Tenant's Secret Love

Chapter 176: Thank you for defending me

Renee looked across the room, and her gaze met Franklin's. She then saw a smile appear on Franklin's face, which proved that he and Renee knew each other.

Franklin, accompanied by a group of senior executives from Baoli, came up to us and said with a smile, "Renee, you're a rare visitor! Are you here to do market research for us at Baoli?"

In the face of Franklin's slightly provocative words, Renee returned a smile and said in her usual indifferent manner, "I'm just doing some shopping."

"As the general manager of Jumei, you coming to our Poly Department Store to do some shopping is the greatest recognition you could give us!" Franklin said with a smile, and the people behind him laughed in agreement.

Renee remained calm: "Your Poly Department Store is good, the shopping environment is very nice."

"Really? Compared to your Jumei, it's not even close, otherwise the middle management at our Poly wouldn't have jumped ship to work for you."

As soon as Franklin finished speaking, Elvis, the vice president behind him who had had a conflict of interest with Mark, chimed in: "I heard that after Mark joined Jumei, he was promoted to vice president. He used to be just a department manager in our department store. In that case, Jumei isn't as insurmountable as it seems!"

Renee finally frowned, but she didn't say anything. I was already very unhappy with this kind of singing and dancing, so I took a step forward, stood in front of Renee, and said to Franklin and Elvis, "Do you two remember me? ...You probably don't remember, after all I was just a nobody, just a small clerk in the planning department of Poly Department Store. But I quit and now I just hang around waiting to die. According to Elvis's shit logic, doesn't that prove that Poly is even worse? After all, I'd rather be a bum than work at Poly!"

Elvis's face suddenly turned ugly, while Franklin looked at me with some surprise. These two very different reactions were because Elvis knew me, while Franklin really didn't.

Before Elvis could strike back, I said to him again, "Elvis, you work in the retail industry, so your professionalism must be very high. So I think you will definitely agree with what I just said. After all, I am now a customer of Poly Department Store, and customers are God. Of course, I am also a very civilized God, so I just didn't beat you up!"

Elvis turned pale, while Franklin signaled for him to restrain himself in public. He endured, but still gave me a menacing glare before choosing to remain silent. I, on the other hand, shrugged and smiled.

Franklin looked at me for a long time and said in a low voice, "I never thought that we, Poly Department Store, would have such a persuasive employee as you. However, I don't think your departure is a loss for the company." Afterwards, he said to Renee, "I sincerely hope that the middle management that our company has let go can shine at Jumei. I look forward to seeing the contributions they will soon make for Jumei!"

Renee calmly replied, "I'll take your words for good luck then."

Franklin nodded with a smile, then led the group past Renee and me. Renee ignored their departure and instead, she gazed at me.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Renee's voice was very soft: "Thank you for defending me like this."

I smiled and said, 'It's no big deal. I just don't want to see others bully you!"

Renee didn't say anything, but her face was no longer as indifferent as it had been. She looked at me with a little tenderness.

I patted her shoulder lightly and said, 'Let's hurry up and go shopping. Later, I still have to go to the bar to prepare for tomorrow night's New Year's Eve event."

"Well, I'll go help you too."

...

When we left Poly Department Store, my hands were full of shopping bags of all sizes. Of course, these were all bought by Renee, and I gained a more intuitive understanding of her spending level. In just a short while, she had charged tens of thousands of yuan to her card. If I had not resolutely stopped her from giving me things, I am afraid that the amount would have doubled.

After returning the purchased goods to the old house, I rushed to the bar with Renee, and then prepared the materials for the New Year's Eve event with the waiters.

It was almost evening when Renee and I finally had a moment to relax, sitting in a corner booth to quench our thirst.

I asked Renee, "Aren't you tired?"

Renee shook her head and suddenly remembered something and said, "Lucas, was this New Year's Eve warm marketing your idea?"

"No," I simply replied.

"This campaign is very targeted. I just read the customer's Weibo, and they are all looking forward to New Year's Eve, so the effect of tomorrow's event will definitely not be bad."

"I hope so!"

"Then can you tell me whose idea it was? This idea is really good!"

I finally stopped hiding it, but after a slight silence, I replied, "It was Brittany's idea."

This answer obviously came as a bit of a surprise to Renee, and it was a long time before she nodded and said, "I see," before falling silent.

I understood that even though Renee and I were not yet on the path of love, the name Brittany was also a taboo between the two of us. I just didn't know if Brittany would come and help out tomorrow night. I remembered that she had told me that if she was busy on the day of the event, she would come.

...

The night deepened a little more. Renee went out to buy dinner for me. I was still busy, busy, busy with the band. Just to be on the safe side, I called Xiao Wu to confirm whether the band could come and help out the next night.

I immediately dialed Xiao Wu's phone. He answered quickly: "Hey, Lucas, I was just about to call you about that."

"What's up?"

"The drummer of the band got his ticket today and has to go home for the New Year tomorrow..."

"No way!" I suddenly felt a little uneasy. If it was the guitarist or keyboardist, I could find someone to replace them, but if it was the drummer, there was really nothing I could do. And without a drummer, tomorrow's event would definitely be a letdown.

Xiao Wu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already called A-ji. He'll replace the band's drummer tomorrow."

"A-ji? The A-ji who owns the music store?"

"Yes, he'll be fine. He was a drummer before he played the guitar."

I felt relieved, and I felt a little sorry for Xiao Wu. I said, "I'm sorry, I know you can't spend New Year's Eve with your family."

"Don't say that, we're brothers. Besides, I'm not helping you, I'm helping Violetta... When she comes back to Suzhou next time, you have to let her treat us to a big meal."

"Of course, no problem."

...

Just as I finished talking to Xiao Wu, Renee came back into the bar with two takeaways. She opened the lunch boxes for me before I could say anything.

During the meal, Renee asked me, "Have you called the band to confirm?"

"Yes, it's confirmed, no problem... But you'll have to sing a few more songs tomorrow night."

"What do you mean by hard work? I'm happy to hang out with everyone!"

Looking at Renee's expectant expression, I became even more excited, looking forward to her performance tomorrow, to the event achieving the desired effect, and to spending an unforgettable New Year's Eve!