"Let's go, Yanming," Wang Peng said with a smile, "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing," Lu Yanming drew back his gaze and followed everyone into the elevator.
The elevator door slowly closed.
At the very last moment before it shut completely, Lu Yanming's long, slender fingers pressed the open button.
"Director Wang, let's call Director Yu as well. I'd like to hear the ideas of the marketing director at the meeting too."
Wang Peng was stunned for a moment, then immediately instructed someone next to him, "Go get Director Yu to come over right now. And you escort that female colleague back to her office."
When Li Zhen got back to her workstation, her mind was a mess.
One moment she was worried about whether she could keep this job, the next moment she wondered if the vice president would let it go now that he had received money from her, and another moment she feared that he would deliberately make things difficult for her at work because he had lost face for being taken advantage of by a woman. She wanted to resign, but she couldn't quit after being penalized a huge breach of contract fee by the management.
"Li Zhen, let's go, it's time to eat," Zhang Xiya packed up her things and got ready to go to the cafeteria for lunch.
"You guys go ahead, I'm not hungry today."
"Alright."
After everyone left the office, Li Zhen immediately slumped over the desk dejectedly.
Her phone dinged indicating an incoming message.
She picked it up and saw that it was a friend request.
When she opened it, the three words "Lu Yanming" appeared brightly.
Her heart, which had calmed down a little, instantly felt like it was set on fire again. She became restless.
Anyway, she would have to face this issue sooner or later!
Besides, she had already paid him money, so it should be easier to smooth things over.
Although she was mentally prepared, Li Zhen's hands still shook uncontrollably when she tapped to accept his friend request.
She took the initiative to message him first: You liar, you big scammer, were you just messing with me for fun this morning at my place? If there's something to say, say it. If not, get lost...
Before she could finish typing, he already sent a message: [Come to my office.]
Li Zhen quickly deleted what she was typing, and replied: [Okay, alright, Mr. Lu, I'll be right there.]
At the end, she even added a cute cat sticker.
Li Zhen scolded herself inwardly. Her career life was about to become a living hell. She had to resort to flattery just to protect herself.
Not daring to delay, she got up and headed over right away.
"Knock knock knock..."
When she arrived at the vice president's office door, Li Zhen knocked three times. Hearing no movement inside, she carefully pushed the door open and went in.
The office was very spacious with full-length floor-to-ceiling windows along one side facing the street.
Lu Yanming stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his tall and straight figure was sturdy yet slender. With the view outside the window completely under his gaze, it gave people the illusion that the whole world was under his feet.
"Mr. Lu..." Li Zhen forced a smile and said, "Regarding what happened yesterday, I'd like to explain..."
Lu Yanming turned around. His facial features were extremely distinct and handsome. He slowly walked towards the desk and said, "Come here."
"Mr. Lu, I didn't know it was you yesterday, that's why I made that mistake..." Li Zhen followed along cautiously.
"You didn't know it was me? Then who were you trying to sleep with originally?" Lu Yanming turned around suddenly. Caught off guard, Li Zhen bumped into his firm, chiseled jaw.
She winced in pain as she rubbed her forehead, but right now she didn't even have the mind to think about whether she was hurt or not. She hurriedly explained, "What I meant was... No no no, I didn't have anyone in mind to sleep with originally!"
"Oh, is that so?" Lu Yanming's voice was magnetic. Even when speaking calmly, every word from him sounded elegant and pleasing to the ear.
"Of course!" Li Zhen made a show of being extremely sincere.
"A misunderstanding? It can't be called a misunderstanding when a huge mistake has been made..." Lu Yanming picked up his suit jacket that was draped over the leather executive chair and laid it out flat to pad the surface of his solid wood desk.
In one swift motion, Lu Yanming flipped Li Zhen's skirt up. With his hands around her waist, he placed her on top of his suit jacket on the desk.
"That's why we need to communicate and explain..." Li Zhen let out an awkward laugh, trying her best to stay calm. "Besides, you already accepted money from me today... Hey, what are you doing Mr. Lu?"
The cool sensation beneath made Li Zhen glance down, and her blood pressure instantly shot up!
She was sitting on his desk.
Her skirt had been flipped up at some point without her noticing.
Lu Yanming said, "What do you think?"
