Chapter 48.
There was a knock on the door of the office, and Lan Rujue continue to get busy with the matter at hand without raising her head.
She saw a long-haired female assistant walking in. She said to Lan Rujue respectfully: "President Lan, the wedding planner called me just now and said that your phone number couldn't be reached, so I wanted to ask you when you plan to go to try on wedding dresses."
Lan Rujue never wastes time on this kind of thing. She said casually: "Just make it according to my size."
Trying on wedding dresses? There's no need for that, she is very busy.
The assistant looked at the beautiful and elegant woman carefully. There was obsession and admiration in her eyes. Because she knew that Lan Rujue would not raise her head, the assistant watched with special concentration. Her silent heart could always be touched by her, making people feel intoxicated by her.
A woman who works hard exudes unique charm. Lan Rujue, who is young, has strength that cannot be underestimated. Those old fritters who want to see her jokes are eventually slapped in the face and punished, so the assistant is gradually attracted by Lan Rujue.
With the smell of her perfume, she would look for the same one and put it silently at home, as if she existed in hee home.
The hair tie she accidentally left in the car was also picked up by her assistant, and she often put it in her bag and turned it into a lucky thing that made her feel at ease.
But why is such a woman getting married soon?
When the assistant learned about what happened between her and Jiang Chen, she couldn't control her emotions for a moment and ran to the bathroom to cry.
In the assistant's mind, Jiang Chen was not worthy of Lan Rujue at all. If he was the eldest son of the Jiang family, it would be enough, but for Jiang Chen who had nothing to do, how could he be so virtuous and capable?
No matter how much the assistant objected, the marriage was still arranged.
The only thing that makes the assistant happy now is that Lan Rujue has no feelings for Jiang Chen.
The assistant hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "But Madam just called me and said that she is waiting for you to try on wedding dresses together."
This time, Lan Rujue no longer lowered her head. She frowned and asked, "Is that so?"
The assistant had been following Lan Rujue for a while, so one look at her expression and knew that Lan Rujue had changed her mind. As expected, Lan Rujue would become gentle whenever she encountered something related to her mother.
Hey, it seems that there is only one person like her mother, otherwise the assistant would have cried endlessly.
She nodded slightly to the assistant and said, "I know about this. You can go back and do your work."
When Lan Rujue was busy with business, her cell phone was usually on silent. She was a focused person and didn't like to be disturbed, so her mother knew her daughter well and called her assistant.
She looked at the schedule. There was another meeting in the afternoon. It was not very important. It was just listening to various departments bickering. Lan Rujue said bluntly: "By the way, cancel the afternoon meeting."
"Okay President Lan."
Lan Rujue had already finished explaining everything. She should leave, but the assistant hesitated for a moment and said, "President Lan."
"Um?"
"Does President Lan have someone she likes?"
Lan Ruju's eyebrows were cold, and her deep eyes were like obsidian immersed in clear spring water, clear and cold.
She said calmly: "Is it possible to have a relationship at work?"
The assistant bit her lip tightly, her face was very pale, and she quickly said: "I'm sorry, President Lan, I overstepped."
Lan Rujue withdrew her gaze and continued to be busy.
As for the assistant who looked flustered and had sad eyes, she didn't feel pity for her, because her question just now had touched Lan Rujue's bottom line.
They were just colleagues, with a superior-subordinate relationship. Asking such a question was already a violation of Lan Rujue's inner rules. She did not punish the assistant, which was already a liberal approach. After all, her work efficiency was still acceptable.
The assistant was so frightened that she no longer dared to say anything and left the office timidly.
Lan Rujue was focused on nothing else and quickly took care of the things at hand. After finishing her work, she leisurely took out her phone and looked at it.
The wedding planner called her twice. It seemed that she only remembered her previous explanation after calling her twice.
Well, She needs to remind her again when they meet next time. She usually doesn't answer the phone during working hours. If anything happens, just go to the assistant directly.
