessive screen time, Lin Mo and her team met and decided to schedule all travel time for the next two weeks. During that time, she donned sunglasses and a hat, traveling to meet with suppliers of materials and components, factory personnel, partner institutions, firefighters, logistics companies, and more.
All work is progressing in an orderly manner, and the symptoms of high intraocular pressure have not recurred.
Lin Mo was finally completely relieved.
But there was one small thing that made her pay attention.
She felt that something seemed to be wrong with Song Yue.
Unlike his previous positive work attitude, Song Yue has been deliberately avoiding work recently. Several times, when he was supposed to be responsible for going out, he asked other colleagues to help, and found an excuse to stay in the company or asked for leave to go home.
Although the work was eventually completed successfully, this situation became more and more common, and Lin Mo couldn't help but worry, wondering if something had happened to Song Yue. As the team leader, she had an obligation to pay more attention to the members of her team.
Two weeks later, on Thursday morning, the four-member team met in a small conference room to discuss arrangements for their upcoming trip to the flight base on Friday.
At the end of the meeting, Song Yue handed the folder to Lin Mo and said, "I'm so sorry, Engineer Lin, I have something to do and can't go tomorrow. But don't worry, I have all the information ready, it's all in this folder. I've also contacted the flight base, and the contact information is here. I've also requested a car and driver from the company. You three can just go there tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Lin Mo didn't say anything in public.
After the meeting, she returned to the office and sent Song Yue a message, asking him to meet in the small reception room. After sending the message, she looked up at Song Yue's office. Strangely, Song Yue glanced at his phone but didn't reply immediately. He seemed very troubled and anxious, biting his nails.
Is he troubled by her appointment?
Lin Mo pulled out a pen, flipped through a sheet of paper, and began drawing a mind map of the next two weeks' work. She was quickly shocked to discover a key point: the outings Song Yue had asked other colleagues to cover for were actually the ones he was supposed to go with her. So, Song Yue wasn't avoiding work; he was avoiding her.
Why are you hiding from her?
Did I offend him accidentally?
Lin Mo scratched her head but couldn't figure it out.
She glanced at the screen, but still hadn't received a reply from the other party on WeChat.
If this continues, it will be very detrimental to the advancement of work.
She followed up forcefully: "It won't take long. I'll wait for you in the reception room."
This trick really worked. After waiting in the reception room for less than two minutes, Song Yue pushed the door open and walked in. Lin Mo, with a smile on her face, pushed one of the two bottles of coffee she had just bought from the vending machine to him.
"Thanks."
Song Yue sat down opposite her, his legs tightly closed, his head slightly lowered, and he looked very reserved, completely different from the Song Yue who had been chatting and laughing confidently with her when they first met.
It seems that her analysis was correct, Song Yue's abnormality was related to her.
"Teacher Song Yue, have you been avoiding me recently?" Lin Mo asked directly.
Song Yue pulled the corners of his lips awkwardly and pretended to be lively: "Ah, Engineer Lin, what are you talking about? Why should I hide from you?"
"It's obvious." Lin Mo smiled, hoping her soft and friendly tone would put him down. "Do you hate me?"
"No." Song Yue quickly denied, "I don't hate you."
"So, you're just avoiding me."
Song Yue suddenly realized that he had fallen into the trap she set. The girl was too smart, intellectual, sweet and gentle, which revived the love in his heart, but reason told him: No!
Song Yue calmed himself down, straightened his back, and said seriously, "Mr. Lin, I liked you before, but after knowing your relationship with Mr. Xiao, I have made up my mind to adjust my one-sided feelings and will never destroy the relationship between you and your husband and wife."
Song Yue's eyes were firm, as if he was solemnly stating to her, and also as if he was sternly warning himself.
Lin Mo was completely confused. This was a lot of information, and she needed to digest it all. "You like me? You also know about my relationship with Lu Yanxiao?"
Song Yue was also stunned: "You, you don't know that I know?"
Lin Mo shook her head.
Song Yue told her everything about the day she got drunk, how he asked a designated driver to take her home, and how he met Lu Yanxiao in the garage: "Boss Xiao asked me to keep it a secret, so I didn't dare tell anyone. I thought you remembered it."
"I don't remember. I thought you called a designated driver for me, and only the designated driver took me home."
"It seems that in Mr. Lin's mind, I am not a person worth remembering." Song Yue joked self-deprecatingly.
Lin Mo waved her hands: "No, I was drunk and had bad manners. Maybe it was too embarrassing to act crazy, so my brain automatically blocked that memory." Then, she said embarrassedly, "Song Yue, thank you for your love, but I only regard you as a colleague and friend."
"I know."
"That Saturday I called you to ask for your help, and that's why you rejected me, right?"
Song Yue nodded: "Yeah."
