《Using Marriage as Bait》


 CH 1

    Chapter 1: He was a Serious Man


    In the early morning, when the sun had not yet broken through the clouds. The sky had a red haze rolling, and the distant mountain tops were covered in a dense layer of blue mist, with the haze feeling of breaking dawn.


    It was the season when the grass sprouted and the oriole flew. The hibiscus was in full bloom in the garden, and the lotus flowers out in the lotus pond were still in buds. The thick fog coalesced into a strain that swirled around the edge of the lotus leaves and snapped off into the pond.


    Lin Xiyu put a chair in the garden, she had a habit of reading in the morning. Right now, she was holding a book of poetry in her hand and reading it with relish. She was sitting in a patch of lilies, wearing a pale blue dress dotted with white petals. Her face was as small as a palm, her facial features were delicate and small, she had a fair complexion, and a light mist lingering around her body. If someone looked at her from a distance, she was like an elf transformed from a lily, very spiritual and beautiful.


    Lin Xiyu raised his head to move her neck a little bit because it was a little still after lowering her head for too long. When she looked up, she found that there was a person standing on the second floor of the house in front of her.


    There was still some distance between the garden and the house, and it was not very clear from afar, only that the man was tall and well built, wearing a straight suit. It was not very bright because the sun had not come out, and the room he was in did not have the light on, but the bright smoke flickering on his finger was clearly visible. He stood by the window, looking into the distance, as if he were looking her way, but as if he was not, too far away to see clearly.


    Although his face was blurred, Lin Xiyu still recognized him from his figure alone.


    Lu Junting.


    Lu Junting was the only son of the eldest family and the eldest grandson of the Lu family, the sole controller of the Lu family¡¯s enterprise Chang Yuan group and the Chairman of the board of directors of Chang Heng group. He was busy with work and rarely returned to the Lu family¡¯s house for many years. Lin Xiyu had only seen him for several times even after living in the Lu family for five years.


    As a business tycoon, Lu Junting had a breathtaking aura on his body, even if he was far away, Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart jumped violently at the sudden sight of him. She averted her gaze and looked down at her book, and could not help but wonder what was the big deal with the Lu family, and why was Lu Junting come back?


    ¡°Xixi, why are you here reading again so early in the morning?¡±


    Hearing this voice, Lin Xiyu looked up and saw that the person who came was a girl about the same age as her, with short hair cut and wearing puffy-sleeved pajamas. She had just gotten up and her hair was a little messy.


    Lu Yuan sleepily walked over to her and very nonchalantly squeezed her to the side, the chair where a person sat had to squeeze down two buttocks. She put one hand on Lin Xiyu¡¯s shoulder, and her body leaned lazily against the back of the chair. ¡°Don¡¯t read too many books, you will be foolish.¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at her. ¡°It¡¯s you who will be foolish.¡±


    Lu Yuan¡¯s mother, Zhang Yao was a good girl friend of Lin Xiyu¡¯s mother, married into the Lu family when she was young. After Lin Xiyu¡¯s parents passed away, the Lin family no longer had any relatives who could raise her, so Zhang Yao took Lin Xiyu to the Lu family to raise her. Lin Xiyu came to the Lu family at the age of fifteen, and it had been six years since then. The Lu family also took good care of Lin Xiyu and she lived well here.


    Lin Xiyu thought of something and subconsciously glanced towards the house in front of her. There was no one on the second floor window now, and she said, ¡°By the way, why is brother Junting coming back?¡±


    When Lu Yuan heard this, she immediately looked bitter, ¡°Ah? My eldest brother is back?¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t know?¡±


    ¡°I know that now.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting was young and talented. At the age of nineteen, he was ordered to take over the Chang Yuan Group, and at the age of twenty he became the sole power. Now, at the age of twenty eight, he had shaken those old greasy shareholders in the Chang Yuan Group into submission, it was needless to say about his ability and courage.


    Although Lu Junting had the same generation as them, but because he was several years older, coupled with the long-term polishing in the business world, his personality was also more stable than his peers. Even though he was only twenty eight, he had a more stable and sophisticated personality than a forty eight years old, not to mention them as juniors, even the elders who were a round older than him would have had fears towards him when they stood with him.


    It was no wonder that Lu Yuan was afraid of him, and in fact, Lin Xiyu was afraid too.


    When the great family head was not here, everyone would feel a little bit comfortable, and once the great family head returned, the whole house would have a serious atmosphere, so it was no wonder that Lu Yuan would also feel uncomfortable.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think so ah. Didn¡¯t he just buy Yi Xun electronics? He should be very busy now, is there something wrong at home for him to be back so early in the morning?¡±


    Yi Xun electronics was an Electronic Manufacturing Services, and had been listed for two years. The company¡¯s stock market had been very stable and it could have gone all the way up, but recently the Yi Xun group senior management¡¯s scandals had broken out, resulting in a continuous decline in stock prices, and many of their shareholders sold their stocks at the bottom. Lu Junting took advantage of this opportunity to directly acquire Yi Xun with a rapid and direct momentum.


    Many people in the industry had analyzed that Yi Xun¡¯s scandal was actually deliberately released by Lu Junting in order to acquire Yi Xun at a low price to expand his business territory.


    The Lu family¡¯s ancestors were in the building materials industry, but recently the rapid expansion of the Internet media industry has given traditional businesses a strong impact. The Lu family¡¯s Chang Heng group also entered a low point for a long time, but after Lu Junting came to power, he vigorously developed in electronic technology, especially in the semiconductor and mobile phone, home appliance industries. After several years of development, Chang Heng group¡¯s electronics, mobile phones, home appliances had entered the leading ranks of their respective fields, and Chang Heng group¡¯s market value had also increased nearly ten times in just a few years.


    Chang Heng electronics rose rapidly, and the factory was full. The development of Chang Heng electronics needed a huge factory capacity. If this time Chang Heng electronics could acquire a large manufacturing service, then the company would be able to solve the urgent needs, the development would also be more effective with half the effort.


    Chang Heng naturally set their eyes on Yi Xun.


    If it was true as the people in the industry say, that all of this was planned by Lu Junting to be able to acquire a large company so quickly, then this person¡¯s heart and strategy was immeasurable.


    Lin Xiyu did not understand about the fight and scheme in the business world, but anyway, she knew that Lu Junting was a very powerful person, and that¡¯s all. Lin Xiyu closed the book and pulled Lu Yuan¡¯s hand, ¡°Let¡¯s go back to have breakfast.¡±


    The Lu¡¯s family house was very large and it was divided into three parts. The middle main building and two wings of the courtyard. The main building was the Lu family head¡¯s main house and where the Lu family¡¯s old master and old madam live, but the people residing in the main house were almost none. Lu Junting¡¯s mother had passed away, his father was suffering from a stroke and was lying in the hospital, and he was always away from home, so usually the main building had only the old master and old madam. The courtyard in the right wing was occupied by the second branch family, and the courtyard in the left wing was occupied by Lu Yuan¡¯s family.


    The courtyard on the left could be entered by exiting the garden and crossing the cloister, without having to go around to the main building to get there. The cloister was full of the wisteria, and the wind rustled the wisteria flowers overhead.


    Both Lu Yuan and Lin Xiyu walked around the corner of the cloister, only to see two people approaching them.


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan paused their footsteps, and those two people also stopped one after another. They were a man and a woman, the woman had long hair tied behind her head, wearing a long halter dress, the man¡¯s posture was straight and tall, he was dressed very casually, a white shirt with jeans, and a pair of sneakers on his feet. They looked quite a pair when they were standing together.


    The woman was originally holding the man¡¯s hand and laughed with him, but unexpectedly ran into Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan, the man looked like he had been caught doing something bad, and subconsciously pulled his arm out, and the woman stiffened for a moment.


    Lu Yuan glanced at the two people¡¯s faces and teased, ¡°Second brother, you¡¯re feeding us dog good so early in the morning ah? I¡¯m going to be fed by you guys before I can even eat.¡±


    The second brother in Lu Yuan¡¯s mouth was called Lu Junfeng, the only son of the second branch of the Lu¡¯s family. His father and Lu Yuan¡¯s father were twins. He ignored Lu Yuan and only looked at Lin Xiyu, but Lin Xiyu took Lu Yuan¡¯s hand and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan walked away around the two people and walked out of the cloister below the wisteria only to hear Lu Junfeng¡¯s voice rang out from behind.


    ¡°Xixi.¡±


    Lin Xiyu stopped, and Lu Junfeng stepped forward, and told Lu Yuan, ¡°I want to say a few words to Xixi.¡±


    Lin Xiyu grabbed Lu Yuan¡¯s hand, smiled politely and Lu Junfeng and said, ¡°What else do you want to say after we broke up? Yan Yutong is still waiting for you, don¡¯t keep people waiting for a long time.¡±


    Lu Junfeng¡¯s original gentle eyebrows frowned tightly, and he looked helpless and suffering. ¡°Xixi, will you give me a little more time?¡±


    Lin Xiyu ignored him and pulled Lu Yuan away. It was not until they were far away that Lu Yuan snapped at her. ¡°Don¡¯t be soft-hearted ah, think about the person like my second aut, you won¡¯t have a good time if you marry my second brother. Three-legged frogs are not many, but two-legged men are everywhere, there are more men in this world who are better than him. Although he is my second brother, I¡¯m on your side.¡±


    Lin Xiyu laughed when she heard this. She poked Lu Yuan¡¯s head and said, ¡°Didn¡¯t your second brother love you the most since you were a little? Be careful, he will scold you for being heartless if he heard this.¡±


    Lu Yuan muttered, ¡°Who told him to have no conscience to you first.¡±


    Upon entering the door, Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan met Zhao Yao coming out to call them for a meal. Zhang Yao smiled and said, ¡°You guys go out early in the morning and get wet by the mist. Go change your clothes quickly and have a meal.¡±


    Zhang Yao and her husband Lu Liang had always loved each other, and both husband and wife were very kind to each other. These years Lin Xiyu in the Lu family, the husband and wife would really treat her as their own daughter. Lin Xiyu also did not live relying on the Lu family''s charity, but she was still very filial and treated them as her foster father and foster mother.


    Lu Liang happened to be at home because today was the weekend, and the family sat down to eat breakfast together. Lu Liang was usually busy with work, today he had time to see the two people and asked, ¡°Have you two finished your graduation thesis?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I have already done it.¡±


    Lu Liang replied, ¡°I¡¯m not worried about Xixi, the one I¡¯m worried about is you.¡± Lu Liang pointed to Lu Yuan, ¡°You only know how to play, have you finished your thesis?¡±


    ¡°I finished my thesis a long time ago.¡± Lu Yuan said in disbelief.


    ¡°It¡¯s good that you have finished it.¡±


    After having a light meal in the morning, Lu Yuan took a mouthful of porridge and asked, ¡°Is something wrong at home? Why is my eldest brother back?¡±


    Lu Liang said, ¡°Don¡¯t talk nonsense, there is nothing wrong at home. Your grandmother is making plans to give your eldest brother a blind date again.¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Lu Yuan could not help but laugh, ¡°Which one is it this time ah?¡±


    Zhang Yao then said, ¡°I heard that it is the Liang family of Chang Long automobile.¡±


    After the meal, Lu Yuan wanted to go see the liveliness and dragged Lin Xiyu and Zhao Yao with her. When several people arrived at the main building, several of the elders in the main house were there, there old master and old madam Lu both in their seventies, yet their bodies were still healthy.


    Lu Junting was also there, and he was sitting next to old master Lu. Lu Junting, who made the juniors afraid, was not abominable. All of the Lu family¡¯s people was good-looking, but Lu Junting was even more prominent, he inherited the Lu family¡¯s tall physique, but his eyebrows were a few points sharper than old master Lu, who was known as the ¡®Howling Mountain Tiger¡¯ at those time, and his lack of smile expression added some seriousness to his face.


    When old madam Lu saw them coming in, she hurriedly waved at them. They went in and greeted old madam Lu, while Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan sat down at the side.


    Old madam Lu was sitting at the top seat, and at this moment, she could only see her face bitterly saying to Lu Junting, ¡°When Miss Liang comes over later, don¡¯t be too serious, don¡¯t scare people, you know?¡±


    Lu Junting took a sip of tea and asked, ¡°Miss Liang?¡± His voice was low and mellow, but there was a momentum between his words, ¡°Which Miss Liang?¡±


    Old madam Lu¡¯s eyes vainly swayed a few times guiltily and said, ¡°The one from Chang Long Automobile. I¡¯ve seen this Miss Liang, and she is quite a well-behaved and lovely girl. I¡¯ve called her to come over today, you will meet first.¡±


    Lu Junting also understood that he was called back to meet with this Miss Liang today. His eyes were slightly dark. ¡°You called me and asked me to come back, but you didn¡¯t say that I had to come back to meet with Miss Liang.¡±


    Old madam Lu glared at him. ¡°If I said it straight up like that, would you be back?¡±


    ¡°I remember telling you that I don¡¯t want to fall in love right now.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t tell you to fall in love. You two can chat and agree first, and our two families will directly  do your wedding first. You can get married and have children first, then talk about love after that.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s face turned ugly. Old madam Lu frowned when she saw him like this. ¡°When Miss Liang comes later, I don¡¯t want to see your attitude like this. It¡¯s fine if you¡¯re serious in the company, don¡¯t be serious at home. Look at your younger siblings, they are afraid when they see you, which girl will be willing to associate with you if you¡¯re like this?¡±


    When old madam Lu said ¡®younger siblings¡¯, she casually pointed to the place where Lu yan was sitting, and Lu Junting subconsciously looked over. Lin Xiyu found that old madam Lu¡¯s words were quite amusing and was laughing lightly, and when she raised her head, her gaze met with Lu Junting¡¯s sweeping gaze.


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡± Her sneaky laugh was actually caught on the spot.

 CH 2

    Chapter 2: Why Is This Busy Man Appearing in Her Room?


    Lu Junting¡¯s eyes had a sense of sharpness and Lin Xiyu¡¯s body unconsciously turned stiff, she was startled. She hurriedly closed her mouth and lowered her head to pretend to talk to Lu Yuan, and then secretly looked over. She saw that Lu Junting had already looked elsewhere, thinking that it was just a random gaze and did not pay attention to her, so Lin Xiyu was relieved.


    Old madam Lu said, ¡°You see how old you are and still don¡¯t have a girlfriend. When your father was as old as you, he already had you, and you could already smile and call grandma. If others know you, they understand that you are busy with work, for the people who don¡¯t know, they will think you have some kind of problem.¡±


    Lu Junting lifted his wrist and glanced at his watch, saying, ¡°I will go to the branch office to inspect later. I won¡¯t eat here today.¡±


    After he said it, he did not wait for old madam Lu to respond and directly got up to prepare to leave. Seeing this situation, old madam Lu could not help but put up a little bit of angry expression, feeling that he did not listen to what she just said, so she said hurriedly, ¡°There will be guests coming in a while, why are you leaving the guests?¡±


    Lu Junting threw a sentence in a light tone. ¡°Grandma¡¯s guests, so it¡¯s fine for Grandma to greet them.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Old madam Lu was so angry with him that she almost passed out. Zhang Yao hurriedly came over to help her rub her temple, and then helped her to pat her chest to smooth her breath and then advised her. ¡°Everyone has their own fate in marriage. That boy Junting has his own ideas, so don¡¯t worry too much mom.¡±


    Old madam Lu sighed for a while. ¡°If I don¡¯t worry about him anymore, who else will ah? This child wants to piss me off.¡±


    Lin Xiyu shook her head and sighed as she looked at the back of Lu Junting¡¯s departure. He really did not expect that someone like Lu Junting could not escape the fate of being urged to marry by his elders.


    Later on, the Liang family¡¯s side did not come either, and old madam Lu had someone call over and say that old master Lu was having a stroke and could not receive them. Old master Lu was not too happy because he was cursed with a stroke.


    On the first day of graduating from university, Lu Yuan and Lin Xiyu went to Mountain Beigong. The first one was to celebrate the successful graduation of both of them, and the second one, Lu Yuan felt that she was cheated by her boyfriend pitifully and said that she wanted to take a break.


    In fact, she had already let it go a long time ago, and there was nothing to be recovered about, but it was nice to go out and have some fun.


    Mountain Beigong was not far from An City, it was just outside of An City. There were several hot spring pools over there, and Lin Xiyu felt that going to a hot spring in the middle of summer was really not a wise choice. However, when she got to the mountain, Lin Xiyu realized why there were so many people coming to the hot spring in the middle of summer, the mountain was really cold.


    The room was booked early in the morning, and it was difficult to book a room over here, so Lu Yuan only booked one, and the two of them slept together at night. Both of them often squeezed under the same quilt without embarrassment, but when they pushed open the door to the room and saw the huge size bed in the room, as well as a very subtle mirror set above the huge bed, and the oddly shaped chair in the room that was not a proper chair at first glance, they had a bit of a mixed expression on each other¡¯s faces.


    ¡°What the hell is this place ah?¡± asked Lin Xiyu to Lu Yuan.


    ¡°Who knows ah, this room is a set with the hot springs. I thought it was more convenient to book, who knew it was an erotic-suite.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    There was a sliding door at the back of the room, Lu Yuan pushed the door open and there was a hot spring just outside. Lu Yuan said, ¡°This hot spring is quite big, enough for the two of us to soak.¡±


    The only thing that could comfort Lin Xiyu was that¡ª¡ª the hot spring looked quite good.


    Both of them soaked in the hot spring and sat on the tatami mat next to the bed to watch the sunset. The window was a full floor-to-ceiling window through which they could see the sky outside.


    Lu Yuan also ordered wine, she said that the wine here was self-brewed by the shop and it was very delicious. It was Lin Xiyu¡¯s first time drinking, and she took a sip, it tasted sweet and not much alcoholic taste.


    ¡°When we¡¯re done drinking, we¡¯ll go to bed and have no worries, is it cool enough?¡±


    Watching the sunset and drinking wine, just in time to successfully end the university life, Lin Xiyu was in a good mood. She smiled and said, ¡°Cool, cool as hell.¡±


    Lu Yuan thought this wine was good to drink and ordered another bottle of each of several other flavors. As they were drinking, happily, Lu Yuan¡¯s mobile phone suddenly rang, and after she answered the phone, she said to Lin Xiyu with an excited voice. ¡°My classmate asked me to go play a secret room adventure, do you want to go together?¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought of the miserable experience she had the last time she played secret room adventure and decisively refused, ¡°I¡¯m not going.¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t go, I¡¯ll go.¡±


    ¡°Are you going now?¡±


    ¡°If I¡¯m not going now, what time will I go? There is still a cable car down the mountain now, you can drink later and get a good night¡¯s sleep, and I¡¯ll pick you up in the morning.¡±


    After Lu Yuan finished speaking, she really got up to change her clothes, and Lin Xiyu said, ¡°You¡¯re not really going to leave me here alone, right?¡±


    ¡°Aiya, you don¡¯t know, my crush, the male god is also going, he is very difficult to ask out, I need to take advantage of this opportunity.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    After Lu Yuan changed her clothes, she winked at Lin Xiyu before heading out the door, ¡°Wait for my good news.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu knew that Lu Yuan was a person who valued her lover more than her friends, but she did not expect her to be this kind of person to this extent.


    Lin Xiyu looked at the sunset hanging from the sky outside the window, like a big red flower burning, the surrounding layer of clouds and mountains were tinged with a touch of red, quiet, distant, warm, like burning the last light of life to illuminate the earth, she suddenly remembered her parents.


    The spring silkworms only stopped making silk till they were dead. Just after the wick turned into ashes, candle tears started to dry.*


    *It''s part of an ancient poem. I''d say it''s a beautiful love poem with a melancholic undertone. These two sentences here are something like a statement to his loved one, saying "my feeling and love for you would only disappear after I die."


    But nowadays people would use it often in a different context, like to praise somebody who made a great sacrifice or dedicated his/her whole life to something.


    Lin Xiyu unconsciously finished drinking a jug of wine, not to mention, the taste was quite good. The fiery red flower slowly descended to the horizon and soon disappeared, the light from the clouds was gone and the sky darkened.


    Lin Xiyu heard a knock on the door and she went to open it. It was a staff member of this hotel who was carrying a tray with several bottles of wine with different colours on it.


    ¡°Hello guest, this is the wine you ordered.¡±


    Lin Xinyu thought about how Lu Yuan just said she wanted to try all the flavours, but she did not expect her to really order them. After she ordered it, she ran away. How could she drink alone?


    ¡°My companion had to leave for something, and I can¡¯t drink this wine, can I refund it?¡±


    ¡°Sorry guest, we will help open the lid of the wine that has been ordered, and the wine that has been opened can¡¯t be refunded.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had no choice but to bring the wine into the room, three bottles of wine, mulberry, orange, grape flavours. Fortunately, each bottle was not large. Forget it, just drink it all, after drinking, just get a good night¡¯s sleep. The alcohol contained in the wine was not high anyway, it was just like drinking juice.


    Lin Xiyu did not expect that after she felt nothing when she was drinking this wine, but the aftertaste was particularly strong after drinking it. She felt a little dizzy when she finished the mulberry flavour.


    Lin Xiyu felt that she could still hold on, and finished the bottle of wine, just after she finished drinking it, she heard her phone ringing. Lin Xiyu picked up the phone and felt it start to shake. She vaguely saw the word ¡®Lu¡¯ on the caller ID, she thought Lu Yuan was calling, so she picked it up directly, but unexpectedly Lu Junfeng¡¯s voice came from the other end of the phone call.


    ¡°Xixi, why aren¡¯t you at home? Where are you now?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m hanging out with Lu Yuan.¡±


    Lu Junfeng heard the strangeness of her voice, and he sensed something was going on and hurriedly asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your voice? Have you been drinking?¡±


    ¡°I drink a little.¡±


    ¡°Did Lu Yuan take you to drink? Are you with her?¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s mind was confused as she truthfully replied, ¡°She left, she was called by her friends to play secret room adventure.¡±


    ¡°She left?¡± Lu Junfeng raised his voice, ¡°This damn girl! How can she leave you alone? Where are you now? You tell me, I¡¯ll pick you up right away.¡±


    Although her head was spinning, Lin Xiyu did not forget that she had already broken up with Lu Junfeng, so she said, ¡°No need, what are you doing here looking for me after breaking up? I¡¯ll sleep over here, Lu Yuan will pick me up first thing in the morning later.¡±


    ¡°Sleep? Are you still sleeping outside? You wait for me, I¡¯ll ask Lu Yuan and I¡¯ll be right over.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hung up the phone, and smothered the rest of the bottle of orange flavour in one gulp. She propped herself up and stood up, only to feel her head spinning. She took a moment to slow down before she touched the bed and laid down, just waiting for Lu Yuan to pick her up tomorrow. After drinking wine, her drowsiness came quickly and Lin Xiyu soon fell asleep, and then she was woken up by a knock on the door.


    Her head was so dizzy that she did not want to get up, pulling the cover over her head while the knocking continued. Lin Xiyu did not want to bother, she was so light headed right now that she did not want to get up at all.


    The knock on the door stopped after a while. Then, not long after, she heard the sound of magnetic card beeping, then the door was pushed open. Soon, Lin Xiyu felt a light filtering in from the edge of the bed.


    Lin Xiyu unveiled the quilt, and saw a person standing at the door. Her head was dizzy, and her eyes were confused. She could vaguely see that it was the figure of a man.


    Lin Xiyu remembered that she had received a call from Lu Junfeng before going to bed, and she thought that the person who came was Lu Junfeng, so she said the the man, ¡°Didn¡¯t I say that you should not come?¡±


    The visitor slowly walked towards her, and she felt that his walking posture was not quite like Lu Junfeng. This man¡¯s aura was not quite the same as Lu Junfeng, there was a sense of sharpness and stern feeling. Once he came in, the air in the room seemed to have thinned.


    He walked closer and looked at her from top to bottom. Lin Xinyu squinted her eyes to look at him, she felt that she vaguely recognized a bit the figure of the man before her from his face contour.


    This person was not Lu Junfeng, but he looked a little familiar. He seemed to look like¡ªlike Lu Junting?


    No, how could Lu Junting appear here? She squinted her eyes, and fixed her eyes on the man¡¯s face. This man¡¯s face was very similar to Lu Junting. She lay on the bed with her hands and feet on the bed, stretched her neck and stared at his face carefully to identify, like a small animal probing on something.


    The more she looked, the more this man looked like Lu Junting, and finally she asked, ¡°Brother Junting?¡±


    The man¡¯s low, mellow voice rang out, ¡°En, it¡¯s me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that she was dreaming. In the dream, Lu Junting, the head of the Lu family who was completely unfamiliar with her, had actually ran to her room.


    Her voice was tinged with a slight sense of alcohol, and she looked at the man with confused gaze as she asked, ¡°Brother Junting? What are you doing here?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Lu Junfeng had something to do and couldn¡¯t come. He asked me to help to bring you back.¡±


    She nodded confusedly and said, ¡°Oh.¡±


    Lu Junting looked at her a few times and asked, ¡°How much have you drunk?¡±


    She shook her head, appearing somewhat silly, ¡°I forgot.¡±


    ¡°Can you get up?¡± Lu Junting asked again.


    Lin Xiyu tried to get up, but she was dizzy, and when her feet stepped on the ground, her body unconsciously went forward, but she did not face the floor directly. The man in front of her reached out to help her, and she fell on top of him smoothly, directly plunged into his arms.

 CH 3

    Chapter 3: You Smell Good


    Usually, Lin Xiyu would make a detour if she saw Lu Junting, she probably did not think that she would fall into Lu Junting¡¯s arms one day. If her mind was clear enough, she would be so frightened now that she would be stiff and jerking backwards.