Lan Rujue leaned on the back of her office chair and called her mother.
When talking to her mother, Lan Rujue lost some of her unapproachable sense of alienation and became obedient.
"Want me to have lunch with you? Of course, I'll drive to pick you up now and go to the restaurant you usually eat at."
"It's okay. All work matters have been taken care of. Well, I'll see you later."
Lan Rujue picked up her coat, put it on her arm and left quickly.
Long black curly hair, delicate red lips, her own face was very charming, but the coolness on her face suddenly made her aura unattainable. The buttons at the neckline are neatly arranged. This appearance of Lan Rujue brings endless reverie, and people can't help but wonder what she will look like when she is passionate and unrestrained.
Her back disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the troublemaker couldn't help but say: "Jiang Chen hasn't come to the company to see President Lan for several days, right? I've said it a long time ago, if a woman is not gentle and considerate, a man will be scared."
The colleague next to her rolled her eyes and showed no mercy to her at all, saying, "Do you think you, President Lan, need to please to win a man's heart? Under normal circumstances, it is women who give love to men. But our boss Lan is different, she is not afraid that Jiang Chen will run away, I think it is more appropriate for Jiang Chen to worry about this issue."
"It's not good for a woman to be too strong. Otherwise, how could the Jiang family push Young Master Jiang out and prevent his brother from marrying President Lan?"
"You are really the eighth mother-in-law. Jiang Chen is in charge and President Lan is in charge. This is called a perfect match, do you understand?"
"He's a dandy. I don't know what President Lan sees in him."
"She comes from a good family and looks good. Isn't this the most popular little puppy at the moment?"
"Have you forgotten that Jiang Chen is a few years older than President Lan?"
They looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. They really forgot!
No matter how others gossiped behind her back, Lan Rujue had already driven to her home to pick up her mother.
It was only when Lan Rujue arrived home that she realized that she had been tricked by her mother.
She glanced at Lan Mu, who was smiling dryly, and Jiang Chen, who was sitting next to her. Lan Rujue twitched her lips and said, "When did you come?"
Jiang Chen is a sunny and handsome man. He has tiger teeth when he smiles. He looks like a positive character, without any bad intentions at all.
He naturally poured a glass of water for Lan Rujue and said, "I just came here not long ago. You are thirsty. Let's drink some water first."
Lan's mother smiled and said kindly: "Rujue, why don't you drink? Xiaochen knows how hard you work. It's hard to find such a considerate and sensible boy."
In the beginning, Jiang Chen was attracted by Lan's mother because Jiang Chen could cause trouble. He was the second eldest child in the family and had been sweet-talking since he was a child. He wanted this marriage more than his eldest brother Jiang Hui, so he spared no effort to flatter Lan Mu.
He noticed that Lan's mother had soft ears and often said some good things to praise Lan Rujue. You must know that Lan's mother was most worried about her daughter being too strong-tempered and that men would think that such a woman was not suitable to marry into the family, so when Jiang Chen, this person appeared, Lan's mother patted her legs to make sure that these two people were the best match.
In this way, the marriage fell on Jiang Chen, and Lan Rujue could only watch helplessly as her mother was coaxed into partiality by the smooth-talking Jiang Chen.
Lan Rujue admires Jiang Chen's ability even now. If it were her, she really wouldn't have the patience to coax an old lady, so Lan Rujue is willing to give Jiang Chen a little favor for her mother's sake. After taking a sip of water, he stopped talking.
When Jiang Chen saw her drinking the water he poured, he knew that her attitude had softened. Jiang Chen simply smiled and took the initiative to sit next to Lan Rujue and asked, "No matter how busy you are at work, please take care of your health, let's not go to the restaurant to eat later, I will personally cook a meal for Rujue and Auntie."
"Oh, what a good boy, he can also cook! This is just like Ji Ji who is very good, but she is not good at it, she only knows how to fry the kitchen."
