Mr. Lu's delicate bag

Chapter 178 Working within the Frame

Shen Jiaojiao has always been serious about her work, and once she is given a task, her mind is full of it.

But the man stepped away from her, looked at Ji Yalan, and said, "Come here."

Shen Jiaojiao foolishly thought that he had something to do with Ji Yalan. She watched them walk towards the rooftop opposite, then lowered her head and continued to work on the quail eggs.

Ji Yalan didn't quite understand why the man suddenly called her. Did he see her when she spoke to Shen Jiaojiao just now?

When she followed the man to the other side, she was not sure. She looked forward and didn't see anything to take, so she asked the man behind her in confusion, "Shi Ze, it's a bit dark over there. What are you doing? I'm a little afraid of the dark."

Lu Shize said calmly, "Let's talk for less than a minute."

When they walked behind the flower bed, the man stopped. Ji Yalan was a little nervous. After all, it had been many years since she had been so close to him, and they were standing alone like this. Before, she had greeted him through Lu's mother.

The man turned to look at her sideways and said, "Excuse me, but I want to ask, do you like me?"

Uh?

Ji Yalan quickly raised her head, blinking, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

The man was looking at her, but just looking at her. He was like a stranger. There was no urgency or urging in his expression, not even the slightest tendency to frown. He just waited calmly for the answer.

It seems that whether I like him or not has no effect at all. He won't be happy, nor will he feel troubled, right?

Ji Yalan had no choice but to look away, wanting to retreat as an attack, and asked, "Shi Ze, why do you feel this way?"

It is said that men like gentle women, so Ji Yalan showed her most patient and lovely side. She also had the shyness that a woman should have. After asking the question, her face felt a little hot.

Seeing that she didn't answer the question directly but asked it in return, the man could only speak frankly, "First, if you do all this because you like me, then stop immediately. Everyone's time is precious, and I respect your time. I think I should tell you the truth and not get deeper into it.

Second, if you did this not because you liked me, but because you really had become close friends with my mother, regardless of age difference, and these moments together were precious, then I apologize for my momentary assumption.

Of course, mainly, I don’t want Jiaojiao to misunderstand anything.”

Just a few words blocked Ji Yalan's way. She did all this because she liked Lu Shize. Otherwise, who would be willing to accompany an old man to listen to those extremely slow dramas?

He also meticulously delivered various issues of magazines and newspapers, and even went to the welfare home several times...

But the man said, stop immediately... and said that the most important thing is that he doesn't want Shen Jiaojiao to misunderstand.

The man not only noticed that Ji Yalan and Shen Jiaojiao were not getting along tonight, he also remembered the charity night when he wanted to draw a line between them and let Ji Yalan put her arm around him... And that time, the little girl was so upset that she took out some folded pink flowers, which finally fell beside the car.

He was much older than Shen Jiaojiao, and she was too young to see some things clearly, but he couldn't pretend not to know. Many people enjoyed the ambiguity with others, and then pretended to be stupid... But Lu Shize disdained to do that.

He would just say what he saw or thought. Even if there was a misunderstanding, it was better than the other person spending time on him and complaining in the end.

"How petty..." Ji Yalan sulked, looking contemptuously at Shen Jiaojiao in the distance, then back at Lu Shize, "Why? She likes you? Did you notice that she was jealous just now? So, you came to warn me?"

Lu Shize frowned and looked at her, "It has nothing to do with her. I just think that some things should be made clear.

besides"···

Lu Shize pulled off his sleeve that he had worn when he was grilling the food. Now he saw that those people were no longer gathered around the table where the food was being prepared. They must have finished their preparations and gone to the barbecue grill.

“Don’t use bad words to judge Jiaojiao.

If I like it, that’s my problem.

Finally, tonight is all I have to say to you. I don’t like you.”

What I mean is, no matter what you do next, whether you disappear immediately or continue to keep in touch with your mother, but if one day you say that you like me, I have already rejected you tonight.

When Lu Shize came back, Shen Jiaojiao had already been called by the two grandmothers to sit at the dining table. Most of the food had been baked and they could eat it slowly.

Grandma Shen glanced at Ji Yalan who was following behind Lu Shize, and then looked back at her granddaughter. The little girl was still silly. Maybe her uncle was already dating that girl.

When Grandma Lu saw Ji Yalan, she called her. Ji Yalan smiled and raised her hand in response, and finally sat down next to her.

Shen Jiaojiao took the chicken leg handed to her by her grandmother and put it on Ji Yalan's plate, "You're here, eat this."

"···Thanks".

Lu Shize sat opposite, peeled 4 grilled shrimps, and placed the plate in front of Shen Jiaojiao. Shen Jiaojiao picked up the shrimps with chopsticks as usual, took a bite, and was surprised to find them very sweet. She raised her head quickly and said, "Uncle, they are delicious."

