Hearing Lu Fenglin's pitiful tone, Zhuang Hailan couldn't help but let her maternal instinct kick in. She asked considerately, "Mr. Lu, if you trust me, let me help you."
"Okay." Lu Fenglin let out a soft murmur as he knew Zhuang Hailan had taken the bait.
"How do you plan to help?"
"Tomorrow, the founder of the GH5 chip will come to our country. I heard from the planning department that he is really into Chinese philosophy, especially the teachings of Lao Tzu.
"After he learned about the discovery of the bird - human statue ruins in our country, he's eager to visit the museum where the statue is on display.
"Lu Chuanbai has already made arrangements and plans to take him on an archaeological tour tomorrow to win his favor.
"I can create some trouble for Lu Chuanbai to make him lose face in front of the founder of GH5.
"Then you, Mr. Lu, can step in and solve the problem, showing the founder your capabilities!"
After she finished speaking, the female secretary couldn't wait to show off her plan, her voice tinged with shyness. "Mr. Lu, do you think this will work?"
"Sure."
Facing the female secretary's eagerness to please, Lu Fenglin felt no touch at all. His tone was flat, even carrying a hint of "this is just so - so".
If someone was useful, he would make use of them!
"Tomorrow, you'll tamper with the car Lu Chuanbai will use to pick up the guest, so that he'll be late and miss the pick - up."
"Don't worry, I won't let you down!"
Zhuang Hailan agreed. She wanted to say more, but found that Lu Fenglin had already hung up the phone.
Lu Fenglin turned around and went back into the hospital ward. He stared coldly at his father, who was wringing out a towel to wipe his step - mother's face. Then he said to the nurse,
"I have a friend who needs my help. I'll trouble you to take care of my mom tomorrow."
After saying that, Lu Fenglin picked up his coat and walked past his father without even looking at him.
A belated affection is more worthless than grass!
If his father had treated his step - mother better when she was healthy, she wouldn't have been so sad every day.
In Lu Fenglin's eyes, his father was a failure!
He was always missing his ex - wife!
Missing a dead person!
So, everything his father was doing now was just a waste of effort.
After leaving the hospital, Lu Fenglin went to a tailor shop and bought a suit. Although his build wasn't as broad as Lu Chuanbai's, he was tall and slender, a natural clothes - hanger.
Hearing the front - desk clerk exclaim that he was so handsome, Lu Fenglin straightened his clothes and looked at his abnormally pale face in the mirror.
This time, he was going to ruin Lu Chuanbai's reputation!
Lu Chuanbai worked overtime until late at night. As long as he could win over the founder of the GH5 chip, the company could proceed with the next project.
And he would also have more time to spend with his two kids.
Gao Bo accompanied him all the time and brought him some late - night snacks.
Seeing the faint dark circles under Lu Chuanbai's eyes, Gao Bo couldn't help but advise, "Mr. Lu, you'd better go back and rest. You have to receive the founder of GH5 tomorrow.
"It won't make a good impression if you go with dark circles under your eyes!"
"I got it."
Lu Chuanbai went over all the schedules again. After making sure everything was in order, he walked out of his office.
He turned off the lights in his office and said to Gao Bo outside, "You should go home early too."
"Okay."
After Lu Chuanbai left, Gao Bo started to pack his things.
Zhuang Hailan, who had been hiding in the company and asked a colleague to punch in for her, waited until Gao Bo left. Then she sneaked into the monitoring room and turned off the monitoring on the top floor.
Next, Zhuang Hailan picked up Gao Bo's work phone, found the driver's number, and used a voice - changer to order the driver,
"The schedule for tomorrow has been cancelled. You don't need to pick up the guest at the airport.
"Go to the cemetery in the suburbs and send a bouquet of roses to Mr. Lu's mother's tomb."
It was already late at night. The driver was half - asleep when he received this call and didn't even think about whether it was really Gao Bo calling.
Hearing a male voice, he just kept nodding and saying, "Okay, Secretary Gao, I got it."
Moreover, Gao Bo had once told him that this plan was quite unstable.
So the driver didn't think much about it.
When Lu Chuanbai got home, both kids were already asleep.
He first went into the children's room, kissed each child on the face, tucked them in, and then went back to his own room to sleep.
Before going to bed, Lu Chuanbai checked the message Xu Qingqing had sent him as usual.
Xu Qingqing: [I'm almost done with my work here. Most of the treasures from the Taoist temple have been transported out. We just need to go back to Kyoto for restoration.]
Seeing that Xu Qingqing was coming back soon, Lu Chuanbai smiled slightly and replied, [Okay, you must take more rest.]
The next day, when Lu Chuanbai woke up from his sleep, his eyelid kept twitching. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen today.
I hope nothing bad happens today.
Under this kind of psychological pressure, Lu Chuanbai skipped breakfast and rushed to the company.
Gao Bo returned to the company and was shocked to see the driver, who should have been at the airport to pick up the guest, standing in the company, holding a bouquet of roses and chatting and laughing with his colleagues.
Gao Bo got angry instantly. His mind went blank and he rushed over to question the driver,
"Driver Wang, why didn't you go to the airport to pick up the guest? The founder of GH5 landed at 7:00. It's already 8:00!"
The driver was completely confused. Scratching his head, he said, "You told me last night not to pick up the guest and asked me to buy a bouquet of flowers and send it to the cemetery."
"When did I ask you to buy flowers and send them to the cemetery!"
Gao Bo felt like he was about to be furious!
Hearing this, the driver also got angry. He immediately took out the call log from last night and showed the call record of Gao Bo's call to him to Gao Bo.
"Secretary Gao, why don't you admit it? Look, this is the call you made to me last night. You said the schedule was cancelled, so I didn't go to pick up the guest!
"But now you don't admit it and shift all the blame on me!"
Secretary Wang felt he was wrongly accused. He explained angrily, "I got off work at around 9:00 last night. I never called you!"
Just as Lu Chuanbai entered the company, he heard the two arguing. With a solemn expression, he quickened his steps and walked over.
"What's going on? Didn't you go to pick up Mr. Smith?"
The driver showed Lu Chuanbai the call log with a wronged look on his face. "Mr. Lu! I'm so wronged!
"Secretary Gao told me last night that today's schedule was cancelled and I didn't need to pick up the guest at the airport.
"He also asked me to buy roses and send them to your mother's tomb."
"I didn't make that call! How could I do such a thing!" Gao Bo looked at Lu Chuanbai in panic, feeling that he couldn't explain himself.
"I believe you both." Lu Chuanbai's words instantly calmed the two of them down.
"You two are both long - time employees of the company. You would never make such a mistake. There must be someone playing tricks behind the scenes."