The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 317

Poppy slowly walked out of the inner weight, and the more she thought about it on the way, the more frightened she became.When Shensi arrived at Chu's building, he touched his forehead casually and found that his hands were already covered with sweat.

Lu Ming was on the phone by the window, looking a little impatient.Seeing Poppy walk in, he hurriedly said a few words before hanging up the phone, adjusted his facial expression, and smiled at Poppy: "Party B is having a dinner party at noon today, and will mention the purchase of raw materials. Miss Poppy is free. No, would you like to go with me?"

"Mr. Lu, please don't be so polite all the time. Just call me Poppy." Poppy said softly, but she looked straight at him with deep and deep eyes, like the water of an ancient pool that can suck people in. "What do you have?" Are you bothered?"

"It's nothing." Lu Ming turned his eyes away, trying to change the topic, but after a while, under Poppy's eyes, he reluctantly opened his mouth, "It's just that my younger brother is useless. I was driving fast on the road two days ago. The man was bumped into a vegetable. It turned out that the other party was the eldest son of a high-ranking official in City A. Now he is clenching his teeth and won’t let go of how much money he gives, and the whole family is worrying about him alone.”

Poppy thought for a while, and suggested: "Didn't you try to talk to Mr.?"

"Lend me ten more guts, and I don't dare to disturb him with this kind of housework. I'll think of other ways." Lu Ming smiled wryly, saying that I'm not you, and changed the subject, "Are you hungry?" ? Let's go to lunch now."

The meal was fairly smooth.Poppy is Party A, which is much easier than Party B's non-stop laughing and toasting.Lu Ming is also a master at adjusting the atmosphere, just now he was standing by the window sill with his brows furrowed, but when he was at the wine table, he was chatting and laughing.On the way, someone wanted to toast Poppy, but Lu Ming calmly blocked him.What Poppy did on the wine table was just to observe and figure out Lu Ming's speech and behavior on this occasion, and to study how to eat.

When the dinner was over, Lu Ming seemed to be in a better mood, and he also thought about asking about Poppy: "I heard that Li Zhi has neglected his duty too much this time, and all the power has been handed over to Miss Poppy?"

"Temporary escrow."

"That's not a bad thing after all." Lu Ming half-jokingly said, "I'm just afraid that Lizhi's side has too many things to do, Miss Poppy's energy is limited, and when it's my turn, I'm going to be exhausted. "

"Mr. Du is worrying too much. I will still follow you." Poppy said flatly, "It doesn't matter to me that the affairs on Lizhi's side pile up into mountains and become chaotic and disorderly. Anyway, no matter how well organized they are, these powers will eventually come to an end. I have to return it. Why should I waste my mind in vain."

"..." Lu Ming was drinking water, and couldn't help but choked after hearing this.Looking at Poppy's calm and cold face, he was speechless for a long time.

Poppy returned to the residence in the evening, stared at the window for half the night, and blew the cool breeze for half the night.At 11:30 in the middle of the night, she moved suddenly, got up from the sofa, changed her clothes and went to the inner weight.

At nine o'clock the next morning, when Poppy finally had time to catch up on sleep, the phone started ringing.She frowned and took it over to have a look. Seeing that it was Lu Ming, she hung up and threw it aside.As a result, the room was only quiet for half a minute, and Lu Ming's phone began to ring again.

This time Poppy ran out of patience. After pressing the connection button, before Lu Ming could speak, Poppy gave him three words concisely: "Shut up. Get out."

Then Lu Ming shut up.Until Poppy woke up at 02:30 in the afternoon, she didn't dare to call again.

Poppy suffered from the wind in the first half of last night, and Chu Xing tossed in the second half of the night. After getting up, Poppy had a stuffy nose and a sore throat, and felt uncomfortable everywhere.She dialed the phone to Lu Ming, who picked it up almost immediately, with a relaxed tone, and almost lost the poise that a general assistant should have: "Miss Poppy! The matter with my younger brother has been resolved! Then Bian agreed privately! You have taken so much trouble for your younger brother! I really didn't expect you to be so warm-hearted! Thank you so much!"

Poppy's throat was itchy, suppressed a cough, and said without emotion: "Gu Dao is warm-hearted? Mr. Lu, are you hurting me on purpose?"

"..." Lu Ming said, "Miss Poppy has such a nasal voice, is it because she has a cold?"

Poppy gave a casual "hmm" and said, "Mr. Lu, do you owe me a favor this time?"

"Forget it! Of course it will!" Lu Ming said in a loud voice, "Miss Poppy just ask for any reward, and I, Lu Ming, will definitely give it with both hands!"

"There's no need for a reward." Poppy said slowly, "As long as Mr. Lu always remembers that you still owe me a favor, that's enough."