    But now, she was drunk, the alcohol paralyzed her nerves. Her body was so soft that she could not even support herself, she did not even have the strength to push him away, so she just leaned into Lu Junting¡¯s arms like this. Her nerves that were paralyzed by the alcohol did not even make her feel afraid.


    Lu Junting had one hand vaguely holding Lin Xiyu¡¯s arm, he was stronger than she was, and it would be easy to push her away, a drunk who reeked of alcohol. However, why didn¡¯t he push her away?


    Lin Xiyu looked up at Lu Junting, and he just happened to look down at her. Lin Xiyu suddenly met Lu Junting¡¯s deep and sharp gaze.


    She should have been so frightened and stiff, but she actually just leaned limply against his chest to meet his gaze.


    Lin Xiyu felt that she must be dreaming, otherwise how could she be so close to Lu Junting. They were clearly not even close to each other.


    Lin Xiyu did not think it was real, so she wanted to make sure. It took her a lot of effort to raise her hand and poke her fingertips in Lu Junting¡¯s face, it was elastic and still hot.


    It seemed to be a living person eh.


    Lin Xiyu looked at him in a daze and said, ¡°Are you really a living brother Junting ah?¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu was still wearing the bathrobe provided by the hotel, and because of this tossing and turning, the strap of her bathrobe had loosened a bit. One side of her lapel was slightly pulled open, revealing half of her shoulders.


    After drinking the wine, her skin was tinted with a faint red, and there was a touch of pink on her cheeks, just like the the tip of budding peach blossoms in early spring, a pink blush and tender.


    Her eyes were confused, and there was a faint mist steaming in her eyes. Her pair of eyes looked straight at Lu Junting, looking innocent, but her few long messy strands of hair next to her delicate pink cheeks and her pink lips added a little charm to her.


    Lu Junting pulled her lapel up a little as he asked her, ¡°Can you walk?¡±


    She shook her head, ¡°My head is spinning, I want to sleep.¡±


    As the words fell, her soft body fell down. Lu Junting subconsciously reached out and wrapped his arms around her waist. When his arm encircled her waist, he could not help but be surprised, how could this waist be so thin and amazingly soft?


    When Lin Xiyu was wrapped in his arms like this, her body was pressed against him again, and she was afraid that she would fall again, so she wrapped her arms around his waist and her whole body fell towards him.


    Fortunately, Lu Junting¡¯s center of gravity was very stable, and his body was still standing firmly withholding her body.


    Lin Xiyu was a little surprised after she put her arms around him. She looked up at Lu Junting and asked with a smile, ¡°Brother Junting, why is your body hard ah?¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting adjusted his breathing slightly, he did not want to argue with a drunk person and said, ¡°If you don¡¯t want to go back, I¡¯ll carry you to bed.¡±


    Lin Xiyu obediently nodded her head and said, ¡°Okay, I want to rest, Xixi wants to sleep.¡±


    Her voice was soft, with a sticky feeling and sounded like a spoiled child. There was a feeling of itching as a cat¡¯s tail swept over a person¡¯s hearts. Lu Junting pulled her hand that wrapped around his waist and picked her up sideways. Lin Xiyu subconsciously hooked her hand around his neck.


    Lu Junting put Lin Xiyu on the bed, but the hand that was hooked around his neck had not let go, so in the end he was hooked forward by her. He subconsciously used his hands to support himself on the bed to steady his weight, so at least he did not press on her.


    However, their distance was still very close. Lu Junting glanced down at her hand and said, ¡°Let go of your hands.¡±


    There was a clear warning in his tone, but her mind was not in the same channel as him. As his breath blew on her face when he spoke, she felt that the taste in his mouth smelled good. She wanted to confirm it, so she moved closed and sniffed a few times before saying, ¡°Why does your mouth smell so good? What did you eat?¡±


    ¡°Are you not afraid of me now?¡± That little girl who normally did not even dare to talk to him had the courage to sniff his mouth?


    Lin Xiyu still did not understand Lu Junting¡¯s words, and she leaned closer to sniffing his mouth and said, ¡°How does it smell so good, what did you eat?¡±


    The tip of her nose brushed his lip from time to time. She was so hot that she left a heat mark on the lip she had brushed.


    He furrowed his brow slightly, turned his head sideways to avoid it and said, ¡°I just had my teeth cleaned.¡±


    As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, the smell of the fragrance in his mouth became even stronger, and she sniffed deeply as if talking to herself, ¡°It smells good, and I wonder what it tastes like when it smells this good.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting narrowed his eyes slightly at the girl below him and said in a dangerous and warning tone, ¡°Not everything in this world can be tasted indiscriminately.¡±


    But the little girl obviously did not hear what he was saying. She was not even aware of the danger as she was completely immersed in her own world, smelling something fragrant as if she was going to taste it.


    So, as soon as his warning words fell, she suddenly tilted her head and took a bite of his lip, sucking gently on them a few times as she let go, staring at his lip in confusion, and said, ¡°It¡¯s soft.¡±


    Lu Junting was caught off guard by her taking a bite, and his body froze unconsciously.


    There was a strong smell of wine at the tip of her nose, mixed with the faint scent of her body. Lu Junting closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing and thought in his mind: Did she know exactly what she was doing? He opened his eyes and looked down at her, she was confused and innocent that she probably had no idea who was actually in front of her at the moment.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t I say it before that not everything in this world can be tasted indiscriminately, why don¡¯t you listen?¡± There was coldness in his tone, and it would have been more intimidating if the last sentence was spoken in a strong tone.


    Where could anyone whose nerves had been numbed by alcohol be aware of any danger? She just thought his mouth smelled good and his lip tasted soft. It could not be blamed on her, he himself came up to her for her to smell and tasted it.


    She still wanted to taste it.


    So she leaned in again, took his lip at once with greediness. This time she was not just sucking it and then let go, but her tongue also licked over his lip, without any sense of danger, and then her tongue still went into his mouth.


    Lu Junting felt that his breathing almost became chaotic as his face sank slightly, and he reprimanded in a cold voice, ¡°Do you know what you are doing?¡±


    As he spoke, his tongue wiggled just enough to be caught by her tongue reaching in, and the tip of her tongue licked at it.


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    She finally let go of him contentedly, and then sleepiness suddenly hit her. After tasting the flavour, she was very satisfied and now she just wanted to sleep, so she released the hand that hooked his neck and pushed him, frowning and then urging him, ¡°I¡¯m going to sleep, don¡¯t press me.¡±


    Lu Junting grabbed her hand that was propped up on his shoulder and pressed it directly to the top of her head as he crouched over her. His eyes had a tinge of red, and his voice seemed to be stained with drunkenness on her body, carrying a sense of slight intoxication.


    ¡°Running after hooking someone up? How can it be that easy? You can¡¯t run away after making a mistake. In my case, the person who makes a mistake will be punished, understand?¡±


    Lin Xiyu frowned and shook her head, saying, ¡°Stop blowing on me, I¡¯m going to eat you again if you keep doing that.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s face immediately sank. She did not even hear what he was saying at all, no matter how he warned her.


    ¡°I¡¯m really going to eat you.¡± She added, before meeting the man¡¯s cold, warning gaze with a very provocative lift of her mouth directly over his. Her teeth nibbled on his lips and her tongue probed into his mouth, yet Lin Xiyu did not expect that as soon as her tongue went in, she heard a muffled grunt from the top of her head, and then the tip of her tongue was fiercely contained.


    Lin Xiyu was woken up by the sunlight outside the window. She woke up in a daze, her head hurt a little, but she was almost awake from the drunk. She rubbed her eyes to adapt to the light, and soon found an arm under her head, she looked down and saw an arm that was a little thick and the palm was much bigger than her, it looked like a man¡¯s arm.


    A man? How could there be a man in her bed?


    Lin Xiyu suddenly turned her head, and was confronted with a cold face. The owner of the face was also looking at her. Seeing her look over, he lightly opened his thin lips and said, ¡°Awake?¡±


    The voice was low and mellow, still containing a faint huskiness after waking up.


    When Lin Xiyu saw this face, her brain crashed on the spot for a minute, a million questions flashed through her mind.


    Was she hallucinating? Why did she see Lu Junting?


    How could Lu Junting lying down together with her?


    How could Lu Junting lying down with her naked?


    Suddenly, a thunderclap exploded in her mind, and Lin Xiyu looked like she had seen a ghost, ¡°Aaaahhhh!¡± She howled, subconsciously breaking free from his arms. This time she realized she was not wearing clothes, she hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover, and looked at Lu Junting with a look of horror.


    Lu Junting sat up slowly, his arm that was pressed by her overnight wasa a little numb. As soon as he lifted it up, a tingling sensation came, his brow furrowed, and a little uncomfortable light appeared on his face. He rubbed the sting a few times to ease, and then he looked at her.


    Lin Xiyu subconsciously shrank back at his gaze, and she widened her eyes, full of horror.


    ¡°Bro-brother Junting, why are you here?¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t remember?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Remember? Remember what?


    She remembered that she was left behind by Lu Yuan, then she received a call from Lu Junfeng, and then she slept.


    Suddenly some tiny fragments jumped into her mind.


    She fell into his arms and she hooked her arms around his neck and said his mouth smelled good so she wanted to taste it, and then she literally bit his mouth.


    When these memories came up, Lin Xiyu only felt like a bolt of lightning striking down in the air. Her body turned stiff, she only felt that her whole body was paralyzed, and her fingers were numb and could not move.


    She looked at Lu Junting in horror, wanting to know from his mouth that none of what she thought was true, yet she was suddenly confronted with Lu Junting¡¯s movement to get up.


    He pulled open the quilt and stood up, and she was greeted with a muscular, bare back and a bare ass that was not wearing anything. Lin Xiyu took a cold breath and hurriedly turned her head to avoid seeing it.


    Lu Junting stood up so unabashedly, and he moved naturally to put the bath towel on the chair around his waist, and as soon as he turned back, he saw the girl turn her face sideway, and a pair of hands tightly tugged on the quilt, like a frightened little animal.


    ¡°I¡¯ve had clothes prepared for you, so see if you can wear them.¡± After saying this, Lu Junting went to the bathroom.


    Lin Xiyu was completely stunned, what was the situation? Why did things develop like this? She only hoped that it was all a dream, that it was not real, how could she, with Lu Junting¡­


    This was simply more incredible than a meeting between Qin Shihuang and an Egyptian pharaoh!


    However, she knew it was not a dream at all, waking up early in the morning with both of them still naked in the same bed, and she also felt something strange on her body.


    So, it was all the truth, she really slept with Lu Junting!

 CH 4

    Chapter 4: It is Simply Like a Two Different People


    There was a set of clothes neatly placed on the bed, a white dress, and new underwear. Lin Xiyu changed her clothes before Lu Junting came out, and the size was surprisingly just right.


    She stuffed the clothes she had worn yesterday into her backpack, and threw the bathrobe that had fallen on the ground on the bed. After doing all of this, she heard a push on the door, she looked over with a panicked look on her face, clutching her bag and was confronted by Lu Junting who walked out of the bathroom.


    Lu Junting changed his clothes after taking a shower, a dark green shirt, a pair of pure black trousers with the buttons of the shirt half buttoned, revealing half of his chest faintly. He had the habit of working out, revealing the full and firm chest muscles. He also washed his hair, took a bath towel in his hand, wiping his hair as he walked.


    He glanced at her. She was clutching her bag with a bemused look. He was quite calm and asked, ¡°Remember?¡±


    Lin Xiyu lowered her head and did not dare to look at him, ¡°I remember some of it.¡±


    ¡°What do you remember?¡± He asked again.


    This feeling was indescribable, like the kind of student who was usually well-behaved and docile but suddenly did something to offend their elders. Lin Xiyu wanted to cry without tears, she said, ¡°I drank too much wine yesterday and I wasn¡¯t sober at that time. I¡¯m sorry if I offended you in any way. However¡­¡± She glanced at him hesitantly, and she saw that he looked at her inquisitively, as if waiting for her to continue, ¡°Brother Junting, how did you enter my room?¡±


    ¡°I knocked on the door yesterday and you didn¡¯t answer, I heard Junfeng say that you had too much drinking and afraid that something would happen to you. It just so happened that I knew the hotel owner, so I asked him to give me your room card.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded and added, ¡°Actually, brother Junting can ignore me and let me sleep here.¡±


    ¡°Are you blaming me?¡±


    Did Lin Xiyu even dare to blame him? In fact, she did not understand why this kind of thing happened, although she lived in Lu¡¯s house, Lu Junting rarely returned, they rarely saw each other and even if they met, they could not say anything, they were not familiar to each other. Lun Junting actually did not care about her at all, he could just treat her behavior as a drunken madness, and waited until she sobered up before finding her to discuss her offense.


    He was really not guilty of having sexual relationship with her¡­


    Lu Junting stepped forward and stood in front of her. The sense of intimidation from him suddenly spread out, and Lin Xiyu did not dare to look at him even more.


    She lowered her head, her gaze landing right on those two slender legs, and some images suddenly appeared in her mind.


    Lin Xiyu gritted her teeth. What was the point of thinking about that at a time like this?


    ¡°Are you blaming me for taking advantage of someone in difficulty? Or are you blaming me for not being gentleman as Liu Xiahui*?


    *Legend has it that on a cold night, Liuxia Hui stayed at the city gate and met a homeless woman. Liuxia Hui was afraid that she would freeze to death, so she asked her to sit in her arms, unbuttoned her coat and wrapped her tightly, and sat together all night without any indecent behavior. Therefore, Liu Xiahui was known as a righteous gentleman.


    ¡°No.¡± She whispered.


    ¡°I¡¯m a normal man with a normal physiological reaction, you did that yesterday¡­ I really didn¡¯t hold back, and it¡¯s understandable that you blame me, I apologize.¡±


    Lin Xiyu lowered her head and did not speak.


    Lu Junting added, ¡°Since I dare to do it so I date to be responsible, I want to hear your thoughts on how you want to solve this matter, or you can mention any request you have to me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked up at him and saw Lu Junting¡¯s expression was serious and did not look like he was telling lies, not to mention that Lu Junting did not need to say these words to coax her.


    ¡°This whole thing was supposed to be an accident, and I was at fault, and I was the one who drank and did the bad thing. So¡­ I think we should pretend like nothing has happened.¡±


    She just wanted to get everything back on track as soon as possible right now.


    She looked at his expression, and when he heard her words, his expression did not change much, and he was silent for a moment and asked her, ¡°Do you really think so?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head.


    ¡°Really doesn¡¯t need me to be responsible? Even if it¡¯s compensation¡­¡±


    Before he could finish his words, Lin Xiyu waved her hand and said, ¡°There¡¯s even no need for compensation or anything. This matter is not all your fault, let¡¯s leave it like this and pretend that nothing has happened.¡±


    He was silent for a moment and said, ¡°Okay, I respect your choice.¡±


    He walked over to the table and put his watch on and said to her, ¡°Let¡¯s go, it¡¯s getting late.¡±


    Lin Xiyu followed him out of the hotel, his black Maybach was parked at the entrance. Lu Junting¡¯s assistant saw them come out and hurriedly pulled open the rear door, Lu Junting sat on it, and Lin Xiyu followed suit.


    She was sitting right against the door, some distance away from him.


    The car drove away slowly, they did not speak. Originally, both of them were not familiar to each other, even if there was a skinship, they were still similar to strangers.


    Lin Xiyu only felt extremely uncomfortable that her back stiffened to the point of breaking. Lu Junting was much calmer and more composed than her, and at the moment, he was already holding his tablet and starting to read today¡¯s documents.


    The car drove down the mountain, and shops began to appear on both sides of the street. When passing a pharmacy, Lin Xiyu suddenly thought of something and said, ¡°Can you stop the car?¡±


    Lu Junting asked his assistant to stop the car and asked her, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not have the nerve to say it and replied, ¡°I want to buy some medicine.¡±


    ¡°Buy medicine? Do you feel uncomfortable?¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt her face start to burn and she turned her head to the side before saying, ¡°I want to buy contraceptive pills.¡± She was about to pull open the car door and get out of the car, but she heard Lu Junting say, ¡°I¡¯ll buy it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked back but he had already pushed open the door and got out of the car. He walked around the flower terrace to the pharmacy next to it. He was imposing, and the shabby horn and dusty air conditioning box outside the small pharmacy really did not match.


    In fact, he could ask his assistant to go buy it. The magnificent chairman Lu did not need to personally do this kind of errand work, was this a kind of compensation for her?


    Lu Junting came back not long after, he opened the box and handed her the medicine. Lin Xiyu read the instructions and took the two pills together, forgetting that there was no water until she was to take the medicine.


    ¡°No water?¡± asked Lin Xiyu with a slightly confused expression.


    Lu Junting pulled the water cup out of the armrest and handed it to her, ¡°Mine, you can drink it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had some doubts, could she use this kind of personal stuff? But now she did not care that much, she opened the cup to swallow the medicine down.


    After this episode, the car continued to move forward. Lu Junting sent her back to Lu¡¯s house first, Lin Xiyu was uneasy before getting of the car and wanted to remind him, but felt that a person like Lu Junting was not like the kind of person who would take his personal matters out and talk nonsense, so in the end she said nothing and only said a brief goodbye to him.


    Lin Xiyu returned to Lu Yuan¡¯s house, she rushed directly into Lu Yuan¡¯s room. Seeing Lu Yuan, who was lying on the bed, sleeping, Lin Xiyu was angrier, she jumped on the bed and choked her neck.


    Lu Yuan dreamed that someone was holding her neck and made her breathless. She suddenly woke up and saw that there was indeed someone riding on her and choking her. She was shocked, but when she looked closely, she realized the person who choked her was Lin Xiyu.


    She saw Lin Xiyu¡¯s full of anger expression, her watery, wet eyes were now filled with fire. Lin Xiyu did not use a heavy strength to choke her, Lu Yuan pushed her away at once, rubbed her neck and said discontentedly, ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you early in the morning?¡±


    Lin Xiyu stared at her. ¡°You have the nerve to ask me! Who was the person leaving me behind? Who was it that said to pick me up first thing in the morning?¡±


    Lu Yuan was a little guilty and said, ¡°I¡­ I played until late yesterday.¡± Lu Yuan leaned over and pulled her hand, ¡°I¡¯m sorry Xixi, little ancestor, I¡¯ll buy you gifts, okay? A lot of gifts, I guarantee that you¡¯ll like it. However, my second brother asked me yesterday, didn¡¯t he go to pick you up?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was even angrier when she heard this and said, ¡°I broke up with him. Why did you tell him where I was?¡±


    Lu Yuan realized that something was wrong and asked, ¡°No, why are you so angry this early in the morning? Wasn¡¯t it fine when I left yesterday? Did something happen last night?¡±


    Lin Xiyu seemed to be stabbed, but she maintained her calm expression and said, ¡°Nothing happened.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was too lazy to pay attention to her and dropped these words, and then she went back to her room, behind her, Lu Yuan added, ¡°I¡¯ll take a nap first and get up later to buy you gifts to make amends.¡±


    Lin Xiyu returned to her room, went straight to the bathroom. She took off her clothes and looked at herself in the mirror. She really did not expect that the serious and stable looking man of the Lu family¡¯s eldest brother was so unscrupulous in bed.


    Lin Xiyu took a shower. She planned to go to bed for a while, but as soon as she lay down, she heard a smiling and hoarse voice ringing in her head asking in her ear, ¡°Why are you still crying?¡±


    Lin Xiyu pulled over the quilt and covered her head, wailing loudly.


    It was so annoying ah, it was really annoying ah, her mind was now full of Lu Junting¡¯s voice when she closed her eyes.


    Lin Xiyu sat up violently from the bed, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Even if she was drunk, it did not make sense to hug a man and kiss him ah, was she that horny?


    Lin Xiyu felt that there was something strange about this matter, so she checked the information of the hotel where she stayed last night. Unsurprisingly, this was a love-fun hotel specially created for couples.


    She remembered that the wine she drank yesterday was brewed by the hotel, so she checked the wine again. Sure enough, she found a problem when she checked it. This self-brewed wine was originally a feature of the hotel, because they added a ¡®special formula¡¯ and a very thoughtful reminder that drinking a little was ¡®pleasure¡¯ and drinking too much was ¡®harmful¡¯.


    What a stupid pleasure!! Stupid harmful!!


    Lin Xiyu remembered that she had drunk several bottles alone yesterday¡­, it was not just her body she harmed, it was her kidneys.


    This kind of special formula should not be the kind of illegal aphrodisiac, otherwise the hotel would not have been able to sell it so blatantly, mainly because she drank too much, so¡­


    If those bottles of wine were shared between two people, maybe there would not be too much of a problem. Thinking that, Lin Xiyu really wanted to take a knife to cut Lu Yuan¡¯s heart.


    Lin Xiyu gritted her teeth aggrievedly, and just as she shook her head, the memory that had originally been sealed because of alcohol seemed to have been touched by a mechanism, and unexpectedly began to unlock.


    A certain uncensored image suddenly popped into her mind, and she remembered her lying on the bed crying as she pushed Lu Junting and begged bitterly, ¡°No more, go away, no more.¡±


    He took her hand and kissed her at the base of her ear. His suppressed husky voice coaxed as he said to her, ¡°Just a little longer, just a little longer.¡±


    She drank too much alcohol yesterday and went to the toilet frequently, because her feet were weak and she could not walk. He took her and hugged her in the same posture as a child, which was extremely ambiguous.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly shook her head, she could not think anymore, she no longer wanted to think anymore, she felt like she was about to crack!


    She recalled her impression of Lu Junting, mature and stable, serious and dignified, inviolable from above, always giving people a sense of distance and unreachable. However, he was completely different in bed, indulged in desire, and surprisingly quite attentive and good at serving people¡­


    Of course, he had another look after waking up, well-dressed, rigorous and meticulous, giving people a sense of inviolability and majesty. It was like they were two people.


    It was really unexpected. So actually even more serious men had the same virtues in bed?


    Lin Xiyu felt that what had happened yesterday was just like a dream, it was incredible.


    It was a bit melancholy to just sleep with someone like this, someone she usually had to go around when she saw that person. Even though it was normal to have a sexual-experience as an adult, but in the end she felt that something was different.


    However, Lin Xiyu was quite optimistic, after feeling melancholy for a while, she consoled herself quickly. Whatever, she had just considered him as a wooden stake.

 CH 5

    Chapter 5: Caught on a Blind Date


    Lin Xiyu closed the webpage and gave out a long sigh, just at this time, her mobile phone rang. Lin Xiyu picked it up and saw that it was Lu Junfeng calling, Lin Xiyu thought about it and picked up the phone.


    ¡°Xixi, where are you now?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m at home.¡±


    Lu Junfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry Xixi. I couldn¡¯t pick you up yesterday because I had a temporary problem. I asked eldest brother to send a female assistant to pick you up. Eldest brother said when the female assistant went yesterday, you fell asleep. There was nothing wrong yesterday, right?¡±


    Lin Xiyu remembered that yesterday, Lu Junting also seemed to have told her that it was Lu Junfeng who asked him to go, but Lu Junfeng had asked him to send a female assistant to pick her up, so how did he go by himself?


    Lin Xiyu felt strange, why did he have to come by himself for something that an assistant could do? Was chairman Lu always so idle?


    Lin Xiyu would not think that Lu Junting personally went over to pick her up because she meant something to him. She had come to the Lu family for so many years and had not spoken to Lu Junting more than five sentences, both of them were really not familiar at all, similar to strangers. And what kind of woman did a man like Lu Junting could not have for him to be interested to her? It was impossible to think about it, Lin Xiyu still had this self-knowledge.


    So probably Lu Junting just had time, so he went?


    Lin Xiyu thought about it, what if the person who came was Lu Junfeng? Was something going to happen to both of us as well? If something really happened, then she would prefer to follow Lu Junting, at least she and Lu Junting both were single and would not involve any moral problems.


    Thinking like this, it was an unexpected event that allowed her to avoid a storm.


    ¡°Brother Junfeng, don¡¯t call me anymore. We¡¯ve broken up and you have someone else with you now.¡±


    ¡°Xixi, I said, give me a little time, about half a year. My career will be stable in half a year, then I¡¯ll go out on my own and be independent. I¡¯ll take you with me, until then I have you in grievance temporarily, don¡¯t worry, Yan Yutong and I are not serious.¡±


    ¡°No one is going to wait in place for you all the time.¡±


    ¡°Xixi, please, I beg you. If you give up, then what is the point of my efforts? Just wait for me, just wait a little longer, okay?¡±


    ¡°I have my own life too. I¡¯m not obligated to wait for anyone. Break up is break up, and I don¡¯t want to go back, don¡¯t contact me again in the future.¡±


    ¡°Xixi, don¡¯t be so cruel to me.¡±


    Lu Junfeng¡¯s voice was getting hoarse, sounding painful, but Lin Xiyu directly hung up the phone and blocked all his numbers.


    It had been almost a month since she and Lu Junfeng had broken up, and she had almost come out of that sense of loss. In fact, it was only half a month since they began their relationship before their break up, which did not seem like much of a pity from the perspective of time.


    When she thought about it, she liked Lu Junfeng, and probably she just liked the feeling that he took care of her. Lu Junfeng had a lively and cheerful personality, he loved to smile and be caring. He would always buy her favorite things. At that time, she had just come to the Lu family and was not familiar with everything, plus her parents had just passed away, so she felt defensive towards anyone. Lu Junfeng had always been attentive to her, taking her for a ride, letting her familiarize with the surroundings, taking her slowly out of her grief and accepting new friends and new family.


    He even knew about her period and would buy her a bunch of desserts every time she got her period and made her brown sugar water to bring to her school.


    She had thought that he had just taken care of her as a sister, until two months ago, he confessed to her with a nervous face. Listening to his confession, she did not feel repulsive, and she thought she should also like him, so she accepted him.


