Chapter 46 "May you and your wife live forever."
Lin Che had just lifted his face from the cold coffee cup, trying to calm the aftershocks of his social death, when he felt the air around him seem to have subtly changed.
Several vague gazes drifted over from different corners of the cafe and fell on him.
At first, it was a curious look with a little surprise, then it turned into hesitation and eagerness to try.
A young girl dressed fashionably and wearing delicate makeup, seemed to have mustered up her courage, holding her coffee cup, and walked straight towards Lin Che's corner seat.
"Hi," she said sweetly, stopping by Lin Che's desk. "Excuse me, you looked so handsome and professional when you were helping someone just now! Are you a new colleague? I don't think I've seen you before."
Lin Che's body tensed instantly, like a frightened cat. He subconsciously shrank back, his knuckles turning slightly white as he gripped the coffee cup.
"Uh...thank you...I...I'm not..."
"It's not from our company?" The girl's eyes lit up and her smile deepened. "Are you here to look for someone? Or... were you introduced by a friend?"
She naturally pulled out the chair opposite Lin Che, "I can sit..."
Seeing that the other party had already sat down naturally, Lin Che's words of refusal were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back and said dryly, "Whatever, whatever."
At the same time, a secretly taken photo was anonymously sent to the "Lu Group All Members Group" with thousands of members.
In the photo, Lin Che had a slightly frowned brow, his long eyelashes drooped, and he was holding a coffee cup in his hand. His loose white sweater made his figure look even thinner.
The warm winter sun shines through the huge glass curtain wall, just outlining a soft halo around him. The conspicuous chocolate stain on his cuff does not make him look sloppy, but instead strangely adds a touch of lazy and harmless air.
The photo itself is stunning enough, but the caption instantly ignited the powder keg:
[Anonymous]: A stunningly handsome guy has appeared in the D-Café! Come and see! He's the handsome guy who saved Xiao Tang this morning! The key is, he's using Cheng's work ID card!!! [Image]
boom--!
The entire Lu Group’s internal network exploded!
The group message instantly flooded the screen at an explosive speed:
[Marketing Department - Xiao Wang]: Holy crap? Is this beauty real? This is a model face!
[R&D Department - Xiao Li]: Ahhhhhhh! Oh my god! That profile! That vibe! Amazing!!! Special Assistant Cheng's card?! What's going on?!
[Administrator - Xiao Zhao]: That's him! He was the one who saved Xiao Tang this morning! Super fast and professional! He's ten thousand times more handsome in person than in photos! So beautiful and strong!
[Finance - Sister Liu]: [Saliva][Saliva][Saliva] Which department's new kid is this?! The HR department's KPIs are off the charts this year?! Special Assistant Cheng's card... could it be the new assistant? Impossible!
[Design Department - Mary]: Ladies! The key point! He's using Cheng Yi's card! Cheng Yi's card! That Cheng Yi, Mr. Lu's special assistant! This relationship... it's terrifying when you think about it!
[Sales Department - Lao Chen]: @Cheng Yicheng Special Assistant! Explain! Who is this handsome guy?! Was the card stolen, or did you give it to him? If this guy were in our sales department, I guarantee he'd be the quarterly champion!
[Receptionist Lily]: !!! I remember now! He seemed to have come with Mr. Lu this morning! He went straight up the CEO's elevator! I was stunned!
[Legal Department - Rigorous]: [push glasses] Friendly reminder: using someone else's work ID is a violation of company information security regulations. Please ask Assistant Cheng to verify this as soon as possible. Of course, this gentleman's act of saving lives deserves recognition.
[Anonymous]: Ahhh! Is he still in the cafe? Is it too late for me to skip work and buy coffee?!
[Anonymous]: @Cheng Yi Cheng Special Assistant, please recommend! I'm so impressed by his looks! Is he single?!
[K: Anonymous]: Am I the only one who noticed there was chocolate on his sleeve? So cute! Like a kitten caught stealing food!
[PR Department - Vivian]: Calm down, everyone! Doxxing and excessive attention violate company policy! But... Special Assistant Cheng, can you give me an official explanation? [Eating melon]
The group messages scrolled like crazy, with all kinds of speculations, exclamations, infatuations and truth-seeking remarks flooding in. The chat interface server seemed to be a little stuck by this sudden torrent of gossip.
Lin Che's accidentally captured photo was enlarged, saved, and privately forwarded on countless mobile phone screens. His name and the keywords "divine looks", "Cheng Yi work card", and "lifesaver" instantly became the hottest topic within the Lu Group, without a doubt.
Meanwhile, in the top floor conference room.
The second video conference with the overseas branch was underway. Lu Yu sat in the main seat, his expression stern, listening to the report from the person in charge on the other side of the screen. His fingers tapped unconsciously on the table, as if he was thinking about something.
