I run a hotel in Huangshan

Chapter 32 Watch closely
"I'm too busy and don't have time to accompany you!" Lu Siqing refused decisively.

"You have time to accompany tourists, how can you not have time to accompany me? Brother Siqing, I came thousands of miles to find you, can't you accompany me?" The woman didn't want to give up, and her tone became more and more coquettish.

"Don't you just want to climb the mountain? Why do you have to have me accompany you? I'll arrange for the best tour guide in our agency to accompany you. By the way, there's a tour group arriving tonight, and you can go up the mountain with them tomorrow!" Lu Siqing was unmoved.

Han Qingyue stood aside, feeling a little uncomfortable, and whispered to Lu Siqing, "Mr. Lu, the girl has begged you so much, just agree. Besides, aren't you going up the mountain with the group tomorrow?"

"I'll accompany you tomorrow and not join the group!" Lu Siqing said firmly.

Han Qingyue had never seen him so angry before. Not wanting to provoke him again, she struggled to break free from his grip and walked towards the hall door holding the hot pot.

Lu Siqing quickly followed, and behind him, a woman was crying.

"Lu Siqing, I don't know what your relationship with her is, but she is a girl after all. If you talk to her like this, it will make her lose face. If you don't want to accompany her up the mountain, go in and talk to her clearly. Otherwise, it will be too cruel for her to come out with me like this!" Han Qingyue couldn't bear it when she saw Luo Jiaqi who was about to cry anxiously not far away.

"Okay, I'll go over and talk to her. But Qingyue, don't get me wrong, she and I have nothing to do with each other. She's just a scoundrel who insists on sticking to me!" Lu Siqing explained.

He wanted to say something else, but under Han Qingyue's gaze, he had to go back to the hall.

Han Qingyue put the hot pot on the ground and led it to the fountain to wait for Lu Siqing.

A few minutes later, he came out with his head down and his brows furrowed.

Han Qingyue thought that if she didn't comfort him, he might get internal injuries.

She picked up the hot pot, walked forward and asked with a smile: "What's wrong, that girl won't let you go?"

"This woman is so difficult to deal with. She even brought up my mother to put pressure on me! The old lady just called me and asked me to spend more time with her." Lu Siqing became more and more frustrated.

"Lu Siqing, isn't it just accompanying a girl to climb a mountain? What's so scary about that? Look at how delicate she looks. I'm afraid she will be too tired to go down the mountain before noon. You know, haha!" Han Qingyue winked at Lu Siqing cunningly.

Lu Siqing instantly understood what she meant, and said with sudden enlightenment: "I understand. It's not difficult to accompany this girl to climb the mountain! But, I can't accompany you tomorrow!"

Han Qingyue smiled and said, "You should go and accompany her quickly. Without you here, I can have some peace and quiet for a whole day. Besides, I still have hot pot to keep me company!"

Han Qingyue's words made Lu Siqing feel a little uncomfortable. Luo Jiaqi acted coquettishly towards her, spoke in an ambiguous tone, and clung to her, but Han Qingyue was not only not jealous, but also helped him with advice. She even said that it was quiet when he was gone.

He began to doubt his own charm. Could it be that Han Qingyue really didn't understand what he was thinking?

The next day, Lu Siqing accompanied Luo Jiaqi up the mountain, along with a dozen guests from the tour group.

Han Qingyue said that she felt at peace now that Lu Siqing was gone, but she was a little uncomfortable with his sudden absence. It was as if something was missing in her heart, a little empty.

Near noon, the hotel received several banners from disaster victims. Afterward, more banners arrived, filling the lobby with red and gold banners. This gesture put the Qingxin Hotel in the headlines again. Liu Lanxin called, wanting an interview. This time, Han Qingyue firmly declined.

While accepting the interview was the best publicity for the Qingxin Hotel, she simply wanted to contribute to the flood relief efforts, not to promote the hotel. If she publicized it too loudly, even a good thing would lose its meaning. Liu Lanxin couldn't persuade her, so she had to compromise.

As Han Qingyue had expected, Lu Siqing sent her a message just after two in the afternoon, saying that Luo Jiaqi was exhausted and insisted on taking the cable car down the mountain. Han Qingyue said she would treat Luo Jiaqi to lunch at a Chinese restaurant the next day and welcome her to Huangshan. Lu Siqing thought to himself that this was more of a farewell than a welcome, and he planned to send Luo Jiaqi back to Beijing the next day.

Because of something going on at the Beijing headquarters, Zhou Chenyu needed to leave M County for a while, leaving the chief engineer to supervise the work on site.

In the afternoon, Han Qingyue was looking at a document when Zhou Chenyu sent a message saying he wanted to have a video chat with her about hotpot to see how it was. Han Qingyue didn't think much about it and accepted Zhou Chenyu's video chat invitation. On the other end of the phone, Zhou Chenyu was still wearing a white shirt and had an elegant temperament, but he looked much more haggard.

"Qingyue, you've worked hard these days. Is Hotpot still behaving well? Did I cause you any trouble?"

"Hotpot is very well-behaved and doesn't make trouble. I take it out for a walk every day, so you don't have to worry." Han Qingyue replied.

"That's good. I have something to do in the capital, so I'll have to trouble you to continue taking care of it. I'll pick it up in a few days."

Zhou Chenyu looked at Han Qingyue, wishing he could cross the screen and appear beside her.

Fortunately, there is hot pot, so he can find an excuse to video chat with Han Qingyue to ease the pain of missing her after not seeing her for many days.

"It's a small matter, don't be polite! Wait a minute, I'll go get the hot pot." After chatting for a few sentences, Han Qingyue put the phone aside and went to look for the puppy.

But she looked all over the place and couldn't find any trace of the hot pot, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Liu Bowen!" she shouted loudly towards the door.

Soon, Liu Bowen came over after hearing the noise.

"Boss, is something wrong?"

"Where is the hot pot? It was next to me just now." Han Qingyue asked anxiously.

"Didn't Mr. Lu take the hotpot out? I saw Mr. Lu leading it, he should have gone downstairs." Liu Bowen answered calmly.

"Oh." After hearing what he said, Han Qingyue suddenly remembered that Lu Siqing took hot pot out after returning from Huangshan. Maybe she was too focused on reading the documents and forgot about it.

Han Qingyue returned to her desk and picked up her phone. Zhou Chenyu was waiting for her.

"Brother Chenyu, I almost forgot that Lu Siqing took the hot pot out. If you want to see it, I'll video chat with you later when it comes back."

"Okay, no problem. Um, by the way, I heard that all the disaster-stricken people have returned?" Zhou Chenyu asked.

"Yes, they are all gone. Today, people have come to give them banners." Han Qingyue replied.

"Qingyue, you can't work too hard. You've been tired for so many days. You need to rest well. I've been worried about you these days..."

Zhou Chenyu's eyes froze on the phone screen, as if he saw something.

Han Qingyue looked back and saw Lu Siqing standing at the door holding a hot pot, looking unhappy.

"Brother Chenyu, Hotpot is back. I'll go hold it and show it to you." Feeling the stagnation in the atmosphere, Han Qingyue stood up with a smile and went to take the puppy from Lu Siqing's arms.

Unexpectedly, Lu Siqing refused to let go, and walked directly to Han Qingyue's phone and said to the screen: "Mr. Zhou, you want to see the hot pot, right? Come, hot pot, let your master see it!"

Lu Siqing was so close to the phone's camera that the entire screen was filled with his face, and the hot pot was completely invisible. Zhou Chenyu was both angry and amused. His love rival was really keeping a close eye on him.

(End of this chapter)