Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Bastard
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"Mr. Lu, do you think the meeting should still be scheduled for today?" The secretary in the president's office asked the man on the chair cautiously and nervously.
The man was wearing a dark green shirt with dark patterns. He was tall and straight. Even though his hair was not deliberately styled, it was difficult to hide the aloofness of a superior from the inside. However, there was often a faint gentle smile in his black eyes, which concealed all the fearsome oppression in it, making it hard to understand.
Only those who are around him know how difficult it is to serve and how hard it is to guess what such a boss is like.
He came to the UK at the age of 25, and in just two years he used thundering means to gain a place of his own in this financial center. Who dares to underestimate him?
Today, President Lu suddenly postponed the meeting and sat in the office looking at the computer screen for half an hour, his expression never changing.
The important thing is that Mr. Lu lit a cigarette, which made the secretary feel like a storm was about to come and he dared not even breathe.
Just when the secretary was about to sweat, she finally heard the man's calm and cold voice.
"Ten minutes."
The secretary was as if granted amnesty: "Okay, I'll do it right away!"
After a pause, he continued, "Boss Lu, last time you asked me to contact the Chinese side to fire the new housekeeper, but Boss Lu seems to disagree for the time being. What do you think?"
Lu Jinzhi lowered her eyes slightly. If she remembered correctly, her father didn't like her very much in the past.
That dark gaze fell on the screen again.
His cell phone was equipped with the Luzhai general alarm system early warning reminder so that he could be the first to know when a major accident occurred. So after receiving the reminder tonight, he asked people in the country to synchronize the monitoring.
He also had a panoramic view of the chaotic scene in the main house.
The picture was very strange, so strange that it seemed like a surveillance camera from someone else's home. He spent half an hour watching it over and over again before he was sure that he was not hallucinating.
It was that family that suddenly changed because of someone.
Lu Jinzhi put out his unsmoked cigarette, looked at the flickering sparks and said, "No rush."
A faint smile played on his lips: "I haven't been back to China for too long, so I don't have a good impression of some people."
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When Qiao Wu came to Lu's house the next day, only Lu Ning came down.
In fact, because everyone in the family has a different schedule, Qiao Wu no longer rings the morning bell for the whole house. Instead, he asked someone to come and modify the program so that each room can be connected individually.
She sat beside him, looking through some materials, and chatted casually: "You don't have to go to school these two days, why are you up so early?"
"Oh." Lu Ning's sleep and rest schedule had been adjusted. Mainly because she couldn't fall asleep when she thought about waking up this morning and seeing the reactions of Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan after they woke up.
Holding the milk, she pretended to move to Qiao Wu's side casually and found that he was looking at the script project planning materials. The only one related to this industry was Lu Xuan.
Thinking of the gift she received last night, Lu Ning managed to hold back her anger. She leaned against the sofa and muttered, "Aren't you the housekeeper? Are you in charge of Lu Xuan's work too?"
"Um."
"Grandpa Qiao didn't care about these things before."
But looking at Qiao Wu's recent behavior, he is more like the assistant secretaries around my grandfather, no, he is even more comprehensive than those.
"If all we need is to take care of your food, clothing, housing, and transportation, we can just hire a few more attentive nannies." Qiao Wu's fingertips swiped across the screen quickly, but it didn't affect the speed and clarity of her speech at all. "It won't alarm me."
"Although I'm not good at studying, isn't the word 'alarming' a bit derogatory when used to describe you?"
After hearing this, Qiao Wu finally raised her head and chuckled, "Do you have any misunderstandings about my abilities?"
The Lu family’s butler is different from the butlers of ordinary wealthy people. He needs to be both civil and military.
She can be the right-hand man of the person in power at work, and can manage the Lu family well internally, so her abilities must be all-round. Her father spent decades accumulating experience to work his way up from a driver, but she has already achieved and exceeded that. In a sense, she is the face of the Lu family.
In the plot, the Lu family fell so quickly because its internal structure had already been completely eaten away.
But Lu Ning didn't understand all this. In her opinion, Qiao Wu in the past was just an opportunistic, cunning, and unfaithful lackey, so his essential abilities had long been obscured by these inferior qualities.
But when she saw the resume that Qiao Wu displayed in the next ten minutes, her worldview was shattered for the first time.
Regardless of the nearly perfect scores every year, the various awards, trophies and certificates alone are dazzling.
Lu Ning couldn't connect the person on the resume with the past Qiao Wu, and felt it was very unreal.
In fact, Qiao Wu had not expected this. Although her body had been dominated by the plot for so long, the results of some important stages of her life still matched her true strength. Later, she thought that perhaps it was impossible for an ordinary person to become the Lu family's housekeeper smoothly, and then the subsequent plot would have no way to unfold.
"Then why are you still here?" Lu Ning had a complicated expression.
With Qiao Wu's strength and family background, it should be easy for him to start a business or move to a higher social class. How could he be willing to be trapped in Lu's house?
