Chapter Three, the art of speaking with a deceitful heart.
Ning Meng looked at the text message, gritting her teeth in frustration.
Ning Meng stood outside the car and heard Lu Jiming, who was sitting in the passenger seat, open his mouth and say to the two people in the back seat, "Don't bother taking a taxi! I'll have my secretary send you back one by one later. She's a skilled driver! I paid real money to send her to driving school!" As he said this, his smug and childish expression was asking for a beating.
Why look down on her and say she's not capable of doing projects!
Ning Meng dragged herself out of bed and took a taxi to the bars in Sanlitun.
Facing Tang Zhengwang's deep affection, Ning Meng felt as sour as if she had squeezed herself into a puddle of lemon juice.
But a smile appeared on his face against his will: "You two are being too polite."
There happened to be an empty seat in the last row. Ning Meng walked over and sat down, leaning her head against the window, watching the daily scenery of congested traffic outside the window as the bus crawled along.
Ning Meng's heart trembled and stopped. In an instant, a forest of sharp knives grew in her mind. She really wanted to throw these two wastrels in and sieve them into a sieve.
Ning Meng struggled to carry Lu Jiming into his grand villa.
If words could be graded based on sincerity, this person would definitely be a top-level player. Their words are sharper than a knife's edge, but their heart is as soft as a hot tofu. They may seem difficult to deal with and like a bad person, but upon closer inspection, one would find that they are actually quite a good person.
Lu Jiming didn't hesitate at all and said, "It's nothing!"
Did you get new glasses? They look really nice!
Throughout the journey, she gritted her teeth. She hated herself for not speaking up boldly and saying no.
After the call connected, the voice coming from the handset was not Lu Jiming's voice: "Hello? Xiaoning, it's me, your boss's buddy that you've met before! Your boss has had some drinks and is feeling a bit dizzy, so he can't drive! I'll send you the address in a moment, please come and pick him up quickly, and settle the bill for him as well!"
Ning Meng sent the two young masters home one after the other with a smile on her face while biting her molars.
Ning Meng feels that the opportunity has come.
She turned and walked towards the headlights, only to find, to her horror, that there was not just one person in the car, but two.
Those two turned their heads and saw Ning Meng, and greeted her.
Lu Jiming: "Then I'll consider it."
Why can't you refuse? How many times is this already! Again and again, she's almost recognized all of his friends and acquaintances.
She stood up from the bedside. This time she didn't kick him again. She bent down to help him take off his shoes and covered him with a blanket.
Is that damn complimenting my looks? It's complimenting the glasses, right!!
It seems like there is always traffic congestion here.
From the first time she went to the bar in the middle of the night to pick up people and bring them home, she has been nurturing his bossy habit of making him feel more and more justified, making him think that he can boss her around except during working hours, and even after work, as long as there's nothing going on, he can give her a raise, and all excessive demands become her responsibility.
"Mr. Tang, do you have any difficulties in your personal life?" Ning Meng asked Tang Zhengwang.
Ning quietly raised the car window.
She turned off the light and prepared to sleep.
It's too late. It's not safe for you to walk alone. Just find a room downstairs and sleep.
Then laughed at oneself self-deprecatingly.
Sure enough--.
In Ning Meng's heart, there are already millions of grass mud horses galloping and roaring.
Ningmeng leaned against the window and smiled slightly. What a cruel misunderstanding.
There was no room for Ning Meng to refuse. The phone was hung up instantly, and then a text message with an address was sent to the inbox.
Ning Meng thought for a moment: "Salary raise."
Perhaps she thought that when Lu Jiming first asked her to do this, she did not decisively refuse. Some things, if not refused the first time, will never be able to say no again.
Ning Meng continued: "Actually, Mr. Lu has been optimistic about your company and is willing to wait a little longer for the company's situation to improve before exiting. Before that, in order to help you solve the funding gap, Mr. Lu is willing to provide a revolving fund through debt financing."
She helped Lu Jiming to the edge of the bed and then pushed him onto it.
Through the lenses, looking at his intoxicated and hazy eyes, those naturally enchanting eyes, Ning Meng couldn't even catch her breath for a moment.
Tang Zhengwang's eyes suddenly turned red: "Neither of us old fellows has much to say, it's just my son... he has a head injury and is still suffering in the ICU now"
Ningmeng couldn't help it and kicked the leg of the bed where Lu Ji Ming was lying.