    About a week after they got together, Lu Yuan quietly told her that Lu Junfeng¡¯s mother was setting up a blind date between Lu Junfeng and Yan Yutong. At first, she did not believe it, but then once she called Lu Jungfeng, a woman¡¯s voice came from there, and only when she asked did Lu Junfeng tell her the truth.


    He told her that he could not go against his mother¡¯s word, and he promised that he could handle it and could convince his mother. He had promised to go on a blind date only to temporarily hold his mother.


    Lin Xiyu was very clear that Lu Junfeng¡¯s mother, Jiang Lisu looked down on her. Although Jiang Lisu did not explicitly show her dislike for Lin Xiyu, her usual coldness was enough to show that she did not like her.


    But knowing that she and Lu Junfeng were together and still purposely arranged for Lu Junfeng to go on a blind date with another woman, it was indeed enough for bullying people.


    After all, Lu Junfeng and Jiang Lisu were mother and son. Lu Junfeng could not deny his mother even if he resisted, right? What if Jiang Lisu insisted on getting Lu Junfeng and Yan Yutong together? Wouldn¡¯t she be a joke then?


    It suddenly occurred to Lin Xiyu that if her parents were still around, would Jiang Lisu dare to look down on her like this? As the daughter of the calligraphy master, Lin Daguo, and her mother was also a philanthropist who had been honored by the country, how dare Jiang Lisu bully her like this?


    Her parents were both heroes respected by the world and spent their lives in charity, investing all their money into it and helping many people and she did not know how many people they had helped. However, now both her parents had already lost their position and passed away, and their daughter could only be bullied under other people¡¯s charity.


    At the age of fifteen, she lost a lot when her parents died, but she never lost half of the backbone and pride her parents gave her. Since people looked down on her, why should she lick her face to give them a fight?


    So after thinking clearly, Lin Xiyu decided to propose a breakup, she still remembered on the phone, Lu Junfeng crying and begging her to give him some more time, and then Lin Xiyu flatly refused him and hung up the phone.


    Then later on, Lu Junfeng himself ran to the school to see her, and Lin Xiyu also had a determined attitude.


    It did not take long for Lin Xiyu to learn that Lu Junfeng and Yan Yutong were together, and that Yan Yutong¡¯s father and Lu Junfeng¡¯s father were friends in official circles, and this was the girl that Jiang Lisu personally picked out for Lu Junfeng.


    However, Lu Junfeng was still reluctant, he always asked her to give him some more time whenever he saw her. Lu Junfeng was two years older than her, but more naive than her.


    He did not know that she had let go of the relationship long ago in her heart, she had let go of it when he was actually with Yan Yutong and would not give him any more time to work it out because the opportunity was long gone.


    Furthermore, this kind of thing had happened between her and Lu Junting now, it was even more impossible for her and Lu Junfeng.


    Lin Xiyu had ignored Lu Yuan for several days, and Lu Yuan bought a lot of gifts for her and coaxed her for a long time before her attitude gradually improved.


    Lin Xiyu found a job before graduation, she studied biology in university, and after graduation, she entered a biological research institute, and the work benefits were very good. After resting at home for a few days, Lin Xiyu reported to the company. The institute also provided accommodation, which was better, she could live in the dormitory and did not have to return to the Lu family, reducing the possibility of meeting with Lu Junting and Lu Junfeng. The accommodation environment was also good, with flowers on the balcony and a large orange tabby cat to pet.


    After Lin Xiyu worked for two weeks, Lu Yuan suddenly came to see her. Lu Yuan studied law and found a law firm after graduation. There was nothing to do in the firm, and she was usually very idle.


    ¡°It¡¯s Xiao Meihua¡¯s older cousin''s birthday, and Meihua asked me out, so let¡¯s go together.¡±


    Xiao Meihua was Lu Yuan¡¯s classmate. Lu Yuan¡¯s father was from the judicial department, and Lu Yuan was also from the judicial university. Xiao Meihua¡¯s family was also engaged in judicial, and she was Lu Yuan¡¯s college classmate, she was also in Ancheng and Lin Xiyu also knew her.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I¡¯m not familiar with Xiao Meihua, and even less familiar with her cousin, what am I going to do? And I still have to go to work.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve already helped you take a leave of absence with the dean, you can accompany me. I want to see a handsome guy, I¡¯m embarrassed to be alone, just stay with me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was speechless at her, how come she knew to look at handsome guys?


    In the end, Lin Xiyu could not withstand Lu Yuan¡¯s pestering and went with her. Xiao Meihua''s cousin''s birthday wrapped up the entire Century Jiahua Club. Xiao Meihua was waiting for them at the door. Lin Xiyu and her also knew each other, and they were greeted by several people, and then Xiao Meihua led them both inside.


    After all, it was to celebrate someone¡¯s birthday, Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan also brought gifts, Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin was several years older than them, quite a gentle person. He was playing Texas with a group of people. After receiving gifts from two little sisters, he was a little embarrassed, and immediately let Xiao Meihua take the two to eat and drink well.


    After sending the gift, Lin Xiyu heard Xiao Meihua rushing to Lu Yuan and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go over first, everyone has been waiting for a long time.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled, ¡°Who is waiting ah? Are there any other friends?¡±


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°You will know after you see.¡±


    The clubhouse was very large, the card tables were distributed around the hall, and there were many people coming today, with three or two card tables separating people into small groups, it was bustling.


    At this moment, Lin Xiyu was then brought to a certain card table by Lu Yuan and Xiao Meihua, with three boys sitting across from her. As the three sat down, the boys swept a glance towards Lin Xinyu, and Lin Xiyu heard someone whisper, ¡°It¡¯s really a beauty ah.¡±


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°Let me introduce to you ah, this is Lin Xiyu who I told you about, she is a biologist from An University, and now she has joined a biological research institute.¡±


    A boy laughed and said, ¡°She is also a talented girl from An University ah.¡±


    After Lu Yuan introduced her, she introduced the other three boys. They and Lu Yuan were from the same university, their home was also in Ancheng, and their family conditions were very good.


    ¡°You see, my family Xiao Xiyu has an angelic face and devilish figure, she is clever and has a gentle personality. She is definitely a good candidate to be a girlfriend.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt strange when she heard Lu Yuan¡¯s words, and she whispered to Lu Yuan, ¡°Lu Yuan, what do you mean?¡±


    Lu Yuan whispered to her, ¡°Introduced you to a boyfriend ah. You can tell me if you pick someone from these three people.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    When did she say she was looking for a boyfriend?


    ¡°Classmate Lin Xiyu has such a good condition, she should have many people chasing after her usually, right?¡± One of the boys named Meng Lei asked.


    ¡°No, no, my family Xiao Xiyu is a little nerd, she doesn¡¯t usually go out much.¡±


    ¡°What kind of classmate Lin Xiyu likes ah? See if one of the three of us is suitable.¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled embarrassingly, ¡°I like a well-behaved boy.¡±


    Those three boys looked at each other, and Meng Lei said, ¡°It just so happens that all three of us are quite well-behaved.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at Lu Yuan secretly, gritted her teeth and whispered in her ear, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me in advance if you wanted to introduce me to a boyfriend?¡±


    Lu Yuan laughed and chatted with the boys, keeping her smile slightly sideways to Lin Xiyu, ¡°If I said that, would you come?¡±


    ¡°You know that I wouldn¡¯t come ah? So you just set me up like this?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not setting you up, I just thought that I was sorry about that last time ah, so I want to introduce you to a boyfriend to atone for my sins, so that you won¡¯t keep thinking about my second brother.¡±


    Lin Xiyu simply wanted to hit someone, ¡°Since when do I keep thinking about your second brother?¡±


    The two people were whispering to each other, only to hear Xiao Meihua suddenly say, ¡°Lu Yuan, that¡¯s your eldest brother, right?¡±


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan looked in the direction pointed by Xiao Meihua, and saw there were suddenly more people at the door of the clubhouse, among which Lu Junting, who was walking in the front, was dressed in a straight suit. He had a handsome face and a distinguished temperament that made people want to give him a glance.


    Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin got up to greet him. In contrast to Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin¡¯s enthusiasm and flattered expression, Lu Junting seemed calmer, maintaining a distance that did not make people feel awkward, and with just the right amount of politeness.


    Xiao Meihua wondered, ¡°Lu Yuan, you eldest brother knows my cousin?¡±


    When Lu Yuan saw Lu Junting, she immediately said with a bitter face, ¡°I don¡¯t know ah, how can I run into my eldest brother in a place like this? It¡¯s so annoying.¡±


    It was like when they went out and ran into their parents, and no one would be in a good mood.


    Lu Junting was pulled over by Xiao Ziang, who was his uncle¡¯s child and was the same year as him. The Xiao family was engaged in construction, Xiao Ziang entered his family¡¯s construction engineering team after graduation, and recently encountered a lawsuit. Xiao Meihua''s cousin''s family was engaged in law, so Xiao Ziang¡¯s lawsuit happened to be helped by Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin, so the two became familiar.


    The so-called ¡®more friends are better¡¯, the famous Lu Junting, who he unexpectedly wanted to be familiar with, Xiao Ziang naturally understood after Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin revealed a few times. Everyone was a friend, and there was nothing to know, so today he dragged Lu Junting over.


    Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin wanted to get close to Lu Junting, so he mentioned that his sister and his cousin were good friends, and today they were also here, and Lu Junting looked in the direction he was pointing.


    He did see Lu Yuan, and Lin Xiyu sitting next to her. He turned his gaze, and then he saw several boys sitting on the opposite side. There were three girls over there, and exactly three boys sitting across from them as well.

 CH 6

    Chapter 6: He is Angry


    When Lin Xiyu looked at Lu Junting, she hurriedly lowered her head to avoid his gaze, her heart pounding and beating fast. How did she run into Lu Junting ah? She was speechless.


    The reason why she had to move to the company¡¯s dormitory was to avoid Lu Junting ah, how awkward it was to meet after that kind of thing happened.


    She did not expect to run into him on a rare occasion when she went out for a birthday party. Murphy¡¯s law really lived up to its name!


    Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin had a nickname of ¡®Eight-faces Expert¡¯, and as his name suggested, he had a wide social life and had friends in all trades. In addition to the judicial circles today, there were also financial circles and entertainment circles. Lu Junting acquired Yixun Electronics recently, his fame soared, and his arrival naturally caused a small sensation. Many people were eager to try their chances to go over and greeted him to get acquainted, but Lu Junting was not the easygoing type, and because of his oppressive aura, few people dared to go forward.


    However, there was a charming woman, who looked to be in her early thirties, with wavy hair, and wore a light blue mermaid dress. Her body swayed as she walked over and sat down on the arm of the sofa where Lu Junting was sitting, greeting him with a sweet smile, ¡°Mr. Lu, it¡¯s been a long time.¡±


    Lu Junting sat in the middle of a three-person sofa, and he was separated from the woman who sat on the armrest, but Lu Junting still smelled the perfume wafting from her body, he frowned slightly.


    Lu Junting looked sideways at the woman, a simple glance at her eyes, but his eyes had its own sharpness, as if it had penetrating power. The woman¡¯s feminine and lazy posture sitting on the armrest was slightly stiff, but she did not show her panic, just smiling and let him look at her.


    Lu Junting obviously did not recognize her, and the woman was not embarrassed, adding, ¡°A few months ago at Changheng¡¯s new mobile phone launch, the exhibition model is under my company.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s assistant stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear, and Lu Junting greeted her politely, ¡°So it¡¯s Vice President Yang from Huili, nice to meet you.¡±


    He was polite, but with a proper amount of distance.


    ¡°It¡¯s a pleasure to meet you, and it¡¯s my honor to meet Mr. Lu.¡± After saying that, Yang Hui waved at a girl not far away.


    There were a few girls standing in one place talking, but their eyes were looking in the direction where Lu Junting was from time to time, and then whispered a few words. The girl who was called was the prettiest among the girls, and was considered the best in the entertainment industry where there were many beautiful women. At this moment, she was called by the Vice President, knowing that she had an opportunity, the young girl could not hide her excitement that overflowed under her eyes even if she had tried her best to hide it.


    She stepped forward quickly, standing beside Yang Hui, who introduced her to Lu Junting, ¡°This is the model who walked on the main stage that day. It was her first long stage and she was chosen by your company to walk the main stage that day, she always thought of thanking Mr. Lu for giving her this opportunity.¡±


    Lu Junting did not participate in Changheng''s mobile phone new product launch at all. It was all the people under him who did everything, he just needed to sign a word of approval, there was no need to run to thank him in person.


    How could Lu Junting, a veteran who had been rolling in society for many years, not know what Yang Hui meant. This was to send someone to him, if the person who was sent was to his liking, it could be taken as advantage to catch him. It was not the first time that someone had stuffed a beautiful woman in front of him, this scene was not new, Lu Junting did not bother to look at the little model.


    Yang Hui had always been very enthusiastic, and instructed the little model, ¡°Don¡¯t you want to thank Mr. Lu? You¡¯ve met Mr. Lu, and you¡¯re still not giving him a toast.¡±


    It could be seen that the little model was quite nervous, and her hand unnaturally shook a bit when she brought the glass over, but the people brought out by sister Yang still had a bit of manners. She held the wine, and obediently said, ¡°Mr. Lu, thank you for giving me the opportunity, I¡¯ll give a toast to you.¡±


    Lu Junting did not even extend his fingers to the wine glass, he leaned back on the sofa, and said with a calm tone, ¡°The new mobile phone launch is the responsibility of Mr. Qin of Storm Technology under the Changheng Group, and you should also thank him, you crossed Mr. Qin to thank me, is Mr. Qin an invisible person?¡±


    Yang Hui¡¯s smile froze for a moment, and she said hurriedly, ¡°We need to thank to Mr. Qin, and need to thank Mr. Lu too.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze swept towards her faintly and said, ¡°Vice President Yang, you should do more homework when you want to talk to me in the future. I don¡¯t like people who don¡¯t understand the rules.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s expression was natural, and there was no move in his tone of speaking, but everyone could hear his warning.


    This was to tell the others, this kind of behavior was not something he liked.


    Everyone present at Lu Junting¡¯s acquisition of Yixun knew his abilities and courage were vividly reflected in the acquisition of Yixun. He acted fiercely and ruthlessly, it would not be a good end if someone offended such a person.


    Yang Hui winced backwards, she was so scared that she hurriedly stood up from the armrest, her expression looked a bit flustered and said, ¡°Sorry Mr. Lu, I¡¯m interrupting you, I¡¯ll excuse myself.¡± After speaking this, she took the little model who was completely stuck with her wine glass.


    After the two walked away, Xiao Ziang whispered to Lu Junting bluntly, ¡°You can¡¯t even look at this kind of beauty? You¡¯re still so rude to people? You deserve to be single.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s tone was light, ¡°If you like it, you can keep it for yourself.¡±


    Xiao Ziang¡¯s lips twitched, ¡°It¡¯s not like the people are here to impress me.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s location was a little fat from Lu Yuan¡¯s location, and the situation that happened over there was not clear on their side.


    Lu Yuan was now a little entangled, whether to go and greet Lu Junting or not. It was not easy to greet her own eldest brother in this kind of place, but Lu Yuan did not want to face Lu Junting, not because of anything, but because she was afraid.


    However, Lu Yuan did not dwell on it for long, because Lu Junting¡¯s assistant came over and said that Lu Junting had told them to go over, and they had to go even if they did not want to.


    Lu Yuan brought Lin Xiyu along with her, and Lin Xiyu only felt so embarrassed that her toes curled the soles of her shoes through. She felt her face stiffen, but Lu Junting¡¯s assistant had come over to remind them, and they could not say hello without going over.


    ¡°Eldest brother, cousin Ziang, why are you here too?¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that Lu Yuan¡¯s expression was not much better, and her smile was particularly unnatural. It was also true when faced with someone like Lu Junting, how many of the little rookies like them could have natural expressions?


    Xiao Ziang was enthusiastic, he smiled and said, ¡°It just so happens that your brother is fine, so bring him over to relax.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took a deep breath, and a bright smile squeezed out of her face as she greeted. ¡°Brother Lu Junting, Brother Ziang.¡±


    This was the first time Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting had met since that incident. Lin Xiyu was so embarrassed that she did not know how to put her hands and feet, even if she calmed herself over and over again, she still felt uncomfortable to face Lu Junting.


    Lu Junting was even more calm than Lin Xiyu thought, he had been in the business world for many years. The sophisticated and calm in him wrapped his whole body without a leak, his expression was natural, he did not even look at them more than once. He just nodded his head as if he had responded, and he had casually asked. ¡°Have you guys drunk?¡±


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°No.¡±


    After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Lu Junting¡¯s gaze swept over to Lin Xiyi again, this sense of sight of being checked by the head teacher of random inspection discipline was too strong, and her fear of him was even diluted by the embarrassment of facing him. Lin Xiyu felt that her breathing was half a beat slower, and she said hurriedly, ¡°I didn¡¯t drink.¡±


    He averted his gaze naturally and asked again, ¡°How long do you still want to play?¡±


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°It¡¯s only been a while since I arrived.¡±


    ¡°I see you guys were just sitting with a few people, are those your friends?¡± This was asked by Xiao Ziang.


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°It¡¯s my classmate, and I¡¯m planning to introduce a boyfriend to Xixi.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Several glances looked at Lin Xiyu. Lin Xiyu smiled a little embarrassed as she mentally thought about whether she should just cut off her friendship with Lu Yuan or not.


    ¡°Introducing a boyfriend? Who do you mean?¡± Lu Junting asked.


    Lin Xiyu was a little surprised as she looked over to him, but she saw that he had a natural expression, looking like he was asking out of casual concern from an older brother, but it was carried by  a sense of seriousness in his temperament, and the words sounded like a parent¡¯s investigation.


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°What ¡®Who do you mean¡¯ ah? Xixi is also old enough to have a boyfriend ah.¡±


    Lu Junting did not speak,  he took a sip of the glass of wine handed up by Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin, before raising his eyes and sweeping his gaze over to Lin Xiyu.


    At this time, the light was not very bright, his eyebrows were deep, and the shadows cast under his eyelids made it darker, and there was clearly not much emotion in his gaze, but Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart unconsciously thudded.


    His gaze moved away quickly, seemingly not too interested in their little girl thing.


    ¡°Xiao Xiyu, tell brother Ziang if there¡¯s anyone you fancy ah,¡± Xiao Ziang smiled with a coaxing child¡¯s face, ¡°Don¡¯t be embarrassed, tell this brother Ziang, and this brother will help you.¡±


    Xiao Ziang and the Lu family were relatives, and he would go to the Lu house occasionally so Lin Xiyu also knew him.


    Lin Xiyu tried to make her smile look natural and said, ¡°There is none.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll ask the driver to send you back.¡±


    These words were spoken by Lu Junting, who was calm, but there was a strong force in his tone that could not be rejected.


    ¡°It¡¯s not long since we¡¯ve been here¡­¡± Lu Yuan protested quietly, ¡°We¡¯ll play for a while and then we¡¯ll go back.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°A student should behave like a student, not studying properly and only wanting to play all day?¡±


    ¡°We have graduated.¡± Lu Yuan muttered quietly.


    Xiao Ziang said, ¡°How do you say you are the eldest brother? You don¡¯t even know your sister has graduated? Your family¡¯s little girls have graduated and still can¡¯t come out to socialize normally?¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at Xiao Ziang and spoke faintly, ¡°Meddlesome.¡±


    Xiao Ziang: ¡°......¡±


    He obviously had a very natural expression and tone when he spoke, but Xiao Ziang still heard the warning in his words, and Xiao Ziang did not know where he offended him, but he was very self-aware and no longer opened his mouth. He did not care about their Lu family¡¯s affairs.


    Lu Junting made a phone call, and not long after, his driver came in.


    Although Lu Yuan was unconvinced in her heart, on the surface, she did not dare to confront her eldest brother and obediently followed the driver. Lin Xiyu was relieved, she did not want to stay here anyway.


    Unexpectedly, before the two of them could get to the door, the boys from the blind date came running over, and the boy named Meng Lei asked, ¡°Are you guys going to leave?¡±


    Lu Yuan shrugged her shoulders, signaling at Lu Junting¡¯s direction with her eyes, and whispered, ¡°My family¡¯s mountain tiger is here and won¡¯t let us play.¡±


    The boy had heard about Lu Junting, so he did not say anything about Lu Yuan¡¯s rambling. He took out his mobile phone and tried to ask with a blushing face, ¡°That student Lin Xiyu, can we add WeChat first and contact each other later?¡±


    It was not good for Lin Xiyu to not give her WeChat in front of people. Anyway, it would be alright to make it clear on WeChat, so Lin Xiyu took out her mobile phone and was about to scan her QR code. Suddenly, she heard Lu Junting¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Still not leaving?¡±


    There was a harshness in his tone, which shocked the people around to be quiet. The two subconsciously looked at Lu Junting, just as someone lit a cigarette for him, he lowered his head to smoke, the posture of slightly bowing his head, his facial features appeared more and more three dimensional as his gaze swept towards them with a solemn expression on his handsome face, and his eyes were obviously cold.


    Lu Junting¡¯s expression¡­ It looked as if he was angry.

 CH 7

    Chapter 7: Pregnant?


    Lu Yuan made an apologetic look at the boys and quickly pulled Lin Xiyu out of the door. Walking outside, Lu Yuan was relieved, patted her chest, and said, ¡°Did my eldest brother just get angry? That look was so scary.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also felt that Lu Junting was a little too harsh just now, but it should not be said that he was angry, Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Maybe the big boss used to speak in that tone?¡±


    Lu Yuan nodded, ¡°Yeah, anyway, he usually likes to frighten people with a straight face.¡± Lu Yuan¡¯s mood was disturbed, at this point her heart was still unbalanced, and she added, ¡°You said, my eldest brother is really annoying, he can be there, why can¡¯t we? We are also adults, we can¡¯t socialize normally?¡±


    ¡°Maybe he¡¯s afraid that you¡¯re too playful and being cheated on?¡±


    Lu Yuan pouted and said, ¡°Is he still afraid that I will be cheated on? I rarely see my eldest brother in a year, when did he become so concerned about me?¡± Lu Yuan sighed and continued, ¡°Forget it, it is unlucky this time. I just hope that I don¡¯t run into my eldest brother when I go out to play in the future.¡±


    Lin Xiyu agreed with this remark, and she also hoped that she and Lu Junting would not meet in the future, otherwise it would be really too embarrassing.


    The driver brought the car over and the two got into the car one after another. Lin Xiyu was still upset when she thought about today, so she could not help but pinch Lu Yuan¡¯s arm. Lu Yuan, who was pinched by her wailed, and said angrily, ¡°Are you crazy?! Why are you pinching me?¡±


    ¡°The next time you take me on a blind date without my consent, I will really break off my friendship with you.¡±


    Lu Yuan was somewhat guilty, but she was hurt by this little girl¡¯s pinching, and she did not have a good mood and said, ¡°A dog biting L¨¹ Dongbin.*¡±


    *to ill reward a person''s kindness


    The driver sent the two to Lu''s home, and Lin Xiyu took a leave of absence to go to work the next day. Lin Xiyu would return to Lu¡¯s home every weekend, but fortunately, Lu Junting and Lu Junfeng were not there when she was in Lu¡¯ home. Lu Junting was usually busy with work, and it was rare for him to return to Lu¡¯s home once a month. Lu Junfeng was studying finance, and after graduation, he relied on his father¡¯s relationship to enter an investment bank, but the investment bank was not in Ancheng, and it was more than a hundred kilometers away from Ancheng, so he could not come back every day. Anyway, Lin Xiyu did not even meet with these two brothers when she was in Lu''s home.


    Although he had not seen it in reality, Lin Xiyu had seen Lu Junting on TV a lot recently, the acquisition of the electronics company had made him famous, and he had been in a lot of media and magazines recently.


    That day, she was eating in the restaurant outside the company, and a TV was installed in the restaurant lobby, which happened to be playing financial news. It was at a foreign economic forum where reporters were crouching outside the door, he entered the scene surrounded by a crowd, the camera suddenly fell on him, he was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stern and meticulous. He was tall and handsome, he was flanked by the crowd like a star in the sky, his silhouette swept past the cameras as reporters chased after him to interview him, only to be blocked by his bodyguards. The reporters called out over him from behind, and he just looked sideways slightly, but his simple glance had the momentum of retreating thousands of troops.


    A colleague next to her commented, ¡°Is this person the youngest one on that 100 billionaire list called¡­¡±


    Someone next to her answered, ¡°Lu Junting.¡±


    ¡°Yes, Lu Junting, I have only seen his photos before, I didn¡¯t expect him to look more handsome on TV, and those eyes are too A*.¡±


    *Alpha


    ¡°*sigh*. I don¡¯t know how many girls are rushing to call him husband.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the use of calling him husband? He¡¯s the proud son of Heaven, we mortals are afraid that we won¡¯t even see his face in this lifetime.¡±


    Lin Xiyu ate silently on the side. When she heard this, she could not help but sigh in her heart. Every time she thought about that thing, she felt unreal like a dream. He was obviously such a distant person but he had a physical relationship with her.


    And¡­ the proud son of Heaven, Lu Junting, who looked handsome and A, had a calm and introverted temperament, had a kind of loneliness and arrogance like a flower on top of the mountain, looked ascetic and unattainable. Who would think such a man was loose and carefree in bed?


    However, now her life was back on track, they had not seen each other since they left Xiao Meihua¡¯s cousin¡¯s party that day, and there should be no intersection in the future. That incident would be like a passing cloud that would soon dissipate in the course of time.


    What Lin Xiyu did not expect was that just when she thought life had returned to normal and that incident had been washed away in time, life gave her another thunderous surprise.


