When Xu Wuning woke up again, she quickly put on her pants and ran to the living room while getting dressed.

I'm late! I'm late for work! It's almost noon, and there's no one left for the meeting.

With the president absent, how should today's meeting proceed?

She just took over this task from her father, and today she's caused this mess.

Lu Jingci, he's practically a male prostitute who brings trouble to women. He's definitely talented in this line of work. If he were to join a club, he'd probably be the top performer, famous for his shamelessness.

If this were in the ancient imperial harem, with his seductive poses, even the empress might not attend the morning court session.

Xu Wuning opened her phone and saw that Secretary Liu had already called more than a dozen times. She straightened her tie in front of the full-length mirror, moving even faster.

Lu Jingci followed behind her, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and said pitifully, "Ningning, tonight I..."

"Get out of the way!" Xu Wuning bumped him with her shoulder, slamming him against the wall, trying to knock him away. "Get out of the way, don't block my way."

As she ran, she pointed at Lu Jingci and sneered, "Let me tell you, Lu Jingci, don't think everything is over. I'm busy with work right now, and I just woke up and my head is a little messed up."

"I'll sort this out with you properly when I'm more sober! Shut your mouth now, I don't have time to settle scores with you."

"I'll argue with you later and teach you a lesson. You made me late for work, so your offense is even more serious..."

After she finished packing, she called the driver, gave Lu Jingci one last fierce glare, and ran off, ignoring him completely.

This is outrageous! She must be out of her mind. Instead of going to the company, she's been seduced by Lu Jingci and is fooling around with him in broad daylight.

He, who hadn't been forgiven yet and had already been relegated to the sidelines, was now favored by her again.

She's completely turned into a tyrant; she should get back to work!

That despicable Lu Jingci, it's all his fault.

The door slammed shut with a "bang".

Lu Jingci: "..."

He touched his shoulder where he had been hit, still not fully conscious.

How come he was charged with an even more serious crime?

Why is the situation different from what he expected? Is Ningning joking or serious?

He schemed so much, just gained favor, and now he's fallen out of favor again? How is that possible?

……

the company.

Xu Wuning was busy for a long time. She finished the meetings, signed all the contracts, and approved many documents and projects before she finally finished everything at hand.

By noon, she didn't go back to the villa for lunch, but instead had Secretary Liu bring her food from Zhaibaolou.

After finishing her meal, she twirled the pen in her hand, sat there motionless, and began to think about Lu Jingci's actions from the beginning.

She calmed down and thought about it for a very long time.

Finally, her eyes sharpened, and she narrowed them. She had figured it out and sorted out everything.

Lu Jingci is a cunning fellow; she almost fell for his tricks.

The sequence of events should be as follows:

He'd learned his lesson. He knew that if he forced himself on her, she'd get angry. So, he admitted he was a gigolo and described the forced love in the office as a kind of romantic gesture, like cosplay, like wearing a school uniform.

He successfully diverted her anger from the office incident to the school uniform, repeatedly telling her "Don't be angry about the school uniform cosplay."

This constitutes a confusion of concepts.

Whenever she mentions office matters, he brings up the school uniform issue, telling her not to be angry about the school uniform, but what does it have to do with the school uniform?

He insisted that it was all the same cosplay, just replacing one with a school uniform and ignoring the fact that it was such a big deal about the office.

This is called the concept of substitution.

Moreover, he knew perfectly well that she couldn't possibly be angry about the school uniform, because he was absolutely certain that the school uniform would remind her of his younger self.

That's how he deliberately reminded her of her childhood, secretly diverting all her anger.

Furthermore, what's even more insidious is that he added ice cream early in the morning. He knew very well that the combination of the school uniform and ice cream held special significance for her.

It reminds her of the car accident years ago, when she was at her most soft-hearted.

That's exactly the effect he wanted.

When she was at her most vulnerable, he would use his youthful appearance to seduce her, as she loved his younger self the most.

In this way, firstly, the office incident was resolved.

Secondly, it will make her miss the younger version of him, start to reminisce about the past, and increase the probability of her forgiving him.

Third, they even slept together.

What a brilliant move! He achieved three things at once; he's incredibly cunning.

What's even more impressive is that his seduction wasn't direct; he used her anger as an excuse to cry while taking off his clothes, repeatedly saying, "If you don't like it, I'll take them off." It seemed unintentional, but it was actually deliberate, and he acted like an innocent little white flower.

At this point, if you point out his intention, he might say, "That's not what I meant. How could you think that about me? You're overthinking it. I didn't do that."

On the surface, he did nothing, but secretly he achieved all his goals.

If this guy were in an ancient palace intrigue, even the Empress Dowager would be tricked into spending two days in the Cold Palace by him.

In the office, Xu Wuning gritted her teeth so hard they felt like they were about to crush.

She wrote "Death penalty x3" on the paper.

If she hadn't known him well enough, clearly understood what kind of person he was, and known his treacherous nature, she still wouldn't have been able to guess his intentions.

He lost because she knew him too well; otherwise, given his cunning, he would have won for sure.

She was almost fooled; this guy nearly got away with it.

Suddenly, Xu Wuning thought of something and turned on her phone.

She remembered that when they were doing that kind of thing, her phone rang once, and it seemed to be a message from Jiang Xu'an.

Lu Jingci probably thought she hadn't seen it, so he tried even harder to distract her, but in reality she had seen it.

She opened the chat window and sure enough, there was a message inviting her to dinner. However, the red message indicator was gone, and it was buried under the group message, making it easy to overlook.

But it's already noon the next day, why hasn't Jiang Xu'an continued asking? And she hasn't replied, nor has Jiang Xu'an called to ask what's going on? Something's not right.

For some reason, as the person who knows Lu Jingci best in the world, she has a sixth sense and always suspects that this guy has done something underhanded.

Xu Wuning opened her laptop, where her Green Bubble account was logged in, and the messages were synchronized. However, Lu Jingci was unaware that her laptop had also been logged in last night.

She scrolled down and suddenly saw the chat history, which contained two replies.

[She's asleep. Let's talk about it tomorrow. We're usually very busy at night, so please discuss work during the day, Mr. Jiang.]

We were so busy tonight, we just finished, we're really sorry.

Xu Wuning's pupils dilated. She had just picked up a glass of water, taken a sip, and immediately spat it out.

She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things.

Are you usually busy in the evenings? Just finished working?

What are you busy doing in the middle of the night?

What else can we do?!

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