Chapter 79 Chapter 79 Mutual Bottom Line
Qiao Wu continued on the phone as he walked towards Lu Yingchi's private room. He said helplessly, "He was going to go back, but he ran into some trouble. I'll talk to you later."
"No need," Lu Jinzhi said, "turn on the video."
"What?"
"Look at how he uses monkeys in a civilized way."
“…”
After Qiao Wu hung up the phone and before turning on the video, he saw that Lu Jinzhi actually took the 50 yuan.
How should I put it? For a family like this, she didn't find it strange at all.
The door of the box was not closed tightly, and she pushed it open gently. At this moment, Lu Yingchi was standing with one hand on the back of the chair, holding an empty wine dispenser in the other hand, and in front of his chair sat a man... who was indeed a bald middle-aged man.
At this time, the man's head and clothes were covered with alcohol.
It is now clear where the wine in the decanter is.
No one knew what Lu Yingchi had just said, but everyone in the box had a very interesting expression on their face, some were confused, some were angry, and some were afraid.
Qiao Wu took another look at the table. It turned out that they had decided to let Lu Yingchi pay, so they booked a large private room with two full tables. The dishes on the table were not cheap either. At a glance, they were more expensive than the dishes of Lin Tiao and her friends. They also ordered several bottles of wine at each table.
When she came in, several children who knew her immediately stood up and called out in unison, "Sister."
He also politely made way for Qiao Wu to sit down.
But Qiao Wu did not sit in the middle. Instead, he pulled his chair back and sat behind Lu Yingchi.
Lu Yingchi threw the wine dispenser onto the table, and the delicacies on the table clattered. He turned around and said, "I told you not to come."
"You're just sitting around doing nothing." Qiao Wu motioned him to continue.
The rest of the people who were in a daze were all confused. When did another sister appear?
How come she knows Lu Yingchi? Whose sister is she?!
Although he looked about the same age as this group of college students, the person who came in later was obviously much more calm and composed than the simple-minded college students, and he had a stronger aura, which showed that he was not an ordinary person.
The big-bellied Manager Wang stood up immediately and asked, "Who are you?"
"I'm Lu Yingchi's sister." Qiao Wu said with a smile, "I just heard that you asked him to pay the bill. Unfortunately, my family is very strict with his pocket money, and he doesn't have much money on him, so I came to pay his bill. I apologize for the poor hospitality. Please continue."
Just a few simple words made everyone's expression change slightly.
It was true that they intended to let Lu Yingchi pay the bill to bully him. After all, there were actually quite a few rich people in this world, but there was a barrier between rich people. Not everyone who wore luxury goods was truly rich.
Because Lu Yingchi had been so patient before, they thought he was just an ordinary kid from a wealthy family who had never suffered any hardship, so he became more and more aggressive.
But unexpectedly, Lu Yingchi, who had gone out to vomit, kicked open the door of the private room when he came back.
He dragged a manager, who was trying to get Chen Caiwen to drink, right in front of him, along with his chair, and said, "Come on, I'll drink with you."
Then he poured all the wine in the decanter over the manager's head.
Before anyone could react, this young woman came in. It was obvious that she was here to stand up for Lu Yingchi.
"You're his sister, right?" The manager, who had been splashed with wine, was a little intoxicated. Being young, he didn't seem to take it seriously. He angrily said, "Look at what your brother has done! Is this the attitude of someone who's just here to learn? He's not qualified anymore. Take him home today!"
After saying that, stand up.
But he was pinned there by Lu Yingchi and couldn't move.
"Lu Yingchi!" the manager said angrily, "I'm your boss!"
"I'm your father." Lu Yingchi slapped his bald head. "How can you talk to her? I don't even dare to say a word to her, who do you think you are?"
Manager Wang stared at him in astonishment: "Lu Yingchi, are you crazy?"
Did he get drunk and act crazy?
He stood up and wanted to pull Lu Yingchi.
But Lu Yingchi kicked the back of the chair and pushed the manager in front of him directly onto the table.
He was tall and had a temper that easily flared up, and now that he had received the imperial decree, he became even more arrogant: "Whoever dares to move, try it."
Looking at his expression, no one dared to move.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
"I've tolerated you for a long time." Lu Yingchi picked up an opened bottle of wine and slammed it on the table. "Since you want to drink, drink it all today. If anyone refuses, I'll have someone force you to drink."
