Forty minutes later, Leng Pan had a well packed lunch for two and left the restaurant. She wanted to go to Lu Zhen's company and have lunch with him. Since she had decided to get together with him, she thought it was important to build a closer relationship.
And having meals together can help to close the gap created between them by the previous Leng Pan's indifference.
However, as she got into her rented truck, she hesitated. She knew the apocalypse was coming and shouldn't worry about what people think, but she didn't want to embarrass Lu Zhen.
So, in the end she drove the truck back to the villa and used the Hummer Lu Zhen had delivered that morning.
When she arrived at the Lu Group it was already noon and the employees were already leaving for their lunch break.
It was her first time at Lu Zhen's company and didn't know how to get to his office. She wanted to surprise him with lunch and had decided not to call ahead.
She parked her car in the public parking lot and went to the reception.
The receptionist was just about to have lunch. Since she is the first point of contact in the company for visitors, she couldn't leave her post.
"Hello, can I help you?" The receptionist asked Leng Pan as soon as she saw her stop in front of her desk.
"Yes, I need to see Lu Zhen." Leng Pan replied.
Upon hearing how the beautiful girl in front of her called the CEO by his name without any scruples, the receptionist was angered.
It was not the first time that a woman had shown up here demanding to see the CEO. The last receptionist thought that a woman who claimed to be the CEO's girlfriend would be the future Mistress and wanted to carry favor with her.
She let her into the CEO's office without permission only for that woman to be thrown out by security and for the receptionist to be fired.
Since then nobody dared to let any woman near the CEO's office. No matter how many women show up and claim to know the CEO, they were all turned down.
The CEO was known for his icy demeanor when it comes to handling women. He has no protective feelings for the fairer sex.
The receptionist looked at the food containers in Leng Pan's hands and classified her as another woman who overestimated herself and thought that she could win the CEO's favor with a live lunch. How pathetic.
She sneered inside, but showed no inappropriate expression on her face. She wore a practiced professional smile and asked, "Do you have an appointment?"
Even though she despised these kinds of women, she knew that she couldn't turnish the company's image and still needed to follow protocol.
Leng Pan sighed when she heard the question. "No I don't." If she made an appointment, she was sure she would have found Lu Zhen waiting for her in the reception area. That would be weird no matter how one thought about it.
"Then I am sorry, you cannot see the CEO. You need an appointment and at the moment, his schedule is full until six months later." The receptionist told Leng Pan.
How could Leng Pan not see the disdain in the receptionist's eyes. She probably thought that she was one of those women who threw themselves at her boss.
"Could you call his assistant? Tell him Leng Pan is looking for Lu Zhen. He will come get me." Leng Pan still wanted to keep the surprise a surprise and thought that if Ying Zao, Lu Zhen's assistant heard that she was there he would come immediately.
Who would have thought, "Lady, there are many women like you who show up here every other day looking for CEO Lu but none ever gets to see him. They are thrown out on the streets like rats. I advice you to leave before things get ugly."
This time it wasn't the receptionist who replied but a young woman dressed in a professional suit that hugged her figure. It would have been professional if her cleavage wasn't on display.
Leng Pan looked at the woman and could already tell that she was one of those women mentioned in the novel who thought by working in the Lu Corporation headquarters they stood a chance with Lu Zhen.
She naturally saw Leng Pan as competition and wanted to get rid of her.
"And you are?" Leng Pan asked
"I work in the HR department. Our company doesn't entertain people like you so you should leave." She said with her chin raised.
*People like me?" Leng Pan asked again. "What am I like?"
"Stop pretending. Aren't the just pretending to know the CEO and want to get and opportunity to give him that rubbish food you are carrying so that you can get a chance to climb to his bed? The food is probably drugged too. So pathetic." The woman continued with her accusations.
By this time those going for lunch had stopped to watch the commotion and we're standing nearby. But no one interfered. Even the receptionist was quiet.
"What good company culture. Insulting guests without knowing their identities simply based on your assumptions. Lu Zhen sure knows how to pick employees." Leng Pan commented.
When the receptionist and the employees standing nearby heard her statement they were a bit flustered. What if she was really an important guest? But after looking at the way she was dressed in a casual jumpsuit, they dismissed the idea.
"Who are you trying to scare? If you were some important guest then you wouldn't need to keep asking the receptionist to help you get into CEO Lu's office. Leave or I'll call security." The woman continued.
At this moment, the security guards had already noticed the commotion and two of them were waiting nearby but didn't take any action as Leng Pan had not done anything to compromise the safety of the company.