When Jian Jin knocked on the door and came in, she saw him talking on the phone, so she quietly replaced the cold coffee with a cup of freshly brewed mocha.
Just as she was about to pick up the cup and leave, she heard Lu Zhi's casual voice: "Don't mention it to me before, otherwise I will want to drag you down with me."
Jian Jin slowed down her pace and turned to look at him.
Lu Zhi was sitting under an incandescent lamp. His skin, which had not seen the sun for many years, looked even whiter under the light, and one could almost see the blue-red capillaries underneath his neck.
He just sat quietly in the wheelchair, still with the same look that made it hard for people to tell whether he was happy or angry, but the faint smile on the corner of his lips had long disappeared without a trace, and he became even colder recently: "We used to work together, but if you think you can control me, then you are too naive... I am not Nie Qixing, nor am I a member of the Nie family or the hidden family who depends on you to survive."
A hidden family
Ms. Nie
Jian Jin frowned, and with a flash of inspiration in her eyes she guessed the identity of the person who was calling him.
At this time, Lu Zhi had already hung up the phone and put it back in its place.
She returned with the cold coffee, walked to the desk, and stared at the pale-faced man: "Is it... Qiao's grandmother?"
Lu Zhi's fingertips landed on the paper of the document. Just as he was about to turn the page, he paused for a second after hearing the words, and then continued to turn the page as if nothing had happened: "Hmm."
He was a little absent-minded, holding a pen in his hand, his eyes on the document but he seemed not to read the content, and did not take the next step for a long time.
Jian Jin was just about to ask him if he wanted to eat something first.
Lu Zhi suddenly put down his pen, pressed his fingertips on his temple, and asked her, "Is the person at home awake?"
Jian Jin hasn't been to his house for a while, but when Lu Zhi comes to the company, the doctor at home needs to contact him through her.
"The family doctor didn't call."
Lu Zhi said 'hmm': "That means he is not awake yet."
"Boss, that person..." Jian Jin took the opportunity when he brought it up, and was hesitating whether to ask him if that person was the one Qiao was looking for.
Lu Zhi interrupted her: "Today is her birthday. Did you deliver the gift I asked you to give?"
Speaking of this, Jian Jin was finally able to connect, but she didn't dare look at him, for fear of seeing his disappointed expression: "Qiao confiscated it and asked Mr. Shi to return it."
"Oh." Lu Zhi sat back and seemed to accept the result calmly.
Jian Jin couldn't bear it after all: "Boss, apologize to Qiao again! Also, don't do weird things behind her back. The three of us have known each other for so long, you should know her personality better than me. You don't have to get involved in the Independence State's cake, why do you have to go against Qiao every time."
"Do I have any other way to make her come to me?" Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her questioningly.
Jian Jin was stunned by his matter-of-fact answer and couldn't utter a word for a long time: "You will only push Qiao further away by doing this..."
Lu Zhi lowered his eyes and said coldly: "I know what I am doing, you don't understand her."
“…” But I understand you!
Jian Jin moved her mouth and wanted to say it directly several times.
—Boss, your EQ is too low!
—When God kissed your brain, did he accidentally take your emotional intelligence away
But when the words came to her lips, Jian Jin looked at the loneliness in his eyes and couldn't bear to say it directly.
(End of this chapter)