Then he looked down at the man in front of him, lifted his chin with one hand, and gagged him directly, just like Qiao Wu had done to him before: "You are taking advantage of your age and power to bully others. You don't even know where you were when I was rebellious. How dare you confront me?"
Fei Jingming and the others huddled obediently beside Qiao Wu, like bodyguards, and were a little frightened when they saw this.
He asked quietly, "Sister, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Qiao Wu was adjusting the camera to focus on Lu Yingchi so that Lu Jinzhi could see more clearly. "It was a little gentler than when I dealt with him."
The others: "..."
To be honest, they have never seen Lu Yingchi really get angry since they met him. He doesn't look like a rich young man, he just gets angry easily.
Even if he had gone on the autumn outing or been provoked by that rich second generation, he should have called the police. His whole body exuded the light of righteousness.
But in a situation like today, to be honest, no one will pay any attention to you if you call the police.
And now, it's apparently someone else who wants to call the police.
Now everyone realized that Lu Yingchi had really restrained himself a lot in front of them. Although he was easily irritated, he was still very responsible. He basically drank all the wine today by himself.
Even the manager who was forced to drink did so because he wanted to bully Chen Caiwen.
It would be really cool if this kind of playboy was shown to outsiders.
It turns out that he learned it from Qiao Wu.
No one dared to imagine how a person like Qiao Wu could do such a thing. What would that look like?
They secretly watched Qiao Wu's reaction, and then saw the video being connected on Qiao Wu's mobile phone. The person on the video turned into ashes. They all knew him. It was Lu Jinzhi who took Qiao Wu away from them last time at Lu's house.
Depend on.
Lu Yingchi, your brother is here!
Lu Yingchi continued to speak: "You want me to pay? Unfortunately, my card has been frozen by my brother. If you want me to pay, you can call him. Come on, take out your phone and I'll call you."
Fei Jingming tried to remind him: "Lu Yingchi, your brother is..."
Here it is!
"Yeah." Lu Yingchi was even more arrogant. "But he has a lot of rules and hates people who are impolite, so when you talk to him, you should at least know who he is."
He lowered his head and patted the manager, whose face was pale with fear: "Lu Jinzhi, have you heard of this?"
As soon as the three words "Lu Jinzhi" came out, those who were secretly preparing to call the police were so scared that they couldn't even hold their phones.
Lu, Lu ends?
Their company is not that big, so naturally they don't come into contact with people of that class. They don't know Lu Yingchi, but they know Lu Jinzhi.
Even people who don’t watch financial channels often can remember this name.
Seeing these people's expressions become empty and fearful, Lu Yingchi sneered: "Now do you know whose last name I have?"
"Lu..." Manager Wang was trembling with fear. He didn't dare to call Lu Yingchi anymore. He even suspected that he had drunk too much and heard it wrongly: "Lu Jinzhi is your brother?"
Lu Yingchi had seen too many people like this. He threw his phone on the table and said, "If you had a little more brains, you would have looked up my name online when I brought you tea and water."
Although he was in school, he rarely appeared in the same frame with Lu Jinzhi in the past.
But from Lu Jiang onwards, the names and relationships of several generations of his family can be found out by just checking.
It’s just that some people have a narrow vision and only see what they want to see.
After Lu Yingchi said this, no one dared to touch his phone, but instead took out their phones in a hurry to check.
If you click on the connection, you can clearly see the relationship diagram of the Lu family - the fourth son of the Lu family, Lu Yingchi.
It's really killing me.
As the youngest son of a wealthy family, why do you want to study in such a shabby company? Doesn’t your listed company have room for you?
"Master □□." Manager Wang's expression immediately changed. "It's us who didn't recognize the great man. Please forgive me for my mistakes..."
Lu Yingchi interrupted him impatiently: "Shut it."
He hated hearing these people apologize the most.
He didn't actually pour the wine into the manager's mouth; he just stuffed the bottle in his mouth.
If something goes wrong with the infusion, he will definitely fail the test.
So he took out the bottle and asked, "Let me pay the bill, right?"
"No, no, no!" The manager shook his head furiously with tears in his eyes. "Let's get married. Just consider it our welcome back!"
I'll give him the money for selling my pants!
