Chapter 189 - Can he not be too heartless?

After completing her current assignment, Wan Jia would meet Tyler. Before that, she focused all her energy on meeting the five customers and the CEO's requirements.

Since the workload was not much, Su Ling was not too busy either. Sometimes, Wan Jia would do the miscelleanous herself and would not require her help. She even changed her mind about hiring a new assistant to replace Lili- Su Ling was in fact very efficient every time she was needed.

On the last day of the month, Wan Jia wanted some space on her own and gave Su Ling the day off. Su Ling did not hesitate to happily make plans for the day, her boss was just very kind and would always give her a day off when she had one herself.

She went to the nearest shopping centre to look around planning to buy a few things using the monthly bonus Wan Jia had given her. Compared to the amount of work she had to do, Su Ling could tell that Wan Jia was being very kind.

When she was tired of looking around, she sat down in a dessert shop to grab something sweet to eat. She had only bought one jeans since she couldn't find anything she liked. She could not be blamed; in the past few weeks, her eyes had seen all sorts of stunning outfits that Wan Jia made. If anything pleased her, it had to be extremely beautiful.

After passing some time, she sent a message to Lu Shaoting to tell him that she had a day off and if he would be free later in the day, he could drop by her apartment for a meal.

Lu Shaoting was in an early morning meeting when his phone rang.

It was already bad enough that his phone had distracted the meeting. Did he also have to smile like a teenager smitten by love and even chuckle? His actions earned him a very murderous glare from his brother.

"I'm sorry." he freaked out and kept away his phone to continue listening absentmindedly to whoever was speaking. When he thought Lu Aotian was not looking, he sneakily whipped out his phone to reply to Su Ling.

Lu Aotian frowned. "Vice President Lu, what do you think?"

....what?

Lu Shaoting's expression was blank. What does he think about what? He had not heard a single thing in the meeting, okay? How would he have a thought? The department directors all broke out in cold sweat for him. He had finally managed to attract President Lu's attention. Wasn't he seeking his own death?

Lu Aotian was known to not be biased towards his younger brother. He was even more strict towards him than to other people. This time was no exception.

"Vice President Lu will take over this project. No one is allowed to tell him even a single word of information." he turned to Lu Shaoting whose jaw had already dropped. "Lu Shaoting, I want a complete proposal on my desk before I get to work tomorrow morning."

Lu Shaoting felt his world collapsing. Can his brother not be so heartless? Not only was he not allowed to ask for information, he would also have to come up with a proposal and complete it within seventeen hours? He was in fact a hundred percent sure that Lu Aotian would be at work at least two hours earlier than usual.

He had a thought. Ah! Easy as pie. I'll get it from the database.

Unfortunately, his brother had already thought about that.

"F***!" he exclaimed in his office when he realized that the password had been changed and there were new firewalls, more secure than the last. After two whole hours of hacking, he couldn't even break through the first firewall. It even seemed to have a virus that threatened to destroy his computer if he kept trying.

Lu Aotian, you monster! Am I still your little brother that you love the most?

...

At lunch time, Lu Aotian gave Wan Jia a call.

"Have you had lunch yet?"

"I just did."

"Okay." Lu Aotian was a little disappointed. "Are you too busy?"

"I have a few things to do. Do you need me for something?"

"Why don't you let Su Ling handle those? I have something to discuss with you."

"I already gave Ling a day off. I'll be quick, okay?"

On the other side, Lu Aotian frowned. "You gave Su Ling a day off?" no wonder Shaoting, that idiot, has been acting silly all day. Turns out the source of distraction is not unfounded. "Then...I'll wait for you."

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"A-cho!"

"Are you feeling cold?"

Afer failing to extract information about the project, Lu Shaoting had decided to get off work and go to Su Ling's for lunch.

Feeling cold? He sneered. He was obviously being cursed, okay? And that had to be his brother. "I'm alright."

Su Ling had just finished cooking. "I'm not a very good cook. The food might not taste as good as what you have been eating all your life."

Lu Shaoting smiled. "As long as it's prepared by you, it would be delicious even if it tasted like crap."

In the next moment, he wished he could swallow his words. Who.made.him.have.such.a.loose.mouth?!

How was this food? Can a pig even eat it?

He felt the unpleasant piece of meat in his mouth and wanted to spit it out but when he saw her starry eyes anticipating for compliments, he forced it down his throat and smiled. "It's great."