Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 50

Chapter 50 White Tea?

The following day, when the sun hung high in the sky, Lu Jinye cracked his groggy eyes open as he ran his hand down the other side of the bed, catching nothing but air.

Almost instantly, Lu Jinye was startled awake.

He sat up on the bed, took a glance at the time, and noticed that he was late. Rising to his feet swiftly, he headed to the walk-in wardrobe to get changed. To his surprise, half of the wardrobe had been emptied. Mu Zhi had cleared the clothes that belonged to her, while the new ones he bought her were still sitting in there. The packaging had not been removed and they were good as new.

He burst out of the wardrobe and found a document placed on the most obvious spot of the coffee table.

‘Divorce Agreement.’

It was what he gave Mu Zhi a day ago. It looked like it had not been touched, but Mu Zhi had left her signatures on every signature column.

Mu Zhi’s handwriting was aesthetic. There was no flaw in the names she had signed, indicating that there was no hesitation during the time of signing.

Lu Jinye stared at the divorce agreement with a hint of discontentment.

Peevishly, he headed to the bathroom, took a cold shower, and came out to put the divorce papers away.

Only then he realized that there was a note underneath the document, ‘Honey, I shall not take your villa, I’ll learn to live independently from now on. Thank you honey, love you honey, muah.’

‘Love, Mu Zhi.’

Lu Jinye stared at the few lines of words. The irritation that had barely alleviated returned to him immediately. Mu Zhi… Must you leave in such a hurry?

Did you seriously… Had no tinge of love for me?

Lu Jinye did not want to bat another eye on these. He tossed the divorce agreement into the nearest drawer he could find, changed into a dress shirt, and hurriedly left home.

He could not bear to stay for another minute. Mu Zhi’s presence lingered at every corner of the villa.

Xiao Qingqing had lost track of the number of calls she gave Lu Jinye the night earlier.

When Lu Jinye had not returned her call in the morning, she went to the company right away, waiting for Lu Jinye.

After a while, she could see Lu Jinye stepping off the elevator from a distance. Wearing a hostile front, he walked in the direction of the office apathetically.

Xiao Qingqing quickly fixed her makeup to make herself presentable and welcomed him, “Jinye, you’re here.”

Lu Jinye paused his footsteps briefly upon noticing Xiao Qingqing. He then nodded at her.

“I tried to reach you many times last night.”

Biting her lower lips, Xiao Qingqing pretended to be hesitant. A mere few words were enough to send the message.

She was trying to ask if Lu Jinye saw her missed calls. And if he did, why didn’t he call her back. She was worried about him.

In the end, Lu Jinye took up his phone coolly and turned off silent mode, saying, “I didn’t have the time to return the call.”

“Linda, call the executives for a meeting. We need to discuss the plans for the second half of the year.”

Almost immediately after replying to Xiao Qingqing, Lu Jinye turned to his secretary, who was standing next to him and ordered.

Linda was a veteran who had worked under Lu Jinye for a few years. Her experience was on par with Mu Zhi, but she had been reporting to Mu Zhi all this while.

However, through these years she had never seen Lu Jinye wore that intimidating face.

She quickly saw to it.

After five minutes, all of the executives had crowded the office, waiting for Lu Jinye’s appearance.

Lu Jinye showed up and took his seat on the host’s position. His terrifying demeanor attracted all eyes of his subordinates. None of them dared utter a word.

Lu Jinye was seemingly ignorant of his abnormalities. He said, “Director of the Marketing Department shall go first.”

Upon getting his name mentioned, the director of the Marketing Department stood to his feet sheepishly, and reported to Lu Jinye, “In the second half of the year, the Marketing Department will focus our investment on media and technology. Social media is the current trend. Influencers and upcoming new forces are not to be overlooked, as for technology, in conjunction with the supporting government policy on technology, we agree that this is where we should emphasize.”

“This is our roadmap.”

The director of marketing cleared his throat and displayed the statistical data on the screen.

But Lu Jinye barely took a glance before muttering, “Redo it, the data isn’t complete, the investment plan lacks details.”

Following which, Lu Jinye continued, “Director of operation.”

“Yes, Mr. Lu.”

The director of the Operation Department rose to his feet and bowed at him courteously, saying, “In the past year, the Operation Department has been focusing on the following.”

Similarly, the director of the Operation Department started presenting the data on the screen.

However, Lu Jinye did not spare a glimpse on the monitor. He merely listened with a stern face throughout.

After half an hour, every single executive in the room was intimidated into adding contents into their respective presentations at the last minute, as though facing the biggest threat of their lives.

Sitting at the side, Linda was scribing and pouring glasses of water to the executives. She was at a loss for what was currently happening in the meeting room. This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

In the past, when she worked for Secretary Mu, she had never seen Mr. Lu with such a hot temper.

Could it be that… It had always been Mr. Lu’s character, but his anger was mollified by Secretary Mu?

No way!

Linda was terrified. If things carried on, she would soon fall victim too. Thus she must prepare herself for the worst. In case she would lose her job immediately after assuming the position of the Chief

Secretary.

Excusing herself to get water for the team, she snuck out of the room while everyone else was fixated on the presentations. She sent a text to Mu Zhi.

‘Mr. Lu seems to be in a bad mood today, what do I do?’

Mu Zhi had just finished a consultation with a patient and was planning to take a quick break when her phone rang. She lowered her head and noticed the text message from Linda.

Lu Jinye isn’t in a good mood today?

‘There is a blue can on my desk with some white tea inside, brew a cup of tea for Mr. Lu.’

Linda had no clue how Mu Zhi’s suggestion would help. She promptly replied, ‘What do you mean? Using white tea to mollify his rage?’

In the end, she was answered with, ‘I have a patient now, talk soon.’

Linda stared blankly into the screen, then turned her eyes to the meeting room. Whatever… Regardless of what it means, let’s just try.

Linda grabbed the teapot set, brewed a pot of piping hot white tea, and brought it into the meeting room. She first placed a cup before Lu Jinye’s fingers.

Then, she distributed some to the rest of the executives before returning to her seat meekly, observing every inch of Lu Jinye’s movement tactfully.

Lu Jinye frowned as he listened to the director of operation’s data presentation. He arched his brows and asked, “Is that all? Have you tried figuring out the issues with common sense?”

The director of operation was left with no word.

Lu Jinye had not realized that the cup had been switched. He seized the cup and took a sip.

He knew that Linda tended to make coffee for him.

He was not particular with his drinks, as long as they invigorated him.

However, when the flowery scent came to his nose, Lu Jinye could not help but stun.

He lowered his head only to find some green color tea stems floating on the surface. The pleasant scent instantly made him relax his deep scowl.