Lan Rujue pursed her lips sarcastically to hold back her smile, blowing up the kitchen? It was just something she did deliberately to get some attention from his mother. In fact, she could also cook, and her cooking skills were countless times better than Jiang Chen's, but her mother never seemed to notice this. This is not surprising. The mother has focused all her attention on her father since she was sensible. Her daughter is taken care of by a nanny. She only needs to show all her love to her father, and the daughter is not important at all.
Lan Rujue was about to speak, but her eyes saw an obvious long black hair on Jiang Chen's collar. She raised her eyebrows, feeling a little more disgusted with Jiang Chen.
"You want to cook? Well, come next door with me."
Jiang Chen tilted his head, not quite understanding what Lan Rujue said, "Go next door?"
Lan Rujue stood up, raised her lips and said, "Don't you want to show off your cooking skills? Only my mother and I can enjoy your good cooking skills. Wouldn't it be a waste of your cooking today? It just so happens that my mother and I are enjoying your cooking. I know Tang Li next door, she is a picky master, if you can make her recognize your cooking skills, then you are a truly good chef."
"This... this is not good." After listening to Lan Rujue's words, Jiang Chen suddenly felt that he was not a chef, but a clown for others to play with.
"Let's go, or are you not confident in yourself?"
Lan Rujue chuckled lightly, and when she turned around, her eyes had already darkened.
Thanks to her scumbag father, Lan Rujue knew a lot of little details about men's cheating, so the long black hair on Jiang Chen's collar immediately aroused Lan Rujue's suspicion.
She would rather kill by mistake than let go.
Lan Rujue squinted her beautiful eyes, the ends of her eyes were narrow and sinister.
Her yin and yang aura made Jiang Chen unable to express his pain. The only reason was that Lan's mother put him too high before, so Jiang Chen had to bite the bullet and keep up with Lan Rujue.
Lan's mother didn't think there was any problem with this. The two families lived close by and had business contacts. They were friends. It was not impossible for them to see what their daughter's fiancé was capable of.
Anyway, from Lan's mother's point of view, her daughter's ability is so strong, and finding someone with a strong personality is simply not enough. So Jiang Chen's character who likes to make delicious food is exactly the complement of Lan Rujue. The more she looks at him, the more and more she likes him.
At this time, Tangli, who was staying in the room, suddenly heard the sound of Diudiu calling. Although Corgi was small in size, she had a loud voice. Tangli walked out of the room curiously and stood at the fence on the second floor and looked down.
"Lan Rujue?"
How could she come?
No, there are other people, not just her.
After Tangli listened to Lan Rujue's calm explanation, she couldn't help but stroke her forehead. What was going on? Was she making things difficult for the hero or her.
"Sister Rujue, I'm not feeling well today, so I might not be able to be a referee."
Tangli made a faint sound, and Lan Rujue looked up.
Different from the way she was dressed that day when she saw her, Tangli wore a long white dress this time. Her hair was braided on the side and hung down on her shoulders. She was pretty, but it could be seen from the color of her lips that she's unhealthy.
Lan Rujue curled her eyes and said hello to Tangli.
However, Tangli could see a bit of coldness in her expression. She always felt that she was angry, but she was not angry with her, because Tangli noticed that Lan Ruju looked at Jiang Chen as if she were looking at a dead person.
Tang Li couldn't help but wonder what Jiang Chen had done to make Lan Rujue look like this.
She was watching upstairs. Except for Tang Li, no one else seemed to notice Lan Rujue's strangeness, thinking that there was no difference between this Lan Rujue and usual Lan Rujue.
Lan Rujue said: "Auntie, if you feel bad about letting Jiang Chen cook, you can ask the nanny at home to help him."
"Jiang Chen, you definitely won't mind."
His uninvited appearance and the hair on his collar were enough to make Lan Rujue dislike him. Since he likes to show off, let him show off enough.