Cheng Yi, who was sitting behind Lu Yu, suddenly felt his phone screen vibrate wildly.
He glanced down habitually and wanted to click it off, but when he saw the large number of explosive 999+ message notifications and the thumbnail of the photo that was pinned to the top of the discussion, his pupils suddenly shrank!
He subconsciously opened the group chat, and the high-definition photo of Lin Che's profile instantly filled the screen.
Lin Che in the photo, against the backdrop of sunshine and noise, has a fragile beauty that is isolated from the world, and the stains on his cuffs are clearly visible.
The discussions that were flooding the screen like crazy, especially the speculation about "Cheng Yi's work card" and "brought by Mr. Lu", made Cheng Yi break out in a cold sweat.
He suddenly looked up at Lu Yu sitting in the main seat, then looked down at the "culprit" who caused the uproar on his phone, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.
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This...this is a big trouble!
Cheng Yi took a deep breath, knowing that this matter could not be concealed, and absolutely could not be concealed. He gritted his teeth and, between reports, carefully stood up and walked over to Lu Yu as quietly as possible.
He bent down and respectfully, with a barely perceptible tremor, handed the phone screen to Lu Yu. His voice was so low that only the two of them could hear, "Mr. Lu... look at this... Mr. Lin... has attracted some... attention in the coffee shop downstairs."
Cheng Yi held his breath and could almost hear the sound of his blood rushing against his eardrums.
He remained bent over, handing the phone over, feeling every second stretch as long as a century. The only sound in the conference room was the slightly distorted report from the overseas representative, beamed through the screen.
Lu Yu's eyes were as calm as usual, and his true emotions could not be seen. His eyes swept across the group chat interface that was refreshing frantically, and the intermittent rhythm of his slender fingers tapping on the desktop was disrupted a little.
On the screen, the news continued to explode, with 99+ red labels stacking up crazily...
[Technology Department - Azhe]: We checked! Assistant Cheng activated that card this morning at the front desk of Building D Cafe! The purchase history shows he bought hot cocoa... and a plate of crispy seaweed bacon?
[Anonymous]: The above person hits the point right! Hot cocoa with pork floss?! This taste… doesn't taste like Assistant Cheng! And certainly not like President Lu! So it's for this handsome guy?
[Human Resources Department - Vivian]: @Cheng Yicheng's Special Assistant! Urgent! Which department is this from? Has the contract been signed? My system doesn't have any records! [P: Anonymous]: Ahhhh! Latest news! A brave man went up to chat up Cindy from the Design Department! She sat down! She sat down! The handsome guy seems nervous!
[Anonymous]: [New photo: Lin Che sits slightly stiffly in a corner, facing a beaming Cindy, his fingers unconsciously scratching the sides of his cup] Close-up blow! This skin! These eyelashes! They're like they were painted! The stain on his cuffs is striking! Cuteness is off the charts!
[Legal Department - Rigorous]: Once again, please remind us that taking photos of others without permission is a violation of their portrait rights. Please observe proper conduct. @Cheng Yi Cheng Special Assistant, please address the issue of fraudulent use of your work ID card as soon as possible.
Lu Yu's gaze lingered on the latest candid photo for an unusually long time. Just when Cheng Yi felt he was about to faint from lack of oxygen, Lu Yu finally took action.
His gaze remained fixed on the group chat interface. His lips moved slightly, and his voice, lowered to a very low level, reached Cheng Yi's ears clearly. "Pull me in for a moment."
Pull in...?
Where to pull it in?
Pull it in...into the group?
Cheng Yi pulled the corners of his stiff mouth, suspecting that he had heard it wrong. In the midst of self-doubt, he quickly found Lu Yu's private WeChat account and added him to the group.
Everyone in the group saw Cheng Yi added a new account, and the WeChat name was the abbreviation of his real name.
LY .
Almost at the same time, a system prompt popped up at the top of the group interface:
[Group owner Cheng Yi invited LY to join the group chat]
When everyone saw that Cheng Yi did not respond to the photo, but invited someone to join the group, the direction of the discussion that was flooding the screen changed immediately.
[S: Anonymous]: Huh? Assistant Cheng is hiring a new person? LY? Who's that? What's the abbreviation?
[T: Anonymous]: LY? Are you a new colleague? Which department are you from?
[Technical Department - Azhe]: Wait... LY... this WeChat ID... looks familiar... the backend permissions seem...
A few seconds later, as if a delayed fuse was lit, the group chat instantly fell into another more terrifying madness before the silence on the verge of collapse!
[Legal Department - Yan Jing]: LY?! Mr. Lu...Mr. Lu?! @Cheng Yicheng's Special Assistant! What is this...? ? ? ! !
(This message was followed by a distorted horrified emoji)
【…@】: !!! ...
【X: Anonymous】: WTF! WTF! WTF! WTF! WTF! LY!!! Mr. Lu??? Ahh ...
Cheng Yi felt that the joints of his fingers were turning white from holding the phone. He took a deep breath and almost used up all his courage and professional ethics to control the trembling of his fingertips.
He clicked on the photo of Lin Che that had been circulated repeatedly, and on the frantically scrolling group chat interface, he selected "Quote." Then, in the input box, he typed four words extremely slowly and clearly, and pressed the send button.
【Cheng Yi】 Quoted picture [Lin Che’s profile photo]: Mr. Lu’s wife.
Time seemed to have been paused.
The "Lu Group's entire staff group," which had been boiling like boiling water a second ago and was flooding the screen with news at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to capture, fell into an absolute, dead vacuum at this moment.
No new messages pop up.
The moment Cheng Yi uttered those four words, the group chat of thousands of people seemed to have their internet cables pulled out, or as if their throats were being strangled by an invisible giant hand.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
The entire digital world was silent.
Then--
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was not the sound of a server crash, but the silent sound of thousands of hearts exploding at the same time, thousands of brain CPUs being instantly overloaded, and thousands of souls being struck by thunder!
The silence was broken, followed by an information explosion a hundred, a thousand times more violent than before! The chat box scrolled upwards at a speed completely indiscernible to the naked eye, so fast that only a blur of color remained!
【Everyone】: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Countless exclamation marks instantly filled the screen)
[Legal Department - Yan Jin]: !!! (Yan Jin's glasses shattered) Old...old...old...??? !!! !!! Special Assistant Cheng??? (This is the first time in my life that I've typed such a confusing sentence with question marks, followed by a bunch of garbled characters)
[Human Resources Department-Vivian]: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr. Lu’s wife??????
【XXX-Anonymous】: Oh my god... Mr. Lu eats so well??? .........I don’t like it...
【wakkk: 】: Can anyone tell me...what is written in the contract...will I be fired if I change the boss's wife?
Immediately afterward, a torrent of pure emotion, consisting of "!!!!", "????", and "Ah ...
At this chaotic peak of information explosion, everyone was venting their emotions frantically but could barely form complete sentences—
[LY] Quoted picture [Lin Che’s profile photo]: The photo is well taken.
This message was like a spell that froze some people, causing their fingers, which were frantically scrolling through the screen, to suddenly stop.
Nice photo...?
Mr. Lu…praised this candid photo…it was well taken???
What kind of magical realism development is this?!
Before anyone could recover from this strange and terrifying compliment, several system notifications suddenly popped up at the top of the group chat interface, each with a heart-stopping golden-red special effect:
[LY sent a lucky red envelope]
[LY sent a lucky red envelope]
[LY sent a lucky red envelope]
[LY sent a lucky red envelope]
[LY sent a lucky red envelope]
Red envelope! Red envelope from Mr. Lu!
And it's not just any red envelope, it's a lucky red envelope! The maximum amount is... 100,000???
Five in total! One hundred thousand yuan lucky red envelopes!!!
The red envelope cover was extremely simple, with only one line of small words, but it struck everyone's heart like a heavy hammer:
The photos are really cute, thank you for your hard work.
"boom--!!!!!"
If Cheng Yi's "Mr. Lu's wife" was like detonating a nuclear bomb, then Mr. Lu's behavior of personally praising the photos and giving out five sky-high red envelopes was tantamount to detonating an antimatter bomb at the center of the nuclear explosion!
The entire Lu Group, from the top-floor president's office to the underground parking lot security room, from the core R&D area to the peripheral logistics department, erupted at the same time in tsunami-like screams and gasps that were enough to blow the ceiling off!
“Ah ...
"One hundred thousand! One hundred thousand each! Five!!!"
"This is from Mr. Lu!!! Grab it now!!!"
“Oh shit oh shit! My hands are shaking! I can’t click it!!!”
"Server! The server is going to crash! It's stuck!!!"
"Mr. Lu praised the photo! He also said it was cute??????????"
"Ahhh, is that the point?! The point is the red envelope! Five hundred thousand! A windfall!!!"
"Assistant Cheng wasn't lying! This is definitely wife treatment!!! President Lu is giving bonuses for photos of his wife!!!"
The group chat went completely crazy! No longer was the screen flooded with text, but instead was a frantic scroll of countless red envelope claiming records!
I don't know which funny guy took the lead in saying in the group, Mr. Lu 99999~
Then there was another round of screen swiping.
Lu Yu looked at the screen full of 99s, frowned, and handed the phone screen to Cheng Yi. He asked with a puzzled look on his face, "What does this screen full of 999 mean?"
Cheng Yi suppressed his laughter, maintaining his professional demeanor as he spoke seriously, "I wish you and your wife a long and happy life together."
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