Du Xiaoxian was also not happy. 300 yuan would be deducted from her salary just because of wiping that screen!

Hearing Lu Haochen letting her go, she did not say a word and left with her head lowered.

When Lu Haochen saw her like this, he felt even more uncomfortable. He had a feeling of frustration as if he had just quarreled with his girlfriend. He lit a cigarette, leaned against the large office chair, and puffed. Then, he called Rose in an angry voice through the internal phone line and asked her to make a cup of coffee.

Rose felt that the boss was a little moody recently. She put down the phone and rushed to brew a cup of coffee. When she sent it in, she saw Lu Haochen leaning against the chair and keeping smoking fiercely. As the cigarette soon burned to the end, Lu Haochen threw the butt into the ashtray, took the coffee she handed over, and drank it directly.

Rose shouted, “Boss, be careful! It is still too hot.”

It was already too late. Lu Haochen’s mouth was scalded. He threw the coffee cup to the floor and shouted at her furiously, “Then why did you bring such a hot cup of coffee to me?”

Rose felt wronged, but she didn’t dare to retort. She knew that Lu Haochen must have been angry about something, and she just got caught in the crossfire.

Last time, he lost his temper at the cleaner. This time, it was her turn. Rose sighed in her heart. Her boss had really changed a lot recently. Did he have earlier menopause?

She quickly squatted down to pick up the broken cup. Lu Haochen was struck by a brainwave and said, “Stop. Get someone else to do it!”

Rose was originally feeling wronged. But after hearing this, she felt warm in her heart. She hurriedly said, “It doesn’t matter. There is no need to waste time looking for someone else.”

“Stop. Look for someone else!” Lu Haochen’s face turned gloomy and his voice turned cold.

Rose did not dare to disobey. She quickly went outside to look for a cleaner. Du Xiaoxian was the only cleaner on this floor, so she returned in less than ten minutes after she left the office. When she saw the broken cup on the floor, she quickly squatted down to pick it up. Lu Haochen was still angry, but he was afraid that her hands would be pricked by the broken cup. He shouted, “Don’t use your hands. Use a broom!”

Du Xiaoxian was still concerned about her unfinished job outside the office as she picked the broken cup up quickly. When he shouted at her, her hand shook and was scratched by the porcelain shards. Then the blood instantly emerged.

Du Xiaoxian frowned slightly. Before she could react, she was pulled up by Lu Haochen. When she looked up and saw his face, Du Xiaoxian immediately ignored the pain of her injured hand.

Just like that day, Lu Haochen had a fierce face. At such a close distance, she was so scared that her legs were trembling as if he was about to swallow her!

Her worry turned into reality. Lu Haochen actually put her injured finger into his mouth…

She was embarrassed and anxious. She wanted to take it out, but Lu Haochen did not let go. He held the finger and sucked it hard twice. Then he spat the dirty blood in the garbage bin, turned to the door, and called Rose, “Bring me a hemostatic sticker!”

Rose did not know what had happened. She only felt scared of his screaming, so she hurriedly took the hemostatic sticker from the drawer and ran in. Seeing that Lu Haochen was holding Du Xiaoxian’s finger, which was bleeding, she quickly applied the hemostatic sticker carefully to Du Xiaoxian.

Lu Haochen was still angry and scolded Du Xiaoxian, “You are rash and careless. You knocked over the bucket last time, and now you got your finger scratched. You are so incompetent!”

Du Xiaoxian felt wronged. If he hadn’t shouted at her, she wouldn’t have gotten herself scratched. She should be angry, not Lu Haochen!

Rose thought that Lu Haochen’s inexplicable anger had not yet gone, so she kept winking at Du Xiaoxian, hinting at the latter to go out.

Du Xiaoxian didn’t want to stay here anymore, either. Seeing Rose winking at her, she took her leave immediately.

Just as she moved her feet, Lu Haochen roared again, “Where are you going?”

Du Xiaoxian came to her senses immediately. There was still a mess on the floor. She quickly squatted down again and wanted to clean it up. Lu Haochen dragged her up and pressed her down on the sofa. “Your hand is already injured. Why are you still doing this? Stay there.”

Then, he angrily squatted down and picked up the porcelain shards.

Rose was completely stunned. When she saw Lu Haochen squatting down to pick up the porcelain shards, she sobered up and quickly squatted down. “Boss, let me do it.”

“Get out of my way, get out!” Somehow, Lu Haochen was still furious. He couldn’t suppress his anger at all.

Rose silently returned to her office. The moment she went out, she cast a sympathetic glance at Du Xiaoxian, who was still sitting in the center of the storm.

Thinking about this, Rose felt that it was a little ridiculous. Originally, she was cleaning the mess up. Then Lu Haochen asked her to have someone else do it, so Du Xiaoxian came. Unexpectedly, Du Xiaoxian got her hand scratched. In the end, Lu Haochen did it himself.

Moreover, her boss was so ill-tempered. He would roar at people at any time. If one was timid, he or she would have a heart attack immediately. Rose had pity on the cleaner named Du Xiaoxian who had just been transferred upstairs. In less than a month, she had already been yelled at twice by the boss. Rose hoped Du Xiaoxian had a strong heart to face this.

Actually, Du Xiaoxian’s heart was not strong. She was so shocked by Lu Haochen’s powerful aura that she did not dare to move. She would rather be scolded harshly and told to get lost by Lu Haochen. However, he did not do it. Lu Haochen just paced around the room. He seemed to be irritable. Du Xiaoxian remained nervous and alert, in case he would flare up at any time.

