Chapter 264 - I want to stay here

"That very one." Lu Aotian said.

Lu Shaoting was not sure whether to say it out.

"Speak." Lu Aotian had seen through his uneasiness.

"Bro, you know that an anonymous person has been buying Lin Industries' shares recently, right? It could be just a piece of gossip but I heard that the anonymous buyer communicated with him. He sent a message saying that the fall of Lin Industries is related to a girl."

Lu Aotian was currently frowning. A girl? Could that possibly be Lin Lihua or Wan Jia?

After hearing the piece of gossip paired with Lin Zhou's glare, Lu Aotian could more or less understand his train of thought. That man must have ruled out the possibility of the girl in the message being Lin Lihua and believed that it was Wan Jia. If that was the case, then he must think that Lu Aotian was the anonymous buyer.

"Has his IQ been fed to the dogs?" Lu Aotian frowned. Lu Enterprises was doing perfectly fine. Why would he want to send Lin Industries into bankruptcy? Also, that was his in laws' company. He wouldn't mess with it. He was not that shameless, okay

Lu Aotian couldn't be bothered about him. As a businessman, all that mattered to him was that his family's company was doing well.

…

As Lu Shaoting left Southside Villa, he was feeling exceptionally forlorn. His brother was now married. Why was it that he wasn't? His love life was not even optimistic. He regretted trying to give up on his wife...time had proven that he loved her even more. 

Unknowingly, he had driven around the city in rounds. He was tired and entered a certain high-end bar. The music was especially loud. He neither cared for the music nor for the bevy of beauties in his periphery, all he wanted was to drink.

Not too long later, a beautiful woman in a skimpy dress walked up to him. "Mister, are you lonely? I can keep you company."

Now very drunk, it would not matter which beauty walked up to him. All he saw was Su Ling… two Su Lings dancing on the dance floor… a whole horde of Su Ling. Why was Su Ling's waist being held by another man?

Wait, that was not Su Ling. All those were other women. If he continued staying here, he would do something that wouldn't look too nice.

He pushed away the beauty that was trying to stick onto him and stood up. He staggered out of the bar.

Hmm…he had to find his Su Ling.

Outside the bar, he called his chauffeur. Just two minutes later, he felt that man was taking too long so he got into the driver's seat and drove off.

(Avalorian's note: It's dangerous to drive while drunk. Unless you are Lu Shaoting)

He was driving fairly slowly due to his drunken state so by the time he arrived at Su Ling's apartment, he felt as though it had been forever.

"Ling!" He could not recall her unit and called her out.

If anyone saw him, they would be shocked at how the second master of the Lu family could manage to shout late at night. Even more stupid was the fact that he did not think of giving her a call. Well, perhaps she would ignore his call even if he did.

In her apartment, Su Ling was not feeling sleepy so she went to the balcony for a breather.  Working with Wan Jia was the best choice she had ever made. While the cold wind blew past her face and hair, she recalled how she had seen most other designers treat their assistants. They were usually rude to them and when they were in a bad mood, they would take it out on them.

As for her, the heavens had let Wan Jia employ her. She was so kind that those who didn't know would think Wan Jia was her elder sister despite being younger than her. As long as she did what she was assigned rightly and on time, Wan Jia would never be unhappy.

Amidst her train of thought, she thought she heard a familiar voice calling her name.

Was she missing Lu Shaoting so much that she heard his voice even when she was just thinking about work?

"Ling!"

This time, the voice was clearer.

She was now sure that she was not dreaming. She peered down and sure enough, she saw a head of black hair that she would recognize anywhere.

Without thinking twice, she ran all the way downstairs, forgetting all about the elevator.

"Shaoting, you… what are you doing here?"

When Lu Shaoting saw the Su Ling he had looked for all over, he rushed up and pulled her into his arms. "Ling…"

Su Ling was astounded. You came all the way here late at night just to hug me?

"Ling, did you miss me?"

Only now did she realize that he was drunk.

"You drank too much!" she scolded.

He did not reply. All he did was hug her tightly.

Su Ling knew that if they kept hugging here in the open, it wouldn't look too good. "Shaoting, you should go back home."

"I don't want to. I want to stay here with you." He protested.

"You can't! You should really go back."

"If you ask me to leave, I'll kiss you right here."

She was sending him away…all she knew was to avoid him.

Actually, at that moment he wished she could ask him to go… because her lips looked so alluring against the night light. He really wanted an excuse to kiss them.