Lu Shao is cunning; Miss Nan has fallen for his tricks again.

Chapter 42 Asking questions knowingly
Nan Xu took the elevator directly to the office floor where Lu Zhiyan was located.

This floor is very spacious, with only six meeting rooms and two reception rooms.

Then there's Lu Zhiyan's office and Secretary Li's secretariat.

Nan Xu looked at the black solid wood office door and knocked on it.

A deep, resonant male voice came from inside: "Come in."

Nanxu pressed the doorknob, pushed the door open, and went inside.

Lu Zhiyan looked up, leaning back in his office chair. "You're here? What did you bring?"

Nanxu placed the packaged dark chocolate and coffee on her desk as "afternoon tea."

"Did you buy one for me too?" Lu Zhiyan asked knowingly.

Nan Xu sighed, walked around the table to Lu Zhiyan's side, and leaned against the table.

"Why do you like asking questions you already know the answer to?" Nan Xu lifted Lu Zhiyan's chin.

Lu Zhiyan chuckled, put one arm around Nan Xu's waist, and used the other hand to remove his glasses from his face.

"Did you miss me?" Lu Zhiyan asked, his arm around Nan Xu's waist.

Nan Xu looked at Lu Zhiyan's head on her chest, reached out and rubbed it, deliberately teasing him by saying, "No!"

Lu Zhiyan's eyes darkened. Stubborn? He won't be so stubborn in a moment.

Lu Zhiyan suddenly stood up and pinned Nan Xu down. His gaze sharp as he looked at Nan Xu's face, he asked again, "You really didn't miss me?"

Nan Xu looked at the handsome face so close to hers and continued to stubbornly insist, "I said I didn't, so I didn't..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zhiyan covered his mouth with his own, along with the words he hadn't yet uttered.

If he doesn't want to hear it, then he won't let her say it.

Nan Xu braced her hands on the table, passively accepting Lu Zhiyan's sudden, torrential kiss.

After kissing for a while, Nan Xu emotionally placed her hands on Lu Zhiyan's neck.

Lu Zhiyan pulled Nanxu tightly into his arms.

Lu Zhiyan took off his suit jacket with both hands and began to unbutton his shirt.

Nan Xu's eyes were misty, and her face was flushed. She seemed to already know what Lu Zhiyan was going to do.

She didn't stop her; she was setting off for Yaocheng the day after tomorrow.

The company still needs Lu Zhiyan to oversee things.

This trip means we won't see each other for at least two months.

What's wrong with them indulging themselves in the office just once?
Lu Zhiyan looked at the woman beneath him and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is it alright?"

Nan Xu blushed and nodded, then took off her coat. She hugged Lu Zhiyan and kissed him.

After so many days, Lu Zhiyan had become quite furious. He picked up Nanxu and headed towards the hidden door behind the bookshelf.

The lounge has floor-to-ceiling windows on the other three sides, with a large bed and a simple clothes rack in the middle.

Nan Xu was placed on the bed by Lu Zhiyan, who then picked up the curtain remote control from the bedside table.

In an instant, the lounge was plunged into darkness, but despite the darkness all around, Lu Zhiyan's eyes gleamed with a faint light.

Lu Zhiyan gently leaned down onto Nan Xu's body.

Two hours later, Lu Zhiyan got out of bed feeling refreshed.

Nan Xu had already fallen asleep with her head on the pillow. Lu Zhiyan looked at Nan Xu's sleeping face and straightened the cuffs of his shirt.

I glanced at the time; there was still half an hour until I could leave work.

Lu Zhiyan opened the door to the lounge and returned to his office chair.

Secretary Li knocked on the office door at that moment, and Lu Zhiyan picked up his frameless glasses from the table again and said, "Come in."

Secretary Li walked in carrying a stack of documents.

After placing the documents on the table, Secretary Li spoke, "President Lu, these are this week's financial statements, the project plan for next quarter, and a preliminary draft."

Lu Zhiyan picked up the top document and flipped through it. Seeing that Secretary Li showed no sign of leaving, he finally spoke, "Is there anything else?"

"Mr. Lu, the secretary from the Huo Group called to say they'd like to invite you to dinner tomorrow."

