Chapter 242

Chapter 242 Fifteen-Day Long Holiday

 

Bikan Group Headquarters Building.

“You want to take leave? Fifteen days?”

Lin Aoxue frowned slightly, seemingly surprised by Su Rui’s request for leave.

After so many days, Lin Aoxue had become accustomed to having Su Rui by her side, with his jokes or mischievous behavior. His sudden request to leave made Miss Lin feel quite uncomfortable.

“Yes, fifteen days,” Su Rui said with a smile. “During this period, Holman and Jin Taizhu will protect you the whole time. Don’t worry, their combat abilities are very trustworthy. Just don’t miss me too much during this time… if you do miss me, you can always call me.”

Seeing Su Rui being mischievous again, Lin Aoxue shook her head. “Fifteen days, what are you going to do?”

“Ah, about that,” Su Rui said cheerfully. “I’m accompanying Zhou Anke home to visit her family.”

“Accompanying Zhou Anke home? Why are you going with her when she visits her family?”

Finance Deputy Director Zhou Anke had taken annual leave to visit her family, which Lin Aoxue naturally knew about. But what she didn’t understand was what this had to do with Su Rui.

What a scoundrel!

Lin Aoxue looked at Su Rui’s smiling face with gritted teeth, thinking this annoying guy had set his sights on Zhou Anke, and suddenly felt angry.

However, Lin Aoxue hadn’t yet realized why she was feeling this anger.

“When there’s a beautiful woman to accompany, do you think I’m stupid?” Su Rui said cheerfully. “A full fifteen days! Who knows if Miss Zhou might fall in love with me during this time.”

“Denied.” Seeing Su Rui’s self-indulgent expression, Lin Aoxue coldly uttered these two words.

“What?” Su Rui didn’t understand for a moment.

“I’m not approving your leave request,” Lin Aoxue stared at him without blinking. “Report to work tomorrow morning as usual.”

“You, Lin Aoxue…” Su Rui was about to explode, but suddenly seemed to realize something. He immediately put on an extremely mischievous expression and said with a grin, “You’re jealous.”

“Me? Jealous?” Lin Aoxue frowned. “What would I be jealous of?”

“Don’t pretend I can’t tell. You really are jealous,” Su Rui smiled. “Aren’t you slightly upset that I’ll be spending fifteen days with Zhou Anke? Well, I understand. After spending so many days together, you’ve already started treating me as your personal property, and naturally won’t allow other women to touch me…”

Before Su Rui could finish, a folder came flying at his face, thrown by Lin Aoxue.

He caught it with one hand and smiled provocatively. “You can’t hit me.”

Lin Aoxue immediately grabbed the cup from her desk and threw the water at him.

Su Rui couldn’t dodge this time and got completely soaked.

His carefully styled morning hairdo was ruined, dripping with water, making him look quite miserable.

“Lin Aoxue, you’re really going too far!” Su Rui wiped the water from his face, forcibly suppressing the urge to scream.

“You actually used boiling water!”

Seeing Su Rui’s gritted teeth, Lin Aoxue’s beautiful face broke into a slight smile.

“I’ve approved your leave,” Lin Aoxue said.

“Hmph, if you were going to approve it anyway, why all this trouble?” Su Rui wiped his face again and walked out with his head held high.

Lin Aoxue watched his back and said softly, “I know you have your reasons for going.”

After spending so many days together, Lin Aoxue had realized that Su Rui wasn’t someone who could be easily swayed by beauty, so she wouldn’t stop him.

Besides, even if Lin Aoxue wanted to stop him, if Su Rui was determined to go, she couldn’t have stopped him anyway.

…

Early the next morning, when Zhou Anke was waiting downstairs with her bags, Su Rui had already arrived in a Passat.

“Let’s go, we’ll drive.”

Su Rui loaded all the luggage into the car. This girl was really thoughtful; he could tell that ninety percent of the luggage consisted of gifts for her family.

“Drive there?” Zhou Anke was surprised. “It’s over 1,500 kilometers. Driving would take at least ten hours. I’ve already booked two train tickets.”

“What’s the fun in train tickets? I’ll drive you, and we can enjoy the scenery along the way,” Su Rui smiled. “Quickly refund the train tickets, you’ll save some money.”

Zhou Anke seemed tempted by the proposal of driving and sightseeing, after all, the scenery from a train couldn’t compare to what you could see from the road.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you,” Zhou Anke still felt apologetic about this. At least in her view, driving continuously for over ten hours was enough to exhaust anyone.

“That’s nothing. With a beautiful woman accompanying me, I won’t get tired,” Su Rui chuckled. Today Zhou Anke was wearing a plain white fitted dress that perfectly showcased her beautiful figure. With her long hair flowing over her shoulders and her snow-white skin, she exuded the charm of a southern beauty.