The man smiled and nodded. He liked watching Shen Jiaojiao eat, as if everything was delicious...

The housekeeper played an open-air movie, an old comedy played by the projector. Grandma Shen was watching it happily, but from time to time she saw her granddaughter, who always looked across. She looked over silently, and the person Jiaojiao was looking at was not someone else, but Lu Shize.

So, Jiaojiao slowly fell in love with Lu Shize? No, to be precise, it shouldn't be slowly, but it has been like this since childhood...

She couldn't help but frown and looked at Grandma Lu again. There was another girl next to her. That girl was definitely more capable than her granddaughter. Although there was the story of Cinderella and the prince, people who had lived for most of their lives still believed that only people with equal abilities were suitable to get married.

Ji Yalan was at the welfare home today. She was decisive, resolute, yet gentle in her words and deeds. Moreover, many times, she could sense that Grandma Lu had a close relationship with her. The two of them were always together. For example, at this moment, Ji Yalan was no longer eating barbecue, but pouring a glass of milk for Grandma Lu to help her get rid of the greasiness.

Grandma Shen looked back at her granddaughter, who was still innocently nibbling on the half eggplant the man handed her.

Shen Jiaojiao had a big appetite. After she had almost finished eating, she took the milk, stood up and poured it for everyone. Just as she was about to pour it for Grandma Lu, Aunt Xue quickly took it and said, "Oh, miss, let me do it."

"It's okay, let her fall," Grandma Shen said with a smile as she pressed Aunt Xue.

Shen Jiaojiao naturally didn't notice anything. After she poured the wine, she poured it for Ji Yalan. Ji Yalan pulled Grandma Lu and pointed at the screen, talking about the plot of the movie, "Look, the person is hiding there, they can't see it."

Shen Jiaojiao walked over again and poured wine for Lu Shize. Lu Shize knocked on the table to show his gratitude.

"are you full?"

Shen Jiaojiao shook her head. "No, there's still a chicken drumstick being roasted over there. I think I can still eat half of it. What about you, uncle?"

Lu Shize smiled and said, "I'll eat the half you left, and I should be full."

As they were talking, Lu Shize's phone rang. He glanced at it and saw Shen Jiaojiao put down the milk box. "Who is it?"

"It's Han Shuda's, I'll take it," he said, then stood up and walked towards the flower bed in the distance.

Han Shuda's mother has recently started urging him to have a baby again. When he got home tonight, he listened to her for almost the entire meal time. "Hey, can you give me some advice? I'm worried my wife will get tired of listening to you."

After Han Shuda finished his speech, he remembered that Lu Shize hadn't even gotten married yet, so how could he give him advice? He laughed at himself and said, "Oh, forget it. You're so busy every day that it's hard for you to handle my housework. Oh, by the way, where were you socializing today? Who were you with?"

"At home, Jiaojiao's grandmother came, and we had barbecue together in the old house."

"Damn! Barbecue! Hey, I can take my wife out for barbecue, hehe, thanks for the reminder."

Han Shuda hung up the phone happily, but Lu Shize saw Special Assistant Chen walking towards him. He subconsciously stepped back a little, and Special Assistant Chen followed him. The two hid behind the flower bed.

The man glanced at Special Assistant Chen, who quickly covered his lips and whispered in his ear, "That surveyor was found to have foreign debts."

The man pondered for a moment, and as expected, Special Assistant Chen nodded at him. "The case is connected to the websites of the two Shen family members. The police have also noticed it... Now we just have to wait and see if those foreign debts are related to the over one million yuan they owed others at that time."

At that time, the more than one million foreign debt was apparently used for the Shen family's business operations, but... what if the two people in the Shen family were not the ones who really needed to spend the money?

But, what about the body buried beside the bridge pier - where is the surveyor?

Lu Shize knew that he was getting closer to the truth, and subconsciously raised his hand. Special Assistant Chen quickly took out the cigarette box. He took a cigarette from it, but then remembered that Shen Jiaojiao was still here, so he pushed it back.

"Don't smoke?"

The man shook his head and said, "Jiaojiao is here, she doesn't like the smell of smoke... Well, we must strengthen the protection of Jiaojiao and her grandmother recently. This matter is of utmost importance."

Special Assistant Chen nodded in agreement, "Sir, how about our old lady also move to the villa?"

Although, the more things develop to a fever pitch, the more likely Gu Kaicheng is to take action against Shen Jiaojiao or Grandma Shen, but that villain may also take action against Lu Shize or the old lady of the Lu family, right?

Lu Shize nodded and said, "Wait a minute, I'll talk to them, you go and do your work first."

