marriage [big family]

Listening to the unexpected voice from the other side of the phone, Yao Jinxi froze for a moment, slowly frowned, and said coldly, "Why is Lu Ming's phone with you?"

"He," the person on the other side of the phone deliberately prolonged his voice, with an ambiguous and provocative tone: "He is taking a shower, so I answered it for him."

"You let him answer the phone."

"It's not convenient for him to answer your call now."

"Let him answer the phone!"

After three seconds of silence, the phone directly hung up.

Yao Jinxi looked at the screen of the mobile phone that showed that the call had ended, was stunned for a moment, and dialed their landline again.

No one picked up.

Closing his eyes, he threw the phone on the bed helplessly and lay down powerlessly. All kinds of messy thoughts flooded his mind. After a while, he opened his eyes suddenly, sat up, and picked up the phone again .

Of course, Yao Jinxi would not believe Qi Rui's nonsense. He just wanted to make sure what happened and where Lu Ming was now. This time, he directly dialed Lu Ming's company phone. After several rings and no one answered, he remembered this. The time is after midnight, so it can only be done again.

Yao Jinxi, who was not at ease, remembered that he seemed to have left Lu Ming's assistant's phone number before, and didn't care whether he would disturb others' rest at this time, so he still called. This time, someone finally answered, and the other party heard him clearly. After who was it, he told the truth about Lu Ming's whereabouts: "The general manager flew back to New York in the afternoon, and the headquarters asked him to go back to a meeting. He has contacted you before, but it seems that he has not been able to contact you."

That's because he had been in a meeting to explain his work before, and then he flew by plane for more than ten hours, so he didn't turn on the machine. Yao Jinxi held his forehead with some headaches and asked, "Isn't his mobile phone with him? Why did I call him?" Isn't he the one who answered the phone?"

"The general manager lost his mobile phone. Before going to New York, he should have asked his secretary to help him report the lost number. However, she was too busy at work yesterday, so she may have forgotten it. I will ask again tomorrow morning and help him deal with this matter."

"Why did he drop his phone?"

The other party told the story of Lu Ming's admission to the hospital that day, and Yao Jinxi was stunned again. After a long time, he didn't recover until the other party finished speaking and didn't continue. He thanked him and hung up the phone.

In connection with what happened in the past few days, Yao Jinxi felt mixed feelings for a while, without much hesitation, got up and went to the desk to turn on the computer, and sent an email to Lu Ming's mailbox.

-

It was already the third day after arriving in New York when Lu Ming received the email.

In the past few days, he is like a high-speed spinning top, attending meetings non-stop every day, and then meeting the directors and major shareholders of the board of directors. His great-grandpa took him almost to meet everyone who can speak and have prestige in the company. Finally, three days after he arrived in New York, it was finalized that he would be promoted to the position of president of the mainland China branch.

After actually getting this position, Lu Ming couldn't be happier, as if it was supposed to be like this, he just breathed a sigh of relief, opened the mailbox that he hadn't logged in for several days, it was full of work emails, and dealt with urgent ones first Yes, and then I saw the email Yao Jinxi sent three days ago.

Yao Jinxi has never sent him this kind of private email, not to mention that this is his work email, and the occasional emails are all formulaic work letters. This is the first time that he will see a private email from him.

After being surprised, Lu Ming opened it excitedly. After a quick scan, his mood became heavy again. Yao Jinxi told him the news that his grandfather was seriously ill and he was going back to London in the email, so he didn't have to worry about it. Inside, Yao Jinxi's anxiety and uneasiness can also be seen, how could he be at ease.

Even if you didn't get angry because Yao Jinxi didn't listen to the explanation and didn't tell you before, you can't get angry now. After holding back for so many days, Lu Ming finally dialed Yao Jinxi's phone. After a few rings, Yao Jinxi's voice with a strong nasal The voice finally came over, and Lu Ming suddenly felt as if he hadn't heard his voice for a long time, but in fact it was only a few days.

"it's me."

Yao Jinxi, who was leaning on the sofa and almost falling asleep, woke up instantly when he heard the voice, and his tone became warmer when he spoke again, and asked him: "Have you finished your work? Have you received the email I sent?"

"It's almost there. I'm sorry. I was so busy these days that I didn't check the mailbox before I saw..." Lu Ming paused, then continued: "Jinxi, I miss you very much."

With a simple sentence, the previous unhappiness disappeared so easily.

Yao Jinxi was stunned for a few seconds, then replied: "I miss you very much, too."

Lu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and his tone became lighter: "Are you not angry with me anymore?"

Yao Jinxi asked back: "Did you go to the hospital that day? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I called you what I wanted to talk about, but you hung up, and then I couldn't get through. I didn't do the police. I went to find Lu Xun that night, and he drugged me, almost catching him. , the phone was picked up by Qi Rui, and I lay in the hospital all night."