    Lin Xiyu noticed the abnormality about a month later. First of all, there were some physical changes, she became drowsy, her spirit was not very good, she was always distracted at work and was reminded by the manager, and then Lin Xiyu found that her period was delayed for half a month and still had not come.


    Her period was always on time, and after half a month of delay she finally realized something was wrong and went to the hospital. While waiting for the results she was a little scared, afraid that it was some gynecological disease that was causing her not to have her period, but she never thought that the reason she was not having her period was because she was pregnant.


    The doctor took the test form and looked at her again, ¡°No problem, it¡¯s normal for your period to not come.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was a bit confused, ¡°How can it be normal not to have a period?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re pregnant ah.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s legs felt weak when she came out of the hospital, she almost could not stand up, and an older woman next to her was kind enough to help her. Lin Xiyu leaned back in the chair outside the hospital, the sky was clear, but she felt a cloud over her head.


    She could not figure out how she could get pregnant. She remembered that she had taken the medicine, how could she still be pregnant? She only had sex with Lu Junting, and there was no doubt that this child was his.


    What should she do now? Lin Xiyu was completely stunned. She had just graduated this year and had not experienced these things at all. Should she tell Aunt Yao? However, what was she supposed to say when Aunt Yao asked whose baby it was?


    Thinking about it, Lin Xiyu felt that she still had to go to Lu Junting for this matter, after all, this child was his. Although she said it as if it had not happened, she did not expect to get pregnant after taking the medicine ah! She really did not know what to do now.


    Lin Xiyu took out her mobile phone before she realized that she did not have Lu Junting¡¯s phone number. Lu Yuan must have her eldest brother¡¯s phone number, but was it strange to purposely ask Lu Yuan to give her Lu Junting¡¯s phone number?


    Lu Junting usually did not return to Lu¡¯s home, he had a house near the company, but Lin Xiyu did not know the specific location. Lin Xiyu finally decided to go directly to Changheng Group to find Lu Junting.


    As a leading enterprise in Ancheng, everyone in Ancheng basically knew the location of Changheng Group. Lin Xiyu took a taxi to Changheng Group, and she asked the receptionist at the front desk to help her call Lu Junting.


    Two beautiful women at the front desk looked her up and down, giving her a look as if she had a mental disorder. Lin Xiyu usually did not pay much attention to dress, she wore comfortable and clean clothes, and at this time she was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, with denim shorts and casual shoes, like normal schoolgirl clothes.


    One of the receptionists politely asked, ¡°Do you have an appointment?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t have an appointment, but I have something very important to ask him for, can you help me to call him?¡±


    ¡°Sorry miss, we can¡¯t help you without an appointment.¡±


    ¡°Otherwise, you can help to call his assistant, just say Lin Xiyu has something very important to find him. I¡¯m Mr. Lu¡¯s relative, he should see me if he knows it¡¯s me.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Lu¡¯s relative?¡± The woman finally could not hold back, and laughed at the partner next to her, ¡°If you¡¯re Mr. Lu¡¯s relative, why don¡¯t you know his phone number?¡±


    ¡°...¡± Lin Xiyu felt a little stupid, but the situation was urgent, and she had to see Lu Junting as soon as possible. Lin Xiyu clasped her hands and pleaded again, ¡°Please just help me, you don¡¯t have to call Mr. Lu, just call his assistant, if he doesn¡¯t see me, I¡¯ll leave immediately.¡±


    The woman looked at her suspiciously, just when someone came to ask, and the woman went to receive someone else. Lin Xiyu waited dutifully, and when she was free, Lin Xiyu immediately begged her again.


    The woman finally could not resist her plea and helped her to make a phone call to Mr. Lu¡¯s assistant Zhou Jin, and after the woman hung up the phone, she first looked at her with a complicated look, and then tentatively asked, ¡°Are you really Mr. Lu¡¯s relative?¡±


    As soon as she reported the girl¡¯s name, Zhou Jin hurriedly said to let her receive her well, and said that she would personally come down to pick her up. This girl could even let Assistant Zhou, the ¡®close worker¡¯ of Mr. Lu¡¯s side to personally pick her up, so this person¡¯s identity must not be simple.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Not really a relative, but can be said to be a relative.¡±


    ¡°This way, please.¡± There was an indoor reception room in the lobby, and the woman introduced to Lin Xiyu, ¡°Assistant Zhou said that she would come down to pick you up in a moment.¡± After the woman finished speaking, she brought her a cup of coffee in a while and smiled, ¡°That¡ª I haven¡¯t seen you before, if there is any offense, you should not let it go to your heart.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not have this thought at all as she said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, I understand.¡±


    The woman was relieved to leave, and Lin Xiyu sat for a while before the Assistant named Zhou Jin came.


    ¡°Miss Lin, Mr. Lu asked me to pick you up, come with me.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Although she and Lu Junting were not familiar with each other, after all, they both lived in Lu''s home, and Lin Xiyu also knew that Lu Junting would still give Lin Xiyu the opportunity to meet.


    Lin Xiyu followed Zhou Jin to the elevator, and Zhou Jin took her directly to Lu Junting¡¯s office.


    ¡°Miss Lin, take a seat for a while. Mr. Lu is still in a meeting, he will come over when he is finished.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s alright, you can go back to work.¡±


    Zhou Jin went out, and Lin Xiyu sat alone in Lu Junting¡¯s office, the leather sofa was a little cold. His office was very large, an open space with an office area and a lounge area. Lin Xiyu even saw a treadmill and a few fitness equipment, and Lin Xiyu suddenly thought of the touch on his body that night, the elasticity of his smooth hand, and his abs that she looked at, beating with his undulating movements, thinking that he usually also pay attention to exercise.


    Lin Xiyu shook her head. How could she think about it, the more crooked she became.


    Lin Xiyu really did not expect to meet Lu Junting, if she could, she would rather die of old age for the rest of her life and let time wash it all the way.


    She thought about it for a while, and the door in front of her suddenly opened, and Lu Junting¡¯s tall and straight figure walked in.

 CH 8

    Chapter 8: Not Allowed to Abort the Baby


    At the moment he came in, Lin Xiyu only felt as if a cold breath had been poured into her, her breath almost stalled. In front of Lu Junting, she always felt nervous unconsciously, she felt that others were about the same as her. This person had an oppressive aura, and people without courage really could not cope with themselves in front of him.


    ¡°How long have you been waiting?¡± Lu Junting came in to see her and asked as he took his suit jacket off and sat on the couch across from her.


    Lin Xiyu tried to make her expression look less stiff, and she smiled, ¡°Not for long.¡±


    When the secretary lady brought in the brewed tea, Lu Junting asked, ¡°Why don¡¯t you prepare something for Miss Lin to drink?¡±


    His tone was a little harsh, and the secretary lady was startled and said hurriedly, ¡°I had asked Miss Lin, and she said no need.¡±


    Lu Junting looked at her, and Lin Xiyu immediately nodded. ¡°I¡¯m the one who doesn¡¯t want it.¡±


    Lu Junting did not say anything more, and the secretary lady was relieved, put down the tea cup and went out. Lu Junting slowly poured a cup of tea, he took a sip of tea and asked her, ¡°Looking for me for something?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not know how to say this matter. Lu Junting waited for a while without hearing her speak, he raised his eyes to glance at her, and saw her biting her lips and rubbing the corners of her clothes with her hand, she was obviously nervous.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you say it?¡± Lu Junting asked again.


    Lu Junting¡¯s office was very spacious, but Lin Xiyu always felt afraid to be alone with him, and she did not know why, she was afraid of this person, and she still felt depressed even in this spacious atmosphere. She had thought about this matter to tell him, but because of this depressing feeling, she momentarily did not know how to open her mouth to speak for a while. She could not even figure out now how she¡¯d jumped on him that day, how she¡¯d had the nerve to bite his lip.


    ¡°I¡­¡± Lin Xiyu handed him the lab¡¯s test result in her bag.


    Lu Junting took a glance at it, but did not understand and asked, ¡°What is this?¡±


    Lin Xiyu lowered her head and said, ¡°I¡¯m pregnant.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s action of holding the cup and preparing to drink tea paused, and his gaze fell on her, hesitating for about three seconds, and then staring at the lab test¡¯s paper again. He lowered the cup in his hand in a very slow motion, and his body subconsciously sat on the back of the chair as he stared at the girl opposite him, his expression was unpredictable and obscure, ¡°How long has it been?¡±


    ¡°7 weeks.¡± Lin Xiyu¡¯s tone had a kind of crying tone, she was really close to tears, the tip of her nose was sore and her eyes were unconsciously bubbling red, she said, ¡°I don¡¯t know why this happened, I obviously took the medicine, I didn¡¯t know what to do so I could only come to you.¡±


    He was silent for a while and said, ¡°The contraceptive pill can¡¯t achieve 100% guarantee, and failure is not uncommon.¡±


    The little girl lowered her head and he could not see her expression clearly. Lu Junting looked at her slightly but saw that her eyes were red, and her nose twitched. Lu Junting asked, ¡°Are you crying?¡±


    Lin Xiyu slowly raised her head, shook her head and said, ¡°No.¡±


    Her eyes that were covered in red had crystalline tears shining in them, and it looked more and more wet, revealing a weak sense of innocence. The tip of her nose and her mouth were also red. She licked on those lips and it became even fuller and more lustful.


    Lu Junting took a sip of tea, his eyes naturally moved away from her face, and his other hand subconsciously tugged at his tie a few times.


    After drinking the tea, he put down his teacup and asked her, ¡°What are your plans? Tell me about it.¡±


    ¡°I¡­ I want to abort the child.¡±


    ¡°Abort?¡± Lu Junting¡¯s gaze tightened slightly.


    Lin Xiyu nodded, ¡°I only graduated this year, and my job has not yet stabilized. I have no way to take care of this child, I can only choose to abort the child.¡±


    Lu Junting leaned back on his chair, one of his elbow leaned against the sofa armrest, while the other hand was placed on the overlapping knees casually, with his fingers tapped on his knee.


    She said in a firm tone, ¡°This child had to be aborted.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    ¡°Brother Junting, can you please help me out and contact the hospital for me? And I also don¡¯t have that much money on me¡­ I can¡¯t ask Aunt Yao for the money, she will definitely ask me what I use it for.¡±


    Lu Junting was silent. Lin Xiyu looked at him with a nervous face. This matter was just a lift of a finger to him, he would help her with this, right? This child also had his part.


    Lu Junting pondered for a while and then said to her, ¡°Why don¡¯t you choose to give birth to the child?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was shocked by him. She was really surprised that he would mention this, she looked uncertain and asked, ¡°Brother Junting, are you joking? How can this child be born?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I¡¯m not joking with you, you don¡¯t have to worry about you having to work and not being able to take care of the child. The child of the Lu family won¡¯t be left unattended.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    He had a serious expression on his face and obviously would not joke with her about it, he actually wanted her to give birth to the child?


    ¡°How can this child be born? He was originally an accident. What will people think of this child when this child is born? That he is the product of this child¡¯s parents¡¯ drunken-sex? He wasn¡¯t supposed to exist in the first place. Not to mention that my parents were respected during their lifetime, and I¡¯m afraid that someone will poke this matter that I¡¯m pregnant out of wedlock in the back and say that my parents had ¡®failed to educate their daughter and ruin the family.¡¯¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also anxious, pitter-patter, to keep this conversation going.


    Lu Junting looked at her quietly, a faint anger surfaced under his eyes, and the tone of his voice was a bit cold, ¡°Is this Lu Junting¡¯s child so shameful?¡±


    He was right, this child was indeed his, but the words ¡®this Lu Junting¡¯s child¡¯ from his mouth made her feel a strange feeling, as if there was an ambiguity inadvertently bumping into her.


    Lu Junting added, ¡°If you mind being pregnant out of wedlock, we can get married first.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu was not only shocked, she was completely frightened. He did not think much of it and casually mentioned marrying her, the two of them getting married?


    What kind of marriage when they did not even know each other well? That night was nothing more than an accident! What was he thinking?


    One was unconsciously seducing the other party because she drank wine, and the other had a normal physiological reaction, and he did not hold back in the face of seduction, but it was just a short-term love affair. How could marriage be mentioned because of that?


    She felt that Lu Junting was crazy.


    ¡°Brother Junting, you¡­ what are you thinking? Things like marriage aren¡¯t just a casual thing.¡± Too shocked, Lin Xiyu¡¯s tone of voice was messed up.


    Lu Junting¡¯s tone was still calm, ¡°You also saw that my grandparents frequently urged me to get married. I¡¯m usually too busy at work, and I really don¡¯t have the energy to fall in love, to develop and to talk about marriage. Since we have the child now, we might as well just get married, saving a lot of procedures, and I don¡¯t have to be bothered by them all the time.¡±


    If that was the reason, she could understand it. A man like Lu Junting only talked about efficiency. He had too many important things to do, he did not hide his ambition in the market, he was strategic, had great talent, and marriage and children were just an insignificant little thing in his life.


    Since there was a ready-made one and a child, it was convenient to use it to deal with elders.


    However, Lin Xiyu was different from him. She felt that marriage was the most important thing in a person¡¯s life, and must be with the person they liked. There was no feeling between them, they would not be happy after marriage, if they gave birth to the child, the child whose parents were not in love would not live happily.


    Therefore, Lin Xiyu flatly refused, ¡°It was just an accident, and I really can¡¯t afford to sacrifice the happiness of two people.¡±


    ¡°Do you still want to abort the child?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head.


    Lu Junting did not express his opinion, he pondered for a moment and then said, ¡°Maybe we have different views on marriage, it¡¯s understandable that you don¡¯t want to sacrifice your happiness for a child, it¡¯s fine if you don¡¯t want to marry me, but I want to keep this child.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡°You can resign temporarily, I can be responsible for your future living expenses, and I can help you arrange your job after having the child later, and even if you want to study abroad, I can also help.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡°Of course, you can also mention your conditions, as long as you can keep this child, I can agree to any conditions you want.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    His expression was serious, and she also did not know if he did the same when he negotiated with other people in business. Lin Xiyu knew very well that he was not joking with her, he was really here for real and he wanted to keep this child.

 CH 9

    Chapter 9: Marry Me and Give Birth to the Child


    However, she really did not understand why.


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled and asked, ¡°What are you doing by keeping this child? You will get married later, and if you have a child, others might mind.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I don¡¯t want to consider marriage at present, and I¡¯ve heard that abortion is not only very harmful to the pregnant woman, but also to the child. The child body has to be churned and dug out one by one, I, Lu Junting, can¡¯t do something so cruel to kill my child, so I want to keep the child.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    How did this sound so strange? As if she was a ruthless person, who wanted to brutally kill the child.


    ¡°Your parents have spent their whole lives running for children who have been abandoned by their parents and have saved too many unfortunate children in their lives.¡± He looked at her deeply, ¡°But they can¡¯t save their grandchild.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s words were like a big bell, struck hard in her heart.


    ¡°Of course, the final choice is yours, you don¡¯t have to rush to answer me. I give you time to think about it, and after you think about it, you can tell me your answer.¡±


    Lin Xiyu really decided to abort the child at first, but she could not help but hesitate when she heard him say this.


    She thought of her parents, who devoted their lives to charity, and opened a lot of welfare homes to help those homeless children, and ran for the construction of welfare homes before the car accident.


    If she aborted the child, was it considered a killing sin?


    Lin Xiyu finally agreed to think about it for a while. Lu Junting asked his assistant to send her back to Lu¡¯s home, and before leaving, Lin Xiyu asked for Lu Junting¡¯s contact information, which would be convenient for contact in the future.


    In these two days, Lin Xiyu was very worried, she struggled to death, whether to keep this child or not, if not would it be counted as her killing sin? If she kept it¡­ She felt awkward at the thought of having to give birth to her and Lu Junting¡¯s child.


    Anyway, she would not marry Lu Junting. Their concept of marriage and love was not the same. He got married just to give an account to the elders, but she was different, she felt that marriage was between two people who loved each other to support each other and grow old. If she met a man she particularly liked in the future, if she had a child with another man, she felt that it was not fair to that man either.


    Thinking about it, she felt that this child could not be kept. She went to the Internet again to check the details of the abortion. She was not pregnant for too long, and this was still an embryo that had not yet developed a human form, so she should not be considered a murder.


    After deciding, she called Lu Junting, and Lu Junting picked up the phone very quickly.


    ¡°Brother Junting?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s me.¡± Through the phone, his voice sounded mellow.


    Lin Xiyu took a deep breath and said, ¡°I have thought about it, I still want to abort this child.¡±


    There was a long silence from the other end of the phone, and Lin Xiyu asked tentatively, ¡°Brother Junting, are you listening?¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    It took a moment for his voice to come through, and his tone was slightly deeper.


    For Lu Junting, keeping the child was for the sake of passing on the generations, but for Lin Xiyu, keeping this child will bring her a lot of trouble. Lin Xiyu was very sensible, she knew that this child could not be kept.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°This was originally an accident, I just want to return to my normal life quickly. I have just entered the society, and at present I only need to think about work, I don¡¯t want to think about anything else. I¡¯ve also checked, this child is still in early months, and hasn¡¯t formed yet, it¡¯s just an embryo, not as cruel as brother Junting said.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ve thought this through?¡±


    ¡°En, I''ve thought it through.¡±


    The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Although Lu Junting did not stand in front of her, Lin Xiyu inexplicably felt as if the surroundings had suddenly become cold, and she unconsciously began to get nervous.


    Lin Xiyu thought for a moment and added, ¡°Brother Junting, didn¡¯t you say that the final decision on this matter is mine?¡±


    At this time, Lu Junting stood in front of the french window outside his office, one had in his pocket, and the other hand holding the phone, the afterglow of the sunset fell on him. His figure was elongated in the afterglow, the orange light fell in his dark eyes, but could not dispel the silent chill under his eyes.


    ¡°I know, I will help you contact the hospital as soon as possible, and I¡¯ll pick you up when I do.¡±


    ¡°Okay, thank you brother Junting.¡±


    After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief.


    Lu Junting hung up the phone, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at the sunset outside the window. The afterglow among the oblique skimming the shadow of a few birds of prey, the lonely hovered above, the sky was far and wide, and the figure of the bird was a few inconspicuous small gray dots.


    He stood for a while, picked up his phone and dialed over, ¡°Hello Dr. Jiang, this is Lu Junting.¡±


    Three days later, Lin Xiyu received a call from Lu Junting.


    ¡°I¡¯ve already contacted the hospital for you, I¡¯m coming over to pick you up now?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°No need, tell me the address and I¡¯ll go over myself.¡±


    Lu Junting did not force and sent the address to her. Lin Xiyu came to the hospital according to the address, and she knew that this hospital was a private hospital. The hospital was very large, and the consultation fee was expensive.


    After Lin Xiyu arrived, she took out her mobile phone to call Lu Junting, and saw Lu Junting¡¯s Maybach slowly driving to the entrance. The car stopped, and the assistant opened the door for him, and Lu Junting got out and walked over to her.


    He wore a pure black suit today, even the leather shoes were black. Being set off by the black, his face looked more serious and cold, he walked over with no expression. Lin Xiyu was shocked and even her heartbeat slowed down a few beats.


    ¡°Brother Junting.¡± Lin Xiyu greeted him.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Lin Xiyu followed him into the hospital. The doctor was already contacted by Lu Junting, and the attitude was warm after seeing both of them. ¡°Hello Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was speechless. Why did she was recognize as Mrs. Lu? She said hurriedly, ¡°You misunderstood, I¡¯m not Mrs. Lu.¡±


    The doctor¡¯s expression was a little embarrassing. He looked at Lu Junting with a helpless expression and Lu Junting said, ¡°This is Miss Lin.¡±


    The doctor laughed and said, ¡°Hello Miss Lin.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also embarrassed. She was brought by Lu Junting for abortion, and people thought she was his wife.


    ¡°Miss Lin, let me check you first.¡±  After saying this, the doctor said to Lu Junting, ¡°Mr. Lu, please wait a moment.¡±


    Was Lu Junting going to wait here? Lin Xiyu felt a little awkward, and did not want to delay his time, so she rushed to Lu Junting and proposed, ¡°Brother Junting, if you are busy, why don¡¯t you go first?¡±


    Lu Junting sat down on the sofa in the doctor¡¯s reception room and said, ¡°Not busy.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    He had a tough attitude, so Lin Xiyu did not say anything else.


    Lin Xiyu needed to wait for the results after the examination, so she returned to the reception room. Lu Junting was still sitting inside, reading the magazine in his hand. Lin Xiyu sat down on the sofa opposite him, and Lu Junting asked, ¡°How was it?¡±


    ¡°We¡¯ll have to wait for the results.¡±


    If there was nothing wrong with the examination, she would have to go into the operating room. Lin Xiyu was a little nervous about the long and grueling wait.


    Lu Junting glanced at her and saw her fidgeting, her hands were tightly rubbing the corners of her clothes, and her lips were pale.


    ¡°Scared?¡± He asked.


    His voice echoed in the silent office. The nervous Lin Xiyu got more nervous after he asked that, she was scared but she did not want to say it out loud because that would make her even more scared.


    ¡°The result hasn¡¯t come out yet, so if you regret it, it¡¯s not too late.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at him, and Lu Junting then said, ¡°The condition I mentioned to you before are still useful now.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hung her head slightly, closed her eyes tightly, and her attitude was resolute, ¡°No, I don¡¯t regret it, this child must be aborted.¡±


    She lowered her head, did not see a trace of cold under Lu Junting¡¯s eyes, and he handed her the magazine in his hand, ¡°You can read this first.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took it with a puzzled face. It turned out this was a popular science magazine, it was about the dangers of miscarriage, how miscarriage could harm the body, and how miscarriage could harm the fetus, illustrated in considerable details. Lin Xiyu even saw a few actual photos of the fetus being churned into a puddle of blood.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly closed the magazine. She was already uneasy, seeing this photo made it even worse. She looked towards Lu Junting with an ugly face, ¡°Why is brother Junting showing me this?¡±


    Lu Junting had a matter-of-fact look on his face, ¡°It¡¯s time to let you know the consequences and weigh the pros and cons.¡±


    What else was there to weigh? It has reached this point, this child must be aborted. He showed her this at this time, did he not feel a little excessive?


    There were suddenly several knocks on the door, and Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart immediately lifted up, looking at the side, it was the doctor who came in.


    Lin Xiyu asked hurriedly, ¡°How is the result, doctor?¡±


    The doctor¡¯s expression was a little solemn, ¡°Miss Lin, your condition is nor very optimistic.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s complexion was a little ashen when she heard this, and asked, ¡°What¡¯s the situation?¡±


    ¡°Your uterine wall is too thin, and you¡¯re pregnant for the first time. There is a high risk of permanent damage from an abortion. SO you will never be able to conceive a child again.¡±


    Lin Xiyu only felt that the sky was spinning. She took a moment to slow down before saying, ¡°Then, what should I do?¡±


    ¡°I suggest that you give birth to this child.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    When Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting came out of the hospital, her face was pale, she did not choose to do surgery in the end. She did not dare to gamble, in case she really could not have children after doing it, what should she do? She was young now and did not want children, what if she wanted them later? Regret would only be painful.


    But to give birth to this child, to give birth to a child with Lu Junting?


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    Hearing this voice, Lin Xiyu returned to her senses, she shook her head, not wanting to answer at all.


    Lu Junting did not bother with her either, and asked, ¡°Do you want to go to another hospital?¡±


    This was the most expensive and best private hospital in Ancheng, the results of the examination here were like this, and the others might be similar. Lin Xiyu did not have the mood to go.


    ¡°No need.¡±


    The assistant drove the car over. Lin Xiyu got into the car with Lu Junting, her expression was ugly, her heart was full of fear, fear of the future, fear of the impending big belly, fear of having a baby. Thinking about it, her nose was sour, her eyes were red, and finally she was so aggrieved that she began to sob, and her tears fell down.


    Lu Junting, who was sitting next to her, looked at the girl¡¯s tear falling in front of him and was a little confused, a situation he had not encountered before. His face would not change and still calm when facing a contract negotiation of several hundred million dollars, but what to do when a girl cried in front of him, he had no experience.


    ¡°Is there tissue in the car?¡± Lu Junting asked the assistant.


    The assistant handed him a packet of tissues. Lu Junting pulled out a tissue and handed it over to the girl. Lin Xiyu took the tissue and wiped it casually, the more she thought about it, the harder it was, and she finally simply covered her face with a tissue and cried.


    Lu Junting had a bit of a headache as he asked her, ¡°Do you hate me a lot?¡±


    She looked up at him, choked and said, ¡°Why does brother Junting ask this?¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t hate me, why is being pregnant with my child makes you feel so bad?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not because of brother Junting, I¡¯m just scared. I just graduated, and my life has just begun. I just want to work well. Occasionally, I can watch movies and catch up on dramas when I¡¯m bored, but now that I¡¯m pregnant, I can¡¯t go to work, I can¡¯t do what I want to do. I don¡¯t want to get pregnant and have a baby so early, I¡¯m not mentally prepared at all, and I heard that giving birth to a baby is very painful.¡± She cried even more after saying this sentence.


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    Seeing that she was crying so sadly, there was a moment when Lu Junting felt like a bastard, and it was because of him a bastard, had made her pregnant.


    He did not know what to do. He was only good at solving problems, so he analyzed the problems she had raised to solve them.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about work, you can quit now and after you have the baby, I can arrange for you to continue working if you want. I will arrange a nanny to take care of this child, and you don¡¯t need to worry about it. You can still do what you like. If you don¡¯t want to go to work, I will give you a fixed living expenses every month to ensure that you live a rich life, but I need to trouble you for this period of pregnancy. As for you saying that giving birth is painful, I¡¯ll help you find the best hospital and I¡¯ll find a way to ease your pain as much as possible.¡±


    His tone did not have the sharpness of his stern temperament when he usually spoke, and his voice was lowered, sounding like he was gently coaxing.


