He took off his watch, put it in its case, picked up the child’s toy, and went to apologize.
Lu Corporation Building.
Lu Qin waited for Pei Rong to speak on behalf of Jiang.
He didn’t want to use the contract with Jiang Haotian to pressure or threaten Pei Rong. A typical overbearing CEO might do that, but Lu Qin didn’t follow that path.
It’s not that he wasn’t angry; the serial number of the watch was LP 001, which happened to be the initials of him and Pei Rong. Such a meaningful item. How could it be given away so easily?
Well, Pei Rong didn’t know the serial number, and ignorance was not a crime. Lu Qin could only be frustrated by himself.
Who told him to subconsciously give away such a watch three years ago? Even he hadn’t figured out why he did it.
He couldn’t really blame Jiang Haotian if Jiang had once helped Pei Rong.
Lu Qin took out his phone, looked at the sparse conversation with Pei Rong, and counted. Could they make it to twenty sentences today?
At the same time, he was slightly puzzled: he couldn’t see what was so good about Jiang Haotian?
Lu Qin waited eagerly for Pei Rong to take the initiative to message him, but there was no movement, even after an hour.
The receptionist called and said Jiang Haotian wanted to apologize to President Lu in person.
Lu Qin: “Let him come up.”
Jiang Haotian eventually came without his wife and child. Those two were not clear-headed and spoke without thinking, making things worse. He preferred to come alone.
Jiang Haotian first put the watch on Lu Qin’s desk and said, “My wife and child were ignorant. Last month at Greenwood Manor, they had a dispute with your son over a cat. They’ve been reprimanded several times. I apologize on their behalf.”
“The Norwegian Forest cat isn’t worth the price of the watch. After my wife found out the watch’s value, she was very uneasy, but couldn’t contact your son to return it. I value my meeting with President Lu very much, so I borrowed this watch. Please forgive me.”
Jiang Haotian downplayed the issue and beautified it a bit.
It took Lu Qin three seconds to realize Jiang Haotian was talking about buying a cat. He raised his hand to signal him to shut up, walked to another room, and called Dundun on the phone.
“Dundun, which watch did you exchange for your Orange? Was it the blue diamond-studded dial?”
Pei Dundun: “Yes, Dad gave it to me. He said I could only sell it if I was starving, but Orange was so pitiful, even worse off than me.”
Lu Qin: “...”
So it wasn’t a children’s phone watch, it was his watch.
No wonder Pei Rong was so calm when he learned that Dundun had opened a bottle worth over ten million.
It was his narrow perspective.
President Lu suddenly recalled the note in the express box: “Raise your own child, Old Lu.”
Was it possible that this remark was made in anger?
Lu Qin looked at Jiang Haotian again, his eyes even colder.
Jiang Haotian wasn’t the “Uncle Jiang” Dundun referred to, but his wife and child had hit Dundun!
If Dundun hadn’t previously explained how he bought the cat, Lu Qin might have thought it was a laughable bartering mishap.
Noticing that Lu Qin’s face looked even more terrifying than during the signing, Jiang Haotian, sweating profusely, tried to salvage the situation. “My son was just playing with the cat and accidentally hurt the little master. Could you let my child personally apologize to the little master?”
According to Jin Qiao’s description, Young Master Lu had a very good temper and even thanked them after getting the cat. Given the cat, he should forgive their child, right? Besides, that child was only about one and a half years old. Would he really remember the incident clearly?
Lu Qin thought of Dundun’s discolored skin after the bandage was removed, realizing it had taken a long time for the swelling to go down. He was furious.
An insincere apology, just trying to use a child as leverage. And wanting to see Dundun? Dream on.
He took out thirty thousand yuan in cash from the drawer to settle the matter of the cat. “Not accepted, leave.”
Jiang Haotian turned pale, still struggling: “Our company’s supply contract is really sincere...”
Lu Qin: “No company under the Lu Corporation will cooperate with any company where Mr. Jiang is employed.”
Secretary Gao directly escorted him out.
Jiang Haotian’s steps faltered. Most of the major companies in S City had some form of cooperation with the Lu Corporation, even joint investments counted as cooperation.
His days as an executive were over. From now on, he would have to go to some obscure small company out of town, one without any direct cooperation with the Lu Corporation.
He thought of his son wailing at home, his wife and mother-in-law who doted on the child, and his head buzzed with anger. He finally understood a saying: Society will teach your child for you.
Jin Qiao and her son were waiting in the car for Jiang Haotian. Seeing him come out of the elevator looking ashen-faced, they didn’t dare say a word.
“So, how did it go...”
Jiang Haotian just then received a call from the company, notifying him that he had been fired, with a warning that they reserved the right to pursue further actions.
“Sell the house. We’re moving out of town.”
Jin Qiao had finally found a wealthy, capable husband in S City and had a son. Her happy days had only lasted two years: “I don’t want to move to some poor backwater. Isn’t there any justice? Just because he has money, he can drive us away?”
Jiang Haotian: “Because your husband, or rather your soon-to-be ex-husband, can no longer find a job with a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan to pay for the mortgage. How about you go out to work, and I’ll stay home and teach the kids? I promise not to hold you back.”
Jin Qiao’s lips turned pale suddenly: “…You want to divorce me? No! I’ll go apologize to President Lu…”
Jiang Haotian: “You’ll go again? Do you want President Lu to completely ruin us?”
***
Lu Qin reached out for the watch box, took out the watch inside, and then put it back.
He needed to have it cleaned before giving it to his wife.
So Pei Rong accepted his watch.
And gave it to Dundun, so that he could always accompany Dundun in his place.
He didn’t give it away.
It was just used by Dundun to buy a cat…
Forget it. What do children know? If Dundun had taken out the watch earlier, it wouldn’t have been used to smash his head, and Lu Qin would have bought ten more if needed.
Lu Qin’s emotions were a mix of heartache and joy, feeling like he had overlooked something.
Wait, Jiang Haotian said his wife and son met Dundun at the Greenwood Manor?
Greenwood Manor…?!
If Dundun appeared at Greenwood Manor, it meant Pei Rong was also there.
What he thought was a dream of seeing Pei Rong wasn’t actually a dream?
Calm down, calm down.
Lu Qin felt a tingling on his scalp as all the clues came together.
