C21 Continued Cold War

"I'm not with him, what's the matter? And he didn't come back? "

Hearing Aunt Liu's words, Xu Lan couldn't help but look upstairs.

"Young Master went out to look for you last night, and hasn't come back yet. Did something happen? How about you call me and ask?"

Hearing Aunt Liu say that Lu Liangchen had gone out to find her, Xu Lan's face was filled with disbelief. She didn't believe that Lu Liangchen would come looking for her.

"Sure, I'll change my clothes and call him."

Although she didn't want to make a phone call, Aunt Liu had said that Xu Lan thought that if she rejected, Aunt Liu would definitely think too much into it. When it reached Shen Rong's ears, it would be hard to explain.

Xu Lan changed her clothes and took out her phone to make a call, but soon, the phone rang in the room.

Xu Lan followed the ringtone and looked over. She saw Lu Liangchen's phone lying alone on the sofa. After hanging up, she walked over to pick up Lu Liangchen's phone.

"I didn't take out my phone. This is my first time seeing one."

Xu Lan couldn't help but think that Lu Liangchen had always been a person who had strict requirements and was delicate and exquisite. How busy must he be to not be able to take out his phone?

Xu Lan put her phone back where it was and was about to go downstairs to tell Aunt Liu when Lu Liangchen's phone suddenly rang.

Xu Lan saw that it was an unfamiliar number, so she didn't care and just let her phone ring.

However, the phone kept ringing again and again. In the end, Xu Lan couldn't stand it any longer and picked up the phone again.

"Lu Liangchen, you can't blame me for this. I'm doing this for your own good. If there's an emergency, I can still pass it on to you."

Xu Lan watched as the phone rang without end. Finally, she pressed the answer button.

But before she could say anything, a female voice came over the phone.

"CEO Lu, what happened? We made an appointment today. I was waiting for you in the hotel."

Hearing the coquettish female voice on the other end of the phone, Xu Lan directly hung up and threw her phone on the bed.

She smiled bitterly. It was still early in the morning when someone had invited him to the hotel. It looked like Lu Liangchen was really busy with official business.

Xu Lan could not help but feel a chill in her heart. She had already done this, what was she still dreaming about?

"Young Mistress, Little Zhang is here. He said he's going to give Young Master that set of clothes and his phone. What do you think?"

Just as Xu Lan was feeling upset, a knock came from the door.

Hearing Aunt Liu's voice, Xu Lan felt a burst of bitterness in her heart. She stood up, opened the door, and let Aunt Liu in.

"Aunt Liu, I'm tired. Go and clean up."

With that, he turned and left, directly climbing onto the bed.

Looking at Xu Lan's haggard appearance, Aunt Liu didn't say anything more. She directly went to the cloakroom to help Lu Liangchen pack his clothes.

Xu Lan slept on the bed for the whole morning before she was awakened by hunger.

"Aunt Liu, what's for lunch?"

After waking up from her sleep, Xu Lan felt much better and headed straight for the kitchen.

"Young Mistress, I've made some soup. Have a drink first. Lunch will be ready soon."

"Yes, yes."

Xu Lan drank her soup as she looked at the phone in her hand. Seeing Zhou An's schedule in the group, her pretty eyebrows couldn't help but furrow.

Looking at the schedule, Xu Lan thought that she would have to busy herself in the next few months and couldn't help but sigh.

"What happened? Why are you sighing?"

"It's nothing. I have to go on a business trip again. I'm so busy and tired."

Hearing Xu Lan's grumbling voice, Aunt Liu couldn't help but laugh.

"The young mistress of my family does beauty lessons everyday, drinks coffee, or plays with a few people every day. You are so good. You are so busy every day, sigh."

Xu Lan could not help but smile, but her heart was full of depression.

He was originally different from them. He was never from the same world.

It had been an accident that she and Lu Liangchen were together, but the heavens were fair. Furthermore, she had always known that she needed to work hard.

"I have nothing better to do, so there's no need to be so idle if I have something to do."

After lunch, Xu Lan went to the company to work with her colleagues until the afternoon.

On the other side, ever since Lu Liangchen had found out that Xu Lan had already returned home, he hadn't called her at all. His face was covered with dark clouds all day long.