"Okay." Lu Yingchi pulled over a chair and sat down, crossing his legs. "Don't waste it, drink it. Anyone who walks out straight today will be considered an insincere apology."
The original intention was to make a killing for Lu Yingchi, so all the wines were expensive.
Now they were asked to pay the bill themselves. They drank all the wine with tears in their eyes, feeling as if their brains and bodies were about to separate.
After being angry for so long, Lu Yingchi finally felt relieved.
After showing off in front of others, he went to pull Qiao Wu's clothes and raised his eyebrows: "Why..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw the video of the call on Qiao Wu's phone.
Depend on.
So this is how your video recording came about!
He didn't care about too much. Thinking that Lu Jinzhi had heard all the words he had just said, his face turned red. He didn't know what that mouth would say to him.
"I transferred the money to you," he said stubbornly, "and I only used it once."
Lu Jinzhi in the camera was always looking at the opposite side.
For so long, Qiao Wu always worked at different times from Lu Jinzhi. Even when they were discussing work matters together, this person would never give her the cold shoulder.
But just now, as long as she lowered her eyes, she could see what kind of expression Lu Jinzhi had when facing outsiders.
There is not much change in his mood, and he even looks a little nonchalant, but he still has an air of arrogance that looks down on everything.
She turned the camera back so that Lu Jinzhi and Lu Yingchi could talk to each other.
Lu Yingchi looked away almost instantly.
Over the years, he and Lu Jinzhi have never sat down and had a good talk, and he has never thought about asking Lu Jinzhi to support him.
Usually they would part ways unpleasantly after just three sentences, and Lu Jinzhi was rarely willing to talk to him.
Not to mention that he actually called Lu Jinzhi "brother".
So he is really not used to it now and doesn't know what to say.
Qiao Wu didn't say anything, but just pointed the camera at the two of them. There was some noise in the box, so she turned on the hands-free mode and watched with interest.
On the other end of the phone, Lu Jinzhi called out softly, "Lu Yingchi."
"What are you doing!" Lu Yingchi rarely heard Lu Jinzhi call his name so seriously, and he was a little angry. "I really have no money!"
"I still have ten minutes until bedtime."
Lu Yingchi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why, should I sing a lullaby for you?"
"That'll cost extra." He said arrogantly, relying on his drunken stupor, "My appearance fee is more expensive than Lu Xuan's."
Lu Jinzhi rarely showed any sarcasm, nor did he want to empathize with the silly dog's train of thought.
"So you only have ten minutes to message these people," he said simply. "Use your own phone."
Lu Yingchi was stunned for a moment.
Before he could react, Lu Jinzhi raised his eyes and glanced at him again.
"Also." Lu Jinzhi smiled, "Converted to hourly wages, Qiao Wu's salary today will be deducted from your pocket money."
"?" Lu Yingchi snatched the phone away, "Lu Jinzhi, who are you looking down on?"
Qiao Wu thought he was worried about his money, but he didn't expect to hear Lu Yingchi say in a tone even more angry than when he was dealing with those people just now: "If you give me 30 yuan a day as pocket money, even if I crawl to school and save that, I still can't pay her salary!"
Qiao Wu: “…”
There's no hope.
Lu Yingchi: "Answer me! Look in my eyes! I'll let it go, but you can't give her 30 yuan!"
Lu Jinzhi on the screen was silent for a few seconds, unwilling to look at him any longer: "It's hard to imagine that you are an advanced species that has evolved."
Lu Yingchi frowned: "Is he scolding me again?"
Qiao Wu couldn't bear it any longer and took the phone back: "You have six minutes left."
"He's farting." Lu Yingchi said as he went to pick up the phone he had thrown on the table. "He can't fall asleep in ten minutes."
Qiao Wu glanced at the person on the screen and inexplicably understood what Lu Jinzhi meant: "Your brother probably means that you will only be on his blacklist for ten minutes."
Lu Yingchi: "..."
"Um..." The bald men with big bellies who were drinking at Feng Juan Can Yun had already lowered their voices. They also heard the male voice on the other end of the phone. Now they were cautious and terrified. "Is this Mr. Lu? Can we talk for a few minutes?"
They said they wanted their information, but what’s the difference between this and Tianliang Wangpo!
Lu Yingchi's expression turned fierce as he typed: "No!"
"I wonder if he'll give me money?"