    Lu Junting had been served by others, he had grown up accustomed to being sought after by people, and he never had that patience to appease anyone, and today it was all used on her.


    --

 CH 10

    Chapter 10: Don¡¯t Keep Avoiding Me


    Lin Xiyu was very surprised, she did not expect that someone like Lu Junting could coax people with a soft tone.


    In fact, Lin Xiyu just wanted to vent. After venting, the depressed mood was much better, she quickly comforted herself that life would be fine, she was now just passing a hurdle, whose life was smooth, maybe after this hurdle her life would become better?


    Lin Xiyu wiped away her tears and said, ¡°I¡¯m fine, I just want to cry for a while.¡±


    When Lu Junting saw she wiped her tears, he was relieved. He leaned back in his chair and said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to be afraid, I will do everything I can to help you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head and asked, ¡°What are we going to do next?¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at her and said, ¡°Since you can¡¯t abort it, give birth to the child with peace of mind.¡±


    ¡°Do we need to tell Aunt Yao about this?¡±


    ¡°This can¡¯t be hidden.¡±


    In other words, not only Aunt Yao, the other people of the Lu family should also know?


    ¡°How do we tell them?¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s just say we¡¯re dating, and accidentally got pregnant.¡±


    Lin Xiyu knew that old Mr. Lu and old madam Lu were pushing Lu Junting to get married, and if he said that and she was pregnant with a child, when the time came, she could not say anything and old madam Lu would arrange for them to get married.


    Lin Xiyu asked uneasily, ¡°If when the time comes, grandma and the other want to arrange a marriage¡­¡±


    ¡°Then we get married, you don¡¯t want to be pregnant before marriage, right?¡±


    These words were right, but she always felt strange to the thought of getting married to Lu Junting. They had nothing in common, and she could now think of the awkward and depressing feeling of getting along with each other if they got married in the future.


    She thought about which would be more acceptable if she did meet someone she particularly liked and wanted to marry in the future, being married and having children or not being married and having children. Anyway, the child was already here, it seemed better to have never been married.


    It would be better to just tell the Lu family the truth and say that the child was an accident, that she was drunk that night, that the Lu family definitely wanted this child, that she would leave after giving birth, and that she could never have contact with this child if the Lu family wanted it.


    ¡°It¡¯s better not to say anything for now, I¡¯ll think about it.¡±


    ¡°What else do you need to think about?¡± Lu Junting asked her.


    ¡°I¡¯m trying to decide whether to tell the truth or not.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting was silent, and his face tinged with a little coldness, and said, ¡°It¡¯s best not to think about it for too long, your stomach can¡¯t be hidden.¡±


    ¡°I know.¡±


    Lu Junting dropped her off at the institute where she worked. Lin Xiyu was absent-minded for a few days, and in a blink of an eye, she reached the weekend, and Lin Xiyu returned to the Lu family. She was very embarrassed now, whether to marry Lu Junting for the sake of the child or to give birth to a child when the time came to completely end the relationship with Lu Junting. She did not want to marry Lu Junting, but if she did not get married, she had to abandon the child.


    Her parents¡¯ job was to save children who had been abandoned by their parents, and she, as their daughter, would one day have to abandon her own child, just like Lu Junting said, her parents had spent their lives running around for abandoned children, but could not save their own grandchild.


    She was very torn to death.


    However, this matter could not be concealed, so how was she going to tell about this? Lu Yuan saw that she stayed in the room every day and did not go out, and forcibly pulled her out for a walk.


    ¡°It¡¯s rare that you¡¯re still at home on weekends, and you¡¯re going to grow moldy if you don¡¯t go out again, why have you become so homely now?¡± Lu Yuan squinted her eyes at Lin Xiyu, ¡°Tell me the truth, do you have something on your mind that you are hiding from me?¡±


    ¡°What can I have on my mind?¡±


    The Lu Family¡¯s garden was quite large and had several styles. Lu Yuan took her around the lotus garden, which was Chinese-style, with a winding corridor built above the pond. The green lotus leaves covered the entire pond, occasionally dotted with a few pink buds, some withered lotus flowers already bearing lotus roots, and fish weaving beneath the leaves, with an occasional lake breeze bringing a refreshing coolness.


    Passing through the corridor was a lily garden, where Lin Xiyu used to like to read. A pavilion was built in the garden, and at this moment there were several people sitting in the pavilion, and Lin Xiyu saw Lu Junting sitting in the crowd at a glance.


    Next to him sat old Mr. Lu, the second and third uncles of the Lu family. Sitting in a crowd of elders, Lu Junting was not the least bit rushed, he looked natural and talked to them, occasionally nodding his head. Even though he sat next to all the elders, he did not have any sense of incongruity.


    Today happened to be the weekend and everyone did not have work, so those few people sat in the pavilion drinking tea and talking about things. However, Lin Xiyu felt strange, even if it was a weekend, Lu Junting rarely came back, why did he deliberately run back today?


    Lu Yuan also saw them, and she was also surprised. ¡°Why is my eldest brother coming back again? Is he getting set up on a blind date again?¡±


    Lu Junting was sitting right across from them, he took a sip from his cup of tea, casually swept a glance over to their side. Lin Xiyu stiffened, she hurriedly avoided his gaze and pretended not to see him, pulling Lu Yuan and leaving.


    She felt embarrassed when she saw Lu Junting now, especially when she thought of his child in her belly. So she subconsciously wanted to hide whenever she saw him.


    The two left the lotus pond and passed under the  wisteria flower garden. A whole corridor was wrapped in wisteria flowers, walking below was cool and comfortable, and a stone table and stone bench were placed in a wider corridor. Lu Yuan said, ¡°Let''s sit over here for a while, it''s cool over here too, blowing wind in the courtyard is better than staying at home and feeling stuffy.¡±


    This side was still some distance away from the Lily Garden, and Lin Xiyu agreed to come. Lu Yuan felt that sitting and doing nothing was boring, so she went to make a pot of coffee to bring there but she still felt a bit dull, and then she ran again to fetch the snacks.


    Lin Xiyu poured a cup of coffee, and added a few pieces of ice cubes next to it. She was about to take a drink, but a hand suddenly reached over and snatched away her coffee cup.


    Why did he come here?


    Lin Xiyu tried to make her expression look as natural as possible, and asked, ¡°Brother Junting? What are you doing here?¡±


    ¡°Why do you still drink coffee when you¡¯re pregnant?¡±


    It was not known whether it was Lin Xiyu¡¯s illusion or not, but she felt that Lu Junting had a little bit of anger between his eyebrows.


    Lin Xiyu was startled by his words, she was afraid that someone would hear that she was pregnant, so she subconsciously looked around, and there was no one there. She was slightly relieved and said, ¡°Can¡¯t I drink coffee while pregnant?¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t.¡± Lu Junting answered simply and neatly, and asked, ¡°Have you eaten anything randomly during this time, such as medicine, wine, coffee and so on?¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought about it and said, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Pay more attention in the future.¡±


    He seemed to care about her? Lin Xiyu always felt strange about his concern, or he just cared about the child in her belly, which was also his child after all.


    Lin Xiyu felt awkward, and said with a smile, ¡°Okay, I know.¡±


    ¡°Why are you avoiding me?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at him. Today, he was dressed casually, with business-style short sleeves, a pair of casual pants, and casual shoes.


    Unlike the seriousness of suits and leather shoes, these casual clothes did not reduce the aura on his body in the slightest, but because there was less seriousness in the clothes he usually wore, his face looked a few points more handsome than wearing the suit. Especially at this moment, standing under the wisteria trellis, with the light shone down through the gaps, falling in dapples on his face, deepening the shadows on his face, making his facial-features even more three-dimensional, and the depth of those eyes in particular was captivating.


    Lin Xiyu tried to make herself look less guilty and said, ¡°I¡¯m not ah.¡±


    ¡°If you aren¡¯t avoiding me, why did you leave as soon as you saw me?¡±


    He had a natural expression, he did not seem to be questioning her, but as he was just a pure curiosity. Lin Xiyu thought, didn¡¯t she used to walk away every time she saw him before? You didn¡¯t even care about it before, why did you care now? Is it because she is pregnant with his child now?


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you guys talking about something? I¡¯m afraid to bother you.¡±


    He gave a slight nod and then said, ¡°Pay attention to your diet.¡±


    ¡°Okay, I know.¡±


    He said that and turned to leave. As if thinking of something, he turned sideways to explain what she needed to do and said, ¡°I¡¯m not some kind of fierce beast, don¡¯t avoid me in the future.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    He turned away in the sound of the wind blowing, and a wisp of hot summer breeze mixed with a scent of flowers.


    Not long after Lu Junting left, Lu Yuan came over with a pile of small snacks in her arms. She arranged them on a plate and said, ¡°Consider it as afternoon tea.¡±


    Lu Yuan was ready to help her pour the coffee, and Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I won¡¯t drink, I have already drunk a cup. I won¡¯t be able to sleep at night if I drink too much¡±


    Lu Yuan did not force her when she saw that her cup was empty, and she suddenly looked at her with a mysterious expression, ¡°You know what? My grandma is setting up another blind date for my eldest brother.¡±


    ¡°En? So brother Junting came back this time for a blind date?¡±


    ¡°No, it was my grandma who saw him suddenly come back and called the Liang family and asked Miss Liang to come and play, just so that they can meet.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head.


    ¡°My eldest brother doesn¡¯t know about this yet, so you can¡¯t tell him.¡±


    ¡°Why would I tell him? I¡¯m not familiar with him.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s true.¡±


    The two of them had been sitting over there for a while when Zhang Yao came over to them and said, ¡°Both of you are really good at hiding. Grandma asked you to go over and keep the guests company, stop eating now.¡±


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°Why let us accompany them?¡±


    ¡°It is said that young people have a common topic, so come on, don¡¯t dawdle. Grandma has called someone over to call you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan then went to the main house along with Zhang Yao. The main house of the Lu family was Chinese style, the furniture was made on mahogany, they could see the exquisite carvings everywhere, which looked low-key and luxurious.


    Old madam Lu sat on the sofa, and Miss Liang sat next to her, chatting with her when Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan entered.


    Both of them sat down on the sofa opposite Miss Liang, and old madam Lu introduced them to each other and smiled. ¡°You young people will have something to say, and I, an old woman, am so derailed from the times that I don¡¯t know what to talk to you about.¡±


    Miss Liang said, ¡°Don¡¯t say that, grandma. Talking with you for this moment has benefited me greatly.¡±


    Old madam Lu was amused and said, ¡°I heard that you are in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs now?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve only been in there for a few years, mostly studying now.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re so smart and excellent, you will definitely have a bright future.¡±


    Miss Liang smiled softly and subtly, ¡°Thanks the old madam for the praises.¡±


    Miss Liang had long hair and a distinct bone on her face. She was a kind of beauty with a kind of western facial feature, her temperament and family background were also a good match for Lu Junting, and she was also excellent personally. She could enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, her ability would not be bad.


    Such a woman probably would be able to stand with a man like Lu Junting.


    While talking, a few people entered the doorway. Lin Xiyu was in a daze and she felt that her elbow was bumped by Lu Yuan next to her. She looked at her, when she saw Lu Yuan winked at her. Lin Xiyu followed her line of sight and saw that it was Jiang Lisu¡¯s family that came in.


    Jiang Lisu walked on the front, followed by Lu Junfeng and Yan Yutong.


    What day was today, everyone was here.


    Jiang Lisu came in and smiled. ¡°I heard we had guests. So, we come over to join the fun.¡±


    Old madam Lu also introduced Miss Liang to them. Jiang Lisu took the gift in Yan Yutong¡¯s hand behind her and said, ¡°This child, Yutong is sensible. I have said that coming here is the same as coming home, she still prepares so many things. She brought some dragon beard puffs that mother said were delicious last time.¡±


    Old madam Lu smiled and said, ¡°Yutong is really sensible.¡±


    Jiang Lisu said, ¡°This child ah, you¡¯re so likable.¡±


    After she said this, she subconsciously glanced at Lin Xiyu, who noticed a faint coldness in Jiang Lisu¡¯s eyes, and the look in her eyes seemed to be mixed with ridicule.


    Lin Xiyu felt baffled.


    Jiang Lisu worked in a bank, and those who dealt with money every day would try to maximize the benefits of everything. Lin Xiyu could understand that Jiang Lisu wanted to pick the most favorable daughter-in-law. After all, she had no mother and father now, and she really could not give Lu Junfeng any help.


    However, why did Jiang Lisu give her that look after praising the other person? Didn¡¯t she and Lu Junfeng already break up? It felt like she was deliberately praising Yan Yutong to show her.


    This person was really bored.


    Jiang Lisu deliberately got close to Miss Liang and sat next to her, while Lu Junfeng and Yan Yutong sat next to her, and it happened to be opposite of Lin Xiyu.


    Lu Junfeng¡¯s eyes fell on Lin Xiyu since he sat down, his gaze was complicated. He did not know if Yan Yutong had discovered it as she deliberately declared her sovereignty, holding his arm and whispering in Lu Junfeng¡¯s ear.


    Lin Xiyu had a bunch of things unresolved right now, and she did not have the heart to appreciate the subtlety between the two people across from her.


    At this moment, Lu Yuan said, ¡°My eldest brother and the others are back.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked toward the door, and sure enough, she saw several people who were drinking tea in the lily pavilion walk in, with Lu Junting walking right to the front.

 CH 11

    Chapter 11: My Woman


    Lu Junting walked into the room, and naturally saw that there were more guests in the room, but his face did not change much, and asked, ¡°There are guests at home?¡±


    Old madam Lu said, ¡°Come and get to know each other, this is Miss Liang.¡± After saying that, she smiled at Miss Liang and said, ¡°This is my unsatisfactory eldest grandson, Lu Junting.¡±


    As soon as Lu Junting heard Miss Liang, he knew that the family arranged a blind date for him, this kind of careless arranged marriage, but Lu Junting did not reveal a slightest emotion. He walked over, extending his hand to Miss Liang politely.


    ¡°Hello Miss Liang.¡±


    Miss Liang was very surprised. They all said that Lu Junting was cold and arrogant, he was difficult to get along with, but now he looked quite poised.


    Miss Liang hurriedly got up and shook hands with him. She looked a little shy, and she did not date to drop her gaze towards Lu Junting. ¡°Hello Mr. Lu, I¡¯ve heard a lot about you.¡±


    ¡°Miss Liang is polite, please sit down.¡±


    Lu Junting sat down, Miss Liang naturally sat next to him and Lu Junting asked, ¡°What did you guys just talk about just now?¡±


    Old madam Lu was quite satisfied with Lu Junting¡¯s  performance, her eyes were curved into a crescent smile, ¡°We were talking about you when you were a child.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s no need to bring my embarrassing stories from my childhood to the guests, lest it makes people laugh.¡±


    Miss Liang said hurriedly, ¡°It¡¯s not, it¡¯s not. Mr. Lu was quite cute in your childhood.¡±


    ¡°Miss Liang is overly praising me.¡±


    Miss Liang bowed her head and smiled, and Lu Junting added, ¡°My family¡¯s yard is huge, do you want me to show Miss Liang around?¡±


    Old madam Lu could not wait for them to have a chance to spend time alone, and hurriedly said, ¡°Yes, yes, yes. It just happens that the lotus flowers are blooming, you can take Miss Liang to see the lotus flowers.¡±


    Miss Liang was also quite happy to see the lotus, and left with Lu Junting with a shy smile on her face.


    As soon as the two left, old madam Lu asked, ¡°What do you think? Is there a chance?¡±


    Jiang Lisu said, ¡°I think these two children are quite compatible. It seems that Junting is very satisfied with Miss Liang. Mom, our family may have a joyous event soon.¡±


    Old madam Lu was very happy and said, ¡°I told you, we will only know if it is suitable when we meet. No, as soon as they met with each other, he thought we were an eyesore and took her out to be alone.¡±


    Zhang Yao also laughed. ¡°No, I thought this child Junting would be angry, I didn¡¯t expect that he wouldn¡¯t be able to move his eyes once he saw Miss Liang. Mom, you¡¯re right to call Miss Liang over this time.¡±


    The more people talked, the happier they became, and by the end of the conversation, they were already discussing what the wedding should look like and how many children they would have in the future.


    Lin Xiyu listened calmly on the side. Seeing that Lu Junting seemed to be quite satisfied with Miss Liang and if Lu Junting really became with Miss Liang, what would happen to  this child in her belly? Could Miss Liang accept it? If she could not accept it, she would simply take the child directly to live somewhere else. Anyway, Lu Junting said that he would give her a sum of money, and then she would not have to abandon the child, nor did she have to marry Lu Junting. The more she thought about it, the more she thought this plan was quite good.


    At this time, Lin Xiyu¡¯s mobile phone suddenly rang. She was startled after looking at the caller ID and her eyes swept around. Fortunately, everyone was talking about Lu Junting and Miss Liang¡¯s post wedding matters, so no one even noticed her.


    Lin Xiyu covered her mobile phone and went outside to answer the phone.


    ¡°Hello, brother Junting?¡±


    ¡°Do you know about my blind date today?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    His tone was natural, and did not seem to be angry or happy, but it made Lin Xiyu feel a little weak as she lied very calmly, ¡°I don¡¯t know, I didn¡¯t even know until I came over here and saw Miss Liang.¡±


    ¡°En.¡± He responded, paused for a moment and said, ¡°I don¡¯t know either.¡±


    He did not know that it didn¡¯t matter if she knew or not, so Lin Xiyu casually responded, ¡°Oh, so, then you should keep Miss Liang company, I¡¯ll hang up now.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not care so much, hung up the phone and prepared to go back, but unexpectedly, she ran into Lu Junfeng who was walking to her way and she turned around.


    Lu Junfeng came over, calling her in a complicated tone. ¡°Xixi.¡±


    After experiencing these things, Lin Xiyu really did not have any thoughts about Lu Junfeng.


    Lin Xiyu asked him directly, ¡°Are you looking for me?¡±


    ¡°I haven¡¯t seen you for a long time and I want to talk to you.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not convenient now, Lu Yuan is still waiting for me. I¡¯ll go first.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was about to bypass him, but Lu Junfeng crossed an arm in front of her and said, ¡°Xixi, you don¡¯t even want to talk to me now?¡±


    Before Lin Xiyu could speak, she saw Yan Yutong hurriedly walking from the side of the main room. Seeing this scene, Yan Yutong did not even think about it at all before she angrily shouted, ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    Lu Junfeng looked at her, displeasure coming through his face, ¡°Why are you here?¡±


    Yan Yutong had just seen clearly, Lu Junfeng¡¯s expression towards Lin Xiyu was not like this, he looked impatient as soon as he met her, but his face was full of tenderness for Lin Xiyu.


    She walked over to Lu Junfeng and directly wrapped his arm, Lu Junfeng jerked a few times without pulling away. Yang Yutong asked Lin Xiyu with a face of vigilance, ¡°What do you want from him? Don¡¯t you know that I¡¯m already with him?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also speechless, ¡°Which eye did you see me looking for him?¡±


    Lin Xiyu still held her mobile phone in her hand. Yan Yutong glanced on it and said, ¡°If you don¡¯t call him, how can he come out?¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that both of them were sick. ¡°I took my phone out to answer the phone, it has nothing to do with Lu Junfeng.¡±


    ¡°You still don¡¯t want to admit it?¡± said Yan Yutong, raising her voice.


    ¡°Stop it.¡± Lu Junfeng chided.


    This shout from Lu Junfeng made Yan Yutong even more upset, and she held out her hand at Lin Xiyu, ¡°Give me your phone.¡±


    ¡°Why should I give it to you?¡±


    ¡°You said that you didn¡¯t call him, right? Let me see it.¡±


    ¡°I should give you my phone if you say so? Why should I?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was too lazy to pay attention to them and directly bypassed the two of them and left. After a while, Lu Junfeng and Yan Yutong also returned. In front of the elders, Yan Yutong did not dare to find trouble with Lin Xiyu.


    Everyone was still gossiping about Lu Junting. When they were chatting vigorously, the person of the gossip, Lu Junting returned, and old madam Lu glanced behind Lu Junting and asked, ¡°What about Miss Liang?¡±


    Lu Junting walked over to the sofa, sat down and said, ¡°She went back.¡±


    ¡°Ah? Why are you letting her go back ah?¡±


    Lu Junting looked at old madam Lu, and his face was not very good. ¡°Can you get my consent first if you want to arrange for me to meet with anyone in the future?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s attitude made old madam Lu stunned, ¡°No, are you not satisfied with Miss Liang?¡±


    Lu Junting said expressionlessly, ¡°I¡¯m not satisfied, I have already made it clear to her that we are not suitable, and I let her go back.¡±


    A group of people who had just been quite enthusiastic to discuss the upcoming happy event in the family, in the blink of an eye Lu Junting threw a basin of cold water on them, and the atmosphere became awkward.


    Old madam Lu was almost furious and said, ¡°Just tell me, just tell me directly what kind of woman you really like?¡± Old madam Lu thought about it and asked, ¡°Are you still not forgetting the one you used to date? If you can¡¯t forget her, you can¡¯t tell me directly. If you can¡¯t pull it off and beg her to get back together, grandma will go beg for you.¡±


    When Lu Junting heard this, he frowned, and his tone was a little cold, ¡°What are you talking about?¡±


    The more old madam Lu thought about it, the more she felt that she guessed right, and she said, ¡°I just said, after breaking up with that girl, you haven¡¯t had a girlfriend. You just can¡¯t forget her, right?¡±


    Lu Junting rubbed his eyebrows with his thumb and index finger and said, ¡°There is no such thing.¡± After he said that, he subconsciously glanced at the position where Lin Xiyu was sitting, but he saw that she and Lu Yuan whispering about something, covering their mouths and laughing occasionally, looking quite happy, completely unconcerned with the matter, not caring at all about what was said over here.


    Lu Junting let go of the hand rubbing his brow and said, ¡°You don¡¯t need to help me set up a blind date anymore, I already have a woman.¡±


    Old madam Lu sighed, and when she heard this, it was as if she had heard some great news. Her eyes widened in shock and said, ¡°You have a girlfriend? When did this happen? How come I haven¡¯t heard you mention it?¡±


    ¡°Not long, it¡¯s still in the development stage, and she doesn¡¯t really want me to mention it.¡±


    There was silence all around, and this news had made everyone stunned. Lin Xiyu¡¯s body tensed involuntarily, it wasn¡¯t her, it wasn¡¯t her, she did not think he was talking about her, she was not his woman either, and they were not dating, so it definitely was not her.


    Old madam Lu looked back and asked, ¡°Did you deliberately lie to me? Deliberately lying to me that you have a girlfriend for the sake of me not setting you up on a blind date?¡±


    ¡°What am I doing lying to you? I¡¯ll bring her to you later when the relationship develops steadily.¡±


    Old madam Lu was not very happy, ¡°We¡¯re all family here, what else can¡¯t you say?¡±


    Jiang Lisu opened her mouth in time to resolve the contradiction, ¡°Mom, young people nowadays are different from those of our time, besides, shouldn¡¯t you be happy that Junting has someone to date? Junting has a good eye, and I¡¯m sure the girl he¡¯s dating will make mom happy with her too.¡±


    Hearing this, old madam Lu¡¯s mood turned better, but she was not at ease, and instructed Lu Junting, ¡°You must bring her back to the house some time later and give everyone a chance to get acquainted.¡±


    Lu Junting actually replied straightforwardly, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Jiang Lisu laughed. ¡°The family has been really happy recently.¡± She looked at Zhang Yao, who was sitting across from her and said, ¡°Sister in law, you should also have a happy event on your side, right?¡±


    Zhang Yao was confused by this question, ¡°What kind of happy event can we have on our side?¡±


    Jiang Lisu¡¯s smiling gaze swept over to Lin Xiyu and said, ¡°Isn¡¯t Xixi pregnant?¡±


    When these words fell, many pairs of eyes around with different gazes looked on Lin Xiyu¡¯s body at the same time. Lin Xiyu was also puzzled, how could Jiang Lisu know?


    Zhang Yao looked back and forth at Jiang Lisu and Lin Xiyu. She was surprised for a long time before she responded, ¡°Xixi, you¡¯re pregnant?¡±


    Lin Xiyu subconsciously clenched her hands, her gaze coldly looked towards Jiang Lisu. Only she and Lu Junting knew about this matter, and Lu Junting was not the kind of person who would talk about private matters everywhere, so how did Jiang Lisu know about it?¡±


    And she obviously did not know that the child she was carrying was related to Lu Junting, otherwise she would not have used such a gloating tone. Thinking of this, Lin Xiyu did not panic, she wanted to see what they wanted to do with her pregnancy.

 CH 12

    Chapter 12: Let¡¯s Get Married


    Zhang Yao was angry and said directly to Jiang Lisu, ¡°Second sister-in-law, there are some words that cannot be said indiscriminately.¡±


    Jiang Lisu was not at all unhappy with this question, she smiled amiably, ¡°I also heard about this matter from Yutong. That day Yutong was not feeling well and went to the hospital, she happened to see Xixi coming out of the doctor¡¯s office. Yutong saw that she looked bad and thought she was sick. Out of concern she went to ask the doctor, I didn¡¯t expect it to be a happy event. It turns out that Xixi is pregnant.¡±


    If Lin Xiyu was married, pregnancy could be called a happy event, but she still did not even have a boyfriend yet, and an unexpected pregnancy would be nothing but a scandal.


    Lin Xiyu realized that things were not so simple, how it was so coincidental that Yan Yutong was also in that hospital when she went there. Yan Yutong also knew that she was pregnant, but told everyone about it when everyone was here.


