With that, he turned halfway to the side. "Mr. Lu, please."
Ji Yanzhi had no time to stop him. The flashy magpie had already come in.
Lu Yanchu paused briefly when he saw Ji Ting, then broke into a smile. "Ji Ting, you're here too."
Ren Qun closed the door and returned to the secretaries' office with a frown.
"Hiss..."
Fang Jie returned from delivering some documents and found him looking worried and confused. "What's wrong?"
"I just took Mr. Lu inside, right? When I came out, I got the feeling President Ji was angry."
Fang Jie was startled. "What? Mr. Lu came today?"
"President Ji told me to." Bewildered, Ren Qun pointed toward the President's Office. "When he left work yesterday, didn't he tell me to contact Mr. Lu tomorrow and have him come over?"
Fang Jie closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "What time did the President leave work yesterday?"
"One..." Ren Qun's eyes suddenly widened. "Ah... Ah!"
Ji Yanzhi had worked overtime until the early hours yesterday. It had already been past midnight, so the "tomorrow" he meant was the twenty-fourth.
Ren Qun's world came crashing down. On the verge of tears, he said, "I'm done for. I'm done for. I think I'm finished."
Inside the President's Office.
Ever since Lu Yanchu had walked through the door, he had acted as though Ji Yanzhi didn't exist. His eyes were fixed entirely on Ji Ting.
"Ji Ting, how have you been feeling lately? Has your aphasia cleared up?"
Ji Ting gave a slight, composed nod. "Yes. I can speak normally now."
Lu Yanchu seemed relieved, but the guilt never left his eyes. "I'm sorry. Whatever the nature of that incident, at the end of the day, you got dragged into it because of me."
"No one