Chapter 33 I'll Live with You
Steward?
Has the Lu family’s housekeeper been replaced?
The two men couldn't help but look at the woman upstairs again. At this time, she had sat down and no longer looked down. She had a beautiful profile, and her every move revealed a gracefulness that attracted others.
The two young masters, Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan, had returned at some point, and were talking about something, which made the woman opposite laugh.
This doesn't look like a housekeeper at all, it's clearly like a family chatting.
Wait a minute, didn’t they say that the Lu brothers didn’t get along?
In every previous Lu family banquet, the brothers had never appeared together, but today they all came, just to welcome Lu Jinzhi?
Many people who noticed this detail secretly felt suspicious. The Lu family seemed to be different from the rumors.
The atmosphere of the evening party reached its peak because of Lu Jinzhi's arrival. Even though Lu Jinzhi didn't like socializing, he would drink a few more glasses and say a few more words for the sake of the Lu family's reputation on such occasions. When he found the time to look up again, there were no people at the original seats on the second floor.
Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan were not very interested in this banquet and came here just to show up.
There were a lot of things going on tonight, and Qiao Wu couldn't just sit there all the time. After a while, he went out and started arranging for the guests to leave.
As for Lu Ning, she found that she couldn't get anything out of this stubborn person. She was so frustrated that she couldn't sit still for a while.
Ever since her second uncle came, this place has become a little noisy.
And for some reason, it seemed like more and more people were coming to the second floor, and some even knew who she was and came to greet her.
Lu Ning doesn't like being disturbed and is always ready to run away.
But since she had already promised Zhong Hejing to take this idiot out to play, she would not easily break her promise, so she put away her gift and said, "Do you want to stay here or come out with me?"
Zhong Shixia glanced downstairs and saw that his brothers and sisters were still busy. It might be better to stay with Lu Ning, whom he knew, rather than with strangers, so he stood up as well.
After leaving the banquet hall, he asked, "Where are you going?"
"Aren't you number one in the grade?" Lu Ning said venomously. "I'll take you to do your homework."
Zhong Shixia: “…”
Five minutes later, the two arrived at the library.
Lu Ning buried her head in the computer and rummaged through it for a long time before finally finding several Olympiad exercise books for middle school students.
Of course, the books in the library include more than just famous works. In order to let the children at home study well, there are many exercise books of various versions from first grade to third grade of high school. Otherwise, there would not be so many books.
Lu Ning felt that as a host, she had done quite a lot.
She placed a thick stack of exercises in front of Zhong Shixia: "Here, let you play."
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Zhong Shixia looked at her with complicated eyes, but after all, it was quieter here, much better than the place just now, so he did not refuse. He sat quietly at the table, picked up a pen and draft paper, and started to do the questions.
There was no need to talk to this idiot anymore. Lu Ning relaxed and picked up the book she hadn't finished reading and continued reading. They ignored each other.
She was almost done reading Sophie's World. When she turned to the last page, she saw the note and couldn't help but pick it up and study it.
In fact, she didn't quite understand the book, so she didn't know how to write anything when she wanted to leave a message.
"Hey, have you read this book?" she asked Zhong Shixia who was concentrating on writing homework beside her.
The latter looked over and nodded.
"Then do you know where Sophie's boat went?"
Zhong Shixia recalled the contents of the book and then said seriously: "It's just a symbol and doesn't really point to a direction. After all, in the book, she just untied the ropes of the boat."
Lu Ning frowned: "What are you talking about? I don't understand a word."
Zhong Shixia didn't expect to have any resonance with someone who was very proud of being ranked last in the grade for seven and a half years in a row, but her eyes lit up slightly after seeing the words on the note.
"What's this?"
"My second uncle and Qiao Wu wrote this," Lu Ning said. "It's different from your answer."
“I think this answer is very well written.”
Zhong Shixia held the pen: "Can I write?"
"No." Lu Ning closed the book immediately. "You've met my second uncle, the monkey."
Although he didn't understand why someone would call their uncle a monkey, especially one who attracted so much attention, Zhong Shixia expressed respect: "I've seen him before."
"It's him. He's very fierce." Lu Ning said, "He doesn't allow other people's words to appear in this."
"Isn't this the word for two people?"
"Yes, only he and Qiao Wu can write." Lu Ning curled her lips. "Is he weird?"
Later she tried to secretly put a note in there, but every time she came back, the note was always left on the table. Who else would do such a thing except Lu Jinzhi?
"Not surprising."
"ah?"
Zhong Shixia said calmly, "Uncle Monkey likes Qiao Wu, right?"
"ah???"
Zhong Shixia: "Only if you like someone can you have privileges."
In his opinion, like and dislike are the two simplest emotions.
If there is only one person in his world who can do something, then he must like that person.
Just like he only allowed his brother to enter his room.
