The assistant stood there for a while before saying, "Mr. Lu."
When Lu Jinnian heard his assistant's voice, he paused for about five seconds before slowly raising his head. "What's wrong?"
"It's almost ten, aren't you going to get off work?"
Lu Jinnian picked up the cup of coffee out of habit and took a sip. He realized that it was cold, and the bitterness was hard to swallow. He put down the cup, raised his hand, and rubbed his face. "Alright."
Then he stood up, grabbed his jacket, and headed for the door.
The assistant glanced at the laptop on Lu Jinnian's desk, which was still open, and his wallet. He reminded him, "Mr. Lu, your laptop is still open."
Lu Jinnian turned his head to take a look, and replied with an "Oh". He walked back, bent over, and turned it off. Then he headed for the door again.
What did Miss Qiao say to Mr. Lu? Mr. Lu's current state was clearly a little bad... The assistant thought to himself for a while, but this time, he didn't say anything to remind Lu Jinnian. Instead, he helped him pick up the wallet on his desk, and followed him out of the office.
The assistant drove out of the underground carpark, and glanced at Lu Jinnian through the rearview mirror. He remembered that he had been returning to Mian Xiu Garden every night recently, so he asked, "Mr. Lu, are you still going back to Mian Xiu Garden?"
Lu Jinnian stared out the window, and let out a soft "Mmh".
The neon lights outside the window continuously flashed across his face, making his expression blurry.
After a while, the assistant handed the wallet in his hand to the back. "Mr. Lu, you forgot your wallet."
Lu Jinnian paused for a moment, then reached his hand out to take it. He stuffed the wallet into his pocket, and continued to stare out the car.
The car was silent. After about ten minutes, Lu Jinnian asked for the first time, "If you found out that your wife was close to another man, what would you do?"
The assistant instinctively wanted to say, "My wife wouldn't be close to other men," but when he saw the serious expression on Lu Jinnian's face, he decided to compromise. He used his brain to imagine what Lu Jinnian had said, and because he was too immersed in his own role, the assistant's expression was filled with righteous indignation. "I will be very angry, and I will be very hurt."
"Then... Would you guys fight?"
"I don't think so at first. I might go and have a serious talk with her." The assistant paused for a moment and added, "However, if my wife and that man continue to contact each other after the conversation, I think they might quarrel. If it's serious, they might even divorce."
"Oh." After a while, he asked, "If your parents found out about this, would they have a problem with your wife?"
Not only did he have to assume that his wife had an affair with another man, but he also had to escalate it to a family conflict … The assistant suddenly felt like crying. But even though he wanted to cry, the assistant replied very quickly, "Old people will definitely make a fuss when they encounter this kind of thing. If they like this daughter-in-law, it might be easy to deal with it. If they don't like her, they will probably make a big fuss when the time comes."
"Oh," Lu Jinnian replied again, but this time he didn't say anything.
On the other hand, the assistant was curious as to why the unmarried Lu Jinnian would suddenly ask about family ethics.
She glanced at Lu Jinnian through the rearview mirror and asked curiously, "Mr. Lu, why are you suddenly concerned about this?"
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