The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 77 - A Little Moved
Chapter 77: Chapter 77: A Little Moved
Chapter 77 -77: A Little Moved
“For me? You’re joking, right?” Jiang Man raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lu Xingzhou’s hand.
He was wearing white gloves, clearly indicating that everything in the storage cabinet was a treasure.
“Seeing how much you like it, it’s yours. I’ll pick another one as a gift for your uncle when we meet.”
“You…” Jiang Man was at a loss for words for a moment.
“I can’t accept rewards without merits.” They were only a couple by contract, and such a valuable gift made her feel undeserving.
Moreover, it was evident that these were his cherished collections, not easily given away.
“Anyway, it’s just gathering dust in the cabinet, might as well give it to someone who truly appreciates it, which would reflect its value,” Lu Xingzhou said with a gentle smile, beaming like the warm spring sun.
Jiang Man shook her head.
A gentleman loves money and comes by it honestly.
There are things to do and things not to do.
“I won’t take it.” She was resolute.
Suddenly, she stood up straight, striding towards the inner bedroom.
Lu Xingzhou’s hand was left hanging in mid-air, and he let out a wry smile.
He looked at the watch in his hand, carefully placed it aside by itself.
Although the watch wasn’t given away, he had already considered it a gift for Jiang Man.
Jiang Man lay on the bed scrolling through her phone, occasionally glancing at the living room outside the bedroom.
Seeing the man still meticulously searching through the cabinet, her heart inexplicably felt a touch of tenderness.
Undeniably, as they spent time together, she found that Lu Xingzhou was actually very easy to get along with; he was the type with a cool exterior but a warm heart.
When they were with family, they didn’t talk much; it was always the aunt and second aunt who talked the most, while he always quietly played the listener.
Some people are cold, truly cold, indifferent to the people around them.
But not Lu Xingzhou.
He had a passionate heart.
Jiang Man smiled secretly to herself, suddenly feeling inspired.
“Lu Xingzhou, do you have any paper and a pen in your room?”
“Yes, in the top drawer of the bedside table, there’s an unused notebook.”
“OK.”
Jiang Man accordingly pulled open the bedside drawer.
Wow!
Several notebooks quietly lay inside.
She didn’t touch the older ones but took the new one.
These days everyone uses computers for note-taking; someone like Lu Xingzhou still using a notebook…
Her mind instantly flashed an image of her old man.
Well, Lu Xingzhou’s old-man vibe was pretty strong, like an elderly gentleman.
She leaned back against the bed, crossed her legs.
Placing the notebook on her knees, she pulled off the cap of the pen and quickly began sketching on the page.
After searching for a while longer, Lu Xingzhou finally found another item he deemed a suitable gift.
This one, he’d give it to Jiang Man’s uncle tomorrow.
“Manman, I’m going to take a shower.”
Lu Xingzhou walked into the inner room, heading towards the wardrobe.
Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, tearing out a page from the notebook: “Here.”
She handed the paper to Lu Xingzhou.
Lu Xingzhou looked at it suspiciously, then his eyes widened in surprise.
The paper bore a sketch—it was actually a drawing of him!
This isn’t the point, the point is that it’s very, very similar! It’s entirely him in the black and white photo!
“Is this… did you draw this?” Lu Xingzhou couldn’t believe it.
Jiang Man stuffed the pen into the cap and put the notebook back on the bedside table, “What do you think? You looked pretty handsome squatting there searching for something, so I was inspired to draw you.”
“It’s very good.” Lu Xingzhou’s Adam’s apple bobbed, “You think I’m handsome?”
As he asked, he felt his heart as if it was being repeatedly pressed, thumping incessantly.
“Pretty handsome.” Jiang Man said unfazed.
“So you’re handsome without realizing it?”
Lu Xingzhou immediately turned his face away, “It’s true that many girls chase after me.”
“There you go.” Jiang Man, indifferent, reached for her phone, preparing to play a game.
“So you…” Lu Xingzhou’s heart leapt, wanting to ask Jiang Man if she was like the other girls who also wanted to chase him.
But before he could ask, the phone in his pocket rang.
He glanced at the caller ID, his eyebrows sharply furrowing.
Taking the drawing of Jiang Man, he carefully folded it and tucked it into the pocket near his heart.
“I need to take this call,” he told Jiang Man.
Jiang Man tapped on the game app, murmuring an ‘mm-hmm’.
Just as she clicked into the game and it was still loading, a call pop-up appeared on her phone.
The caller ID showed Song Xiao.
“Hello?” Jiang Man answered, “I’m about to play a game, make it quick.”
“This is bad news!” The other end of the phone was noisy, obviously from a nightclub.
“Hold on a sec!” Song Xiao shouted over the noise.
After a while, the noisy background quieted slightly.
“I just heard from a guy, Xingzhou offended Director Wang from the Urban Construction Bureau, and the land planned for Lu’s company will now go to auction. I heard that Nan’s Group is stepping in, determined to get it, and they will compete against Lu’s!”
Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, her voice very cold, “So what?”
She and Lu Xingzhou were just a contract couple, Lu’s troubles were Lu’s problems.
Besides, Lu’s is the biggest company in the country, bound to face endless troubles if it wants to remain unshaken.
And resolving these issues were the responsibilities of Lu Xingzhou and the other executives at Lu’s, what did it have to do with her as an outsider?
“I only found out later, that day at the race, Xingzhou offended Director Wang for you. That land is significant for Lu’s, they planned to build a resort there, invest 2 billion, and expected to profit over 100 billion, now those 100 billion could be lost, do you think the board will let him off? What was initially sure to be theirs now has to go to auction, who knows how much the final bid will be.”
Song Xiao anxiously relayed the incident of the race day to Jiang Man in detail.
Jiang Man, incredulous, “Are you sure I’m that important? Director Wang said I’m a nobody, and Lu Xingzhou turned against him?”
“How should I know what Xingzhou thinks? Maybe you really are that important to him? If I’m not wrong, tonight Xingzhou will be called in by the board, as the announcement for the land auction is going out tomorrow.”
“Alright, I got it.”
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Man remained skeptical.
Lu Xingzhou for her sake?
Anyway, she didn’t believe it.
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However, since it indeed involved her, she couldn’t just ignore it.
Thinking this, she immediately called her uncle.
By the time she finished her call, Lu Xingzhou had not returned.
Soon after, she received a text from him.
[Tomorrow’s meeting with your uncle might need to be rescheduled, something came up at the company, you sleep alone tonight.]
Jiang Man looked at the text, her brows immediately knitting together.
Although Song Xiao was a playboy, hanging out with a bunch of wealthy friends, he still managed to dig up insider information.
After some thought, she sent a text to Song Xiao.
[Don’t worry, I have a plan.]
