Su Zhiruan nodded, then quickly glanced at his expression.
In the end, she found that she couldn't
see it. This person seemed to have no expression at all. Even when he said such
words, he seemed as indifferent as if he was handling some documents.
He seemed to be born without any
emotions. He was an extremely calm and rational superior. No matter what
happened, he would not have any emotional fluctuations.
Lu Peijing asked his secretary to hand
her a room card, and gave it to Su Zhiruan together with the bank card on the
table.
"Let's go." Lu Peijing didn't
look at her again. He raised his hand slightly, and the secretary pushed his
wheelchair away.
Su Zhiruan looked at his wheelchair,
lowered his eyelashes and thought for a while.
Then she put both cards away.
Initially she didn't intend to ask for
money. After all, she was still on a mission. In order to establish the image
of a poor but determined little white flower, she had to refuse even if it
broke her heart.
But Lu Peijing mentioned her
grandmother, so Su Zhiruan accepted it anyway.
In the original owner's memory, her
grandmother was an innocent and upright person, and very traditional at heart.
If she knew that Su Zhiruan agreed to such conditions in order to save her, she
would definitely refuse treatment.
I will use this money to buy some things
for my grandma, buy myself some new clothes, and rent a better house.
She walked out and continued to pick up
the cleaning tools and go to work.
After she went back, she didn't know
what her colleagues talked about, as they all looked at her with sympathy.
"Ruan Ruan, are you okay? Did you
get scolded?" A girl about her age came over and patted her on the
shoulder. "I just asked you to go. Sister Zhang said you're the secretary
of the hotel's big boss. The big boss has become gloomy since he became
disabled. No one can guess what he's thinking all day long."
"It's okay, it's okay," Su
Zhiruan did not refute. After all, their relationship was not something that
could be seen in public, so it was better not to make it known to everyone. Now
that she had a ready-made excuse, she could only bear it and let Lu Peijing
take the blame. She smiled and held the girl's hand, "Just scold me if you
want. It won't hurt you anyway."
"It's your honor to be scolded by
Mr. Lu. Most people will never see Mr. Lu in their lifetime," a woman in a
waitress uniform suddenly spoke up, with a tone of disdain and a look of
superiority in her eyes, "Who is Mr. Lu? You don't even see him on
weekdays!"
"For people like you to meet such
an important figure, it's a great honor for your ancestors," the woman
threw away the rag in her hand, leaned against the crystal wall, and looked
very proud. "I came here just to see Mr. Lu!"
Her words made others who heard it
unhappy.
As soon as this woman arrived at the
hotel to work as a waitress, she announced that she was not doing it for the
money. Unlike these poor people, she came to see the world and meet people from
higher classes.
Everyone was so busy at that time that
no one had time to pay attention to her.
Afterwards, this woman really put her
words into practice, and within a few days she hooked up with a rich
second-generation man from an entertainment company.
After following him for a few days, she
came back and said that her goal this time was higher.
Hearing her bragging again, the people
around her dispersed. Su Zhiruan had been working quietly without saying
anything. She just raised her eyebrows and thought to herself:
If... this colleague with a high vision
knew that she had Lu Peijing's presidential suite room card in her pocket, I
wonder what she would think...
*
At night, Su Zhiruan appeared on the 28th floor on time.
The entire 28th floor belongs to Lu
Peijing. It is not entirely true to say that this is the presidential suite. It
can even be said that this is an entire large flat.
Although they are now in a contractual
relationship, Su Zhiruan specially changed into a new dress in order to ensure
that her mission can proceed smoothly.
She knocked on the door politely and
waited ten seconds before swiping the room card to open the door.
What caught my eye was still the leather
sofa and the dim room.
"Come in," a deep voice came
from inside. Su Zhiruan stood outside the door. Behind her were the flickering
lights in the corridor, but in front of her was darkness. She walked in and
heard the man's tone again. He continued, "The lights are not on. Be
careful of your steps."
"...Okay," Su Zhiruan walked
in and closed the door. She then saw the man standing in front of the French
window. She paused and saw the wheelchair placed at the door. When Lu Peijing
said "be careful with your step", he meant to be careful with it.
"You, can..."
She wanted to say, it turns out that Lu
Peijing can stand up!
But she felt that there must be a reason for him to do so, maybe it was some
secret of a wealthy family that could not be passed on to others, so she kept
her mouth shut.
Her series of small actions were all
seen by Lu Peijing, who was used to the darkness. His originally bored mood
suddenly gave rise to a hint of interest in her.
"I'm pretending," Lu Peijing
didn't hide it. The content of their contract was to have a child. The process
of having a child naturally required honesty. He didn't want to pretend to be
disabled at this time and let a little girl move on her own. He simply walked
over with his long legs. As he walked, he saw what Su Zhiruan was wearing
today. His eyes suddenly darkened, "Come here."
Su Zhiruan was wearing a red dress.
Although it was bright red, she looked gorgeous in it. Even in the dim
environment, one could see that her skin was as white as snow. Her long hair
like a waterfall had just been washed and blown half dry. With black hair,
snow-white skin and a red dress, she looked like a charming fairy in the dark
night.
But looking at her expression, she was
confused. When she heard him calling her over, she carefully looked down at her
feet and then walked over step by step.
This kind of simplicity and charm, with
its amazing beauty amidst the ignorance, is truly captivating.
Lu Peijing suddenly remembered the first
time he saw her. The first time he saw her was after the interview at the
hotel.
Interviewing young waiters and cleaners
is the job of a hotel lobby manager.
However, because he didn't want to sit
in a wheelchair that day, he disguised himself and prepared to return to the
hotel, but he met Su Zhiruan.
It was raining, but she didn't bring an
umbrella. The rain wet her hair and scattered on her shoulders. She had a
helpless look in her eyes. He was sitting in the car and wanted to hand her the
umbrella, but he accidentally heard the conversation between her and her
grandmother. Her grandmother advised her not to waste her money anymore, saying
that she was beyond medical treatment and even if she was cured, she would not
live many more years.
But the girl was determined and she
reassured her grandmother.
After hanging up the phone, she started
crying in the rain.
Lu Peijing happened to think of the old
man scolding him for not having any offspring and not even having a woman for
so many years, asking him if he was gay and if he wanted to end the Lu family's
lineage. He responded calmly.
"Cut off the family line? Father,
you don't have to say that. Your illegitimate sons come to cause trouble every
day. I think they are living well."
(End of this chapter)