allonlinenovel Chapter 266: If you can’t fight secretly, let’s compete openly and fairly
Chapter 266: If you can’t fight secretly, let’s compete openly and fairly
after that.
Lu Xingchen and Li Zhen sent Chen Shufen downstairs together. Lu Xingchen originally wanted to take her home, but Chen Shufen brought a driver.
When they arrived at the parking lot, the driver got out and opened the door for her. Lu Xingchen watched her carrying a delicate handbag and getting into the Mercedes-Benz in elegant high heels. Although her words and actions were still as simple and cautious as they were in the past, Lu Xingchen could no longer imagine her taking care of a child.
Watching the car drive away, Li Zhen asked, "Why did she suddenly come to the company to see you?"
Lu Xingchen looked at the rear of the car going away and said, "Bring me some snacks, and tell me on behalf of Xiaolin that she still wants to be friends with me."
Li Zhen was a little confused by what he said.
Seeing him like this, Lu Xingchen smiled, "You also think it's a bit unlike Chen Xiaolin's style, right? Actually, Xiaolin drank too much and cried on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chen's mother felt guilty about Xiaolin and wanted to make everything right for her, so she came here to run this trip for her."
"What does she mean?" What Li Zhen didn't understand was Chen Xiaolin, "How can you hate someone while wanting to be friends with that person?"
"He probably just drank too much." That's all Lu Xingchen could think of.
"Then what do you think?"
"What can you think? If your mother asked you to like someone you don't like, can you do it?" Lu Xingchen said as he looked at the disappearing car, "But I don't want Mom Chen to make a wasted trip. Let's see when I can have dinner with Xiaolin or something. After that, it depends on what she does. I don't care."
Li Zhen put his arm around her waist and said, "Just don't make it hard on yourself."
"It's not something that can be done by making things difficult." Lu Xingchen said, turning to look at him, "What do you want to see me about?"
"Two things. One is that I'm afraid you might be overthinking about Wang Yunchao's matter, so I came here to talk to you." He turned Lu Xingchen to face him, "I'm just checking him out. There may not be anything wrong. You don't have to think too much about it."
How did he know that she would think about it? Lu Xingchen looked at the person in front of him and wanted to kiss him. "I just thought about it for a while, but even if something happens, you are still here. I am not afraid."
It's good that you're not afraid, but Li Zhen raised his hand and pinched her delicate face, "I'm not worried that you're afraid because of your courage."
If he wasn't worried that she would be scared, why did he come here specially? Lu Xingchen didn't expose him and asked again: "What is the second thing?"
"I have to go to Beijing on a business trip for a while. If I'm fast, I can come back before the National Day. If I'm slow, I can't come back until the National Day holiday."
I originally thought it was okay, but when I heard that he would be away on a business trip for a week or two, I suddenly felt ashamed. We were clearly in a relationship and lived in the same neighborhood, but because we were both busy with our careers, I had never had a serious date with him.
"Am I a particularly incompetent girlfriend?"
How should he answer this? Things kept happening one after another, and he failed to be a good boyfriend.
"I have a flight tomorrow morning, and you have the entire afternoon and evening to make up for it."
She reached out and straightened the collar of his shirt, looked him in the eyes and asked, "How do you want me to make amends?"
Li Zhen looked at her for a moment, then slid his hand from her waist down to her perky buttocks and pressed suggestively, "Do you want to know?"
"I would like to know."
"The fastest way to let you know... I have my car keys with me." He whispered in her ear, "Do you want to go to the car and let me tell you slowly?"
Lu Xingchen raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him and asked, "Do you just want to tell me slowly?"
Seeing her cooperation, Li Zhen suddenly couldn't tell whether she was joking or obeying. He said with a movement of his throat: "It depends on your request. If you want me to go fast, I will go fast. If you want me to go slow, I will go slow. We can also combine fast and slow..."
"Your kidney is better now, right?" Lu Xingchen pushed him away with a smile.
Before she could push him away, Li Zhen stretched out his long arms, grabbed her waist and pulled her back in. Their waists and abdomens were pressed together, and he held her to prevent her from moving away.
"It's been more than half a month, it's already healed."
It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned this. As soon as he mentioned it, Lu Xingchen looked at him unhappily, "It's been more than half a month. Who drove a long distance before he was fully recovered, causing the wound to bleed again?"
"That was a long time ago."
Lu Xingchen was really worried. He lowered his head and looked at the wound. "Can you go on a business trip in this state?"
"Either you experience it yourself first, or I won't go."
"Li Zhen." Lu Xingchen looked at him with a frown.
He smiled and held her in his arms, "It's okay, it's healed, as long as it's not strenuous work it won't be a problem."
"You said the same thing last time."
"I bumped into it accidentally last time. Yes, it was my fault. I shouldn't have driven."
As they were talking, a car drove into the underground garage and the two people hugging each other separated. The conversation ended there because the person who drove in was Jiang Haicheng. Not long ago, Wen Nuan gave birth to a daughter for him, and during this time he was running between the confinement center and the company.
The three of them met and chatted for a while, and because Jiang Haicheng came to the company, Li Zhen followed him back to attend a meeting, and Lu Xingchen also returned to his own company to continue working.
A few days later.
Office of the President of Huiguang Technology Company.
Lu Yiheng looked at his assistant Xie Jinhui in disbelief: "What did you say? Director Zou closed the door and refused visitors. Did he know that it was someone from the Lu Group who came to see him?"
Seeing his hidden anger, Xie Jinhui pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, "I have clearly stated my identity."
"He won't see me like this?!"
"Yes, everyone related to the project is missing."
Bang! Lu Yiheng slammed the folder in his hand shut. "Zou Shiguang has become more courageous, right? You don't even want to be shameless?!"
"Boss," Xie Jinhui explained, "I heard that their department was reported recently. Coincidentally, the shady dealings of a bidding project two years ago were published online."
What kind of coincidence is this? Lu Yiheng asked: "Is that project related to him?"
Xie Jinhui: "Although it doesn't matter, their department has been targeted, and during the National Day period, there is pressure from above. Not only their department, but all administrative and functional departments are on high alert. No one dares to breathe a sigh of relief, even..."
"Even? Tell me what even is it."
"This shady deal is very serious. In order to make a statement, their superiors will open the bidding for this large-scale AI automation project to the public. In addition to hundreds of random people, the companies that were eliminated before can also observe the entire bidding process."
"Which bastard has a broken brain to come up with such a stupid idea!" Lu Yiheng was very unhappy.
Xie Jinhui thought for a moment and said, "Although it is an open bidding, if we don't mention Zhencheng and Liandong, and just take Lu Xingchen's company Zhixing Technology, their advantages are not that great. First, they are a brand new company with no historical projects to show for it. Second, their funds. Even if they have the support of Zhencheng, Zhencheng also participated in the bidding for this project. Unless Zhixing can produce an overwhelming work, the project team will not choose Zhixing even if they choose Zhencheng."