Gu Huai walked around her and left, with a chill in his smile.
The wind at the door was extremely cold. Lu An Ning staggered out. A gust of cold wind made her more awake. Zhong Ling hurried forward to support her. The nanny car had already slowly left.
"King Gu is too cruel! Fortunately, you are not the one who will contact him in the future, otherwise, he will make things difficult for you."
Lu Anning forced a wry smile and was about to hail a car to go back when his cell phone rang.
Tang Jingyuan didn't want her to go out for the social event, but she was the person in charge. It just so happened that he and Xiang Yang were going to meet a very important client tonight, so they had to act separately.
At this moment, he had just finished and immediately called to inquire about the situation. As soon as he heard Lu Anning's voice, Tang Jingyuan noticed something was wrong and frowned.
"Are you drunk?"
After a while, Lu An Ning said, "Not bad! I drank two bottles of red."
On the other end of the phone, Tang Jingyuan sighed softly: "I'll come pick you up."
After hanging up the phone, Zhong Ling accompanied Lu An Ning into the hotel lobby to wait. The manager kindly prepared hot tea for them. The warm liquid flowed down their throats, dispelling the chills in their bodies. Lu An Ning actually felt hot and cold at times, and thought it was the result of the alternating effects of the cold wind and alcohol.
After a cup of tea, a familiar car stopped at the door, and Zhong Ling immediately helped Lu An Ning out.
Tang Jingyuan quickly got out of the car and took the person from Zhong Ling. The strong smell of alcohol made him frown.
"Why did you drink so much?"
Zhong Ling didn't know where to start, so Lu An Ning stopped her and said, "I'm fine. It's so cold, let's take Zhong Ling home first."
Zhong Ling was about to refuse, but Tang Jingyuan had already made the decision for her.
"Get in the car."
Zhong Ling was timid and didn't dare to refuse her boss, so she had to get on the passenger seat obediently. Her heart was in her throat and she didn't dare to breathe the whole time.
After getting in the car, Lu Anning fell asleep leaning on Tang Jingyuan's shoulder, not even noticing when Zhong Ling got off the car. In a daze, she felt Tang Jingyuan carrying her back to the room, muttering something from time to time, which was a bit annoying.
She casually replied, "I'm fine. The Gu family doesn't like me, and I can't hide from them."
Lu Anning turned over again and fell asleep again.
Tang Jingyuan looked at the drunk man lying on the bed and sighed helplessly. It would be better to let Xiang Yang be responsible for these things from now on.
Lu Anning woke up the next morning. The alcohol had slowed her reaction time. She quickly packed up and went downstairs, just as Tang Jingyuan was about to leave.
"You won't wake me up to go to work?"
At the entrance, Tang Jingyuan patiently explained, "I've asked for a day off for you. You can rest at home today."
"Aren't we going to sign a contract with Gu Huai today?"
She is the project leader, so there is no reason for her to ask for leave. She just drank a little too much last night, it's nothing serious.
"Xiang Yang will be there. You can rest at home today."
Before Lu Anning could say anything else, Tang Jingyuan had already left. Lu Anning told him to drive carefully, frowning as he watched the drizzle outside the French window.
The cold wind penetrated her bones. She shrank her neck, watched the car drive away, then turned and went upstairs to take a nap.
It turns out that when it's cold, you can sleep all day. Lu Anning slept all day, and she was still groggy when Tang Jingyuan came home from work. Tang Jingyuan saw that she looked unwell and was worried that she might be sick, but fortunately, her temperature was normal.
When Lu Anning asked about the signing, Tang Jingyuan hesitated and did not answer immediately.
Lu Anning looked at him: "Didn't sign?"
Tang Jingyuan nodded: "The other party added some conditions at the last minute, but I rejected them. If we can't reach an agreement, Xiang Yang and I are already considering other candidates. Didn't we have two backup candidates before? This spokesperson doesn't have to be Gu Huai."
Tang Jingyuan said it lightly, and when Lu Anning asked in detail, he did not say what the other party's additional conditions were.
"Aren't the two candidates unavailable? Gu Huai has a good image and is the most suitable candidate. If the price is right for the painting, I think there's no need to change the candidate."
Tang Jingyuan responded perfunctorily: "I know what I'm doing."
Lu Anning sensed something was amiss when she saw that Tang Jingyuan was hiding something. Her intuition told her that the conditions he proposed weren't simply a matter of price.
If it's not about money, then what is it?
The next day when she went to work, Lu Anning immediately went to Zhong Ling to inquire about the news. The facts were almost the same as she had guessed, but she did not expect that the additional conditions the other party attached were related to herself.
In the tea room, Zhong Ling hesitated for a moment and tentatively asked Lu Anning, "Team Leader, what's the grudge between you and Gu Huai? He took the initiative to find us for cooperation this time. Could it be that he's targeting you?"
Zhong Ling couldn't understand how big a grudge could be that would require such great effort from a renowned domestic entertainment star. Mr. Tang rejected the other party's request, clearly unwilling to allow them to have any further contact.
Could it be...
Zhong Ling seemed to have a sudden realization, but before she could express her guess, Lu An Ning nipped it in the bud.
"Put away your gossipy thoughts. It's not what you think. Gu Huai and I are not emotionally entangled."
"Isn't it?"
But she felt that it really looked like the love-hate relationship between former lovers. Just from that meal, she could already imagine several versions of the story of the domestic entertainment tycoon.
Lu Anning ignored Zhong Ling, put down his teacup, and went to Tang Jingyuan's office.
In the office, Xiang Yang and Tang Jingyuan were discussing who would be the spokesperson for the project. After all, everything else had been arranged, and it was not an easy task to make a temporary replacement and select the right person in all aspects.
When Lu Anning knocked on the door and came in, photos of Chinese entertainment stars were popping up on the tablet in Xiang Yang's hand.
When they saw Lu An Ning, the two men looked at each other. Before they said anything, they had already guessed why Lu An Ning came.
The three of them understood each other tacitly. Lu Anning said bluntly, "No need to change people. I can be responsible for contacting Gu Huai and completing the entire filming task."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