She leaned back against the car window, and amidst the stop-and-go swaying, illuminated by the orange glow of the streetlights outside, she pondered what kind of person Lu Jiming truly was
As she rushed towards Lu Jiming's bedroom after entering the door, Ning Meng decided to take advantage of Lu Jiming's transformation into a more agreeable person after drinking to negotiate various benefits for herself
Outside the car window, a Maybach glided by. Ning Meng instinctively straightened her expression and lifted her head. Upon seeing the license plate number, she realized it was not Lu Jiming's car. She then rested her head back against the window.
After Ning Meng returned home, she read a business book for a while and took a shower, and the time was approaching 11 o'clock
Is it impressive to have money? Is it impressive to be good-looking? Even if you get drunk, you're just a silly 1.85-meter tall idiot!
She turned around, squinted and looked sideways, and saw Lu Jiming's Maybach.
Ning Meng: "Next time, please find a designated driver. You always make me, a woman, come out late at night to pick you up. Aren't you afraid that something might happen to me?"
I would like to go to the project department to work on the project
After finishing speaking, he immediately lay down, relaxed his legs, and snored away into a deep sleep.
What does she have to do with those bustling scenery and elite demeanor? She is not Ning Zong, she is just a secretary.
Her leg was suddenly trapped between Lu Jiming's legs. Ning Meng lost her balance and stumbled forward, kneeling at the edge of the bed
She is almost unable to say the word "不" anymore.
He is just like this, always making people extremely angry, and then giving them a soft and fluffy marshmallow.
Upon hearing the beautiful two words, Ningmeng's heart trembled.
Announcing the failure of the investigation would be better done while Lu Ji Ming is still approachable. After he regains his sobriety, expressing the desire to transfer would likely be met with even more unbearable resistance.
In Ningmeng's anxious speculation, Lu Jiming spoke up.
Standing straight behind, Ning Meng sighed with a complex mood.
Tang Zhengwang instantly burst into tears upon hearing the words.
So Ning Meng couldn't help but kick it again.
After Lu Jiming stopped singing, he turned his head and asked, "Why close the window?"
Ning Meng took the phone and saw that the incoming call displayed the number of Lu Jiming.
Every time a project partner comes to discuss work, I can't help but complain to her: Wangfujing and Dongdan are really too congested! I left two hours early and still almost arrived late!
Ning Meng was moved. She appeared calm on the surface, but deep down, she was someone whose maternal love overflowed to the extent that she would help someone with adoption procedures if they dared to call her "mom."
Lù jì míng zhà shī yīyàng tūrán zuò qǐ shēn, còu jìn Níng Méng de liǎn.
Ning Meng quickly refuted the conclusion "Lu Jiming is a good person" through gritted teeth.
The appearance of the lamb waiting to be slaughtered is like Yang Bailao being surrounded and intercepted by Huang Shiren.
When Ning Meng left the hospital, it was already dark. After casually eating a bowl of noodles at Yonghe King, Ning Meng boarded the bus.
Tang Zhengwang was stunned for a moment there.
It's really annoying!
Taking advantage of Lu Jiming's calm demeanor, Ning Meng couldn't help but vent her frustrations: "Boss, look at this late hour, can't you call a designated driver? After all, I am a girl."
and his two debauched friends from the same circle
Ning Meng : `` ... ... ''
Lu Jiming, who was kicked, showed no reaction
Ning Meng : `` ... ... ''
Yet they often say with envy: No wonder, this is the center of Beijing, those who can open a company here are truly remarkable! And those who can work here are also the top elites in the industry, just like you, General Ning!
When she finally vented her resentment and kicked again
As soon as Lu Jiming fell down, he began to snore, making a sound that resembled a big fool with a lack of intelligence.
Lu Jiming: "How is it? I have given you a trust that others do not have. Do you feel honored?"
All the ailments of a boss stem from obedient subordinates who indulge them
Ning Meng opened the car door and took her seat in the driver's position
I just thought he was a good person, ha! What a joke! He's scum!
Lu Jiming slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "Who the hell is so funny, hahahaha!"
Could it be that he is trying to sober up? If he finds out that someone took advantage of his drunken state to assault him, I wonder if he would retaliate with malicious intent
Ning Meng cautiously reminds: "... ... Do you remember, last time when you sang like this, someone reported to the police saying that someone was disturbing the peace by slaughtering pigs in the middle of the night."
Ning Meng exhaled silently and with a lingering breath
Ning Meng arrived at the entrance of the bar, just about to enter when two beams of light suddenly illuminated behind her, followed by the sound of a horn that was quite irritating.