    Lin Xiyu guessed correctly, there was really no such thing as a coincidence in this world. In fact, Yan Yutong specially followed Lin Xiyu that day, because that day Yan Yutong suddenly could not contact Lu Junfeng and thought that he secretly dated Lin Xiyu. The place where Lin Xiyu worked was not a secret, so Yan Yutong also knew. She secretly went to the place where Lin Xiyu worked to find out, she did not see Lu Junfeng, but saw Lin Xiyu hurriedly leaving from the place where she worked. She thought Lin Xiyu was going to meet with Lu Junfeng, so she continued to follow, not expecting to let her find out that Lin Xiyu was pregnant.


    Of course, she also knew that the child was not Lu Junfeng¡¯s, she had asked the doctor for the date, and Lu Junfeng had not met Lin Xiyu during that time. It was fine as long as it was not Lu Junfeng¡¯s. She wondered which wild man she secretly had an affair with and got pregnant.


    Seeing everyone¡¯s eyes, Yan Yutong glanced at Lin Xiyu¡¯s helpless look of being exposed to the scandal. Pressing the feeling of pleasure that came out of her heart, and said, ¡°It¡¯s at the fourth hospital, Xixi registered for a specialist¡¯s number, I said I was Xixi¡¯s friend, and the specialist told me. Xixi ah, this is a happy event, why don¡¯t you tell everyone? Even concealing it from your Aunt Yao?¡±


    Yan Yutong wanted to see how Lin Xiyu still pretended to be pure and clean. Wasn¡¯t she a well-behaved girl that everyone liked? She even got pregnant without having a boyfriend, now everyone knew that she was a rotten thing, to go outside blindly and mess with the rotten goods.


    After Yan Yutong said that, she looked at Lu Junfeng beside her. Obviously, Lu Junfeng had been shocked by the news, she knew that Lu Junfeng¡¯s mood must be very complicated at this time. She just wanted him to know that the girl he had been thinking about was just like this, her pure appearance was all pretended.


    Zhang Yao was also anxious, and asked, ¡°Xixi, is what your second aunt said true? Are you really pregnant?¡±


    Lin Xiyu knew that she could not hide it anymore and nodded her head. Zhang Yao was instantly angry and furious. ¡°Then, why didn¡¯t you even tell me? Do you have a boyfriend? When did this happen ah? Who is the man ah?¡±


    Lin Xiyu lowered her head and did not speak, she knew that Jiang Lisu would definitely seize this opportunity, so she waited for them to continue.


    Sure enough, Jiang Lisu immediately said, ¡°Xixi, don¡¯t be shy, we¡¯re all family. If you have a boyfriend, just say it out loud. If you are bullied just tell me about the bastard who bullied you, we will help you get revenge.¡±


    It was unknown whether they would take revenge for Lin Xiyu or not, but she was sure they loved to see her joke, otherwise they would not deliberately take advantage of everyone here to talk about this matter.


    Yan Yutong also said, ¡°Xixi, you can tell us who that person is, what¡¯s wrong with being open? Could it be that the person is very unsightly?¡±


    Zhang Yao was really angry and distressed. She held Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand and comforted her. ¡°It¡¯s okay if you don¡¯t want to say it.¡±


    Jiang Lisu said, ¡°How can such a big thing not be said? If it is spread, others think that the Lu Family is irresponsible to her. To say that it is okay to have a serious boyfriend, if not, let people know she is unmarried and pregnant, isn¡¯t it letting people denigrate our Lu Family¡¯s bad upbringing? After all, Xixi was still born into a scholar family, and she got pregnant she even had a serious boyfriend, isn¡¯t that a disgrace to Mr. Lin? Of course, I also want to believe Mr. Lin¡¯s teaching, and that Xixi is not the kind of person who plays outside unbridledly, right?¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at her expressionlessly. Everyone could understand this, she was ridiculing that she did not have someone to teach her, she was a disgrace, and did not know how to behave. She had originally thought about whether to directly say that this child was Lu Junting¡¯s, but now, she did not want to say it, let them scold, scold the wild man, scold that bastard, scold him properly, in front of Lu Junting, let Lu Junting listen to how badly he was scolded.


    Jiang Lisu rushed to old madam Lu, ¡°Mom, why don¡¯t you ask her. We can¡¯t ask her, you are the honored elder, I think she will talk to you.¡±


    ¡°No need to ask.¡± Lu Junting¡¯s cold voice suddenly rang out, ¡°The child in Xixi¡¯s stomach is mine.¡±


    The moment Lu Junting¡¯s words came out, the surrounding area immediately fell into an awkward silence. Obviously everyone was shocked to the point where old madam Lu covered her mouth and looked at him with a face of disbelief.


    The smile on Jiang Lisu and Yan Yutong¡¯s face seemed to be blown by a cold wind, completely frozen. Yan Yutong could not hold back for a moment and subconsciously blurted out. ¡°Eldest brother you¡¯re kidding, how is it possible for you and Xixi?¡±


    Lu Junting swept his glance on her lightly, and Yan Yutong suddenly shivered. She was shocked by him to choke subconsciously.


    ¡°Whether it¡¯s mine or not, don¡¯t I know it better than you?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Yan Yutong did not dare to put a fart again, who dared to question Lu Junting?


    Lu Junting said to old madam Lu, ¡°Didn¡¯t I just tell you that I have a girlfriend I¡¯m dating? That¡¯s her.¡±


    Old madam Lu slowly regained her senses, and suddenly a wave of anger rushed up. She said to Lu Junting. ¡°This child¡­ What is so bad about your relationship with Xixi? You don¡¯t even tell us such a big thing about being pregnant. If it wasn¡¯t for your second aunt, would you still have to keep it hidden?¡±


    The corners of Jiang Lisu¡¯s mouth twitched unnaturally. It was indeed that she had stirred up the matter of Lin Xiyu¡¯s pregnancy, but she had never thought that the child in Li Xiyu¡¯s stomach was Lu Junting¡¯s.


    Lu Junting looked at Jiang Lisu, his face was a little cold. ¡°The bastard that second aunt is talking about is me, are you satisfied?¡±


    Jiang Lisu: ¡°......¡±


    Jiang Lisu laughed dryly, ¡°This¡­ I don¡¯t know ah, I¡¯m just afraid that Xixi will be cheated.¡±


    Lu Juntin added, ¡°Isn¡¯t second aunt questioning the Lu family¡¯s teaching? I¡¯m a real Lu family, my girlfriend and I had a child by accident in a normal relationship, and second aunt thinks I¡¯m disgracing you?¡±


    Jiang Lisu drew a cold breath. Although he called her ¡®second aunt¡¯, as the head of the Lu family, even her husband, Lu Xun had feared him.


    The Lu Family¡¯s industry was very well divided, in order to prevent property fighting between the family, the Lu Family¡¯s largest industry Changheng Group had always been inherited by the eldest son and grandson, the second house in politics, and the third house in law. The second and third house did not have much income, to maintain their decent life all came from the supply of the Changheng Group.


    In other words, the expenses that usually exceeded the income of the second and third houses were all provided to them by Lu Junting, who almost held the economic power of the entire family, and Lu Junting also had the final say in this family. Although Jiang Lisu was an elder, Lu Junting as the head of the Lu Family, was not something that she could afford to offend.


    Lu Junting¡¯s words made Jiang Lisu very uneasy, she smiled extremely unnaturally, ¡°Aren¡¯t I concerned about Xixi? I¡¯m afraid she¡¯ll be cheated, I also didn¡¯t know that Junting and Xixi are in relationship.¡± After she finished speaking, she squeezed out a smile of apology on her face and said to Lin Xiyu, ¡°Xixi, this second aunt is worried about you, and I was anxious just now. My words didn¡¯t sound too good, don¡¯t take offense.¡±


    Lin Xiyu ignored her, she was actually very confused. The girl Lu Junting said he was dating was her? Or did he say it was her just to help her out?


    Lu Junting was not that easy to fool, he added, ¡°Second Aunt, you claim that it was for Xixi¡¯s good, since you knew she was pregnant why didn¡¯t you say so earlier, but had to say it when everyone was here, questioning her lack of family education before anything was clear. Mr. and Mrs. Lin were respected during their lifetime, and their charity work is recognized even by the country. Fortunately all here today are family, if there were outsiders, second aunt, you are disrespecting the two Lin family members in front of outsiders in your words, and will let people say that our Lu Family throwing stone into a well* and will not treat Mr. Lin¡¯s daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Lin¡¯s peaches and plums are all over the world**, and many were  in solidarity for them. Second aunt, if you fall in front of outsiders, do you want to leave a stain on second uncle¡¯s career?¡±


    *to take advantage of the opportunity to frame others when they are in danger.


    **a metaphor for the recommended talents or students who are cultivated, and there are many everywhere


    These words scared Jiang Lisu so much that her face instantly turned pale as she hurriedly said, ¡°Of course I didn¡¯t mean that, I¡¯m not¡­ I¡¯m not¡­¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s voice was tinged with harshness, and every word contained a warning. Jiang Lisu was so frightened that her heart beat wildly, and she, who had always spoken fluently, unconsciously stammered.


    Old madam Lu was also criticizing her. ¡°Junting is right, questioning before anything is clear. Xixi is not the kind of girl who plays around outside. Second-eldest child ah, you should go back and talk to your wife.¡±


    Lu Xun hurriedly replied, ¡°Don¡¯t worry mom, I¡¯ll talk to her properly when I get back.¡± He did not forget to glare at Jiang  Lisu after he finished saying that. His look was too obvious, it was to blame her for being nosy.


    Jiang Lisu did not dare to say anything now, nor did she dare to put on a face. Hearing her husband¡¯s words, she still smiled dryly.


    Old madam Lu walked over, and Lu Yuan hurriedly gave her way. Old madam Lu sat down next to Lin Xiyu, she held her hand and asked her with a loving face, ¡°Xixi, tell grandma, are you really dating your brother Junting?¡±


    Things had developed to this point, so Lin Xiyu could only nodded, ¡°I¡¯m dating brother Junting.¡±


    Old madam Lu¡¯s smile got a little wider, and then she asked, ¡°Xixi, tell grandma, is that bastard Lu Junting lied to you, is he the one who bullied you? Don¡¯t be afraid of him, you tell grandma the truth, if he lied to you, grandma won¡¯t let him off.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced towards Lu Junting as she said, ¡°No, brother Junting didn¡¯t bully me, we¡¯re dating and still in the development stage. Originally, I didn¡¯t want to say anything so early.¡±


    ¡°Really?¡± Old madam Lu was relieved, and her eyes lit up, she asked. ¡°Then you tell grandma, do you like your brother Junting?¡±


    Lin Xiyu continued to lie brazenly, ¡°I¡­ like brother Junting.¡±


    Old madam Lu patted her hand, and completely relaxed her mind. ¡°That¡¯s good then, that¡¯s good, so about your pregnancy¡­¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t pay attention to the unexpected pregnancy. I originally wanted to hold off for a few days before telling everyone.¡±


    Old madam Lu¡¯s eyes bent with laughter when she heard this, ¡°Look that bastard kid Junting didn¡¯t tell me about you guys either. Grandma really didn¡¯t know you guys were dating, that¡¯s why I called Miss Liang over, Xixi don¡¯t blame grandma, okay?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s also because we didn¡¯t tell grandma in time, I don¡¯t blame you.¡±


    ¡°Okay, okay, okay, good child.¡±


    Old madam Lu was in a good mood, holding Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand and continued, ¡°You had graduated this year, right? You are also at the legal age to get married, since you and your brother Junting are dating and you are pregnant with his child, why don¡¯t grandma do the honors and let you guys get married.¡±

 CH 13

    Chapter 13: Get the Marriage Certificate


    Old madam Lu added, ¡°While the child is still at early months, we need to do the wedding first, otherwise it won¡¯t look good to wear a wedding dress in later months. Give birth to the child first, and if you still want to keep working, you can, if you don¡¯t want to go to work then enjoy yourself at home and let Junting make the money, he will make money anyway.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s senses returned, and hurriedly said, ¡°Brother Junting and I have only been dating for a short time, we don¡¯t know each other well enough yet, and this child was also an accident. I was drunk that day¡­¡­ After all, getting married is a life event, and I want to think about it again.¡±


    After hearing this, old madam Lu¡¯s enthusiastic expression faded, but she did not force it. She said, ¡°You¡¯re right, marriage is a big deal, you should think about it.¡± After she said it, she continued with a worried expression, ¡°But this child is a human life after all, no matter what you think about it in the future, grandma hopes that this child will still stay.¡±


    Old madam Lu was also a reasonable person, Lin Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, ¡°Grandma, rest assured, I will keep this child.¡±


    Old madam Lu smiled reassuringly and gave her a few more pats on the hand.


    At this time, Lu Junfeng also returned to his senses after the shock. His whole body was now in a mess, the fact that Lin Xiyu was pregnant was enough to shock him, and now he was even made to know that the child she was carrying was his eldest brother¡¯s? And the two of them were getting married? After returning to his senses, he suddenly stood and Jiang Lisu hurriedly pulled him to sit down and whispered in his ear, ¡°Don¡¯t make a fool of yourself.¡±


    How could Lu Junfeng calm down at this moment? He stood up and took a few big steps to Lin Xiyu and asked her, ¡°Xixi, are you really with my eldest brother?¡±


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Junfeng had not been together for so long, so the rest of the Lu family did not know about it. When old madam Lu saw Lu Junfeng¡¯s strange expression at this moment, she scolded, ¡°You this tiger¡¯s child, what are you doing? What¡¯s with that look?¡±


    Jiang Lisu hurriedly stepped forward to pull him and smiled. ¡°He hasn¡¯t rested well in the past few days, and his spirit is a little confused.¡± After saying that, she did not forget to give Lu Junfeng¡¯s father a wink.


    Lu Xun also stepped forward and tugged at his son, saying in a deep voice, ¡°You come back with me first.¡±


    With red eyes, Lu Junfeng struggled and asked, ¡°Xixi tell me, when did you get together with my eldest brother, you tell me!¡±


    Before he could finish speaking, he was already pulled out the door by Jiang Lisu and Lu Xun.


    Old madam Lu did not take it seriously and comforted Lin Xiyu, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about your second brother, he¡¯s always loved to fool around since he was a child.¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled dryly, not knowing what to say.


    After having dinner over at the main house, Lin Xiyu returned to the third family¡¯s house where she lived along with Zhang Yao and Lu Yuan. Once she entered, Zhang Yao hurriedly asked her, ¡°There were so many people just now I didn¡¯t have time to ask. Xixi, you tell me what exactly happened between you and Junting.¡±


    Lu Yuan also said, ¡°Speak quickly, I just asked you and you didn¡¯t say anything. Now, no one can tell me, right? When exactly did you get together with my eldest brother and have a child? You actually hid it from me so well, Lin Xiyu, you don¡¯t think about our friendship ah.¡±


    After telling a lie, she had to use countless lies to round up the lie, and Lin Xiyu felt exhausted.


    ¡°I haven¡¯t had time to tell you guys yet.¡±


    ¡°The child has already been here, why did you mean ¡®haven¡¯t had time¡¯?¡± Miss Lu Yuan was very angry.


    Lin Xiyu was no longer in the mood to explain, she covered her head with her hand and said, ¡°I have a bit of headache now, I have to go up and rest for a while.¡±


    Lu Yuan followed her upstairs, and before Lin Xiyu closed the door, she asked. ¡°Lin Xiyu, don¡¯t you escape, tell me clearly, why are you hiding it from me? Didn¡¯t you just say that you didn¡¯t know my eldest brother well?¡±


    Lin Xiyu squeezed her outside and then went inside, ¡°I want to rest, get out of my way.¡±


    ¡°Lin Xiyu, did you hear what I said? You answer me¡­¡±


    Lin Xiyu shook her head, ¡°Don¡¯t listen, don¡¯t listen, just shut up.¡± She pushed the door violently and with a bang, it closed, with Lu Yuan knocking and yelling from outside, but Lin Xiyu did not care.


    Lin Xiyu went to bed, she felt that life was really like a drama, and it was still the kind without rehearsal. Lin Xiyu rubbed her stomach and thought, you will really bring me a ¡®surprise¡¯ ah!


    After everyone left, Lu Junting was called to the study by old Mr. Lu and old madam Lu. As soon as Lu Junting entered the study, old Mr. Lu pointed at his nose and scolded, ¡°You bastard, look what you¡¯ve done, how old is the child, and you laid your hand on her!¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s face did not even change for a moment as he said, ¡°You¡¯re going to hug your great-grandson soon, I see that you two are quite happy?¡±


    Old Mr. Lu looked like his tail had been stepped on, his face sank and said in a deep voice, ¡°I¡¯m happy that I¡¯m about to hold my great-grandson, but it has nothing to do with you, bastard!¡±


    Lu Junting thought, this grandfather of his is old and confused, right? If it wasn¡¯t for this bastard of his, how can he hold his great-grandson?


    Old Mr. Lu said, ¡°Although her parents are no longer alive, her parents were also highly respected people during their lifetime, you¡¯re not allowed to wronged others, you know?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°My woman, I naturally won¡¯t let her be wronged.¡±


    When old madam Lu heard this, she sneered and glanced at him obliquely, ¡°Your woman? The little girl only intends to date you, she has never thought of marrying you.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting was very upset to hear this, but he did not even know how to refute it, after all, she really did not think of marrying him, even if she was pregnant with his child, she still did not think of using this child to marry into their Lu family.


    Lin Xiyu felt a little annoyed, now that she had made everyone misunderstand that she and Lu Junting were in a normal relationship, and maybe she would be arranged to marry Lu Junting next.


    Lin Xiyu felt uncomfortable when she thought of getting married to Lu Junting. She did not deny that Lu Junting was a very good person, but they were living in a completely different world, no common language, and if they got married in the future, they would sit together every day and look at each other but had nothing to say, how uncomfortable it would be.


    Thinking about it, the culprit of this matter was Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan was still in good spirits, she did not know anything, and could sleep peacefully every day, but contrary to her, she could not sleep peacefully, why?


    Lin Xiyu felt that she needed Lu Yuan to take part of the responsibility of this matter. Thinking of this, Lin Xiyu came out with a majestic expression and yelled downstairs, ¡°Lu Yuan, you son of a bitch, you come up here for me.¡±


    Lu Yuan ran up with great momentum, folded her hands into fists, and rushed at Lin Xiyu with anger on her face. ¡°Lin Xiyu, what do you mean, do you want to fight? I haven¡¯t even looked for you to settle the account, is it not enough to be friends ah? You don¡¯t tell me anything, what do you want to find me? You tell me quickly, spit it out!¡±


    Lin Xiyu stared at her coldly, ¡°It¡¯s not all because of you!¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for you, I wouldn¡¯t be pregnant.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Yuan looked at her with a look of ¡®are you crazy?¡¯, ¡°Are you kidding me? What does your pregnancy have to do with me? I don¡¯t know anything.¡±


    Lin Xiyu adjusted her breathing and tried to calm herself down a bit before she told her what had happened. After listening to it, Lu Yuan¡¯s whole body was uncomfortable, she covered her mouth and was shocked for a while before she came back to her senses, ¡°That means you and brother Junting are not dating?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head.


    ¡°No, then brother Junting is too awesome to make you pregnant after having sex with you once?¡±


    Lin Xiyu squinted at her, ¡°Is that the point of this matter?¡±


    Lu Yuan looked guilty, she coughed lightly and said, ¡°What happened that day was my fault, I shouldn''t have left you, but think about it ah, if I had stayed over there that day and drank with you. You had just said that the wine had some ¡®fun formula¡¯ added to it, wouldn¡¯t it have been even stranger for the two of us to drink it together?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°If two people drink it, it can¡¯t be to the extent where they don¡¯t have any sense.¡±


    ¡°You too. If you can¡¯t drink it all, why do you have to finish it?¡±


    ¡°Since childhood, my parents taught me that it was shameful to waste food.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Yuan coughed lightly, ¡°So what do you think now? My grandma and the others will certainly want you to marry my eldest brother, maybe they¡¯ll start making arrangements after today.¡±


    Lin Xiyu got a headache just thinking about it, ¡°Do you think I should just be honest with them?¡±


    ¡°I advise you not to, my grandparents are happy now, they are looking forward to my eldest brother¡¯s marriage for many years. Now well, my eldest brother not only has a girlfriend but also a baby, they are going crazy with joy. If you go and throw a pot of cold water now, it is possible that my grandfather will have a stroke and lie in the hospital like my uncle.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also felt that it was not good to splash cold water on the two elders after she had already admitted that she was dating Lu Junting.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you just try with my eldest brother. You see, my eldest brother is also good, and he¡¯s not bad looking either. Didn¡¯t you see Miss Liang today, looking at him with straight eyes, it¡¯s not a loss for you to marry him ah.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at her expressionlessly, ¡°If you were me, would you  marry?¡±


    Lu Yuan did not hesitate to shake her head, ¡°No, I can¡¯t hold it.¡±


    ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that be enough? Wouldn¡¯t I also can¡¯t hold it? And do you know what it¡¯s like? If I¡¯m with brother Junting, we can¡¯t say a word at all. I¡¯m somehow nervous when he¡¯s in front of me, I feel uncomfortable doing anything. It¡¯s like facing the head teacher, do you know that feeling?¡±


    Lu Yuan nodded, and gave her a few pats on the shoulder with an expression of ¡®no need to explain everything¡¯, ¡°I understand.¡±


    ¡°So, the thought of marrying him makes me despair.¡±


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°But at present, it seems that you can only marry him. After all, everyone knows that you are dating him now and you are having a child with him. Although grandma said she gave you time to think about it. You¡¯ll eventually be set up by them to marry my eldest brother.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sighed heavily, ¡°So what should I do now?¡±


    ¡°What else can I do? Just get married, it¡¯s not a bad idea to marry my eldest brother.¡± Lu Yuan suddenly said with a mysterious expression, ¡°You don¡¯t know, my eldest brother is really super rich. This one is your stomach, it¡¯s already worth hundreds of millions before it¡¯s even born.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu subconsciously touched her stomach, was it that exaggerated?


    Lin Xiyu knew that there was no better way at the moment. She and Lu Junting also said that they were in love with each other, and it seemed natural to get pregnant and get married.


    The thought of getting married to Lu Junting was unbelievable. Two months ago they were people who were not even close to each other.


    When Lu Yuans aw Lin Xiyu frowning, she comforted her again, ¡°Although my eldest brother is a little scary, but fortunately, he has a good look, not to mention that you have also seen that he is usually very busy, it is rare for him to be at home, so you don¡¯t have to worry about facing him all day. You just need to raise this one in your stomach well, even if you don¡¯t have to do anything, you will have no worries about food and clothing in your life.¡±


    That¡¯s right, but she always felt sorry for herself, sacrificing her marriage, married to a person who did not love her, and whom she did not love, just because an accident had tied the two together.


    Lin Xiyu suddenly realized that adults who made mistakes had to pay a huge price, but the mistake was made by her, and she should bear the consequences caused by her own mistake.


    So, would the rest of her life be tied to Lu Junting? Just thinking about it made the road ahead seem uncertain, neither of them were the type to like each other, and it was indeed quite a difficult thing to spend your life with someone you don¡¯t like.


    It seemed that it did not have to be a lifetime. In fact, she could first marry Lu Junting, and then divorced later after giving birth to this child. She could also visit the child in a normal divorce, not to leave the child alone, nor to feel ashamed to face her parents.


    Lin Xiyu felt that this was a good solution, as it would give the two elders of the Lu Family an explanation and save Lu Junting the trouble of being constantly urged to marry, and there was no need to tie both of them for a lifetime.


    However, Lin Xiyu felt that this matter still had to be discussed with Lu Junting first, and he had to agree. Without further ado, Lin Xiyu immediately called Lu Junting.


    ¡°Brother Junting?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s me.¡±


    ¡°That¡­ Where are you?¡±


    ¡°At home.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s eyes brightened, ¡°You haven¡¯t left yet? I want to discuss something with you, I¡¯m not sure if you have time.¡±


    ¡°I have.¡± He answered very quickly.


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll come over to you now.¡±


    ¡°No need, you stay there, I¡¯ll come over.¡±


    It was the same whoever came over, and Lin Xiyu did not care so much. Lin Xiyu hung up the phone and Lu Yuan asked her, ¡°What are you looking for my eldest brother for?¡±


    ¡°Something to discuss.¡±


    ¡°Discuss what?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not want to talk about it for now, she was afraid that Lu Yuan would pursue the question, so she changed the topic and said, ¡°Lu Yuan, don¡¯t you tell anything to other person of what I told you today, even to Aunt Yao, do you know that?¡±


    ¡°Aiya, who else can I tell ah?¡± Lu Yuan gave her a blank look.


    The place where the third family lived was not far from the main house, Lu Junting arrived in a short time. Seeing Lu Junting, Zhang Yao and Lu Liang were a little confused. Although they were all family, Lu Junting rarely came here.


    ¡°I¡¯m here to find Xixi.¡±


    Now that everyone knew that Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu were dating, it was not surprising that he came looking for Lin Xiyu. Zhang Yao understood and politely said, ¡°Xiyu is upstairs.¡± And kindly pointed it out for him.


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan were chatting when a few knocks sounded on the door. Lu Yuan said, ¡°My eldest brother came so fast?¡±


    Lu Yuan hurriedly gave him a step aside, and when Lu Junting walked in, Lu Yuan said without thinking, ¡°You guys talk first, I¡¯m leaving.¡± After saying that, she ran out of sight, eagerly helping the two people close the door behind them before leaving.


    Lin Xiyu also did not expect Lu Junting to come so quickly. As his tall figure stood towards the room, the spacious room immediately seemed cramped.


