Rose Manor

The receptionist watched the curling figure walking into the elevator, unable to regain consciousness for a long time.

The eldest lady would come to the company occasionally. In the past, she always dressed up brightly and eye-catchingly, like a female star, and was the center of attention wherever she went.She looked very different today, with her hair, makeup, clothes, and even the shoes on her feet.

She remembered that one time Fu Yuling came over, wearing a pair of custom-made stiletto heels, black with diamonds, and gauze like butterfly wings tied to the heels. The female employees in the company had been thinking about him for a long time.

When Fu Yuling first entered the elevator, she noticed that she was wearing a pair of white flat shoes today without any fancy decorations.

Is the eldest lady stimulated?
Fu Yuling didn't know that her sudden change of style left a "stimulated" impression on others. After getting out of the elevator, she went to Fu Jichen's office in a familiar way.

Standing outside the glass door, Fu Yuling took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice. Then, he held the handle of the paper bag with both hands, feeling unspeakable nervousness in his heart.

"Come in."

Fu Jichen's deep magnetic voice came from the office.

Fu Yuling's heartbeat quickened and he opened the door with one hand, a joyful expression on his face: "Brother."

Fu Jichen was reviewing documents when he heard a knock on the door. He thought it was Song Fang or another employee. Suddenly he heard Fu Yuling's voice. He raised his eyes from the documents and looked at the door.

Fu Yuling could feel the gaze falling on his face, with judgment, and his fingers tightened on the handle of the paper bag. He couldn't help but beat a small drum in his heart and became nervous.

She tried hard to steady her turbulent mind, raised the corners of her lips and said, "I packed some food at Wangxianju and came over to have lunch with you. When you finish your work, I'll wait for you to eat together."

Fu Jichen's expression was a little cold. He put his gaze away from her face and returned to the documents spread out in front of him. He read them carefully: "I'm busy, you can eat by yourself. If you have nothing to do, go back. I have a meeting later."

Fu Yuling's face was slightly stiff, and everything he had carefully prepared seemed to suddenly turn into a joke.

"How can the boss have a meeting at noon, and your employees don't have to eat?" She quickly cheered up, thinking that he said this deliberately to drive her away.

Fu Jichen turned the page without looking at her, and said in a deep voice: "Transnational video conference."

Fu Yuling choked.

Why is it so difficult to have a meal with him alone?

Last month, Fu Feibai said that the two of them had lunch at Wangxianju and chatted about recent developments. Why couldn't he be nice to her?
Let’s not talk about Fu Feibai, but just talk about the woman who went to the bar with him last night. He has time to have fun with other women, but has no time to eat with her?

She doesn't believe it.

"I know you're busy. After you finish reading this document, can you take a few bites to fill your stomach first?" Fu Yuling pursed his lips, walked to the desk, put his hands on it, and said aggrievedly, "Brother, I came all the way here, how about you..."

The words suddenly stopped, Fu Yuling's eyes narrowed, and his gaze was fixed on the corner of the man's lips. There was a small wound there, which was darker than the lip color and seemed to be scabbed.

She didn't think it was a scratch. Fu Jichen was not that careless. Combined with the dozens of photos his sisters sent her last night, it was hard for her not to guess whether the injury was caused by him kissing that woman too fiercely. .

Once this thought came to her mind, the image of Fu Jichen and that woman being intimate in bed could not help but appear in her mind.

Jealousy spread like wild weeds in Fu Yuling's heart, tightly binding her heart, making it difficult for her to breathe and in pain.

"Are you done?" Fu Jichen closed the document, held a pen in his hand, tapped on the table, raised his eyes and looked at her, "When you're done, go out. This is a workplace. Don't come here again if you have nothing to do. Just go when you have free time." Go to the hospital to take care of Fei Bai."

Fu Yuling's eyes were red, and his tone unconsciously sounded pleading: "Brother..."

"Get out." Fu Jichen spoke again with an attitude that would not allow for criticism.

No matter how arrogant and willful Fu Yuling was, she dared not disobey him. She pursed her pink lips tightly, stared at him with her eyes, and reluctantly left.

When she reached the door, she warned: "Don't forget to eat the food I brought you."

No response was received from Fu Jichen.

The office returned to the silence it had been a moment ago. Fu Jichen raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows. Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Fu Jichen put down his hand and said, "Come in."

The person who came in was Song Fang, who brought two contracts that Fu Jichen needed to review, and reminded him that he would need to hold a cross-border video conference in 10 minutes.

Song Fang had just met Fu Yuling, who was unhappy in the corridor. Now he saw two brown paper bags on the table where he usually eats, so he asked more: "Do I still need to order lunch for you?"

