she's not at ease

On the weekend of the next day, Lu Yi got up early and took advantage of her mother's morning exercise time to go to a nearby fresh market. When Lu's mother came back, she found a slaughtered duck and a bag of scattered meat on the chopping board in the kitchen. ingredients.

She opened the bag and looked through it casually, then walked out of the kitchen: "Xiaoyi, what happened to the duck in the kitchen?"

At that time, Lu Yi was leaning on the sofa in the living room and playing with a tablet.

"Oh, when I went out to do errands in the morning, I passed by the market and saw a duck slaughtered, so I brought one back."

"It looks good."

"Shall we eat sour radish and duck soup tonight?"

In a few words, he explained the matter clearly, and decided on dinner by the way.

Lu Xuemei naturally has no reason why her daughter should order food.

It's just that after she listened to it, she always felt that something was wrong.

"If you want to drink soup, just tell me I'll buy it. You don't know how to pick ducks. Maybe they will sell them to you at a high price." She went into the kitchen again and started to clean up the ducks as she rambled. After fumbling with it, I began to mutter, "It's not right... The chicken soup I just drank yesterday is going to be the old duck soup today. Why don't you usually look so active in drinking soup?"

Has it changed?

In the evening, Lu Yi visited Luo Yao's villa again with a bucket full of old duck soup.

She is like a qualified delivery person, coming on time to feed her customers.

This time Lu Yi stayed a little longer. After eating and drinking with each other, the two of them leaned on the sofa in the living room and watched a movie. They didn't leave until it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

He came and went for two days in a row, but he didn't do anything.

A sense of empty melancholy suddenly appeared in Luo Yao's heart, she couldn't figure out what Lu Yi's intention was.

On the third day, Lu Yi didn't come.

On the fourth day, a working day on Monday, after two days of rest, they also broke away from their leisurely state and began to devote themselves to work.

However, the connection between the two began to gradually deepen. The content of the chat dialog box was no longer limited to business affairs, and occasionally one or two pictures full of life but not ordinary appeared.

For example, the menu of the day in the company cafeteria.

For example, the sunset in the evening of the city.

Their relationship is a little closer to ordinary friends.

Time slips away without anyone noticing it.

Mr. Qin's birthday party was getting closer, and the two tickets to Sichuan and Chongqing that Luo Yao had asked his secretary to book earlier came in handy at this time.

She will go to celebrate birthday with Lu Yi.

This was the first time that Lu Yi and Luo Yao were tied together on a "business trip". Everything was arranged properly, and she didn't even bring an assistant with her.

This time, no one talked about the relationship between the two of them behind their backs anymore. After Liao Ting made such a thorough fuss last time, the company's so-called rumors disappeared completely. Now everyone looks at the two of them in the same frame with normal eyes.

——Even if Luo Yao ordered the secretary to book a business VIP suite.

It only takes more than two hours to fly from Beijing to Sichuan, which is about a nap after takeoff.

Perhaps it was because Lu Yi had informed in advance that after the plane landed, a special person came to pick it up, and this person's identity was very special.

Qin Zhan, the second son of Master Lu Yi.

Compared with the glamorous appearance of his elder brother Qin Yan, this second son is much more low-key. Some of the businesses of the Qin family that are in the gray area are managed by Qin Zhan.

On the Sichuan side, the Qin family is a real local snake.

"Second Brother Qin, why are you here in person?" After leaving the boarding gate, Lu Yi couldn't wait to step forward and give Qin Zhan a big hug.

"Long time no see, she looks pretty again." Qin Zhan reached out and patted her on the back of the shoulder, and then let go, "I just came here today when I was free. Last time I sent invitations, I couldn't compete with elder brother. This time It just so happened that he didn't have time to grab me."

After speaking, his eyes fell on Luo Yao who was standing aside: "This is Mr. Luo from Huayang, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Qin Zhan stretched out his hand to the other party politely, and the two shook hands lightly, completing a meeting ceremony.

He asked the driver to take him back to the dilapidated hotel, and only after the luggage was put down did he slowly explain his purpose: "Yiyi, Dad misses you a lot, let me come and pick you up for lunch at home."

It was not the first day that Luo Yao knew that Lu Yi and the Qin family had a good relationship. Hearing such an invitation, she tactfully walked to another room, leaving enough space for the two of them to talk alone.

What I didn't expect was...

"Mr. Luo, let's go together." Lu Yi suddenly said, stopped Luo Yao who was about to avoid him, and invited her to go with him, "My master likes young people with strong ability and self-motivation, I think you must We can talk."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and asked Qin Zhan: "Is it okay? Brother Qin."

"Of course, you can simply clean up. I'll wait for you downstairs."

Qin Zhan was overwhelmed by surprise, but in the end he didn't take Lu Yi's face off, even though the old man specially ordered Lu Yi to be alone when he went out today.