    This kind of oppressive feeling drove Lin Xiyu¡¯s expression to be less natural, ¡°That.. brother Junting, sit down.¡±


    Lu Junting walked over to the desk, pulled the chair and sat down. He asked her, ¡°What are you going to talk to me about?¡±


    Lin Xiyu took a moment to ease the tension she felt when facing him and organized her words before saying, ¡°I¡¯ve thought it over, I¡¯ll marry brother Junting first and then divorce after I give birth to this child so that brother Junting can also give your grandparents an explanation. After the divorce, brother Junting can still go find someone you like. As for the wedding, we can skip it for now and just get a marriage certificate, so it¡¯s easy to explain. If Grandma and the others ask, just say we¡¯ll do it after giving birth.¡±


    Lin Xiyu waited for a while and did not hear his answer. She looked towards him and Lu Junting was contemplating. His expression did not change much, only that pair of eyes was like sinking in the abyss, let people can¡¯t see though.


    ¡°Brother Junting, what do you think?¡±


    Lu Junting slowly raised his head and said, ¡°It¡¯s up to you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Lu Junting always gave people an impression that he was above the people, Lin Xiyu felt he was still quite nice to talk to. Out of gratitude, she then said, ¡°Brother Junting can also talk about what you want from me.¡±


    ¡°I have only one request.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°Brother Junting can say it.¡±


    ¡°We¡¯re going to get the marriage certificate tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°......¡±

 CH 14

    Chapter 14: Just Married Myself to Him Like This


    ¡°Ah?¡± Lin Xiyu was stunned, ¡°Tomorrow?¡±


    Wasn¡¯t it a bit rushed?


    ¡°I don¡¯t usually have much time for personal matters, and it just so happens that I¡¯ve had a couple of leisure days, or I don¡¯t know how long it will be until the next time.¡±


    Thinking about it, he was indeed a busy man. Anyway, it had been agreed to get the marriage certificate first, sooner or later. Lin Xiyu did not think long before agreeing, ¡°Okay, let¡¯s go tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°Is there anything else?¡± Lu Junting asked again.


    ¡°No more, I had trouble brother Junting to come here.¡±


    Lu Junting stood up, ¡°Rest early, I¡¯ll pick you up tomorrow.¡±


    After that, he went out. Lin Xiyu did not expect Lu Junting to come so early the next day, before she got up, Aunt Yao came knocking on her door, saying that Lu Junting had come to pick her up. Lin Xiyu asked Aunt Yao to help her find her household registration book, and by the way, she told Zhang Yao about the marriage certificate. Zhang Yao felt that it was a bit hasty for her and Lu Junting to get the marriage certificate, but now that Lin Xiyu was pregnant, sooner or later, she was going to marry Lu Junting, and Zhang Yao did not say anything else.


    Lin Xiyu also followed Lu Junting to talk about this matter with old madam Lu and old Mr. Lu. Hearing that they were going to get a marriage certificate, the two elders were overjoyed. Lin Xiyu also talked about the wedding at a later date, and old madam Lu agreed in one breath.


    ¡°It¡¯s better to do it later, when your body is recovered. There is enough time to arrange it well. Don¡¯t worry, we¡¯ll make the wedding beautiful, we won¡¯t wronged you.¡± Old madam Lu had not been so happy in the second half of her life, not only her grandson who had been giving her a headache had finally solved the major events in his life, but also about to hold her grandson. Now, she was really satisfied with Lin Xiyu everywhere.


    Lin Xiyu answered obediently, but her heart was a little bit guilty. When she had given birth, she and Lu Junting would go on their separate ways, the wedding most likely could not be done, old madam Lu was probably looking forward to it for nothing.


    Lin Xiyu went to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Lu Junting, took pictures, took the vows, signed, and got the license, and everything went smoothly. Although Lin Xiyu knew that obtaining a certicate with Lu Junting was only a temporary measure, once she went out and was illuminated by the sun overhead, she could not help but feel a little in trance. So, she was now married, and married to Lu Junting. Thinking about it, she felt incredible.


    ¡°Get in the car.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s voice pulled her thoughts back. Lin Xiyu was still in a bit of a trance, and she absentmindedly got into the car, not realizing that in this time, it was Lu Junting himself who helped her pull open the door.


    After getting into the car, Lu Junting said to her, ¡°Give me your certificate.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned for a moment, and Lu Junting continued, ¡°It¡¯s useless for you to hold it. It¡¯ll be needed for the birth certificate later on when the child is born.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not suspect anything, obediently gave him the certificate. He was right, there was no point in her taking it.


    Lu Junting put away the marriage certificate and handed her two cards over. Lin Xiyu looked puzzled, and Lu Junting said, ¡°These two cards, one is my secondary card, the other is my special card for you. The password is on the back of the card, I¡¯ll give you a fixed living allowance every month.¡±


    Lin Xiyu waved her hand without thinking, ¡°You don¡¯t have to give me this.¡±


    ¡°You are my wife now, no need to be so polite with me. It¡¯s only right that you spend my money.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s tone was calm, with a meaning that could not be rejected. Thinking about it, Lin Xiyu finally took the card.


    In any case, she was indeed his wife in name, and the child in her womb was his.


    ¡°Do you have any plans for next?¡± Lu Junting asked her.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I quit my job first, and then went back to Wucheng to pay respects to my parents. I¡¯m married now and I want to tell them.¡±


    Lu Junting nodded, ¡°It¡¯s time to pay your respects, I¡¯ll make time to accompany you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said hurriedly, ¡°No need, I just let Aunt Yao and Lu Yuan to accompany me.¡±


    Lu Junting looked at her expression. This girl was really unwilling for him to accompany her, he did not force it and said, ¡°You can tell me what you need when the time comes.¡±


    ¡°Okay, thank you brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting sent Lin Xiyu to Lu''s house. Lin Xiyu quit her job the next day, she went back and discussed with Zhang Yao about going back to her hometown. Zhang Yao felt that it was also really time to go back and pay respects, so she agreed to it. The group immediately told old madam Lu about this matter. Although old madam Lu was worried about Lin Xiyu¡¯s pregnancy as she went out and had some mistakes, Lin Xiyu wanted to go back to pay respect to her parents. It was not good for her to say anything, not to mention that Zhang Yao followed. Old madam Lu hesitated for a while before she agreed, but told them not to delay too long and go home as soon as possible.


    On the afternoon of the same day, the group took a flight to Wucheng. After Lin Xiyu arrived in Wucheng, she first went to pay her respects to her parents and then went to the orphanage where her mother used to live, which was also where Zhang Yao used to live.


    Zhang Yao and Lin Xiyu¡¯s mother Zhang Ai was abandoned by their parents from childhood, and both grew up in an orphanage. The dean gave them the same surname and the two had always been close as sisters, and later they were admitted to the university in Ancheng together. Zhang Yao met Lu Yuan¡¯s father in university and stayed in Ancheng, and Lin Xiyu¡¯s mother returned to Wucheng after graduation to become a teacher. Later, she went to graduate school to become a university professor, and then met Lin Xiyu¡¯s father, Lin Dague by an unexpected event. Both of them had the same interests, and soon got together. After marriage, the two began to do charity, Lin Dague took out most of his family property to invest in charity, Lin Xiyu¡¯s mother also went around to talk about investment, and the husband and wife opened more than a dozen orphanages in Wucheng and even the whole country.


    The dean who took care of Zhang Yao was still there. The dean looked at Zhang Yao¡¯s face and immediately recognized her, ¡°Are you Zhang Yao?¡±


    ¡°Do you still recognize me?¡±


    The dean smiled and said, ¡°I still recognize you.¡± After she finished, she looked behind her and Zhang Yao then introduced, ¡°This is my daughter, and this is Zhang Ai¡¯s daughter.¡±


    The dean smiled at Lu Yuan and Lin Xiyu with a loving face, ¡°The kids are so big already ah.¡± She especially looked at Lin Xiyu for a long time, ¡°The last time I looked at you, you were still a little girl. You¡¯ve grown so big in a flash, your mother in heaven would be so happy to see you growing so well.¡± She sighed with pity.


    A few people chatted with the dean for a while. Zhang Yao asked about the situation of the orphanage, and the dean smiled. ¡°It¡¯s all pretty good, there are still many caring people who continue to donate after Zhang Ai passed away. One gentleman even donates a sum of money to the orphanage every year.¡±


    Zhang Yao was curious, ¡°Which gentleman ah?¡±


    The dean said, ¡°I don¡¯t know, the other party has been donating anonymously. It should be a good person who does good deeds without leaving his name.¡±


    Zhang Yao said, ¡°That¡¯s right, there are still many people in this world who are as kind as Zhang Ai.¡±


    After chatting with the dean for a while and seeing the children at the orphanage, the group said goodbye to the director.


    They sat in the car. Zhang Yao remembered something and suddenly asked, ¡°By the way, Xixi, I remember that one year your mother mentioned to me that they seemed to be planning to adopt a boy. The boy seemed to have a heart attack or something, he was thrown by his parents in Wucheng orphanage. I went to the orphanage today and suddenly remembered this matter. What happened later, how did I not hear about the boy, is he already¡­ gone?¡±


    Lin Xiyu also remembered this, she said, ¡°That boy was adopted by an American couple. He was brought to America and then slowly cut off from this side, but I heard that he had an operation, it was quite successful. If he is well maintained, there should be no problem in keeping his life.¡±


    Zhang Yao nodded and sighed, ¡°Your mother ah, her life had been spent on others. I thought that¡¯s your mother and I came from the same place, but I don¡¯t have your mother¡¯s greatlove, I only have a little love. All I want to do in life is take care of my own family, and I don¡¯t have time for anyone else anymore.¡±


    Listening to this, Lin Xiyu was also very emotional. If Lin Xiyu could choose, she hoped that her mother would not have any great love, she would like her mother to live and be by her side, not having to run around for others, and just growing up well with her daughter.


    Lin Xiyu did not have the same consciousness as her parents, she was just an ordinary person, just living her life well. She never thought of becoming a respected philanthropist like her parents.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s home had been auctioned off after his parents passed away. Back then, in order to build the orphanage, the two not only pulled investment everywhere but also borrowed money from the bank. Then, both of them suddenly died, all the valuable things at home were taken to auction, and the house was also auctioned off to pay off the debt. Eventually, there was about a million left for Lin Xiyu, which Zhang yao kept for her, and it was enough for her to live in school later. It was also because of this money that Lin Xiyu was also living more comfortably in the Lu family. At least she was not living in the Lu family for nothing, she was using all the money her parents had left her.


    Although her old house was gone, Zhang Yao bought a small house over here. Zhang Yao grew up here, this place was also considered her mother¡¯s home. She would occasionally come back to live here, and Lin Xiyu used to stay over here every time she came back during summer vacation.


    Originally, they planned to play here for a few more days, but due to the old madam Lu¡¯s urging, they could not help but to rush back, they were afraid that old madam Lu would be worried. So, after staying for two days, they departed back.


    Lin Xiyu returned in the afternoon. In the evening, she read a book for a while and prepared to take a bath and sleep when suddenly there was a knock at the door. Lin Xiyu opened the door and saw Zhang Yao standing outside.


    ¡°Xixi, your brother Junting is here to see you.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    She just came back and Lu Junting came to see her so quickly? What¡¯s the matter?


    Lin Xiyu went downstairs with Zhang Yao. Sure enough, she saw Lu Junting sitting and chatting with Lu Liang downstairs. Lin Xiyu went over them and greeted, ¡°Brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at her and said, ¡°Follow me out for a walk.¡±


    It seemed that there was really something to find her. People like Lu Junting did not have time to accompany people to hang out.


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at her and said, ¡°It¡¯s cold outside, go put on a jacket.¡±


    Probably he was used to giving orders in the company, his tone was forceful, so Lin Xiyu went upstairs and put on a jacket before following Lu Junting out the door. The night was as cold as water, the courtyard of the Lu family was silent, and the two kept an arm¡¯s width apart walking not too fast or too slow.


    Lu Junting was much taller than her. He probably came directly from the company after working, wearing a complete set of shirt and trousers, with an air of a working elite of a domineering CEO. Lin Xiyu felt a bit stressed walking with him.


    ¡°Does brother Junting have something to tell me?¡±


    Lu Junting put his hands in his pockets and swept his gaze towards her. Lin Xiyu lowered her head slightly and subconsciously straightened her ears to avoid his sight.


    ¡°I¡¯ve come to discuss this with you.¡±


    ¡°Discuss what?¡± Lin Xiyu asked with a puzzled look on her face.


    ¡°When are you going to move in with me?¡±


    ¡°......¡±

 CH 15

    Chapter 15: Living With Him


    Moving in with Lu Junting?


    In fact, after both of them took the marriage certificate, Lin Xiyu thought about the problem of where she and Lu Junting would live after they got married. There were two options, one was to live with Lu Junting where he lived now, and the other was the Lu family.


    She was more inclined to live in the Lu family. It was after all Lu Junting¡¯s own family, and there were many elders in the house who could take care of her, so no one should object to her choosing to raise the baby here. Anyway, now that she was pregnant, the elders could not arrange for her to share a room with Lu Junting. She could even continue to live in her old room, except for an additional marriage certificate and Lu Junting who might come back occasionally to say a few more words to her.


    Lu Junting offered to take her to live there probably because the elders wanted to. Lin Xiyu wanted to discuss it with him properly, they did not have a relationship anyway, if she wanted to stay here to raise the baby, Lu Junting should not force her. However, before she could speak she heard a voice ring out not far away.


    ¡°Xixi.¡±


    Both of them looked towards the visitor and saw a figure stumbling out of the corridor next to them. Getting closer, Lin Xiyu quickly recognized that the person was Lu Junfeng.


    Lu Junfeng seemed to have drunk too much. His eyes were confused and red, and his cheeks were also revealing an unnatural blush. He stared directly at Lin Xiyu and said, ¡°Xixi, I have something to say to you.¡±


    After he finished speaking, his footsteps were unstable and he walked over to their side, but he had not yet approached, Lu Junting took a long stride and stepped forward, blocking Lin Xiyu. Lu Junfeng saw this and his steps stopped, he sneered at Lu Junting, ¡°Eldest brother, this matter has nothing to do with you, I¡¯m looking for Xixi.¡±


    ¡°Lu Junfeng.¡± Lu Junting¡¯s tone was cold, ¡°Look at me clearly, she is now your sister-in-law.¡±


    ¡°Sister-in-law?¡± Lu Junfeng suddenly laughed, his eyes were red and he was dizzy. He stared directly at Lin Xiyu, ¡°Xixi, why are you doing this to me? Didn¡¯t I say I wanted you to give me a little more time? Why don¡¯t you wait for me? Why does it have to be my eldest brother? Why does it have to be him?¡±


    The more Lu Junfeng spoke, the more excited he became. His voice increased, almost roaring out, ¡°And you¡­¡± He pointed to Lu Junting¡¯s nose. ¡°You are really my good eldest brother, what kind of woman do you want, you can get it. Why Xixi, you know that I like her.¡±


    Lu Junfeng probably drank too much, he even used this tone to talk to Lu Junting. He also pointed directly at Lu Junting¡¯s nose. Lin Xiyu was held back by Lu Junting and could not help but break out in a cold sweat.


    Lu Junting¡¯s face darkened a little, ¡°Since you like her, why are you still with another girl?¡±


    Lu Junfeng was blocked by these words, and he immediately shouted like a trapped beast. ¡°You know what?! This is a private matter between me and Xixi, what do you know?¡±


    As soon as Lu Junfeng¡¯s word fell, he saw Jiang Lisu hurriedly rushed from the second house. She was startled by this scene and said, ¡°Junfeng has drunk too much. Junting, you don¡¯t have to argue with him.¡±


    ¡°Let him sober up.¡± Lu Junting¡¯s tone was not very good.


    ¡°Yes, yes, yes, I¡¯ll take him away now.¡± Jiang Lisu stepped forward and dragged Lu Junfeng, who had been drinking and had little strength in his body. He struggled a few times without breaking away and stumbled and was taken away by Jiang Lisu.


    Unwilling to leave, he shouted to this side. ¡°Why are you doing this to me? Why?¡±


    This side quickly quieted down. Lu Junting turned around and looked at Lin Xiyu from top to bottom. Meeting his gaze, Lin Xiyu looked at the coldness on his face that had not yet dissipated, the sharpness under his eyes was unconcealed.


    Lin Xiyu was startled by his expression, and those hasty, wet eyes fell into Lu Junting¡¯s eyes like this. The coldness on Lu Junting¡¯s face slowly dissipated, and he asked her. ¡°He also harassed you like this when I was away?¡±


    Lin Xiyu shook her head. ¡°I rarely ran into him.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at her stomach. ¡°I attach great importance to this child, and I hope the child can be born safely.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    Why did he suddenly say this?


    Lu Junting then said in a non-negotiable tone. ¡°Didn¡¯t I just tell you to move in with me? You will move in tomorrow, I don¡¯t want to see what happened today again, and I don¡¯t want anything to happen to this child.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    She was going to discuss with Lu Junting about raising the baby here. Lu Junfeng was really a godsend, because he had made a scene, Lu Junting probably would not agree to leave her here for the safety of her and the child in her belly.


    Lin Xiyu coudl not even find a reason to refute.


    ¡°Do you hear me?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s voice was heard again, his tone was harsh and imposing.


    Lin Xiyu nodded, ¡°I know.¡±


    ¡°I will let third aunt to help you pack up your things in a moment, and I¡¯ll pick you up early tomorrow morning.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡°You also saw it today. If it wasn;t for me, who can guarantee that Lu Junfeng would not do any excessive moves.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s words also made sense, he had his own considerations. Lin Xiyu had nothing to say, so she took a deep breath and replied. ¡°Okay.¡±


    Probably due to the apprehension of the new environment she was about to face, or the fact that she was about to live with Lu Junting made her at a loss for words. Lin Xiyu did not sleep well tonight, and she got up very early. Zhang Yao got up even earlier than her. Seeing her get up, she asked, ¡°Why don¡¯t you sleep more?¡±


    Lin Xiyu replied, ¡°I can¡¯ sleep.¡±


    Zhang Yao pulled her to sit down on the sofa and said in a serious tone, ¡°You have to take care of yourself more after you go out. This is your maiden¡¯s home, your second Uncle and I, and also Yuanyuan is your mother¡¯s family. If you encounter any unpleasantness or any grievances, just tell us. Do you understand?¡±


    Zhang Yao¡¯s eyes could not help but redden when she said this. Lu Yuan came down from upstairs and saw this scene and said, ¡°I said mom, what are you worried about? Xixi just changed her place to live, don¡¯t make it seem like she went away, she will come back anytime she wants in the future.¡±


    Zhang Yao laughed. ¡°That¡¯s right, that right, look at me¡­¡±


    Lin Xiyu knew that Zhang Yao was concerned about her, and she comforted, ¡°Aunt Yao, don¡¯t worry about me, I will take care of myself.¡±


    Zhang Yao said, ¡°It¡¯s good if you can take care of yourself, and Junting won¡¯t mistreat you either.¡±


    As they were chatting, they saw Lu Junting walk in from the door. Lin Xiyu could not help but be surprised to see him. There was still a distance from where he lived, he was up earlier than her?


    Everyone simply greeted him, and Lu Junting asked, ¡°Have you packed everything up?¡±


    Lin Xiyu replied, ¡°Everything is packed.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s things were packed in a big box, and Lu Junting instructed his assistant to bring the box out, and the both of them went to the main building to say goodbye to old Mr and madam Lu, and the second family was also in the main building.


    When the two entered, the atmosphere was a little strange. When Lu Junfeng saw the two of them enter, his already no-so-good face became even worse. Jiang Lisu secretly pinched his arm, and Lu Junfeng slowly stood up and said to the two people, ¡°I drank too much wine last night, so I¡¯m sorry if I offended you in any way.¡±


    ¡°If you want to apologize, apologize properly.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s words seemed to be tinged with the coolness of the early morning, oozing with a slight chill. Lu Junfeng was now sober and no longer had the guts to point at Lu Junting¡¯s nose just like last night. He swept his gaze over Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu, took a deep breath and said, ¡°It was me who did wrong, I hope eldest brother can forgive me for being reckless.¡±


    This time, his tone was much more sincere than before.


    ¡°The person you¡¯re going to apologize to is your sister-in-law.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junfeng naturally knew who Lu Junting was referring to as his sister-in-law, and he looked towards Lin Xiyu with a complex gaze, anger, repression, resignation, a mix of emotions. His face tightened for a long time, and finally he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and took a deep, compromising breath, ¡°Yesterday, I was the one who took the liberty, I¡¯m sorry, sister-in-law.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    The word ¡®sister-in-law¡¯ sounded really awkward, not because it came out of Lu Junfeng¡¯s mouth, but simply because it reminded her that she was Lu Junting¡¯s person, this matter was very awkward.


    ¡°It¡¯s normal for a family to have a bit of conflict, it¡¯s good to know what is wrong and be able to change.¡± Old madam Lu smoothed things over, she walked up and took Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand, saying, ¡°You¡¯ll be moving to your new home soon. If your brother Junting treats you badly and bullies you in the future, just come back and tell grandma. Grandma will punish him for you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled, ¡°Brother Junting is very good to me.¡±


    Old madam Lu also said to Lu Junting, ¡°Now that Xixi is pregnant, you have to take care of her more, don¡¯t always have a cold face. Pregnant women can¡¯t stand to be scared, understand?¡±


    Lu Junting really responded like a well-behaved grandson, ¡°I know, I will pay attention.¡±


    After saying goodbye, the family sent them to the gate. Before leaving, old madam Lu stuffed a large red envelope into Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand, which Lin Xiyu pushed it away but accepted it eventually.


    Lin Xiyu got into the car with Lu Junting, and the car slowly drove onto the main road. The familiar surroundings were gradually being left behind.


    Lin Xiyu sighed silently, her mood was somewhat complicated. From today on she was going to live with Lu Junting.

 CH 16

    Chapter 16: Is He Going to Touch My Belly?


    The place where Lu Junting lives was called ¡®Moon Bay No. 1¡¯, which was a famous mansion in Ancheng. This place was located in one of the major business districts in Ancheng and was very close to the headquarters of Changheng Group, so it was very convenient for Lu Junting to live here.


    Moon Bay No. 1 was a villa area, as a super luxury residence, the community was naturally equipped with facilities, greenery was also good, the environment was elegant and quiet, and quite suitable for raising a baby.


    The car stopped at the door. The assistant helped Lin Xiyu take the luggage in, and Lu Junting personally sent her into the door. The maid who would take care of Lin Xiyu was already waiting, and went forward to greet her warmly, ¡°Hello madam Lu, my surname is Wu, a little older than you, just call me Sister Wu.¡±


    The name madam Lu made her feel uncomfortable.


    Sister Wu looked like she was in her early forties, with a standard smile on her face, wearing simple house clothes. Her hair was tied behind, and her nails neatly trimmed, so it was clear that she was usually a neat person.


    This was specially hired by Lu Junting to take care of Lin Xiyu. He also called the cook who cooked and the cleaning maid to get acquainted with Lin Xiyu.


    Lu Junting explained a few words to Sister Wu, he still had something to do and left first. Sister Wu first took Lin Xiyu to her room. The villa was equipped with an elevator, two floors on the ground plus a loft. The two floors below, one for entertainment, one for parking, and a large garden behind the villa.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s room was very large, decorated in a European-style light luxury style, and the room came with a bathroom and a washroom, which had a beautifully large bathtub.


    Sister Wu brought Lin Xiyu to familiarize herself with the surrounding environment, and it was already afternoon after she finished. Lin Xiyu felt that this place was very good, the environment was quiet, and there were not many people. The living environment was quite comfortable, as long as Lu Junting did not often come back, she would live more comfortably.


    However, there was one place that did not satisfy Lin Xiyu. At this moment, Lin Xiyu stood in the backyard and looked at the overgrown and barren yard and said, ¡°Is there no one to take care of this yard?¡±


    Sister Wu said, ¡°Mr. Lu didn¡¯t find a special person to take care of it, and we don¡¯t dare to do it casually.¡±


    This deserted yard looked really unattractive, cold and lonely, there was no vitality at all. Lin Xiyu suddenly felt a pity. ¡°How good it is to plant some flowers and plants, you can also grow some vegetables, and it will look very lively.¡±


    Lin Xiyu just lamented subconsciously, but unexpectedly when those words fell, a low voice suddenly sounded behind her. ¡°You can do it if you want.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked back and saw Lu Junting standing behind her at some point. Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed and quickly said, ¡°No, no, I just said that casually.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°If you are interested in doing it, this yard will be handed over to you. You are now the madam of this house, and you have the right to handle everything in this house.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    It was late afternoon at this time, the pale golden sunshine was shining, and he was standing right against the light. The halo of light enveloped him, and the warm color seemed to fade the solemn and severe feeling of his body, and his eyebrows seemed to soften, his eyes were illuminated by the red gold light, he was not smiling at the moment, but there seemed to be a smile in his eyes.


    At this moment, Lu Junting did not have the terrifying cold aura, and his eyebrows were softened, giving people a kind of handsome beauty like a breeze  and a bright moon, and his sentence ¡®You are the madam of this house¡¯ seemed to carry warm jade-like warmth.


    Lin Xiyu was stunned for a moment, but she quickly came back to her senses and said, ¡°Then I¡¯ll try to do it, don¡¯t blame me if it¡¯s not good.¡±


    ¡°I won¡¯t blame you, but don¡¯t be too tired and don¡¯t do it yourself, just direct people to do it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded, ¡°Okay.¡±


    She was eating dinner with Lu Junting, just the two of them, and they sat face to face. This scene was what Lin Xiyu was afraid of the most, two people sitting face to face dryly, and there was not much to say. Lin Xiyu felt uncomfortable, this was probably the true portrayal of the two of them getting along in the future. After eating in silence, Lin Xiyu went directly back to her room.


