Chapter 580 - Reason for Being Late (2/2)

Su Li, Shen Qingyan, and Chai Zhiying were stunned into silence. They stared at him with eyes wide open.

Why was Xiao Luo here? And why was he taking the seat at the head of the table?

A whole bunch of questions ran through their minds. It was as if time had stopped at that moment. Everything around them became inconsequential, and their eyes were all focused on this familiar, yet unfamiliar man.

“Cousin, you’re finally here. Any later and I would have killed myself,” a voice cut across the silent room.

Zhang Dashan, who was collapsing, hurriedly made the introduction. “Goddess Su, CEO Shen, CEO Cai–this is the boss of Luo Workshop. His surname is Xiao, and his given name is just Luo.”

What?

As soon as he said that, it was as if a bomb just exploded in Su Li and everyone else’s heads.

“What? H-he… Xiao Luo is the boss of Luo Workshop? This… this can’t be!”

Chai Zhiying mumbled incoherently as her legs went weak, and she sat right back in her seat from the shock. Thankfully, the chair was just under her. Otherwise, she would have been sprawled on the floor by now and making a fool of herself.

Su Li froze as if she turned into a piece of wood. She stared into Xiao Luo’s eyes with shock. Her eyelids were quivering, and her brain seemed to have gone blank.

“Xiao Luo, you… You’re the boss of Luo Workshop?”

Shen Qingyan asked in disbelief. She had been speculating who the boss of Luo Workshop could be, at least a dozen times, but it never occurred to her that it would turn out to be Xiao Luo. It didn’t make sense. Xiao Luo had once worked at her Huayao Group, and there was no reason for the boss of Luo Workshop to lower his pride to work at her company.

Xiao Luo nodded his head and replied, “Yes!”

It was now time for him to lay the cards on the table, and there was no need for him to try to cover it up any longer. Besides, Luo Workshop was in an excellent position to negotiate with them now.

When she heard Xiao Luo’s reply, Shen Qingyan’s eyes lost their sparkle, and she dropped back in her seat like a lifeless robot.

Compared to the rest, Cai Renhe was a lot calmer, although he couldn’t contain his annoyance. “As you’re the boss of Luo Workshop, then you owe us a proper explanation. Why did you make us wait here for more than forty-minutes?” he asked.

“I’ve already said, something happened on my way here,” Xiao Luo replied.

“What could’ve happened that it would delay you by a good forty-minutes?”

Cai Renhe retorted, clearly dissatisfied with the explanation. “Don’t tell me it was due to a traffic jam, for Xiahai’s traffic isn’t that bad that a jam can last as long as forty minutes,” he sneered.

Xiao Luo shook his head and smiled. “It wasn’t because of a traffic jam. On my way here, I met a group of robbers who were trying to rob a bank,” he explained.

Robbers trying to rob a bank?

What the–did they have to be this in sync?

Did he even have to use the lame excuse that I offered earlier to bamboozle these three bosses? What in the world was this?

It was the first time that Zhang Dashan had ever felt like he was about to go crazy. This brother of his was too much. He had the gall to use such a lame excuse and to think that he even said it with such a serious-looking face.

Su Li, Shen Qingyan, Cai Renhe, and everyone else was so shocked that their jaws dropped, leaving their mouths wide-open. They could not believe that Xiao Luo would use the same excuse that Zhang Dashan had given earlier.

What the hell was going on here?

Was he looking down on them, or was he trying to humiliate them?

Cai Renhe laughed mockingly and said, “CEO Xiao, did you really think we’d believe that?”

“You might not believe it, but everything I just said is the truth,” Xiao Luo replied.

Zhang Dashan could not put up with this any longer and whispered into Xiao Luo’s ears with a concerned expression. “Cousin, I made this up earlier on and said that you encountered a group of robbers who were trying to rob a bank. I can’t believe you’re using the same excuse too. I’m sure they think that we’re taking them fools and are messing around with them.”