Chapter 24: Clumsy Acting

Lin Yeman?

A flash of surprise crossed Shen Huai's eyes.

His gaze fell upon the MPV Lin Yeman was driving, and he sized it up slightly.

The latest Mercedes V260 model; one look at the wheelbase and it was clearly the top-tier trim, costing at least 500,000 to get on the road.

Shen Huai couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Lin Yeman was merely a Team Leader in the Artist Management Department, yet she could actually afford a car at this price point.

Truly worthy of being a department that managed the God of Wealth for Xingyao.

Making money was simply as easy as eating and drinking.

"What are you standing there blankly for?" Lin Yeman smiled bewitchingly, her head tilted slightly upward. "If you want to look, get in the car and I'll let you look all you want."

Before Shen Huai could open his mouth to refuse.

"Beep! —"

A harsh honk sounded right beside Shen Huai's ear.

Shen Huai turned his head.

He saw a black Lexus that had, he didn't know when, silently pulled up behind Lin Yeman's car.

That sound just now had come from this very car.

Shen Huai looked toward the driver's seat of the Lexus.

Vaguely, he saw a flash of a pale blue figure shift.

Immediately after, the car door opened.

A familiar figure walked slowly toward the two of them.

"Director... Director Lu." Shen Huai greeted her dryly.

After seeing clearly that the person who arrived was Lu Sheng.

Shen Huai inexplicably felt a sense of guilt, as if he had been caught red-handed.

Lu Sheng walked over, her sharp gaze sweeping back and forth over Shen Huai and Lin Yeman several times.

Afterward.

She nonchalantly pulled Shen Huai behind her and looked indifferently at Lin Yeman, who was sitting in the driver's seat.

"Is Team Leader Lin... planning to take someone from our department out to eat?"

"Why, since when does Director Lu manage other people's private lives too? This doesn't seem like your usual style."

Lin Yeman leaned sideways against the steering wheel, resting her cheek on one hand.

The pink off-the-shoulder dress made the two mounds on her chest look fair and soft.

At a glance, she was extremely charming and full of allure.

Shen Huai felt his mouth go dry, alarm bells rang in his heart, and his entire face was filled with wariness.

Looking at the way she gazed at him, and then at her attire.

This wasn't going out to eat at all, was it? This was clearly wanting to eat him.

It was only his first day on the job, and she was already pulling this.

Lin Yeman, just how hungry are you? The former Shen Huai never believed that men would be at a disadvantage in such matters.

But ever since meeting Lin Yeman, this notion had been completely overturned.

This person had an innocent, pure-yet-seductive face, but behind closed doors, she was practically an insatiable perpetual motion machine.

Moreover, she always liked to play with strange and peculiar things.

In short, she was terrifying.

At the mere thought of those hair-trigger scenarios, Shen Huai shook his head as if in lingering fear.

This scene was caught by Lu Sheng.

"Did you see that, Team Leader Lin? Shen Huai shook his head; he said he doesn't want to go." Lu Sheng's expression darkened a few degrees further.

"Director Lu, regarding the press conference, there are still some things I need to coordinate with Shen Huai. What, are you going to block this too?"

Having said that, Lin Yeman raised her beautiful eyes slightly to meet Lu Sheng's indifferent gaze.

Lu Sheng was full of wariness: "Sorry, Team Leader Lin, the entire Public Relations Department Group 2 is taking a day off and isn't working tomorrow. If there's anything, we can discuss it during work hours."

Hearing this, Lin Yeman let out a snicker: "So Director Lu actually knows this is off-duty time? Then what are you doing right now?"

With just a few words, Lin Yeman regained control of the conversation.

"Director Lu, although Shen Huai is your subordinate, he is also a living, breathing person; he doesn't need you to be his spokesperson."

After speaking, Lin Yeman's gaze swept past Lu Sheng and landed on Shen Huai behind her.

"Shen Huai, get in the car." Lin Yeman said flatly.

This time, her frivolous and lazy tone carried a hint of a command.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng also turned around and stared straight at Shen Huai: "Are you going with her, or are you coming with me?"

"... I..."

Shen Huai was sweating profusely; the words were stuck in his throat, but he couldn't bring himself to speak.

This situation.

Was exactly like those melodramatic "choose me or her" plots in TV dramas.

After a moment of silence.

Shen Huai glanced out of the corner of his eye and, as if seeing a straw to grasp at, pointed a finger: "I choose to ride my bike home myself."

"No!"

"No!"

Lu Sheng and the two of them spoke in unison, neither planning to.

