Chapter 18 How will you repay me?
The PR manager's words were not intentional.
However, it's easy to lead people's thoughts to the conclusion that "this wasn't something Song Xiaowan orchestrated herself; it might have been Shen Li who directed it."
"Come in," Lu Yanchuan said calmly, then looked up at the public relations manager. "Do it the way you just said."
"Yes, Mr. Lu." The public relations manager breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave the office.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yanchuan looked at Shen Li who had walked in. "Not angry anymore?"
His voice was deep and magnetic, and his tone was not serious; in fact, if you listened carefully, you could easily hear a hint of teasing or joking in it.
This was the first time Xin Youran had met this important figure, who had basically only appeared in financial magazines and interviews.
I was quite nervous at first, but when I heard Lu Yanchuan speak, I noticed the subtle nuances in his voice.
It gives one the feeling of seeing a boy from his school days, half-jokingly and half-coaxing his girlfriend when she's being unreasonable.
Suddenly, that tense filter shattered.
Shen Li thought about what she had said to him last night, and she realized soon after that she had gone a bit too far.
She was indeed wronged, but Lu Yanchuan shouldn't have to bear the blame.
Shen Li had been thinking about how to break the ice when they met, but he didn't expect that he would speak first.
Shen Li bit her lip. "I wasn't angry at all."
Lu Yanchuan raised an eyebrow, not refuting her words, but simply asked, "What do you want?"
Shen Li pointed to Xin Youran standing to the side, "This is that blogger. She happened to record it during her live stream."
“Now Lu’s PR team says they’re going to hold her legally responsible. She’s an innocent victim. Can we let her off the hook?” Shen Li asked.
Lu Yanchuan looked at Xin Youran.
Xin Youran immediately stood up straight.
When I listened to his conversation with Sister Shen Li just now, I felt that he was very relaxed. His voice and eyes were not particularly affectionate or gentle, but they were also not sharp.
That kind of relaxation only comes when you're with someone you've known for a long time, someone you're very familiar with and used to.
Just like a cat in front of a familiar person, it might still gently bite that person's finger to sharpen its teeth.
But it also reveals the relaxed state of the person's belly.
But this relaxation vanished almost instantly when his gaze fell upon her.
His sharp edge was instantly revealed, his eyes piercing.
"How did you find Shen Li?" Lu Yanchuan's voice was calm and his tone was not harsh.
To Xin Youran, it sounded almost like an interrogation.
She stammered, "Yes, it was me at the time... I was worried that this, this kind of situation might occur, so I left, left Sister Shen Li's number."
Lu Yanchuan raised an eyebrow. "You're quite clever."
"Mr. Lu, I really didn't mean it, it was purely coincidental," Xin Youran said.
"Alright, since Shen Li has spoken up for you." Lu Yanchuan pressed an internal line.
A secretary came in shortly afterward.
"Take her to find Xia Liangjun."
Xin Youran didn't hear Lu Yanchuan's definite answer, but felt that there shouldn't be a big problem. "Sister Shen Li, I'll go over there first. Thank you so much for today. I'll treat you to dinner another day."
Shen Li nodded gently.
The large office quickly fell silent.
Lu Yanchuan sat behind his desk, with his back to a floor-to-ceiling window.
The silhouette against the light appears sharp and profound.
"Chen Li".
"Um?"
"How will you repay me?"
Lu Yanchuan leaned back slightly into the soft leather executive chair, his posture casual yet elegant.
"What?" Shen Li was taken aback.
Lu Yanchuan curled the corners of his lips. "If it weren't for giving you face, I wouldn't have let that little streamer off the hook. How are you going to repay me?"
Shen Li looked at the man and said, "They didn't do anything wrong; it was just an undeserved misfortune. Can't you be reasonable?"
“Capital only cares about profits; who would reason with her?” Lu Yanchuan said. “Because of her live stream, the stock prices of several companies under the Lu Group have fallen, and the economic losses are incalculable.”
Shen Li's heart skipped a beat. For Lu Yanchuan to say something like that, the losses must be in the hundreds of millions.
Only this man could speak of such a loss with such nonchalance and detachment.
Shen Li frowned slightly and couldn't help but say, "But if Song Xiaowan hadn't come looking for trouble with me, this wouldn't have happened. That little streamer being implicated was an undeserved disaster."
Shen Li looked up at Lu Yanchuan, "Instead of pursuing the culprit, you're taking your anger out on innocent bystanders. It seems that the interests that capital talks about also depend on who you are."
Probably because it's just a divorce anyway.
Shen Li is no longer bothered to indulge him when he speaks; he just says what he wants to say without holding back.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanchuan retorted, "How do you know I didn't pursue the culprit?"
Shen Li heard this.
What did he mean by that?
Before Shen Li could delve deeper, Lu Yanchuan added, "Besides, isn't this giving you face by not pursuing the matter with that streamer? So how are you going to repay me?"
"How can I repay you?" Shen Li asked.
"After that, accompany me to some banquets to salvage my image," Lu Yanchuan said, still with a nonchalant attitude.
It's as if whether this image can be salvaged or not isn't that important.
He added, "We got married so that we could help each other with these things, right?"
Lu Yanchuan almost never took her to those kinds of banquets.
Shen Li was a little unaccustomed to it, "You haven't asked me to help with these things in the past five years."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanchuan smiled casually, "Then you can help with other things if you're willing."
"Help with what?" Shen Li asked.
"Like sleeping or something." The man's casual smile seemed to carry a hint of wickedness. "There are still three months left, so the money has to be spent wisely."
That rotten person.
Shen Li frowned slightly. "Okay, I'll go with you."
Lu Yanchuan was busy with work and had another meeting soon, so he asked his secretary to take her downstairs.
Shen Li waited for Xin Youran to come down on the first floor. When Xin Youran came out of the elevator, her steps were noticeably lighter than before!
She skipped and hopped towards Chen Li, calling out, "Sister Li Li!"
Xin Youran rushed over and hugged Shen Li tightly, "Thank you, thank you, thank you! You saved my life!"
Shen Li smiled and gently patted her back. "It's good that you're alright. I was worried they would make things difficult for you after you were up there for so long."
"No, hehe." Xin Youran chuckled mischievously. "I'm up there signing agreements with them, and also trying to get some information out of them!"
Then Shen Li quickly learned from Xin Youran how the Lu family would handle the matter.
Listening to Xin Youran's words.
Suddenly, the words Lu Yanchuan had said earlier popped into Shen Li's mind—How do you know I didn't pursue the culprit?
He didn't just pursue the culprit; he pursued only the culprit.
"They made me sign a confidentiality agreement, but I didn't dare to sign such a thing casually, so I inquired around. That's when I found out that they planned to pin the whole thing on that Song Xiaowan!"
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