Chapter 43 Chapter 43 "There will be normal physical reactions." ...
Finally freed, Lin Mo stood up suddenly as if she had been electrocuted. She picked at her fingers and lowered her eyes, not daring to look at the people around her, for fear of accidentally seeing something she shouldn't see. "I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean to."
Lu Yanxiao remained calm, as if nothing had happened, but his voice was a little deep: "You eat first, I'm going to the bathroom."
Of course she knew what the bathroom was for, so she said "oh" in a hurry and ran out of the study.
Sister Qin waited for her to come back before putting the meal on the table, but she was in no mood to eat at the moment. Her whole body was still in a state of heat, annoyance and embarrassment. It felt like thousands of troops were roaring in her head, and she was very restless.
I used both hands to fan my cheeks, trying to calm myself down as quickly as possible, but the opposite happened. As soon as I stopped for a moment, the scene in the study just now came back to my mind. Now I could even hear the sound of water running in the shower. I didn't know if it was my imagination or the real sound.
Lu Yanxiao told her to eat first, but in his house, it was impolite not to wait for people.
Lin Mo could only wait, hoping that Lu Yanxiao would take a little longer in the bathroom to give her time to calm down.
After more than ten minutes, the condition eased a little, but not much. She vaguely heard the sound of the bedroom door opening, and then footsteps approaching, and her heart began to beat again.
"Didn't I tell you to eat first and not wait for me?" The man sat down opposite.
"It's okay, I'm not too hungry." Lin Mo raised her eyes and gave him a brief smile, then picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
He was only thinking that as long as she ate fast enough, she could finish her meal quickly and escape from this embarrassing situation, and he didn't seem to realize that his words and actions were seriously inconsistent.
A very light laugh came from the side, and the man's voice sounded with a hint of teasing: "Eat some vegetables, don't just eat rice."
Lin Mo nodded, without raising her head, and ate slowly and leisurely. In fact, she was watching the man's situation with her eyes and nose, and glanced at him inadvertently with her peripheral vision.
“!!”
The man was staring at her without blinking.
Having been caught peeking, she steeled herself to pretend she was going to talk to him. Her dark eyes blinked, "Why aren't you eating? Is it not to your liking?"
There was no expression on Lu Yanxiao's face. There was a hint of inquiry in his eyes as he looked at her, but he did not answer her.
Lin Mo reached out and touched her face: "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
"Lin Mo." Lu Yanxiao spoke.
"Um?"
"I'm a normal man, so I have a normal body reaction." Lu Yanxiao picked up the cup and took a sip of water, his eyes fixed on her the whole time. His voice was leisurely, as if he was saying something very ordinary and casual.
The contrast between the two made her seem guilty. She also picked up the water glass and pretended to be calm: "I know, I won't think too much."
"Then why are you nervous?"
Lin Mo simply told the truth: "It's my first time..."
She considered her words and continued, "It's normal to feel a little overwhelmed when you experience that kind of physical reaction up close for the first time. Give me some time."
Lu Yanxiao hummed meaningfully, a smile on his lips: "Normally. Do you want to separate the food? Should I eat in the living room?"
"No, I'll adjust quickly."
Lu Yanxiao didn't say anything else.
The two of them ate in silence. Lin Mo was reciting the periodic table in her mind while eating. At this moment, the cell phone next to her suddenly vibrated.
She clicked it and saw that it was a message from Li Ningxin.
Li Ningxin: [Senior Sister, I heard that Zhao Zhengrong was fired! ]
Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that she almost forgot something important.
She promised Su Luoang to help persuade Lu Yanxiao not to fire Zhao Zhengrong.
She had been asking for help from someone, so before going home, she had imagined many scenarios and ways to ask Lu Yanxiao, such as casually mentioning it while serving him food, or giving him fruit she had cut herself while he was working. In short, all of them were to gain his favor and ask for help naturally.
But after what happened just now, it seems inappropriate to do similar things now.
She paused, then said bluntly, "Lu Yanxiao, could you please not fire Zhao Zhengrong?"
"?"
Lu Yanxiao stopped eating with his chopsticks and looked over with a puzzled look, "You are the victim."
"You fired her because of me?" Lin Mo sensitively caught the key point in his words.
As if his thoughts were touched, Lu Yan froze for a second, then lowered his eyes, suppressing the fleeting panic in his eyes. When he raised his eyes again, he regained his composure and said, "No."
"It's not because of you."
He reiterated, putting down his chopsticks and speaking slowly, "First, the decision to send the research institute's director here was a unanimous one. Second, the decision to assign Party A's expatriate personnel to any location was made by the company's leadership. She took her personal anger out on Party A's personnel, which violated the contract and negatively impacted our company's image."
What he said made sense and Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief, but she also felt a little lost for some reason.
After a brief pause, she remembered Su Luoang's instructions, gathered herself, and continued, "But, in the end, it didn't have any major impact, and she worked with me normally. Besides, I've read her resume, and her professional abilities are quite strong."
"The company has no shortage of capable people." Lu Yanxiao played with his phone.