But if there are exceptions, he thought he could explain it to the old man when he went back later.

The status of the Qin family in Sichuan is not just for fun. When the two of them tidied up the room before going down, they found that the hotel manager was chatting with Qin Zhan in the lobby. He looked as respectful and flattering as the royal family in ancient times. The relatives of the state came down to look for them.

Fortunately, Lu Yi's appearance interrupted their conversation.

They quickly boarded the car waiting in front of the hotel.

Luo Yao didn't want to come at first, but he didn't want to waste Lu Yi's kindness, so he came down with him.

If it was the past, she would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to get close to the Qin family.

As a businessman, it is never too early to make money.

But it's different now, so long has passed, and her thoughts on Lu Yi are no longer just as simple as taking advantage of him, so she is particularly resistant to getting something from him.

But this is not the case in the eyes of others.

The car drove into the mountain villa built by the Qin family in the suburbs, and Luo Yao soon saw the "Master Qin" Qin Tianshun who had always been in everyone's mouth.

It wasn't time for dinner yet, and after meeting with them, Qin Tian asked his youngest son to take Luo Yao to visit the whole villa, while Lu Yi stayed by his side to talk with him.

There is a different kind of deep meaning in the different treatment of intimacy and estrangement.

Sure enough, after Qin Zhan and Luo Yao both walked away, Qin Tianshun slowly said, "Lu Yi, how long has it been since you came to see me?"

"It turns out that you have to take one with you every time you come here. You are really 'making the best use of everything'."

Qin Zhan had already told him everything, plus the time when Qin Yan went to the capital to send invitations, the combination of the two things made Qin Tianshun still have something he didn't understand.

——My little apprentice is probably helping that girl from the Luo family to connect with the Qin family.

It's just that the Qin family's big ship is so easy to board?

Although others are old and retired to the second line and no longer care about their affairs, things in some circles are still clear.

"Master, I..." Seeing Qin Tianshun being so merciless as soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Yi frowned in embarrassment.

"You don't care about the things you should be in charge of, and you jump headlong into the things you shouldn't be in charge of. What did you do with the mess in the Luo family?"

"Aren't you afraid of making yourself uncomfortable?"

"Who is that Luo Ruishan? He started his life by eating his wife's coffin."

"Do you think this girl from the Luo family can be so innocent to you? Didn't she fall in love with me, the master behind you!"

Qin Tianshun's speech was not pleasant, but the advantage was that he was straightforward and didn't mince words. He really treated Lu Yi as his third daughter when preaching, and all he said in a few words were sighs of "hate that iron can't be made into steel".

After Lu Yi finished listening, she remained silent and did not answer. She stood on the steps and looked towards the rockery in the distance. Qin Zhan and Luo Yao could be vaguely seen.

"Master, helping her is voluntary. I know that she plots the relationship network behind me." What she didn't say is that Luo Yao also has something she covets, and she is not a selfless person.

"And then you offer it with both hands?"

"Are you a pig brain? Where have I learned all the things I have learned for so long!"

Qin Tianshun raised his hand and stroked his hairless head, he was speechless: "Tell me, do you think your lover is beautiful?"

"..." This time it was Lu Yi's turn to be speechless.

Qin Tianshun knew about her sexual orientation. This was something she accidentally revealed when she was a low-level salesman in her early years.

"Master, I'm not that superficial, am I?" Lu Yi wondered what kind of image she was in Qin Tianshun's heart.

"I don't care if you're superficial or not."

"Do you know that Luo Kunpeng hired someone to trouble you some time ago?"

"Luo Kunpeng?" Hearing this name, Lu Yi finally had some other reactions, "I don't know, he called me and I didn't answer it, and when there was no more movement after that, I thought it was over."

"Luo Kunpeng asked someone to fix you." Qin Tianshun came back angrily and spun around twice, then patted Lu Yi's shoulder heavily with the back of his hand, "If it wasn't for Qin Yan who happened to find out about this matter, he went in the middle and stopped him. Come down, you are probably lying in the hospital now!"

Qin Tianshun continued to talk about many things that Lu Yi did not know.

It has to be said that the Qin family still has a lot of news channels, even people who are far away in Sichuan know what happened in the capital, even Lu Yi just received an order that flew over a while ago, he knows it clearly.

Of course, it also includes those things that happened in the Luo family.

Lu Yi quickly heard some clues.

She tentatively asked: "Master, you also think the two sisters of the Luo family are a bit pitiful, don't you?"

"It's quite pitiful. When I was young and just started my career, I also had a little friendship with their grandfather. He was a good businessman, but it's a pity that he passed away early, and the only daughter who was left was also unreliable. If he still It wouldn’t be so if it was here.”

Talking about this Qin Tianshun was a little bit embarrassed, as if he remembered the high-spirited look of his deceased friend.

I don't know if it's because people are getting older that their heart will become softer, at least he won't have so many emotions in the past.

