Up to You - C208
When I woke up the next day, Mu Huainan was in the kitchen cooking for me as usual.
He still had a pair of chopsticks in his hand, and when he saw me so crippled, he was so angry that he almost jumped out of his chair.
“What if he falls down the stairs?”
“Do you know what you look like now?”
Without looking up, he helped me put on my socks.
“He looks like a housewife.”
After putting on his socks, he finally looked up and sighed deeply.
“I’ve really spoiled you.”
I shook my head.
“You are the Mr. Mou? You raised me so carefree that I did not care about worldly affairs. You must have your own plans.”
I didn’t have any strange tone in my voice, but I spoke to him quietly.
It was like telling the truth, not asking a rhetorical question.
“An’an.” With his intelligence, he naturally understood the meaning behind my words. He only said lightly, “I just want you to have a happy life.”
I raised my eyebrows and carelessly cupped his face in mine.
“I know.”
He looked at me for a long time without saying a word.
He set me down on the couch to rest. He went into the kitchen to get ready, and after a while the scent came in, and I reached for the remote control on the table to turn on the TV, which was watching the most flamboyant entertainment channel.
The Mr. Mou is still the Mr. Mou after all. I, Lin Shupei, Liang Yin, and even that woman who was by his side and I don’t know her name before, we were all the same, we were all groomed by him to act like we want to, since we can’t avoid her, we should go and accept her.
He cooked the rice porridge and fried the meat pie. The fragrance permeated the air. I ate the porridge in big mouthfuls with a smile on my face.
He never said a word to me.
“Uncle Huainan.” I called to him, “What’s the matter with you?”
He put another meat loaf in my bowl and looked up at me, his eyes dull, a perfunctory smile on his lips.
“Is it delicious?”
I nodded.
“If it’s delicious, then eat more.”
This atmosphere always made me wonder if it was good or bad for him to be unhappy at this crucial moment. His heart sank, and he began to eat until there was no taste in his mouth.
“Uncle Huainan.” I finally couldn’t help but ask him, “Don’t you like it when I’m like this?”
Living carefreely in the castle he built, not caring about worldly affairs, protected by him from everything else.
Maybe he meant well. He really wanted me to be happy.
But he never thought about whether he was building me a castle or a cage.
He put down the bowl and chopsticks, turned off the TV with the remote control, and looked at it again.
“If you’re angry at me, angry that I won’t tell you the reason behind all these things, then find another good way to take revenge on me. Don’t use yourself to make fun of me.” He was finally angered. “Don’t let me think that all these years, my heart has been fed to those ingrate.”
Then he got up and left without even taking his coat, and I hopped on one leg to the French window to look at him. He was already in the car, and the car rumbled along with a trail of smoke, not a trace of him to be seen.
I had made him angry, but I didn’t seem as happy as I had thought.
In such a large room, it was completely empty. It was so lonely that it felt cold.
I was limping, and without his protection, I couldn’t seem to get anywhere.
But…
I really should escape from his utopia and go out in search of the path that should have been mine.
Lin Shupei’s appearance seemed to create a gap between me and my previous life. Blood poured out, and I was able to see the truth behind the thin layer of mist.
I used to be so comfortable that I forgot about my parents’ deaths.
“Ding Ling Ling”
The phone rang, and I limped over to the sofa and picked it up.
“Hello.”
“Hello, Master Lu. Didn’t you arrange a meeting with a new partner today? When are you coming to the company?”
So many things had happened these days that I hadn’t been to the company for many days and had forgotten that today was the day to meet a customer.
“Alright, I’ll be there in a moment.”
After hanging up, I started to take my time to clean up. I still didn’t have a clue about a lot of things, so I could only take things one step at a time. After suppressing that matter for so many years, there would be a day when there would be an opening.
I’ll find out.
When I arrived at the company, my secretary, Amy, was waiting for me on the first floor.
“Master Lu, originally, you were injured so you should have a good rest at home. However, today’s customers are very important, so I had no choice but to call you.”
“How did you know I was hurt?”
She held me at the elevator door, her eyes averted.
“You were standing here waiting for me, Amy. Who told you that my leg was injured?”
She couldn’t answer, so I answered for her.
“Did Mu Huainan tell you?”
She lowered her head and explained anxiously, “Mubai was also worried about you.”
“You’re one of my people, why are you in such close contact with him?”
When the elevator came down, she helped me in.
“Ding ~”
When the elevator arrived and the door opened, I walked out with her and told her quietly.
“You don’t have to come tomorrow.”
She held my hand and stopped. I stopped with her and turned to face her.
“Today, remember to hand over all your work and give it to Mary to take your place.”
Amy looked troubled, “Master Lu, did I do something wrong?”
I shook my head without blaming her at all. Instead, I patted her shoulder and comforted her, “Returning to Mu Huainan’s side to work will give you a lot more future than staying by my side.”
She started to panic, and as she panicked, she unconsciously listened to what I said, and spoke out the words in her heart.
