Chapter 280

Chapter 280 Where Did You Find This Little Sprite?

 

Su Rui looked at his watch, mentally calculated the time again, and then said into the phone: “A Toyota Prado, license plate covered with camouflage cloth, left Binjiang Garden around 18:40, driving westward, with a blown-out right rear tire, looking crooked, should be easy to identify.”

Su Rui was indeed a professional, describing all the information clearly in one sentence.

“I understand what you mean.” Luo Feiliang’s gaze was determined as he said: “I will report all movements of this vehicle to you tomorrow morning!”

“Thank you for your hard work. Let’s have a meal together when we have time.”

Su Rui knew that trying to track a vehicle through intersection surveillance cameras was an enormous task. Since those cameras could only capture footage at intersections, with nothing recorded in between, the workload became even more massive! Every road section’s surveillance footage needed to be examined one by one!

It was precisely because Su Rui understood this difficulty that he appreciated Luo Feiliang’s attitude even more.

“Wanyan Huazhong.” Su Rui wasn’t certain if what he heard was correct, but he still shared this information with Luo Feiliang. With the latter’s intelligence network, investigating these details shouldn’t be too difficult.

…

Returning to the Lin family villa, Su Rui arrived just in time for dinner. He had completely moved in now and didn’t feel any sense of constraint staying here.

Wei Shuling treated Su Rui like her own son-in-law, even urging him and Lin Aoxue to share a room soon. Though not stated so directly, her meaning was very clear. On this point, Su Rui could only awkwardly agree—this future mother-in-law was quite something.

“Little Su, you’re back. Have you eaten yet?”

When Su Rui entered the house, Wei Shuling was sitting on the sofa watching TV. Upon seeing her “son-in-law” return, her eyes immediately lit up.

“Auntie, I’ve already eaten,” Su Rui replied with a smile.

“During these two days you were gone, Aoxue has been in low spirits. Her mood was clearly not as good as when you’re around. Today she even went straight to her room after dinner,” Wei Shuling said. “Go upstairs and check on her.”

“Alright, I’ll go right away.”

Su Rui didn’t immediately go see Lin Aoxue but returned to his own room for a thorough shower—otherwise, his body would still smell of Qin Yueran’s perfume, which hadn’t completely dissipated. What would happen if Lin Aoxue smelled it?

As for his relationship with Qin Yueran, Su Rui truly didn’t know what to do. Her feelings for him were passionate, and he could clearly sense it. He believed that even if he had pushed Qin Yueran down on the rooftop last night, she wouldn’t have objected.

But what kind of relationship was this exactly?

They couldn’t just kiss whenever they met without any substantial commitment, could they?

Su Rui’s usual approach was to stop thinking about things he couldn’t figure out and let nature take its course. Perhaps a solution would present itself.

After showering and changing into loungewear, Su Rui gently knocked on Lin Aoxue’s door.

No response.

Su Rui hadn’t planned to wait for Lin Aoxue to open the door. He turned the doorknob and slipped inside.

Lin Aoxue, wearing a nightgown, was sitting by the window reading a book. The warm light from the table lamp fell on her, making her look breathtakingly beautiful.

As if she already knew it was Su Rui entering, Lin Aoxue didn’t even raise her head.

“Auntie said you’ve been in low spirits since I left,” Su Rui pulled up a chair and sat beside her, asking with a smile: “How come I never realized I was so important to you?”

Lin Aoxue didn’t even bother to give him a glance, continuing to read her book.

“Look, Aoxue, I’ve come all the way back from the capital, and you don’t even give me a warm welcome hug. Instead, you’re so cold. That’s really not right,” Su Rui complained indignantly.

Lin Aoxue still didn’t speak.

“Aoxue, did I offend you somehow?” Thinking about this, Su Rui suddenly felt uneasy. Could she have seen him passionately kissing Qin Yueran on the hotel rooftop last night?

But that shouldn’t be the case. He and Lin Aoxue weren’t in a relationship, and she was always finding fault with him. He shouldn’t feel this guilty about kissing another woman.

“You didn’t offend me,” Lin Aoxue closed her book and said irritably. From the beginning until now, her eyes had remained on the same page for over half an hour.

“Then what’s going on here?” Su Rui sat up straight and said seriously: “A couple shouldn’t harbor overnight grudges. Let’s be open and honest.”

“Who’s a couple with you?”

Lin Aoxue raised her eyebrows. She hadn’t realized that with Su Rui in his loungewear and her in a simple nightgown, sitting so close together, they really did look like a couple.

“What did you go to the capital for?” Lin Aoxue hesitated before finally asking. After saying it, she felt something was off—it sounded like a wife catching her husband in an affair.

Hearing this, Su Rui smiled awkwardly: “Well, I was helping a friend with something.”

“Using twelve armed helicopters for a wedding intervention is just ‘helping with something’?” Lin Aoxue turned away, looking somewhat angry.

Yet she herself didn’t know why she was angry.

The smile on Su Rui’s face instantly became awkward. He scratched the back of his head: “Uh, you know about that?”

“Who in the capital doesn’t know? Chiyan called and told me everything.” Lin Aoxue’s sources were quite well-informed.