"Everyone pursues different things," Qiao Wu said calmly. "Every stage has its own goals. Right now, staying with you is the most important thing for me. Money is not very important. I'm only 22 years old. If I really need it, I will naturally have many opportunities and channels to get what I want in the future."
Before she traveled to this world, she was just an ordinary person who lived her life seriously. She was full of all kinds of fantasies about her future life, but in summary, it was nothing more than a happy life every day.
Now she has more money than she could have earned in her past lives, she is alive and well, has learned a lot from various channels, and is very spiritually rich.
The only thing she lacks is the family love she didn't get in her previous life, so the warmth she has received in this world for more than ten years makes her very satisfied and she doesn't want to give it up.
Lu Ning, whose thinking was still very shallow, shook her head: "I don't understand."
She didn't understand what was worth staying around these people from the Lu family.
"You'll understand later." Qiao Wu smoothed her hair. "But one thing is for sure. I have the choice now because I have the ability. I hope you can make the choice for yourself in the future."
Lu Ning's train of thought was rather strange: "So you're going to choose between us like the tentacle monster?"
It was rare for Qiao Wu to be interrupted by her.
She lowered her head and leaned on Lu Ning's shoulder, laughing: "I didn't make a choice, I want you all."
The sudden close contact almost made Lu Ning spill the milk on the sofa. She frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I'm saying the choice is stay here or leave."
"You want to leave?!"
"It's hard to say." Worried about hurting her, Qiao Wu took off his glasses and said nonchalantly, "Choose the tree to live in and the master to serve."
"I got 20 points in Chinese."
Lu Ning pushed her face away and said, "Don't speak classical Chinese to me."
Qiao Wu poked her puffed-up face with his glasses: "What I mean is, you have to fight for it before you can afford to hire me."
Lu Ning: "Why are you telling me this? I'm only thirteen, and you want me to go with them to break into the safe?"
Go and tell Lu Jinzhi, and tell those two fools who still don’t dare to come down!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She asked, "Why didn't you wake them up today?"
"Did you get up so early to see them make fun of you?"
Lu Ning drank a sip of milk to cover up her mistake.
But Qiao Wu knew those two too well, especially Lu Xuan, who was so burdened. "They don't have the face to come down. I'll have breakfast delivered to their room later. Now that you're awake, why don't you come out for a walk with me today?"
"Where are you going?"
"I didn't have time to get glasses yesterday."
Lu Ning was silent for a moment: "You figured out who the housekeeper is, and you still want me to accompany you?"
Qiao Wu raised his eyebrows: "Then are you going or not?"
"……snort."
Qiao Wu not only wanted to get glasses, but also wanted to give the two young masters upstairs some time to buffer, so he sent people away.
Sure enough, not long after, Lu Xuan came downstairs stealthily and bumped into the equally sneaky Lu Yingchi.
Lu Xuan also wore sunglasses at home. He was so exquisite from head to toe as if he was going to walk the red carpet any second. The moment he saw Lu Yingchi, he immediately raised his chin.
But Lu Yingchi was much more relaxed than him, after all, he didn't get drunk last night.
The two stood in the elevator, but no one pressed the floor button. After a long silence, Lu Yingchi, with his hands in his pockets, suddenly said, "I look down on you."
"Lu Yingchi, keep your mouth shut." Lu Xuan leaned against the elevator wall and said lazily without even looking at him, "I don't have such a good temper."
"Really? I think she's pretty good at crying and making a fuss." Lu Yingchi scoffed, "When did you become so close to her?"
Lu Xuan suddenly smiled as he thought of something. "We've always been familiar with each other. She said she would be my dog forever. Do you want to see it for me?"
My guess came true, Qiao Wu must have sent the message to a group of people!
Lu Yingchi took two deep breaths, clenched his fists tightly, and the words came out from between his tightly clenched teeth: "What a coincidence, she sent it to me too, can you see it?"
“…”
After two seconds of silence, Lu Xuan scoffed: "Who cares? If you care so much, I'll give it to you."
After saying that, he pressed the elevator button, and as soon as the elevator door opened, he walked towards the door without looking back.
Lu Yingchi stood behind him and yelled, "If you don't want it, I don't want it either!"
Lu Xuan ignored him. After getting in the car, he didn't fasten his seat belt immediately. Instead, he sat there for several minutes before he came to his senses.
From the moment he woke up in the morning until now, every scene of last night has been replaying in his mind, causing him to have a bit of a stress reaction.
He gripped the steering wheel tightly, thinking, no matter what happened in the past, how many people had Qiao Wu sent messages to?
But after last night, she really couldn't bear it anymore.
hateful.
He took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of slightly red and swollen eyes.
Then I drove to the hospital to bother the old man, oh no, to apologize.
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After arriving at school, Lu Yingchi became more and more angry. He took advantage of the fact that he had no classes in the afternoon and rode his bike to the suburbs.
Hu Zhuo watched him leave with a gloomy expression and made a phone call: "Hong Cheng, where is he?"
