Chapter 3 The Supervisor Wants To Fire You

• Lu Chen had wanted to announce that he’d obtained the money; that he would never let Lin Yijun live a hard life again.
• But before he could open his mouth, Lin Yijun looked at him coldly.
• “Lu Chen, where did you go? The hospital sent someone to ask for their fees again. If Director Fan hadn’t helped to pay for it first, Qiqi would have been discharged from the hospital!” Lu Yijun was livid at the sight of Lu Chen.
• Her gaze held disappointment.
• Lu Chen had still walked out in a huff over that pitiful pride of his at a time like this, ignoring his own daughter. She must have been blind, to have fallen in love with a man like this.
• “Mum, don’t say that about dad. I wanted to eat cake earlier. That’s why dad went out to buy some for me. It’s been hard for him too,” Qiqi coaxed, seeing that her parents were about to start another squabble.
• Lu Chen had been a little ticked, but the anger in his eyes dissolved when he heard his daughter’s words. He squatted down and patted her fondly on the head as he smiled at her. “My dear Qiqi, it’s not hard for me. Dad will find a matching bone marrow for you in just a few days. Then our adorable little Qiqi will be able to recover and leave the hospital.”
• “Dad, is that true?” Qiqi cried out happily.
• “Yes. Dad would never lie to you,” Lu Chen nodded his head firmly.
• “That’s great! I can finally leave the hospital. Mum, look. I told you that Dad could do it. I wasn’t lying,” Qiqi giggled joyfully as her eyes looked toward Lin Yijun.
• Lin Yijun felt her daughter’s gaze and broke out into a smile.
• But the look she threw at Lu Chen was full of animosity.
• Their daughter’s condition was serious and the medical fees were impossibly high. With Lu Chen’s capabilities, how was it possible for him to bring about their daughter becoming healthy enough to be discharged from the hospital in just a few days?!
• The way she saw it, Lu Chen was just giving empty promises!
• She would see how he explained himself to their daughter when he wasn’t able to fulfill his promise!
• “Yijun, don’t mind it. Perhaps Lu Chen just doesn’t want to disappoint Qiqi since he wasn’t able to borrow the money earlier.”
• “Lu Chen, I’ve already paid Qiqi’s medical bills even if you didn’t manage to borrow any money. After all, she did call me uncle earlier.” Fan Ming smiled at Lu Chen coldly, not bothering to hide any of the contempt in his eyes.
• At that, Lu Chen stood up slowly. A dangerous gleam appeared in his eyes when he looked toward Fan Ming.
• Seeing the cold glare that Lu Chen directed at Fan Ming, Lin Yijun frowned and reproached him. “Lu Chen, what are you doing!? If Director Fan hadn’t paid the three hundred thousand for us, Qiqi and I would have been chased out of the hospital. Apologize to Director Fan now!”
• “Why should I apologize to him?” Lu Chen snorted. “It’s just three hundred thousand, isn’t it? I have it.”
• “You have three hundred thousand?” Fan Ming laughed, the mockery in his eyes almost overflowing.
• Lu Chen was just a security guard, so Fan Ming didn’t believe that anyone would lend him so much money.
• Lin Yijun’s face was icy-cold and the gaze she leveled at Lu Chen grew increasingly full of disgust.
• Faced with Fan Ming’s barbs, Lu Chen sneered and simply opened the black briefcase he held. Stacks of red notes appeared before Fan Ming’s eyes.
• “This is exactly three hundred thousand. Take it and get lost.” Lu Chen’s voice was icy; Fan Ming’s scheming was clear as day to him. Naturally, he held no smiles for the man.
• Fan Ming stiffened, the expression on his face freezing as his eyes took in the briefcase full of money.
• Fan Ming would never have imagined that Lu Chen, who was just a simple security guard, would be able to borrow three hundred thousand in the short amount of time that had passed since he’d left the hospital.
• Who was so generous that they’d be willing to loan three hundred thousand to a security guard who only earned several thousand dollars each month!?
• Lin Yijun was taken aback as well. Lu Chen’s salary each month was only several thousand. She found it hard to imagine where Lu Chen had borrowed the three hundred thousand.
• “Where did you get the money? Did you get it from a loan shark?” Lin Yijun glared fiercely at Lu Chen after recovering from the initial shock.
• Their situation was already so difficult now. If Lu Chen had borrowed any money from loan sharks, he would have destroyed their family.
• Lu Chen ignored Lin Yijun and continued to stare coldly at Fan Ming. “Take the money and get lost!” he insisted.
• Fan Ming didn’t leave immediately. His lip curled as he stared at Lu Chen. Honestly, three hundred thousand was nothing to him. The reason why he’d waited for Lu Chen to return, was to jibe at Lu Chen and let Lin Yijun see clearly how useless her husband really was.
• But Lu Chen had somehow managed to borrow three hundred thousand. He was both surprised and somewhat dissatisfied.
