The office door was pushed open with a bang before Director Qian's phone call had even ended.
He looked up to see a tall, unfamiliar man with a stern expression standing at the doorway.
Startled, he quickly hung up the phone, stood up, and pointed at Lu Mingzhe.
"Who are you? Who let you into my office? What do you want? Get out!"
Lu Mingzhe didn't say a word. He strode forward in three steps, grabbed him by the collar, and glared fiercely.
"Do you know Xiang Wan?"
"Who are you? What do you want? This is a hospital, I warn you not to mess around!"
"What's your relationship with Xiang Wan? What were you talking about on the phone just now? Speak!"
So he knew Xiang Wan too, and had come to inquire about her. Director Qian understood immediately.
No wonder that woman didn't want any entanglement with him; she had so many men on her hands.
Director Qian smiled slightly and tried to pry Lu Mingzhe's fingers off.
"Brother, I'm afraid we're in the same boat, both deceived by that woman. You're here for Xiang Wan too? Let go, let's talk properly."
Lu Mingzhe, finding the man short, ugly, and old, couldn't fathom how Xiang Wan had gotten involved with such a person.
He pushed the man's hand away, fighting a wave of nausea.
"I'll ask you one more time, what's your relationship with Xiang Wan? What were you talking about on the phone?"
"Brother, in broad daylight, it's not worth fighting over that kind of person..."
Lu Mingzhe exerted more force, lifting him off his feet with his toes touching the ground.
The collar was choking his plump neck. Lu Mingzhe said fiercely,
"I won't repeat myself a third time. You don't want to say? Fine."
Director Qian quickly raised his hands in surrender.
"I'll talk, I'll talk! Brother, don't use force, let's talk calmly. Let go of my hand, how can I talk like this?"
Lu Mingzhe shoved him into the chair with a crash, stepped onto the armrest, and looked at him like trash.
"Now you can talk, tell me!"
He obtained Tang Haichao's company address and Xiang Wan's phone number from Director Qian.
Without time to find the old professor, he rushed back to the lobby.
As the car door opened, Fang Shuya thought they could finally leave. However, Lu Mingzhe's face was dark. Without a word, he started the car and sped to the hospital entrance.
"Shuya, get out and take a taxi back to the hotel yourself. I have something urgent to deal with."
Fang Shuya was startled by his restrained yet furious demeanor.
"What happened? Why are you suddenly..."
"I'll explain when I get back, you go down first."
It was less of an instruction for Fang Shuya to obey and more of her being kicked out by him.
No sooner had she gotten out of the car, and before the door was even properly closed, he sped off.
While driving towards Tang Haichao's company, he called Xiang Wan.
The call was quickly answered. Xiang Wan picked up, greeting him with a sweet voice.
"Hello, this is Ai Chao Interior Design Company. I am Xiang Wan, the business manager. How can I help you?"
"Xiang Wan, it's Lu Mingzhe."
Lu Mingzhe?
Hadn't he made things clear with him yesterday? Where did he get her number to call again? What did he want now?
Xiang Wan didn't want to waste time with him and immediately hung up.
Lu Mingzhe called again, and she hung up again. On the third call, his number was blocked.
Lu Mingzhe, suppressing his rage, could only drive towards the company.
Soon, he arrived at the destination, slammed the car door shut, and rushed into the company.
A staff member came out to greet him, asking if he needed any assistance.
"I'm looking for Tang Haichao, or Xiang Wan. Call them out to see me immediately."
"You're looking for our President Tang? He's not here right now."
"I said, Xiang Wan is also fine."
"Manager Xiang is out meeting clients, she's not here either."
"Call them back."
"Sir, may I ask who you..."
Lu Mingzhe shot her a piercing glance.
"I am an important client of yours. Tell them my name is Lu Mingzhe. If they don't show up in fifteen minutes, I'll smash your company!"
The front desk girl had no choice but to call Tang Haichao.
Upon hearing that Lu Mingzhe had gone to the company, Tang Haichao knew what he wanted without even thinking. He decided to avoid him.
"Have security escort him out. If that doesn't work, call the police. We don't have this client."
The girl looked distressed and went back to explain to Lu Mingzhe.
"President Tang is busy right now and is out of town. Manager Xiang's phone is unreachable. Sir, perhaps you could come back another day..."
Lu Mingzhe knew they were deliberately avoiding him.
If it were yesterday, he might have left in anger, but not today.
With a crash, he kicked the coffee table in front of him, overturning the set of cups and saucers.
He looked provocatively at the girl, "Keep calling. If you don't, I'll keep smashing things."
"Sir, please don't do this. Let's talk calmly..."
"Crash!" He directly kicked over the coffee table.
It almost hit the girl's feet.
Colleagues in the cubicles heard the commotion and looked over.
The front desk girl, embarrassed, said, "Sir, if you continue like this, I'll have to call the police!"
"Go ahead and call. Call if you want to."
Saying that, he stood up and walked towards the front desk computer.
With a crash, he grabbed the monitor and smashed it to the ground.
By the time the police arrived, the ground was already a mess.
Someone asked Lu Mingzhe what was going on. Lu Mingzhe lied, saying that Xiang Wan from their company had defrauded him of his design proposals, and he couldn't get her to return them. He had no choice but to seek justice here.
The police believed him and asked the staff to call Xiang Wan.
Seeing that the situation was escalating and his colleagues couldn't work normally, the front desk could only call Xiang Wan.
Upon hearing that the company was in chaos and even the police had been called, Xiang Wan had no choice but to return.
They all went to the conference room. Xiang Wan sat down and impatiently asked Lu Mingzhe, "Are you that childish?"
Lu Mingzhe pulled a chair over and sat down.
"I want to ask you the same thing, are you childish? You're clearly not his girlfriend, you clearly had my child, but you insisted the child was gone and you were marrying Tang Haichao. Is tricking me fun?"
Xiang Wan was stunned and looked at him with a frown.
"Who told you all this? That's absurd! Is that why you're here?"
Lu Mingzhe met her gaze with firm certainty.
"Absurd or not, a simple check will tell. Truth can't be faked, do you dare let me check?"
Xiang Wan dared not.
He was right; what was true couldn't be hidden.
The child would need to go to hospitals, schools, and various places in the future.
No matter how carefully she planned, if Lu Mingzhe truly wanted to investigate, it would be easy.
But, to compromise just like that?
"Even if it's true, so what? Don't forget, you're already someone else's husband. Who I'm a girlfriend to, and whether I had a child, what does that have to do with you?"
"Who you're a girlfriend to is none of my business, but the child is."
Lu Mingzhe knew Xiang Wan would counter him like this, but thankfully, he had a plan.
"She is the seed of my Lu family, my Lu Mingzhe's seed. I will not allow him to call anyone else Daddy."