"Save it. My parents have passed away, and Lin Yuan Group may change its ownership at any time. I'm a poor socialite diva who has no one to rely on. Your parents won't like me at all. Even if we get married in a fake way, they won't agree."
Lu Nanchen also smiled, saying playfully, "Then let's fake it for real. What do you think? I promise you will fall in love with me after you have a try."
Suddenly thinking of the chaotic night with Pei Chengyang, Lin Anran felt a pang of pain in her heart.
"It's not funny."
Seeing that the smile on her face disappeared, Lu Nanchen stopped pretending to be casual and asked, "You haven't told me what happened. Haven't you been on good terms with the Pei family? Why did Pei Chengyang suddenly attack Lin Yuan Group?"
Lin Anran lowered her eyes and sighed slightly, "In a word, it's Wanwan who dumped him. He was not willing and vented his anger on me."
"That's impossible. Who is Pei Chengyang? How could he do such a boring thing for a woman?"
Lu Nanchen said firmly, staring at Lin Anran with his sharp eyes, "You still have something to hide from me."
"Stop asking. I don't want to tell you."
Lin Anran didn't want to lie to Lu Nanchen, so she turned her head irritably and began to sort out the documents on the table.
However, Lu Nanchen didn't let her go. He walked from one side of the table to Lin Anran, grabbed her shoulder, and said seriously, "Tell me what happened?"
Lu Nanchen was always cynical. He never asked anything that others didn't want to talk about. It was rare to see him so serious. Lin Anran was a little surprised, but she was grateful for his concern. After thinking for a while, she had to say, "We had sex."
The simple words were as heavy as a thousand pounds in his ears. He grabbed her shoulder more tightly unconsciously and asked, "What did you say?"
Lin Anran frowned, "You hurt me."
It was not until then that Lu Nanchen realized his gaffe. He hurriedly let go of her shoulder and asked, "What happened?"
Lin Anran stood up and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. After a while, she said, "The night before we came back from A City, he was drugged, and I happened to be in his room, so something that shouldn't have happened occurred. When he woke up the second day, he felt that I was scheming against him, and finally became angry from embarrassment."
Looking at the reflection of Lin Anran on the glass window, Lu Nanchen clenched his fists.
"Why don't you explain to him?"
"Explain?" With a bitter smile on her face, Lin Anran turned her head and asked softly, "If I tell you that I have never persuaded Wanwan to break up with him and that he was drugged, and it has nothing to do with me. I just slept in the wrong room that night. Will you believe me?"
Lin Anran's voice was soft, and there were faint tears in her eyes. Lu Nanchen rarely saw her crying. Although he knew that she was actually desperately soft in heart, she rarely shed tears in front of others. He was a little absent-minded.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Lin Anran laughed at herself and said, "Look, even you don't believe me. What's the use of my explanation to him?"
At the moment she spoke, tears fell uncontrollably. She raised her hand and wanted to wipe them, but Lu Nanchen suddenly raised his hand and wiped the tears on her face.
"Are you an idiot? If he doesn't believe it, then forget it. Why are you crying? The man revenges for having sex. He is so mean. Why are you still crying for him?"
Lin Anran's gloomy heart was instantly relieved because of this sentence. She chuckled, "I didn't cry for him. I cried for myself. I have sex with him for no reason, revenged by him."
The two of them burst into laughter.
"Let's go to have dinner." As Lu Nanchen spoke, he pulled up Lin Anran's wrist and was about to leave.
"Oh, my bag."
"No. I'll pay the bill and drive you home after dinner."
It was late at night after dinner. Lu Nanchen sent Lin Anran to her home.
"Thank you for this time, Nanchen."
Lin Anran unfastened her seat belt and was about to get out of the car, but was suddenly stopped by Lu Nanchen. "Anran, my previous proposal is not joking. If you can't withstand it, marry me. I will protect Lin Yuan Group for you."
Lin Anran was frightened by his serious look. She stuttered, "But, but there is no love between us..."
Before she finished her words, she saw something from Lu Nanchen's eyes. She was shocked and shook off his hand in a hurry. "I'm going home. You should go back early too."
Lin Anran's heart beat fast until she lay on the bed. She was still in shock.
She had known Lu Nanchen for nearly ten years and had been getting along with him like a brother. When they were at school, she helped him hand a love letter, and he helped her get rid of the harassment of her pursuers. Later, the two of them took over their family business and had always been business partners. Their friendship had been maintained until now. She saw that his girlfriend had changed one after another, but she never thought that he would like her.
But today, Lu Nanchen performed so obviously that Lin Anran didn't know what to do. If she lost her former friend in this way, she was not willing, but it was more impossible for her to accept his love.
It was not until now that Lin Anran understood why her father had repeatedly reminded her and even asked her to promise that she would never marry Lu Nanchen. Perhaps her wise father had already seen through Lu Nanchen's thoughts about her and knew that he was not a good match for her as a playboy, so her father asked her to make such a promise.
When Lin Anran woke up the next day, she finished washing and was about to go to the company. She just remembered that she didn't drive back last night. She thought about it and dialed the phone of her assistant, Gao Ze.
Before she answered the phone, she heard Gao Ze say in a hurry, "Ms. Lin, bad news. The news about your appointment with Mr. Lu last night was reported in the newspaper. Now the shareholders are surrounding at the door of your office, saying that they are going to hold a board meeting to impeach you."
"What did you say?" Lin Anran was confused. "Is there any news about me and Nanchen?"
The background sound of the microphone was noisy. It seemed that Gao Ze was surrounded by someone. After a long time, it finally became quiet, Lin Anran heard Gao Ze say in a low voice, "Last night, you and Mr. Lu were secretly photographed in the CEO's office. You can see the specific situation on the Internet. Because of this news, people in the company are now in a panic. The shareholders are afraid that the company will go bankrupt under the attack of Pei Group and Lu Group, so..."
Hearing the words "go bankrupt", Lin Anran interrupted Gao Ze immediately, "You tell those old guys that the company will be fine if I am here. As for the news, I'll deal with it now."
"How to deal with it?" Gao Ze blurted out. Then he added cautiously, "You'd better not come to the company now. There are not only shareholders but also some family members of suppliers here."
Family?
Lin Anran was stunned for a while and then realized that some ladies couldn't sit still and came to make trouble for her, the so-called fox.
"I see. Call me if there is anything."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Anran surfed the Internet with her mobile phone and suddenly saw her name hanging on the headlines. The title was: the powerful woman seduced other men and finally was found and the future of the Lin Yuan Group was worrying.