Lu Zhiyan continued flipping through the pages without even looking up. "Isn't tomorrow Saturday? I need to rest. I'm postponing it."

"Okay, I'll get back to them right away." With that, Secretary Li left.

Lu Zhiyan knew without a doubt that they just wanted him to get involved in Feng Hua's projects.

They deserve this situation. Besides, he should ask Nan Xu about it.

He had no grudges against the Huo family, and he would never get involved unless there was a considerable profit to be made.

But Nanshan is different; ultimately, it still requires Nanxu's approval.

Lu Zhiyan watched the clouds drift and gather under the setting sun outside the window, a slight smile curving his lips.

Los Angeles, USA
A gentle breeze lifted the white silk gauze, the weather was fine and the sky was cloudless.

Lin Jingshu got up early in the morning. She and Zhao Xiu were going to take Lin Yuzheng to the children's playground today.

As Lin Jingshu came down the stairs, she saw a man who looked very much like Qiu Hezhou sitting on the sofa.

Lin Jingshu stopped and looked closely; it was indeed Qiuhezhou!
She turned to go upstairs, but Lin Jingze called out to her, "Since you're already down here, come and sit down."

Following Lin Jingze's gaze, Qiu Hezhou indeed saw the person he had been longing for day and night.

Lin Jingshu cursed under her breath and turned to go downstairs.

Qiu Hezhou stared intently at Lin Jingshu, as if afraid she would run away.

Lin Jing picked up her teacup and coughed twice to interrupt Qiu Hezhou's gaze.

Look, look, why aren't you pressing your eyes close to see?

Lin Jingshu sat down next to Lin Jingze, her gaze fixed on the other side.

She found Qiu Hezhou annoying and couldn't be bothered to even glance at him.

"Now that you're all here, let's get straight to the point. Don't drag it out, or we'll run into trouble when we meet again," Lin Jing said quietly.

These words seemed to have cut off Qiu Hezhou's escape route.

To avoid meeting again in the future?
What does it mean?

We won't see each other again?

Qiu Hezhou felt a sense of disappointment and sadness that he couldn't quite explain.

"I just want to know if I have a 25-year-old biological daughter?" Qiu Hezhou asked bluntly.

Lin Jingshu, suppressing her anger, asked, "What do you mean by asking us? How are we supposed to know if you've done it or not?"

Qiu Hezhou remained silent, saying, "If you're not willing to talk, then we have nothing more to say."

Lin Jingshu snorted coldly, "Since you have nothing to say, then leave. Don't get in my way."

"Jing Shu!" Lin Jing scolded Lin Jing Shu and gave her a wink.

We're business friends, after all; we can't afford to strain our relationship too much.

“You do have a biological daughter, Nan Xu,” Lin Jing said directly.

He was too lazy to beat around the bush with Qiu Hezhou, so he just told him the truth.

"Brother!" Lin Jingshu exclaimed in disbelief.

She never expected that Lin Jing would tell Qiu Hezhou the truth directly.

If Qiu Hezhou knew the truth, would he take away her only daughter?
After all, Qiuhezhou had no children.

Probably not. She raised Nanxu all these years on her own; it has nothing to do with Qiu Hezhou.

Lin Jingshu kept comforting herself.

Qiu Hezhou had considered that he might have a daughter, even if she was twenty-five years old.

But he never imagined that Nanxu was his daughter.

He found it hard to accept at first.

How could Nanshan's daughter be his daughter?
Even if it is, the ages don't match.

Qiu Hezhou still voiced his doubts, "But the ages don't match at all."

“Ah Xu was premature, born at seven months old. Moreover, Ah Xu’s birthday was reported as older,” Lin Jingze explained.

Fortunately, she was born prematurely, otherwise Lin Jingshu would not have been able to hide it from so many people.

Fortunately, Nanxu was a girl and was born prematurely, so everyone assumed that she was just a girl with a small frame.

Only the Lin family, Nanshan, and Nan's parents knew about this.

She married Nanshan because she had no other choice, and they even had a written agreement before the marriage.

So even though the fact that Nan Xu was pregnant out of wedlock was exposed, the Nan family insisted that Nan Xu was a legitimate child.

(End of this chapter)