Chapter 23 (2/2)
”Why don't you just say that when the plane takes off, you will open the window and touch the clouds?”
Chen Jin found that it was the man with gla.s.ses, who was sitting in front of Lu Chengyu, that spoke in such a joking tone. It seemed that this man was familiar with Lu Chengyu.
”Although I'm just a fresh graduate with little social experience, don't lie to me. Can we see clouds at night?” Lu Chengyu pulled up the sleeve of his white s.h.i.+rt and looked at Cao Jingshen with an innocent expression, deliberately making a strange remark, ”Furthermore, it seems that the wind outside the plane is strong. Can you open the window?”
Cao Jingshen pushed up his gla.s.ses and, with a serious expression, said, ”Quickly go to sleep. You can do it after you fall asleep.”
Lu Chengyu raised his mouth and revealed eight neat white teeth to Cao Jingshen, ”Ha ha.”
[T/N: okay if you guys don't understand the sarcasm level of both Chengyu and Jingshen, here is the explanation. [if you guys can understand it, feel free to skip this explanation.] Chengyu said about open the window is to be sarcastic to Deyou as Deyou said this is the first time Chengyu on a plane, does he know anything about flying? he doesn't, right? Chengyu is a noob regarding flying on a plane. so Chengyu try to be as noob as he can by sarcastically said that he can't open the window although its stuffy here, but then jingshen is being more sarcastic by saying, why don't you just say that you can open the window and touch the cloud, that's more amateur and noob for the first-time-flight-pa.s.senger-remarks.]
Jingshen is trying to help Chengyu but didn't he know, Yan Mu was mad at him.
Looking at the scene in silence, Chen Jin's mood was somewhat complicated. It seemed that Lu Chengyu easily got along with everyone, and they even liked him. No wonder Chengyu looked down upon people like himself.
Liang Deyou tilted his head and saw the heavy expression on Chen Jin's face.
Yan Mu turned his head and looked at Liang Deyou, then he silently moved his sight away. Compared to his father, this Liang's young master was too far behind.
The old Liang family patriarch now wanted to retire and pa.s.s on the company to his heir. This decision would probably be the greatest evidence of him being unable to make sound decisions in his old age despite his long record of having keen insight.
As the plane took off smoothly, it was already dinner time. Flight attendants began to distribute drinks, fruits, and dinner to the pa.s.sengers. Lu Chengyu didn't like the western style, so he chose traditional Chinese food. When Chengyu was halfway through his meal, the plane encountered turbulence and shook violently. Chengyu immediately reached for the drink cups and steadied it. After confirming that the drinks didn't spill, Chengyu relaxed his breathing.
Yan Mu noticed his actions, so when Chengyu finished drinking, he rang the bell to call for the flight attendant to give Lu Chengyu another cup.
The latter looked at the gla.s.s full of orange juice in front of him. ”…” He just didn't want to waste juice.
Both of them plan to do ‘orange-juice-spill-play' later on because of what happen today.
After getting off the plane, the people in charge of receiving them in M County took them to the hotel they had booked before. When Lu Chengyu picked up the room card at the reception desk, he saw Liang Deyou and Chen Jin also coming in. The moment he and Liang Deyou locked eyes, Liang Deyou's face sank. Chengyu blinked and gave them a brilliant smile.
Liang Deyou turned his head away and said to Chen Jin, ”Chen Jin, is there something wrong with your obnoxious cla.s.smate?”
Chen Jin glanced at Liang Deyou, ”You're the first person to state that he has a problem, so…what do you think?” Although he complained that Lu Chengyu didn't like him, Lu Chengyu was a very good person. He didn't want to act like an immature brat like Liang Deyou.
”I knew you still couldn't give up on him,” said Liang Deyou with an ugly face. ”But he doesn't like you at all. Do you know that?”
Chen Jin stared at him and walked away silently, as if he was too lazy to speak.
Therefore, when Lu Chengyu was about to go upstairs, he found Liang Deyou staring at him inexplicably, looking like he wanted to start a fight.
He touched his chin and whispered to Cao Jingshen, ”Is there something wrong with that young master?”
Cao Jingshen pushed up his gla.s.ses, ”Maybe he's a second-stage critical patient, ba.”
Liang Deyou had leukaemia, which is the reason why he wanted Chen Jin. He loves him.
This was the best hotel in M County, but in terms of facilities and service quality, there were still some gaps between this hotel and the first-cla.s.s hotels in Beijing. Lu Chengyu looked at the time. It was more than 9 P.M., but there were not that many pedestrians outside on the streets.
Like him, Yan Mu also noticed this. He reached out and patted Lu Chengyu on the shoulder. ”Let's go in.” Fortunately, the decision to abandon the bid was made. Otherwise, they would really lose a lot of money.
The three people's rooms were next to one another. Lu Chengyu chose the room in the middle. If there was any noise in the rooms on both sides, he could detect it on time.
After he put away his laundry, Chengyu took his notebook and came out of his room. Then, he heard someone coming out the opposite door. He looked up and saw Chen Jin, who was followed by Liang Deyou, also coming out.
Chen Jin didn't think that things would happen so coincidentally. Remembering that he was rooming with Liang Deyou and that this was seen by Lu Chengyu, he suddenly became uncomfortable.
”Yo, what a coincidence,” said Liang Deyou. He walked to Chen Jin with a grin on his face and blocked Chen Jin from Lu Chengyu's line of sight. ”Mr. Lu is also here for the bidding this time?” There were several real estate companies in Beijing that were interested in M County's development plan. Which company did Lu Chengyu come from? How was he able to represent the company right after he started working?
”There's an old saying: 'know one's enemy as well as oneself'[3]; 'fight a hundred battles, win a hundred victories'[4]. If Mr. Liang is not clear, go back and ask you father. He should be able to teach you well.” Yan Mu suddenly stepped out of his room. Glancing at Liang Deyou expressionlessly, he turned to Lu Chengyu and said, ”Get in, Jingshen is already here.” Without looking at Liang Deyou, he took Lu Chengyu back into his room.
[3]知己知彼 [zhī jǐ zhī bǐ]: know ones own and the enemy's situation [strength]
[4] 百战百胜 [bǎizhànbǎishèng]: to emerge victorious in every battle / to be ever-victorious
Liang Deyou looked at Yan Mu's back and, after half a day, spat out two words, ”f.u.c.k it!” Where did this man come from to speak as he will? ”Did his family not teach him about courtesy?!”
Looking at the closed door, Chen Jin suddenly remembered that the company Lu Chengyu was working for now was Huading International. Was the person who just came out a senior staff or the president of Huading?
Lu Chengyu, now… What height are you already standing at?
Translator and Editor rambling section:
Naeda: ngl, i kinda forgot about the chen and liang duo lol
Shunraiki: Haha, Chengyu haven't got his revenge to both of these guys, I bet we're gonna see them more after this
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