"Zero Loop."
The Zero Loop is located on a mountain, far away from the city. The whole mountain is a luxurious den of money, surrounded by a racing loop. On the top of the mountain is a huge top-level entertainment mansion, waiting for the end of the race when these people's adrenaline surges and they spend money lavishly. Lu Yingchi likes to ride heavy motorcycles and is generous, so everyone likes to follow him.
Hong Chengzheng, who was on the other end of the phone, was driving behind Lu Yingchi's motorcycle. "Now that you've offended him, why don't you stop being so annoying? I'll find a chance for you two to sit at the same table."
"No, I'll come over later. Find a chance to help me watch his phone."
"Are you really going to deal with his housekeeper? He's a member of the Lu family after all."
Hu Zhuo exhaled a puff of smoke, his eyes dim. "That housekeeper in his family doesn't look even as old as us. I asked someone to check, and it seems she's from Mr. Lu's side. She's only been back in China for a few days, but she thinks she's a big shot. Lu Yingchi looks down on her, and last time he was so angry that he asked me how to deal with her."
Hong Cheng thought about it and agreed. After all, the servants in his house were not that important. "Okay."
At this time, Qiao Wu was listening to the salesperson recommending frames. This store has many luxury eyewear brands and provides one-on-one professional services. Even when choosing glasses, she didn't want to treat herself badly.
She watched for a while, then suddenly asked Lu Ning, who had been sitting on the sofa silently eating a small cake, "Any suggestions?"
Lu Ning stared, speechless for a moment.
Why do I feel like we're going shopping together?
Generally, the clothes and accessories worn by the family members are custom-made, or the brands will be delivered directly to their home, so she has hardly ever gone shopping since she was a child, and there is no one to accompany her. She has really no experience in making suggestions.
She was inexplicably nervous and put down the cake, asking suspiciously, "Do you believe me?"
"For reference, don't you always play with cotton dolls? The clothes you wear look pretty good."
"The doll is much prettier than you." Although she said that, Lu Ning still walked forward to look at the frames, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Qiao Wu.
In order to try out the frames, Qiao Wu didn't wear glasses. When he looked at me intently, his eyes seemed to be filled with water.
Lu Ning suddenly felt that none of these frames matched her eyes.
"This one."
She pointed to a pair of thin frames with silver trim.
"Just as I thought." Qiao Wu gestured to the salesperson, "This is it."
"Okay, please wait a moment."
I didn't expect her to be so decisive. Lu Ning's heart suddenly felt full. She pursed her lips and pressed her chest lightly.
Suddenly, I heard Qiao Wu say, "As a thank you for helping me, I'll buy some clothes for your baby later."
Lu Ning's hand was still on her chest. She opened her mouth, but was frightened by the heartbeat in her chest.
Because her grandfather didn't like people who didn't work hard, and she herself had poor academic performance, she never told anyone that she liked the doll, not even Qiao Wu.
But Qiao Wu not only knew about it, but also wanted to buy clothes for her doll.
She was stunned for a long time without saying anything until Qiao Wu's phone rang.
"Who?"
Hong Cheng on the other end of the phone was in a daze for a while, thinking that the housekeeper sounded young and had a nice voice. His tone became a little better: "Housekeeper Qiao, right? My name is Hong Cheng, and I'm a friend of Lu Yingchi. Young Master Lu came to the Zero Ring Line today and got drunk and insisted on running laps with others. We couldn't stop him. How about your family send a few people over?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Wu raised her eyebrows. She didn't know whether Lu Yingchi was a speeding driver or not, but she knew exactly what kind of person Hong Cheng was.
How could these young masters think of calling her when they were having so much fun?
But she still said, "Address."
As soon as Hong Cheng finished speaking the address, he heard a cold beeping sound coming from the other side, and he laughed angrily.
This housekeeper has a bad temper. How dare he hang up on him!
Hu Zhuo was right. She would be in big trouble when she came over.
Qiao Wu did not call Lu Yingchi, but dialed another number.
This time the call was answered quickly. The man's voice was as deep but clear as ever: "What's the matter?"
Qiao Wu asked, "Do you have the phone number of the Zero Ring Line boss?"
"reason."
"Lu Yingchi."
The man asked slowly again: "Who am I?"
Qiao Wu was confused: "Lu Jinzhi?"
A faint laugh came from the receiver: "Send you a WeChat message."
In less than a minute, Qiao Wu's phone vibrated. When she clicked it, she first saw the phone number, and then her eyes were fixed on the messages on it.
"I will always be yours. I don't want any status. Can I see you once..."
At a glance, the screen is full of green, all evidence of her past wishful thinking.
Lu Jinzhi never replied to her, so the chat box was deleted long ago.
Qiao Wu's breathing suddenly stopped: "!!!"
She was so busy that she forgot about it.
Before she could react, a second white WeChat message appeared under the green chat bubble.
Lu Jinzhi: "Qiao Wu, this is the second time."
Qiao Wu was at a loss.
The second time what?
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