Female-to-male: I live on farming

Lu Youqing lowered her eyes and looked at the investigation results sent by her subordinates. Such a result seemed to be within her expectations.

At this time, Qin Ke had already come up to her and put his arms around her waist from behind. Lu Youqing's hair was fluffy and soft, glowing with a warm color in the morning sun.

Qin Ke lowered his head, his nose tip very close to the back of her neck, and the elegant body fragrance lingered around Qin Ke's brain, which was not yet fully awake.

"Whose phone number?"

"It's a call from the company. If you have nothing to do today, just take a good rest at home." Lu Youqing rubbed her messy hair with his backhand.

"Oh."

Just as Lu Youqing finished giving her instructions, the phone in her hand rang again.

"Manager Lu, Huo Liting from Huo's company wants to see you."

Huo Liting didn't know Lu Youqing's personal number, so he could only contact Dongsheng's staff to convey it to him.

Lu Youqing raised his eyebrows slightly and replied, "Okay, then this afternoon."

Lu Youqing agreed very readily, so readily that Qin Ke was unhappy. When Lu Youqing answered the phone, Qin Ke listened attentively, and naturally heard everything the other side said clearly.

"What does he want from you?"

Qin Ke was full of disgust. She had always disliked Huo Liting, and now he actually came to poach her openly.

That’s right, Qin Ke thought he was here to poach employees.

Listening to Qin Ke's jealous words, Lu Youqing smiled even more and coaxed softly, "He came to me, I think he came to apologize. Be good and wait for me at home today. I will be back soon."

Before the matter was resolved, Lu Youqing didn't want Qin Ke to run around outside.

Just as Lu Youqing expected, Huo Liting met her today just to express his apology.

For this purpose, he even changed his usual style and arrived at the agreed place half an hour early.

In fact, he wanted to ask Lu Youqing out for lunch, but the other party rejected him outright and only agreed to meet in the afternoon.

Lu Youqing arrived just on time to meet Huo Liting. There were only a handful of people in the entire East City who could make him wait.

"I heard you like tea, so I made an appointment here. I wonder if you like it?"

Huo Liting rolled up the cuffs of his pure black shirt slightly, picked up the purple clay teapot, and gently poured her a cup of tea.

Lu Youqing gently shook the teacup, lowered his eyes to observe the light color of the tea soup, took a sip, and said lightly: "Tea is in one's heart, whether it is a mansion or a humble room, it makes no difference."

"I think Miss Lu can guess the reason why I asked her to come here. I will use tea instead of wine to apologize to Miss Lu for what my mother did."

Huo Liting stood up holding the teacup in both hands and bowed slightly to Lu Youqing.

"Mr. Huo is well-informed. Dongsheng had only just discovered Mrs. Huo's involvement when Mr. Huo received the letter."

Huo Liting bowed slightly, then stood up again, looking down at her.

"My mother was just angry for a while, and my subordinates acted on their own initiative based on her mood. When I found out, I had already stopped everything."

Lu Youqing raised her head slightly and looked at him, her face as calm as water.

At this time, Huo Liting also realized that it was inappropriate to speak in this way, so he sat in front of him again and said in a deep voice: "In fact, in addition to apologizing for this matter today, I have something else to say to Miss Lu. I wonder if Miss Lu knows that someone has contacted Dongsheng's shareholders privately?"

"As expected, Mr. Huo, is this a return of favor?"

"Miss Lu may think so," Huo Liting smiled slightly. "President Lu wants to help Miss Lu gain a foothold in Dongsheng, but this is not easy. I wonder if Miss Lu has thought of a simpler and more convenient way?"

"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Huo is talking about a marriage? Is this what Mr. Huo meant, or what Mrs. Huo meant?"

Huo Liting collected his thoughts and did not answer immediately.

Lu Youqing continued, "I think it was Mr. Huo's own idea. When Mrs. Huo ordered her subordinates to stir up trouble online, she already looked down on me. How could she want to marry me?"

"Miss Lu is extremely smart." Huo Liting lowered his eyes slightly.

"I have a question. Please help me solve it, Mr. Huo."

"Excuse me, Miss Lu."

Lu Youqing swept his cold eyes over him and said calmly, "Mr. Huo should be about the same age as me. I have heard a lot of rumors about you. Hasn't Mr. Huo met someone he likes over the years? I can also sense a little bit of Mr. Huo's thoughts."

"But when Mr. Huo first met me that day, he didn't even look at me for a second until I wrote that calligraphy on the stage. Could it be that Mr. Huo only saw in my talent?"

Lu Youqing's series of questions stunned Huo Liting for a moment, and then he fell silent.

He couldn't help but think back to the people he had met in the past few years. It's not that he had never met someone he had a crush on, but they were all...

"I think Mr. Huo took too many things into consideration when choosing his partner, including family background, character, and Mrs. Huo's opinion. Mrs. Huo agreed to Mr. Huo's relationship with me only after she was sure that my mother would really recognize me, wasn't she?"

Huo Liting couldn't help but look up at Lu Youqing. This woman was too smart.

His knowledge and vision are totally unlike those of someone who grew up in a remote mountain village.

Just as Lu Youqing said, he had too many concerns and knew that an intimate relationship would not lead to any future results, so it would be better not to start it.

"It's the same for all wealthy families. Since I was born into this wealth, my marriage should naturally follow the rules of the upper class. On this basis, I have a good impression of Miss Lu. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

What Huo Liting said was as if it should be true. Lu Youqing knew that he really thought so and did the same thing.

"Mr. Huo is a man of unity of knowledge and action, but I don't want to do that."

"Is it because of that Miss Qin?" When Huo Liting saw Qin Ke and Lu Youqing dancing together at the dinner party that day, he guessed that the two had unusual identities. It was not until he saw their intimate photos on the Internet that he was completely confirmed.

Lu Youqing tilted her head slightly, looked at the busy traffic outside the window, and asked, "If I were just a plain girl with a low status, would Mr. Huo still look at me more?"

Huo Liting frowned in confusion. In his opinion, a smart woman like Lu Youqing should not ask such stupid and unanswerable questions.

"Or, Mr. Huo and I share power, and if someone needs to step down, Mr. Huo would be willing to take the initiative to give up the power in his hands."

The ridge between Huo Liting's brows deepened.

Why would Lu Youqing ask a question when he already knew the answer?

How could there be a man in this world who is willing to give up his power for a woman?

Huo Liting remained silent.

But silence was his answer. Lu Youqing turned around, and her amber eyes rippled slightly, as if they were shining with bright lights, evoking a faint joy. She just stared at her without blinking.

"But I met such a person. What Mr. Huo couldn't do, someone else had done for me. And the power and wealth that Mr. Huo relied on were within my reach."