Poppy had a cold for two days, and it didn't get better.When the weather suddenly turned cold again, Poppy's cold got worse. When she got up on the fourth day, she started to have some signs of fever. Poppy finally decided to see a doctor.However, as soon as she got dressed, someone came to inform her to go to the inner weight immediately.

Chu Xing seldom calls her over at this time.Poppy inexplicably felt her heart skip a beat and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know. I just call you over, the sooner the better."

When Poppy followed the people through the flowers and trees leading to the study, there was silence all around.At the end, beside the crape myrtle vine, the butler was quietly waiting there.Seeing her walking over, the expression on her wrinkled face was hard to describe for a while, as if there was a bit of regret, but also other meanings, like a deep sigh.

When Poppy came close, the housekeeper bowed slightly, and said in a low voice, "Master and Miss Li Zhi are inside. If you go into the study today, Miss Poppy will probably ask for more blessings."

Poppy's heart sank.

Poppy took a deep breath, and tapped on the study door twice.Soon Chu Xing's voice sounded, without emotion: "Come in."

After Poppy opened the door and went in, she realized that the atmosphere inside was still quite different from what she had just imagined.

Li Zhi stood beside the desk, with his hands down, but his eyes were raised high.Especially when he saw her coming in, he seemed to be smiling.Chu Xing was sitting behind the desk, holding a roll of documents in his hand. The moment he heard the sound and raised his eyelids, his eyes were sharp and his face sank like water.

Chu Xing usually gives people a sense of moodiness, but he is rarely as serious as today.Poppy met his eyes, felt as if a layer of skin had been scraped off suddenly by a sharp edge, and immediately lowered her head.

The study seemed to freeze.Poppy held her breath and waited for a while, then heard Chu Xing throw away the document in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Do you have anything to say about driving Ah Liang crazy?"

When Chu Xing said this, he understood the meaning of closing the coffin.Li Zhi stood there again, apparently having gathered sufficient evidence.Poppy closed her eyes, and did not argue anymore, and replied softly: "Poppy has nothing to say."

Chu Xing stared at her closely.After a while, he said, "Your reason for doing this."

"Being publicly humiliated twice by Ah Liang, I don't want to bear it."

"So you scared her into a lunatic?" Chu Xing threw the paperweight out with his hands violently, and scolded, "Who in the entire Chu family is more narrow-minded and unscrupulous than you?!"

The edge of the paperweight happened to hit Poppy's forehead, and a bluish-red patch appeared immediately.Chu Xing saw it, but he was still angry, and said, "How did you promise me before?"

"I can't let you see what kind of messy thoughts I have."

"As a result, this sentence means that you can do anything wrong, as long as you don't let me see it." Chu Xing smiled angrily, "Is it? Huh?"

Poppy was silent.

"say!"

Poppy whispered, "Poppy knows it's wrong."

"When did you know your mistakes and correct them?" Chu Xing stared at her, "If I let you down again, you have to let everyone go crazy, maim, and die before you are willing?!"

Poppy didn't say a word, Chu Xing almost stared at her out of a hole.After a while, Chu Xing closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice: "What did I tell you about the handling of the culprit before?"

"You said, what the previous rules are, naturally follow what to do."

Chu Xing looked at her, and said slowly: "Go to the confinement room and kneel first. You are not allowed to eat or drink. Kneel until when you really understand the matter of Ah Liang, and then talk about drinking water and eating."

Li Zhi was still dissatisfied with this treatment, and opened his mouth to fan the flames.However, as soon as he met Chu Xing's eyes, he subconsciously fell silent.

The weather is already at the autumnal equinox, and the chill seeps through the morning and night.The confinement room of the Chu family is underground, without sunlight all day long, and it is extremely damp and cold.It's okay to kneel here in summer, but once autumn comes, the knees will be stuck on the ground for a long time, and it will be as uncomfortable as thousands of needles pricking them.

After Poppy knelt for a while, she felt chills all over her body, which was a sign of a fever.After kneeling for an hour, my whole body was drenched in cold sweat.She gritted her teeth and endured it for a while, when she heard the palm-sized window at the door of the confinement room being opened and closed, and Li Zhi's voice with a hint of a smile came in loudly: "Poppy, is it cold in the confinement room? But then again, you It seems that they have become regular customers here, and they should have gotten used to it long ago."

Poppy closed her eyes and turned her back, her body was a little precarious, and she didn't say a word.

Someone outside the door said something in a low voice, Li Zhi heard it, turned around and wanted to leave.He stopped again, turned around, snorted coldly at Poppy at the window, and added: "I really wish you could die now."

After a while, the door of the confinement room was slowly opened.Poppy gritted her teeth and knelt there straight without looking back.Someone was talking in a low voice at the door, and someone seemed to say something in the middle: "Miss Poppy seems to be a little tired."

Chu Xing's voice sounded faintly behind him: "How long will it be. Look at her and tell her to continue kneeling."

(End of this chapter)