Xu Lei noticed the flower arrangement was elegant and the variety rare, sparking her curiosity.
Had someone in the marketing department gone overboard with romance again?
"Hello. Who is the delivery for?"
The delivery man glanced at her but didn't intend to answer. Xu Lei pointed at the elevator numbers.
"I'm going to that department too."
"Miss Lu Jiaying, is that you?"
Lu Jiaying?
Her again! She was everywhere!
Not only was she friendly with the men internally, but someone from outside was sending her flowers too!
Thinking of her own situation and then looking at Lu Jiaying, Xu Lei was furious. "No!"
Back in the office, facing the week's work plan, she had no idea where to start, feeling incredibly annoyed.
First, she contacted her lawyer about the divorce, then interviewed two new hires, and then her mind began to wander.
After an indeterminate amount of time, her assistant came in to inform her that Mr. Hu had something to attend to in the afternoon, so the department's weekly summary meeting was moved up to five minutes from now, and she needed to prepare.
Xu Lei hurriedly started preparing, thinking of a few things to say to get through the meeting.
When she arrived at the conference room and saw Lu Jiaying, she found her even more irritating than usual.
Every smile, every glance, every movement was filled with an attempt to flirt with those around her, truly shameless.
However, remembering the video she had recorded and held in her hand, that she could crush Lu Jiaying at any moment, Xu Lei felt a bit better.
The meeting began with the production department reporting, followed by the marketing department.
Listening to Lu Jiaying's professional and eloquent presentation, Xu Lei suddenly thought of a good suggestion.
When it was her turn, she first said a few innocuous things.
Then she said, "Recently, many employees have reported that some people receive a large number of personal deliveries during work hours, such as flowers and jewelry, which seriously affects the work atmosphere and the morale of colleagues."
"I hope the company will enact a regulation that such items be uniformly delivered to the first-floor reception and picked up after work; they are not allowed to be brought upstairs. Director Lu, this suggestion comes from your marketing department; you have no objections, do you?"
You like to show off, don't you? You like to make others envious of you? I just won't give you the chance.
Before Lu Jiaying could speak, Hu Jiasheng interjected.
"Some urgent items should be received, and uniform delivery to the first-floor reception might affect work progress. Since you've brought it up today, let's issue a regulation. As you said, gifts, cakes, flowers, jewelry, and private online purchases are all prohibited from being brought upstairs."
The meeting accidentally ran overtime, and by the time it ended, it was past the time for lunch at the cafeteria.
Lu Jiaying planned to order takeout and looked at her phone as she walked.
Xu Lei, having poked at Lu Jiaying in the meeting, was in a good mood.
She caught up with Lu Jiaying and said, "Director Lu, do you have time? I'd like to treat you to lunch."
She was quite generous.
They had just fought in the parking lot a couple of days ago, and now she wanted to treat her to lunch?
The word "hypocritical" was clearly displayed in her performance.
Lu Jiaying didn't want to engage in pleasantries with her.
"I'm sorry, I don't have time. Besides, I can afford to eat myself; I don't need you to treat me."
Xu Lei was taken aback. Watching Lu Jiaying's retreating back, she thought:
What's there to be so arrogant about? You still don't know you're on the brink of disaster. Fine, I gave you a chance, and you didn't take it, so don't blame me for being impolite.
During the meeting, Lu Kai had sent Lu Jiaying a message asking what she was having for lunch.
Lu Jiaying finally had time to reply, saying she had just finished the meeting and was about to order takeout.
Lu Kai immediately called.
"What a coincidence, I just finished my meeting too and haven't eaten. I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately and wanted something light, but I have no one to accompany me. Would you grace me with your presence?"
Lu Jiaying had been having dinner with Lu Kai after work for the past few days, and Lu Kai had always paid. She already felt embarrassed.
Favors needed to be repaid, and Lu Kai truly had no flaws she could find fault with; she couldn't refuse him.
"Alright. Tell me what you want to eat, and I'll book a restaurant."
"Then I won't be polite." Lu Kai sent her the address.
"Wait for me, I'll pick you up."
When Lu Jiaying returned to the office, Jiang Jingyu had already returned from his leave.
He had done a very satisfying deed that morning and was in a great mood, eager to share it with her. He heard from colleagues that she was in a meeting and had waited until now.
Seeing her, he hurried over.
"You just finished your meeting and haven't eaten, right? What do you want to eat? I'll order takeout for you."
Lu Jiaying was ordering a restaurant on her phone, not even looking up.
"No, thank you. This is outside your scope of responsibility. Go rest after you've eaten; I'm going out to eat."
"Going out to eat? What do you want to eat? I'll go with you."
Lu Jiaying then felt his unusual attentiveness that day and looked up at him.
"What were you doing this morning that made you so happy?"
"Hehe, I'll tell you when we eat. What do you want to eat?"
"I can't go with you; I've made plans with someone else. And I'm not interested in your personal affairs."
Lu Jiaying went to sit down, opened her compact, and applied lipstick to touch up her makeup.
Jiang Jingyu's good mood plummeted with her actions and words.
He thought her relationship with Lu Kai wouldn't work out and hadn't paid much attention to it these past few days.
He hadn't expected them to become even closer, even scheduling lunch dates.
And she was even putting on makeup!
"Are you going out with Lu Kai again? Are you two so inseparable that you have to eat lunch together?"
Lu Jiaying continued applying her makeup as she said, "Assistant Jiang, allow me to remind you. My personal affairs are none of your business."
Jiang Jingyu's anger flared up instantly.
"Now you remember I'm your assistant? How come you didn't remember that day when you were clinging to me?"
"You!"
Lu Jiaying quickly looked towards the door, relieved that no one was there.
She stopped what she was doing, lowered her voice, and looked at Jiang Jingyu with extreme displeasure.
"Are you done? That day was an accident, and you know it. Besides, didn't I say to pretend it didn't happen and not mention it again? Why are you still bringing it up?"
"What happened, happened. How can we pretend it didn't? I'm not a three-year-old who deceives myself."
Lu Jiaying was speechless. "So, what do you mean? You're not going to keep your word? Don't forget what you promised me a few days ago."
Jiang Jingyu suddenly remembered.
His current attitude was indeed not good. He had promised her a few days ago not to mention it again and that he would leave after three months.
Moreover, he genuinely couldn't offer Lu Jiaying as much as Lu Kai could.
But his heart just felt uncomfortable!
Whether it was instinctual possessiveness or something else, he really didn't want Lu Jiaying to see Lu Kai.
Lu Jiaying's eagerness to get rid of him felt like a thorn in his heart, making him speak against his better judgment.
"Miss Lu, men value a woman's purity very highly, especially a wealthy young master like Lu Kai. If he were to marry, he would surely look for someone pure and unsullied. Have you not told him about your situation with me?"