Chapter 26: We Are Just Secretly Married, Not Having an Affair

The car stopped outside the restaurant. Qin Yan hesitated before getting out.

"Mr. Lu, is it appropriate for us to appear in public together?" Lu Qianchuan paused, rubbed his temples, and said, "It's just a meal, Mrs. Lu. We are just secretly married, not having an affair." "..." She couldn't refute.

If they really ran into an acquaintance, that would be her bad luck.

Walking into a private room, she saw the decoration was simple and quite stylish.

The two sat down. This man was usually a man of few words, so she tried to find a topic.

"I sent things to Lin Yan, Lin Yan will definitely find a way to take the opportunity to contact you. You're busy with work, so don't worry about such small things. Send me your assistant's WeChat, I'll communicate with him and let him handle it."

Lu Qianchuan looked up at her. Opening his mouth to ask him to recommend another man's WeChat to her was really... affecting his appetite!

He picked up the water glass to drink, answering her slowly.

"Assistant Shen is also busy, just communicate with me if there's anything."

Qin Yan was confused, "So that means, you don't exclude contact with her?"

"..." Lu Qianchuan felt his temple being pricked, hurting him so much he gritted his teeth.

He didn't answer. Qin Yan couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Is it that in the eyes of you men, women like Lin Yan are more popular?"

She and Gu He'an had cultivated feelings for three years, yet Lin Yan had been back for less than three months, and Gu He'an had cleared the three years of feelings with her to zero.

Clearly, this Miss Lin not only had ability but also charm.

Lu Qianchuan said, "That woman has great ambition, but her ability is lacking. People like that are common in the business world."

Qin Yan pointed at herself and asked again, "Then what about someone like me, who wants to kick Gu He'an out of the Gu Corporation—does that count as wishful thinking?"

"You are different from her."

Lu Qianchuan said slowly, "You own twenty percent of the shares. It's not that your ability is lacking, but that your focus is not on competing for resources, but on a man's loyalty and the emotional value he provides."

His critique was serious, objective, realistic, yet sharp and thorough.

Qin Yan reflected.

She had been blinded by love before, only feeling that getting Gu He'an's love and being able to be with him was a happy thing.

However, she hadn't received emotional value, and she was also unbalanced in social value and self-worth.

She collected her emotions, gave a light laugh, and said, "How to kick a management layer out of a company—Mr. Lu should be able to handle it with ease. Can you give me a few pointers? If the goal is achieved, I can return the Lu Group shares to you. For you, it should be a cost-effective deal."

No, it couldn't be counted as cost-effective.

There were also risks.

No one could guarantee to him whether his wife would be controlled by uncontrollable emotions and get back together with Gu He'an.

After all, they had three years of feelings, lived together day and night, and had too many memories that could be used to make an issue and change the current situation.

What he wanted, she could choose not to give, but if she gave it to someone else, he would lose everything.

"Pointers can't be counted as such, just a reminder: if you don't know how to play business warfare, then play psychological warfare. Make Gu He'an anxious first, let him distance himself from you first. Only when the initiative is in your hands can you handle him."

Qin Yan pondered, calculating how to implement it in her heart.

Afterward, she picked up her water glass, clinked it with his, and said with a smile, "Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Lu. Now I'm cutting off love and desire to focus on my career. Wish me success!"

"..."

Lu Qianchuan looked at her with complex eyes, drank a mouthful of water, and his throat felt bitter.

The two finished lunch, and Lu Qianchuan called the waiter to bring tea leaves. He brewed the tea to relieve the greasiness.

Qin Yan watched him calmly and composedly wake the tea, pour the tea, and serve the tea—it was smooth and flowing, done in one go, both elegant and beautiful!

It was the first time she knew that a man brewing tea could look so good.

Watching the man hand over a cup of tea, she pressed her index and middle fingers together and bent them, tapping the table twice to perform the finger-tapping ceremony to show gratitude.

This was a gesture only used by people who drank tea often.

It meant "drinking to the heart's content."

Lu Qianchuan heard the two *tap-tap* sounds, lowered his eyes to look at her. This kind of small action was only done between familiar people. The lowered eyes flashed with brightness, and his mood was very good.

"Lu Qianchuan, from now on, we are not only bed partners but also good meal partners." Qin Yan said, smelling the refreshing tea fragrance.

"What do you mean?" Lu Qianchuan was confused.

Bed partners, and meal partners?

How did that not sound like a good term?

"It means, getting along happily." Qin Yan drank the tea, smiling happily.

She had originally just wanted to find a collaborator to take revenge on Gu He'an, but hadn't expected to be so lucky.

*Tsk*, maybe she had had too many bad luck days, and the heavens opened their eyes, finding her a roommate who was not bad.

"Cheers to you."

Qin Yan lightly touched his teacup with hers. Clearly, it was a cup of clear tea, but she drank it with the taste of strong liquor.

"..."

Lu Qianchuan drank the tea. This tea was fermented, both fragrant and mellow, but entering his throat, he felt a few bits of bitterness after the sweetness returned.

"The quality of this Tieguanyin is quite good, refreshing and awakening. Mr. Lu, do you often eat here?" Qin Yan asked curiously.

"Hmm, it's a relative's shop." Lu Qianchuan explained.

Qin Yan put down the teacup and glanced at the time.

She should also return to the company.

The two stood up, walked out of the private room, and heard someone greeting Lu Qianchuan.

"Qianchuan is here. What a coincidence, my niece is also here for a meal today. Yinyin, come over and greet your brother Qianchuan." It was a middle-aged woman who smiled and pushed a girl in her early twenties toward Lu Qianchuan.

The girl had a sweet voice, a bright smile, and looked at Lu Qianchuan generously, saying, "Brother Qianchuan, do you remember me? I'm your sister's classmate, I've been to your house to play before."

"Aunt." Lu Qianchuan greeted the woman first; it was polite. Afterward, his gaze looked indifferently at Yinyin before answering, "I don't remember."

"It doesn't matter if you don't remember, it's fine to know each other now, Brother Qianchuan." Yinyin said again, "I've graduated and just returned to the country wanting to find a job. I wonder if I can work at your Lu Group?"

"..."

Qin Yan, as a bystander, looked at Yinyin, who was full of youthful vitality. She was dressed fashionably and obediently, looked sweet and cute, and her look at Lu Qianchuan was not innocent.

This aunt was introducing a blind date to Lu Qianchuan?

She looked at the time and said to Lu Qianchuan in a low voice, "You chat with your elder, I'll go first, taking a taxi over is also fast."

"I'll send you over." Lu Qianchuan also wanted to leave, but was blocked by the woman again, "Qianchuan, Yinyin graduated from a prestigious university. If she goes to work at your Lu Group, you have to take care of her more."

This was Lu Qianchuan not having agreed yet, but she had already made the decision for him.

Lu Qianchuan looked at this elder with a blank expression and said, "She can send her resume to the company. If she has the ability, she can naturally stay."

The middle-aged woman also sensed his cold attitude, the smile on her face stiffened, and she was at a loss for a moment. Noticing the woman beside him, she wanted to ease the atmosphere, "Qianchuan, I haven't seen this girl before, who is she?"

"This is my—"

"I'm his relative."

Qin Yan was afraid he would directly state their relationship, so she interrupted Lu Qianchuan, greeted him with a smile, and added, "Sorry, I'm in a hurry, I'll go first."

She turned and walked away. Before she had taken two steps, she was grabbed by the arm by the man. She turned her head in confusion to look at him and was startled by his gloomy face.

Why was he suddenly angry?

She was in a hurry for work, not disturbing him and his relative chatting—was there a problem?