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble because of me." She was not good at dealing with this kind of thing, but she didn't want to see other people's normal work being affected because of her own reasons.
Since Song Yue said that he "will handle his emotions well", and his way of dealing with it is to avoid her and avoid contact with her, then she might as well help him achieve this goal directly.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Mo continued, "How about I talk to President Su and ask him to transfer you back to Director Zhao's department and have him arrange for someone else to come over?"
"ah?"
Song Yue was stunned. He thought Lin Mo would blame him a little, saying that he should not let his personal emotions affect his work, and asked him to adjust himself and not delay his work anymore. Unexpectedly, she was actually thinking about him and helping him find a solution.
For a moment, Song Yue felt a little ashamed of himself.
Sure enough, this is the girl she likes!
At this moment, he seemed to have suddenly straightened out his mind and found the right way to deal with it: the liking would not disappear, but it could be turned into appreciation, hidden deep in the heart, forming a positive push that would allow him to become better.
"No need. Reassigning people will inevitably take some time to familiarize themselves with each other and get used to each other." Song Yue took a deep breath, as if to strengthen his determination. "I'm sorry, Engineer Lin, I was too cowardly and irresponsible in the past two weeks. I promise that from now on, I will never make the same mistake again."
"So, you decided to stay and not hide from me anymore?" Lin Mo was surprised.
"Well, I decided to stay and not hide from you, but..."
Song Yue glanced at the door and lowered his voice to sound mysterious. "I will know when to stop, because I feel that President Xiao has a strong possessiveness towards you. If I don't know when to stop, President Xiao will hunt me down."
"How could that be? That's an exaggeration."
Lin Mo felt like she was hearing a funny joke. Where did Lu Yanxiao's possessiveness towards her come from?
Song Yue swore, "Of course he would. That night, it felt like he was going to kill me at any moment."
No matter what, everyone was happy that Song Yue had adjusted. Lin Mo felt particularly relaxed and joked, "Then I'll go back tonight and talk to him properly. I'll help you settle the score with him. Don't be afraid. Just do what needs to be done. Don't feel too pressured when talking to me. Otherwise, I don't know how to get along with you."
"Uh, I'll try." Song Yue laughed heartily and handed the coffee bottle to her. "Cheers."
Lin Mo: "Cheers."
*
Lin Mo’s work schedule for the afternoon was to go out alone to a college that cooperates with environmental protection materials.
The car and driver were both requested from the company, and Lin Mo told the driver that he only needed to drop her off. Therefore, Lu Yanxiao had no qualms about picking her up, and when he picked her up, he drove directly to the university gate and waited for her to finish.
Arriving early, Lu Yanxiao opened his tablet and worked while waiting for people in the car.
Not long after, it seemed that the students' last class was over and there were more people at the school gate.
Some mobile vendors also came out in full force, selling cotton candy, hydrogen balloons, candied haws, plush toys and dolls... There was a wide variety of goods, all of which were gadgets that young people liked.
Directly in front of the car, a young couple had just bought a pink bunny-shaped marshmallow. The girl pinched off a small piece and handed it to the boy. The boy was busy playing darts to win stuffed animals, so he turned his head away. The girl shyly fed him the marshmallow. Then, they both looked away, unable to suppress their smiles.
The beautiful and romantic scene made Lu Yanxiao curl the corners of his lips unconsciously.
A moment later, Mr. Lu also had a pink rabbit marshmallow in his hand. He leaned against the car door, staring eagerly in the direction of the university gate, waiting for that familiar figure.
When Lin Mo came out, she saw many people holding up their phones to take pictures, exclaiming to their companions, "So handsome, so handsome!" At first, she thought it was a celebrity nearby, but when she got closer, she realized it was Lu Yanxiao holding a marshmallow.
"He's really handsome. I want to get his contact information."
"Go ahead, you'll regret it if you miss out on such a handsome guy."
"But he seems to have a partner. Look at the marshmallow in his hand. Maybe he bought it for his partner."
"Maybe he bought it for his sister. He's handsome and thoughtful. What are you waiting for?"
…
Several boys and girls were talking among themselves, urging each other to go up and ask Lu Yanxiao for his contact information. Lin Mo walked past them, hearing every word clearly.
She looked over from afar. Because he had just come from the company, Lu Yanxiao was wearing a neat suit and leaning against the car door. He was holding a cute marshmallow in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. He lowered his head as if replying to someone's message. His every move revealed his noble temperament.
It's quite handsome.
Lin Mo inexplicably felt a possessive desire in her heart and ran straight towards him.
"Lu Yanxiao." She said with a hint of pride, handing him the canvas bag on her shoulder, "There's a laptop and some documents in it. It's so heavy."
Lu Yanxiao obediently took it and gave her the marshmallow.
