C2 Chapter II: Loan

Chapter II: Loan

After a long while, Lu Yao stood up and calmly went to the kitchen to wash the dishes and put them in the disinfection cabinet. She changed her clothes, went out to the garage to get her car, and drove to the office in half an hour.

The staff all greeted Lu Yao when they saw her. "Good morning, Manager Lu."

"Morning." Lu Yao smiled and nodded. She entered the office to take off her jacket and asked the assistant: "Is Boss Ji here?"

"He's here, in the office."

Lu Yao went to the CEO's office and knocked on the door before entering.

"Manager Lu is here?" Seeing Lu Yao come in, Boss Ji immediately put down the documents in his hands, and invited her to sit in the reception area, and even started brewing tea: "Why is Manager Lu here?"

"About borrowing money from you." Lu Yao did not try to hide it as she pleaded, "Boss Ji, I have worked in the company for three years, and you know what I am. I hope you can lend me the two million."

Boss Ji was startled for a moment, then said with a troubled face: "Manager Lu, I am not the one in charge of the company. Furthermore, with such a large amount of money, even if I agree, the other directors will not agree."

"I know, can I borrow it from you alone?" Lu Yao said, "Don't worry, in at most half a year, I will definitely return this money to you, or even give you a 5% interest!"

"Manager Lu, I have no choice, my money is under my wife's control, and you know who my wife is, if she knows whom I am lending the money to, I might not be able to return home."

Boss Ji seemed to have thought of something and asked Lu Yao: "Hey, I remember that your husband isn't an investor? Two million is just a small sum of money to him, why didn't you tell him? "

"Him? It's just a small investment, not much." Lu Yao felt bitter in her heart when she said this.

After being married for three years, she knew that Shao Yunchen was an investor and didn't know how much money they earned every month. Furthermore, they had a contract and his money was only his money.

"Manager Lu, it's not that I don't want to help, I'm truly powerless as well." Boss Ji poured a cup of tea for Lu Yao, "Let me see. Let Finance give you a raise next month. After all, you have worked really hard during this period of time."

Lu Yao knew that there was no point in continuing. She stood up and left, "Then Boss Ji, I'm sorry to have troubled you for so long. Thank you."

"It's fine, I didn't really help much. Why don't you try borrowing from the bank?"

"Thank you."

Lu Yao felt a little irritated when she left the office. She went to the washroom and, seeing that there was no one around, went into the cubicle. She took out a cigarette case and a lighter from her pocket and lit one.

She wasn't addicted to cigarettes, smoking was just a joke. Ever since she married Shao Yunchen and knew that he hated the smell of cigarettes, she had never touched a cigarette. She had just picked it up recently and was addicted.

Lu Yao sat on the toilet, smoking a cigarette with a slightly grave expression on her face.

Ever since she was young, she had always been proud of having a judge as her father. When she was in university, she had thought about applying for the judiciary, but her interest wasn't great. In the end, she chose finance.

In fact, she had long ago felt that her family was too 'rich'. When they were married, her dowry was quite generous, and they had moved into a three-story villa. She had always felt that her father was making a lot of money, but she hadn't thought too much about it.

It wasn't until a month ago when her father hadn't been home and news of his huge embezzlement spread, that Lu Yao found out that her father had been arrested.

Her mother was crying so hard that her eyes were blinded and her hair was turning white.

Lu Yao was calm enough. While comforting her mother, she contacted the lawyer and tried to find a way to pay back the money bit by bit.

Several houses were sold, including her dowry and car. She shamelessly moved to Shao Yunchen's apartment, but she was still short of two million. The relatives were afraid of their family, let alone borrowing money.

In this half a month, she had tried to contact all her good friends, but she couldn't find a single cent to lend.