As long as I can talk to Lu Jinzhi and keep my job, what’s the point of giving him money!
“We can give!”
"No." Lu Yingchi had a bottom line. Friends could see it for 50 yuan, but others couldn't. He snorted, "Go look at the pictures online yourself. He has mysophobia and can't stand seeing dirty things."
Several managers became anxious.
He immediately turned his attention to the young woman who said she was here to pay the bill, but in fact she didn't say a word after she arrived and sat leisurely in the back, surrounded by several children.
Lu Yingchi's sister!
Although the information found did not show that he had a sister, they must have a very good relationship and could even call Lu Jinzhi.
They didn't care who was older or younger, they just yelled at everyone they caught: "Miss Lu! Sister Lu! Please talk to Mr. Lu. We have parents and children to take care of, and we really can't lose this job. We know we were wrong, and we will definitely teach Young Master a lesson!"
Qiao Wu sat there without changing his posture: "My last name is Qiao."
"Miss Qiao!"
"Sorry." Qiao Wu shrugged, smiling helplessly, and said, "I'm even more protective than Lu Jinzhi."
Seeing that it was almost time, she had no intention of continuing to linger here, so she called out to Lu Yingchi, "Do you want to go home?"
“When are you going on tour?”
Lu Yingchi is now a little more sober and knows that it is impossible for Qiao Wu to come and pick him up for a trip.
She always arranges everything well, and knowing that he is still studying in another place, she will not interrupt him. Besides, if he really wants to travel, he will have to wait until he finishes his studies. Moreover, she will not come to pick him up. At most, she will buy him a plane ticket and let him fly there by himself.
For some reason, Lu Yingchi seemed to have gotten used to the fact that Qiao Wu didn't treat him in every detail, and he felt that it was acceptable.
At least this proved that she no longer treated him as a child who needed constant care.
Qiao Wu said truthfully: "A week later."
really.
Lu Yingchi gave himself a thumbs up for his brilliant plan.
"Then I'll go back in a week."
Qiao Wu was not very surprised, nor did he respond immediately, but waited for him to finish.
Sure enough, I heard Lu Yingchi say, "What a waste of a week, I didn't see anything."
After Lu Jinzhi dealt with these people, those people in the company would definitely not make things difficult for them anymore. He had a feeling that he would learn something in the next week.
"Fifty dollars can't be wasted."
Qiao Wu glanced at the phone interface. Lu Jinzhi hadn't hung up yet. He didn't react after hearing this. He must have been used to his rebelliousness, or maybe he didn't want to argue with him.
"Okay." Qiao Wu nodded, "Then I'll have the driver take you back."
No one really wanted to watch those people drinking, so Lu Yingchi was very careful to open all the wine, so that the bald guys couldn't refuse even if they wanted to. Only then did he feel satisfied and took a few classmates back to the hotel where they were staying.
Only after sending the person away did Qiao Wu lower his head. The person who said he would go to bed in ten minutes was still sitting by the camera.
He put his cell phone aside and was leaning on the edge of the bed with his eyes downcast, sending messages on the backup phone. He must be dealing with Lu Yingchi's matter.
She was not surprised at all that Lu Jinzhi didn't hang up the phone, and she also had no doubt that if she allowed, Lu Jinzhi would keep video chatting with her until dawn.
She looked at Lu Jinzhi for a long time, and vaguely saw some of the teenage boy in the past on his face.
What was Lu Jinzhi thinking when he chose to learn how to manage a company from Uncle Lu?
Not hearing any other voices from the other end, Lu Jinzhi slowed down his movements and looked up at his phone.
He noticed that Qiao Wu had been looking at him, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He must have been distracted.
He reminded her, "It's cold outside."
Qiao Wu originally came out to make a phone call and then went to another box temporarily, so he didn't bring his coat.
After hearing what he said, she realized that she had become a little cold. She turned around and walked back to the hotel, jokingly saying, "It turns out that Mr. Lu's hourly wage for overtime is 50, which is quite worth it."
Lu Jinzhi curled his lips and said, "It's worth it. Do you want to try it?"
"Try what?"
"All my private time is yours." Lu Jinzhi said, "It's only 50. Do you want to buy one?"
"No thanks." Qiao Wu said lazily, "My hourly wage is higher than yours."
But there was another reason she didn't hang up.
