Chapter 049
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Chapter 049 I Was Stunned by Your Beauty
“First, I’m not a warm-hearted girl, and second, I was just asking if you needed help, you don’t need to flatter me like that,” Lin Aoxue said indifferently.
Hearing this, Su Rui thought to himself: Are you really not understanding or just pretending? I was clearly mocking you, how is that flattery?
Su Rui smiled awkwardly: “Oh my, how could I trouble Comrade Aoxue for help? I’m just going to handle some personal matters, it’s very simple.”
After recent events, Lin Aoxue had become increasingly curious about Su Rui, feeling that this person seemed to have countless layers of mystery. After peeling away one layer after another, she discovered that what lay beneath was even more mysterious.
Especially last night when Su Rui effortlessly intimidated people from the Western dark world, which made Lin Aoxue even more interested in his background.
Now hearing Su Rui speak this way, Lin Aoxue raised her beautiful eyebrows again. She elegantly closed the folder, then folded her hands together: “As it happens, I have time today and want to give myself a day off. If Mr. Su doesn’t mind, I can accompany you to run your errands.”
The typically cold-natured Lin Aoxue had never shown curiosity toward any man before, but now she was clearly setting a precedent.
The more she unveiled the mystery, the more she wanted to understand this man. This curiosity was indeed fatal. But for women, such curiosity was simply irresistible.
This time it was Su Rui’s turn to be surprised. Since knowing Lin Aoxue until now, he had never heard this girl speak such a long sentence from beginning to end.
Had she taken the wrong medicine? Usually she spoke only one or two words, or two or three words at most, so why was she like this today?
Lin Aoxue wasn’t just a career woman focused solely on technology and management. She also wanted her own life, but her personality was indeed too cold, and most people couldn’t get close to her. Of course, she rarely paid attention to others in daily life. This woman had her own pride.
“Um, are you saying you want to come with me today?” Su Rui asked in disbelief.
“I haven’t had a break for a whole month. I want to relax today, and I don’t have many friends, so I’ll just go with you,” Lin Aoxue said coldly. Even though the content of her words was friendly, when she said it this way, it didn’t come across that way at all.
Ah, what a pity!
“Don’t think about refusing me,” Lin Aoxue said, seeing Su Rui’s expression and knowing what he was thinking, so she gave him a preemptive warning.
Su Rui wanted to cry. Although having a beautiful woman like Lin Aoxue by his side would be impressive, having such an ice mountain watching his every move would be extremely uncomfortable!
Moreover, if he encountered any beautiful women along the way, he definitely wouldn’t be able to approach them!
Women were the most likely to provoke wars between men. If Lin Aoxue walked beside him on the street, wouldn’t Su Rui become the enemy of all men?
Su Rui was a man, and with a man’s thinking, he could never guess a woman’s thoughts, because women were the most mysterious and powerful creatures in the world.
Lin Aoxue tidied up a bit and made a phone call to her father, Lin Fuzhang.
“Chairman, I need to go out to handle some personal matters today, so I won’t be at the company. If there’s anything urgent, please wait until I return.”
Whenever Lin Aoxue was at the company, she never called Lin Fuzhang “father,” but addressed him as “Chairman.” No one knew what was going on in this cold woman’s mind.
Every time he heard his daughter address him this way, Lin Fuzhang could only smile bitterly, though he had grown quite accustomed to it over time.
However, Lin Aoxue’s call surprised Lin Fuzhang greatly because, in his impression, his daughter was an undeniable academic and workaholic. During her school days, she almost never gave herself time to relax, using all her spare time for study and research. After starting work, Lin Aoxue devoted herself even more wholeheartedly to new product development and overall group management, working so diligently that it made people’s hearts ache!
What was wrong with her today? She actually requested a day off for herself, which was unprecedented! Lin Fuzhang couldn’t help but be shocked!
“Do you have something to do? Do you need my help?” Lin Fuzhang asked, still somewhat concerned.
“Chairman, this is my personal matter. Please don’t inquire about it during work hours,” Lin Aoxue said coldly.
Su Rui, listening on the side, almost burst out laughing. He could imagine the chairman’s expression at this moment—surely turning liver-colored, extremely vivid. Being spoken to like this by his own daughter, where could he put his old face?
In comparison, Lin Aoxue was actually quite polite to him!
Lin Fuzhang smiled bitterly: “Alright, alright, my precious daughter, I can give you a day off, but you must agree to one condition.”
Lin Aoxue raised her eyebrows: “What’s your condition? Tell me.”
Lin Fuzhang paused and said: “You can take time off, but you must take Su Rui with you. I’ll only feel at ease if you’re with him. Otherwise, I won’t approve this leave.”
