Chapter 14 Chapter 14 It was the first time he knew that Lu Zhao actually...
14. Scheming
Jiang Nian pulled his down jacket closer and suddenly sneezed without warning.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on him.
Lan Xin frowned, her delicate eyebrows furrowed with worry: "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold?"
Chen Rong immediately gave up the idea of settling the score with Lu Zhao, took out his phone and prepared to call a doctor.
Seeing everyone's nervous expressions, Jiang Nian quickly said, "Mom, I'm fine, really fine." He touched the plush collar of his down jacket and said, "It accidentally rubbed my nose. It's a little itchy."
Chen Rong took Jiang Nian's forehead temperature and saw that although he looked tired, he was in good spirits, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was a false alarm, Lan Xin was no longer in the mood to continue chatting. It was getting late, so she prepared to take Jiang Nian back home to rest.
Jiang Nian sat in the back seat, waving goodbye to Chen Rong and the others through the open car window. As the car slowly drove away, Jiang Nian looked back and saw Lu Zhao standing on the steps of the hotel, taking the coat handed to him by his assistant and putting it on.
Jiang Nian suddenly felt a little worried. Lu Zhao had been with him outside for so long and was wearing thin clothes. He wondered if he would get sick when he returned home at night.
**
After watching Jiang Nian and his family leave, Chen Rong turned to Lu Zhao and signaled him with his eyes to come to the side and talk.
The two got into Lu Zhao's car. Before Shen Rong could speak, he heard Lu Zhao say, "I like your childhood friend. Can I pursue you?"
Chen Rong's mouth twitched, and he looked at Lu Zhao speechlessly: "Just because I said no, you won't pursue me?"
You've already done it, yet you're still pretending to ask him. How hypocritical.
Lu Zhao laughed, looking very happy. He said, "I will pursue you even if you don't agree."
When he first saw Jiang Nian under the wall of the Jiang family villa, he couldn't help but be moved. At first, when he saw Jiang Nian and Shen Rong getting along, he thought there was love between them.
Lu Zhao felt a little regretful. Although his power and status allowed him to do whatever he wanted in Jinhai, he also had his own persistence. Shen Rong was his close friend, and he would not steal his friend's partner.
But later he realized that he had misunderstood. There was family affection and friendship between Chen Rong and Jiang Nian, but no love.
Then what else could stop him? Naturally, he had to let go and chase after the person.
Chen Rong looked at Lu Zhao and said seriously, "You don't really have anyone like Jiang Nian around you, but I warn you, if you're just looking for something new and end up hurting Jiang Nian, I won't let you off easily."
Lu Zhao said, "Who am I? Don't you understand me?"
Chen Rong thought about it and realized that he did trust Lu Zhao's character, otherwise the two of them wouldn't be so close. Furthermore, the Lu family had an open-minded and tolerant family tradition, and the two elders treated the younger generation with kindness. Lu Zhao seemed to be very concerned about Jiang Nian and didn't restrict him, even playing with him.
If Jiang Nian really wanted to spend his life with someone in the future, Shen Rong thought about it and felt that no one could make him feel more at ease than Lu Zhao.
Chen Rong thought of Lu Zhao accompanying Jiang Nian out to play in the snow. Jiang Nian seemed to be in a good mood. He wondered how the two of them were doing tonight. He asked.
Lu Zhao didn't know what he was thinking about, but a smile appeared on his lips, and he looked very helpless: "He said that after tonight, I will be his good brother who will live and die with him."
Shen Rong couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Lu Zhao is not worried about the marriage between him and Jiang Nian, but Jiang Nian is simple-minded and slow in feelings, so Lu Zhao estimates that his pursuit will not be smooth.
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Chen Rong arrived at Jiang's house early the next morning and had breakfast with Jiang Nian. Then the two of them went upstairs to Jiang Nian's bedroom.
As soon as the door closed, Chen Rong began to question Jiang Nian. He asked if Jiang Nian had secretly run out to play last night without telling him.
