CH 13.3

Luo Qi was too busy at work the next day. In the end, she forgot to ask Luo Yu how she had dealt with this matter and if her troubles had been resolved.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, the company’s entire senior management had a meeting.

Ten minutes before the appointed time, she and Jiang Yueru went to the conference room together. She heard that Jiang Shenghe was in the company these days and was going to attend the meeting today.

In the conference room, Jiang Shenghe had come early and was already talking to the people next to him.

“Director Jiang.” Everyone greeted Jiang Yueru one after another.

Jiang Shenghe was still sitting in the same posture as before and didn’t deliberately turn his face away.

Throughout the meeting, he stared at the projection screen and occasionally wrote down his points of interest in a notebook.

At the meeting, Li Rui reported the acquisition of Ruipu Medical. “In addition to Ruipu Medical, the potential strength of Dongbo Medical should not be underestimated. It may become our competitor in the future.”

Hearing the name ‘Dongbo Medical’, Luo Qi slowly raised her head. She was familiar with the name: it was a medical technology company invested in by Pei Shixiao’s company three years ago. Back in June, Pei Shixiao didn’t have time to accompany her to try on the wedding dress, and he had to rush back to Shanghai for a meeting—that was to attend the board meeting of Dongbo Medical.

The topic of Dongbo Medical was just mentioned in passing; Li Rui didn’t talk about it in depth and the focus of the meeting returned to Ruipu Medical.

The meeting lasted until 4:40pm. Luo Qi packed up her materials, taking her time like everyone else, waiting for the boss and several higher ups to leave first.

Jiang Shenghe walked while chatting with Jiang Yueru. He walked out of the conference room without looking back.

Secretary Ju followed behind the big boss, and she couldn’t help but wonder if she had misunderstood the boss’s interest in Luo Qi—she had the realization when they were on a business trip in Suzhou in June.

From the beginning to the end of the meeting today, the boss didn’t take a second look at where Luo Qi was sitting.

It seemed like he didn’t care about her after all.

But then the boss never showed much emotion; no one could figure out what he was thinking, including her.

Inside the elevator, just before leaving, Jiang Shenghe said to his aunt, “I will go to your office at six o’clock, and we can talk in detail then.”

Jiang Yueru nodded, “Okay.” They would discuss the company’s plan for next year, and then talk about Luo Qi’s transfer to Yuanwei Medical.

It was set for 6pm because it was already after work hours by then and Luo Qi would not be there. These days, when her nephew came to look for her, he avoided Luo Qi, tried not to meet her and didn’t bother her at all.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Luo Qi would have been able to get off work on time, but she received a call at five o’clock. There was something wrong with the project in Suzhou, and it was particularly difficult to resolve.

It took an hour before the phone call was finished.

After turning off the computer, Luo Qi sent a message to Luo Yu: [What time will you leave work? Go to my place for dinner.]

Luo Yu prepared a voice-reply. She had just pressed the voice button and hadn’t yet had time to speak.

“Quick, Pei Shixiao’s car is here!” Luo Xin said, nudging her.

Luo Yu nudged him back, angry and panicking, “You are so annoying! I was sending a message to elder sister!”

She was going to cancel the voice message, but when Luo Xin jogged her arm, she had accidentally sent it out. What Luo Xin said was recorded. Luo Yu didn’t know if their cousin had already clicked on the voice message, but she hurriedly withdrew it and sent another text message.

[Sister, you don’t have to wait for me, I’m still in Shanghai.]

The reply was sent in a hurry. She turned on the camera and aimed at the slowly approaching car.

It’s the first time she was catching someone having an affair. Luo Yu couldn’t control her nerves and her hands couldn’t help shaking.

They were outside Cui Peng’s house, but they had been waiting for Pei Shixiao’s car. In her heart, Luo Yu would rather they waited for nothing, at least then she could numb her doubts and have a little fantasy that Pei Shixiao truly loved her sister and would not do anything out of line.

However, all her hopes were now dashed.

The car stopped and the two got out.

Cui Peng walked around the front of the car, never taking her eyes off Pei Shixiao for a moment.

If you looked closely, there were tears in her eyes.

Luo Yu didn’t dare and didn’t want to watch the next scene, so she squinted her eyes and focused on recording the video.

Across the armrest console, Luo Xin could clearly hear Luo Yu’s breathing become more and more labored—she was clearly trying to restrain herself.

He glanced out the window, Cui Peng’s forehead was pressed against Pei Shixiao’s chest, and Pei Shixiao was stroking her back.

Unable to bear it any longer, Luo Xin uttered an obscenity, slamming the steering wheel with his hand. He pushed the door open, stepped out of the car, and headed straight towards Pei Shixiao.

The ear-piercing ‘di-di-di-’ sound startled Luo Yu. The two people standing close together were also startled, and they both turned their faces to look over.

“What are you doing!” Cui Peng screamed.

Luo Xin’s fist had already greeted Pei Shixiao’s face.