Chapter 580 - Reason for Being Late.
Chapter 580: Reason for Being Late.
As time passed, the waiting was killing people’s patience.
Li Zimeng and Luo Qi have already gone out to contact Xiao Luo, while Zhang Dashan was forced to stay with the guests. He had to pretend to be calm and sit on the bench while putting up with the stares from Su Li, Shen Qingyan, Cai Renhe and Chai Zhiying. His back was wet with perspiration.
“It seems that it is already 3:40…”
Zhang Dashan looked at the time and smiled awkwardly. He waved to the staff to pour tea to Su Li, and tried to calm down. “Drink tea, let’s continue drinking tea, tea is a good thing, it can cultivate one’s morality, and it can also kill time. By the way, what kind of tea do you like to drink? Personally, I think that this West Lake Longjing is quite good. The aroma is strong and lasting. It is fragrant, and it tastes refreshing. In addition, its aftertaste lingers for a long time afterward.”
To this, Shen Qingyan only responded with a smile, the boss of Luo Fang was already forty minutes late. She never had to wait so long, even when she went abroad to meet the presidents of other countries. This made her feel uncomfortable to the extreme.
Chai Zhiying said coldly, “I will see how long you can stay here!”
“Mr. Zhang, our time is also very precious, wasting so much of our time. You must give us an explanation.” Cai Renhe’s face was dark.
‘Explanation?’
‘You can’t blame this boss!’
Zhang Dashan quietly cursed Xiao Luo in his heart. He agreed at three o’clock, but it was already 3:40pm and he still had not arrived. These were not ordinary guests, they were prominent figures in Xia Hai. If this was to continue, he would not last any longer.
He tried to suppress his nervousness and said, “Well, I think it’s very likely that our boss couldn’t arrive before three o’clock. The reason is likely because he encountered a robber and is delayed.”
After this was said, Su Li and others looked at him as if he was an alien.
Cai Renhe smiled angrily, “I have heard all kinds of excuses for being late, but this excuse is the most novel. Do you think we are fools?”
“Zhang Dashan, what the hell are you doing? Believe it or not, this young lady will tear down your Luo Fang!” Shen Qingyan couldn’t endure any longer, and fiercely slammed the desktop and stood up while glaring at Zhang Dashan.
‘Damn, so hot-tempered?’
Zhang Dashan was startled by Shen Qingyan’s hot temper.
Chai Zhiying also stood up and echoed the sentiment, “Boss Zhang, I’ll give you another five minutes. If the boss of Luo Fang still doesn’t show up by then, there is no need to talk about cooperation!”
“Everyone be calm, look at the goddess Su. She hasn’t said a word since she entered the door. This is called patience. This is called personal charm.” Zhang Dashan raised both his palms to and tried to appease the group.
But at this time, Su Li stood up and said with a cold face. “Let’s go!”
She turned directly towards the door of the conference room after she said that.
‘What the…seriously?!’
Zhang Dashan felt embarrassed, but he didn’t know what to say to stall them from leaving.
While he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and Li Zimeng, dressed in formal clothes, came in and announced, “Boss Xiao is here!”
‘Boss Xiao?’
‘Who is Boss Xiao? Luo Fang’s boss?’
Su Li and the others were stunned.
Then the next second, they saw a man in a slightly casual suit walkedin. His face was like a carving, his eyebrows were sharp like swords, and his eyes contained a brilliance.
“Sorry, something happened on the road and I kept everyone waiting.”
As he was explaining the reason for being late, the man walked towards the conference table, and turned around and faced the crowd. The elegant temperament of a boss naturally exuded from him, and his every move was elegant and generous.
‘Xiao… Xiao Luo?!’
Su Li, Shen Qingyan and Chai Zhiying were all stunned, their eyes were wide-open.
‘Why did he come here? And why did he approached the main seat?’
A series of questions emerged in their heads. At this moment, it seemed that time stopped and everything around them ceased to exist. In their eyes, only this familiar and strange man was left.
“Old Xiao, you are finally here. If you still have yet come, I would’ve died already.”
Zhang Dashan almost collapsed, and then quickly introduced him to Su Li and others, “Goddess Su, Boss Shen, Boss Cai, this is the boss of our Luo Fang, surnamed Xiao, named Luo.”
‘What?’
This was like a bomb that exploded in Su Li and others’ minds.
‘He, Xiao Luo, is the boss of Luo Fang’
‘This… This…’
Chai Zhiying’s legs went limp, and she had to sit down because she was in too much shock. Fortunately, the chair was under her, otherwise she would’ve made a fool of herself.
Su Li was wooden and just stood there motionless, staring at Xiao Luo with both eyes in stunned disbelief. Her eyes trembled, and her brain seemed to have lost its thinking ability.
“Xiao Luo, you… you are the boss of Luo Fang?”
Shen Qingyan asked incredulously. She thought about more than a dozen identities of Luo Fang’s boss, but she didn’t even once think that it would be Xiao Luo. After all, Xiao Luo once worked for her Huayao Group, so how could he commit himself to work in her company if he was a boss?
“Yes!” Xiao Luo nodded. It was time for a showdown, so there was no need to hide it anymore. Luo Fang was now qualified to talk about conditions with these people.
Hearing the confirmation, Shen Qingyan’s eyes went dull and she sat back against her chair like a robot.
“Since you are the boss of Luo Fang, please give us an explanation, why did you let us wait here for more than forty minutes?” Compared with them, Cai Renhe was much calmer. He was still very angry about this.
“As I said just now, I encounterd something on the road.” Xiao Luo replied.
“What happened for you to be delayed for more than forty minutes?”
Cai Renhe asked aggressively, “Don’t tell me that it is a traffic jam. The traffic in Xia Hai has not reached the level for it to be forty minutes.”
Xiao Luo shook his head and smiled. “It was not a traffic jam, but a robber robbed a bank on the road.”
‘Robber?’
‘What the…?!’
‘This is the reason? Seriously?’
Zhang Dashan felt like he was going mad. This brother of his actually gave such an excuse.
Meanwhile, Su Li, Shen Qingyan, Chai Zhiying and all the people present were flabbergasted with their mouths gaping slightly. Obviously, they didn’t expect the excuse that Zhang Dashan made up just now would be used by Xiao Luo.
‘What is this?’
‘Is this looking down on them? Or humiliating them on purpose?’
Cai Renhe sneered, “Boss Xiao, do you think we believe it?”
“You don’t have to believe it, just know that what I said is true.” Xiao Luo calmly replied.
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Zhang Dashan couldn’t stand it any longer, and whispered in Xiao Luo’s ear, “Old Xiao, I just said the same reason why you were late. Why did you also use this as an excuse? Now they all think that we are playing with them as fools…”