Chapter 23 Single Room without Window
More than an hour later, they arrived at the hotel and parked the motorcycle.
After Lu Zhouyan got off the car, Sheng Baili thoughtfully picked up the big umbrella beside him and opened it, "Mr. Lu, be careful with the water."
Then she looked down and saw the man's wet black leather shoes.
Looking up, I saw Lu Zhouyan, whose shirt and pants were wet and sticking to his body. Through the fabric, I could vaguely see his smooth and lean muscular features.
Sheng Baili: “?” Is the raincoat leaking?
"You drive very well." Lu Zhouyan wiped the water drops from his face and said coldly, "But you are not allowed to drive next time."
Sheng Baili: “…”
Water was dripping from his hair.
Lu Zhou stretched out his hand and casually pushed his hair back, revealing a cold yet delicate face.
Sheng Baili saw the boss raising his feet to go upstairs and stopped him.
"Please upgrade the room type, Mr. Lu. The room you have... is relatively simple." Sheng Baili said tactfully.
She grabbed the room card and went to the front desk to upgrade the room. "Hello, we want to upgrade to a superior suite. How much is it?"
The front desk lady checked the computer for a while, and after a while she looked at Sheng Baili with an apologetic look on her face, "I'm sorry, ma'am, there are many people booking rooms on rainy days, and the superior suites are now fully booked. Now there are only single rooms without windows left."
Sheng Baili: “…”
When Lu Zhouyan saw the secretary coming back with a guilty look on her face, he felt something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Lu Zhouyan asked.
"Boss Lu," Sheng Baili said, "I'll go clean up room 916, you can stay there. The front desk said that the rooms are full and we can't upgrade them."
Lu Zhouyan followed Sheng Baili to Room 916, where his suitcase was.
When I arrived at the door, I saw three or four takeout bags placed by the door.
Sheng Baili squatted down and took the takeaway into the room.
"Come in." Sheng Baili said.
The room was clean and tidy, and standing on the balcony, you could see the beautiful sea view. Sheng Baili stuffed the clothes he had taken out into the box, "Wait a minute, boss, I'll leave after I pack my things, wait for me a moment..."
"No need." Lu Zhouyan looked down at her, "Don't move, please."
"But..." Sheng Baili said, "I'm worried that you won't be used to living in that room."
Although it is a five-star hotel, the room is the cheapest and the most cramped, without even a window. A young master like Lu Zhouyan would definitely not be able to stay there.
Lu Zhouyan refused and walked out pushing his suitcase.
"Wait, wait a minute!" Sheng Baili called him.
"I ordered too much takeout. Do you want to eat together?" Sheng Baili said, "It should have just been delivered not long ago. It still feels warm to the touch."
Without waiting for Lu Zhouyan to refuse again, Sheng Baili picked up a bag of takeout and stuffed it into his hand, "Try it, boss, you haven't even had lunch."
Lu Zhouyan left with the takeaway food and suitcase.
[You are so kind, little Baili! You don’t even protect your food. ]
[I'm afraid he'll regret it after seeing the room and beat me up, so I'll just send him a takeaway to please him 0v0] Sheng Baili said.
[You are so understanding of the ways of the world, I give you a thumbs up! ] Haicha supports you.
Lu Zhouyan: "......"
You don't understand human nature, you only understand accidents.
He opened the door of Room 619.
The inside is just as the secretary said, it is quite small. After entering the Luzhouyan Station, I felt that there was not much space left, estimated to be only 20 square meters.
[I love hot pot: Boss, let me tell you a joke. ]
[I love hot pot: There is a space station in space, what is the next sentence? ]
Sheng Baili asked and answered his own questions.
[It's too crowded, there's no room to stand! ]
[How is it? Is it funny? ]
Lu Zhouyan: "......"
He curled his lips perfunctorily, then quickly retracted his smile when he realized that the secretary couldn't see it.
【1: Transfer to manual work. 】
【I love hot pot: ......】
Lu Zhouyan simply packed his luggage, sat in front of a small table and started eating takeout.
After he had taken two bites, his mother called him on video.
"Hello, son?" Shen Qiuli greeted.
"Yeah." Lu Zhouyan took a mineral water bottle as a cell phone stand and placed the phone on it.