Jiang Nian was about to tell Shen Rong about this, and he admitted it as soon as he was asked.
Shen Rong had a hurt expression on his face: "Why didn't you tell me, am I not your good friend?"
Jiang Nian: "I was in such a hurry at the time that I didn't have time to tell you."
Chen Rong complained: "You didn't even tell me the banquet was over."
In fact, Lu Zhao had explained everything about last night to him, and Shen Rong had accepted it. He was acting like this in front of Jiang Nian purely to tease her, but he was acting a little too much.
Jiang Nian was his childhood friend, and he used to play with Jiang Nian, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do that in the future.
Tsk, that's a bit frustrating.
Although he knew that he couldn't be with Jiang Nian for the rest of his life, he couldn't help but feel jealous at this moment.
Jiang Nian didn't know what Chen Rong was thinking, so he said softly, "I was so tired yesterday that I fell asleep as soon as I got home. I wanted to tell you today."
Seeing Jiang Nian's serious look, Shen Rong smiled and said, "I was just teasing you, I'm not angry."
He and Jiang Nian both have their own lives, and they will also have their destined people. Now that Jiang Nian has met her, he should be happy.
Because they grew up together, Jiang Nian held a heavier weight in Shen Rong's heart than Lu Zhao. But even with the difference in importance, he still hoped that both Jiang Nian and Lu Zhao would be well.
If the two are really together, then their relationship will be even closer.
Shen Rong felt relieved and said, "I'm here to give you something today. Grandma prepared a gift for you yesterday, but she forgot to take it away in her hurry."
Jiang Nian's eyes sparkled as he took out his phone and called Grandma Shen. He was very good at dealing with elders, making the old lady happy and telling him to come to her place next time when the weather was good and he was feeling well, and she would make him something delicious.
Jiang Nian naturally agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Nian thought of what he had been worried about last night and asked Chen Rong: "How is Lu Zhao?"
"What do you mean?" Shen Rong didn't quite understand.
Jiang Nian said, "He gave me his coat last night and was only wearing his suit. I was so engrossed in playing that I forgot the time and was worried he'd get sick when he got home."
"It's okay, don't worry." Shen Rong said.
Lu Zhaozhuang is as strong as a bull and will never get sick.
Shen Rong came over early in the morning and obviously had never seen Lu Zhao. Jiang Nian said, "You can ask."
Chen Rong couldn't resist and had to call Lu Zhao.
In the president's office of Lu's Group, Lu Zhao received a call from Shen Rong early in the morning. He was very surprised and thought it was something urgent.
When Chen Rong asked him if he felt unwell, he realized something and paused holding the pen. He signed his name on the document, waved his assistant to leave, and asked, "Is Jiang Nian with you?"
Chen Rong usually talked about work with him on the phone, so it was obviously abnormal for him to suddenly care about his health early this morning.
Lu Zhao judged that it must be someone else who wanted to know, and who around Shen Rong would want to know about his health condition? The answer was obvious.
Chen Rong thought to himself, why did you ask a question when I asked you to? He glanced at Jiang Nian and hummed, then heard Lu Zhao say, "Ahem... tell him I'm fine... ahem... don't worry..."
The assistant walked to the door with the signed documents and turned around in confusion when he heard a cough. The boss had been so energetic during the meeting just now, and now he was so weak. Was he sick? Then he saw Lu Zhao's lips curl up, and suddenly thought of the pale, handsome young man from yesterday.
The assistant had a guess in his mind, but without asking any more questions, he quickly left the office.
Jiang Nian was really worried, so he moved closer when Shen Rong called. He heard Lu Zhao coughing and looked regretful, blaming him for staying out too long last night.
Chen Rong glanced at Jiang Nian, veins popping out on the back of his hand holding the phone. He knew Lu Zhao was into winter swimming. Would someone with that kind of physique get sick from the wind and snow on a snowy day?
Shen Rong rolled his eyes. It was the first time he knew that Lu Zhao was actually a pretender.
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