Plunder-Chapter 246 The Elm Bump Has Gotten Wiser
Cheng Lu quickly scanned the room where Lin Youyou was staying, which was empty and devoid of anything.
"I heard you’re not feeling well, let me accompany you to the hospital to have a look."
But Lin Youyou shook her head, "No need, I’m fine."
To complete his mission, Cheng Lu then lied.
"Director Zhou heard you were sick and is very worried. He specially instructed me to rush over and take you to the hospital for treatment. Miss Lin, you’ve helped Director Zhou a lot this time, and he is very grateful to you."
"Really?"
A glimmer of light flashed in Lin Youyou’s eyes but quickly extinguished.
"I really don’t have a problem, it’s nothing serious."
Cheng Lu looked at his watch; taking Lin Youyou to the hospital in the middle of the night was indeed inappropriate.
So, he came up with a brilliant idea on the spot.
"Fine, then you rest early. If you still feel unwell tomorrow, we’ll go to the hospital."
He returned to his room and roughly reported the situation to Zhou Jin’an.
"Don’t worry, I have a way to persuade her."
Cheng Lu was very confident.
Early the next morning, Cheng Lu went to call Lin Youyou for breakfast.
He knocked on the door persistently for quite a while before Lin Youyou, looking fatigued, opened it.
"Cheng Assistant, what’s up?"
"I have to return to Rong City tonight. Director Zhou instructed me to take you to the office to get familiar with the work. He said you’re young and fears that colleagues in the office might give you a hard time."
Cheng Lu was fabricating orders from a higher authority, and Lin Youyou, still young and inexperienced, found his excuse just right and couldn’t refuse.
"Then please wait for me, I’ll change clothes and be ready to go."
Ten minutes later, Lin Youyou followed Cheng Lu downstairs.
When they reached the hotel’s first floor, Cheng Lu seemed to recall something and led Lin Youyou towards the breakfast buffet.
"Let’s have breakfast before we go."
He chose a table and then said to Lin Youyou, "You watch our things here, I’ll go get some food."
The hotel’s breakfast was sumptuous, mostly showcasing seafood.
Cheng Lu picked out two large plates to bring over.
"Miss Lin, I don’t know if this suits your taste."
Cheng Lu sat down and placed a large crab onto the plate in front of Lin Youyou.
She was pregnant and had strong aversions, unable to tolerate the smell of seafood, and now the crab was ostentatiously lying before her.
Lin Youyou just glanced at it and felt a wave of nausea wash over her.
She covered her mouth and, not caring for anything else, hurried toward the direction of the restroom.
"Miss Lin, are you alright?"
Cheng Lu stood up and followed her, but a sly glint flashed in his eyes.
While Lin Youyou was vomiting in the restroom, he stood outside, waiting the whole time.
Meanwhile, he had already contacted the driver.
After Lin Youyou finished, he steadied her arm and said, "It seems your illness is quite severe this time; it’s more reassuring to go to the hospital for a check-up."
Lin Youyou shook her head stubbornly, "I’m fine."
"Whether you’re fine or not isn’t for you to say; let’s wait until after the doctor has seen you to decide."
Cheng Lu insisted.
He was an aide to Zhou Jin’an, and his words could represent Jin’an’s authority. Lin Youyou wanted to refuse, but she could not find a favorable excuse.
Instead of beating around the bush, she simply told the truth.
"I’m pregnant."
She lowered her eyelids and said softly.
Cheng Lu was not surprised; in fact, he quietly admired Lin Youyou’s courage.
"Do you plan to keep it?"
Lin Youyou shook her head, "I don’t know. Cheng Assistant, I’m feeling very confused."
She had graduated less than a year ago and was now alone in a foreign land with a child.
"Would you be willing to listen to some advice from me?"
Cheng Lu appeared very calm.
Lin Youyou nodded, "Please go ahead."
"I suggest you terminate this pregnancy."
Lin Youyou’s eyes were filled with confusion, and she unconsciously placed her hand on her abdomen.
"But, it’s a life we’re talking about!"