Ning Meng interrupted him and stated clearly: "Mr. Tang, I am not here to collect a debt; I am here to give you money"
Ning Meng truly wishes to pick up a bottle and smash it, then rush forward to stab this drunken fool with the shards of glass. It sounds as if she has been kept, but in reality, it was merely the reimbursement of her driving school tuition at Dongfang Fashion.
Only Ning Meng and Lu Jiming remained in the car
Ning Meng pressed the accelerator as she drove towards the villa district of the capital, while Lu Jiming sat in the passenger seat humming an off-key song
Tang Zhengwang became increasingly anxious as he spoke, almost resorting to taking a knife to open his chest and show his heart to Ning Meng.
Ning Meng bit down on her molars, feeling indignant in her heart
Ning Meng: "You should reimburse me for the taxi fare I incurred today by tomorrow."
Ning Meng hurriedly extended humanitarian care, putting down the fruit to express his intention: "I heard that you, your wife, and your son are all hospitalized here, so Mr. Lu asked me to come over and take a look! How is everyone recovering?"
What an honor, you idiot, crazy person
It is truly nerve-wracking; I have become so stressed at work that it feels like I am falling ill. Whenever I see a Maybach, I can't help but think it is Lu Jiming passing by, and I feel that I will once again have to engage in a battle of wits and endurance with this boss who is a patient.
Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Lu! Thank you, Secretary Ning! Thank you! Meeting such considerate investors like you truly makes me... I am genuinely willing to go all out!" He wiped away his tears with his fingers and solemnly told Ning Meng, "Secretary Ning, please convey to Mr. Lu that regardless of whether he is my investor in the future, as long as he needs assistance, I, Old Tang, will do everything I can to help without hesitation!"
When Ning Meng found Tang Zhengwang, she clearly saw that in the moment their eyes met, the other party shuddered slightly
She silently made a resolution in her heart. She really could not continue being a secretary like this. She was never a particularly confident person, and after three years of serving as a secretary to Lu Jiming, the submissive persona she had adopted had nearly made her forget what it meant to have self-assurance and boundaries in life
Ning Meng's heart sank, and she fell silent.
The Concord Hospital's inpatient department is located at Dongdan, very close to the company. After work in the evening, Ning Meng walked directly to the hospital to visit the Tang Zhengwang family of three, who were hospitalized.
Lu Jiming habitually replied, "OK......" but immediately changed his tone, "Wait a moment! Don't take advantage of me drinking to make unreasonable demands for me to tell you! I understand! This won't work, dream on! Are you cut out for project work?"
Ning Meng : `` ... ... ... ... ... ... ''
Tang Zhengwang's lips moved a few times, and he finally mustered the courage to say: "The difficulties in life can indeed be overcome, but the challenges in business..." He paused for a moment, sighed, and then, gathering his resolve, continued, "To be honest, our current family situation has really delayed several major deals for the company, and we are temporarily unable to manage our funds. I know that the investment period you set has come to an end, but the current situation is truly..." He reiterated, "To be honest, our current family situation has really delayed several major deals for the company, and we are temporarily unable to manage our funds. I know that the investment period you set has come to an end, but the current situation is truly... Let's do this, Secretary Ning, I kindly ask you to convey to General Lu that I need three months' time, and I am confident I can get the company back on track! I know this is an empty promise, but I sincerely ask you to believe me..."
Lu Jiming: "No problem!"
Just as I was about to fall asleep, my phone rang sharply.
Lu Jiming approached her in a somewhat cheeky manner and said: "Come on, Ning Meng, let’s first help your two handsome brothers one by one, so that they don’t praise you for your looks for nothing"
A sudden jolt ran through her heart, and she felt that seeing a Maybach while sitting on the bus at night was an ominous sign
Oh! Little Ningmeng! It has been a while since we last met, you look truly beautiful
She truly wanted to unbuckle Lu Jiming's seatbelt and then slam on the brakes, to witness the beautiful arc of a projectile flying through the air from the perspective of the windshield
Alcohol has once again brought forth his second personality
Lu Jiming also slapped his thigh and said, "So you mean I will reimburse you for the tuition of your driving license for free?" After a pause, he continued, "Besides, how can I trust those chauffeurs? I have money and I'm so handsome; what if I get robbed of both money and looks? You are different from those chauffeurs; if it really comes to a robbery, you wouldn't be able to overpower me!"