Unfortunately, he couldn't record a video, so Chen Lu had to wait until he had his fill of watching before revealing the truth.
Jiang Chao was finally freed and lay sprawled on the table like a dead fish, as if he had been played with terribly.
"You've caused me all this trouble for nothing, shouldn't you apologize?" he said, rubbing his shoulders.
"How did I cause you any trouble for nothing? What I just settled was the score for you talking badly about me to my dad during the New Year. Did you think it was because you didn't answer my calls? How about I apologize to you and we settle that score again?"
"It's alright." Jiang Chao quickly shut up.
"You're quite sensible."
Liu Yan snorted coldly, but as she spoke, she still held the potato chips in her hand to Jiang Chao's mouth.
"You didn't go down, did you?" she asked.
Jiang Chao shook his head. "How could I dare? I'm afraid something might happen to me and I'll never see you again."
"That's right. If you dare go down there, I'll beat you up." Liu Yan nodded slightly, seemingly quite satisfied with the answer.
Chen Lu took an unopened bag of snacks from Liu Yan and asked curiously, "Attorney Liu, are you free lately?"
"It's only just after the New Year, and we don't have any cases on hand," Liu Yan sighed deeply. "You guys go ahead with your meeting; I won't bother you any longer."
"Why don't you take Liang Zhirou out for a walk when you have time? Consider it a favor I owe you."
Just as Liu Yan was about to leave, Chen Lu suddenly spoke.
"You actually owe people favors?" Liu Yan was a little surprised. Like Jiang Chao, she had known Chen Lu for more than three years, and they had always been the ones owing Chen Lu favors. This was the first time Chen Lu had ever asked her for help.
It's a bit novel.
She turned around, gave an "OK" sign, closed the door, and left.
After a delightful little incident, the two had just sat down in the meeting room.
Jiang Chao was still grimacing and rubbing his shoulders. "Well, I called my old man yesterday. If you want to be recognized for your act of bravery, you'll have to get the girl who fell into the water to identify you. Anyway, you'll definitely get an award, but the amount of the prize money depends on what the municipal government decides."
"You and your dad aren't..." Chen Lu was stunned for a moment. It seemed that Jiang Chao and his father had completely broken up, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed away from home for the New Year.
Surprisingly, they even made a special phone call home because of his rescue efforts. It's no wonder they've spoiled their son all this time.
"It's freezing cold, buddy. I can't let you go into the water for nothing. Look at you when you first came up, you were freezing like a dog."
"Hey, whatever."
"Then why are you looking so gloomy today?" Jiang Chao was even more puzzled. He was full of anticipation for the start of the new year for the company, but Chen Lu looked like he had suffered some great injustice.
"I really don't want to go to work!!"
Chen Lu's wails echoed from the conference room, lingering throughout the company...
......
at the same time.
Liang Zhirou was standing at the entrance of the building, staring blankly at two sparrows nestled in the tree branch. The weather outside was fine, neither dry nor hot, but the temperature was as low as ever. The surroundings looked somewhat desolate, with nothing but bare holly bushes.
After a moment of silence, she breathed warm air onto her hands and tightened the scarf around her neck.
Today is still a day off.
Given Chen Lu's temperament, he might suddenly come back to check if she had secretly been competing with him, so Liang Zhirou had no choice but to give up her painting and decided to go to Lin Miaomiao's house instead.
The distance between the two buildings is no more than fifteen steps, and it only takes two minutes to walk there.
Lin Miaomiao was wearing green dinosaur pajamas at home, looking lazy and listless. When she saw Liang Zhirou, she even put on a hat, her face covered by white teeth, and shook her head at Liang Zhirou.
"Does it look good? How about we buy matching outfits?"
After Liang Zhirou entered, she looked her up and down twice. "I have pajamas..."
If she buys it, Chen Lu will definitely buy it too when he sees her wearing it. Wouldn't all three of them be wearing the same clothes then?
That won't do, absolutely not.
Moreover, she felt that Chen Lu probably wouldn't like this kind of clothing; Chen Lu probably preferred button-up clothes because they were more convenient.
"Why didn't you come to work today? Weren't you supposed to be in a meeting?" She only then realized what had happened and asked curiously.
"What does it matter? I never participate in company meetings." Lin Miaomiao chuckled and sat back down at her computer to continue playing her game. Her job has always been like this: she is only responsible for keeping an eye on the progress of Chen Lu's tasks. She has neither desire nor interest in the power of management. "Anyway, I am the boss's best friend, so no one dares to gossip about me."
Liang Zhirou nodded, then turned to look at the somewhat empty room. "What's it like living alone?"
"Of course I'm lonely and bored, how can it compare to you living with your boyfriend..." Lin Miaomiao stopped mid-sentence, glancing at her sideways, "You two live together every day, there must be some progress, right? How far have you gotten? Tell me the truth!"
Liang Zhirou quickly turned her face away and stammered:
"No, there's been no progress. We're both... completely innocent, we didn't do anything."
She suddenly turned bright red, her guilty conscience practically written all over her face.
Lin Miaomiao's eyelids twitched twice as she listened, thinking to herself, "You're practically steaming with anger, and you still care what I mean by 'nothing has happened'?"
"Then why are you blushing?"
"It's hot..."
"Hurry up, hurry up, it won't hurt you to tell me."
Lin Miaomiao raised an eyebrow and asked a question, then turned her head and continued typing away on the keyboard.
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