Chapter 126 Field Trip
"Huh? Me?” Susan Shelby could not help but be stunned.
Generally, the head would act on the department''s behalf in this kind of situation.
She was still considered a newbie in Lanyard Construction.
The department head smiled and said, "You set down the groundwork of the design and you made
the biggest contribution to this project so you should be the one exining it naturally."
"Go, quick." Chance Hamilton gave her a gentle push.
Susan could not decline anymore so she was preparing to stand up when Julian Shaw took a
nce at her ankle and said nonchntly, "Susan hurt her ankle, so let her sit and exin from her
seat. Alfred, bring up the design blueprint."
The assistant took on the task and brought up the design blueprint on the huge disy screen.
The people shifted their gaze to Susan in unison.
Susan pursed her lips as she was a little unustomed to this. Then, she said, "Our concept is not
quite simr to the Jenkins Corporation. The resort project is targeted at high-end rich and powerful
people. However, even the rich and the powerful live veryfortable lives in their homes. N o
matter how prestigious our design is, it can’t possibly give them a pleasant change of atmosphere.
Thus, we are adopting the ssic oriental design. The overall feeling involves the use of pavilions,
traditional chambers, and curved paths. In the details, our crucial slogan is, ''Looks simple and
unsophisticated but hidden elegance in reality.’ For example, the beds will be crafted from the top
grade sandalwood but we will use the newest configuration for its design. For example, we will be
adding temperature control for the beds... We believe that thebination of ssic and
modernistic themes will give the residents a pleasant change of atmosphere, also..."
Susan still felt rather anxious at the start.
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However, Susan became more and more at ease as she continued presenting what she was most
skilled in and her narration grew smoother and smoother as well.
It felt as if her body was glistening at this very moment.
The corners of Julian''s lips curved into a soft smile without his notice.
Luke Jenkins was entranced by the charismatic Susan.
In his memories, Susan was still that recent-graduate designer.
It had only been slightly more than a year and she had already grown to this extent?
He could not understand design but he understood the rich and powerful.
Compared to the Jenkins Corporation''s design, Susan’s design was far superior based on her
creativity and details.
"That''s all for my presentation, thank you," said Susan with a soft blush on her cheeks. 1
Julian looked at Luke with a spurious smile at once." The designs from both sides have already
been presented. Are we going to do what we’ve agreed on originally, which is to choose ten wealthy
people at random and send them the design sketches for them t o decide the victor and loser?”
Luke pursed his lips. "No need for that. You''ve won this time.”
Julian smirked instantly. "Thank you.”
Luke felt an ineffable bitterness in his heart.
He had been cultivating so many employees painstakingly and prepared in advance for such a long
time and yet he still ended up beingpletely defeated today.
If the person who produced the design was not Susan but someone else, he would not have mixed
feelings anymore.
Yet... It was Susan.
Rationally, Susan was only doing her job.
Sentimentally, Luke still found it hard to ept the reality that Susan helped Julian defeat him.
''Susie, have you really moved on already?’
Even though he was obviously aware that they could never be together anymore, his heart was still
throbbing in pain for some reason!
The design incident came to a conclusion temporarily.
Julian sent off the people from the Jenkins Corporation.
The situation in the office boiled over as soon as they left.
"Oh oh oh, we won atst. I was so anxious throughout the entire day today until I couldn''t even
stomach my lunch."
"It''s too early for you to rx because we will be facing an even bigger issue to perfect the details
after our design has been chosen!"
"I don''t care. I''m good as long as we defeat the Jenkins Corporation anyhow."
The group of people chatted noisily.
Susan could not help feeling relieved as well and cracked into a faint smile.
"Luke, why did you acknowledge your defeat so easily? Their design is pretty good, but if we let the
wealthy people choose ording to our original n, we may not necessarily lose too!" Charlotte
Jenkins debated.
She would not be so recalcitrant if she were to lose to Lanyard Corporation, but now she had lost to
Susan.
How could she make peace with that?
Luke shot a nce at her. "If we follow the original n, we will only embarrass ourselves! Alright,
let’s not bother ourselves with this matter anymore. We will still need to discuss the contents of the
agreement and carry out negotiations for the next few days. The most important task right now is for
us to stay focused and prepare for the negotiation after this."
"Alright," Charlotte answered unwillingly.
She felt rather displeased about losing to Susan. However, she still could not refrain herself from
smiling at the thought of meeting Julian again tomorrow.
An icy cold glint prated Luke''s narrowed eyes.
''Julian, I''ve lost to you this time because you had Susie''s help. However, the negotiation is not over
yet. I will show you that I’m never weaker than you.’
The people from the Jenkins Corporation came to Lanyard Construction for three consecutive days.
Both sides engaged in heated negotiation for the full three days until they finally signed the
agreement on the afternoon of the third day.
Both sides felt relieved immensely upon finallypleting the agreement atst after three
consecutive days of being in a highly stressful environment.
"Chairman Shaw, it''s a pleasure to work with you." Luke reached out his hand.
"Same." Julian shook his hand calmly.
"So, shall we head for a field trip together tomorrow, Chairman Shaw?" said Luke.