"Are you eating?" Shen Qiuli asked subconsciously. The next second, he saw the surroundings around Lu Zhouyan and the takeaway in his hand, and frowned.
"What's going on?" Shen Qiuli raised his voice a little, "The Lu family is going bankrupt? Why do you live in such a shabby place? ... And what is this food? It looks spicy and greasy. Why do you eat this?"
Lu Zhouyan thought it was delicious, but he put down the takeaway box and said, "It's okay, there was a small accident, but it didn't go bankrupt."
"Oh, that's good that you didn't go bankrupt." Shen Qiuli said.
"I heard that your uncle had a heart attack. Did you go to the hospital to visit him?" Shen Qiuli stated the purpose of the video call. "How is he doing?"
Lu Zhouyan: "Very well, the doctor said it's not a big problem."
"Oh." Shen Qiuli's voice sounded a little disappointed, "That's good."
Mother and son were silent for a minute.
Shen Qiuli was about to say goodbye when Lu Zhouyan spoke first: "Are you still watching penguins in Antarctica?"
"Yes," Shen Qiuli said, "It's all white here, all snow. Standing in this pure white, I feel my soul is purified, very peaceful and harmonious."
"......Is it so good? I also want to go to Antarctica for a while." Lu Zhouyan murmured.
Shen Qiuli: “….”
"No, you are 25 years old and it is time to start working hard. You should work hard." Shen Qiuli said, "The 5 million you transferred to me last time is almost used up. Transfer some more, son."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhouyan picked up the takeaway box and took a few quick bites, then gave his mother another 5 million.
His uncle's name is Lu Quan. He also used to live in S City and worked in the Lu Group. He also had a good relationship with other relatives.
It's just that Lu Quan fell in love with an employee from the same company who came from an ordinary family, and he married the girl despite the opposition of his grandfather Lu.
The old man has a strong sense of family background and clan, and only looks at daughters of rich families who are of equal status. He is very angry that his son has lowered his social status by marrying an ordinary employee without his permission.
This is disobedience to the elders and disrespect to the Lu family.
Lu Tonghui was so angry that he stripped Lu Quan of his position in the group and fired all the junior employees, declaring that he would not leave any of the family property to Lu Quan.
Lu Quan was also a stubborn person. He brought his wife to City C and gave birth to their son Lu Jiayu. In the past ten years, he has never returned to the Lu family.
Perhaps because Lu Tonghui is getting older, he would occasionally talk about Lu Quan, asking what Lu Quan is doing now and how the company is doing.
Although he didn't say it, Lu Zhouyan knew in his heart that his grandfather regretted what happened in the past and now wanted to meet his son Lu Quan.
Lu Zhouyan went into the bathroom, took a shower, changed into pajamas, and lay down on the bed.
He had never stayed in such a small room before. It was only one night, so he could bear with it.
Secretary Sheng has already moved into the big room. It would not be good to kick her out.
Lu Zhouyan was lying on the bed, browsing his phone, and saw a post from Xiaochi on WeChat Moments.
Many colleagues have commented on this, including Secretary Sheng.
The sound of Sheng Baili's game was in his mind again. Lu Zhou closed his eyes for a moment and finally realized how reliable Assistant Chi was.
He wrote a comment: [When will you come back? Assistant Chi, the group really needs you.]
-
Because Lu Quan was ill and hospitalized, Lu Zhouyan did not stay in City C for too long. The next day, he bought some things, visited the hospital, and then booked a flight to leave.
Sheng Baili was very reluctant to leave.
[I didn't find any special products. It was a wasted trip.]
[I didn’t even get to eat the hot pot. Ahhhhh, I hate it.]
[The only reward was riding a motorcycle... Hey, why didn't Lu Zhouyan's favorability increase? I drove him back to the hotel in the heavy rain, isn't he grateful to me?]
[Forget it, I just enjoy riding.]
......
Lu Zhouyan, who was taking a nap with his eyes closed, twitched his eyelids.
The secretary is still too idle.
"Secretary Sheng," he said, "Have you read all the documents I asked you to read a few days ago?"
Sheng Baili: “Almost.”
Lu Zhouyan wanted to have a good sleep on the plane.