Lu Ning stared at the note in her hand and fell into deep thought.
She recalled Lu Jinzhi's attitude towards Qiao Wu. He had almost no communication with Qiao Wu before going abroad.
As for after returning to China, it seems that he did not pay special attention to Qiao Wu, unlike Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan who were always around Qiao Wu.
He treats everyone the same way and can't tell who is his privileged one.
When they met him in the car outside the square yesterday, he just said he was safe, then dropped her and Qiao Wu off in the parking lot and left.
Lu Ning shook her head: "No."
He didn't allow her to put the note there because her handwriting was ugly.
Zhong Shixia was just expressing her own opinion and had no intention of convincing her, so she did not argue with her.
After a while, Zhong Hejing called and said she was leaving. Zhong Shixia tidied up the things on the table and said, "I'm leaving now. Thank you for your hospitality."
Lu Ning glanced at the densely written draft paper and thought to herself: He is such a fool, this can be considered a treat.
She took Zhong Shixia back and just as they arrived outside the banquet hall, they happened to meet Lu Jinzhi who was walking towards them.
Zhong Shixia hadn't forgotten what his older siblings had said about being polite, and he respected other people's family culture, so he took the initiative to greet them: "Hello, Uncle Monkey."
Lu Jinzhi didn't react at first and realized that he was being called.
Lu Ning: “!!!”
She shook her head frantically: "No, no, no, you...what nonsense are you talking about!"
"You didn't mean..."
Lu Ning covered his mouth with her hand and kicked him towards the door: "Shut up!"
When she turned around again, Lu Jinzhi was looking at her with a half-smile: "You should be afraid of me."
Damn it, Zhong Shixia!
Lu Ning wanted to betray Lu Yingchi directly, but when she thought about having to do homework under him in the future, she had to swallow her anger and argued softly: "Don't bother with him. He's stupid and speaks with an accent. He might want to say, Uncle Lei Hou..."
Lu Jinzhi really doubted whether Lu Ning had a genetic mutation: "Don't use the two ounces of pig head meat on your head to measure other people's brains."
“…”
You Mua's Lu Jinzhi!
You are a monkey! You are a golden monkey! A big monkey!
The banquet was coming to an end, and Lu Jinzhi didn't want to deal with those people like the Welcoming Pine, so he turned onto a small path back to the main house.
Seeing that he was going back to the main house, Lu Ning followed him closely.
But as he walked, he couldn't help but sneak a peek at Lu Jinzhi's back. His mind kept recalling what Zhong Shixia had just said, and he felt weird.
"Second Uncle." But she had grown bolder recently, and since Lu Jinzhi didn't look back at her, Lu Ning mustered up the courage to ask quietly, "Does Qiao Wu have any special privileges with you?"
In fact, she didn't hold out much hope.
Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan obviously care about her to death and compete with her for Qiao Wu every day. Today, Lu Xuan even used money to buy Qiao Wu's time, but they are still stubborn.
If it were someone like Lu Jinzhi who didn't care, there would be no answer at all.
Her little courage was extinguished again.
The next second, a faint word "yes" fell into her ear.
Lu Ning stared in disbelief at the figure's back as he walked without stopping at all.
have? !
She was so frightened that she felt even more timid than before, so she took a few steps forward and chased after him, asking, "So, do you like Qiao Wu?"
At such a young age, Lu Ning's understanding of what it means to like someone is still very superficial. She just thinks "like" means "like" and there is no other meaning, so she asked directly.
But she forgot that the person in front of her was already 27 years old.
Lu Jinzhi stopped and turned his head to look at her. Under the street light, his eyes, slightly drunk, looked even deeper.
"What did you say?"
"That's right..." Lu Ning immediately retreated and said, "That person just said that only those who like you have privileges."
Lu Jinzhi frowned slightly.
What topics are these kids discussing every day? Aren’t there enough questions to do?
But he didn't like being forced to wear an undeserved title, so he lowered his eyes and said, "I don't like it."
“Then why the privilege?”
Talking to an idiot is indeed very tiring. Worried that he might be infected by the idiot, Lu Jinzhi retracted his gaze and continued walking forward, his tone calm: "Because of recognition."
Acknowledge the existence of this person, acknowledge her abilities, and acknowledge the past interactions between you and her.
These past experiences can give Qiao Wu privileges in front of him.
But this is not love, and they should not be confused.
Strictly speaking, the last time he met Qiao Wu was twelve years ago. No matter how smart Qiao Wu was at that time, he was only ten years old.
Although she was afraid of Lu Jinzhi, Lu Ning never doubted the truth in his words, so she was quite disappointed: "Oh."
The resentment in her voice was too obvious, and Lu Jinzhi didn't quite understand her train of thought.
"What do you want to say?"
Lu Ning curled her lips: "If you don't like it, forget it. I'll save more money and fight for more."
"Saving money?"