Lin Aoxue’s beautiful eyebrows raised slightly as she glanced at Su Rui and said, “Fine.” Then she hung up the phone directly.
On the other end, Lin Fuzhang held the receiver, listening to the busy signal, smiling bitterly non-stop.
After finishing the call, Lin Aoxue said, “Let’s go!”
So this girl was really serious!
Su Rui couldn’t help but smile bitterly and said, “My lady, why do you insist on sticking with me? The places I’m going are quite crude. Someone as elegant as you certainly can’t go to such places.”
Lin Aoxue frowned slightly and said, “What? Do you look down on me or dislike me? What places can you go that I can’t?”
As she spoke, Lin Aoxue stood up. Su Rui wanted to argue a bit more, but in the next second, he couldn’t speak because his eyes fell upon a graceful figure.
Today Lin Aoxue was wearing a creamy white dress with a bright white gold necklace that made her snow-white, flawless neck look even more elegant. She wore no other accessories on her hands or ears, but this simplicity made her appear like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally unadorned, like a noble white swan! Such descriptive words couldn’t help but pop into Su Rui’s mind!
Most career women wear heavy or light makeup when going to work, but Su Rui could clearly see that Lin Aoxue wore absolutely no makeup. This woman was breathtakingly beautiful even with a bare face!
However, it was somewhat regrettable that her face was too cold, completely writing four words: strangers keep away.
Of course, these four words in Su Rui’s understanding had another meaning—don’t try to hit on me.
Lin Aoxue took in Su Rui’s reaction completely. She didn’t understand why this guy, who had just been adamantly opposing her accompanying him, now had such a shocked expression.
“What’s wrong with you?” Lin Aoxue couldn’t help but ask, seeing Su Rui standing there dumbfounded.
She hadn’t noticed that she was speaking much more today than usual.
“I’m completely stunned by your beauty,” Su Rui said seriously.
He was telling the truth, but to Lin Aoxue, it reminded her of how this guy had pestered her for hours on the plane. She gave him a cold look and said, “Let’s go quickly!”
After speaking, Lin Aoxue walked ahead, with Su Rui only two steps behind her, his eyes fixed on her gently swaying hips, smiling to himself again.
Although this girl didn’t look particularly plump, certain key areas were quite well-endowed. With her figure and appearance, who knew what kind of sensation she would cause walking down the street!
When Su Rui and Lin Aoxue walked side by side through the marketing department’s office hall, they found everyone looking in their direction. Especially Cao Tianping, who was winking and giving thumbs up to Su Rui, who winked back, looking as smug as possible.
The blinds in Xue Ruyun’s office weren’t down, and through the transparent glass, she clearly saw Su Rui and Lin Aoxue walking out together. This mature and sexy marketing director couldn’t help but lower her eyes, seemingly recalling last night’s events. That wild night at the bar, thinking about it now, seemed somewhat unreal!
“What a magical young man,” Xue Ruyun sighed, though when saying this, she seemed to forget that she herself wasn’t much older than Su Rui.
Shaking her head to clear away her random thoughts, Xue Ruyun clearly remembered that today was the anniversary of her mother’s death. Many years ago, she had watched her mother die coughing blood, standing helplessly by her side.
At that time, her mother, once 1.75 meters tall, had wasted away to just over 70 pounds. The once vibrant beauty had become skin and bones due to illness. All of this was deeply etched in Xue Ruyun’s mind.
Although she was just a young girl then, she never could and never dared to forget it all, because forgetting the past meant betrayal.
“Mom, are you doing well over there?”
Xue Ruyun leaned back in her chair, looking up at the office ceiling, her eyes filled with infinite melancholy.
If others saw her like this, they would be very surprised. How could the usually charming marketing director show such a sentimental side?
It was actually Su Rui’s honor that in all these years, only he had seen Xue Ruyun reveal this expression, just him alone.
Following Lin Aoxue out of the office to the underground parking lot, looking at the flashy car in front of him, Su Rui suddenly said, “Comrade Lin Aoxue, have you ever taken a bus?”
“A bus?”
Lin Aoxue didn’t know why Su Rui asked this, but at that moment she realized that she truly hadn’t taken a bus or subway for many years.
Since her father’s company had started doing well, she had been driven everywhere, even during university. Thinking about it, she really had become unfamiliar with public transportation like buses or subways.
“I haven’t taken one for a long time,” Lin Aoxue answered honestly.
Su Rui looked at Lin Aoxue’s not-so-high heels, nodded, and smiled with a devilish gleam in his eyes that seemed quite enticing: “How about today we don’t take your luxury car, but go to the bus stop at the group’s main entrance and take a bus instead? What do you think?”
Lin Aoxue was somewhat surprised, thought for a moment, and then actually nodded.
