"Not bad. Your reaction is fast enough," Lu Yan said, sitting on the office chair in his office. He twitched his lips and let out a silent laugh. "You've got the makings of a boss."
Ning Anmiao was sitting on the guest sofa. Just thinking about what had happened earlier still made her heart pound.
During the meeting just now, she had read the documents. This cooperation was of great importance to Xinghe and could not be taken lightly.
Lu Yan was really bold.
Now that the crisis had been averted, the two of them could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Just then, Ning Anmiao suddenly noticed that one side of her small face was swollen and red, looking as if she had been slapped.
"What happened to your face?" She stared at him, trying to figure out what had happened.
Only after being asked by her did Lu Yan realize that the slap from his mother earlier was starting to throb again.
He paused for a moment and didn't hide it. "My mom came to the house before I came here."
"Got slapped?" Ning Anmiao immediately knew what had happened. It was obvious that she was used to this kind of thing. She leaned closer to him, reached out and pinched her own cheek, her eyes filled with pity.
Sure enough, men were a bit slower in some aspects.
Under normal circumstances, with her quick reaction, she would definitely have dodged that slap. She wouldn't have been as stupid as Lu Yan and taken the slap head-on.
Looking at the now swollen and red half of her fair face, she felt an indescribable pain in her heart. But then, thinking that it wasn't her own face that was hurting, she felt a bit relieved.
Anyway, it wasn't her who was in pain.
"How long has this... been going on?" Lu Yan lowered his eyelids, his voice hoarse. He even felt embarrassed to ask. "Why have you never told me about it?"
Ning Anmiao propped her face up and was quite calm. "It's never stopped since I married you."
"I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to be caught in the middle between us."
So... that was it.
Lu Yan closed his eyes, recalling the little things over the years. Thinking about how his mother had repeatedly hinted to him that his daughter-in-law had a bad temper, it seemed that all the puzzles had been solved.
The problem had never been with Ning Anmiao.
"Actually..."
Just as Ning Anmiao was about to say something to comfort Lu Yan, who looked guilty, the secretary suddenly pushed the door open. "Mr. Lu..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw "Ning Anmiao" sitting on the office chair and "Lu Yan" sitting on the sofa. She was stunned for a moment.
It was Ning Anmiao who reacted first. She coughed lightly. "The madam has a pain in her leg. Let her sit on the chair to feel more comfortable."
Was Mr. Lu this doting on his wife? Why had she never heard of it before?
Although the secretary was full of doubts in her heart, she didn't dare to ask. She just averted her gaze and looked at "Lu Yan". "Mr. Lu, would you and the madam like something to drink?"
"I'll go myself."
"Ning Anmiao" suddenly stood up and planned to go to the tea room to get a cup of coffee and use the restroom by the way.
After rushing all the way here, Lu Yan was really a bit tired.
Just like that, the secretary watched as "Ning Anmiao" naturally picked up the water cup that Mr. Lu usually used and walked out of the office.
Ning Anmiao: …
Ning Anmiao rubbed her forehead. She could tell that Lu Yan didn't realize that they had swapped bodies at all.
"Mr. Lu, the madam...," the secretary wanted to say that the madam had used his water cup.
Lu Yan had a cleanliness fetish and never liked others to touch his things. That was why he always did everything himself.
This time, he actually let someone else use his water cup.
"It's okay," she said helplessly. This time, she was too lazy to come up with an excuse. "The madam isn't familiar with the company. I'll go and have a look."
She had a feeling that Lu Yan was going to cause more trouble later.
The secretary was confused.
Not familiar? Then who was the one who found the main meeting room so easily just now?
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In the tea room.
Lu Yan held the water cup that he usually used and patiently watched as the liquid slowly filled the cup.
Lu Yan had never noticed before, but now he found that Ning Anmiao's hands were slender and fair, with long fingers and distinct knuckles. They looked like the hands of a person who drew design drawings or played the piano.
He lowered his head. Two employees of Xinghe Group walked behind him and stopped at another water dispenser not far from him. They started whispering to each other.
"Have you heard? Mr. Lu's wife came today. She's really so inconsiderate. She just barged into the meeting room. I heard that Mr. Lu's face was really dark."
"She's not bad-looking, but I heard that she's a country girl. No wonder she would do such a thing. She really thinks Xinghe is her backyard and can just come in whenever she wants?"
"I really don't know what Mr. Lu is thinking. He's so young and promising, but he ended up getting married so early, and to such a woman. It's really a pity."
Listening to their comments, Lu Yan felt his chest tighten with anger. His chest heaved violently, and his hand holding the cup was unsteady. Some coffee spilled out.
Ning Anmiao was never a country girl, nor was she "such a woman"!
She was clearly...
Before he could not help but scold them, another cold voice came over. "During working hours, gossiping here?"
Lu Yan subconsciously looked up.
Seeing Mr. Lu with a straight face, the two of them were stunned. They quickly apologized, secretly praying that Mr. Lu hadn't heard their conversation.
"Fire them," Lu Yan said suddenly, standing there. He tightened his grip on the cup so hard that he almost crushed it.
He would never tolerate having such employees in his company!
Hearing this, the two of them turned around in shock. They never expected that the person standing behind them getting water was "Ning Anmiao". Their faces immediately turned ashen!
Didn't this mean that the person they had been badmouthing just now had heard everything clearly?
Ning Anmiao didn't know what they were talking about, but she could tell that Lu Yan was holding back his anger and was about to explode at any moment.
"Then do as the madam says. You two go and pack your things now and go to the finance department to go through the formalities."
Ning Anmiao rubbed the space between her eyebrows, thinking that it was his company anyway. He could fire whoever he wanted, and she didn't care.
Moreover, judging from Lu Yan's facial expression, these two people must have said something bad just now, and it was very likely related to her.
It was good to fire them. It would be a way to vent her anger.
The two female employees' faces turned ashen, but they knew that it was hopeless. One of them even started crying, but it was no use.
After the meeting and the important matters were settled, the two of them didn't stay in the company any longer. Ning Anmiao said that she wanted to send the madam home, and the two of them drove back.
On the way back, they were unusually quiet. No one took the initiative to start a conversation.
Finally, Ning Anmiao thought the atmosphere was too dull and took the initiative to start a conversation. "Were those two people talking about me just now?"