    Lin Xiyu gradually adapted to the environment after living here for a few days. Lu Junting came back every day at the right time, and the two still had nothing to say, except that he politely asked her if she had adapted and what she needed, and then they ate together in silence. After that, they went to their own rooms to do their own things.


    Although Lu Junting was busy at work, he usually paid quite attention to exercise. Lu Junting liked rock climbing and went to the climbing wall to play a few rounds whenever he had time.


    Xiao Ziang called him and he did not answer, so he drove directly to the place where he often climbed, and sure enough, he saw the person at a glance. It happened that Lu Junting had climbed down, and the staff came over to unpack his equipment. Xiao Ziang came over and deliberately said in an emotional tone. ¡°Something to kill time here might as well go out and meet a few more girls. I really don¡¯t understand how you, a single dog, think.¡±


    Since the death of Lu Junting¡¯s mother, Lu Junting¡¯s grandfather from his mother¡¯s side and the Lu family¡¯s side did not have much contact with each other, only Xiao Ziang went there occasionally in order to find him when Lu Junting was at Lu''s home.


    The matter of Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu receiving a marriage certificate had not yet been notified to the relatives, and old madam Lu would not make a special call to report to the Xiao family, so Xiao Ziang still did not know, and up to now still thought he was single.


    Lu Junting was aware of Xiao Ziang¡¯s gossipy nature, but he was not so anxious to refute him. He took the towel handed by his assistant to wipe his sweat, and asked not so politely, ¡°What do you want me to do?¡±


    Xiao Ziang suddenly felt a burst of energy, so he took out his phone to show him a photo. A long-haired beauty, Xiao Ziang said, ¡°This brother will show you a girlfriend, how about it? She graduated from a first-class foreign university, engaged in construction. She has academic qualifications and beautiful looks.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at the photo lightly and said, ¡°You come to show off your new girlfriend to me?¡±


    Xiao Ziang frowned when he heard this, and said unhappily, ¡°How can you say that?¡± His tone changed, his eyebrows were raised briskly, and he said with a bitchy look on his face, ¡°But ¡®show off¡¯ word is nice, I like it.¡±


    Lu Junting did not bother to pay attention to him, while wiping his hair and walking towards the changing room. Generally speaking, Xiao Ziang¡¯s bragging and gloating came out together, as a matter of fact he immediately caught up with him and said to him in a bitter tone. ¡°I say, you should not be so picky, you are not young anymore. It¡¯s time to have a serious girlfriend, look how anxious you old madam has become? I heard that she set up another blind date for you the other day?¡±


    Xiao Ziang was worried, he was really anxious for his friend, but Lu Junting could still see through the gloating under his eyes at a glance.


    Lu Junting glanced at him coldly and said to him before he continued to speak, ¡°I¡¯m married.¡±


    Xiao Ziang: ¡°?????¡±


    Xiao Ziang froze for a few seconds, and then laughed. ¡°Are you married? Liar! You think I still don¡¯t know you?¡±


    ¡°Do you want me to show you the marriage certificate?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Xiao Ziang felt that Lu Junting was just bragging, he did not believe that he got married so quickly. Even if this guy had a light face, Xiao Ziang also felt that Lu Junting was afraid to lose to him.


    So Xiao Ziang really followed Lu Junting to the Changheng Group. Once he arrived at Changheng Group, Xiao Ziang felt even more that he was pretending, who would bring such a thing as a marriage certificate to the company?!


    Then he followed Lu Junting into his office, and when he saw the two marriage certificates that Lu Junting handed him, he was momentarily confused. Xiao Ziang looked incredulous as he opened the marriage certificate and was even more shocked when he saw the person who was married to Lu Junting.


    ¡°Xiao Xiyu? Are you married to Xiao Xiyu? Fuck, is this really true? You made this stamp yourself, right?¡±


    Xiao Ziang snapped at the top of the stamp and did not move. Lu Junting snatched the marriage certificate and put it back in the drawer when he saw this and said, ¡°Since you know that I¡¯m married, don¡¯t take me with you in those boring mixers in the future.¡±


    Xiao Ziang: ¡°......¡±


    Xiao Ziang had not yet reacted, ¡°This¡­ How is this possible? Fuck, Lu Junting you are a bastard. You lay your hand onto Xiao Xiyu ah, look at her age, how old is she now? She is in the same year as Lu Yuan, right? How did an old man like you trick her?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s light gaze swept over Xiao Ziang¡¯s face. Xiao Ziang immediately felt as if a bone scraping cold knife had rolled over his face, frightening him into swallowing back the words that were about to be exported.


    ¡°It¡¯s a little girl, a little girl that¡¯s old enough to get a marriage certificate.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡°And you have to thank me.¡±


    ¡°Thank you? Thank you for what?¡±


    ¡°Because of me, you¡¯re promoted.¡±


    Xiao Ziang did not understand this. ¡°What do you mean? Promotion? What promotion?¡±


    Lu Junting sat down on the chair, overlapped his legs, and said casually, ¡°My wife is pregnant.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    After a brief moment of shock, Xiao Ziang looked at him with a gaze as if he looked at the beast, and said, ¡°You got a human little girl pregnant? Good for you Lu Junting, you are simply worse than a beast, you are mad.¡±


    He had given enough critical hits, so Lu Junting did not have the mood to pay him any more attention, waving his hand at him. ¡°Just go if you have nothing to do, I¡¯ll still have work.¡±


    Xiao Ziang came out of Changheng Group and was so angry that he wanted to curse! Fuck, he was not as good as him when he was in school, and he was not as good as him after working. He finally thought that he could mock him by having a girlfriend before him, but he did not expect that person to even have a child already.


    Xiao Ziang glanced at the sky, only to feel that the sky above his head was fucking black.


    Lin Xiyu stayed at Moon Bay No. 1 for about two weeks, Lu Junting suddenly told her at dinner. ¡°I¡¯m going on a business trip tomorrow, I¡¯ll probably be gone for a few days. If you need anything just tell sister Wu, and swipe the sub-card I gave you directly for anything you want to buy.¡±


    Hearing that he was going on a business trip, Lin Xiyu was surprisingly relieved that she finally did not have to face him for a few days. She hurriedly said, ¡°I understand, you don¡¯t have to worry, I won¡¯t wronged myself.¡±


    Sure enough, Lu Junting did not come back the next day. Lin Xiyu felt that the day of raising a fetus was boring to the point of explosion. After lying down for a few days, she had an urge to go to work, but she knew that the Lu Family definitely did not want her to go to work. They did not want anything to happen to this golden egg in her stomach.


    Lin Xiyu was idle and had nothing to do, so she took a look at the bare backyard, which Lu Junting had said she could do anything to the yard, so why not just give the yard a go? She found someone to dig the soil and went to the flower market and bought some vegetable seedlings back, like green peppers, eggplants, beans, cucumbers, pumpkins. Then she bought some flower seedlings, roses, lilies, tulips, and hibiscus flowers.


    Lin Xiyu was pregnant, so she could not plant it personally. She found someone to help planting it, one side planting the vegetables, and the other side planting the flowers, with the grass in the middle of it so that it looked less monotonous.


    Lu Junting was gone for almost ten days on this business trip, and when he returned again, the backyard had been taken care of. As soon as Lu Junting arrived home, he saw that sister Wu was sorting out the clothes, and when he did not see Lin Xiyu, he asked, ¡°Where¡¯s madam?¡±


    Sister Wu said, ¡°Madam is reading in the backyard.¡±


    Lu Junting went to the backyard. As soon as he arrived at the backyard, Lu Junting could not help but freeze for a moment, what he saw was no longer a barren piece of grass. At this time, the backyard was already planted with flowers and vegetables. Lu Junting was surprised, really did not expect that barren piece of the yard could become so vibrant after being taken care of by her.


    The backyard on the first floor had a canopy installed on the eaves, and the canopy was just right for shade, so Lin Xiyu put a chair under the canopy. The shelves were placed on both sides of the chair and small pots of flowers and succulent plants were placed on the shelves. At the moment, she was lying on the chair with the book placed on her chair. She should be accidentally falling asleep while reading a book.


    The small pots of flowers that even he could not name and the pots of succulents that she should have bought herself. When the sun shone, he saw that the succulent leaves were green and shiny, and the pink-red flowers seemed to bloom more brilliantly against the light. Underneath this canopy as well as that yard was bare before, but now that she had decorated it, it was really something else, and a glance was a delight to the heart.


    It could be seen, this girl was quite a lover of life.


    Lin Xiyu wore a white dress today, the dress was knee-length, revealing a slender white calf underneath. Her hair was simply braided, and it was a bit messy because she was sleeping at the moment, making her small face more and more fair-skinned. However, it was not the kind of monotonous white skin, it was the warm and delicate white of ¡®Lantian¡¯s sun warm Jade¡¯ kind of warm and delicate white, watery, like a juicy peach.


    That little face was slightly flushed because of the heat of summer, just like the tip of the peach, the sweetest point of it.


    There was a mischievous butterfly suddenly stopping on her feet. A pair of feet under the hem of the dress without shoes, she was tickled, so she gently rubbed her foot. A pair of delicate little feet, when rubbing each other, Lu Junting suddenly felt that he could not breathe, and subconsciously tugged his tie.


    Lin Xiyu was not a heavy sleeper, and woke up in a daze to see a person standing next to her chair. When she saw that the visitor was Lu Junting, she sat up with a jerk. Her not quite awake pair of watery eyes staring at him like a frightened white rabbit, greeting in a slight panic, ¡°Brother Juting, when did you get back?¡±


    Why did she see him like a big bad wolf?


    ¡°I¡¯ve been back for a while.¡±


    Lu Junting stepped forward, and sat down next to her very naturally.


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    The aura of his body suddenly enveloped her, and she could even smell the cold fragrance that came from him.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s body tensed up unconsciously, just like a primary school student facing the head teacher, not even daring to move a bit. Lu Junting glanced at her, and saw her lowered head, and the messy braids had a few strands hanging down on the sides of her cheeks. Her reddened cheek seemed to be deeper, she looked as if she was very nervous, and her hands were tightly clutching the cushion under her.


    ¡°Have a good time these days?¡± Lu Junting asked her.


    ¡°Pretty good.¡±


    How could she talk to him without looking at him?


    ¡°What book are you reading?¡± He asked again.


    ¡°I just took a random book.¡±


    After a moment of silence, he asked again, ¡°Is there any pregnancy reaction?¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s no strong pregnancy reaction.¡±


    There had been several morning sicknesses, but sister Wu helped her adjust her diet, and now she did not throw up and slept very well, that¡¯s it, she was particularly prone to drowsiness.


    Lin Xiyu thought, should she find a reason to slip away first ah? Sitting so close to Lu Juting was a bit annoying ah. This sense of elementary school¡¯s chicken facing the head teacher was simply too strong.


    Just as Lin Xiyu was mulling over how to speak, she heard Lu Junting speak again, ¡°Can I touch it?¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked up at him. Lu Junting looked as usual, but the tone produced ambiguity when heard by Lin Xiyu. She unconsciously replied with a nervous tone, ¡°Touch? Touch what?¡±


    She looked at him with her round eyes, and this stunned look was kinda cute.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Touch your belly.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu reacted. She remembered the drama she had watched before, in which the man¡¯s wife was pregnant and the man would always touch his wife¡¯s stomach to communicate with the child inside.


    However, she glanced down at her still flat abdomen though, wasn¡¯t it a little early to communicate with the baby in her belly?


    After all, Lu Junting was a first time father, and it was clear that he was still quite excited about this child, and she could understand this impatience to communicate with the child.


    The child was also his, and Lin Xiyu felt as if she had no reason to refuse.


    The thought of his touching her stomach made her scalp start to tingle. However, he was waiting for her quietly. Lin Xiyu adjusted her breathing and tried to make her smile look less stiff, ¡°Touch, just touch it.¡±


    She sat back a bit and made a gesture to give him her stomach. Lu Junting then moved a bit closer to her and extended his large palm to rest on her stomach.


    It was still hot at the end of September, she was wearing a thin dress. His palm was hot, and she shivered a bit as soon as the palm came up over her body.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s eyes panicked as she looked towards him, but his expression was still natural. His eyes slightly averted as he stared at the palm that was resting on her stomach, as if he was really concentrating on feeling it.


    The distance between the two of them was a little closer than just now, and she could clearly smell the cold scent of his body, and that night, she was enveloped by this scent and went crazy all night.


    Lin Xiyu shook her head in a hurry and did not want to think about it.


    Obviously, both of them were unfamiliar to each other but they had such an intimate period. Now, he was so close to her.


    His palm did not stay on her stomach for long, he released it and said, ¡°It seems like I can¡¯t feel anything yet.¡±


    Lin Xiyu let out a sigh of relief, but she did not dare to see him. She was a little embarrassed and said, ¡°It¡¯s still in the early month now.¡±


    Lu Junting stood up and said, ¡°It¡¯s windy outside, go inside, and don¡¯t catch cold.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded and took a moment to slow down before standing up and following him into the house. There was a beautifully wrapped box sitting on the coffee table in the living room. Lu Junting saw it before he remembered and said, ¡°A gift for you, see if you like it or not.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was very surprised, ¡°Why are you bringing me a gift?¡±


    ¡°When I saw it on my business trip, I thought it was very suitable for you and bought it.¡±


    It was a strange feeling, as if they were really husband and wife. He saw something nice on a business trip thinking it would suit his wife at home and bought it for her.


    ¡°Just take it and see.¡± Lu Junting said.


    Lin Xiyu came over to unwrap the package, and inside lay an exquisitely crafted watch.


    Lu Junting took out the watch and said to her, ¡°Stretch out your hand.¡±


    It was probably because this man carried a dominant attribute with him, and Lin Xiyu did not think there was anything inappropriate, so she obediently extended her hand over, and Lu Junting helped her put the watch on.


    His fingers grazed her skin unconsciously, the touch was just as hot as the touch on her stomach, scalding the tips of her heart with a slight shiver.


    After he was done, he looked at it with his hands in his pockets and said, ¡°It suits you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s expression was a little stiff, ¡°Thank you brother Junting, but you don¡¯t need to give me gifts in the future.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be so polite with me, don¡¯t forget that you are now my wife. Anyway, you will always be the mother of my child, and I should give you gifts.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought, anyway, this person was also sent the gift for the sake of his child¡¯s mother, for his child¡¯s face, she did not need to be awkward, if he wanted to give it, then she would accept it.


    Lu Junting seemed to think of something and asked, ¡°When will you go to the prenatal checkup?¡±


    ¡°The appointment is in three days.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you when the time comes.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll just have sister Wu accompany me if brother Junting is too busy.¡±


    ¡°I can get that day vacant to come.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    He said that, so it was not good for Lin Xiyu to delay. He wanted to accompany her, anyway, it was also his child in her stomach.


    On the day of the checkup, Lu Junting deliberately made time to come out and take her there. The embryo was well developed and had already taken shape. After getting in the car, Lu Junting handed her the ultrasound sheet and asked, ¡°Want to take a look?¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    It was still so small, what could you see?


    Judging from her expression, she was really not interested. The movement of Lu Junting holding up the ultrasound sheet paused for a moment and then silently put the sheet back.


    Lu Junting was still very busy. This time, he came back home for a few days, then went on a business trip, and this business trip lasted several days. On the weekend, Lu Yuan came to Lin Xiyu and wanted to take her out to play.


    ¡°Fengbao Technology, a subsidiary of Changheng Group, recently came out with a new mobile phone, a new curved screen design. I heard that it feels quite good to hold it, let¡¯s go take a look together.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that staying at home to raise the baby was also boring, and she also wanted to go out for a stroll. Since she did not have to stay at home every day to raise her baby anyway, she went out with Lu Yuan after convincing sister Wu.


    In the car, Lu Yuan said, ¡°Do you remember Qin Yue? Ceo of Fengbao Technology.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had a little impression. ¡°You seem to have flirted with this person before.¡±


    Lu Yuan covered her mouth and smirked, ¡°You have a good memory.¡±


    That should be when both of them were in their junior year of college. During that that Mr. Lu was not in good health and Lu Junting returned to the Lu family a little more often than usual. At that time, it was also during the critical development period of Fengbao Technology, and sometimes Qin Yue would come over after work to report on his work.


    Qin Yue was a young man who was strict in his work and people, because he was handsome. Lu Yuan teased him twice when he saw him once. Who knew that a serious-looking man blushed when he was teased by Lu Yuan, which made Lu Yuan even more excited, and then she had to tease him every time she saw him.


    The location of the mobile phone new product launch was in the largest concept stores of Fengbao Technology. They needed admission tickets to attend the launch, and Lu Yuan got two admission tickets from somewhere, so the two of them entered the venue without any problems.


    There were quite a few people here today, and there were some reporters. It was also a coincidence that only a short while after they arrived, they met Qin Yue bringing someone to inspect. Lu Yuan immediately pulled Lin Xiyu over, and she stopped in front of Qin Yue and waved at him to greet him, ¡°President Qin, long time no see ah?¡±


    When Qin Yue saw the person coming, his eyebrows subconsciously frowned, and his body was obviously tense, but his expression was quite natural, ¡°Miss Lu, why did you come over?¡±


    Lu Yuan tilted her head and smiled at him, reached out and pulled his tie to play in her hand. ¡°I come here to play, can you accompany me on a tour? Can you introduce me to your new product?¡±


    Qin Yue pulled his tie over and tucked it neatly inside his suit. He subconsciously glanced around at the people around him and said to her without expression, ¡°Sorry Miss Lu, I¡¯m working.¡±


    Lu Yuan blinked at him and smiled, ¡°Introducing the product for me is also work ah.¡±


    Qin Yue then said to the people around him, ¡°Go and introduce the product to Miss Lu.¡± After speaking, he bypassed her and directly led the people away, Lu Yuan was preparing to stop him and Lin Xiyu came over in time to pull her and said, ¡°Forget it, that person is working.¡±


    Lu Yuan did not continue, and muttered in a small voice to Qin Yue¡¯s back, ¡°Fake seriousness.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took her hand and smiled. ¡°Come on, go look at the new mobile phone.¡±


    The two of them went to the staff to introduce the usage of the new mobile phone. Lu Yuan suddenly tugged her sleeve heavily and whispered in her ear. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say my eldest brother went on a business trip. How come he returned already?¡±


    Lin Xiyu followed Lu Yuan¡¯s finger and saw a commotion at the entrance, with two security guards opening the way ahead, followed by a line of people.


    Lin Xiyu felt that some people just had this kind of ability, and seemed to have their own spotlight effect, even if they walked in the middle of a group of people, they could let other people see him at a glance, Lu Junting was like this.


    The two looked over when Lu Junting was listening to the assistant. Lu Junting was taller than the assistant, slightly inclined his head to listen, and then nodded. When nodding, his gaze unconsciously swept to their side, coincidentally that gaze swept to Lin Xiyu in the crowd.


    When Lu Yuan saw this, she took Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go, my eldest brother has seen us, let¡¯s go over and say hello to him.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not forget that there were still a lot of reporters around. She quickly grabbed Lu Yuan, turned around to casually pick up a mobile phone and looked at it carefully, pretending not to see Lu Junting.


    This expression of hers naturally also fell into Lu Junting¡¯s eyes. How could she be married and still deliberately avoiding and pretending not to know when she saw her husband?


    Lin Xiyu looked up again, Lu Junting had already left with the people, and she breathed a sigh of relief.


    Lu Yuan asked her with a puzzled face, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Why don¡¯t you go say hello when you see my eldest brother? Did you quarrel?


    ¡°It¡¯s not nice for me to run over and interrupt when he is working, right?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with that? You¡¯re his wife.¡±


    What she was afraid of was to let people know that she was Lu Junting¡¯s wife. They would have to go their separate ways when they had the baby, okay? The two were chatting here, when someone next to them suddenly said in a loud voice, ¡°Madam Lu, Mr. Lu asked me to take you over.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked back and recognized the person as Lu Junting¡¯s assistant. Fortunately, there was no one around them, and no one noticed the words ¡®Madam Lu¡¯ from the assistant¡¯s mouth.


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled, ¡°Where to?¡±


    ¡°Come with me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not know why Lu Junting was looking for her, so she had to follow the assistant through the exhibition hall to the inner room, but she saw a platform built in front of the inner room, and it turned out that this was the official venue for the mobile phone launch.


    The assistant kept guiding her to the front, and Lu Junting was sitting in the very middle of the front row, the seat next to him was still empty, so the assistant arranged for her to sit next to Lu Junting, and Lu Yuan sat next to Lin Xiyu.


    After sitting down, Lin Xiyu greeted him with a slight awkwardness, ¡°Brother Junting, have you returned from your business trip?¡±


    ¡°En, I¡¯m back, are you interested in the new mobile phone?¡±


    There were many people around, and it was noisy. Lu Junting was close to her ear to say this, his voice was low and mellow. When he spoke, the heat gently blew on her ear.


    Lin Xiyu felt a tickle in her ear and her back unconsciously stiffened as she smiled in a fake natural way, ¡°It¡¯s pretty good.¡±


    ¡°Take one back for later when you leave?¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    The mobile phone launch was about to start. Before it started, Lu Junting waved at his assistant who hurriedly came over and bowed to wait for orders. Lu Junting said to him, ¡°Let those reporters understand some matters.¡±


    The assistant answered and hurried down to do his work. Lin Xiyu saw him walk up to the reporters but did not know what he was saying, and the reporters all nodded their heads. It could be seen that Lu Junting¡¯s words were still quite intimidating.


    Lin Xiyu also noticed that after she sat down next to Lu Junting. There were a lot of eyes looking at this side. She and Lu Junting had received the marriage certificate, and Lu Junting did not disclose her identity to the public. She also did not want to disclose it, otherwise it would be more troublesome when divorcing in the future.


    Lu Junting gave a word, thinking that those reporters would not dare to report anything indiscriminately anymore. Lin Xiyu calmed down and concentrated on watching the launching.


    The launch was hosted by Fengbao Technology¡¯s CEO, Qin Yue. The model held up the mobile phone and showed it to the audience, while Qin Yue explained. He spoke with a clear tone and knew every key and every function of the phone like the back of his hand. As Lu Junting¡¯s right-hand man, Qin Yue¡¯s business capability was impeccable.


    After the launching was over, Lu Junting asked the assistant to send Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan first. He still had some things to deliver. The two came out of the exhibition hall with the assistant, walked to the door, but saw several acquaintances walking next to them, who were Lin Xiyu¡¯s colleagues from the Biological Research Institute.


    ¡°Lin Xiyu, I haven¡¯t seen you for a long time, are you also here to see the exhibition?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not expect to meet them here so coincidentally. Although she did not have much time at work, she was quite close to her colleagues. Upon seeing them, she smiled and said, ¡°Did you guys also come here to see the exhibition?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, how come I didn¡¯t see you just now?¡±


    Lin Xiyu had just been taken to the inner hall to see the launching. The mobile phone exhibition was different from the product launching, which required an invitation ticket to get in.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°It¡¯s probably because there are too many people in there.¡±


    To her colleagues, it was a pity that Lin Xiyu had resigned. Today, after encountering each other, the other asked what she was doing now, Lin Xiyu did not tell them that she was married, just made up a sentence that she was ready to go to graduate school.


    After the mobile phone launch, Lu Junting stayed behind and briefly delivered a few words, coming out of the showroom, Lu Junting saw Lin Xiyu and the others standing at the entrance from afar. Lin Xiyu was chatting with others, and the group of people she was chatting with were both male and female.


    He stepped forward and asked, ¡°Why haven¡¯t you left yet?¡±


    As soon as Lu Junting came over, the atmosphere on this side suddenly became different, and the group of people who were originally chatting stopped one after another. Their eyes fell on him, with different expressions.


    Lu Yuan calmed down a little and replied, ¡°We ran into Xixi¡¯s colleague and chatted for a while.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at the group of people, just as if nothing had happened. But that sense of intimidation in his eyes shook the group of people in an instant.


    Lin Xiyu did not expect Lu Junting to finish so quickly. Lin Xiyu was a little flustered, she remembered that there were several girls in her colleagues who were particularly gossipy. They had gossiped about Lu Junting before, saying that he was the youngest billionaire, and said that he was very A, and many girls rushed to call him husband.


    Sure enough, after those girls saw Lu Junting, after being shocked by his aura, the gossip quickly ignited, and several girls squeezed their eyebrows and whispered a few words, before a bold one rushed to Lin Xiyu, ¡°Lin Xiyu, this is¡­¡±


    They should also recognize Lu Junting, so they were actually curious about why Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting knew each other.


    Lin Xiyu did not want them to know that she and Lu Junting were married, and she was not sure if she would continue to work at that institute in the future. In case they still had to become a colleague, and when she and Lu Junting were both divorced, how would she explain if they gossiped again.


    As if trying to hide something, Lin Xiyu said hurriedly, ¡°He is my friend¡¯s brother.¡±


    Just short of a straight up three denial words of, ¡®I don¡¯t know, I¡¯m not familiar, don¡¯t ask me.¡±


    After Lin Xiyu said this, she was a bit weak-hearted, and subconsciously looked towards Lu Junting, whose expression looked quite natural, as if he did not take the words to heart. However, she did not know if it was her delusion, she felt that his body seemed to be suddenly covered with a cold feeling, so cold that Lin Xiyu subconsciously shivered.


    ¡°Are you done talking?¡± Lu Junting suddenly opened his mouth.


    Probably because they were afraid of Lu Junting¡¯s intimidating power, these few colleagues did not ask any more questions and excused themselves to leave.


    The driver had already driven the car over, Lu Junting stepped into the car and sat down, turned back to Lin Xiyu and said, ