Too Late to Regret, She’s Now With the Big Boss - Chapter 62

“Xinrou, what’s wrong? Did I cause trouble for you?” Li Kai asked with a face full of concern.

“It’s nothing important. An old acquaintance I haven’t seen in a long time invited me for milk tea. You wait here for Third Master Lu. I’ll go meet her and see if she can help us.”

Li Kai noticed Wen Xinrou’s flushed, excited face. He glanced at her phone screen, where the chat window showed it was from her best friend.

The message read: [Rourou, Ye Chiren invited us for milk tea this afternoon. Are you going?]

Wen Xinrou’s fingers flew across the screen as she typed: [Going, I must go. Ye Chiren has hit the jackpot and soared to success. I need to cling to her coattails.]

After hitting send, she saw Li Kai watching her thoughtfully. “Li Kai, don’t overthink it. That acquaintance of mine is actually Third Madame Lu. She might be able to help us.”

“Xinrou, the person who invited you for milk tea is Third Madame Lu?” Li Kai’s voice trembled as he asked.

The Li family had nearly gone bankrupt, but because Third Madame Lu owed his cousin a favor, their family business was saved…

The moment Ye Qianqian stepped through the doors of the Lu Corporation, she saw two rows of people holding party poppers, shouting in unison with reverence: “Welcome, Madame!”

She was so startled she nearly stumbled, having never been treated with such importance in her entire life.

Quick-witted, she leaned forward slightly and regained her balance. Two pairs of hands suddenly reached out from the side to steady her, freezing mid-air.

As she turned to see who it was, she heard Lu Jingchen’s excited voice, “Wife-”

No sooner had he spoken than he swept to her side like a gust of wind, taking the lunch box from her hands. “You’ve worked hard, dear!”

It had only been a few hours since he last saw her, but upon meeting again, Lu Jingchen felt his heart racing with excitement.

The anger that had been churning in his chest all morning seemed to be gently soothed by a soft hand, replaced by an indescribable joy.

“Not hard at all, not one bit. Are you hungry, husband?” Ye Qianqian asked with a beaming smile.

When they were alone in the elevator, Lu Jingchen tried to hold the lunch box with one hand so he could wrap his other arm around his wife.

Seeing this, Ye Qianqian immediately stood on her toes and kissed his cheek. “Did you miss me that much?”

“Yes, this is the first time I’ve truly experienced what it means to feel like a day apart seems like three years. I genuinely couldn’t sit still.”

“Then you should just pack me up and bring me to work with you from now on,” Ye Qianqian teased, planting another kiss on his left cheek.

“That’s an excellent suggestion, my dear. You’ll have to make it up to me properly later,” Lu Jingchen whispered close to her ear.

He suddenly remembered those years when senior executives who worked overtime with him were always in a hurry to get home, the sparkle in their eyes when they spoke of their wives.

So, this is what having a wife feels like… so heartwarming and tender, as if filled with soft clouds, both satisfying and relaxing.

“Alright, I’ll feed you today,” Ye Qianqian agreed readily. She had plans to meet someone in the afternoon and needed to ensure the big boss was satisfied before she could leave.

Wen Xinrou watched as the couple embraced and stepped into the elevator, sighing softly. “Who’s been spreading rumors that Third Master Lu is cold-blooded and heartless? Clearly, he’s like a gentleman of jade, peerless in this world!”

“It’s really not just rumors, Xinrou. You haven’t seen how Third Master Lu’s gaze used to be chillingly cold when he looked at people.”

“So that was Third Madame Lu? She’s truly beautiful, a beauty that’s aggressive, not the kind that evokes pity, but the kind that commands submission.”

“No wonder Third Master Lu would cook for her and change his orders on a whim!” Li Kai murmured softly.

“Mm,” Wen Xinrou hummed in agreement, her gaze fixed on the closed elevator doors.

In her heart, she was ranting wildly: Love is the most troublesome worldly affair, best not to get involved lightly.

Because it can make a man of iron will willingly soften into tenderness, just like Third Master Lu.

She had seen the blazing look in Third Master Lu’s eyes when he looked at Ye Qianqian, it was definitely love to the extreme.

But love can bring happiness and fulfillment, and it can also turn a person into something neither human nor ghost, like Ye Qianqian before.

She and her best friend had given Ye Qianqian the nickname “Ye the Obsessed,” as she had once been madly infatuated with Song Yuntao.

It made both her and Yunhuan too afraid to easily dabble in love, and they had no desire for romantic dates under the moonlight.

They had no interest in indulging in sweet affections either; all they wanted was to travel the world and taste all the delicacies under the heavens.

Thinking of food, Wen Xinrou finally felt hungry. She had been so worried about Li Kai earlier that she forgot it was already meal time.

“Li Kai, let’s go eat too. We can come back after we’re full. I don’t think Third Master Lu will see us right now anyway.”

“Alright. There’s a great private kitchen next to Lu Corporation. I used to eat there often when I came to Lu Corporation for business talks.”

As he spoke, Li Kai made an inviting gesture but didn’t take the initiative to hold Wen Xinrou’s hand, he had never held a girl’s hand before.

He was genuinely hungry now. He hadn’t eaten since yesterday, and with his future uncertain, he had no appetite.

Since childhood, he had envied Third Master Lu’s unconventional ways. He was different from ordinary people, and the thoughts in his head were unlike anyone else’s.

His way of communicating was so straightforward that people often didn’t know how to respond.

It was as if the subtlety, indirectness, and politeness that society was accustomed to had no effect on him at all.

When they were young, he thought it was because Third Master Lu was still a child and often suffered abuse from his mother, and that he would have to change when he grew up.

Who knew that as an adult, he would care even less about etiquette? If someone provoked him, he would destroy them; if he disliked someone, he would step forward and kick them twice.

Meanwhile, Li Kai had parents who cared for him. Since childhood, he was taught to respect others, exercise self-discipline, understand moderation, and be sincere in dealing with people.

At mealtimes, he had to respect his elders at the table, use serving chopsticks to help them with food, chew with his mouth closed without making noise, and cover his mouth when picking his teeth.

He had to be punctual for every appointment and never interrupt his elders when they spoke… With so many constraints, how could he not envy the free-spirited Third Master Lu?

As the saying goes: A loss may turn out to be a gain!

Now that he had been dismissed by his grandfather and father, if he sincerely apologized to Third Master Lu, perhaps he too could live as freely as he wished.

Thinking this, Li Kai felt much better and even ate an extra bowl of rice than usual.

…

Lu Corporation CEO’s Office.

After eating his fill, Lu Jingchen still held Ye Qianqian tightly, unwilling to let go. “Wife, will you accompany me this afternoon to meet Duke Rowe from Y Country?”

“Husband, can I say no?” Ye Qianqian looked up and asked.

“Are you scared, wife? There will be many such occasions in the future. With me here, I won’t let anyone hurt you.”

“I’m not scared at all. With you here, I fear nothing. It’s just that I already made plans with Yunhuan and the others to have milk tea.”

“Duke Rowe won’t arrive for another half hour. Call and ask them to come to the milk tea shop next to Lu Corporation,” Lu Jingchen conceded, unable to bear disappointing his wife.

“My husband is the best. Can I invite them to the Lu Corporation lobby? Uncle Zhang has prepared milk tea.”

“I just want to see them and, while I’m at it, experience the joy of basking in reflected glory,” Ye Qianqian said with sparkling eyes.