Chapter 116
Lu Yanchuan is now particularly concerned about Shen Li. When someone cares about another person, even the slightest expression can be clearly detected.
"What's wrong? What happened during the competition?" Lu Yanchuan asked.
He has been recuperating from his injuries and has been somewhat engrossed in spending time alone with Shen Li, so he has neglected some other aspects of his life.
I thought Shen Li's competition preparations were going smoothly. Although Shen Li didn't mention it during this time, she would draw sketches and such whenever she had free time.
Lu Yanchuan had asked about it before, and Shen Li said that her work had been submitted after it was burned.
There shouldn't be any problems.
"Normally there shouldn't be any problem, but this competition was originally supposed to be judged directly," Shen Li said.
Although Lu Yanchuan had a guess, he was slightly puzzled, so he asked, "Direct evaluation? Does that mean the winner will be decided in one round?"
Shen Li nodded. "That's how it was originally."
That's how it used to be, which means it's not like that now.
"And now?" Lu Yanchuan's eyes had turned cold.
"It's become a preliminary round, and the deadline has been extended," Shen Li said.
She was actually somewhat surprised, because among the organizers of this event were many of the more authoritative figures in the industry.
Ceramic associations and ceramic artists' alliances should be quite reliable, by all accounts.
This sudden change in the competition format is quite unbelievable.
However, after learning about this, Shen Li guessed some possibilities.
Or perhaps the organizers genuinely felt that the previous competition format was too hasty.
Or perhaps some person with connections missed the deadline.
Although Shen Li couldn't understand it, she guessed at the time that this might be the case, and Shen Li later learned that things were not just like that.
So he simply told Lu Yanchuan.
But as soon as Lu Yanchuan heard this, his face turned cold. "Wait for me, I'm going to make a call."
Shen Li knew he was definitely going to ask about the changes to the competition format.
She did not stop him.
Watching Lu Yanchuan leave the ward in a wheelchair with his phone in his hand, Shen Li took out her own phone and glanced at it.
She still had a message on her phone from Ji Linzhou, informing her about this matter.
Ji Linzhou originally planned to visit her in the hospital, but knowing that she and Lu Yanchuan were hospitalized together, he was worried that it would be too abrupt to come.
So I decided to send a message to ask first, and started by talking about the competition.
Ji Linzhou's original words regarding two messages were:
[As far as I know, someone with connections wanted to participate, but the deadline wasn't long enough for her to complete her work, so she used her connections to change the competition rules. I asked around, and this person's name is Song Xiaowan, and it seems she's connected to the Lu family.]
The old man was furious when he found out about this.
Shen Li thought to herself that with her master's temper, he would indeed be driven to his death by anger.
Song Xiaowan got her position through connections with the Lu family.
Shen Li felt that it shouldn't have been Lu Yanchuan's order, since he and she had been spending time together day and night during this period.
When Zhou Yan came to report on his work, he never avoided her.
However, even if it wasn't specifically ordered by Lu Yanchuan, some people still made concessions and offered preferential treatment to Song Xiaowan in order to give Lu Yanchuan face.
That's why Shen Li didn't stop him from making the call.
Not long after, Lu Yanchuan returned in a wheelchair.
His complexion seemed even worse than when he went out earlier, and he also looked somewhat embarrassed and uncomfortable.
Shen Li didn't speak, but looked at him calmly.
Lu Yanchuan's wheelchair slid to Shen Li's side, he pursed his lips tightly, and looked at Shen Li intently.
“Lili, I’m sorry, I…” He sighed, “I never thought this would be related to me.”
"Yes, I'm listening." Shen Li nodded.
Lu Yanchuan's straightforward apology followed by a frank explanation of the facts pleased Shen Li.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that Lu Yanchuan has always been this kind of person, not roundabout at all.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have expressed my dissatisfaction with her so ruthlessly before.
His likes and dislikes are always straightforward.
As if afraid of upsetting her, Lu Yanchuan held her hand tightly and stared straight into her eyes. "I only found out just now that Song Xiaowan was using my name to pull strings. Others did it to give Lu's Group face, so..."
"It's my fault. If I hadn't taken such good care of her before... this wouldn't have happened." Lu Yanchuan apologized without the slightest hesitation. "Don't worry, I've already asked Zhou Yan to arrange for someone from the secretariat to handle this."
After hearing this, Shen Li stared at Lu Yanchuan for a moment and said, "Forget it, there's no need to have anyone do it anymore. Changing it back and forth will only cause more trouble. Since she wants to participate so much, let her participate."
Lu Yanchuan glanced at her. "Really? You don't need to worry about them being a burden. We pay them wages so they can work and solve their problems."
"Really?" Shen Li nodded. "I may not be as good as her at stealing men, but when it comes to pottery?"
As Shen Li finished speaking, he twitched the corners of his mouth and revealed a smile, which looked somewhat disdainful.
Lu Yanchuan stared at her intently, suddenly realizing that he had never seen Shen Li like this before, so dazzling and radiant.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you,” Lu Yanchuan said. After thinking for a moment, he added, “I didn’t expect anyone would help her pull this connection.”
“Your position is too high. Sometimes you don’t even need to make a special statement, and people will try to guess what you mean.” Shen Li’s voice was normal, and there was no accusation in his tone.
But Lu Yanchuan suddenly realized that back then, many people must have speculated about his attitude towards Shen Li, and probably made things difficult for her behind her back.
But Shen Li did not wallow in pain; her expression was calm, as if she had already passed through countless mountains.
Lu Yanchuan left the hospital the next day to handle business at the company. He had many meetings, but he did not ask Zhou Yan to schedule too many meetings.
This has driven some shareholders to the brink of despair.
"Mr. Lu, can't we arrange it for today?" a shareholder asked when he came to Lu Yanchuan's office.
The man behind the desk, sitting in his wheelchair, looked up at him.
"I am still recovering from serious injuries, the kind of serious injuries that have resulted in a critical condition notice."
Lu Yanchuan smiled, but the smile didn't even reach his eyes. "It's already good enough that I was able to patiently come back to work."
Although the shareholders were still very anxious, they could actually detect a hint of unease in Lu Yanchuan's words.
I felt inexplicably uneasy... Could he be planning to resign due to illness?
They used to think that even without Lu Yanchuan, the Lu family business would still be able to function normally.
But in less than a month, they realized how shallow their thinking was, and even began to regret why they had sided with the Lu family and supported their power struggle.
That was a terrible blunder. Luckily, President Lu was unaware of it.
Before the shareholder could even form a complete thought, he heard Lu Yanchuan say with a half-smile, "Anyway, aren't you all on the same side as the Lu family and don't want me to come back to work?"
The shareholders' hearts skipped a beat.
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