Rose knocked twice on the half-opened door and said, “Boss, it’s time for the meeting.”

Lu Haochen stopped walking and looked at Du Xiaoxian with a serious gaze. After a while, he said, “Stay here and don’t go anywhere!” Then he took the documents and left with Rose.

As soon as he left, the invisible pressure immediately vanished. Du Xiaoxian put her hands on her chest and sighed with relief. She looked at her injured hand. In fact, the cut was not deep. Such a small injury was nothing to her. She did not take it seriously at all. She would only press it with her hand and continue to work when it stopped bleeding.

She knew that she had made Lu Haochen angry again. But what did he mean by asking her to sit here? Did he want to scold her after the meeting?

Thinking that 300 yuan would be deducted from her salary, Du Xiaoxian could not sit still. She believed that Mr. Lu would not come back in half an hour. During this period of time, she could definitely finish her job.

So she ran to the bathroom and finished the cleaning as fast as she could. Then, she slipped back into the office. As expected, Lu Haochen had not returned yet.

She sat for a while and felt bored, so she took a rag and continued to wipe the screen. Anyway, it was her job, and she had to do it sooner or later.

After she finished cleaning the screen, Lu Haochen still did not come back. Du Xiaoxian sighed and walked to the window. At this time, the sun was already scorching, so the curtains were fully closed to block the sunlight from reaching inside. The room was lit and at a constant temperature of 22 degrees Celsius as the air-conditioner was on. She felt that compared to before, it was very good to work in such an environment now.

Instead of opening the curtain, she just reached the other side through its bottom. As the sun shone with dazzling light, she hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands. There was once a time when she set up a stall on the street to sell fruits. Every day, she was sitting under the scorching sun, but she did not know how to protect herself from the sunburn. After two days of exposure to the sun, her face was peeled off, and so was her arm. A thin layer of skin could be directly torn off with her hands, and it really hurt.

Besides the scorching sun, there was heavy rain. Yawan was a coastal city and severe convective weather came frequently. Rain often came unexpectedly and there was no sign of it at all. On frequent occasions, heavy rain would fall suddenly even on a sunny day with the sun shining above, leaving her no time to open the umbrella. Then she would be drenched. Worse still, her fruit was soaked in rainwater and got rotten after being exposed to the sun again.

Those days, she went out early and came back late every day. She also took the child with her. Not only was she arduous, but her daughter also suffered. More unfortunately, she did not earn a single cent. In the end, she even suffered a deficit. Seeing that Niannian had been sunburnt like a little monkey cub, Du Huayue was distressed and did not allow Du Xiaoxian to sell fruits again.

Standing here now, although the sunlight was dazzling outside, she felt it was bearable as it got weakened through the glass. When she was looking down at the streets and cars below, she suddenly heard someone entering the office. She did not know who it was and was hesitating if she should go out.

Then she heard Lu Haochen roaring angrily again, “I told her to stay, but she ran away again. Did she ignore my words?” Next, she heard a bang. It seemed that he was smashing something!

Du Xiaoxian trembled in fear behind the curtains, not knowing what to do.

Lu Haochen’s voice was a little softer, but he was still very angry. “How dare she shows no respect to her boss! What does she want to do?”

How could Du Xiaoxian bear such a big accusation? She could only go out immediately to prove that she was an obedient, good employee.

Lu Haochen was in a rage when he suddenly saw a person appear from the curtain. It was Du Xiaoxian he was cursing. They looked at each other with complicated expressions. Du Xiaoxian was panicking and embarrassed while he was pleasantly surprised and embarrassed. His anger unconsciously eased.

“Why are you hiding there?”

“I didn’t hide,” Du Xiaoxian lowered her head and replied timidly, “I was just looking around there.”

“Come here.”

Du Xiaoxian trembled and didn’t dare to go to him. Lu Haochen almost fell into a rage again. “What are you afraid of? I won’t eat you.”

Du Xiaoxian had no choice but to take a few steps forward. Lu Haochen asked, “Does your hand still hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“Let me see.”

Du Xiaoxian put her hands behind her back. “It really doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“What harm can I do when I check your finger?” Lu Haochen raised his voice.

Mr. Lu was really a scary person. Du Xiaoxian reluctantly presented her finger to him.

Lu Haochen glanced at it and said, “Put it down. If it stops bleeding, remove the sticker. The weather is hot. It’s not good to cover it for too long.”

“I know.” Du Xiaoxian put her hand down. “Mr. Lu, can I leave now? I still have to clean up the meeting room.”

“Your hand is injured. You should rest today.”

Du Xiaoxian’s eyes lit up. “Then can I go home?”

“No,” Lu Haochen stared at her bright eyes and his voice became gentle. “You shall rest here.”

Du Xiaoxian felt that it was better for her to do cleaning than rest here. She hesitated for a moment and said, “Mr. Lu, it’s inappropriate for me to stay here. I’m afraid I will affect your work.”

“No,” Lu Haochen took out a detective novel from the drawer and handed it to her. “If you feel bored, just read this.”

Du Xiaoxian took the book and plucked up the courage to ask, “Mr. Lu, why do you always keep me here?”

Lu Haochen was stunned for a moment as if he didn’t know how to answer her question.

Of course, he wanted her to accompany him! He smiled and said, “Nothing. Just stay here. I’ll let you go when it’s time to eat.”