Chapter 34 Intentional Rumor


    Lily returns to thepany at once after sending her parents to home.


    It is noon by the time she arrived. Crystal hands her the files of the meeting earlier today and lowers


    her voice, saying, “You know what, Julia was furious when I said you took a day off. I thought you were


    absence today.”


    Took a day off?


    Lily is surprised. So many things have happened in thest few hours that she doesn’t even have time


    to ask for permission. However, who have helped her?


    In a sh, Lily thinks of that cold-faced.


    Besides Rex, nobody has such ability.


    Just so, Crystal bes a thorn in her flesh.


    “I might have offended her.” Lily replies helplessly while holding up the dossier files on the table,


    “Crystal, I’m off to the meeting with Carlos.”


    Crystal makes an OK gesture and says, “Okay, I’ll covered things up for you.”


    When Lily enters the meeting room, Carlos and Mary have been there. Carlos acknowledges her


    presence but doesn’t say anything and starts the meeting right away.


    After the meeting, Carlos suddenly says, “You may leave now and Lily, please stay for a while.”


    Mary is stunned and gives Lily an rm look. Even if she is unwilling to leave, there’s nothing she can


    do but only be obedient.


    Only two of them left in the conference room. Lily is briefing through the file earnestly when Carlos


    asks, “You are Lily, right?”


    Lily freezes and nods, “Yes.”


    Carlos put down the pen on the table and leans back, giving a casual posture but is on a sense of


    oppression, “Have I ever told you that I didn’t like any personal matter involved in the work?”


    It is hard for Lily to neglect those words, “Yes.”


    “Then what’s going on today? Crystal said you’d took a day off, but why didn’t I receive any message


    from you?” Carlos smirks and sit upright in his position, both hands on the table, “or am I not qualified


    enough to receive any message from you?”


    “No.” Lily afraid he might misunderstand and exins hastily, “I didn’t mean it. The incident happened


    suddenly that I didn’t have time to ask for leave. I promise there will be no next time.”


    “I don’t need your bullshit.” Carlos says harshly, “If you did it again, I’ll fired you. I don’t need a newbie


    who can’t even respect their superiors. Do you understand?”


    Lily wants to bury her head in the sand right now and says, “Yes.”


    Carlos now fixes his gaze to Lily, “We are expecting a client this afternoon, and you’ll be in charge.”


    “Me?” Lily lifts up her head and points to herself.


    “Why, you didn’t want?”


    “It’s not that I didn’t want to…..” it is just that she is a newbie and now Carlos wants her to be in charge


    of the client. She has no confident at all.


    Carlos looks at her shock expression but doesn’t bother at all. Instead, he throws a copy of a file,


    “Learn the case, I’ll be there, so don’t be afraid.”


    Knowing that he’ll be there too put her at ease. “Thank you, I…..”


    Carlos cuts her off and waves in disgust, “Ok, get out.”


    …..


    At half past two, Lily follows Carlos to the reception room. A man wearing a gray jacket with


    approximately one meter seven height walks into the room.


    “Carlos.” The man, who has a longed leg yet somehow unstable in walking, stretches out his hand


    towards Carlos. This shows that he is a quite respectful man.


    Carlos shakes his hand, “Mr. Li, this is my assistant. Lily.”


    This is the first time Lily ever heard someone called her awyer. Lily is very excited and shakes Mr.


    Li’s hand. “Hello.”


    However…..


    She feels strange when holding his hand. It turns out that Mr. Li has only three fingers left in his palm.


    Lily’s eyebrows flutter slightly and pulls her hands out without changing her expression, in order to hide


    her surprised.


    Carlos nces at her and talks to Mr. Li, “Have a seat, please.”


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    After a conversation, Lily learns that Mr. Li is engaged in an exploration work in a coal miningpany


    before. However, some ident urred during an underground exploration, which resulted in a


    That ident has almost tearing his whole life apart, owing to the fact that he still has a secondary-


    year-old daughter.


    “Carlos, Mary, I have worked for them for nearly 20 years without taking any interest. But look at me


    now, they aren’t even willing topensate me…..” Mr. Li cried out.


    Men only weep when they were deeply grieved.


    Lily takes a deep breath to calm down and pass a paper towel for him. “Don’t worry. This wasn’t a


    difficult case; we’ll make sure you get thepensation.”


    Carlos nces at her abruptly, but didn’t say much. He keeps still his emotion and continues


    understanding Mr. Li’s situation. He is too calm that Lily feels he really is a cold-blooded person.


    The interviewsts for two hours. After sending Mr. Li, Carlos calls Lily to his office.


    When the two is walking to the office, they happen to meet Rex and numbers of thepany


    executives.


    When Lily has not even reacted to the situation, Carlos has stopped and shouted respectfully. “Rex.”


    “Hello.” Rex greets and unintentionally looks at Lily.


    Lily’s heart tightens and through her trembling teeth, she manages to greet, “Rex.”


    Rex shifts his gaze from Lily to Carlos, as if he doesn’t know her well and says, “Newbie?”


    “Yes, she’s my junior. I just took her to meet a client.”


    His eyes are dark with some unfathomable emotion, hardly breathe. After a moment, he nods slightly,


    “Have a good day.”


    The moment he passes, Lily lets out a sign of relief. Carlos raises his eyebrows and says, “What are


    you nervous about?”


    Lily freezes her expression. “Nothing, just nervous to see the boss.”


    Fortunately, they stand side by side; therefore Carlos can’t see her expression longer and doesn’t


    continue to ask further.


    And yet, Mary watches the whole scenario. She has heard the whole conversation just now, thinking,


    Lily hasn’t been here for a week and had met a client? Even ‘I’ has only stepped on the consultation


    room several times before!


    And did Carlos just pat her shoulder?


    Mary squeezes her document. Her wless make-up face gradually bes slightly distorted.


    There’s rumor saying that Lily isn’t an ordinary girl, but haven’t she thought that she would dare to


    show it off in front of Carlos. What a disgrace!


    “Mary, what are you doing here?” a colleague of her sees her standing nkly and elbows her gently.


    Mary returns from her thought and says, “Nothing…..”


    She looks down as if are thinking something, then raises her head, with a hint of hesitation and timidity


    in her voice, she asks, “Stell, I just saw Lily and Carlos walked together to his office. What do you


    think….”