"Open it now and tell us what you think and feel."
Sheng Baili: “….”
Asking people to report their work on the plane? Is this disturbing?
She turned her head and looked around angrily, and found that... there was no one around :(
Sheng Baili took out his computer while cursing and opened the chat box with Lu Zhouyan.
"Are you ready, Secretary Sheng?" Lu Zhouyan said, "Let's start talking."
"......" Secretary Sheng did not respond.
Is it because the Internet is not good? Lu Zhouyan glanced at Sheng Baili's computer screen.
【The file has expired. 】
Five big words were clearly written on it.
Lu Zhouyan: "......"
[Oh my god, what should I do? I was discovered by Lu Zhouyan.]
[Save me, save me, save me.]
[How about I ask Xiaochi to send me a copy now? I can make up for my mistake.]
[Lu Zhouyan is such a jerk. He didn't sleep on the plane and listened to my work report. He must be a devil.]
[My head hurts. Who is stealing my wisdom?]
Lu Zhouyan: "......"
Is it that I don't want to sleep?
You are too noisy.
"What's going on, Secretary Sheng?" Lu Zhouyan said, acting like a superior. "You won't even open the document I gave you to read?"
Secretary Sheng blinked twice quickly to hide his guilt.
She lowered her head and quietly pressed twice on her cell phone, answering the alarm, pretending that a call had suddenly rang.
"Well, yes, you said..."
Escape is shameful, but useful.
Lu Zhouyan: "......"
He deceives his superiors and hides the truth from his subordinates, fishes in troubled waters, pretends to obey but secretly disobeys, and does all kinds of stupid things... Such a secretary will be fired by him long ago.
-
On Monday, Sheng Baili arrived at his workstation for breakfast and was surprised to see Xiaochi.
"Assistant Chi, why are you back?" Sheng Baili asked.
Isn't it half a month's break?
"Mr. Lu needs me, so I came back." Xiaochi's smile was a little big.
"I didn't expect that I played such an important role in President Lu's mind. It was really surprising," said Assistant Chi.
Sheng Baili scratched his head and blurted out, "Come on, Xiaochi. I'm optimistic about you, too."
She slid the swivel chair and was about to slide back to her seat. When she lowered her head, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of Xiaochi's pants.
Looks a little familiar.
Sheng Baili paused and bent down to take a closer look at the trousers.
When Lu Zhouyan walked out of the elevator and passed by the secretary's office, he saw this scene:
Secretary Sheng sat on the chair, but bent so low that his face was almost touching Assistant Chi's thigh.
What is this doing?
Lu Zhouyan frowned unconsciously and strode over.
"Xiao Chi, where did you buy these pants?" Sheng Baili asked.
Xiaochi didn't understand, so he answered honestly, "I bought it from the salted fish shop."
"This is the same pair that President Lu wears! It only costs 300 yuan. I bought it immediately when I saw it. I thought it was a pirated copy, but I didn't expect it to be the real thing." Xiaochi said, "It's just that the left leg feels a little thin. I don't know why."
Sheng Baili was stunned.
I thought maybe she rubbed it too hard when she washed it the first time, so she sent it to the laundry room for a second wash.
[Awesome! What a coincidence! Assistant Chi bought the pants you sold?] Haicha exclaimed in amazement at this operation.
"It's very comfortable to wear, and the fabric is very high-end." Xiaochi was very happy, "I bought it at this price, it's a good deal."
"It's just that the pants are a little long. I'll take them to the tailor shop tonight and have them shortened a little bit," said Koike.
Lu Zhouyan saw the familiar pants on Xiaochi and fell into deep thought: "......"
After Koike left, the office fell into silence.
"Secretary Sheng." Lu Zhouyan smiled and said, "Didn't you say you would give it to your brother? How come Xiao Chi has become your brother?"
Sheng Baili: “…”
"Xiao Chi and I are like brother and sister," said Sheng Baili.
"Xiao Chi is older than you." Lu Zhouyan said speechlessly.
"Oh, that's Brother Chi. Brother Chi and you have a bond that's stronger than gold. You even wear brotherly uniforms at work." Sheng Baili said, "Right? Brother Lu."
Lu Zhouyan: "......"
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