“Su Chiyan again! She’s trying to drive a wedge between us as a couple!” Su Rui thought to himself. Next time he saw that woman, he would definitely teach her a lesson and not let her off easily like last time.

“Who’s a couple with you?” In every conversation, Lin Aoxue refused to let Su Rui gain any advantage.

However, the usually clever Miss Lin had unwittingly sold out Su Chiyan this time.

“Oh… I see,” Su Rui looked at Lin Aoxue’s expression and deliberately dragged out his words in an annoying manner.

“What do you see?” Lin Aoxue glanced at him irritably.

“Aoxue, do you dare to answer a few questions for me?” Su Rui asked with a sly tone.

“What’s there to be afraid of?”

“No thinking, just quick answers.”

“Fine.”

Su Rui asked: “Are we friends?”

“Yes.”

“Do I need to report all my actions to you?”

“No.”

“Are you my girlfriend?”

“No.”

“Am I your boyfriend?”

“No.”

Su Rui asked rapidly, and Lin Aoxue answered just as quickly, not falling into any trap.

“Then, here’s the final question: if you’re not my girlfriend and I’m not your boyfriend, and I just went to the capital to help another female friend with a small favor, why are you acting like this?”

Lin Aoxue was stunned, seemingly unable to answer Su Rui’s question.

She had never sorted out her own feelings, so how could she know why her mood had deteriorated?

Su Rui laughed heartily: “Lin Aoxue, just admit it, you’re jealous!”

“Me? Jealous?” Lin Aoxue’s face was filled with coldness.

“Yes, if you’re not jealous, why are you so unhappy?” Su Rui grinned like a little devil waving a fork: “Actually, it’s very simple. Even if I’m not saying there’s nothing between Qin Yueran and me—I was just helping her—even if I really did go to intervene in a wedding, you should be happy for me, because we’re friends, right?”

Su Rui was pressing hard, and this time Lin Aoxue was completely defeated.

She instinctively answered: “Right.”

Su Rui spread his hands: “Since you also think you should be happy for me, why are you unhappy now?”

Lin Aoxue was completely unable to answer.

“So, just admit it. You’ve fallen for me, and you were just jealous, weren’t you?”

Lin Aoxue’s body trembled slightly as she raised her eyebrows: “Like you? How is that possible?”

“Anything is possible.”

Su Rui laughed heartily, patted Lin Aoxue’s shoulder, and whispered in her ear: “Child, face your own heart!”

With that, he left the room with an insufferably smug laugh, leaving Lin Aoxue curled up in her chair, head down, arms around her knees, with a distant look in her eyes, seemingly pondering Su Rui’s words.

…

Early the next morning, at the entrance of Bikang Group.

By now, everyone was accustomed to seeing CEO Lin Aoxue and Su Rui arriving at work together. People enjoyed watching the young couple spending all day together without getting tired of each other.

Seeing Su Rui and Lin Aoxue approaching, Chen Dawu and others shouted in unison: “Good morning, CEO! Good morning, son-in-law!”

Lin Aoxue remained expressionless. She had long grown used to such addresses and couldn’t be bothered to correct them.

As for Su Rui, he would praise Chen Dawu and the others every time he heard it: “You guys really get it!”

Just as Su Rui walked into the marketing department’s office area, he heard a sickeningly sweet voice.

“Oh, Team Leader Cao, please help me, won’t you? I’m just a newcomer who needs to learn from experienced seniors like you.”

The voice made one’s skin crawl, and Cao Tianping was no exception, smiling bitterly: “I already demonstrated for you yesterday. Although you’re new to the company, you had business experience before. Surely you don’t need me to teach you how to visit clients?”

“Handsome Team Leader Cao, please help this little lady. I’ll treat you to dinner tonight!”

Su Rui muttered: “Good grief, whose woman is this? How can she be so brazen?”

Lin Aoxue frowned slightly. It seemed the marketing department needed reorganization. Since Xue Ruyun’s resignation, there had been management deficiencies.

Since Cao Tianping and the woman both had their backs to them, completely unaware of who was behind them, the latter continued in her coquettish voice: “It’s my first time visiting a client today. Please come with me! I’m timid, and the client is male. What if he has inappropriate thoughts about me?”

Cao Tianping, suppressing his nausea, was about to speak when he heard Su Rui’s teasing voice: “Team Leader Cao, when such a good opportunity presents itself, you should grab it! Be careful, once this chance passes, it won’t come again!”

Hearing this, Cao Tianping immediately cried out in distress!

Because logically, if Su Rui appeared, it meant the CEO would also be present!

Turning around, he saw that the CEO was indeed beside Su Rui!

The woman also turned around, and when Su Rui saw her face, he almost burst out laughing!

What a small world! It was none other than the old director’s unfilial daughter, Li Lijuan!

Li Lijuan clearly recognized Su Rui as well. She immediately dropped her flirtatious manner, looked Lin Aoxue up and down, and said to Su Rui with a cold smile: “You, who tried to scam my father’s retirement pension, where did you find such a beautiful little vixen from some massage parlor today?”