"Actually, she might not be upset by the two points you mentioned. There's some misunderstanding here." Lin Mo pondered and said it out loud, "She seems to have misunderstood the relationship between me and Mr. Su..."
"What kind of relationship?" Lu Yanxiao was puzzled.
Lin Mo scratched the edge of her phone: "Just, just boyfriend and girlfriend or something, right?"
"What?!"
Lu Yanxiao paused, and the edge of his phone hit the table with a thud.
Lin Mo looked up and was startled. For some reason, the man's face darkened, and his eyes were filled with hostility, as if a storm was brewing. His voice was low, but he could not hide his anger: "Why did she misunderstand? What did you and Su Luoang do? Or, what did Su Luoang do to you?"
After three questions in a row, the oppressive feeling was shocking.
"Neither." Lin Mo raised her chin stubbornly and denied it.
He recounted the whole story of his conversation with Su Luoang in the small conference room.
"Director Zhao must be deeply disgusted by backdoor dealings, which is why he's overly sensitive and extreme. You're the boss, so think about it from another perspective. This employee is so honest. Firing him like that would be disheartening to him."
She thought that if she could appeal to his emotions and reason with him, Lu Yanxiao should be able to understand, so she observed his reaction as she spoke.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yanxiao's expression didn't improve at all. Instead, he seemed to be trying hard to suppress his anger. When she finished, he became even more gloomy. His voice was deep and cold as he said word by word, "He should be fired for maliciously slandering the Party A representative and the company's senior management."
Lin Mo choked and hesitated for a long time, not knowing what else to say.
She was not good at convincing others on things like this. The more she talked, the worse the result became. She sighed, pursed her lips in frustration, and poked the rice in the bowl with her chopsticks.
Lu Yanxiao looked at her steadily, his fingertips tapping lightly on the phone.
In the end, I couldn't bear to let her feel lost.
After a moment, he picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and placed it on the rice for her. He seemed helpless, yet also indulgent. "You really don't want me to fire her?"
Because she no longer held out any hope, Lin Mo didn't notice his change in attitude at all. She murmured aggrievedly, "We are husband and wife. Zhao Zhengrong just misunderstood me."
Lu Yanxiao's heart softened, and he no longer had the mind to consider the right and wrong.
"Okay." He said softly.
Lin Mo thought she was hallucinating and looked up in surprise: "You agreed?"
"Yes, I agree."
Lin Mo was delighted. She thought that since Lu Yanxiao had already agreed, she had to press the issue. Glancing at his empty cup, an idea suddenly struck her. She took the initiative to pick up the kettle and refill his cup. Then, she pushed the phone in front of him and continued to act cute: "So, tell me now?"
Lu Yanxiao had to admit that this trick worked very well for him and his heart almost melted.
He suppressed the corners of his lips, picked up his phone calmly, and wrote a message to Su Luoang in front of Lin Mo. After writing it, he handed it to her for review.
Lin Mo didn't say much to avoid unnecessary complications: "That's fine, let's just post it like this."
The moment the message was sent, Su Luoang replied immediately with "Received," followed by a happy emoticon. Lin Mo finally felt relieved: "Thank you."
Lu Yanxiao: "Can you concentrate on eating now?"
"Okay." Lin Mo said as she sat back in her seat. However, just as she picked up the chopsticks, the phone next to her vibrated twice. She lowered her eyes and saw that it was a message from Su Luoang.
Su Luoang: [Dismissal on hold, thank you.]
Su Luoang: [I'm right, right? You hold a very important place in Lu Yanxiao's heart. He will definitely listen to you.]
Lin Mo stared at WeChat for a long time, and ripples appeared in her heart.
She didn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, Lu Yanxiao was a big boss, and it would be a bit embarrassing for him to go back on his word after he had already issued the order. Whatever Su Luoang said was useless, but she succeeded in persuading him.
I just want to confirm it for some reason.
"Lu Yanxiao..." She mustered up her courage.
Lu Yanxiao stopped what he was doing and waited patiently for her next words.
Lin Mo: "Why did you agree?"
"?" Lu Yanxiao was confused.
It seemed a bit contradictory. She had clearly asked him for help, but now he was asking "why". She paused for a few seconds and expressed herself as accurately as possible: "I mean, you only agreed because I begged you?"
"yes."
An indescribable emotion spread silently, like a kitten's paw gently teasing her skin. She unconsciously raised the corners of her lips and felt that the white rice in the bowl had a hint of sweetness.
Lu Yanxiao keenly caught the girl's subtle expression, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up.
*
The first week's work was quite arduous. Not only did we have to master the process parameters and supplier data of Lu's UAV, but we also had to hold meetings with various departments to verify the feasibility of the transformation plan and clarify the division of labor for the transformation tasks.
Lin Mo was extremely busy and she and her team worked overtime until after nine o'clock in the evening almost every day. Naturally, she couldn't have dinner with Lu Yanxiao anymore, and even spent her weekends in the company.