Jiang Chen smiled awkwardly, "Rujue said so, how could I mind."
Tang's mother wanted to get an answer from Lan's mother, but Lan's mother said to Tang's mother with a silly look on her face: "Look at how close these two children are."
Tang Li: ..It's really good. If looks could kill, the hero would have died hundreds of times.
Jiang Chen moved his lips, and it seemed that he was also internally hurt by Lan Mu's words.
Tang's mother smiled dryly and smoothed things over, saying, "Then just do everything as Ru Jue said. Jiang Chen, just treat it like you're coming to your own home. Don't be restrained."
Jiang Chen reluctantly dragged his legs into the kitchen with the nanny, while the two mothers chatted about household matters. Mother Tang said: "Xiaoli, let's take Sister Rujue to your room to play."
Tang Li, a melon-eater, was suddenly hit by a mission. She smiled half-heartedly and said, "Sister Rujue probably prefers to be with you two."
Lan Rujue turned around and said, "Why doesn't Xiaoli accompany me to chat with my aunt and the others?"
Tang Li immediately regretted it and said sweetly: "Mom has asked you to come to my room to play, so I better not disobey her."
Who are you kidding? I would rather stay with Lan Rujue than talk to her mother. It's not that her mother is a bad person, but that she doesn't have the same views and can't communicate.
You talk about heaven, she talks about earth, you say being single is wonderful, she says marriage is the only way to live forever.
So Tangli is still willing to accept Lan Rujue.
She went upstairs, walked to Tang Li, looked sideways, and said with a smile in her voice: "Are you afraid that my mother will force you to get married?"
"How did you know?"
Lan Rujue and Tangli entered the door one after another. She said, "I know very well what kind of character my mother is."
Tangli sat on the sofa, holding a pillow in her arms. She and Lan Rujue didn't have much to say, so they could only pretend to be silent. They couldn't speak ill of her mother in front of her own daughter.
Lan Rujue stood, but Tangli patted her side and then she sat down.
Lan Ruju suddenly asked: "Tangli, do you have someone you like?"
Tangli was startled by her, "Why are you asking this?"
Judging from her reaction, Lan Rujue also knew that her words were too abrupt, so she hurriedly said: "Sorry."
"Did Jiang Chen made you angry?"
Lan Rujue looked straight at Tangli and exclaimed, "I thought you wouldn't notice my emotions when our relationship was so bad, but I didn't expect you to be more sensitive than I thought."
Tang Li always felt that these words of praise made her feel a little carried away, and said: "After all, I am also your childhood sweetheart, tell me how Jiang Chen offended you? I often hear compliments from your mother, and she praises him so well like he is the only one in the world, and it makes me a little curious if Jiang Chen is really that good."
Lan Rujue couldn't help laughing, "You mustn't have any small thoughts towards him."
Without saying a word, Tangli threw the pillow in her arms to Lan Rujue and scolded, "Okay, Lan Rujue, you're just turning the corner to scold me."
It's not yet time to compete with the heroine for the hero, so I'm innocent now!
"There is a long hair on his collar."
Lan Rujue's expression was sarcastic. She didn't want to say these words, but Lan Rujue was worried that this innocent woman would be deceived by her mother's words. Unlike her, she was raised in a glorious and luxurious palace. She was ignorant of the world and unruly. And willfulness is just her pampered side. And she has seen all kinds of ugliness and darkness in the world a long time ago, so it is not difficult to accept the fact that Jiang Chen is a bad person.
Tangli blinked, "You mean he might have cheated?"
Lan Rujue faced Tangli and said to her, "Please allow me to give you a demonstration."
"Demonstration?"
Lan Rujue thought for a while, but still chose to hug Tangli, and soon let go of her, "That hair will only be stuck to the collar when hugged. What kind of relationship does a man have with a woman if they hug?"
Tangli sighed and said, "With feelings."