Special Assistant Chen returned to the dining table. Lu Shize sent a message to the person responsible for hyping up the webpage online, telling them to stop for the time being and protect themselves first. The police had already thought in that direction and had seen initial results.

However, just as he removed the temporary phone card used for contact, Special Assistant Chen called him, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Chu is here."

Chu Xia watched the whole family watching a movie and enjoying barbecue on the rooftop, and she also saw the person named Ji Yalan.

This person seemed to be very familiar with this family. Lu Shize's mother was sitting almost next to her, and it seemed like they had a very close relationship...

Chu Xia suddenly felt that she had used the wrong strategy. She had only been meeting with Lu Shize in the company, but it didn't seem to be as effective as meeting with this person.

"Boss Chu, what's the matter?"

Hearing Lu Shize's voice, Chu Xia quickly turned around and said, "Sorry to bother you." Then, he bowed to the two elders and apologized in a slightly louder voice, "Sorry, I'm here to look for Shize. There's an urgent matter at the company. I'll be there in a moment."

After apologizing to her elders, Chu Xia walked towards Lu Shize. Naturally, she didn't talk about company matters in front of the crowd, so Lu Shize just waited for her in the middle between the flower bed and this side.

Chu Xia arrived and hurriedly reported, "Zhu Chengxi and Cai Xingyao had an argument backstage, and then they punched each other before breaking up."

It wasn't a big deal, actually. With so many idols signed to the company, this kind of thing wasn't uncommon. It was common for guys to punch each other in the face or slap each other.

It is common for female idols to exchange some dirty talk, argue about hair styles, and talk about who cut whose skirt or whose high heels were stolen.

But tonight, Chu Xia found out that they all returned to the old house, and not only Shen Jiaojiao was there, but Ji Yalan was also there.

Ji Yalan is his middle school classmate!

Chu Xia reported, but from time to time he glanced at Ji Yalan who was not far away.

Just like when she was in school, if she knew how to solve the problem, she would solve it directly... Or, if she didn't know how to do it, she would look at the standard answer and learn how to do it carefully... So, she wanted to come and see what Ji Yalan was like, and whether she could learn from her to defeat her?

At least, on the surface, many people in the company are saying that it is very likely that Ji Yalan can win over Lu Shize.

Although some people supported her and Lu Shize before, recently, Ji Yalan occasionally came to the company to discuss cooperation, but every time she went to the office to find Lu Shize, she had various reasons.

Chu Xia heard some reasons, for example, this time his mother asked for something, and Ji Yalan "passed by" to tell Lu Shize that she had helped to get it. As time went by, more and more people thought that she and Lu Shize could be together. After all, they chatted casually and looked more like a couple.

"And then?" the man asked calmly about the consequences of the incident, interrupting her thoughts.

Chu Xia quickly came to his senses, "Oh, I was afraid of being photographed, so I asked people to hold back everyone present. I didn't dare say anything and didn't let them leave, but they definitely won't be held back for long. I was afraid someone would take photos or videos and spread them out."

"It's very simple. Just make up an excuse for one of the staff members and ask them to prepare a small cake or some gift for that person. Ask them to tell everyone present not to leave and give that person a surprise together. That's all that will be fine."

Chu Xia nodded quickly and started making a phone call, calming everyone present. She quickly looked at Lu Shize, who said, "The door should be closed, right? Let the two artists' managers come out and earnestly ask everyone to delete the videos or photos on their phones. If it's a reasonable request, just say it directly."

On a more serious note, if the news gets out and they find out who it is, no one in this industry would dare to hire him anymore.”

Only by combining warmth and strength can things be handled well.

To be honest, the entertainment industry is generally chaotic and full of gossip. Who among the makeup artists, prop masters, and behind-the-scenes staff hasn't seen or heard some of it with their own eyes or ears?

But it will not be spread on a large scale. At most, it will be discussed among relatives and friends in a small circle.

Because, although gossip is fun, the main job is more important. If the agent makes the interests clear and appeals to the people's emotions and reason, they will not really spread the information on a large scale.

If it is indeed discovered, no agency or production company will dare to use such people in the future.

"it is good".

Lu Shize glanced at Chu Xia. It was just a small matter, so there was no need to bother Chu Xia to ask for his advice.

But since he was here, Lu Shize made the most of it.

"Oh, by the way, that incident where a passerby ran into Cai Xingyao over the weekend, wasn't that a big deal?"

He had no intention of asking about this matter, so he didn't care how Chu Xia answered. He just hinted at it and wanted to tell him that there are some things that you don't know just because you don't ask.

Seeing that Chu Xia was speechless for a moment, he glanced at the secretary behind her and said, "Just do your work within the framework. You don't have to ask me about everything."