Chapter 14 Miscarriage? Lu Yanzhi's phone rang.
The policewoman was knocking on the car window, looking at Shi Nian with a worried expression.
Shi Nian clutched her stomach, her forehead covered in cold sweat.
"Madam, madam, what's wrong? Are you alright?" The policewoman asked anxiously to the person next to her.
Shi Nian knew it was a child.
She already had signs of miscarriage.
Just now in the parking lot, she jumped and ran quickly to avoid a car, and then she was hit by that black car while inside the car...
Is the baby about to be lost?
But she wasn't ready.
Shi Nian suddenly felt very panicked and sad.
She suddenly became very afraid of losing the child.
"Bang bang bang! Madam, madam, are you alright? Open the door!"
The policewoman's voice came again.
Shi Nian's vision blurred, and she endured the pain to open the car door before fainting.
...
On the other side.
The Lu family building was brightly lit.
Lu Yanzhi is currently working on a proposal.
He has a lot of meetings scheduled today.
He needs to make the final decision on many matters.
He has been dealing with things since this afternoon.
Her face was getting tighter and tighter.
In the huge conference room, no one dared to utter a sound.
Looking at the report in his hand, Lu Yanzhi tapped it lightly with his left hand.
"Who is the manager in charge of this project?" His voice was calm and collected, yet it carried a powerful and intimidating force that instilled fear in the listener.
“Mr. Lu… it’s me.” One of the middle-aged men stood up, wiping his sweat.
Lu Yanzhi glanced at him, his thin lips parted slightly, and he uttered two words: "Explain."
The middle-aged man wiped his sweat again.
"That...that...it's just..." The middle-aged man tried to explain for a long time but couldn't come up with a coherent explanation.
He evaded the question, giving various reasons, and in short, he messed things up.
That's enough.
Before the other party could continue speaking, Lu Yanzhi had already spoken.
The middle-aged man was already trembling, his eyes filled with terror.
He immediately pleaded, "President Lu, President Lu, please give me another chance. I promise I can do well!"
Lu Yanzhi frowned, and Secretary Zhou beside him immediately understood.
Secretary Zhou spoke up: "Manager Qin, you made all sorts of promises when you submitted the project proposal, so who's to blame for this result?"
"But I..." the middle-aged man wanted to explain.
Secretary Zhou interrupted sharply: "Stop making excuses. The project has the backing of the Lu family and has used a lot of resources, yet it still failed. Don't you know why?"
The middle-aged man tried to struggle, but Lu Yanzhi simply threw a document in front of him.
"Such a small project, yet the corruption is so rampant!" Lu Yanzhi said coldly.
The middle-aged man looked at it and his face turned ashen.
He tried to say something, trembling, but Secretary Zhou waved his hand.
The conference room door opened, and Lu's internal inspectors came in and dragged the person away.
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, I was wrong, Mr. Lu, please forgive me..."
As the middle-aged man's pitiful cries faded into the distance, the rest of the people in the conference room fell into complete silence.
Lu Yanzhi glanced coldly at everyone present, having achieved his goal of making an example of someone.
Meeting adjourned.
After uttering two words, Lu Yanzhi strode out of the conference room.
Secretary Zhou followed Lu Yanzhi into the president's office.
Seeing Lu Yanzhi sitting in the boss's chair, frowning and resting, Secretary Zhou immediately had his subordinates make a cup of coffee and bring it over.
Lu Yanzhi rubbed his temples and closed his eyes to rest.
I am mentally and physically exhausted.
Water that is too clear has no fish.
With such a large organization as the Lu family, there must be many internal problems.
He understands this principle.
But what he didn't understand was why he seemed unusually tired these past few days.
As footsteps approached, Lu Yanzhi sensed someone placing something on the table.
"Ah Zhi, have a glass of warm water. It's late, and you should take care of your health while working. I put some sachet in the water to help soothe your emotions."
For some inexplicable reason, Lu Yanzhi seemed to hear a familiar voice.
But when he opened his eyes, he saw Secretary Zhou bowing to him.
Looking down, I saw a cup of coffee on the table.
Lu Yanzhi pursed his lips slightly.
"Mr. Lu, don't you want coffee?" Secretary Zhou noticed his mood and asked immediately.
Lu Yanzhi frowned slightly, though he himself was not sure of the complex emotions he was experiencing.