Everyone in the company was terrified because of Lu Liangchen's face.

"CEO Lu, what do you think of this proposal?"

"How dare you show me such a useless scheme? Is the company raising you guys for nothing? I'll give you two hours. If you mess up, then get the hell out of my sight."

As he said this, he threw the proposal onto the ground. Seeing Lu Liangchen in such a state, the few of them hurriedly picked up the plan and ran out of the office.

"Assistant Li, what's going on with CEO Lu today?"

"You're asking me, but I don't know who I'm going to ask either. I only know that we shouldn't mess with him today, otherwise we won't get to an end."

Seeing Li Ning trembling in fear, everyone became even more vigilant as they quickly ran over to plan.

Li Ning walked in and saw the scattered documents on the floor. She then called a small assistant to come in and clean them up.

"CEO Lu, tonight we have an appointment with the imperial court's Director Zhou for a discussion about 'Magnificent Tang'. Do you want to cancel it?"

"Why cancel it? Tell Zhou Ye that I want to talk to Xu Lan and have them bring her over."

Since you're hiding and don't want to see me, then I won't let you go.

Hearing Lu Liangchen's unreasonable request, Li Ning could only discuss it internally before going to inform Zhou Ye's secretary.

"Xu Lan, tonight, accompany Director Zhou to discuss work with Boss Lu. After work, remember to wait downstairs for Director Zhou. This is the information."

When Xu Lan heard this news, she looked at her assistant with a stupefied expression.

"Why me?"

"I don't know. It was personally called by CEO Lu's secretary, Li Ning. I was just passing it on. Maybe it's because you're responsible for the things over there."

Receiving the document, Xu Lan had already reprimanded Li Ning a few thousand times in her heart.

However, as a subordinate, Xu Feng did not dare to refuse such a superior's arrangement. As such, she could only brace herself and agree.

When Zhou Ye's assistant received Li Ning's call, although there was a lot of confusion, he did not think much and immediately contacted Xu Lan. He did not tell Zhou Ye.

So he waited until Zhou Ye arrived downstairs. He saw that Xu Feng was also downstairs.

"Xu Lan, what are you doing?"

"Director Zhou, didn't you say that I'm going to talk about work with you guys today? I'm waiting for you guys."

Hearing Xu Lan's words, Zhou Ye frowned and looked at the assistant beside him.

The assistant relayed the matter of Li Ning's call to Zhou Ye. Hearing that it was arranged by Lu Liangchen, Zhou Ye's expression turned even more unsightly.

"Let's go."

After getting on the car, Xu Feng and Zhou Ye sat at the back. Xu Lan could clearly feel that Zhou Ye was not in a good mood right now, so she decisively chose to shrink the feeling of her own existence.

Zhou Ye glanced at Xu Lan from the corner of his eyes. Seeing that she was calm and only looked out the window, a smile appeared on his face.

In fact, both he and Xu Lan knew that Lu Liangchen had only arranged a trap tonight to humiliate them.

But even then, it never affected Zhou Ye's liking for Xu Lan.

When the car arrived at the agreed location, Xu Lan got off the car and looked at the destination, frowning.

If she remembered correctly, this should be the place where that woman, Lu Liangchen, was meeting up with her.

It seemed like Lu Liangchen was really busy. He wanted to talk about his work while humiliating himself and Zhou Ye at the same time. On the other side, there was still another beautiful woman that he had an appointment with.

Xu Lan couldn't help but shake her head as she lightly sighed.

"What are you sighing about?"

"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that I feel like this place is really too tall. This is my first time here."

Xu Lan acted as if nothing had happened as she raised her head to admire the scenery.

"Actually, you can go back. Even if you don't go, there's nothing he can do about it."

Seeing Xu Lan like this, Zhou Ye felt his heart ache for her.

"It's okay, we're here to talk about work. It's okay, don't worry, if I don't go, he won't give up if he can't reach his goal."

He still understood Lu Liangchen. As long as Lu Liangchen wanted to, he wouldn't let the matter go if he couldn't get it.

"Let's go."

As he spoke, Xu Lan led the way. Every step she took was determined, leaving him with no way out.

Seeing Xu Lan in such a state, Zhou Ye's eyes flashed with a hint of admiration, and he quickly followed her.