"You bought it for me? Thank you." She took it without hesitation. Seeing that the boys and girls were still looking at it, she simply took the initiative and grabbed a piece of marshmallow to feed it to Lu Yanxiao.
Lu Yanxiao was stunned, unable to believe what was happening before his eyes: Is this going so smoothly?
He bit into the marshmallow obediently, the soft food melting in his mouth, sweet to the heart.
After getting in the car, the vehicle started and passed the direction of those people. Lin Mo looked over there while eating marshmallows. The dejected looks of those people were simply copy and paste. Her vanity got the better of her and she felt very happy. She smiled sweetly and grabbed another piece of marshmallow for Lu Yanxiao.
However, when she returned to the basement of the community, Lin Mo suddenly remembered that she had promised Song Yue in the morning that she would find Lu Yanxiao to "settle accounts" after get off work. However, she was so engrossed in talking about work at the university that she forgot about it for a while. In addition, what happened at the school gate made her happy all the way and she even fed Lu Yanxiao marshmallows.
How should I settle accounts with him properly now?
After much hesitation, Lin Mo finally came up with an idea. When she got off the car, she suddenly stopped and pretended to remember something. She looked at Lu Yanxiao on the other side and said seriously, "Lu Yanxiao, I suddenly remembered something and I need to confirm it with you."
Lu Yanxiao closed the car door, still holding the bamboo stick left after she finished eating the marshmallow. He didn't rush to throw it away, but stopped where he was, waiting for her next words.
"Last time I was drunk, was it Song Yue who sent me to the garage? And then I met you in the garage?"
Hearing Song Yue's name from the girl's mouth, Lu Yanxiao frowned and hummed impatiently.
"And then? What did you tell him?"
Lu Yanxiao: "Tell the truth."
What a righteous and honest statement. Lin Mo was displeased: "Why don't you make up an excuse?"
"What are you making up?"
"Neighbors and everything."
Lu Yanxiao's dark eyes revealed dissatisfaction: "Why, are you so anxious to have an affair?"
"What extramarital affair?! We were all fine and working together smoothly. Do you know that because of your nonsense, Song Yue has been avoiding me recently, and it has affected our work."
"Everything is alright?"
Lu Yanxiao snorted speechlessly, "Lin Mo, I told you, he likes you."
"I found out today, but I don't like him. We've already made it clear. I told him I only see him as a colleague, and he promised to adjust. But what does this have to do with you revealing yourself? You promised to keep it a secret with me."
Lu Yanxiao was so angry that he didn't want to talk. He walked to the trash can and threw away the bamboo sticks. When he came back, he had adjusted himself a little and poked the girl's forehead with his index finger: "Do you think others are as stupid as you?"
Lin Mo felt puzzled. Song Yue met him in the garage, not at home. He could have just said they were neighbors or something. Why did he have to expose himself?
"How am I stupid? You're the one who exposed yourself, okay? You're the stupid one."
Lu Yanxiao: "..."
"Yes, I was stupid. I was hugged by my wife in front of the mistress, and I had to tell her that I was just a neighbor passing by." Lu Yanxiao said coldly and walked away without looking back.
What the hell is a mistress?
Lin Mo was stunned: "I hugged him in front of Song Yue?"
She suddenly felt guilty, as if she had no choice but to admit it. She trotted after Lu Yanxiao, her voice softening a bit, with a hint of coquettishness and arrogance: "Anyway, you are not allowed to tell anyone else from now on, and you are not allowed to scare others."
Lu Yanxiao didn't say anything and continued to stride forward.
"Lu Yanxiao, did you hear that?" The girl ran after him and diligently pressed the up button of the elevator first.
Lu Yanxiao's heart softened, but he still kept a straight face and glanced at her: "And your junior sister."
"What happened to Ning Xin?" Lin Mo was puzzled.
"She is trying to match you up with another man, knowing that you already have a partner."
"How is that possible? Junior sister is not that kind of person." Lin Mo strongly denied it.
How could it be impossible? He heard it clearly in the tea room, but he had no evidence, and he didn't want to look like a resentful husband. So Lu Yanxiao didn't say anything more. He walked into the elevator with a cold face and said to Lin Mo, "You'd better tell her too."
Lin Mo didn't allow anyone to talk about her junior sister, so she didn't respond to him.
In the spacious elevator, the two people stood on each side. The atmosphere was extremely low and neither of them was willing to give in.
The two of them were angry with each other. They returned home, finished their meal in silence, and then went back to their own study.
The next morning, when Lu Yanxiao woke up, Lin Mo was already gone. Sister Qin, the housekeeper, said she'd gotten up at 7:30, had breakfast, and then taken a taxi to work. Lu Yanxiao felt a slight tightness in his chest, and he had no appetite at all. He went to get some water from the refrigerator, and saw a note Lin Mo had left on the door.
