After being bullied at the company, Lin Yijun had wanted to vent out her frustration to her husband. But when Lu Chen appeared in front of her, chatting joyfully with her daughter, the deepest part of her heart was touched.
Of course, what touched her was the innocence of her daughter. Instantly, all the frustration that she had bottled up disappeared.
"Mommy, daddy bought me this dress yesterday. Isn't it pretty?" Qiqi stood in front of Lin Yijun, showing off her new dress childishly.
Yesterday, Lu Chen had brought her out for the entire day. The trip wore her out and she went straight to bed after heading back.
"It's beautiful. Everything our little princess wears is beautiful." Lin Yijun pulled her daughter into her arms and smiled softly.
"Daddy bought me many dresses, and he even said that I can wear different dresses every day!" Qiqi said.
Lin Yijun nodded and caught sight of the brand label on her daughter's dress. She could not help turning around to look at Lu Chen.
"Next time when you buy clothes for Qiqi, don't buy these imitations anymore. The brand looks very high- end, but anyone with a discerning eye would know that it is fake at a glance and will laugh at Qiqi for being vain." Lin Yijun knew that her daughter's dress was from a French children's clothing brand, which was quite well-known inland.
However, she knew that Lu Chen could not afford the real product, hence she assumed that it was a fake instead.
"Imitation?" Lu Chen smiled, not
wanting to explain too much because he knew that no matter how he explained, Lin Yijun would not believe him.
"Okay, I understand," Lu Chen said as he raised his eyebrows.
"So, what are you planning to buy for my dad?" Lin Yijun asked again.
"Doesn't he like to drink wine? I'll get him a pair of chalices then. Come to think of it, I didn't get him any gifts last year," Lu Chen said.
"Chalice? You have got to be kidding me!" Lin Yijun hit the roof when she heard that.
To her, Lu Chen was not wealthy enough to buy such an item. Even if he had the money, it might not even be for sale.
She was furious that Lu Chen had changed during this period of time.
He was not the least bit pragmatic, and he always liked to draw the long bow.
"I'm not kidding. Plus, I know of a place that sells real chalices in Chongqing," Lu Chen said.
"Stop it. I already know that you have a
wide network and that you know everything and everyone." Lin Yijun did not want to quarrel with Lu Chen in the presence of her daughter, so she held back anything sarcastic.
"My dad likes antiques. We could just go to the antique shop and pick a few pieces of antiques to give to him," Lin Yijun said while she tried to hail a cab as she was holding Qiqi.
Even though antiques were generally expensive, since she just got promoted today and managed to nab the real estate deal with Greentown, she was willing to spend a thousand or two on gifts.
Lu Chen threw up his hands and smiled, knowing that Lin Yijun still did not believe that he was rich.
Fine, I'll just let her be. Last time when he told her that he was from a wealthy
family, she was furious. Because of that, they still slept in separate rooms until this day.
If he were to mention this matter to her again, Lu Chen was afraid that Lin Yijun might divorce him in a fit of rage.
"Yesterday, I closed the deal for the Greentown project, and the commission is around 60,000." Lin Yijun took the initiative to share the good news with Lu Chen in order to liven the atmosphere in
the car.
"Congratulations," Lu Chen said while smiling.
"Really? Why can't I feel your sincerity when you're congratulating me? Lu Chen, tell me honestly, are you suspecting that I have agreed to Liu Haishan's conditions?" Lin Yijun narrowed her eyes at Lu Chen. It did not matter what others thought of her. However, it was unacceptable that her own husband doubted her like this.
"Why would I? You are my wife, so of course I would never doubt you. I was just guessing whether General Manage Xia has promoted you since you managed to close the deal that Fan Ming couldn't," Lu Chen explained with a smile. After all, he was the one who
helped Lin Yijun in this matter. He
already knew how it would turn out, hence he was not as surprised as Lin Yijun expected.
"How did you know? After the company heard that I won the Greentown project, General Manager Xia promoted me to be the head of the sales department." Lu Cher's words immediately diverted Lin Yijun's attention to her promotion. She seemed quite excited about it.
"Congratulations! At this rate, I predict that you would continue to be promoted in the future." Lu Chen had learned his lesson and this time, he congratulated her enthusiastically.
Since Xia Jun had mentioned the matter of Lin Yijun's promotion yesterday, he knew that Xia Jun would definitely take this opportunity to promote Lin Yijun.
"Do you think that the company belongs to you? How could they just simply promote me?" Lin Yijun rolled her eyes at Lu Chen. Although she was put down by Fan Ming before this, she was obviously in a good mood.
Lu Chen almost blurted out, Indeed, Dong Jia Electronics belongs to me now.
But after thinking about it, he held himself back and smiled instead.
"I don't even dare to think about being promoted again. I'm sure that I would never have this kind of opportunity anymore." Thinking of how Fan Ming oppressed her as soon as she was promoted yesterday, Lin Yijun looked worried all of a sudden.
"What's wrong?" Lu Chen asked the moment he noticed the change in his wife's expression.
"It's all because of you," Lin Yijun said, depressed.
"Because of me?" Lu Chen was puzzled. "If you hadn't offended Fan Ming, why
else would he target me? Yesterday, I was ostracised by him in public the moment I was promoted." Thinking of the energy and time needed to follow up on the Dragon Lakeview Mansion Area project, Lin Yijun became even more depressed.
"How did he ostracise you?" Lu Chen asked, pretending not to understand. He knew that Lin Yijun was talking about the fact that Fan Ming had asked her to follow up on the Dragon Lakeview Mansion Area project.
The reason why he encouraged Lin Yijun to follow up on the project during the management meeting in the morning was, of course, to take this opportunity to make everyone in the company acknowledge Lin Yijun.
"Do you know that Dragon Lakeview Mansion Area is being renovated?" Lin Yijun asked.
Lu Chen nodded. Of course he knew about it as it was a high-end villa area developed by Jun Yue Group.
*Fan Miny asked me to follow up on this project yesterday, even the new shareholder encouraged me to do so. This project is simply impossible to win. I bet that Fan Ming's just taking this opportunity to throw me this impossible task so that I'll have no time to follow up on other projects. It's obvious he wants me to embarrass myself in front of the salesperson," Lin Yijun said indignantly.
"I think this is great though. I can help you settle the project," Lu Chen could not help saying.
Lu Chen learned from Lu Zhong that Dragon Lakeview Mansion Area was divided into several grades, in which for the lowest grade, they would be using domestic renovation and materials. He had planned to use Dong Jia
Electronics' products, which was why he assigned Lin Yijun to this project.
As long as Lin Yijun could win this project, she would be acknowledged by everyone for her reputation in the company as well as her business capabilities. They might even promote her to replace Fan Ming as the sales director.
"You're going to help me win this project?"
Lin Yijun sneered and shook her head. If not for her holding back her emotions because of her daughter beside her, she would have ridiculed Lu Chen mercilessly.
Although she did not mock him aloud, she looked at Lu Chen with grave disappointment.
Lu Chen felt helpless seeing that Lin Yijun still did not believe in him as always.
He shrugged and did not say anything further.
They kept quiet along the way. Soon,
they reached the antique shop.