Don't Come Near If You're Sick

"If I wanted someone good-looking, why wouldn't I go find someone at a business KTV?" asked Song Shi'an.

Tang Ruan choked on her words, but still stiffened her neck and said, "You used your position to drop hints at me multiple times, and after I rejected you, you held a grudge and spread rumors about me to President Lu!"

"President Lu, I really was wronged." Tang Ruan turned to look at Lu Mingyu, her eye sockets moist and tears welling up, looking like she had suffered the greatest grievance in the world.

Lu Mingyu's face was expressionless. "You've already been fired. You have half an hour to pack your things and leave Lu Group, or else I'm calling security."

The expression on Tang Ruan's face froze. She had expected Lu Mingyu to help her, not realizing that he didn't care at all.

Tang Ruan panicked slightly, stepping forward quickly and grabbing Lu Mingyu's clothes. "President Lu, I'm your future wife! In the future, I can help you make Lu Group the number one in the world!"

Lu Mingyu frowned and pulled his clothes out of Tang Ruan's grasp. "What kind of madness are you spouting?"

"I'm not, Mingyu, believe me. As long as you're willing to marry me, your life will definitely go smoothly from now on! And I can even bear three children for you, and they'll all be geniuses!" Tang Ruan said urgently.

Her voice was hurried, and as she spoke, she couldn't help raising the volume.

Everyone outside looked at Tang Ruan as if she were a fool.

They probably figured she had lost her mind to be able to say such things.

"Go get treatment if you're sick, and stop acting crazy here," Lu Mingyu said impatiently.

"I'm not acting crazy, I'm the female protagonist and you're the male protagonist, we're a match made in heaven, we... we're obviously supposed to be together..." Tang Ruan cried accusingly.

The people in the Executive Office were very perceptive; the moment Tang Ruan started 'acting crazy', they went to call security.

Just as Tang Ruan wanted to continue nagging Lu Mingyu, the security guards came up and used a restraint fork to haul her straight out.

Only Song Shi'an knew that everything Tang Ruan said was true.

Ever since Tang Ruan's move against him last time, Song Shi'an no longer indulged his overflowing sympathy.

Anyway, whether the male and female leads got together or not, he was still Lu Mingyu's assistant and could pull in a million-yuan annual salary.

It was just that after the male and female leads didn't get together, Lu Mingyu wasn't as busy, and he wouldn't be able to take advantage of the situation to climb higher.

Right after dealing with Tang Ruan, Jiang Churan arrived.

Today, Jiang Churan was wearing a small black suit jacket with her hair tied up high, and her whole appearance looked very capable.

Only upon seeing Lu Mingyu did a flash of a guilty conscience cross the depths of her eyes.

"Mingyu, you slipped away without a word last night, everyone didn't get to have full fun." Jiang Churan walked over, her tone carrying a hint of blame.

Lu Mingyu: "After going over last night and eating a little something, my body didn't feel well."

Jiang Churan feigned surprise. "What? Mingyu, are you okay? Do you want me to call a doctor over?"

"It's already been resolved." As Lu Mingyu spoke, he looked at her. "You arranged the food at the welcome party venue. Tell me, why was there a problem?"

Jiang Churan lowered her eyes and said with a wronged expression, "I heard from Tingting that your digestion isn't very good. Could it be that you drank some alcohol last night and caused your body to feel unwell?"

"It wasn't feeling unwell; someone drugged the food." Lu Mingyu couldn't be bothered to keep up the act and directly exposed it.

Jiang Churan's fingers curled slightly, but on the surface she still forced composure. "How is that possible? That's an old establishment, they couldn't possibly do something like that. Is there some kind of misunderstanding?"

"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, you know in your heart. For the sake of the Jiang family, I can let this matter slide this time, but this is the last time." Lu Mingyu warned.

The Jiang and Lu families were on good terms, and their elders had a deep relationship.

If Jiang Churan could learn her lesson, he could let this matter go.

Jiang Churan's face turned pale, and she tried to argue, "Mingyu, I didn't..."

"Do you need me to send someone to investigate?" Lu Mingyu asked.

Jiang Churan was struck dumb. The things she had done weren't particularly covert; if Lu Mingyu set his mind on investigating, he would definitely be able to uncover some clues.

Back then, she had desperately wanted to become Lu Mingyu's woman, thinking that once they had a physical relationship, Lu Mingyu wouldn't pursue these matters deeply...

Song Shi'an ate melons secretly on the side.

He felt something was a bit off.

Isn't Jiang Churan the CEO's white moonlight? Why does the CEO look like he can't stand her?

Could it be that after eight years apart, their feelings have faded?

That shouldn't be right. The CEO supposedly even went to harvest the female lead's kidney for her; this affection must be deep!

What?

He went to harvest someone's kidney?!

And it was for Jiang Churan?!

Hearing Song Shi'an's inner voice, Lu Mingyu was also shocked.

Silently reciting inwardly: Patriotic, dedicated, honest, friendly.

"There's nothing else, Miss Jiang, you may go out." Lu Mingyu directly issued an eviction order.

Jiang Churan's tears fell straight down. The impact of a strong career woman crying was far greater than that of a delicate white lotus.

"Mingyu~" Her voice choked out a sob. "I'm sorry, I only did the wrong thing because I love you too much."

Lu Mingyu: "..."

Jiang Churan continued, "When I went abroad back then, it was also a last resort. Are you still blaming me?"

"I can explain. Back then, the Jiang family was hit hard and almost went bankrupt, leaving no choice but to transfer all assets abroad, and I was picked up by my parents and taken abroad too."

"All these years abroad, I've thought of you every single moment. This time when I came back, I just want to be with you!!"

A long silence, carrying a dead stillness in the air.

After a good while, Lu Mingyu slowly spoke, "I remember the two of us were just neighbors, right?"

"Mingyu, we grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Can all these years of affection really be summed up with just the word 'neighbors'?" Jiang Churan cried.

Lu Mingyu: "The ones who grew up together back then were at least six or seven people, weren't they?"

Wealthy people back then all lived in the inner-city villa districts.

In high-society families, business dealings were bound to cross paths to some extent, and several kids of similar ages, right in their mischievous playing years, all got pretty close.

So why was Jiang Churan pinning all the blame on him?

"But you were the best to me! For these past eight years, I've only had you in my heart!" Jiang Churan looked at Lu Mingyu affectionately.

"Plane tickets back home aren't expensive, are they? If you really liked me, why didn't you buy a ticket and come back? Don't tell me you didn't have time—eight years, you couldn't possibly not have a single day?" Lu Mingyu pierced through her without the slightest bit of politeness.

Jiang Churan explained, "Because the Jiang family declined, I didn't have the face to see you."

"The Jiang family hasn't risen up now either, why did you come to see me? Is it because your skin has gotten thicker?" Lu Mingyu really was as sharp-tongued as ever.

Jiang Churan was truly choked up this time, left with absolutely nothing to say.

On the side, Song Shi'an frantically pressed down the corners of his lips, terrified that he wouldn't hold back and would accidentally laugh out loud.

Seeing she couldn't win the argument, Jiang Churan suddenly began coughing violently.

She covered her mouth, coughing heart-rendingly.

"Cough, cough, cough!! Cough! Cough, cough!!"

Startled, Lu Mingyu took several steps back.

After finishing her cough, Jiang Churan spoke up, "Mingyu, I'm sick, the doctor said..."

Covering his nose and mouth, Lu Mingyu hurriedly interrupted, "Don't come over. You don't have a contagious disease, do you? I'm not discriminating against you, but go to the hospital if you're sick—don't come to my company!"