"Miss Lin, you’re only twenty-two years old, and your life has just begun. Ask yourself, are you truly prepared to be a mother? Most importantly, do you love Ding Hao?"
Lin Youyou’s head drooped, and she shook it incessantly.
Tears swirled in her eyes, but she desperately held them back.
Seeing Lin Youyou like this, Cheng Lu suddenly felt very sorry for her.
Forcing such a fragile woman to abort her child was something he could hardly bear.
"Then you carefully consider it again, I’ll take you back to your room first."
Lin Youyou nodded her head.
She obediently followed Cheng Lu back to her room.
He noticed how empty her room was, with a box of leftover instant noodles that had not yet been thrown away.
"You rest first." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
He retreated from the room.
For some reason, as Cheng Lu left the hotel, his heart remained restless.
He wasn’t someone easily swayed by emotions, yet Lin Youyou’s pitiful eyes seemed to linger in his mind, impossible to dispel.
He went to a nearby supermarket and bought a couple of large bags of things for Lin Youyou.
When the door opened, Lin Youyou was extremely surprised.
"Assistant Cheng, you didn’t have to get these things for me."
"The house is ready on the other side, you can move over there. These next few days, I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Now that you’re pregnant, you need to take even better care of yourself."
He left the two big bags of items outside and stepped back to the doorway, "Check to see if you’re missing anything, tell me, and I’ll go buy it. At the office, I’ve arranged for a living assistant for you; if you need anything you can also have him take care of it."
Lin Youyou nodded her head gratefully, "Assistant Cheng, thank you."
She bowed to Cheng Lu.
Cheng Lu hastily turned away, "I’m going now."
He had received countless people’s gratitude, but no matter how they thanked him, he remained indifferent.
However, just then, when Lin Youyou bowed to him in thanks, he felt terribly uncomfortable.
He sat on a bench under the hotel for a good while.
This time, he had come here to carry out an order from Zhou Jin’an.
But in the end, he hadn’t completed it.
When it was time, Cheng Lu returned the same way he came.
The airplane arrived at Rong City, and he drove straight to Chu Garden.
"Director Zhou, I’m sorry, I..."
Cheng Lu stood with his head hanging down in front of Zhou Jin’an.
After almost ten years with Zhou Jin’an, this was the only time he had defied Director Zhou’s order.
"What’s the matter?"
Zhou Jin’an asked with a hint of suspicion.
"I couldn’t do it."
Cheng Lu’s brows furrowed into two deep lines.
"She’s alone and wretched over there, I couldn’t force her to have an abortion, Director Zhou, it would be too cruel for her."
"But are you willing to let her go through the hardship of being a young, single mother in a foreign land? Cheng Lu, both of us have been through it, perhaps you think I’m selfish and cruel, but I’m doing this for her benefit. We both know what kind of person Ding Hao is, Lin Youyou’s life shouldn’t be like this."
Cheng Lu was silent.
He felt that Zhou Jin’an made a lot of sense.
But reason is just reason, it lacks persuasion in the face of reality.
"I’m sorry, Director Zhou."
Cheng Lu apologized again.
Yet, at that moment, his phone rang, it was a call from Lin Youyou.
"Assistant Cheng, could you please let Director Zhou know, I’ve aborted the child."
On the other end of the phone, Lin Youyou spoke through sobs.
Cheng Lu felt extremely distressed.
His fingers gripping the phone were etched with veins.
"Where are you?"
"At the hospital."
Cheng Lu hadn’t expected Lin Youyou to make a decision so quickly.
"The surgery is not urgent, wait for me."
Cheng Lu hung up and immediately booked a ticket to leave.
"Director Zhou, I need to take leave."
"Go ahead."
Zhou Jin’an approved it immediately.
Cheng Lu ran out desparately, at the fastest pace he had ever achieved in his life.
Watching Cheng Lu dash off, Zhou Jin’an’s eyes deepened.
As a man, he understood Cheng Lu’s feelings at that moment perfectly.
But at the same time, he was happy for Cheng Lu.
Because, a certain blockhead seemed to have finally come to his senses.