"Usually, it's your wife who pours you warm water," Secretary Zhou said apologetically. "I couldn't find the kind of scented tea your wife uses, and seeing that you looked tired, Mr. Lu, so..."
Yes, Shi Nian is usually by his side.
Lu Yanzhi closed his eyes; his head was hurting even more.
"Should I call my wife and ask?" Secretary Zhou's tentative voice came through.
"No need," Lu Yan said.
Secretary Zhou responded, and then the office fell silent again.
A deathly silence.
Lu Yanzhi had never felt the office was so quiet before.
A wave of irritation washed over me.
"What's going on this month?" Lu Yanzhi broke the silence.
"Mr. Lu, are you referring to the workload?" Secretary Zhou replied obediently.
"Um."
“That’s how it is,” Secretary Zhou said in a low voice, “Many minor matters, such as Manager Qin’s corruption issue today, were handled by Madam after being reported from below. Only other more important matters were submitted to you, Mr. Lu, so…”
Lu Yanzhi opened his eyes and glanced at Secretary Zhou.
Secretary Zhou understood his thoughts, so he said awkwardly, "President Lu, it was my fault for not handling it well."
Lu Yanzhi didn't blame him too much, he just shook his head.
He asked, "Where is the contract with the Wang family?"
Secretary Zhou lowered his head even further.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, the staff below haven't finished getting ready yet."
Lu Yanzhi sighed and waved for Secretary Zhou to leave.
Secretary Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left.
Lu Yanzhi looked at the closed office door; he actually knew the answer.
He and Shi Nian received the divorce receipt suddenly, and many things that she had previously handled were not handed over.
The office was quiet, with only the soft ticking of the clock.
The air is filled with the unique bitter aroma of coffee.
The slowly rising steam from the coffee made Lu Yanzhi frown even more.
He picked up his phone and looked at the message he had sent to Shi Nian, asking her to go back to the old house for the weekend.
She still didn't reply.
I remembered her resolute refusal when I called her to come back to the old house.
Are you still throwing a tantrum?
Just as Lu Yanzhi was looking at his phone, there was a knock on the office door.
He looked up and saw Han Wei's smiling face appear at the doorway.
"Brother Yanzhi." Han Wei walked in with a smile, "I've come to keep you company."
Lu Yanzhi put away his phone and nodded slightly.
Han Wei glanced at Lu Yanzhi's phone without making a sound.
She thought about it for a moment, then sat down to one side, feeling conflicted.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yanzhi noticed her unusual mood and asked.
"Brother Yanzhi, did Shi Nian come to see you today?" Han Wei asked hesitantly.
Lu Yanzhi looked at Han Wei and gestured for her to continue.
"I posted a short video this afternoon to officially announce that I will be participating in 'The Voice of China'."
Han Wei observed Lu Yanzhi's expression and said, "I originally just wanted to follow in her footsteps, but I didn't expect netizens to say some unpleasant things..."
Han Wei hesitated for a moment, then asked with difficulty, "Did she... confront you about it, Brother Yanzhi?"
Lu Yanzhi frowned slightly. Afternoon?
He was in meetings all day and didn't pay attention to what was happening online.
Lu Yanzhi looked up at the clock.
It's already 9:15 PM.
"There's one more thing..."
Han Wei paused for a moment, then said, "I felt something was off when I left the studio at 8:45. When I parked downstairs just now, I realized that I seemed to have been followed by paparazzi ever since I left the house."
Han Wei looked very apologetic. She took out her phone and handed it to Lu Yanzhi.
Lu Yanzhi looked at the photos and saw that they showed Han Wei's movements from leaving Vivian's floral studio until she entered Lu's company.
The accompanying text reads: "#HanWei freely enters and exits Lu's building late at night, seemingly in a public relationship with Lu Yanzhi#".
Below are many comments mocking Shi Nian's impending dismissal.
"Yanzhi, I'm sorry, it was all my fault," Han Wei said, her eyes red. "I didn't mean to."
Lu Yanzhi waved his hand, indicating that it was not an important matter.
He originally planned to go public with Han Wei's relationship after the cooling-off period ended.
It's just a thought...
Suddenly, Lu Yanzhi's phone started vibrating wildly.
The clock on one side jumps.
It is 9:20 p.m.
Lu Yanzhi picked up his phone and saw that the caller ID displayed Shi Nian's name.
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