Chapter 34

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“They may take a while to revise the draft, are you hungry? Should we order the food first?” Wan Wen sat in front of Jiang Ci and picked up the menu while talking.

Wan Wen was a group lawyer. She had a good relationship with Lu Xingxue in private, but Jiang Ci was not familiar with her.

Wan Wen flipped through the menu, “I have looked at Yuanyuan these years and, to be honest, I admire her for her tenacity in research.”

Jiang Ci also picked up the menu at hand. Although her eyes were looking at the menu, her thoughts floated back to the scene just now.

Lu Xingxue was discussing the design draft with Wang Yuanyuan, and Wan Wen was also there. It stands to reason that there was nothing wrong with this, but Jiang Ci was uncomfortable.

She remembered the smile that Wang Yuanyuan showed when she was sitting next to Lu Xingxue in the theater; remembered what Ms. Wang said: that Wang Yuanyuan worked hard to study jewelry design for Lu Xingxue; remembered the first time they met, Wang Yuanyuan did not have stage fright.

…So she was on a business trip with Lu Xingxue these days?

Jiang Ci wanted to ask Wan Wen, but she could see Lu Xingxue and Wang Yuanyuan walking over together.

Wang Yuanyuan chuckled and said something, Lu Xingxue’s charming smile bloomed in an instant, more dazzling than the light above everyone’s head.

Jiang Ci unconsciously folded the corner of the menu page, regretting that she had taken this trip. She was not surprised that Lu Xingxue didn’t know, but she wanted her to notice her unhappiness.

“Sister Ah-Ci, what a coincidence, you are also on a business trip,” Wang Yuanyuan sat beside Jiang Ci excitedly.

The table was a four-seater, when Wang Yuanyuan sat, Lu Xingxue could only pull out the chair next to Wan Wen and sit down diagonally with Jiang Ci.

Jiang Ci nodded slightly, “It’s a coincidence.”

Lu Xingxue: “Have you ordered your meal?”

Jiang Ci raised her eyes, Lu Xingxue laughed at her, and Wan Wen said over there, “Why don’t you look at it? I thought you were still going to take a while, I didn’t think you’d be done so soon.”

……

The dishes were served one by one. During the dinner, Wang Yuanyuan and Lu Xingxue talked about the exhibition ‌‌from time to time. Wan Wen added a few words from time to time. The three of them had a common topic to discuss, while Jiang Ci could only immerse herself in eating dishes.

Sure enough, it was a business trip together, huh.

The phone in her pocket vibrated, Huo Zhenzhen was punctual as always.

Jiang Ci apologised to everyone, took the phone and left the meeting, taking the opportunity to go outside.

“Fucking bastard!” Huo Zhenzhen scolded at the end of the phone, “Ah-Ci, I finally know the whereabouts of that bastard Zhong Yun!”

Jiang Ci paused for a few seconds before remembering who Huo Zhenzhen said Zhong Yun was.

It was when they were in college. Huo Zhenzhen met a boy named Zhong Yun when he went out to play. In a short period of time, the relationship between the two of them heated up rapidly.

Before they confirmed their relationship, Zhong Yun took Huo Zhenzhen to the hospital and pointed to the man who was dying on the bed, “This is the father who gave birth to me and raised me. Everything that can be sold at home is sold. I have no money to continue to treat him, so I can only watch him die. Do you want such an incompetent boyfriend? Really?”

His fragility at that moment fascinated Huo Zhenzhen, and a young girl who didn’t understand the sinister mind of society, took his hand and repeatedly promised, “I will help you!”

Huo Zhenzhen took out all the money she had at her disposal. She even asked Jiang Ci for help for the first time. The two people collected 500,000 and sent it to Zhong Yun.

Zhong Yun said that he had an appointment with the doctor, and then one day, she suddenly heard nothing from him.

Huo Zhenzhen thought it was because the operation was not going well, and she was afraid that Zhong Yun couldn’t bear to tell her, so together with Jiang Ci, holding a large bouquet of flowers, she went to the hospital to visit. The man was still lying half-dead on the hospital bed, and the tearful family members looked at the big bouquet of flowers that the two little girls had brought, ‌‌‌and then at each other.