“I didn’t finish my mission well. Mubai won’t let me go back.”
The smile on my face stopped and my gaze slowly turned cold.
“You admit that Mu Huainan sent you to my side to monitor me?”
She looked up with her eyes opened wide, hurriedly shook her head, “No, please don’t misunderstand Master Lu, it’s not like that.”
Anyway, Amy followed me for a long time, and ever since I had accepted the Lu Group, she was already by my side. I patiently listened to what she had to say.
“Okay, then tell me, what is it like?”
Her eyes wandered, her mind was troubled, her voice was floating.
“Mubai, he … He was just worried about you. He was afraid that you would run the company by yourself, so. That’s why he allowed me to follow you. Don’t misunderstand him … ”
I couldn’t help but sneer. “You’re so anxious to speak up for him. You’re truly loyal.”
There was a captive dog.
I didn’t want to say anything to her, so I turned and walked back to the office. I limped a little too slowly, but I still stubbornly shook off her hand.
Mu Huainan, Mu Huainan… My life is full of his name, and now even the people around me have their hearts set on him.
He made me not see the truth, not see the falsehood, only what he wanted me to see.
After looking at the records, she just returned back to Singapore. She grew up in Singapore since she was young, so she shouldn’t have anything to do with Mu Huainan, so she can take over from Amy. It was perfect.
The handover was quick, and by the time I met my clients, the person following me was no longer Amy but Mary.
She placed the file on the table in front of me and informed me that my client would be arriving in about half an hour.
“Wait.”
She opened the door and was about to leave my office when I called out to her.
“Master Lu, is there anything else?”
“Go check out the fire in the Tiansheng district 13 years ago. The house that was burned down was taken over by a construction company and rebuilt.”
“Alright Master Lu.”
The Tiansheng sector was the courtyard of the Lu family’s old mansion.
I want to know why Mu Huainan wants to restore the original appearance of that villa, what does he want to hide? Or was there another reason?
Before he left, I told her, “Find out in private. Don’t let anyone else know.”
“Alright.”
Half an hour later, the appointed client arrived on time, and I studied the company carefully.
The moment I took over the Lu, I had already cooperated with them, but they had previously cooperated with the Mu before, and had also cooperated with him for close to ten years, so their relationship should be very close. After that, they were assigned to the Lu, so there was no need to think about it, this must have been Mu Huainan’s intention.
But I know that he probably had no other intentions, it’s just that in the beginning, Lu was hard to do, and becoming big was not an easy task, we could only split a few customers from his company to this side, and then slowly expand.
As we are an old partner, we only met briefly at the dinner when Lu was changing management. This construction material company is also relatively low-key in the industry, so there weren’t many rumors about it. When I walked into the conference room, I didn’t see a simple uncle.
That person was thin, and his pair of small eyes looked extremely sly. It was hard to imagine how Mu Huainan could take such a person as his subordinate for so many years.
I seem to realize that the more I walk outside, the more I frequently lament about the greatness of Mr. Mou.
Greatness is not necessarily a word of praise.
“Hello, Master Lu.”
He got up and greeted me politely, not far from me.
“Hello, Director Zhao.”
“I have seen the latest project tender requirements issued by the Lu. You have just received a new batch of high-quality lumber. You want powerful partners to take it out in the long run, right?”
I nodded.
“The quality of this batch of goods is very special. I can guarantee that the quality of this batch of wood is unique to the entire Mu City.”
“Alright!” Director Zhao was also a straightforward person, he was too lazy to say anything more and went straight to the point. “We have worked together with Lu for so many years, and both of us are well aware of our strengths. In the future, we will be taking all of the timber that comes up this path.”
I calmly cut off the Director Zhao’s wishful thinking.
“Wait.”
“Why, do the Master Lu question our strength? Afraid our company won’t have the money to pay you? Don’t worry! I’ll give you sixty percent of the deposit! “How about it, is this good enough?”
I politely smiled and shook my head. “Director Zhao, you misunderstood, that’s not what I meant.”
“Then what do you mean?”
“Because this project has special channels and we barely managed to get it, the requirements for the partners are quite high. Currently, we have listed a total of three companies competing with each other, and the final result will depend on each boss’ strength.”
Director Zhao’s face did not look good. He frowned, clearly not as confident as before.
“Master Lu, by doing this, you seem to be trying to destroy the bridge after crossing the river, right?” The Director Zhao snorted: “In the past, when your Lu was in a difficult situation, how did our company help you? Now that you’re powerful, you’re going to turn hostile? ”
“Director Zhao, you are being too harsh, you have to help us when we are in trouble, that’s true, I am grateful for that too, but all these years you have eaten Mu’s and our kickbacks, you have also eaten a lot of money, now, you should have repaid the debt of gratitude you owe me back then, right?”
Hearing this, the Director Zhao’s face darkened. He was afraid that when I mentioned the place where he felt guilty about, he would immediately vent.
