Chapter 182 - I hope you don't mind

When the two women entered the building, they were in high spirits.

That afternoon, it was easily noticeable that Lili was not in a very good mood. In fact, she looked troubled when she saw that Su Ling was no longer nervous around Wan Jia.

Could it be that she had proven her innocence? Probably not. She must have just sucked up to the boss.

Lili did not want to be left behind and tried to strike a casual conversation. "Boss, since we are your assistants, do we get to enjoy privileges?"

"What privileges?" Wan Jia asked.

The girl said shyly, "For example, could we be able to order custom-made outfits? And do we get to enjoy discounts?"

"Can you afford them? Even with discounts, one outfit from our Boss costs tens of thousands, okay? Even a single scarf is expensive enough to dry out all your savings of two years." Su Ling scoffed. She was not going to be friendly with the person who almost caused her to be misunderstood.

"Hey! I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Boss." Lili retorted. Normally, Wan Jia would find her cute. But now, although she still looked geniunely timid, Wan Jia felt she was scarier than people who scheme in broad daylight.

Su Ling still counterattacked. "Our Boss is very busy and does not need you to chirp in her ear like a lost bird."

Wan Jia laughed. Still as sharp-tongued as ever. To stop their banters, she placated both of them. "If my assistants work hard, I will customly make them perfect outfits for their birthdays and very special occassions."

Su Ling was excited. "Then I'll work even harder from now. My birthday is in two months. Aah! I don't want to miss Boss' special outfit."

Lili chimed in. "Mine already passed. I'll work hard and aim for it next year."

Su Ling, who was waiting for such a remark, immediately shut her off. "You wish! Our boss does not need assisstants who steal from her. Even if she made it for someone, it would not be you."

Lili started crying like her tears were waiting for that comment. "You! How can you say such things? Boss, don't listen to her."

"Enough chatting. Get back to work. Ling, give this to the CEO."

Lili looked on curiously. Boss had given Su Ling an important contract to take to the CEO? "Boss, do I have any tasks?" she asked.

Su Ling stopped in her steps. "Of course you don't. If boss doesn't fire you today, President Lu will."

Wan Jia laughed. But why did she not find it strange at all that Su Ling was picking on Lili? She felt like she had long expected it. Well, if she were in her shoes, she would probably have exploded long ago.

...

Meanwhile, the brothers sat in Lu Aotian's office and discussed seriously.

"So what are we going to do with Lili?" Lu Shaoting asked.

"Nothing."

"Nothing?"

"We need to find evidence that incriminates General Yun directly. Evidence that will make him earn a lifetime sentence if not a death sentence, not such little crimes." Lu Aotian explained. "Of course, Lili will be fired and banned from the fashion industry." He had no time to deal with the little spies and lackeys. His aim was their boss.

That being said, Lu Shaoting reminded him. "Bro, you have a meeting in twenty minutes."

"Attend it on my behalf. I have to meet someone important right now."

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Some time later, in a privately owned hospital.

A middle aged woman sat in her office reading a patient's file when her secretary came in. "Doctor Qiao, there's a man surnamed Lu here to see you."

"Let him in."

In the next minute, the doctor called Qiao was so shocked that she almost had a heart attack. Don't tell her the man surnamed Lu was Lu Aotian?

She kept calm and greeted him. "Mr. Lu, what brings you to our humble hospital?"

Lu Aotian did not waste his precious words. "I believe Doctor Qiao is a very busy woman, I'll go straight to the point." He placed a photo on her desk. "Call her over."

Doctor Qiao trembled. "Who...who is this woman? I don't know h..."

Before she finished saying 'her', Lu Aotian dropped another photo, this time both Doctor Qiao and the woman were together in the photo.

She was successfully scared. "How did you...? Anyway this is my patient and as a hospital policy, I cannot disclose her identity. I can't casually call her because someone asked me to either. This...this is a special patient. I hope Mr. Lu understands."

Lu Aotian smirked. "Is that so?

That makes me believe that Doctor Qiao would have no problem at all if this hospital was owned by Lu Enterprises."

She pretended not to understand.

Lu Aotian continued. "How many people know that Doctor Qiao is the real owner of this hospital? Very few, right? If the owner changed, no one would know either."

This was a direct threat!

"Fine, I'll call her." No one would want to see their hard work go to someone else.

Almost an hour later, Xia Rou walked in with a scarf wrapped tightly to hide her face. "Qiao Lan, why did you call me so urgently? I rushed over Im..." she saw the man sitting leisurely across Doctor Qiao and froze in schock. "..me...dia..tely."

Lu Aotian glanced at her. "I couldn't casually go to your home, so I came here. I hope you don't mind, mother-in-law?"