—They didn’t know anything about Zhong Yun at all. Zhong Yun did this purely to deceive Huo Zhenzhen’s money.

After countless days and nights, Huo Zhenzhen hated Zhong Yun. However, it was as if Zhong Yun had disappeared from the world, no matter how Huo Zhenzhen searched, she had no clues.

Huo Zhenzhen gritted her teeth, “He dares to show up in City G, this bastard! He can offend anyone, but he shouldn’t have offended me!”

Jiang Ci said anxiously, “You calm down. I’m on a business trip now, can you wait for me to go back and I’ll go with you?”

Huo Zhenzhen: “Some sisters said they saw him in SEVEN. Before you come back, that bastard might run away! What happened, I just had a showdown with Xiao A, now he is following me. Besides, if Zhong Yun did this to me, would he still dare to be rough with me? Now, you are busy with you, let me meet him first!”

The dark clouds surged in the sky, and after a gloomy day, it seemed that heavy rain would soon fall.

Jiang Ci was uneasy, she reopened her phone and called Xiao A, “Zhenzhen is easily impulsive, you stop her.”

It wasn’t until Xiao A answered in the affirmative that Jiang Ci settled down a little bit.

In the restaurant, Wang Yuanyuan served Lu Xingxue a bowl of soup. Lu Xingxue took it and asked the newly seated Jiang Ci what she wanted to eat, or if she wanted dessert. Jiang Ci was neither salty nor indifferent and said, “I’m full, eat slowly.”

After the meal, the four of them took the elevator back to the room. Wang Yuanyuan discussed with Lu Xingxue, “I want to prepare some gifts for Grandpa Lu and my aunt. Sister, what gifts would you suggest?”

Lu Xingxue: “Don’t spend too much on Grandpa, he won’t like it. Auntie… silk scarves, handbags, all these are okay.”

Wang Yuanyuan: “I will go and see, will sister have time to accompany me? It just so happens that sister Ah-Ci is also here, why don’t we go shopping together.”

“You still haven’t had enough shopping yet?” Wan Wen couldn’t help shaking her head, “I watched the exhibition during the day and went shopping at night, and Assistant Yao and I almost broke our legs with you.”

Wang Yuanyuan: “As you have the most opinions, I didn’t invite you.”

The elevator stopped at the floor where Wang Yuanyuan and Wan Wen stayed. Wan Wen went out first, and Wang Yuanyuan happily asked Jiang Ci: “Sister Ah-Ci, are you going?”

Jiang Ci was not interested in her proposal at all, but in this way, would Lu Xingxue be alone with her?

Ah.

Without giving Jiang Ci more time to think, Lu Xingxue said to Wang Yuanyuan, “It might not work in the day. I have other arrangements after the acquisition meeting.”

Jiang Ci glanced at Lu Xingxue, followed her and said, “I have arrangements too.”

Wan Wen laughed out loud, and Wang Yuanyuan said, “…Well, in that case, I’ll go by myself.”

After they left, the closed elevator returned to silence.

Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue stood side by side, Jiang Ci looked up to observe the constantly changing floor numbers.

Lu Xingxue watched her back from behind, her full red lips stretched out an arc, “When did you get to City B?”

Jiang Ci: “This afternoon.”

Lu Xingxue: “Tired?”

Jiang Ci turned around, leaning on the rail, with a perfunctory attitude, “It’s okay.”

Lu Xingxue: “Then rest early tonight.”

Jiang Ci was non-committal. As the two looked at each other, she reacted slowly for a while, and stood up straight, “…I have a room reservation, I will go to your room to pick up my luggage first.”

She felt an urgent need to speak up, for fear that Lu Xingxue would misunderstand that she was going to sleep in her room.

Lu Xingxue smiled and nodded, “Okay~”

After taking the luggage, Lu Xingxue sent Jiang Ci back to her room.

Until now, Jiang Ci’s had been unhappy, and this unpleasantness finally revealed its head when Lu Xingxue lowered her head and pressed the phone, and the phone kept beeping for information.