After speaking, both were stunned, then each haughtily turned their heads away. "Shen Huai, don't forget, I am not only your superior, I am also your neighbor."

"If you dare to get in Lin Yeman's car, believe it or not, I'll go raid your home in a moment." Lu Sheng leaned into Shen Huai's ear, lowered her voice, and glared at Shen Huai.

"Lu Sheng, you..."

Shen Huai was speechless for a moment.

He hadn't intended to get in Lin Yeman's car in the first place.

Her car was not something an ordinary person could get into.

Once you get in, you can't get out; it's full-speed ahead the whole way.

But he hadn't expected that to stop him from getting in the car, Lu Sheng would actually go so far as to use such a thing to threaten him.

This Lu Sheng, she doesn't still think he is her possession, does she? How dare she threaten him so righteously?

Shen Huai grumbled inwardly for a long time, but in the end, he apologized to Lin Yeman: "I'm sorry, Team Leader Lin. I just started the job today, and there are many work procedures I haven't figured out yet. I won't go this time. Thank you for your kindness, Team Leader Lin; I'll treat you next time if there's an opportunity."

Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng gave a disdainful cold snort: "That's more like it."

Hearing this.

Lin Yeman's lively eyes blinked gently, and a flash of deep meaning crossed her gaze as she looked at Lu Sheng.

But this feeling was fleeting.

The next second, Lin Yeman had already recovered her previous charming smile and shrugged regretfully: "Alright, it seems I have no chance this time."

"However, Shen Huai, remember what you just said; it's your turn to treat me next time."

After Lin Yeman finished speaking, she put on her sunglasses with her right hand, shot a smile at Shen Huai, and drove off dashingly.

Shen Huai watched the Mercedes-Benz's silhouette grow smaller, and the stone in his heart finally dropped halfway.

As for the remaining half.

Naturally, it was still because of this ancestor, Lu Sheng.

"What, are your eyes glued to her car?"

Lu Sheng interrupted Shen Huai's thoughts irritably and turned to walk toward the Lexus, "Hurry up, get in the car."

"Director Lu, if I get in your car just like this, I'm afraid it won't be very good."

Shen Huai cautiously reminded her: "We are at the entrance of the Xingyao headquarters."

Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng's hurried footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and she stood frozen on the spot.

Oh no.

How could she have forgotten this? The Public Relations Department had always had some minor friction with the Artist Management Department.

Plus, recalling the way Lin Yeman's eyes lit up after seeing Shen Huai today.

It made Lu Sheng so angry she gritted her teeth.

But as the Director of the Public Relations Department, she couldn't openly lose her temper even if she was furious.

So this ball of anger had already been pent up in her heart for a long time.

As it happened.

She didn't expect that as soon as she drove out, she would run into Lin Yeman's license plate.

Shifting her gaze, she saw Shen Huai standing by the passenger seat, and he even looked like he was about to get in.

Overcome by anger, Lu Sheng lost her composure, and without a second thought, she opened the car door and rushed out.

At this moment.

With her reason returned, Lu Sheng felt nothing but regret.

That scene just now.

To put it nicely, it was called caring for a subordinate.

To put it seriously, that was purely a case of possessiveness!

Lu Sheng looked at Shen Huai with a shamed and annoyed expression: "Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

"... I thought you knew." Shen Huai looked innocent.

Lu Sheng looked at Shen Huai's aggrieved appearance.

Her gaze fell on the "battle suit" he was wearing, which she had personally selected, and she felt even angrier inside.

Damn it.

If Shen Huai were even a little bit uglier, she wouldn't be this stifled.

But as it happened, his appearance perfectly hit Lu Sheng's aesthetic point! Now look at this.

She didn't even have the heart to vent her anger on Shen Huai.

Time ticked by, second by second.

More and more people were clocking out at the entrance of Xingyao.

Lu Sheng's fair face flushed red; she lowered her eyes to avoid others' gazes and walked to the car, feigning composure.

"Shen Huai, where is your home? It's hard to get a taxi here, why don't I drive you back?"

Lu Sheng glanced at the employees getting off work nearby and deliberately raised her voice.

This sounded very polite at first, but coming from Lu Sheng, it seemed somewhat inexplicably ridiculous.

Watching Lu Sheng's clumsy acting, Shen Huai couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Director Lu, I can just ride my bike—"

"Good, goodbye."

Before Shen Huai could finish, Lu Sheng dove into the car as if fleeing, and with a "zoom," she drove off and vanished.

(End of chapter)