"Order as usual." Fu Jichen clicked the mouse, and the computer on the screen lit up, "You take those two bags and deal with them."

"Okay." Song Fang picked up the brown paper bag and left the office. He took a look inside the bag and saw that it was all Wangxianju's signature dishes.He had ordered meals from this restaurant before for his boss, so he knew it very well.

What the boss asked him to do was to either throw it away or share it with others.

The food inside was enough for three or four people, and Song Fang took it to the Secretary's Office for the benefit of his colleagues.

In the CEO's office, Fu Jichen went over the outline of what he was going to say in the video conference later, then picked up the mobile phone on the table and called the landline of Yunding Palace Villa.

The person who answered the phone was Cheng Jin.

"What did she do this morning?" Fu Jichen released the mouse with his right hand, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, and gave himself a moment to rest.

"She must have been too bored after breakfast, so she was hanging around me." Cheng Jin said with a smile, "I suggested that she play the piano. She seemed to have just learned that there was a cello in the villa and was very surprised. I told her She asked me which room the cello was in, and then she stayed on the third floor without coming down. She played the cello intermittently all morning, and only went downstairs for dinner 10 minutes ago."

Fu Jichen listened to her description and pictured Shen Jia Nian playing the piano in his mind, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Thinking of something, Cheng Jin added: "By the way, the ring on her finger is missing. She said it was lost in the room. I haven't found it after looking for it for a long time. I will help her look for it in the afternoon."

Fu Jichen slowly sat upright and opened his eyes: "She doesn't have a ring on her hand?"

"No." Cheng Jin said, "I saw one on the bedside table. Jia Nian said it was not the one she was looking for."

After a moment of silence, Fu Jichen said: "If you find it, just throw it into the toilet and flush it away."

Cheng Jin opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a long time.

Fu Jichen hung up the phone and was about to put it down when the ring rang. He glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was Fu Feibai.Fu Jichen raised his wrist to look at his watch. There was still some time before the meeting, so he answered the phone.

*
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Fu Jichen left the company.

Qu Mo was responsible for driving. According to the boss's instructions, he first went to the hospital to pick up Fu Feibai, and then returned to Yunding Palace.

Fu Feibai folded his arms and leaned on the spacious seat. He turned his head and looked at Fu Jichen, who was dressed in business attire and had a stern face next to him: "Brother, what have you been busy with during this time? I haven't seen you back to your old house very often. .”

I heard from the nanny at home that because of the scandal caused by the daughter of the Xu family, Fu Jichen was called back to the old house for a meal by his grandfather at noon that day, but he was not there that day and did not run into him.

The last time the brothers had dinner together was in the middle of last month.

He took the initiative to call Fu Jichen at noon today. He had nothing else to do. He just wanted to make an appointment with him for dinner and find a way to find out what his relationship was with that woman.

Fu Jichen said that he didn't have time to have dinner with him. Fu Feibai knew that he was busy with work and it was not easy to manage a large group, so he wanted to forget about it and make an appointment next time.

Unexpectedly, Fu Jichen changed the topic and said that if he didn't mind, he would go back to Yunding Palace with him to eat in the evening.

Of course Fu Feibai didn't mind. He had never been to his brother's villa in Yunding Palace a few times. If he had the opportunity to go there for dinner, he would not miss it and agreed without hesitation.

Fu Jichen had a stomachache for half the night last night and didn't sleep well. He had a busy day today and could not hide his fatigue at this moment. He said in a tired voice: "Busy with things in the company."

Fu Feibai pretended to be confused and said: "Only work and nothing else?"

Fu Jichen looked at him: "What else?"

"For example..." Fu Feibai coughed and said seriously, "Emotionally."

Normally, he would try to avoid bringing up emotional topics in front of Fu Jichen for fear of touching on his sadness.When I saw Fu Jichen today, I felt that something was different about him. He seemed to be less distant and gentler, so he didn't dare to mention it.

Fu Jichen was in a good mood, with a natural and cheerful expression, but he did not confess: "Mind your own business."

When Yunding Palace arrived, Fu Feibai got out of the car and looked around curiously. The scene of flowers and flowers did not look like a place where Fu Jichen lived alone.

"Why is there a swing in the garden?" Fu Feibai asked in surprise.

Fu Jichen said nothing and walked up the steps.

Shen Jianian hadn't gotten up when he left in the morning. He hadn't seen her for a day and missed her very much, so he said he didn't have time to eat out with Fu Feibai and wanted to come back to see her early.

Fu Feibai followed Fu Jichen into the house. Before he had time to change his shoes, he first saw the woman sitting in the living room watching TV. He blinked and thought to himself, there is no need to make insinuations now, the facts are right in front of him.