Chapter 170

Su Yun Jiao, completely unaware of this, went straight to Lu Jingqing's study.

Lu Jingqing was indeed sorting company documents; when he saw Su Yun Jiao come over, he put down his work and asked, 'Wasn't Xiao Li supposed to show you the jewelry? Do you like any of them?'

"The jewelry is all pretty good; I just told Xiao Li that I want all of them."

"Then I'll have Xiao Li put these away."

Lu Jingqing looked up and saw Secretary Li standing outside the door, not coming in.

Su Yun Jiao, feeling embarrassed, looked at Lu Jingqing and said, 'Jingqing brother, I have something I want to discuss with you…'

"Speak."

Lu Jingqing didn't even lift his head, after all, every time Su Yun Jiao came to him it was never anything good.

"Isn't school about to start? Tingting invited me to play at the Zhou family; I'll just go for a day and come back, okay?"

Although Xiao Li had previously told him that Lu Jingqing was unhappy because Zhou Xian liked her.

But since then, Su Yun Jiao has thought about it carefully.

Zhou Xian is a class monitor who is good to everyone.

Besides, they grew up together since childhood; although they didn't interact much when young, if he really liked her he should have said so long ago—at least Su Yun Jiao didn't feel that Zhou Xian liked her.

"Then go."

Lu Jingqing, for once, didn't refuse outright, but Su Yun Jiao saw no smile on his face; she poked her head out, carefully observing his expression, and only after confirming he wasn't truly angry did she say, 'Jingqing brother, you're not angry, are you?'

"I have many things to do every day; do you think I have time to get angry over your affairs?"

"No."

"Since you know there's none, go back."

Lu Jingqing said, 'Tell me when you go out.'

"I'll leave early tomorrow; Tingting will have her family's driver come pick me up."

"Hmm."

Lu Jingqing's expression was neutral; Su Yun Jiao, seeing that, could only step back a few paces, and when she reached the doorway she said, 'Then I won't disturb your work, Jingqing brother; good night.'

Having said that, Su Yun Jiao ran off, panting.

After Su Yun Jiao left, Lu Jingqing's expression turned somewhat cold and stern.

Secretary Li didn't dare enter; he only gave a dry cough and said, 'I don't know what Miss Su is thinking—why would she insist on going to the Zhou family for fun out of the blue…'

"Is the Zhou family really that fun? Or is there someone there she really wants to see?"

Lu Jingqing's question left Secretary Li afraid to answer.

"How should I answer?"

"It's a little girl's private thoughts; how can we adults guess them?"

"Boss Lu, the Zhou family knows very well that Miss Su is your fiancée; she shouldn't do anything outrageous, and I think Miss Zhou and Young Master Zhou treat Miss Su very well, truly regarding her as a friend."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingqing merely gave a faint nod.

He certainly knew that the Zhou siblings were genuinely good to Su Yun Jiao; previously he hadn't allowed her to be close with them, only because he was guarding against Zhou Xian.

Now everyone in Hai Cheng knows that he and Su Yun Jiao are engaged; even if Zhou Xian likes Su Yun Jiao, there's nothing he can do about it.

"Then let them go play; they're just kids—I was over-worrying."

Although Lu Jingqing didn't say it outright, Secretary Li could sense a strong hint of jealousy in his boss's tone.

Miss Su has been living here for a long time, unknowingly becoming part of Jingyuan.

Moreover, Boss Lu has been caring more and more for Miss Su.

The next morning.

Su Yun Jiao went to the Zhou family.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingqing sent people to follow Su Yun Jiao to ensure her safety.

From the moment he woke up in the morning, Secretary Li felt his boss was in a bad mood; although he had said last night that they were just kids, the atmosphere this morning was off.

Here.

Su Yun Jiao had already arrived at the Zhou family.

Su Yun Jiao wasn't visiting the Zhou family for the first time, but this time, while accompanying Zhou Tingting to the Zhou residence, she saw Zhou Xian and Zhou Tingting's mother.

Just as she had seen at school, Zhou Xian's mother was gentle and knowledgeable, clearly the type of a strong female lead.

Furthermore, when Madam Zhou saw Su Yun Jiao, her face broke into a warm smile: 'You must be Jiajia; I've often heard Tingting talk about you.'

"Hello, Aunt Zhou."

Su Yun Jiao greeted Madam Zhou very politely.

Madam Zhou seemed to have been waiting for Su Yun Jiao to come; she gestured to a servant nearby to hand over the prepared gift, saying, 'It's our first meeting, so there's not much to give—consider this my welcome gift for you.'

"How can I accept this? I've never proactively visited Aunt Zhou before, so I shouldn't take her gift."

Madam Zhou looked at Su Yun Jiao, who was very courteous, and smiled even more fondly, saying, 'It's fine; just accept it. Since you're a good friend of Tingting and Yan Li, it's only proper for me to give you a welcome gift.'

Seeing this, Su Yun Jiao no longer declined and accepted the gift.

Madam Zhou said, 'I still have things to attend to at the hospital; you stay home and have fun. Jiajia, when you have time, come over more often. You all have the college entrance exam coming up—studying together will help you improve faster.'

"Okay."

Su Yun Jiao obediently nodded.

After Madam Zhou left, Zhou Tingting couldn't wait to say, 'Hurry up and see what my mom gave you as a gift—I haven't even looked at it myself.'

Su Yun Jiao was actually quite curious too, but she had been too embarrassed to ask earlier.

Under Zhou Tingting's urging, Su Yun Jiao opened the gift.

Inside the gift box lay a pair of uniformly green bracelets—likely a pair of pure-green jade bangles.

This pair of bracelets probably costs in the eight figures.

My mom actually gave you such a beautiful jade bracelet! Jiajiao, it seems my mom really likes you.

Do you like it?

Su Yun Jiao thought it wasn't Madam Zhou who liked her, after all, before this the two had never interacted.

Perhaps it's because the news of Lu Jingqing's engagement to her had spread recently, so Madam Zhou specially waited here to give her a greeting gift.

Moreover, this greeting gift is not meager.

Auntie's taste is really good, but this is too valuable, I dare not wear it.

Zhou Tingting said: "What's the big deal? It's just a bracelet; jade bracelets nourish the body, the more you wear, the better."

At this moment, a servant nearby said: "Miss Su, Eldest Miss, the young master is already waiting upstairs; why don't we go up and talk?"