After Divorce: Pursued by Cohabiting Boss

Chapter 72

Li Zhen massaged her ankle, looking left and right at the ridesharing car she had ordered.

When she looked, she met Yu Sheng's cold gaze.

She quickly retracted her gaze, pretending not to have seen him.

Yu Sheng walked towards her. "What's wrong with your foot?"

"It's nothing." Li Zhen didn't even glance at him, lowering her head to concentrate on massaging her ankle and calf.

Strangely, before the divorce, if Yu Sheng saw her by the roadside, he might have just sent a message for her to go home early.

He himself would have rushed to the company to work overtime.

But now, he was actually taking time out of his busy schedule to ask what was wrong with her.

It seemed Yu Sheng's mind was not in a good place.

"The high heels don't fit well. Why didn't you bring it up with your department earlier? When you went back to the company to change clothes today, you should have changed them too." Yu Sheng's tone was accusatory.

Li Zhen laughed angrily. Yu Sheng spoke as if she had stupidly refused to change her shoes on purpose.

"Mr. Yu, do you think everyone has the same privileges as you, to change whatever you don't like or don't find comfortable? Do you think Ren Zongshun would listen to me, a lowly hand model?"

Yu Sheng was silenced by Li Zhen's words. His eyebrows furrowed as he said in a deep voice, "I'll take you home."

"The company just held a large-scale offline event today, shouldn't you still be busy? Don't worry about me, I don't need it." Li Zhen rejected him thoroughly.

Li Zhen just wanted Yu Sheng to hurry up and leave.

There might still be people from the company at the mall.

If someone came out and saw her tangled up with Yu Sheng, it would be hard to explain.

Li Zhen's attitude angered Yu Sheng.

He was about to lose his temper but forced himself to stay calm.

Their previous arguments had all ended in fights. Today he had an important matter to discuss with Li Zhen, and could not get into an argument with her.

He had originally planned to call her about it, but since they had met by chance, it was better to tell her in person.

He reined in his temper. "Clear your schedule on Saturday night and come back with me to Yu Residence."

Yu Sheng's words were light, but they exploded like thunder in Li Zhen's ears. "Go back to the Yu's? We didn't even go back when we were married. You want me to go back after the divorce? What kind of custom is this with the Yu family?"

Whenever Yu Sheng heard the word "divorce", his temples would throb. "Don't worry about it, just come home with me."

Li Zhen: "Yu Sheng, we're already div..."

Yu Sheng couldn't stand hearing that word and coldly cut her off. "Either come back to Yu Residence with me on Saturday, or I'll tell Li Yinnan about us on Saturday."

Last time, Li Zhen had said she wanted to hide their divorce from the Li family.

Li Zhen was still angry. He could only use this as leverage to make her go back to the Yu's with him.

The words of refusal in Li Zhen's throat were instantly swallowed back down. Dejectedly, she said, "Fine."

Nevermind, just endure for another two months until she was safely pregnant...

Who was Yu Sheng?

She didn't know him.

Yu Sheng reminded her, "This time it's extremely important. First, don't mention the divorce when you go back. Second..."

"Watch your temper." Yu Sheng emphasized.

Seeing Li Zhen nod reluctantly, he wanted to exhort her further.

But considering their recent fights, he swallowed the rest of his words to avoid angering her and making her even more dismissive of this matter.

That Saturday was his mother's 50th birthday. His mother was usually low-key, but would be holding a grand banquet that day.

His uncle, who hadn't been back in years, would also be returning that day.

His uncle had promised that he would help convince his mother regarding Li Zhen.

If they could persuade his mother...

Yu Sheng's gaze softened unprecedentedly.

"Mr. Yu." Tian Pingwei called from the underground parking garage.

Yu Sheng glanced at the roadside, then turned back to Li Zhen. "Go back early and rest well these two days. Saturday is important."

After finishing, he walked towards the car at the roadside.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhao Yan whacked Tian Pingwei on the head. "What's the rush! Didn't you see Mr. Yu was talking to Li Zhen? What are you shouting for!"

Zhao Yan had used full force in that blow, exasperated.

"Uncle, you didn't say so earlier. I'm nearsighted, I couldn't see clearly that was Li Zhen." Tian Pingwei rubbed his head aggrievedly.

"Are you stupid? Aside from Li Zhen, who else would Mr. Yu talk to among the female colleagues?" Zhao Yan was ready to die of anger.

Before his words had finished, the backseat door was already pulled open by Yu Sheng. "Back to the company."

"Yes, Mr. Yu." Tian Pingwei thought to himself, I'm done for, going to work overtime again.

Lately his uncle had been bringing him along to train him, so he was often with Yu Sheng.

As a result, he had only just arrived but was working overtime every day.

The problem was overtime deducted from performance...

Oh right, he was still an entry-level employee without performance pay.

He felt even more like crying.

By the flower bed, as soon as Li Zhen saw the rideshare arrive, she immediately put on the high heels and got in the car.

Returning to Huayang Famous Residence, as soon as she got out of the car, her foot twisted. She had wanted to grab the car door for support, but her hand was firmly caught by someone.

Li Zhen looked up in surprise. "Mr. Lu, why are you still at the estate entrance so late?"

"I wanted to ask why you're coming back so late?"

"I..."

Before Li Zhen could get the words out, her whole person was suddenly swept up into his arms.

Then with a light "thump", Lu Yanming lifted his knee to close the car door.

Lu Yanming turned and walked into the estate, still carrying her in his arms.

Li Zhen flailed in his arms. "Mr. Lu, put me down. People are watching."

"It's not like I haven't carried you like this before." Lu Yanming lowered his head, his gaze sweeping over her slightly swollen ankle.

All the way back to her home, Lu Yanming placed Li Zhen on the sofa and casually threw the high heels in the trash.

"Mr. Lu, those are the company's shoes!" Li Zhen was so shocked she stood up to try to retrieve them, but perhaps from being carried up by Lu Yanming just now, her ankles had become delicate.

Stepping on the floor sent pain straight to her heart, and she gasped, forced to sit back down.

Lu Yanming brought over the first-aid kit and placed it on the coffee table. "Starting tomorrow, Honghai doesn't need 9cm high heels."

Li Zhen couldn't help laughing. "Mr. Lu, those lines belong in a TV drama, quite charming."

"Then I'll take that as a compliment." Lu Yanming opened the first-aid kit and took out medicinal wine.

Li Zhen had originally thought his earlier sentence was just Lu Yanming joking around.

But on further thought, it was possible he could actually implement it as a new rule when he went to work tomorrow.

"Mr. Lu, Wang Peng follows you everyday. Last time when you said overtime would deduct performance pay, Wang Peng immediately agreed. Mr. Lu, do you know there are rumors in the company that you might be the Chairman's son?" Li Zhen had heard these rumors before.

After all, Wang Peng's attitude towards Lu Yanming was overly enthusiastic.

She hadn't cared much in the past whether these things were true or false.

Even if Lu Yanming was the Chairman's son, he had never put on airs or acted entitled.

All she wanted from him was his genes, not to actually spend her life with him.

Whether his background was good or bad made no difference to her.

Lu Yanming laughed. "Who spread such rumors? Don't they know the Chairman is a foreigner? Do I look mixed?"