"Sure." Julian nodding upon epting the task.
The site selection for the mountain resort was on the hillside halfway up the mountain.
The hillside was surrounded by a small river andkes with lush green trees. The scenery from
nature itself was impable and it would look breathtaking with just some additional decorations.
In order to build up a modernized vige here without destroying the beauty of nature, one had to
head down to the field personally to examine the ce.
The people from the Jenkins Corporation were unaware of the field trip, but it was a task that Luke
had to take on.
From Lanyard Construction, there were many more people that needed to go on the field trip as the
company was in charge of the majority of
construction and design.
At night, Julian was writing up the name list for the field trip tomorrow.
Susan walked over to take a look, and then her eyes lit up. "The holiday resort project has entered
the field trip phase already?"
Julian nodded. "We''re approaching the new year so w e must set down the scheme beforehand and
we can immediately begin construction after the new year. W e are pressed for time here."
"You need people from our design department to join the field trip, right? Can I go?" Susan looked
at Julian piteously.
Having the opportunity to see the situation on the field would allow her to have more confidence in
nning her design too.
Julian stole a side nce at her. “No! You just sprained your ankle not long ago.”
"It was just a little swollen and it''s fully healed now." Susan panicked.
"Still no." Julian continued to reject her.
Susan took a nce at him furiously. "Hey, I''m the main designer for this project. You should take
me on the field trip anyhow, right? Julian Shaw, you can''t not make a clear distinction between your
public and private interests.” "Woman, since when have I not made a clear distinction between your
public and private interests?"
"Don''t think that I’m unaware of that! I bet you refuse t o let me join because you know that Luke is
going too," said Susan in despair.
Julian grunted coldly. "You must be joking, why would I care about Luke?"
Susan took a nce at him. "Then I shall give Luke a call and see if he''s up for a drink."
As she was speaking, she took out her phone and made the call.
"Susan, how dare you!" Julian snatched the phone furiously.
He checked the screen and saw a phone number blinking on the phone. It was 10086.
"Do you really think that I''d call Luke?" Susan red a t him in rage. "Julian, youck the most basic
trust in me.
She, Susan Shelby, had not stooped so low that she would court a married man!
Julian scoffed once. "This is not an issue with trust. It''s obvious that Luke still bears unwarranted
interest i n you!"
"Luke is already married." Susan said, "Moreover, Charlotte Jenkins is the one that bears
unwarranted interest in you. Both of you engaged in the negotiation all day and I haven''t gotten
jealous, haven''t I?"
Julian pondered in all apparent seriousness for a while before he asked, "That''s right. Woman, this
is a serious issue! Why aren''t you jealous?"
Susan said,"... Why do you have to drift so far from the topic of the conversation? All in all, I will
certainly join the field trip tomorrow. I''m heading to bed first. You should join me soon after you''re
done with work."
"Woman, you haven''t exined why you didn''t get jealous yet," Julian retorted.
Susan turned around and looked at her. "Julian, there has never been a middle ground for me in a
rtionship. When I didn''t love you in the past, I didn''t care at all. Now that I''m in love with you, I’m
asking you to be in this wholeheartedly just like me. I will either trust you wholeheartedly or I will
leave without the slightest hesitation. If I find out that there’s something between you and the other
women, I won''t choose to be jealous. I''ll just turn around and leave."
There was a rarely seen seriousness in Susan''s eyes.
Perhaps, her attitude in the rtionship was a little bigoted. Yet, she refused to change that.
This was still her first time dering her attitude so clearly and she wondered if Julian could ept
that.
Julian stared at Susan calmly for a while before his lips suddenly cracked into a smirk. "Now that
you’re i n love with me? How much do you love me?"
Susan:"..."
He was so capable of seizing the key point when he listened to someone''s speech.
Susan waved her hand weakly to dismiss him while saying, "I''m hitting the sack first.”
Julian smiled as he watched Susan walk into the bedroom. Then he added Susan’s name to the
field trip team.
''Hmph hmph, I shall let this woman join in view of her romantic confession to me.''
The next morning, the universal business vehicles were all set.
Susan and her colleagues from the design department were in the same vehicle.
Julian had his own personal driver.
Julian assumed a stern expression as he pondered how he could lure Susan to his vehicle.
All of a sudden, a coquettish voice was heard.
A female staff member suddenly twisted her ankle and tumbled toward him delicately. 2
''What the heck is this! There are so many ces where you can fall yet she is falling toward me!''
The baffled Julian shifted himself to the side. 4
The female staff member fell onto the ground,nding on her buttocks with a loud p!
"Tee-hee!" The people could not helpughing at her.
A colleague next to Susan was evenughing so hard that she was panting. "Hah-hah-hah, this is
too funny. Susie, rumors are spreading in thepany that Mr. Shaw has a tender heart for women
due to the incident where you were caught by Mr. Shaw twice. They are saying that you can
perhaps gain Mr. Shaw''s attention by falling in front of him the next time. I truly didn''t expect that
someone would actually do that. Hah-hah-hah-hah."
Susan''s eyes brimmed with radiating vigor as she looked at the female staff member on the ground.