Lu Bochuan's car had excellent soundproofing, so naturally, he couldn't hear her.
The driver stepped on the gas and drove straight out of the underground parking garage.
Ren Qiuyang hadn't expected Lu Bochuan to actually leave.
While she was still in a daze, Zhou Zheng also withdrew his arm, preparing to leave.
No, she couldn't just let it go like this. She had to see Lu Bochuan today!
Ren Qiuyang gritted her teeth. Lu Bochuan might have left, but Zhou Zheng was still here.
Ren Qiuyang suddenly laughed. "Zhou Zheng, stopping me is a truly foolish move. Do you have any idea that I have something extremely important to tell your President Lu today?"
Zhou Zheng didn't stop, continuing to walk forward.
But Ren Qiuyang's leisurely voice floated over from behind him. "Li Dagang once sponsored Shu Qingqing. I bet your President Lu has no idea about that, right? Also, the car accident before the New Year—that was arranged by Li Dagang too."
Zhou Zheng halted in his tracks.
Ren Qiuyang chuckled softly. "Give your President Lu a call. I'm sure he'll come back."
Zhou Zheng pondered for a couple of seconds before taking out his phone.
Ten minutes later, Lu Bochuan's car pulled back into the underground garage.
Lu Bochuan got out and walked straight toward Ren Qiuyang. "You said the car accident before the New Year was arranged by Li Dagang?"
Ren Qiuyang thought he would ask about the sponsorship first. She hadn't expected this to be his first question.
A flash of resentment crossed Ren Qiuyang's eyes, but then she smiled. "Are you sure you want to discuss this with me here?"
More and more employees were appearing in the parking garage. Seeing the two of them standing there, people kept casting curious glances their way.
Lu Bochuan considered it for a few seconds before heading straight for the elevator.
Zhou Zheng walked up to Ren Qiuyang. "After you, President Ren."
The elevator went all the way to the top floor. Lu Bochuan strode into the CEO's office and sat down in his desk chair.
"What exactly is going on with the car accident?"
But Ren Qiuyang didn't want to talk about that first. "Lu Bochuan, Li Dagang sponsored Shu Qingqing's education. Furthermore, I believe the only reason Shu Qingqing became your secretary is because Li Dagang arranged it."
Lu Bochuan tapped the desk. "You said Li Dagang arranged the car accident. Do you have any proof?"
Ren Qiuyang, however, continued talking about the sponsorship. "I remember you lost the Repulse Bay project right around the time Shu Qingqing was your secretary, didn't you? Only you and the people in the executive office knew about the Repulse Bay project. Later, the quoted price was leaked to another company, allowing them to win the project by bidding just one thousand dollars lower than you. Haven't you ever suspected the people around you?"
Lu Bochuan's expression grew impatient. He said coldly, "Ren Qiuyang, tell me about the car accident first!"
Ren Qiuyang was provoked by his attitude. "Lu Bochuan? Do you really care about her that much? Fine then, I'll tell you. I heard it with my own ears. Li Dagang told Shu Qingqing that the car accident before the New Year was a special gift he sent her, just to intimidate her into helping him destroy the evidence of his occupational crimes that you have in your possession."
Then, Ren Qiuyang took out a group photo and placed it on the desk. "Take a look for yourself. You definitely know Li Dagang; he's the one in the middle. The third one from the left in the front row, the little girl in black, is Shu Qingqing."
"Bochuan, Shu Qingqing approached you with an ulterior motive. I'm sure that if you just investigate, you'll definitely find records of their communications."
"Li Dagang has been eyeing your position like a tiger all these years, wanting to push you out and take over. If you keep Shu Qingqing by your side, something bad is bound to happen sooner or later."
Lu Bochuan's expression was dark and unreadable.
Just as he was about to speak, his phone suddenly lit up.
[Qingqing: Lu Bochuan, what time are you planning to get off work today?]
Lu Bochuan's expression warmed slightly. He was just about to reply when the phone suddenly went dark.
It was out of battery.
He rummaged through his drawers but couldn't find a charger.
He dialed the intercom and called Zhou Zheng over.
As soon as Zhou Zheng entered, he felt the overly heavy atmosphere in the office. Not even daring to breathe too loudly, he took the phone and quickly backed out.
At the same time, at the Lu residence.
Shu Qingqing had sent the message and waited for five minutes, but there was no reply from Lu Bochuan.
She sent another one.
[I have something I want to tell you today. Could you come back a little earlier?]
After the Lantern Festival, they had moved back to the Lu residence.
Lu Bochuan went to work, and Lu Yu and Lu Xun went to school.
Shu Qingqing spent the entire day thinking about how to clearly explain everything involving Li Dagang when the time came.
Later, afraid she wouldn't explain it well, she wrote down everything she could remember, organized it in chronological order, and finally summarized it into a complete story.
By the time she finished all this, it was already past five o'clock.
She spent some more time mentally preparing herself before finally gathering the courage to send Lu Bochuan a message.
She had promised to tell Lu Bochuan about this after the New Year, so she absolutely wouldn't delay it any longer.
However, after sending the second message, there was still no reply from Lu Bochuan.
She sent a third message.
[Are you very busy?]
Lu Bochuan still didn't reply.
After thinking about it, Shu Qingqing decided to go to the company in person.
She was afraid that she would lose her nerve later and back out of telling him. So, she had to push herself.
The pink G-Wagon drove out of the garage and soon arrived at the Lu Group headquarters.
Shu Qingqing took the elevator to the top floor.
As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she saw Zhou Zheng guarding the door to the CEO's office.
Shu Qingqing knew that Lu Bochuan only had someone guard the door during exceptionally important meetings.
Today, Zhou Zheng was personally standing guard, so it had to be a very important meeting.
Shu Qingqing walked over and asked in a low voice, "Is he in a meeting?"
Zhou Zheng paused.
He hadn't expected Shu Qingqing to come over.
And the matter his boss was currently discussing with Ren Qiuyang...
After a moment's thought, he replied, "Yes, Ma'am. President Lu is... in a meeting."
"Ma'am, President Lu doesn't know when he'll be finished yet. How about you... head back first?" Intuition told Zhou Zheng that he couldn't let Shu Qingqing find out about this.
Shu Qingqing nodded. "Alright."
Zhou Zheng hurriedly escorted her into the elevator.
In the underground garage, Shu Qingqing's pink G-Wagon stood out strikingly among the sea of black, white, and gray cars.
Before she even walked over, Shu Qingqing saw two girls taking photos next to her car.
Shu Qingqing stepped to the side, intending to wait for the two girls to leave before going over.
However, the two girls' conversation drifted over to her:
"This pink G-Wagon is so pretty. I wonder whose car it is."
"I haven't seen it in the garage before."
"Hey, did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"Just now, someone saw President Ren chasing after President Lu in the underground garage, but President Lu ignored her."
"Ignored her? What happened next?"
"Then Assistant Zhou stopped President Ren, but President Ren said something to Assistant Zhou. President Lu's car had already driven away, but it came right back a moment later."
"Oh right, someone supposedly heard President Ren shout Chairman Li and the Madam's names."
"And then what?"
"And then President Lu took President Ren up the elevator. They probably went back to his office."
Shu Qingqing frowned.
Ren Qiuyang was in Lu Bochuan's office?
And she had mentioned her and Li Dagang's names?