"Since it's the blood of an old man, shouldn't you help me?" Lu Yi took the opportunity to speak, with a sly look in his eyes.

She knew that there was a reason why the master taught him so many words just now.

If you don't want to let yourself get in touch with Luo Yao, you won't have to wait until today to have an attack in person.

"I knew you were thinking about it." Qin Tianshun turned around with his hands behind his back, reached out and pointed at the tip of her nose, and lowered his voice, "You want to meddle in other people's family affairs, your thoughts are really deep enough. "

The word "conspiracy" refers to Lu Yi at this moment.

"But you don't seem to have figured it out yet, the person you want to help..."

"Maybe I don't need your help at all."

Qin Tian concealed his secrets along the way, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the house, leaving Lu Yi standing on the wooden steps alone.

The running water on the rockery is still flowing down.

Not far away, Qin Zhan was leading Luo Yao back to the garden where they were. The two looked very happy talking and laughing. I'm afraid they would never have thought of what kind of dispute just happened in this garden.

At noon, several people sat around the dining table and had a sumptuous lunch. There was no unpleasant conversation during the dinner. Seeing how Qin Tianshun took care of Luo Yao a lot, Lu Yi almost thought that the one who spoke to her not long ago The stern Master is an illusion.

In the end, Qin Zhan sent the two of them back to the hotel in person, and Luo Yao exchanged contact information with each other as he wished.

Today's trip, she has officially connected with the Qin family.

But she also knew in her heart who it was because of.

If it wasn't for Lu Yi...

Although he was very reluctant to admit that he still borrowed Lu Yi's light, he had secretly decided not to use the other party's connections before.

On the one hand, there was the olive branch handed over by the second son of the Qin family, and on the other hand, the emotional struggle for Lu Yi... Luo Yao was deeply involved in it, and she felt very conflicted.

When the two of them were alone, the contradictory emotions in her heart became more and more obvious, and she almost couldn't suppress it from gushing out.

Lu Yi is not a dull person, so she naturally felt it.

"What's the matter, why do you feel depressed all of a sudden, shouldn't you be very happy?" She sat down on the sofa on the other side as if casually, then reached out and turned on the TV.

More other voices in the room can at least relieve some embarrassment. Lu Yi, who doesn't like watching TV very much, now finally understands the advantages of TV.

Getting the ticket to cooperate with the Qin Group is something that many people dream of.

——At least with Luo Yao's current status, it's impossible, and Luo Ruishan's level is almost the same.

As for her, she dutifully acted as a bridge builder and sent Luo Yao to the other side of the river.

It stands to reason that this is something that the other party has planned from the beginning, and now that it has developed to this point, there is no need to be unhappy.

Unless Luo Yao's thoughts changed during this period, and some unplanned changes occurred.

So what will this accident be?

Lu Yi pursed her lips.

She had some guesses in her heart, but she didn't say anything.

Who says she has no plans.

Who said she didn't calculate carefully.

In today's step, what she was concerned about was whether Luo Yao's intentions were unknowingly the same as hers.

One thought after another flashed through Lu Yi's mind, and soon—

"I don't really want to cooperate with the Qin Group now."

Luo Yao's voice overwhelmed the human voice on the TV and fell into Lu Yi's ear.

"why?"

"Because of some...personal reasons." Luo Yao hesitated, his eyes flickering, but he still didn't tell the real reason.

She just analyzed it with Lu Yi: "Actually, it doesn't matter much whether we cooperate with Qin Group or not. We just say that the future road will be easier and broader."

This is a shortcut that can be taken or not.

The consequences of choosing a shortcut may save a lot of unnecessary time and avoid many detours, but it is not impossible to not take it.

Just spend some more time.

Luo Yao's hands placed by her side suddenly shook lightly against the air, revealing her mood at the moment.

She raised her eyes to observe the expression on Lu Yi's face at the moment, and found that the other party was still in a daze as if waiting for her to continue talking.

The relationship between the two is now gradually developing in a clear direction, Luo Yao does not want to be said to be using Lu Yi to gain power in the near future.

For insignificant people, if you use it, you will use it. That was the past.

But for the important ones...

Feelings are too fragile, if mixed with a little bit of impurities, they will deteriorate, Luo Yao doesn't want such a thing to happen.

She also didn't want to explain too clearly to Lu Yi.

"All in all, I just don't want to." Luo Yao smiled vaguely, and brought this matter up in one sentence, "But thank you very much for bringing me here today, allowing me to meet a legend in the business world, it's finally worth it OK."

After finally making a decision, Luo Yao's mood became much more relaxed, and his tone of voice became lighter.

It's just that Luo Yao didn't know that while making his own decision, Lu Yi also got an answer.

——It turns out that they have reached the same goal by different routes.

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I'm not in a good state today, I'm a bit stuck, I'm sorry to write so much...