Lu Jinzhi provided her with a new idea. She asked, "How about I add another house rule?"
Lu Jinzhi put down his backup phone for the moment: "You say."
"Aside from some household chores, my salary will be calculated separately." Qiao Wu had been thinking about this a while ago. "Excluding Uncle Lu, you three brothers, and Lu Ning, whoever's problem I solve will receive my salary for that period."
She chuckled, "They always seem to want to prove themselves."
In fact, this amount of money is nothing to them, and she doesn't really want the money. Even if Lu Yingchi really gives her 50 yuan today like he did to Lu Jinzhi, it would be fine, but this will make them feel more responsible and let them know that they are valuable.
Lu Jinzhi's original intention was to teach Lu Yingchi not to always be the one who holds things back, to think before doing things and not to bother others all the time. He deducted his salary from his pocket money to teach him a lesson.
Now he thought about the feasibility of this matter and scoffed: "They will just find a way to buy you away."
"Am I that easy to buy?" Qiao Wu said, "They've actually changed a lot now."
Lu Jinzhi was silent for a few seconds, then hummed softly.
He rarely expresses approval of the behavior of the puppies in his home.
Sometimes Qiao Wu couldn't clearly understand what everyone was thinking, but she suddenly became curious.
Lu Jinzhi said that she could ask anything she wanted to know, so she asked.
"Lu Jinzhi, you care about them a lot, don't you?"
Unexpectedly, she would ask this. Lu Jinzhi smiled and said, "What do you mean by caring?"
"Like caring about them."
Lu Jinzhi said bluntly: "I don't really care."
To him, his two younger brothers with underdeveloped cerebellums and a silly niece are just family members and part of his responsibilities.
If they were more obedient, he would say a few more words.
If he doesn't listen, just go play somewhere else and don't bother him.
He said calmly, "In a sense, they also have privileges."
Qiao Wu asked, "Is this why you decided to inherit the company after your eldest brother?"
In the whole family, Qiao Wu only calls his deceased eldest brother "Brother".
Lu Jinzhi would not have any objection to this.
"Um."
Qiao Wu understood.
When he was fifteen, Lu Jinzhi might not have figured out what he wanted to do in the future, and he treated his family with a normal attitude. He just thought it was what he should do.
He doesn't have to do anything, just sit in that position. As long as he doesn't fall, the Lu family will remain stable.
So while she was away, Lu Xuan and Lu Yingchi could do whatever they wanted.
This is their privilege with Lu Jinzhi.
But Lu Jinzhi had lived in his own world for too long. He had shouldered too much at such a young age, and there was no one around him to talk to. As a result, his personality became strange and incommunicable in the eyes of outsiders.
Lu Jinzhi is not only smart, but also has flaws in other aspects, and his flaws are even greater than those of other people. When there is no one to guide him, the scales in his mind will lean towards reason rather than emotion.
Therefore, the relationship between the three brothers of the Lu family has always been delicate.
In fact, not only Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan, but Lu Jinzhi is also easy to coax.
As long as Lu Yingchi and the others showed a little more closeness and dependence on him, he would support them equally and openly like he did today.
This is also a privilege unique to the Lu family.
But Qiao Wu felt that they were both thinking about each other unconsciously.
Lu Jinzhi deducted so much money from them openly and secretly, and scolded them so many times. They could not bear any grievance outside, but they did not really want to settle the score with Lu Jinzhi when they returned home. They were obviously spoiled young masters and young ladies, but they could swallow their anger and spend a few dozen dollars to ride bicycles so far every day to take the subway and bus to make a living.
No matter how mischievous they were, they never dragged anyone in the family into their own vortex, nor did they trip anyone up.
Just like Lu Xuan and Lu Yingchi would not break into a stranger's safe.
Lu Yingchi would not transfer 50 yuan to Qin Lian, thinking that Qin Lian could be his backer.
Similarly, someone like Lu Jinzhi who clearly knows the value of himself and others will not force himself to work overtime just for 50 yuan from a stranger.
Will he tolerate being called a monkey?
They are fearless in dealing with each other.
Qiao Wu looked at him and suddenly smiled: "You two are each other's bottom line."
Lu Jinzhi also laughed.
He did not deny that family was never a derogatory word to him.
But he still corrected her: "It's us."
"Woo woo, you are also my bottom line."
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