• But his eyes lit up at Lin Yijun’s words. This was an incredible opportunity to instigate Lin Yijun into divorcing Lu Chen.
• “Lu Chen, you actually borrowed money from loan sharks? How are you going to pay them back? Don’t you know that it will ruin your family? That it will ruin Yijun?” Fan Ming shot an evil grin at Lu Chen.
• “You’re so full of sh*t,” Lu Chen snapped as he grabbed Fan Ming’s collar and strode toward the exit, dragging Fan Ming with him.
• “You… let go!” Fan Ming hollered, shocked. He hadn’t expected Lu Chen to be so strong.
• Lin Yijun was stunned by Lu Chen’s behavior. But by the time she had recovered from the shock, Lu Chen had already dragged Fan Ming out of the room.
• “If you come to the hospital again, I’ll make sure that you’re here to stay,” Lu Chen said brusquely, shoving Fan Ming onto the floor and chucking the briefcase into his lap.
• “Lu Chen, you’re mad! Quickly apologize to Director Fan!” Lin Yijun hurried out of the room and glowered at Lu Chen.
• Fan Ming picked himself off the ground and glared daggers at Lu Chen. “Lu Chen, you’ve got guts. I’ll see you at the company tomorrow,” he sniffed.
• He picked up the briefcase and turned to leave. Lu Chen was just a simple security guard. In the company, there were a million ways he could make Lu Chen’s life miserable.
• “Director Fan…” Lin Yijun wanted to chase after him to apologize for Lu Chen but stayed behind after some thought.
• She turned to look at Lu Chen, her face frosty as she reproached him. “Lu Chen, how could you have been so rude? Director Fan did us a favor. Instead of thanking him, you treated him so disgracefully. Do you have any social sense at all?!”
• Anger flickered in Lu Chen’s eyes as he spun to face Lin Yijun. “I’d already said not to let him help. You were the one who insisted on borrowing money from him. Don’t you have any idea of what he wants from you?”
• Lin Yijun gave a start, then ranted at him. “Lu Chen, what do you mean by that? Do you think that I wanted to give him a chance? If we hadn’t paid the hospital fees earlier, they would have discharged Qiqi. If you’d been able to get the money sooner, would I have borrowed it from him? Don’t you know that I’m exhausted too?!”
• Lin Yijun was enraged. If not for their daughter’s condition, if not for Lu Chen’s lack of capability, why would she borrow money from a man that she despised? Laugh and chit chat with him?
• Lu Chen looked at Lin Yijun. “Keep Qiqi company for a while. I have some matters to take care of first.”
• “What are you going to do? And was the money borrowed from loan sharks or not?” Lin Yijun questioned.
• “No, it wasn’t. I borrowed it from a friend,” Lu Chen replied as he turned and walked away, not willing to explain more about it.
• They’d been fighting so often lately; he was vexed.
• He needed to be alone for a while.
• He’d wanted to tell Lin Yijun the truth, but after seeing her attitude today, he was dispirited.
• ……
• The next day, Lu Chen had gone to work with the intention of resigning from the post of security guard in order to take proper care of his daughter in the hospital. He believed that as long as Lu Zhong followed through, they’d be able to find a bone marrow match quickly.
• Dong Jia Electronics was the largest electronics company in the city; it mainly produced intercom cameras for security doors.
• When his startup had failed, Lu Chen had applied to become a sales representative here, along with Lin Yijun, but Fan Ming had said that he wasn’t persuasive and recommended him as a security guard instead.
• Only later had he found out that Fan Ming hadn’t wanted him in the sales department because of his interest in Lin Yijun.
• Dong Jia Tower stood ten floors tall and was manned by a total of 20 security guards. They were mainly responsible for patrolling the floors, manning the main door, directing cars to the parking spots, and several other miscellaneous duties.
• “Lu Chen, how is your daughter?” The guard manning the main door greeted Lu Chen the moment he reached the office.
• The guard was called Xu Jing, and he’d only been discharged from military service last year. Like Lu Chen, he was working as a security guard since he hadn’t been able to find a suitable job.
• Xu Jing had been a wild young man. Especially since he’d just been discharged, he was rather hot-tempered. When Lu Chen had just started working here, they’d gotten into a disagreement and Xu Jing had thrown a punch at Lu Chen.
• Though Lu Chen had never served in the military, he had learned mixed martial arts and practiced the Arts of Longevity since young. There really wasn’t a worthy opponent for him in the department.
• After just a few moves, Xu Jing had been thrown onto the ground by Lu Chen, completely defeated.
• From then on, Xu Jing had given Lu Chen his utmost respect, calling him Lu Chen respectfully at every chance.
• “She’ll be fine when we find a bone marrow match and do the surgery,” Lu Chen said.
• Xu Jing agreed noncommittally, then hesitated before lowering his voice. “Lu Chen, I saw Fan Ming meet with Supervisor Yu today. It seems that he wants you fired.”