Lan Rujue nodded silently.
She hesitated and asked: "What are you going to do?"
Lan Rujue crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows, "I'll talk about it later after I find out."
Tangli said nothing and looked at her quietly.
Lan Rujue said uncharacteristically: "My mother must be the saddest when something like this happens."
"Yes, aunt seems to like him very much."
"Stop talking about this."
Lan Rujue thought the conversation between the two had come to an end, but Tang Li said, "Will you still hold a wedding with him?"
Lan Rujue looked at her, her deep eyes filled with indistinguishable emotions.
"If he cheats, I will find a solution during the wedding."
Tangli took back the pillow that she had thrown away before and rolled her eyes.
She opened her eyes and said, "Maybe we just overthink it and Jiang Chen didn't do anything."
She was so busy chatting with her that she almost forgot her own personality. she is not a good friend. Although she had a childhood relationship with the heroine Lan Rujue, she has a strong jealousy towards her. She is jealous that she can become the heir to the family business, and she envy her for having a good body, so she is so jealous of her. In recent years, the two could only be ordinary friends.
Lan Rujue frowned and said in a cold voice, "I'm definitely not overthinking it. That long hair belongs to a woman."
Tangli had a habit of contradicting her and said softly, "Really?"
Lan Rujue stared at Tangli with scrutinizing eyes and stood up suddenly.
This weird feeling came again. Tangli was obviously fine before and she could talk to her calmly. Why did Tangli become a little strange in an instant?
Lan Rujue has known since she was sensible that her neighbor next door has a daughter younger than her. She thought she could have more sisters and was very willing to play with her.
But there is something a little strange about this sister. When she was a child, Lan Rujue didn't know how to describe this feeling, but when she grew up, she found that she still couldn't express this feeling.
Whenever the relationship between the two eases, Tangli will take the initiative to push her away, just like just now.
It was obvious that Tang Li had already agreed that Jiang Chen might cheat on her, but why did she suddenly turn out to be careless?
Over the years, the two of them have had fewer and fewer opportunities to get along, and Lan Rujue has long forgotten this strange feeling.
But what just happened made her recall the past again.
Lan Rujue didn't show any flaws. After hearing Tangli's words, she retorted: "Then you think I'm jus being suspicious and shouldn't be suspicious of Jiang Chen's hair?"
Tang Li wanted to shake her head, but she was a vicious female supporting character now, so nodding was the right thing to do.
But while nodding, she also had to find an excuse for himself, saying: "It's possible if the other party is a man with long hair. After all, everything is possible."
Lan Rujue's face darkened, her expression tightened, and there was ice in her eyes as she said, "Tangli, it's a shame that I still treat you as my friend."
She stepped forward and grabbed Tangli's wrist, held it tightly, and said, "Tangli, you disappoint me so much."
Tangli pulled her hand back, but the other party didn't let go at all. Tangli bit her lip and said, "You scratched me and it hurts. I'm here to comfort you. You...let me go first."
Lan Rujue shook her head, "You are not comforting me."
You were comforting me before, not now.
She let out a frustrated breath. She couldn't think of anything to say about Tang Li's sudden change of attitude.
But Lan Ruju understands one thing, that is, they have different paths and cannot conspire with each other.
"I am sorry."
She glanced at Tangli's red wrist, said something and left.
The door was gently closed by Lan Rujue. Tangli curled her lips and said, "Violent maniac."
She stood up to get her mobile phone, and then a message came.
[Miss Tang, if I do something I shouldn't do, will Jiang Chen find out? ]
Tangli was about to reply when the door was pushed open again, and she knocked her phone on the table guiltily.
She quickly put her hands behind her back, as alert as if she saw an enemy.
Lan Rujue glanced at her hand, then looked away and said, "Are you okay?"
Tangli pursed her lips and said, "Its all red."
Although she didn't say it clearly, her eyes revealed——
How can you harm others?