Chapter 47: Chapter 47 After Running Away, the Disabled Tycoon Stopped Pretending 9
“Ah?” Su Zhiruan took the note, puzzled by the string of numbers and an address written on it. She then looked up and asked, “The villa gate code… Why give it to me?”
“To prevent what happened today from happening again,” Lu Peijin had been holding himself back all day, and now, seeing Su Zhiruan, his desires surged, and his hands began to wander as he pulled her into his arms. His eyes turned a deeper shade, and he explained in a low, husky voice near her ear, “You live in the hotel staff quarters, and coming up to see me could be noticed. I bought this apartment a long time ago and I’ve had it ready. Why not move in?”
Su Zhiruan folded the note and slipped it into her pocket. A second later, her coat was removed and placed on the sofa.
She thought about it, realizing it was indeed inconvenient at the staff quarters where many colleagues gossiped about Lu Peijin’s private life. If they knew she was not returning home at night and then left from the 28th floor in the morning, surely there would be a lot of whispers.
Since she was going to be with Lu Peijin every night anyway, she could not expect him to lower himself to move into her modest rented two-bedroom apartment. After thinking it over, moving into his villa indeed seemed like a good choice.
She was just about to answer when she suddenly realized her clothes had been removed. Then, she saw her outfit from the day arcing through the air to land on the single seat sofa across the room.
Their current position was facing each other on the longest sofa, intertwined.
“Don’t like the sofa?” Lu Peijin saw her expression and her helpless eyes, yet he was somehow able to read resignation, acceptance, and habit in them. He took the liberty to bite lightly.
“It’s not that…” Su Zhiruan patted the sofa lightly, “It’s just that I suddenly realized that, these times, it seems like it’s always on the sofa…”
Lu Peijin, being eager to learn and willing to take advice in this aspect, held Su Zhiruan and quickly changed to a new location—the floor-to-ceiling window!
So, that night, all Su Zhiruan could see were the shimmering neon lights of traffic, which left her feeling as if rainbows were swirling in front of her eyes by the end.
Despite her tired body, the activity kept her awake.
Lu Peijin showed a bit of humanity by keeping his arms around her the whole time, thankfully preventing her from hitting the glass and passing out.
Another mischievous night.
The next day, Su Zhiruan woke up to find the man gone, but he had left breakfast for her. After eating, she went on to work as usual.
As she went downstairs to clean, Sister Zhang warmly waved the moment she saw her, “Ruanruan girl! You’ve arrived!”
“Good morning, Sister Zhang.” Su Zhiruan greeted.
“Ji Chengzhao is coming in a few days. How about we go for a meal together? I’ll treat!” Sister Zhang still wanted to set up Su Zhiruan with her son, Ji Chengzhao, smiling and coming closer, “Chengzhao just received a scholarship recently, it would be a good chance for you two to get to know each other, exchange contact information, and you young people could go out together, maybe see a movie or something.”
“Sister Zhang, I’m not looking to find a boyfriend at the moment. You go have fun,” Su Zhiruan replied somewhat helplessly, wondering how Sister Zhang had gotten so fixed on setting her up with her son, Ji Chengzhao, every single day.
“Hey Ruanruan girl, let me tell you—”
Sister Zhang was about to say more, but suddenly spotted the hotel’s lobby manager hurrying around the corner, so she quickly pretended to work seriously.
Unexpectedly, the lobby manager came straight toward her, his steps even eager, “Sister Zhang, come here a moment.”
“Me?” Sister Zhang put down her broom, pointed to herself, and walked over, “Manager, what do you need?”
After she had walked over, the manager opened the staff statistics chart he was holding and told her, “I received a notice from the higher-ups instructing me to switch your position.”
“What?!” Sister Zhang was immediately shocked, “You aren’t going to fire me, are you? Manager, I have elderly and children at home, and we rely on this income to live.”
The manager was actually just as confused. That morning he had not even gotten out of bed when he saw an email from the secretary of the most powerful Mr. Lu at the top of the hotel hierarchy in his inbox. At that moment, he had even conceived of several terrifying possibilities.
But when he opened it, he was utterly surprised; it was merely about relocating this Sister Zhang among the waitstaff to another spot, assigning her a different position.
The manager had read the email ten times and still couldn’t understand its purpose. If Sister Zhang had offended Mr. Lu, it would have been straightforward to just fire her, but if not, what was the meaning of just switching her position?
He didn’t quite understand and eventually transferred Sister Zhang to the kitchen.
“I don’t know which boss decided to move me to the kitchen, goodbye everyone.”
Sister Zhang went back to collect her tools and bid everyone farewell, reluctantly taking one last look at Su Zhiruan before leaving.
Su Zhiruan smiled politely and waved goodbye, feeling a sense of relief in her heart. Although she didn’t know why Sister Zhang was suddenly transferred, at least she wouldn’t be trying to set her up with a boyfriend now…
It was only then that the secretary by Lu Peijin’s side could finally breathe a sigh of relief and quietly left through another corridor.
These people didn’t know that being by Mr. Lu’s side, he was naturally aware of the reason for doing so, which was, of course, for Su Zhiruan.
Although it was just a contract, there was still a connection, and Mr. Lu had heard that Sister Zhang was always trying to set up her son with Su Zhiruan. Even though he had no romantic feelings for her, he could not bear to see his woman being introduced to other men.
The secretary quietly left, preparing to go back and inform Lu Peijin.
Su Zhiruan worked earnestly during the day. It wasn’t her shift in the evening, so she planned to pack some things and then move to Lu Peijin’s villa.
According to the address on the note, she found that it was not far from the hotel.
The location of the Lu Family’s hotel was the best in all of Beijing.
Nestled next to the business district yet not noisy, with the tallest building standing a full one hundred stories, the higher the floors, the more one could overlook the entire Beijing.
Behind the hotel was the hillside and lakeside luxury villa area—Fujin Water Pavilion.
This neighborhood housed villas of the incredibly rich and privileged of the Beijing circle, the sort that money alone couldn’t buy.
Carrying a small suitcase, she walked straight into the villa neighborhood, then verified the house number on a villa at the edge.
By now it was 8:30 in the evening and darkness had completely fallen. After using the code to unlock it, the gate opened automatically, and upon entering, she saw Lu Peijin reading in the living room.
Unlike the usual stern and aloof Mr. Lu, whom people found difficult to look straight at, Lu Peijin under the warm yellow light reading a book, wore casual home attire.
Broad-shouldered, slim-waisted, and long-legged, his attire, unlike his usual black suit, made him seem expressionless, but his overall contours appeared somewhat softer.
“What are you standing there for, come in,” Lu Peijin put down his book and tilted his chin to signal her to come inside.