Such a beautiful woman with a pleasant voice – having her sit in the passenger seat would make any man happy to drive for a lifetime!

Moreover, what Zhou Anke didn’t know was that driving for over ten hours really wasn’t a big deal for Su Rui. Once in the African desert, he had driven an old Jeep chasing local armed forces for several days straight without any issues.

Cars, beautiful women, and a journey full of scenic views – these were all elements of a good life.

“Ann, you’ve been in Ninghai for so long, haven’t you found a boyfriend yet?” Su Rui’s question seemed somewhat mischievous.

“I haven’t found the right one, so every time I go home I get interrogated. Many relatives want to set me up on blind dates, and it’s quite annoying whenever this topic comes up.”

“Yes, it’s really awkward when you face this situation back home. No wonder the business of renting short-term boyfriends and girlfriends is so popular now.”

Zhou Anke nodded, but she was completely unaware of what it meant to bring a man home with her!

“So, I’ve never been supportive of blind dates. Two people coming together ultimately requires fate. Fate can be equated to meeting. If you haven’t met yet, it means the time hasn’t come.”

Zhou Anke’s viewpoint represented that of most young people, but unfortunately, as time passes, they gradually give up the courage to pursue love above all else. Instead, they focus on material conditions like houses and cars. When people go on blind dates, if the conditions are satisfactory and the appearance is acceptable, then everything is OK, and they can make do with life together.

It must be said that this is the tragedy of young people, and even more so the tragedy of this materialistic era.

Time always flies when you’re with a beautiful woman. Su Rui had been driving for four hours, chatting with Zhou Anke along the way, and discovered that they had surprisingly similar views on many things. Meeting such a like-minded girl, who was also beautiful, was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise arranged by heaven for Su Rui.

The conversation throughout the journey put Zhou Anke in a very good mood as well. In fact, due to her personality, although many men pursued her, Zhou Anke never had more than minimal contact with any man. The fact that she was now chatting freely with Su Rui for several hours could be considered a miracle. The smile on her pretty face never faded.

“Oh my, I almost forgot something,” Zhou Anke suddenly exclaimed.

“What’s wrong?”

“I forgot to tell my mom I’m coming home today.” Zhou Anke immediately started looking for her phone.

Su Rui thought this girl was really quite careless, so he said, “You could just show up suddenly and give them a surprise.”

“I should still let them know, so my mom can prepare a room for you,” Zhou Anke said as she dialed the number. “Otherwise, you’ll have nowhere to stay.”

“I can stay at a hotel,” Su Rui really didn’t care about accommodation conditions. In the past, he had spent months evading enemies in the American jungle without any issues.

“That’s not acceptable,” Zhou Anke had an absolutely-not expression, which looked quite adorable. “If you’re visiting my home as a guest, letting you stay at a hotel would be completely inappropriate.”

At this moment, the call connected.

“Mom, I’m coming home today,” Zhou Anke nodded. “Yes, I’m already on the way.”

Su Rui couldn’t hear what Zhou Anke’s mother was saying on the other end, but judging from Zhou Anke’s tone, it was probably a mild surprise.

“I deliberately didn’t tell you because I wanted to give you a surprise.”

“I’m planning to stay for about ten days this time. You and dad should prepare some good food, especially lotus cake.”

“Also, invite all the uncles and aunts over. I’ve brought gifts for everyone.”

“It’s not expensive. I earn good money now, don’t worry about me spending.”

“Yes, I’m coming back alone… no, there are two of us.”

All of the above was Zhou Anke’s side of the conversation, but after this last sentence, Su Rui heard the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly rise by eight octaves. Even without the speakerphone, he could hear it clearly!

“Two people? Man or woman?”

Hearing this voice, Su Rui could guess how excited Zhou Anke’s mother was at this moment!

“Mom, why are you so excited? He’s just a colleague of mine, a man.” Zhou Anke’s sensitivity to matters of romance was really poor. She completely failed to understand why her mother was so excited.

This girl had been pursued by men so aggressively that she had to reject someone almost regularly. For her, men were generally there to be rejected. But occasionally, when a man with whom she shared a natural rapport entered her life, she would naturally ignore societal perspectives.

“Your mom and dad have waited for so many years, and you’re finally bringing someone home!” Zhou Anke’s mother said energetically. Judging by this, Zhou Anke’s temperament clearly didn’t come from her, otherwise she wouldn’t have that delicate southern beauty quality.

Zhou Anke glanced at Su Rui, her face slightly red. “Mom, what are you saying? We’re just ordinary friends, don’t read too much into it.”

Zhou Anke’s words made it impossible for her mother not to think too much.

“Don’t be ridiculous. You only get one family visit leave a year. Would you bring an ordinary friend home?” Her mother sounded very excited on the phone, her voice never dropping from its high pitch!