Chapter 125: Accompanying Him to the Banquet

Su Yun Jiao kept looking at the flower in her hand, as if she liked it very much.

Lu Jingqing had never found a flower so eyesore before; his brows furrowed, then he said, "It's just a rose; Jingyuan has these everywhere, if you like it you can just pick one, there's no need to keep it in a vase."

"How can that be the same? Besides, I don't think I've ever seen roses in Jingyuan."

Lu Jingqing probably isn't used to flowers like roses; although Jingyuan's scenery is distinctive, most of it is green grass, with artificial hills and water, and there aren't really any flowers.

"Drink water first."

Lu Jingqing passed the bottle of sour plum juice from the car into Su Yun Jiao's hand.

When Su Yun Jiao held that bottle of sour plum juice, the bottle was still cold.

Secretary Li, looking at Boss Lu's expression in the rearview mirror, always felt it was somewhat thought-provoking.

Didn't Boss Lu say this sour plum juice was for himself to drink?

In the end, wasn't it handed over to Su Yun Jiao's hands?

"Did Brother Jingqing specially bring this for me? Thank you."

"It wasn't me; it was Liu Ma who asked me to bring it for you, saying you forgot to take it when you left."

"Yeah, because the class monitor didn't say whether I could drink sour plum juice, so I wanted to bring it over during the day to ask, but I forgot."

"He says you can't drink it, so you don't? When did you become so obedient?"

"How can that be the same?"

Su Yun Jiao said, "The class monitor knows medicine; he's studied traditional Chinese medicine well. If I have a question, I should naturally ask him. Back at school, the class monitor often brought me lunch and helped me prepare medicinal meals; if I didn't know something, of course I would ask the class monitor."

"……"

Lu Jingqing suddenly felt that bottle of sour plum juice was also somewhat eyesore; he directly reached out and took it away: "Since we don't know whether this sour plum juice is drinkable or not, it's better not to drink it."

"?"

Su Yun Jiao lowered her head and glanced; after Lu Jingqing took the sour plum juice away, she snatched it back: "You gave it to me, then you take it back? How can there be someone like you?"

Su Yun Jiao directly opened the bottle cap of the sour plum juice and then gulped down the whole bottle in one go.

Watching Su Yun Jiao gulp down an entire bottle of sour plum juice in one go, Lu Jingqing then said, "Aren't you afraid this sour plum juice might cause you problems?"

"I've been drinking it for so long; if there were a problem, it would have shown up by now, and I don't drink it often anyway."

Su Yun Jiao was making excuses for herself.

She completely forgot that just a moment ago she had been worrying whether drinking the sour plum juice would affect her health.

Secretary Li never expected that Boss Lu would be so hypocritical.

Clearly, he just doesn't want Miss Su and Young Master Zhou to get too close; even doing something like taking away the sour plum juice is something he'd do.

Soon, the car arrived at Jingyuan.

Su Yun Jiao and Lu Jingqing entered Jingyuan one after the other.

Liu Ma was still tidying the living room; seeing the two return, she politely greeted: "Miss Su, sir."

"Hmm."

Lu Jingqing's expression was bland.

Su Yun Jiao stepped forward and placed the glass bottle in Liu Ma's hand: "This sour plum juice is especially delicious, thank you, Liu Ma."

"Don't be polite, this is all prepared in advance for me……"

Before Liu Ma could finish speaking, she noticed Lu Jingqing's gaze.

Liu Ma's face showed a puzzled expression.

"Sir, why does your expression look so weird today?"

Su Yun Jiao, hearing from Liu Ma that this matter had to do with Lu Jingqing, instinctively looked toward him.

Who knew Lu Jingqing's face showed no expression.

Geez, doing a good deed yet pretending to be deep.

Su Yun Jiao went upstairs, and as she was about to leave, Lu Jingqing said again, "Stand first."

"Brother Jingqing, is there anything else?"

"Sit down."

"……"

Su Yun Jiao sat opposite Lu Jingqing, not knowing what he wanted to do, so she could only look at him with a pair of innocent, bright, big eyes: "Brother Jingqing, you…… aren't you going to spot-check my homework?"

Today Su Yun Jiao is already mentally exhausted; she really doesn't have the energy to endure Lu Jingqing's torment anymore.

"Tomorrow there's a banquet; you need to come with me."

"A banquet?"

Su Yun Jiao asked doubtfully, "Why do I have to go along?"

"You're already my fiancée; you say why you have to follow me?"

Lu Jingqing's words brought Su Yun Jiao back to her senses.

Yeah, now she and Lu Jingqing have officially announced their engagement.

To the outside world, she is Lu Jingqing's fiancée.

Since she's the fiancée, accompanying Lu Jingqing to the banquet becomes a matter of course.

Su Yun Jiao, feeling a bit embarrassed, asked: "Brother Jingqing……"

"Speak."

"Will I have to often accompany you to banquets from now on?"

"Pretty much."

"Then if I have something and can't attend, will Brother Jingqing bring another female companion?"

"No."

Lu Jingqing didn't know what Su Yun Jiao was thinking.

Su Yun Jiao let out a breath of relief and said, "That's good."

But you still have to come with me when it's necessary; otherwise, going without a female companion would be totally improper.

Then, did Brother Jingqing have a female companion when he attended banquets before?

Faced with Su Yun Jiao's tricky question, Secretary Li replied from the side: "Of course there will be. Miss Su doesn't know, our Boss Lu was already popular overseas, and many socialites would be willing to be his female companion…"

Before finishing, Secretary Li felt a gaze fall on them.

Thus Secretary Li amended: "Actually, our Boss Lu prefers to stay chaste and doesn't like having a female companion, so these years when attending banquets, I've been the one accompanying him."

Oh, I see, that's how it is.

Su Yun Jiao nodded thoughtfully.

Lu Jingqing said calmly: "That's all, go upstairs."

Okay, then good night, Brother Jingqing.

Su Yun Jiao politely said good night and went upstairs.

After Su Yun Jiao left, Lu Jingqing glanced at Secretary Li beside him, only to see Secretary Li breaking into a sweat and saying: "Boss Lu, thank goodness I was quick-witted!"

Lu Jingqing gave Secretary Li a glance that certainly wasn't praise for their quick-wittedness.

Secretary Li looked at Lu Jingqing's expression and couldn't help asking: "Boss Lu… did I say something wrong?"

Go home; you're not needed for tonight's work.

... Yes, Boss Lu.

Secretary Li made a move to leave Jingyuan.

Come back!

A single 'come back' made Secretary Li turn around again: "Boss Lu, is there anything else you need?"

Follow my instructions and prepare some things.

Ah?