It said, "Today our team is going to the Nantian Flight Base. I have to go to the company early to prepare, so I won't bother you with the ride."
Lu Yanxiao tore off the note and crumpled it into a ball in his hand.
*
At nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Mo and three other members of the team went downstairs on time, ready to take the company car to the Nantian Flight Base.
However, when he got downstairs, the Buick business car that he had booked in advance was nowhere to be seen. There were only two cars parked in front of him, one was a white Mercedes-Benz with a sports car design, and the other was Lu Yanxiao's Rolls-Royce.
Lin Mo looked around and asked Song Yue, "Has the car not arrived yet?"
"It should be here by now." Song Yue flipped through the car booking information he had chatted with the administrator. The administrator said that the driver would park the car downstairs on time at 9 o'clock this morning. "I'll call and ask."
As he spoke, Song Yue pressed the video call button. As the phone beeped, the voice of a girl from the administration department came from the company building: "Teacher Song, I'm here."
The girl from the administration department came running over in her high heels, looking apologetic.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Song Yue. I was so busy that I forgot to tell you. The company had other temporary arrangements. All the business Buicks were transferred away, leaving only this little Mercedes."
Song Yue glanced at the white Mercedes-Benz. Because of its sports car design, the back seat looked particularly cramped and narrow. With four people in their group plus the driver, it would be very crowded for five people to sit in it.
Song Yue was embarrassed: "Isn't this too crowded?"
"Driver, can you please not go with us? We can drive ourselves." Lin Mo suggested.
The girl from the administration department shook her head. "Sorry, this is company policy." She glanced at the four people's expressions of rejection and chuckled, "Oh, I haven't finished yet. Why are you all so worried? Don't worry, the company will do its best to support its employees in their work."
The administrative girl pointed to the Rolls-Royce in front. "There's another car over there. The boss happened to be going to the air base today, so our manager went there to complain. The boss was kind enough to agree to let you go with him. You guys can make your own arrangements and see who's up for the boss's ride."
The four of them looked at each other.
Song Yue's brain worked the fastest, and he immediately figured out what was going on: the boss must want to drive his wife there personally, and whoever of the three of them joined in the fun would be courting death.
Song Yue dodged and was the first to get into the passenger seat of the Mercedes-Benz: "I have to give directions to the driver, so I'll take this one." While speaking, he gave Lin Mo a look as if to exchange information, but Lin Mo was looking at the Rolls-Royce and didn't receive it.
Lin Mo didn't think much of it; she completely believed what the administrative girl said. However, Lu Yanxiao was the company's big boss, and no one would want to ride in his car. She tentatively asked, "Is there anyone willing to ride in President Xiao's car?"
Everyone shook their heads and tried to avoid it.
Li Ningxin's face was filled with disbelief. In her mind, didn't Song Yue like her senior sister? With such a great opportunity, why didn't he sit with her? Thinking of this, Li Ningxin said meaningfully, "Teacher Song Yue, you and your senior sister can take the boss's car. Liu Jun and I will take this one."
Song Yue waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I have to give directions to the driver."
The driver had been to the flight base before, so why would he need directions? Besides, is the navigation system just for show? Li Ningxin thought the guy was out of his mind and winked at him frantically.
"Teacher Song Yue, Senior Sister, you two are seniors, and you can still chat with President Xiao about work on the way. We two are small fry, and it's not appropriate for us to ride in the same car with the boss. We'll be scared to death."
Song Yue knew that Li Ningxin was still trying to match him up with Lin Mo, but President Xiao and Lin Mo were deliberately hiding their marital status. He didn't dare to say too much and simply said, "This car can seat three people. Ningxin, you and Liu Jun can sit in the back seat, and Engineer Lin can sit alone in President Xiao's car."
Li Ningxin was even more speechless!
"It's okay, I'll go alone, you three sit here." Lin Mo then looked at Song Yue and nodded slightly at him. She understood what he meant. After all, Song Yue now knew about her relationship with Lu Yanxiao, so it was most appropriate for her to ride in Lu Yanxiao's car.
After saying this, Lin Mo walked straight forward.
Li Ningxin was so angry that she glared at Song Yue and called him "inhuman and brainless"!
It is so inhumane to let Senior Sister ride in the same car with Lu Yanxiao alone. On the one hand, Senior Sister must be uncomfortable, and on the other hand, it is like a wolf walking into a tiger's mouth.
How could she allow this to happen?
So, Li Ningxin quickly chased Lin Mo, like a righteous female warrior: "Senior sister, I'm with you."
Song Yue had no time to stop it and shook his head helplessly.
It is estimated that she is the one who will be "hunted down" by President Xiao today...
When they reached the Rolls-Royce, they saw that Lu Yanxiao was already in the driver's seat, with the passenger window open. This meant that he might have seen or heard everything they had just said and declined!
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