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Chapter 55: The Mighty Secretary
In fact, Lu Changge didn't care at all what Li Ruoqi said behind his back.

When you were 18, if someone asked you which girl you liked, you would shyly deny it.

When you are 38, if someone asks you who you like, you will say Mr. Kaede, Mr. Hashimoto, or Mr. Mikami, and then add an ellipsis at the end.

If you dress nicely, people will think you are showing off; if you dress poorly, people will think you are poor;
If you always speak your mind, you are rude, if you always keep silent, you are a coward;

If you succeed, people will call you arrogant, and if you fail, people will call you lazy.

So don't give a fuck what people say.

If he feels bad because of you, that's good because it's him who feels bad, not you.

So Lu Changge didn't go to confront Li Ruoqi. For him, it would be better to help Lu Ma cook with this time.

But Yin Anyan obviously didn't plan that way. What she said that day was true, because she really called and asked Lu Changge to accompany her to Meng Zimo's birthday party.

Just go, he won’t be afraid.

However, he thought it was a large family birthday party, but he didn't expect that Meng Zimo was using this as an excuse to specially invite his classmates to dinner.

But there weren't as many as 50 or so people. They were probably the ones he was more familiar with, so there were less than people, and one box could accommodate them all.

The place was almost full. He and Yin Anyan arrived relatively late, so they sat next to her.

Then he took a look and found that Zhu Xingyu was not there, but He Ye was there. When He Ye saw Lu Changge, he was surprised, "Why are you here?"

"The wife sings and the husband follows."

"What?"

We were all classmates, so Meng Zimo couldn't say anything like, "Lu Changge, I didn't invite you." He just looked at the aisle outside the box and asked, "Yin Anyan, didn't you say you were bringing your boyfriend here today?"

Yin Anyan’s boyfriend?

The attention of all the boys and girls in the box was drawn to it.

This included Li Ruoqi, who was like a socialite, appearing everywhere. She also saw Lu Changge at this moment, but only glanced at him and didn't express anything else.

"I brought it. It's here." Secretary Yin turned his palm upwards and put it under Lu Changge's chin. At the same time, he glanced at Li Ruoqi. The meaning was self-evident.

"You mean... Lu Changge?!" Meng Zimo burst out laughing. "Who would believe your joke? We've known since high school that Lu Changge likes Li Ruoqi. Isn't that right?"

"Don't talk nonsense. He probably wasn't like that when he was shopping with another girl on the street a few months ago." Li Ruoqi took a sip of water from the teacup. Her words were lightly throwing dirty water and trying to sow discord.

Before Lu Changge could say anything, Secretary Yin couldn't help but say, "That's his sister. Can you figure it out first before you say anything?"

She rarely spoke in such an aggressive tone, and even Lu Changge was shocked. She was really showing off her authority as secretary.

Li Ruoqi was a little embarrassed to be choked by such a sentence in front of everyone, and immediately softened, "Just a joke, just a joke. You two are really talking, and you're protecting each other all of a sudden."

As she said this, she looked at Lu Changge with a hint of resentment.

"Yes, yes, we were all a little surprised. We didn't expect it. You told me before that you would bring your boyfriend, and I was wondering who it would be." Meng Zimo also tried to smooth things over.

"You're saying it's a joke now. There are rumors spreading behind my back that he's pursuing me. Why don't you say it's a joke? And you're saying that he's a toad wanting to eat swan meat. What do you say now that he's already eaten it?" Secretary Yin continued to mutter, although not as fiercely as before, but with the same hint of meaning.

Lu Changge looked at Secretary Yin's profile and felt a sense of longing. How could there be such a good girl in the world?

He Fei'er was secretly pleased to hear this. She was also a straightforward person and had never liked Li Ruoqi. She had been dreaming of this day for a long time. Even the fact that Lu Changge was able to pursue Yin Anyan made her feel proud.

She also realized that Yin Anyan came here today to assert his sovereignty.

This is not something an old man like Lu Changge would do, but since Miss Yin wants to show her youthful passion, he can't stop her.

Actually, it’s quite good. When Secretary Yin shows his power, all the boys at the table show envy. It’s always nice to be envied by others.

Some young children couldn't hold back their words and said directly: "Lu Changge, this is the campus belle. I didn't expect you to chase her. If I had known, I would have applied to Jiangzhou University of Science and Technology! Damn it!"

No one has ever ranked who is the school beauties, and the mention here is just a polite way of praising someone.

Lu Changge smiled and said, "It's like a blessing in disguise. Not doing well on the college entrance exam isn't entirely a bad thing."

He Feier secretly glanced at Li Ruoqi. What Lu Changge meant was that his college entrance examination results were influenced by her, and he ended up getting the beauty.

Everyone knew this when they entered the class for the last time. After all, Lu Changge had made a rather minor fool of himself, and everyone in and out was discussing why he had scored so low on the test.

"Lu Changge, tell us how you caught up with her?" someone else said.

What's there to say? Secretary Yin has achieved his goal, and he doesn't want to tell irrelevant people too much.

He glanced at Miao Zimo and said, "I won't talk about my own affairs. Today's birthday is someone else, and it would be bad to overshadow the other person. Zimo, please don't mind me coming here uninvited today."

I'm really sorry about this, because we've affected your birthday. An Yan herself is a little upset, but I'll discipline her when I get home and ask her to be more careful next time. Let's all wish you a happy birthday together."

"Uh, it's actually okay..." Meng Zimo was a little confused. Why did these two people quarrel over Lu Changge, and he still wanted to discipline them? How could this be an apology? Isn't this showing off?

The key point is that after listening to him, Yin Anyan did not intend to refute him and behaved very well.

Mr. He, who was sitting at the table, secretly took out his mobile phone and sent a message: Brother Lu, you are awesome, how did you make Yin Anyan so obedient?
Lu Changge replied with five words: masculine charm.

After this incident, Yin Anyan brought up Li Ruoqi's matter and laid it out on the table and talked to him about it.

On the way back, she asked, "You really don't have her in your heart anymore, right?"

Lu Changge also took this opportunity to express, "Actually, I know you've always wanted to ask about this person. But I really don't like her anymore. I don't know how to explain to you specifically why I fell in love with you again, or maybe it's something that the heart decides, and the mouth can't explain it. And this answer is too long, I want to spend the rest of my life telling you."

Yin Anyan smiled, "Okay, then I believe you."

Lu Changge suddenly realized that she seemed to have said a lot of similar things, such as "I believe you, I helped you, if you have no money, I will treat you to a meal, I will ask my roommate for you..."

"Secretary Yin, I want to hug you."

"Yeah." Her movements were a little awkward and stiff, even as the bald man leaned in, her body seemed to be immobilized. "Well, this time, you get to hug me first."

Lu Changge pressed her back and held her in his arms.

……

"Last time you said you'd give me some time, but I forgot to ask, how much time do you want to give me?"

Wow, Yin Anyan buried his head even deeper in shame, "Don't say anything!"

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(End of this chapter)