Lucas was utterly baffled. He couldn't figure out why Li Yufei was crying.
Li Yufei looked at him, her voice small. "Mr. Lucas..."
Lucas hummed in response. "What is it?"
"Were you... married a long time ago?" Li Yufei mustered her courage. "Was that lady and the little girl just now your wife and daughter?"
She had seen the whole thing.
Lucas had escorted a young woman out of his office, chatting and laughing.
It was too much.
No wonder Mr. Lucas was so strict with her.
He already had a wife!
Li Yufei hung her head, whispering, "Mr. Lucas... I want to resign..."
She couldn't take it.
She really didn't want to quit, but seeing that Mr. Lucas had a wife...
Her heart ached terribly.
Maybe...
she had fallen for him?
Hearing this, Lucas was both angry and amused. "Li Yufei, you don't focus on your actual work. What on earth are you thinking about?"
"That's a subordinate from one of my other projects. Got it?!"
Good grief.
"How long have you been with me? Almost two years, right?"
Lucas snorted. "In two years, when have you ever seen me with a significant other?"
Seeing Li Yufei's jealous reaction secretly pleased Lucas.
It meant his approach with her was working.
At the very least, her fondness for him had reached a significant level.
She wouldn't be easily swept away by some random guy.
Li Yufei stammered, "It seems... you haven't."
It seemed Mr. Lucas really didn't have a partner.
But that beautiful woman with a child just now... the scene was exactly like something from a novel or TV drama.
The female lead bringing the male lead's child to his company.
The domineering male lead tossing out a black card worth billions, telling her to spend freely.
Lucas huffed. "See? That's all it was."
"If you don't believe me, I can call her back right now. We can confront her face-to-face. See if she's my wife?"
As he spoke, he looked at Li Yufei with a knowing half-smile.
Under his gaze, Li Yufei bowed her head even lower.
That...
was completely unnecessary!
Seeing Li Yufei speechless, Lucas suddenly laughed. "Alright. Since you feel working here isn't good for you..."
"Then, your resignation is approved!"
"Go to accounting now to settle your severance."
With that, Lucas even gave a convincing sigh, snatched the resignation letter from Li Yufei's hand, and swiftly signed his name.
Li Yufei: ???
"No need!"
Li Yufei cried out, "Mr. Lucas, I was joking! I'm not resigning!"
She grabbed the resignation letter back.
Lucas looked at her, that same half-smile on his face. "But... I've already approved it. What should we do now?"
Li Yufei lifted her chin defiantly. "Then pretend you never saw it!"
Lucas stared pointedly at the crumpled paper ball in her hand.
Meeting his gaze, Li Yufei gritted her teeth.
Right under Lucas's stunned eyes, she pulled open her collar and stuffed the paper ball inside.
Li Yufei raised her head triumphantly. "Now it's gone!"
It took Lucas a moment to process what had just happened.
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant!
"So, you want to be the老板娘 (boss's wife) now, is that it?"
"Daring to do that right in front of me?"
Lucas struggled for a moment before managing to say, "You win."
Li Yufei grinned. "So, I haven't resigned."
Excellent.
Mr. Lucas had taken the bait.
But... was I being too forward just now? Ahhh!
Lucas nodded slowly. "But..."
"Since you know you haven't resigned, why aren't you getting back to work? What are you still doing in my office? Waiting for me to serve you tea?"
His tone suddenly sharpened, startling the still-smug Li Yufei.
"Ah! Right!"
Seeing Lucas was angry, Li Yufei hastily scurried out of the CEO's office.
Click.
The door closed.
The anger on Lucas's face gradually faded.
"Progress bar +1 again!"
Lucas was delighted. The plan was proceeding quite smoothly.
No real obstacles.
Just as Lucas was about to take a proper break, his phone rang.
He pulled it out.
Seeing the caller ID, Lucas couldn't help but smile.
His "good big brother" was calling!
After all this time, Adrien Lefèvre had finally remembered him.
But...
"If he finds out I've struck a deal with Claire Dubois, will he try to kill me?" Lucas muttered.
He probably... would go insane.
After all, Adrien was known to be a bit of a madman.
Knowing Lucas had secretly wooed Claire... that guy would definitely lose it.
A bright smile on his face, Lucas answered the call.
"Hello, Adrien. What can I do for you?" Lucas asked cheerfully.
On the other end, Adrien was silent for a moment before his cold voice came through.
"Are you at Skyward Tech right now?"
Huh?
Lucas was taken aback, then nodded. "Yes."
He was puzzled.
Was Adrien... planning to come see him in person?
That didn't seem right.
This guy usually summoned Lucas to wherever he was. Why would he come here?
In the original story, Lucas was essentially a lackey.
The kind you beckoned and he came running.
Adrien was silent for a long while before speaking, sounding rather put out. "Wei Ting is on his way to see you. Make sure you take good care of him!"
"He's got a major project. Secure it, and I'll give you a 2% cut!"
Adrien was deeply confused.
He didn't understand. He'd been having a perfectly good discussion with Wei Ting the other day, but today Wei Ting suddenly insisted on meeting Lucas.
The big collaborative project was now on hold.
But the Wei family was, after all, a major power. Adrien didn't dare offend them.
If Wei Ting wanted to see Lucas, so be it.
After all, with Lucas's small tech company, there was no way he could handle a project of Wei Ting's scale.
In the end, wouldn't the benefits still fall into his, Adrien's, lap?
So, he felt offering Lucas a 2% cut was already extremely generous.
2% could easily amount to hundreds of millions.
He was practically handing him money.
Wei Ting?
Lucas was also stunned, then remembered—wasn't this the big shot Adrien had called about the other day, saying he'd introduce him?
He had planned to make contact later himself.
But now,
Wei Ting was seeking him out first?
Why?
Wait a minute!
A flash of insight struck Lucas.
"I get it! Wei Ting is coming for the graphene technology I have!"