He put on disposable gloves with his right hand, applied ointment on his fingertips, and said, "I told you to apply the medication, how come you didn't?"
One second later.
"Mr. Lu!"
Her legs trembled slightly, and her heart felt like it was about to leap out of her throat.
She hurriedly grabbed his powerful, sturdy wrist and said in a quivering voice, "You...stop for a moment..."
Li Zhen's face was as red as if she had just been fished out of hot water. Her neck and earlobes glistened with fine beads of sweat. The corners of her eyes were tinged red, appearing moist and tempting.
"I don't want to hear your explanations, is that okay?" Lu Yanming asked politely, ruthlessly rejecting her request.
Li Zhen: ......
With his light colored eyes fixed intently on the thoroughly flushed Li Zhen instead of looking at his hand, Lu Yanming said faintly, "Besides, I remember..."
Li Zhen's face turned even redder as she quickly covered Lu Yanming's mouth. "Just apply the medication, please don't say anything more..."
She wished the world would just end right there and then.
Li Zhen wanted to escape planet Earth!
After a short while, Lu Yanming threw the gloves in the trash can and carefully helped Li Zhen tidy up her clothes before carrying her to sit on the sofa.
Li Zhen curled up tightly, trying to minimize her presence as much as possible.
Yet her eyes couldn't help but dart towards the trash can.
Li Zhen grabbed some paper and covered it.
Then she threw in some more paper.
And even more paper.
A faint, amused chuckle escaped Lu Yanming's throat. "Stop throwing stuff. If the trash is filled with paper after you come to my office just once, it wouldn't sound good if word got out."
Li Zhen froze immediately.
Lu Yanming casually poured two glasses of water and smiled as he placed one in front of her. "Have some water."
Li Zhen picked it up and chugged down the entire glass in one go. But her eyes inadvertently glanced down at the area below Lu Yanming's lower abdomen. A mouthful of water spurted out. "Mr. Lu, you..."
"Sorry, the toothpick has a mind of its own," Lu Yanming said as his long, straight fingers elegantly toyed with the glass in his hand. He sat down gracefully, lightly leaning against the back of the sofa.
He exuded an aura of nobility that was untouchable.
"It's still bearable, I can endure it." He stated flatly.
Li Zhen lowered her head, feeling extremely awkward and wanting to rocket off into outer space.
With a perfectly calm expression, Lu Yanming asked, "Done with the water?"
Li Zhen's back instantly straightened. Finally, they could get to proper business. "Yes, I'm done Mr. Lu. I'd like to explain to you about what happened last night."
"I experienced it firsthand, I know what happened. So you don't need to explain. Since you've finished your water, come with me to a place." Lu Yanming stood up. His tall figure towered in front of her.
Li Zhen glanced down at his bulging area. Her delicate brows suddenly furrowed together. "Mr. Lu, what do you take me for?!"
"Don't worry, I'm not taking you to get a room." The corners of Lu Yanming's lips curled up as his light colored eyes glanced at her fleetingly, stirring up a titillating itch that was neither too heavy nor too light. "What exactly is going through your mind all day?"
Having her inner thoughts pointed out, Li Zhen blushed in embarrassment.
But with him reacting so strongly, bulging down there, and asking her to go with him, anyone's mind would wander.
Still reluctant, Li Zhen followed Lu Yanming.
When they arrived, she was dumbfounded.
The police station?
Sensing something amiss as they were about to step in, Li Zhen grabbed Lu Yanming's arm. "Mr. Lu, perfectly fine people don't just casually go to the police station!"
"You solicited me last night, so I'm bringing you to voluntarily admit your wrongdoing." Lu Yanming stopped in his tracks and looked at her sideways, as if this was only natural.
Li Zhen stood frozen on the spot, unable to react for a long time.
He was going to sacrifice his employee for a just cause!
"I didn't! Last night I was..." A flash of inspiration hit her and she quickly reminded him, "Mr. Lu, if you think I solicited you, doesn't that make you a prostit..."
Lu Yanming: "Yes, that's why I'm here too, right?"
Li Zhen was stunned speechless for a long time.
Eventually, she stared at him with wide eyes and gave him an admiring thumbs up.
"If you're not named Mudville's Top 10 Good Citizens of the Year at this year's awards ceremony, I'm not watching."