"Zhong Hejing is the older sister of that boy just now. She wanted to poach Qiao Wu and said she would give her a share of the company's profits."
Lu Ning did think that it would be great if Second Uncle really liked Qiao Wu. After all, Second Uncle was the richest person in the family. If Second Uncle liked him, no one would be able to use money to pry Qiao Wu away from him in the future.
Lu Ning looked at the ground dejectedly: "Qiao Wu also said she would consider it."
Then she saw the tall and slender shadow under the street light suddenly stop.
Lu Ning: “?”
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Although there was only 50,000 yuan in Lu Xuan's card, which she had given herself, Qiao Wu still packed up and agreed to this "business trip". After all, there was really no one else in the family who could do this job except her.
Lu Jinzhi has to go to work, and Lu Yingchi and Lu Ning both have to go to school.
And... she was worried that if other people went on the show, there might be a big fight among the production team.
Early in the morning, people going to work or school did not see Qiao Wu when they arrived at the restaurant.
"Where is Qiao Wu?" Lu Yingchi asked.
The servant said, "Housekeeper Xiao Qiao is on a business trip with the Third Young Master and will not be back until Thursday. She said I can call her if I need anything."
"Humph." Lu Yingchi would never make a phone call. "She can be bribed with just a card. Why would I call her? How much does it cost?"
fifty thousand.
Lu Jinzhi, who was sitting on the other side and had witnessed the whole process, thought to himself.
A few days ago, he was still telling Xu Chao not to use cheap lenses to measure Qiao Wu's value, but today she was coaxed into going out of town for four days with 50,000 yuan.
He remembered what Lu Ning said the day before. She might indeed consider the dividends given by Zhong Hejing.
But Lu Jinzhi has his own scale. Just as he once told Lu Jiang, no one's job is irreplaceable, so if Qiao Wu's salary is higher than the value of her ability, then he will not keep this person any longer.
And everyone is free, and if she really wants to leave he can't stop her.
However, the scales in Lu Jinzhi's mind had been working all night, but he still had not accurately calculated how much money would be suitable for Qiao Wu to continue working in the Lu family.
Which one is not included in the calculation?
After breakfast, Lu Yingchi and Lu Ning left in a hurry to catch up with the morning.
After changing his clothes, Lu Jinzhi came to the living room. His peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the code of conduct hanging on the wall. Compared to the last time when he just glanced at it, this time he walked to the front and read it carefully from beginning to end.
Including the goals that several elementary school students set for themselves.
If he remembered correctly, his family was in chaos before he went abroad, and no one would be willing to go to school at this time.
Lu Ning said last night that Qiao Wu would leave if she didn't live up to her expectations.
So Qiao Wu's reason for working at the Lu family wasn't just for money, he also had other purposes.
The so-called struggle for honor is the bargaining chip used by these people in the family to keep her.
At this moment, the scale in Lu Jinzhi's heart suddenly tilted, and the problem that had troubled him all night suddenly became clear at this moment. He put a faint question mark on the money side of the scale.
On the other hand, Qiao Wu had an extra requirement in his work ability - except her, no one else could leave a mark in his book, and no one would call him Lu Jinzhi.
This is Qiao Wu’s added value.
But besides money, what other chips can he give?
At this moment, the genius once again fell into an unsolvable dilemma.
On the other side, Qiao Wu and Lu Xuan had already arrived in the city where the program was recorded.
Lu Xuan walked out of the airport and looked at his several large suitcases with a dark face: "Where is my assistant?"
Before he boarded the plane, his agent helped him with his luggage, but after he got off the plane, there was no one else around him except Qiao Wu.
Young Master Lu San had never suffered so much in his life.
Qiao Wu was pushing his suitcase with ease. He glanced at him and said with a smile, "Who told you to bring so many clothes? Master, you don't have the money to hire an assistant now."
In the past, Lu Yingchi's agent and assistant's salaries were paid by him, but now his card has been suspended. With his current work ability, the agent the company gave him would not only have him as an artist, not to mention the assistants.
"Is it still okay?" Qiao Wu asked.
Lu Xuan took a deep breath: "Why not?"
"What I mean is..." Qiao Wu pushed his suitcase in front of him and said with a smile, "If possible, you want to let the sponsor carry the suitcase himself?"
Lu Xuan's face turned green in an instant.
For his first show, he got up early in the morning to have his hair done by a stylist and wore a high-end suit.
As a result, after getting off the plane, not only did I have to carry my own suitcase, I also had to carry Qiao Wu's suitcase.
"Who is the butler?" he asked.
"It depends on you." Qiao Wu said with a smile, "Do you want me to accompany you as a housekeeper, or do you want me to accompany you as a friend?"
Lu Xuan's expression was strange for a moment: "Friend?"
Qiao Wu suddenly realized: "I forgot, you don't care."
