The Billionaire's New Wife in Chief
Chapter 160 - 86 Lu Jingchen, what about you and Zuo Yuqing?

Chapter 160: Chapter 86 Lu Jingchen, what about you and Zuo Yuqing?

Song Qiao initially didn’t recognize the person in front of her, but as soon as she heard the voice, she immediately recognized that it was Lu Jingchen’s secretary, probably called Secretary Xu, who had previously met her downstairs and brought her up when she visited the CK Group to see Lu Jingchen.

Secretary Xu felt a hostile gaze on him and turned his head to look, seeing the girl standing by the president’s wife looking at him discontentedly. He immediately felt very depressed and bewildered, wondering when he had offended the president’s wife’s friend. Why was there inexplicable hostility towards him?

Secretary Xu was quite aggrieved. In fact, he lived nearby in a residential area. Just now, he had seen his boss preparing buckets of water outside the complex’s security room and instinctively got out of the car, and naturally became the helper carrying the water for Lu Jingchen. Initially, he was confused and surprised to see the president in such a place, but when he saw Song Qiao, he realized that the president’s wife had been living here, which explained why he felt she looked familiar the first time he saw Song Qiao up close at CK; it must have been on one of his daily commutes when he had seen her.

Song Qiao saw that Secretary Xu was struggling with the bucket of water and quickly pointed in the direction of the kitchen, saying, "It’s really kind of you, just put it inside!"

Secretary Xu, flattered, hurriedly gestured with one hand and said somewhat hastily, "No trouble, no trouble, it’s my duty!"

As he spoke, he carried the water toward the kitchen, while Ning Wan glanced meaningfully at Lu Jingchen but didn’t say anything, took the cup from which Song Qiao had just been drinking milk, and followed Secretary Xu into the kitchen, leaving Song Qiao and Lu Jingchen standing in the living room.

Lu Jingchen cast a dark, inscrutable look towards the kitchen’s direction and without speaking, turned his head towards Song Qiao. He then strode over, raised his hand to gently move a strand of her hair from her forehead to behind her ear, his voice low and tenderly murmuring, "Have you finished packing?"

"Not yet!" Perhaps it was this hot weather, Song Qiao felt sweat forming on her forehead and her ears getting a bit hot. To lighten the mood, she looked up at him and responded, "Do you want some water?"

Lu Jingchen quietly stared at her and replied, "No need, I’ve already had some. If you haven’t finished packing, continue. Later, we’ll go to the villa first, and then to the company. Do you need my help with packing?"

His deep gaze intensely fixed on her face, like a dense net enveloping her, leaving no escape.

Yan Xunhuan felt like she was going to fall into a deep whirlpool that was completely bottomless, subconsciously waved her hand and quickly lowered her head to decline his offer, "I’m almost done, no need for your help, just wait here in the living room!"

Having said that, she turned and walked into her room, even closing the door behind her.

Lu Jingchen withdrew his hand that was still suspended in mid-air and gazed at the securely shut door for a while before slowly drawing back his gaze, with an indiscernible and perplexing expression in his eyes.

Secretary Xu approached Lu Jingchen and respectfully said, "President, I’ve already installed the water for Miss Ning and others. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading back now!"

His mother was still waiting for him at home. He had called the caretaker earlier, and the situation wasn’t too bad, but if his mother waited too long without seeing him, she might become upset.

Lu Jingchen knew Secretary Xu’s mother was over fifty and seriously ill, so he lightly acknowledged with a hum and then said, "If you need to take leave next week, you can request it now!"

Secretary Xu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly shook his head and smiled in refusal, "President, I don’t need the leave. My mother is in relatively good condition now, so I can still come to work daily!"

Moreover, taking leave would mean a direct deduction from his attendance bonus. CK Group was different from other groups; the rules were very strict, but the bonuses and other benefits were very high.

Even the attendance bonus was several times higher than that of other companies.