"I'm so angry!" Su He walked alone on the commercial street after shaking off the woman's entanglement, feeling very upset.
Being looked down upon felt terrible.
Her works had already garnered over a hundred million views, and they knew how much she'd earned in royalties, didn't they? They actually insulted her with a mere hundred thousand yuan!
Yes, she was short on money, but she had her pride.
A hundred thousand yuan wasn't even as expensive as one piece of clothing Lu Yanbei had bought her!
Su He grew more and more indignant the more she thought about it.
Not long after, the other party's phone rang again, but Su He ignored it.
She tossed her phone into her bag, deciding to turn her sorrow into appetite.
Next to the commercial street was a food street. Su He, familiar with the way, headed there and browsed from one end to the other. One serving of takoyaki, three skewers of grilled squid, and then Roujiamo, hot and sour noodles, braised duck wings—she wanted it all.
By the time she emerged from the food street with bags and bags of food, it was almost noon.
Su He checked the time, estimating that Lu Yanbei should have finished his meeting, so she called to ask him out for a meal.
"Are you done with your business?" Lu Yanbei answered the phone, a clear hint of a smile in his voice.
The executives in the conference room, hearing their CEO's exceptionally gentle tone, knew it was the boss's wife calling. They wisely rose and excused themselves.
On the other end, Su He chewed on snacks and mumbled indistinctly, "Don't mention it, talking about it makes me angry."
"Okay, don't be angry, don't be angry. I'll buy you something delicious later," Lu Yanbei soothed.
"You don't need to buy it, I've already bought a lot myself. Do you have time now? I can bring some over," Su He said, looking at the bags in her hands, enough for four or five people to eat.
Lu Yanbei readily agreed.
Then, he instructed that the meeting be postponed.
"The boss's wife really has great charm!"
"There's a saying, isn't there? What is love in this world? Every man has his match!"
"Let's pray the boss and boss's wife have a long and happy relationship. That way, our lives will be a bit easier!"
"From what the boss said, the boss's wife is coming over soon? Should we prepare some snacks, milk tea, and things like that?"
"That's a good idea! Hurry and tell the secretary to go downstairs and buy them!"
Thus, when Lu Yanbei emerged from the conference room, he found that more than half the people in the office area were gone.
Twenty minutes later, Su He, accompanied by a manager, took Lu Yanbei's private elevator upstairs.
Su He thanked the manager, whom she didn't know, and carried her bags to Lu Yanbei's office.
"The boss's wife looks so young, you wouldn't know and might think she's a fresh graduate!"
"I heard she's four or five years younger than the boss, how could she not be young!"
"Wow, an older man and a younger woman, so sweet!"
"You're so brave to call Mr. Lu old!"
"Shhh, keep your voice down!"
A group of people watched Su He enter the office, then clustered together in twos and threes, whispering amongst themselves.
Su He closed the door, shutting out the sounds from outside.
Lu Yanbei was sitting behind his desk, reviewing documents. Seeing Su He enter, he finally put down his fountain pen.
"Ta-da! Look what I bought." Su He stepped forward, waving the various paper bags in her hands as if presenting a treasure.
Lu Yanbei looked at the paper bags printed with all sorts of names and couldn't help but rub his temples. "Why are you eating this stuff again?"
"I know what you're going to say, probably about it being unhygienic. Eating it once in a while should be okay," Su He said softly, placing the items on the coffee table. "Mainly, I'm in a bad mood today, so I particularly wanted to eat this."
"Who upset you?" Lu Yanbei walked over, sat beside her, and pulled her onto his lap, encircling her.
Su He grumpily recounted the matter of the contract. "Who does she think she is! I would sell my most prized work for a mere hundred thousand yuan? Hmph!"
"That's indeed excessive," Lu Yanbei agreed. "If it were me, I'd ask for at least several million for the copyright."
"That's not necessary..." Su He said modestly. "However, I've already inquired. Based on the performance of my work, a million yuan for the copyright is certain."
"And also, you don't know the look in her eyes when she looked at me... She thought I was a fresh graduate, easy to bully!" Su He puffed out her cheeks indignantly.
Lu Yanbei pinched her chin and leaned down to kiss her. "Mhm, you do look quite young."
Praised, Su He's face immediately lit up with a grin. "You're the best at coaxing me!"
"I'm not coaxing, I'm stating facts." Lu Yanbei, still not satisfied, deepened the kiss involuntarily.
Su He was kissed until she was breathless, and it took considerable effort for her to push him away.
She covered her mouth and retreated to the side, glaring at him and saying, "This is the company! What if someone sees!"
Lu Yanbei scoffed, then pulled her back. "Without my permission, who would dare to barge in?"
He then kissed her again, holding her in his arms.
Two seconds later, Lu Yanbei's face was red with embarrassment, his words proven wrong.
"Brother, are you busy?" Lu Jingyang pushed the door open without knocking.
The two on the sofa, locked in a passionate kiss, stiffened simultaneously.
Su He buried her head in Lu Yanbei's arms like an ostrich, too ashamed to look up.
Lu Yanbei, however, remained composed.
He calmly raised his hand, wiped the lipstick from his lips, and asked in a deep voice, "Did it get on your hands? Didn't you knock before coming in?"
Lu Jingyang stared blankly at the embraced couple and quickly apologized. "Sorry, I didn't know..."
"Get out and close the door," Lu Yanbei said without further ado, dismissing him.
Lu Jingyang had always obeyed him, so he immediately turned to leave. But remembering the purpose of his visit, he mustered the courage to ask, "Then when would be a good time for me to come in?"
"In two hours," Lu Yanbei said casually.
During the lunch break, he just wanted to spend quality time with his wife.
Lu Jingyang said "Oh" and obediently retreated.
After leaving the office, Lu Jingyang finally came to his senses. Who was his brother hugging just now? Could it be Su He? Thinking about their intimate kiss, Lu Jingyang felt uneasy all over.
He didn't know why he felt so awkward, sensing something was not quite right.
Su He was once his wife.
How could his elder brother have done that?
"Young Master Lu?" Cheng Jue, returning from lunch, called out to him when he saw Lu Jingyang walking past in a daze.
Lu Jingyang snapped back to attention and forced a smile. "Special Assistant Cheng, do you need something from me?"
Cheng Jue shook his head. "Young Master Lu, are you here to see Mr. Lu? The boss should be in his office right now."
"I know. I'll go later." Lu Jingyang, perhaps out of guilt, fearing that someone might notice something, immediately fled.
Cheng Jue scratched his head, looking bewildered.
What was wrong with Young Master Lu?
He looked like he had lost his soul!
Cheng Jue found it inexplicable.
Just as he was about to go to the office to report his work, he was stopped by the secretary, Linda. "Hey, you can't go in right now."
"What's wrong? Is the boss angry again?" Cheng Jue guessed.
"No, the boss's wife is here!" Linda winked at him. "Young Master Lu just barged in without knocking and was kicked out by the boss! Tsk, it must have been quite a scene!"
Cheng Jue: ...
Ah, so that's what happened.
No wonder Young Master Lu looked so strange. He must have stumbled upon the boss and his wife in a compromising situation!