Chapter 149: Waiting for You

Chen Lu sent a message to Liang Zhirou saying he was going over for dinner, then prepared to drive over.

As soon as he drove out of the neighborhood gate, he saw a few scattered raindrops hitting the car window, quickly becoming more and more dense.

What kind of weather is this this year? Where is all this rain coming from?

Just as Chen Lu finished complaining, his phone in his pocket rang.

He had recently changed his ringtone from Canon to Scarborough Fair, because people around him always said it made them feel insecure.

He glanced at it and saw it was Peng Leyun calling, so he simply answered it.

“What’s up?” Chen Lu asked.

“Brother Lu, someone just quit here, a senior in his fourth year of university.” Peng Leyun deliberately emphasized the last sentence.

Chen Lu calmly hummed in response.

Peng Leyun continued, “He’s from the same province as me, so I jokingly asked him if he was going back home to inherit the family business, and he said he was still looking for a job in Hangzhou, and he had already negotiated the details.”

Chen Lu curled his lips, “Where are you now?”

“At the company.”

“Then wait for me to come over.”

After ending the call, Chen Lu sent another message to Liang Zhirou.

Chen Lu: I’m going back to the company for a bit, I’ll be over later. You and Auntie eat first. Kisses.jpg

Liang Zhirou: It’s okay, I’ll wait for you.

It seems Liang Zhirou still hasn’t learned to use emoji.

Chen Lu chuckled and sighed, driving through the rain.

……

Half an hour later, Chen Lu slowly pushed open the glass door of the company.

It was already past work hours, and the entire company only had Peng Leyun sitting there, staring at two computer screens, not sure what he was busy with.

Only scattered lights could be seen outside the large floor-to-ceiling windows, and only a row of lights were turned on in the company, the light couldn’t cover all the places, making it look a little desolate.

“Why are you still at the company? I didn’t tell you to work overtime, did I?” Chen Lu stomped his feet, grabbed a tissue and casually wiped the water off his hair, then felt it wasn’t dry enough, so he pulled out a face towel from Lin Miaomiao’s desk.

He pressed it against his hair, and it instantly absorbed a lot of water.

This stuff is still the best.

“I still have things to finish.”

Peng Leyun said seriously without turning his head, he had an unusual stubbornness in this regard. When the programming team wasn’t that busy, he would often take paid bathroom breaks, but when they were busy, he would always be the last one to leave.

When he was focused on work, he would just keep working.

“It should be him, right?” Chen Lu suddenly asked in a cold voice.

Peng Leyun nodded vigorously, “When the character case was first released, there were only a few people in the programming team. You just finished handing out bonuses yesterday, and he left today. It’s too coincidental.”

Then he smiled at Chen Lu, “Brother Lu, you were already beating the drum and shouting about giving out a lot of bonuses on Qixi Festival, and then you specifically transferred money to each person, wasn’t that just to make him ‘feel at ease’ and leave?”

He thought more and more that Chen Lu’s words on Qixi Festival, “As long as you don’t quit or mess up during this period, there will be a lot of bonuses,” were full of meaning.

After Chen Lu asked Peng Leyun who he suspected, he specifically sent bonuses to the art team and the person named Li Yang last night.

He finally got the bait on the hook after enduring until he couldn’t take it anymore, the fish would definitely run away, and would even be grateful for the free meal.

“From now on, you will lead the programming team while also helping me handle things separately.”

Chen Lu walked behind Peng Leyun as he spoke, lazily saying, “Thirty thousand yuan will be in your account in a few days, all of that person’s bonus is yours.”

Peng Leyun was stunned, “How much is that?”

Actually, he was already ecstatic when he got the two thousand, and he spent it on several 648s overnight.

“Everyone only got two thousand before because the insider hadn’t left yet, now that the insider has left, we’re going to give you the bonus that was originally planned. Your twenty thousand plus his ten thousand, a total of thirty thousand yuan.”

Chen Lu flipped through Li Yang’s employment contract when he first joined, his tone devoid of any fluctuation, “People can never earn more than their understanding allows. Li Yang is the most vivid example, his vision isn’t far-reaching enough. He’s missing out on more than just ten thousand yuan.”

Then he joked, “He can’t even see that my company will become a Fortune 500 company in the future? He has no vision at all.”

SharePeng Leyun slightly raised the corner of his mouth, feeling like Chen Lu was pointing at him. He asked with a chuckle, “Lu Ge, are you serious about letting me work with you?”

“Of course.”

There wasn’t much to say, the ceremony of promoting someone was this simple. Chen Lu coming here himself was already a sign of his importance.

“I’m leaving, the boss lady is waiting for me to go home for dinner.”

Chen Lu walked to the door and looked back at him, “You’re not going back?”

“I’m sleeping here tonight, the new character keeps having bugs.”

Peng Leyun pointed to the thin blanket on his seat.

Chen Lu’s jaw almost dropped to the floor, “You actually have dreams?”

“Yes.”

Peng Leyun said seriously. He knew that if he didn’t seize this opportunity to work at this company, it would be hard to have such a high level of authority elsewhere.

Moreover, he truly admired Chen Lu’s thinking and vision.

Who wouldn’t like to follow a wise person? Especially when that person is helping you realize your childish dreams.

“Why work overtime? Isn’t playing games more enjoyable?”

Chen Lu left with a sigh and quickly ran out.

……

The car drove to the entrance of the alley. Because there was no place to park, Chen Lu parked a little further away on the opposite side of the road.

As Chen Lu was about to park, he saw a figure standing alone at the entrance of the alley, motionless.

In the rain, the long-haired girl stood there alone, streams of water sliding down the edges of her umbrella, falling to the ground and merging with the flow.

Every time a car passed by her, the headlights flickered over her body, she would immediately raise her head to look, then lower her head in a slightly forlorn manner and continue to stand there quietly.

The car was also quiet. The girl’s figure repeatedly became clear and blurry as the windshield wipers continuously swept across the windshield.

Chen Lu was slightly stunned and quickly got out of the car, rushing into the rain.

He didn’t need to think to know that only his girlfriend, Liang Zhirou, would be this silly.

“What are you doing here?” he asked hurriedly, his words mixed with the sound of the rain, reaching Liang Zhirou’s ears.

The girl raised her head, the umbrella also lifted, and she said softly:

“Waiting for you.”

As she spoke, she quickly raised her hand and took two steps forward, covering Chen Lu under the umbrella.

The action was cute and serious.

Chen Lu poked her forehead hard, “Didn’t I say I was going back to the company? You didn’t even know when I was coming back, so you just waited here?”

“……When I was staying at your place before, you said you didn’t have an umbrella.”

Liang Zhirou explained slowly.

“You don’t like to bring an umbrella, I was afraid you’d get wet.”

“It’s just a few steps, it doesn’t even take two minutes to get here. And aren’t you being silly? You could have waited for me to call you and then come out.”

Liang Zhirou took out a tissue and gently wiped the rain from Chen Lu’s cheek, “I’m very smart, I didn’t come out right away, I waited for a while before coming out. Only someone who thinks it’s okay to get wet for a little while is silly…”

I don’t believe you would call me to come out specifically, you definitely wouldn’t want to bother me.

Besides, I wanted to see you sooner.

Chen Lu sighed helplessly, said nothing, and silently reached out, intertwining his fingers with the girl beside him.

How could this silly girl be so considerate towards him?

The two walked side by side in the rain, sheltered under the same umbrella.

They both slowed their pace unconsciously, clearly not intending to walk for only two minutes.