Chapter 142: Acknowledge that they are husband and wife?
After a while, An Ning poked half of her head out from the bathroom door again.
"Xiyan, good evening."
This time, Lu Xiyan walked to the door, looked at her and smiled, "Good evening."
An Ning met his smiling eyes and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
She just wanted to call out a few more times and hear him respond to her.
Otherwise she would think she was dreaming.
After washing up and coming out of the bathroom, Lu Xiyan gently tucked her hair behind her ears and asked her, "Don't you really want to change hotels or suites?"
"No need." An Ning wrinkled her nose. "I'm going back in a few days anyway, so don't waste the money."
Lu Xiyan stared at her fair and translucent face without any makeup, "No need to save money for me."
An Ning raised her eyes to meet his clear ones, and said seriously, "Xi Yan, I know you don't care about this little money. It's not even worth mentioning to you. But this is my way of life. I can't enjoy this luxurious life that doesn't belong to me just because I'm with you."
An Ning curled up the corners of her mouth, her eyes curved in a smile, "To me, you are my lover, not my ladder to the world of the rich. Whether you still doubt it or not, I want to tell you that reconciling with you is not because of your identity, but only because you are Lu Xiyan."
Peaceful Lu Xiyan.
An Ning took his hand and said, "Whether you are the second young master of the Lu Group or not, it doesn't matter to me."
What she said was the same as what she said when they first got together six years ago.
Lu Xiyan lowered her eyes, blinking her thick eyelashes slightly, with mixed emotions.
After a moment, he shook An Ning's hand and said, "I believe you."
When their eyes met, An Ning's lips curled up and she smiled gently.
The word "faith" seems to be extremely precious between the two of them who meet again.
Just then, the screen of the mobile phone placed beside him lit up.
An Ning looked over and saw a piece of pushed news.
After taking a look, the smile on her face froze a little.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that her expression was not right, Lu Xiyan took her phone.
The news was the Lu Group's public relations message, which basically said that due to the sudden natural disaster in Qichuan City, some people were killed. As a token of silence, the engagement party of the second son of the Lu Group and the daughter of the Cheng Group would be postponed to another day.
His cell phone was turned off the whole time, out of sight, out of mind, so he didn't see the news.
"Don't worry about it."
Lu Xiyan deleted the news on her phone and touched her hair. "This kind of talk is just a public relations trick of the company."
An Ning put away her phone and asked uncertainly, "What about your engagement with Cheng Wanwan?"
"I left Jinghai on the eve of the engagement party, and Cheng Shao and Han Yun were extremely dissatisfied with me just for this.
"Lu Xiyan smiled lightly when he talked about this, as if he was not the one who canceled the engagement party.
"Putting that aside," he tilted his head slightly and stared at An Ning, interlocking his fingers with hers, "Do you think I can get engaged to someone else like this? Or do you want me to get engaged?"
Even though she knew he was asking on purpose, An Ning still took the bait and quickly replied, "Of course not!"
An Ning hasn't had a good night's sleep since she returned to Jinghai and learned that he was getting engaged.
Hearing her eager answer, the smile in Lu Xiyan's eyes melted.
Just as I was about to go out, there was another knock on the door.
An Ning hurried to open the door and looked at the man standing outside with a little surprise, "Mr. Han?"
"Miss An, I heard you say you were resting in the hotel. I was worried you might not be feeling well and didn't have dinner." Han Lei stood at the door, holding up a takeaway box. "I brought you some local rice noodles."
"Thanks--"
Before An Ning could say "No thanks", a low and gentle voice suddenly interrupted her.
"A colleague?"
Lu Xiyan walked forward slowly with his hands in his pockets, stood behind An Ning, bent down slightly and touched her hair, but his eyes were always looking at the man at the door.
Han Lei also noticed him. The man was very young, with superior height and appearance. He had a gentle smile on his face, but there was unfathomable aggression in his eyes.
Especially since his temperament was too stable, and there was an invisible and inexplicable sense of oppression, which made Han Lei, who met him for the first time, feel that this man had an aura that kept people at a distance and did not seem easy to get along with.
An Ning seemed to sense the awkward atmosphere and quickly said, "Let me introduce you. This is Han Lei, the head of our R&D department."
After that, she introduced herself to Han Lei, "This is me——"
When talking about her relationship with Lu Xiyan, An Ning paused for a moment. How should she introduce him?
Ex-husband?
Boy friend?
It feels weird no matter how I say it.
"gentlemen."
The person behind her spoke for her.
The low voice lingered in her ears, and An Ning's heart skipped a beat.
Her husband?
An Ning kept chewing on the word "Mr.". Was this an admission that she and he were husband and wife?
"So Miss An is married?"
Han Lei seemed a little surprised, but he didn't show it too obviously. He politely extended his hand to Lu Xiyan, "Hello, I'm Han Lei. You can call me Engineer Han just like Miss An."
"Lu Xiyan."
Lu Xiyan shook hands back, speaking simply without a single unnecessary word.
Han Lei just felt that the name was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
But judging from the temperament of the man in front of him, he doesn't look like he has an ordinary job.
"By the way, Miss An, I came here for another matter."
Han Lei looked at An Ning, "I received a call from the company. They said that if we have a report on our achievements, they will rebuild the R&D room and continue R&D. If there are no results, they will remove this production line."
At this point, he said with a hint of disappointment, "But our equipment is all destroyed, including the data you painstakingly produced over several nights. If we want to keep this production line, we have to start from scratch, but Mr. Dong doesn't want to waste any more manpower and resources."
An Ning said hurriedly, "But you have indeed made a new breakthrough in research and development."
"But the chairman wants to see the final report." Han Lei was also helpless. All the achievements were destroyed by the natural disaster, and there was no way to save the situation. If this production line was removed, there would be layoffs, and many of his colleagues would lose their jobs.
"Is there no other way?" An Ning asked.
Han Lei thought for a moment and said, "Maybe there is only one way."
He looked at An Ning, "I've looked up information. There's a couple in Dianhai who specialize in studying the anti-cancer effects of mushrooms. They used to be professors at the Dianhai Medical Research Institute. I heard they independently developed an authoritative patent and detailed report on the anti-cancer effects of mushrooms."
Speaking of this, Han Lei's tone was a little excited. "And that couple used to do research in Qichuan. I just don't know if they have moved to Dianhai now."
"Are you talking about Jiang Pei and Kong Yiyun?" Lu Xiyan asked.
Hearing this, Han Lei asked in surprise, "Mr. Lu also knows about them?"
"I've heard of it." Lu Xiyan's eyes were indifferent and his tone was calm. "But this couple's patent has never been used by others. Even companies have offered hundreds of millions of yuan for it, but they haven't been able to buy it back."
He curled his lips slightly, "Mr. Han, how sure are you that you can buy this patent report and save your production line?"
He was certain that Dong Chenghai would not even pay five million, let alone one hundred million.
Hearing this, Han Lei sighed. This idea was indeed a bit far-fetched.
"If Mr. Han has nothing else to do, my wife and I will go to dinner first."
After saying this, Lu Xiyan took An Ning's hand and strode out the door.
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