Lu Ming quickly explained the matter, and Yao Jinxi subconsciously clenched the cell phone he had been holding tightly. After a moment of silence, he asked him, "Are you okay?"

"It's nothing, but you misunderstood me and you don't want to see me, it's very sad." Lu Ming said honestly.

Yao Jinxi breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "The police said you called the police. I didn't know you would encounter such a thing. I'm sorry, but what are you doing to find Lu Xun alone?"

"He came after me, even if you give him money, he won't let me go, forget it, let's not talk about it," Lu Ming changed the subject and asked, "How is Grandpa's condition? "

"...not very good," Yao Jinxi's voice dropped again when he mentioned this: "...very bad."

Lu Ming subconsciously looked up at the clock hanging on the wall: "I'm going to London now, you wait for me." After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Yao Jinxi didn't have time to say anything more, the phone over there had already been hung up, so he could just forget it, but after so many days, he finally got in touch with Lu Ming, and he felt a little better. Looking at the darkened phone screen in his hand, A faint smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

-

Thinking about going to London without even packing his luggage, he took his passport and prepared to go straight to the airport. Lu Ming was rarely so impulsive, but Yao Jinxi always made him do things like he used to Things that would never be done.

"Where are you going at this time?"

A sudden voice behind him made Lu Ming, who was about to go out, stop. The person who came down the stairs with a cane was his great-grandfather Lu.

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, and told the truth: "Arthur's grandfather is seriously ill, and the affairs here are almost done. I plan to go to London."

Mr. Lu nodded: "Don't worry, come to my study, and I'll have a few words with you."

Lu Ming couldn't refuse Mr. Lu's words, and followed him into the study room. After the door closed, Mr. Lu's face became more serious, and without beating around the bush, he said directly, "I hope you can end this inexplicable affair with him. marriage."

Lu Ming was a little surprised when he heard the words, and lowered his voice: "What's the reason?"

"From the very beginning, I didn't approve of you marrying a man. I didn't obstruct it, and it was only because the company had the intention to cooperate with LK before. I didn't want to ruin the relationship between you because of your affairs, but the situation is different now. "

Lu Ming suppressed his displeasure, and asked, "What's the difference?"

"I have received reliable news that the top shareholders of LK have offended the British authorities and politicians, and they may get into big trouble because of this. Fortunately, our cooperation with LK has not yet fully launched. It is currently limited to mainland China. The signed contract It’s not long, and you can give up at any time. As for the next step, now that the economy is in a downturn, Laysong plans to stabilize the North American market first, and everything else is secondary.”

"so what?"

"It's Lu Xun's fault that he offended the Williams family, but you should know what you've done, so it's up to you to take care of it," Mr. Lu said slowly, but all he asked Lu Ming to listen to. Harsh words: "Emily never gave up on you, she said that as long as you nod, she is willing to marry you."

Lu Ming sneered in his heart, he finally knew what his great-grandpa was up to, LK got into big trouble, he didn't want to be implicated so he asked himself to kick Yao Jinxi away, Lu Xun cheated on him and he stabbed him to his background The wife of the big capitalist Williams family went to the wife of the big capitalist. The other party was not good, not only asked for a divorce, but also broke the cooperative relationship with Lai Song. He wanted to marry Emily by himself. With the support of a large consortium, her father is the daughter of a member of parliament.

"I'm not your bargaining chip." Displeasure has turned into anger, steaming and rolling in his chest, and Lu Ming's patience is almost exhausted.

"I'm already in my nineties, and sooner or later the shares in my hand will be handed over. There are so many people in the Lu family, many of them are capable, but there are very few who can really support Lai Song. Shares, you are the largest shareholder of the company, and based on the achievements you have made in Laysong these years, it is logical to take the position of chairman of the board of directors of the head office, and you must not disappoint my trust and expectations."

Mr. Lu's words were like throwing bait, but in Lu Ming's ears, he was threatening him at all: "I'm not interested in that position, my goal is only in the mainland branch, that's what grandpa thought back then, I don't care about the rest."

At the end of the conversation, Lu Ming added another sentence: "It's even more impossible for me to divorce Arthur for such a ridiculous reason and then be with someone else."

Lu Ming, who left in a hurry, was stopped by the housekeeper again before he drove out. The other party didn't talk nonsense, and said to him directly: "Master Ming, Mr. Lu's illness has worsened, and he will go to the hospital for surgery next week. The probability of being able to survive the operating table is less than 30.00%."

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard that, of course he knew that his great-grandfather had a heart attack. He had been controlling it well all these years, but now he suddenly said that his condition had worsened, and there was nothing unusual about the way he spoke just now. Seeing that he didn't seem to believe him, the housekeeper said again: "It's true, Mr. Lu is in a hurry to call you back for this reason."

Lu Ming pressed his hand on the steering wheel, hesitated for a while, and said, "I'll go to London first, and I'll be back in three days, before Grandpa's surgery."

After finishing speaking, he started the car and drove out the door.