The next week, the busy state remained the same. It was fine for herself, Li Ningxin, and Liu Jun. The research institute gave them short deadlines and heavy tasks, which they were used to. They had to rush to catch up within the project cycle. But Song Yue was an employee of Lu Group, and Lin Mo felt really embarrassed to have to work overtime with them for more than a week.
On Tuesday, Lin Mo made up an excuse and said to Song Yue before leaving get off work: "Song Yue, tonight we are mainly writing a work report for the research institute, so you should leave work on time today."
Song Yue leaned back exaggeratedly, pretending to be hit by a bullet, and covered his heart with his hands and joked: "Mr. Lin, don't you consider me one of your own?"
Lin Mo: “No…”
"We're a team now, so of course we have to work together if there's a shift." Even though it was a joke, he knew Lin Mo meant well. He then listed the tasks seriously, "Look, here's the work plan for the first two weeks. A lot of it needs my help. You guys report on yours, and I'll finish mine sooner and relax."
Lin Mo was helpless: "Well, okay, thank you for working overtime with us."
"It's okay, our company provides overtime pay."
Lin Mo smiled.
Returning to her workstation, she sent Lu Yanxiao a message as usual, saying she wouldn't be home for dinner tonight. In the past, Lu Yanxiao would have replied with a "hmm" or "okay," but today, he didn't reply at all. Soon, she had forgotten about it.
At 9:30 in the evening, Lin Mo and her team finished the test in the laboratory and were conducting on-site data verification. The laboratory's intercom beeped a few times. Song Yue picked up the phone and was surprised when he heard the voice on the other end.
"Boss Xiao?"
Hearing this, the others stopped what they were doing and looked at Song Yue.
Song Yue listened for a few more words, then turned to Lin Mo and said, "Boss Xiao ordered some midnight snacks and asked us to go to the tea room to eat."
The internal data verification of the laboratory must follow the time limit, and they cannot leave even if the sky falls. Lu Yanxiao deliberately used the insider to contact them. Although it was out of good intentions, Lin Mo was still a little annoyed. She frowned slightly, glanced at the clock, and used her hands wearing protective gloves to make a "2" and "0" to Song Yue.
Song Yue received the order and said into the microphone: "Thank you, President Xiao, we will probably need another twenty minutes."
After ending the call, Song Yue returned to the other three people and said, "Strange, President Xiao personally ordered takeout for us?"
Li Ningxin: "Didn't he reward employees for working overtime before? So stingy?"
Song Yue: "No, our President Xiao used to just give out money, big red envelopes, or transfer money to have department leaders arrange dinner."
Li Ningxin: "Oh my god, just give me the money. I'm willing to work overtime every day for this."
"Lu's drone sincerely invites you to join."
Song Yue operated the instrument and felt strange while waiting. "However, I feel that President Xiao is a little abnormal today. He never interrupted us while we were doing experiments before. His tone was also low just now. If we encounter him during dinner later, we should be careful."
"real?"
"Yeah, that's pretty obvious."
Lin Mo naturally heard the two people whispering, and suddenly remembered the message she had sent. She didn't have time to check her phone while she was in the laboratory, and didn't know whether Lu Yanxiao replied to her later.
Realizing she was distracted, she shook her head in frustration and urged the other two, "Work hard."
They both said "oh" in unison.
More than 20 minutes later, several people came out of the laboratory, took off their protective clothing, and without time to return to the office area, they quickly went to the tea room with items such as pens and notebooks.
The tea room is an open area and the entire scene inside can be seen from a long distance. At this time, there is only Wang Qian inside, sitting on a chair looking at his mobile phone. There are four large green bags on the table in front of him.
Li Ningxin, with her sharp eyes, caught a glimpse of the logo on the bag and opened her mouth in excitement. "Wow! Oh my god, it looks like takeout from Zhenxiangxuan! Super super expensive! Their crab roe noodles are known as the Hermès of noodles."
After saying that, Li Ningxin trotted over, followed closely by Liu Jun and Song Yue.
Lin Mo was walking while looking at her phone, several steps behind the three of them. On the screen was a chat interface with Lu Yanxiao, but the other party still hadn't replied to her.
What made him unhappy?
Or is he busy and forgot to reply?
Lin Mo was thinking to herself, not noticing the shadow in front of her. She continued to walk forward with her head down, until her head bumped into a "human wall". She let out a soft cry, and at the same time, her cell phone fell to the ground with a bang due to the unexpected impact.
She covered her forehead and looked up, only to see that the "human wall" was Lu Yanxiao.
"Are you okay?" Lu Yanxiao pointed at her forehead.
Lin Mo shook her head and was about to reach out to pick up the phone, but it fell behind the man. He bent down and picked it up first. The moment he returned it to her, the man paused, his eyes swept across the screen, then moved to her face, with a questioning look.
Lu Yanxiao: "Now?"
Lin Mo glanced at the screen and her eyes widened in shock.
On the chat interface, a few seconds ago, perhaps because the screen was accidentally touched when the phone fell, she sent Lu Yanxiao a dynamic emoticon package. In the emoticon package, two cartoon figures of a man and a woman were hugging each other, and three words appeared on the upper right side of the girl's head: I want a hug!
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