The huge diamond in the woman's hand reflected a dazzling and sharp light, just like the attitude of its owner at the moment.
Even with the gorgeous accessories, the hand holding the spoon to stir the coffee can't be seen to be young.
"I have a meeting in half an hour, so you only have 10 minutes."
The woman's eyes were fixed on the documents at hand, without even lifting her eyelids.
The obvious disrespect made Lu Zhen, who was sitting opposite him, blush. He subconsciously looked at the man next to him, seeking protection.
The man in Lu Zhen's eyes was wearing a black turtleneck cashmere sweater and a dark brown cashmere coat, and his pupils were a light amber in the warm light. It was hard to tell the man's temperament. At first glance, he looked calm and mature, but at second glance, he could taste his deep gentleness, or his elusive quietness and loneliness.
Facing the woman's contempt, the man remained calm, his voice steady and sincere in the hard atmosphere, "I brought Lu Zhen here to apologize to Mr. Shi."
The woman snorted and slowly raised her eyes, glancing at Lu Zhen before moving away. She took a sip of coffee, leaving a bright lip color on the rim of the cup.
"Why are you apologizing to me? Love between men and women is based on chemistry. Xiao Lu doesn't like me, and I can't force him." She sneered, "That's right. At my age, I can give birth to him with a little effort."
These words were tricky and revealed extreme displeasure, indicating that he was not buying it at all.
The calm man lowered his eyes and glanced at Lu Zhen in his narrow eyes, with a cold look on his face: "Lu Zhen, why don't you apologize to Mr. Shi?"
Lu Zhen hurriedly agreed and poured out all the words that had been turning around in his stomach for a long time.
Before the woman could blame him again, the man next to Lu Zhen tapped the table with his knuckles and said coldly, "Lu Zhen, if you want to apologize, show some sincerity. Is it a waste of Mr. Shi's time to listen to you?"
Lu Zhen was startled for a moment, and it took him three or five breaths to react. He stood up and walked to the woman's side, suddenly bowing to her: "Mr. Shi, I was wrong. I went to the appointment without understanding the situation. Please forgive me."
The woman flipped a page of the document and raised the corner of her lip slightly: "How come I'm the only bad guy among all the staff?"
"If I were you, I would not have let Lu Zhen walk out of the guild hall in one piece yesterday, and I would not have taken time out of my busy schedule to meet him today just because he waited for a whole day." The man smiled and said, "So, Mr. Shi, you really don't deserve the title of a villain."
The woman's hand stirring the coffee stopped for a moment, and she took a serious look at the unfamiliar man sitting opposite her.
She saw that the man still had a faint smile in his eyes, but he spoke with authority: "Lu Zhen, did I ask you to get up?"
After hearing this, Lu Zhen bent his back to 90 degrees again, pressing his trouser line with both hands like a standard triangle ruler.
The woman looked at Lu Zhen, then at the man opposite her, and finally became a little interested: "Why, did your company give Xiao Lu a new agent?"
The man straightened his back slightly, the way a subordinate would introduce himself: "Mr. Shi, I'm Lu Zhen's ex-boyfriend, my name is You Shulang."
This time it was the woman who was stunned.
"Ex what? Boyfriend?" She was instantly furious, "So their company recommended a gay man to me?!"
"Fuck!" The delicate and elegant woman couldn't help but swear.
"Mr. Shi, please calm down. This has nothing to do with the company. This is all Lu Zhen's fault." You Shulang calmly comforted him. "He wanted to be the spokesperson and wanted to build a relationship with the company, but he didn't communicate clearly with the company on some aspects. He took your advertisement without knowing it, but he can't pretend to be a straight man to deceive you, right? He backed out at the last minute yesterday, and the company was very angry. You can see that there is still a red mark on his forehead now."
The woman looked over and saw Lu Zhen still bowing at a 90-degree angle. Even though his face was flushed red, a clear bruise was still visible on the left side of his forehead.
There are rumors in the circle that some gay men would rather take drugs and serve female bosses in order to get promoted.
The woman raised her eyebrows, looked away, and her anger dissipated a lot.
"Xiao Lu is your...ex-boyfriend?"
"Yes." You Shulang replied calmly.
"You're also in charge of your ex-boyfriend's problems?"
You Shulang smiled and said, "This is the last time I will care about him. Just consider it as a gesture of our past friendship. I will not care about him anymore in the future."
After hearing this, Lu Zhen, who was trying hard to hold on, suddenly swayed, and big drops of tears fell straight to the ground without any buffer.
The woman glanced at the tear marks on the floor and suddenly felt that the coffee tasted a bit bitter. She took out a lady's cigarette from her bag and just as she put it in her mouth, You Shulang handed her a light.
"Why break up with such a good boyfriend?" She lit a cigarette and asked Lu Zhen.
Lu Zhen shed more tears and his body twitched, but he was trying his best to support his bent back.
The woman sneered: "It seems that you are not satisfied." She sighed, "Some men cannot share the joys and sorrows, and some cannot share the wealth."
She exhaled smoke and smiled sadly: "If I could meet a good man, I wouldn't have to play with little male models every day."
You Shulang was silent for a while before he said, "Lu Zhen is young and sometimes thinks too idealistically about many things, including love and work. I think he will definitely learn his lesson after his fall, and I hope that Mr. Shi will show some mercy and forgive him once."
The woman held the cigarette, and a thin white mist rose up. She stared at Lu Zhen, who was almost unable to hold on, and said lightly: "Not many men can be humble for their exes. This time I will give Mr. You a favor."
After putting out the cigarette, she took out the advertising endorsement contract from her briefcase, unscrewed the pen and signed her name.
"I won't change my spokesperson, Lu Zhen. I like you because you look a bit like my ex-husband when he was young. I hope you won't be as evil-hearted as him."
After signing the contract, the woman stared at You Shulang and said with a smile: "If Mr. You likes women, I will get you no matter how much money I spend."
For the first time, her smile was sincere, and her not-so-young face actually had a bit of innocence. You Shulang smiled back, "Ms. Shi is a very nice person, and she's also pretty. She'll meet a good man."
"Have you met him now?" the woman asked casually.
"I..."
A simple question actually made the calm and composed man speechless. All the emotions that had been suppressed for a whole day pressed down on You Shulang like a mountain!
The surrounding noises gradually faded away, and the woman's concerned gaze gradually faded. Only the unextinguished lady's cigarette in the ashtray, with half-dead smoke, looked very much like the "Rouge" in Fan Xiao's hand last night...