She held out her hand: "I can do it myself."
Before his hand touched the suitcase, his other bony hand rested on the handle.
Lu Xuan stubbornly pushed all the suitcases past her and said, "Let's go."
Qiao Wu stopped behind him for a second, then walked forward with a smile and shared his work: "Come together, friend."
It’s not that she couldn’t carry her own suitcase, she just wanted to take this opportunity to cure this person’s bad habit, so that he wouldn’t throw all his money on her to buy her a “business trip” next time.
Lu Xuan was wearing sunglasses, but even with his eyes lowered he could still clearly see the hand that was reaching out.
She looks so thin and slender, but she can always accurately grasp people's hearts.
friend?
Lu Xuan thought to himself that this was the first time in all these years that he discovered that he and Qiao Wu could have such a relationship. It sounded much more comfortable than the so-called young master or butler.
An hour later, he stood at the door of his room with the room card in his hand and laughed angrily: "Friend, why is my room different from yours?"
Wherever the Third Young Master went, he always stayed in the hotel's top suites. This was the first time he saw a room with a king-size bed.
He asked why the hotel waiter only carried Qiao Wu's luggage and not his!
Qiao Wu said in a natural tone: "I booked my room with my own money, and yours was booked by the production team, so of course they're different."
Lu Xuan didn't hesitate for a second and turned around and pushed the luggage he had pushed with great difficulty back.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to your place!"
He knew that Qiao Wu must have more than one bedroom!
"I won't be able to sleep well here." He said without turning his head. "If I don't sleep well, I won't perform well. If I don't perform well, I won't be able to win the award."
This is all nonsense.
"What about after I leave?" Qiao Wu spread his hands. "I won't renew your room fee. You still have to come and stay here."
Lu Xuan didn't say anything, just kept pressing the elevator button.
Knowing that he couldn't accept the gap for the time being, Qiao Wu sighed silently, but in the end he couldn't bear to follow him.
She knew that with the Lu family's financial resources, Lu Xuan could avoid such hardship, but she was worried.
Lu Xuan is already 23 years old. If this pampered young master does not experience some setbacks and does not know the sufferings of the world, he will be easily crushed by any unexpected event. If he wants to be an excellent actor, he will have to endure and face even more difficulties.
This is just the beginning.
In the dream, Lu Xuan could not endure any hardship, so he achieved nothing in the entertainment industry. Later, he was drunk and tricked, and became notorious, which brought a lot of negative impact to the Lu family. After that, he had a complete falling out with Lu Jinzhi, and was trampled into the mud and could not recover. Unable to accept this disparity, he directly ended his life.
Lu Xuan does have many shortcomings, but in the final analysis, he is just a crybaby who cries secretly because he has been wronged.
Qiao Wu hopes that he can become an independent adult.
She walked forward and tried to block the elevator for Lu Xuan.
At this time, the elevator came up, the door opened, and there was a person standing inside.
When the man saw Qiao Wu, a perfect smile appeared on his lips: "Butler Qiao, what a coincidence."
Qiao Wu nodded slightly: "Boss Qin."
Lu Xuan, who was in a bad mood, looked between the two of them, pushed his suitcase and stood between them, forcing Qin Lian into the corner.
"Do you know each other?" Lu Xuan asked.
Qiao Wu: "I met him last night."
"oh."
Then we are not friends anymore.
Qin Lian found this scene very interesting. Although he was a butler, the one who carried the luggage was the young master of the Lu family.
He asked, "What are you doing?"
Lu Xuan knew that Qin Lian was a cunning businessman, especially his younger brother, who was not a human being.
So he answered before Qiao Wu could: "Work."
Qiao Wu nodded.
Qin Lian noticed Lu Xuan's wariness towards him, so he didn't bother asking any more questions and just observed silently.
Then he saw Lu Xuan reaching out to Qiao Wu: "Room card."
Qiao Wu took out a room card and handed it to him.
Lu Xuan added, "Let's talk about it later after you leave. Anyway, I'll be living with you for the next few days."
Qin Lian raised his eyebrows.
The elevator arrived and he stepped out first.
After thinking about it, I still feel that something is not right.
Although he didn't have much interaction with the two playboys, Lu Xuan and Lu Yingchi, before Lu Jinzhi went abroad, he often competed or cooperated with Lu Jinzhi. They were both enemies and friends, with more enemies on the side.
Lu Jinzhi doesn't deserve to have friends.
As far as he knew, after Lu Jinzhi came to power, everyone in the Lu family should be under his management, including the housekeeper.
Given Lu Jinzhi's picky personality, it would be impossible for ordinary people to reach this position without his approval, so this scene is so interesting that Qin Lian really wants to see Lu Jinzhi's reaction.
He sent a message to Lu Jinzhi.
"Is the Lu family so poor that they need the housekeeper to live in the same room with the master?"
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