The elevator was still going up, Jiang Ci said coldly, “Go back to your room, you don’t need to send me off.”

Lu Xingxue typed the last two words, and when she clicked send, she raised her eyes and asked her, “You just said that you have arrangements for tomorrow, at what time?”

She replied unexpectedly, Jiang Ci froze and said, “What do you mean?”

Lu Xingxue: “I’ve been in City B many times. In addition to work, I have arranged other activities. I want to ask you, what time are you free tomorrow, let’s walk around together?”

Jiang Ci: “Don’t you have an acquisition meeting?”

Lu Xingxue shook her phone, “The other party’s plane is delayed and can’t be returned. It’s rescheduled.”

The cat sticker on the phone case swayed left and right along with it. It was charming and lovely.

Jiang Ci stared at it, and all the unhappiness ran away.

……

“…My teacher contacted me, thank you for visiting them.” Jiang Ci parked her suitcase by the wall, the bag and mobile phone were on the table, and she turned to talk to Lu Xingxue who walked into the room slowly.

“The place where I settled is very close to them, it is reasonable that I should visit.” Lu Xingxue said that she still had regrets, “It’s a pity that the time is tight this time, so I can’t accompany them more.”

People are really hard to figure out, Jiang Ci thought, not long ago, because of Wang Yuanyuan’s matter, she harboured some negative emotions towards Lu Xingxue. Looking at her now, she was pleasing to her eyes, she liked it everywhere, and she was full of emotions, “They were very happy to see you.”

Lu Xingxue: “Are you also happy?”

This expression is ambiguous. Is it to ask if she was happy to see her today, or did the decision to see her teacher make her happy?

Jiang Ci guessed that Lu Xingxue meant the latter, but the answer was the same. She nodded gently, “I am.”

From the distant sky, there was muffled thunder. Jiang Ci looked out the window, lightning was like a startled dragon moving between the clouds, and in a blink of an eye, deafening thunder blasted nearby.

Jiang Ci jumped, turning around and searching her bag. Lu Xingxue asked her, “What are you looking for?”

Lu Xingxue already knew she was afraid of thunder, and Jiang Ci didn’t need to hide it, “Earplugs.”

Raindrops hit the glass windows of the hotel, and the smooth mirror windows reflected Lu Xingxue’s approaching figure.

“Did you find them?” she asked Jiang Ci.

“I remember that I brought them.” Jiang Ci the mouth of the bag was stretched to the maximum.

Before the next thunder sound, Lu Xingxue raised her hands and covered Jiang Ci’s ears from behind.

The warm palm was close to her ear, the sound of wind and rain had become lighter, and the thunder seemed to be resisted by her.

Her fingertips touched the hard edges and corners of the earplug box, Jiang Ci looked up and saw the shadows cast by the two on the glass.

As if Lu Xingxue was hugging her.

Plop, plop…

“Found them.” Jiang Ci retracted her finger.

Her voice just fell, and the mobile phone on the table suddenly rang out a series of dull vibrations, and Jiang Ci was taken aback by it.

Huo Zhenzhen ‌was calling.

Lu Xingxue released her hands, and Jiang Ci answered the phone.

“…Ah-Ci! Xiao A is injured! A lot of blood…The emergency doctor can’t spare manpower… I can’t find a doctor, what should I do? What should I do? He won’t open his eyes anymore…” Huo Zhenzhen was crying for help from Jiang Ci.

“Boom…”

Thunder raged, and a chill came straight up from the soles of her feet, “Which hospital are you in? Where is Xiao A injured? You make it clear… Is it the public hospital?”

Jiang Ci swiftly walked around in his head, and quickly passed through the contacts that could come in handy, “Zhenzhen, wait a minute, I will think of a way.”

The more anxious she was‌, the blanker her mind was, and her hands even trembled while holding the phone.

“Don’t worry.” Lu Xingxue pulled Jiang Ci next to her, opened the address book with the other hand, and calmed her eyes, “I’ll find a way.”

not me fangirling over the extra cool lu xingxue today…

anyway…

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