Chapter 39: Chapter 39 After Fleeing, the Disabled Tycoon Stops Pretending 1
Lu Peijin needed a woman with a clean background to give birth to his child. Afterward, the child would stay with the Lu Family while she had to leave the city and was not to have any further contact with the Lu Family.
In return, Su Zhiruan’s grandmother would live in the best private hospital, receive the best treatment, the best care, and all subsequent medication and costs were included.
After the child was born, she would receive twenty million, enough for her and her grandmother to live well in a small city.
Su Zhiruan pinched her current face in the bathroom and still felt it somewhat miraculous. In the blink of an eye, she had arrived in another world.
“Aiyo, girl! What are you doing? It’s about to get super busy downstairs! The manager is looking for people everywhere! If you’re found out, your salary will definitely be docked!”
A woman in a cleaner’s uniform passed by, pushing a cleaning cart. Upon seeing Su Zhiruan, she quickly walked over and handed her a server’s uniform.
“If the manager catches you, both you and I are in for it, hurry, hurry, hurry, go get busy now! Don’t let that narrow-hearted man catch any faults!”
“Thank you, Sister Zhang!” Su Zhiruan replied according to the original owner’s habit.
This older sister was impetuous but kind-hearted, especially after knowing the original owner had no other family except for her severely ill grandmother, she pitied her even more, often inviting her over for meals and relentlessly trying to set her up with her son, who was a graduate student at Jinghua University.
This hotel, in all of Jinghua, was of the highest star-rating and a top-notch existence. Even the hotel waitstaff and cleaners recruited were cultured and well-mannered individuals, and of course, the salary was exceptionally high.
If her grandmother had not become seriously ill, perhaps the original owner would not have taken the risk of coming here but would have chosen to find a job at a regular company instead.
But after a series of changes, all she wanted now was to make a lot of money to cure her grandmother’s illness.
So when Lu Peijin sent someone to propose the conditions, she agreed right away.
Su Zhiruan had no intention of quitting her job at the hotel just yet, working here allowed her to interact with a social class she couldn’t reach anywhere else.
Before she was bound by the system, during the toughest times, she worked several jobs alone.
As for now, even if it was just to accomplish a task and get close to the scion of another realm, she planned to continue working here.
After a busy evening, Su Zhiruan returned to the staff dormitory to wash up and get a good night’s sleep; she had no shift tonight, so she could sleep well.
The Presidential Suite.
Through the slightly dim light, the man stood up from the wheelchair, stretched his long legs, and sat down on the leather sofa, his fingertips resting on the metallic armrest of the wheelchair next to him.
Lu Peijin quickly withdrew his hand.
He leisurely gestured for the secretary to sit on the other sofa.
The secretary sat down with restraint, glanced at the man in front of him, and then hesitated with his gaze.
“Are you wondering why I went to such lengths to find her to bear the Lu Family’s child,” Lu Peijin had already seen through his confusion; his tone was flat, his expression unreadable. In the light cast by the bustling traffic outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, his eyes were deep and unpredictable, “It’s a good question.”
The secretary couldn’t stay calm. He had followed Lu Peijin for many years, and unlike other high-ranking individuals with chaotic private lives, this man had always been self-disciplined. Not to mention scandals, not even a woman could get close to him, “Mr. Lu, if you wish, you could find a well-matched lady anytime, unite two powerful families. Why not?”
“You’ve been with me for so long now, you know what kind of person I am, political marriages, marriage in general, are not possible,” Lu Peijin didn’t say anything more, stood up, and took a bottle of wine from the cabinet. “Go back and rest.”
After bidding farewell, the secretary hurriedly left.
Halfway through his departure, he remembered something Lu Peijin had said offhandedly.
“Marriage? Hmph, what’s the point of forcefully binding strangers together?”
Suddenly, he speculated that this most mysterious tycoon of Jinghua might not want to fall into the trap of a political marriage because of those disgusting Lu Family relatives, only wanting an heir to shut people up. He doesn’t need a woman, nor does he need marriage.
As for Su Zhiruan, she was merely present due to mutual needs. Without her, another willing woman would have appeared.
The secretary felt he had a fair idea of the developments to come. She was inconsequential.
If Lu Peijin didn’t care about her, he had even less reason to. As long as he made sure that she wouldn’t bother Lu Peijin in the end, that was enough.
The secretary didn’t quite trust Su Zhiruan, mainly thinking that upon learning of Lu Peijin’s identity, she would become entangled and make threats.
After all, Lu Peijin was no ordinary man.
Upon waking, Su Zhiruan checked the time. Today was her day to switch from the night shift to the day shift, and she quickly got out of bed to prepare.
“Let’s just grab something to eat in the canteen, Ruanruan,” Sister Zhang, who lived in the same staff dormitory, leaned out from the balcony holding her phone high, across which a young man was visible. Sister Zhang couldn’t stop smiling as she waved her hand, introducing him to Su Zhiruan, “This is my son, and son, this is the Ruanruan I’ve told you about.”
Worried about time, Su Zhiruan only smiled and nodded to the man on the phone, saying, “Hi, senior. Sister Zhang, I’m going to wash up now; you two have a nice chat!”
She could still hear Sister Zhang cheerfully introducing her to her son as she went into the bathroom.
“Son! What do you think? A pretty and well-behaved girl, also a university student. You should have plenty in common. Meet her sometime.” Sister Zhang couldn’t stop grinning at the thought of Su Zhiruan becoming her daughter-in-law.
What Sister Zhang didn’t notice was that the moment her son saw Su Zhiruan on the video call, he was instantly stunned.
Unaware of all this, Su Zhiruan felt a little helpless, but she quickly got ready and went to the staff canteen with Sister Zhang for breakfast.
Today, she was scheduled to clean the lobby. After getting her tools, she started her work diligently.
The hotel lobby was warm, and soon, beads of sweat formed on her forehead. As she raised her hand to wipe her forehead, she inadvertently met the gaze of Lu Peijin, who was sitting in the cafe reading a newspaper.
In the daylight, he was clearer to see than the night before. This generation’s chosen one was exceptionally handsome yet exuded utmost danger. Even upon closer inspection, one could see an unhealthy craze and gloom in his eyes.
Such a man often resorts to unscrupulous means. Su Zhiruan only glanced for an instant before quickly averting her gaze, focusing intently on her work.
She could feel the tycoon’s gaze still lingering on her. Being watched was uncomfortable, as if she was being eyed by a venomous snake, instinctively making one want to flee.
However, that tranquil morning was completely disrupted by a group of people entering the hotel.