Chapter 188 - 189: Femme Fatale (9)
Regarding the fact that Lou Xi is bringing Qin Mobai home to meet her parents, he agreed with apparent calmness. But, as soon as they got home and she went to take a shower, he immediately whipped out his phone, eager to show off to Lu Li.
"Hey, what are you up to?" Qin Mobai asked blandly.
"What else can I be doing? Working overtime! When the boss doesn’t properly do his job, us subordinates have no choice but to pick up more slack." From Lu Li’s words, Qin Mobai could hear heavy dissatisfaction and complaints from a subordinate towards his superior.
"Hmm, I have something to tell you."
"What’s up? It’s not work hours now, don’t talk to me! Just don’t talk to me!" He, the dignified general manager of Jia Sheng Group, was always being pressured by the boss to work overtime, and people wondered why he was single.
Isn’t it just because Qin Mobai keeps making him work overtime, over and over!
"Actually, during the National Day, I scheduled to meet with a foreign client, but something came up last minute. Could you go on my behalf?" Qin Mobai said nonchalantly.
"National Day is a statutory holiday; I have the right to refuse overtime," Lu Li replied angrily, with a large stack of unresolved files at hand. Yet Qin Mobai insisted on the overtime, and Lu Li really wanted to throw the files in his face.
Oh, but Lu Li didn’t dare!
"Seriously going to refuse?" Qin Mobai posed the question, his doubtful tone making Lu Li’s momentum fall by half, and he responded listlessly.
"Oh... fine, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go!" The more Lu Li thought about it, the more frustrated he became. Couldn’t they just have a proper National Day holiday? "What exactly are you going to do? Why can’t you meet the client yourself! If you keep at it, I might just sell the company and you won’t even get a dime!"
Qin Mobai was just waiting for Lu Li to ask this question, beating around the bush so much just for Lu Li to ask why he couldn’t see the client himself on National Day.
"Oh, I’m going to meet the future father- and mother-in-law." Qin Mobai said it matter-of-factly, without feeling even the slightest that it was shocking.
"What the heck, you’re going to meet the in-laws? You and that girl Lou Xi have already reached the stage of meeting the parents? I thought you were just dating!"
"Can’t you date after getting married?"
"You can, even if you never marry and just date your whole life, that’s fine, no one dares say anything against you!" After all, Lu Li was really angry now, "I’m telling you, you’re like King You of Zhou right now, not focusing on work all day because of that girl Lou Xi. If you keep on like this, she’ll really become a femme fatale!"
To avoid work, Lu Li was pulling out all the stops.
"Oh, ’girl’ is something you’re allowed to call her?"
The chill from the other end of the line made Lu Li’s back go cold. It was just a term, just a term!
"Fine, you’re the boss, you win! From now on, I will call her—Madam President. Happy now?"
Qin Mobai could imagine Lu Li pouting on the other end of the line.
"After National Day, I’ll give you a break." Qin Mobai, finally in a good mood, offered Lu Li a glimmer of hope.
"I recorded what you just said. If you don’t give me a break after National Day, I..."
"Beep Beep Beep—" Lu Li’s only response was the busy tone of the phone.
Qin Mobai, that sly fox who destroys bridges once crossed, and kills the donkey when the grinding is done!
Oh, in saying this, Lu Li seemed to compare himself to a bridge... and a donkey?
Lu Li was really angry, and Qin Mobai was very happy.
He was going to meet the future father- and mother-in-law.
Hmm, but that’s not the point, the point is he was going to marry Lou Xi.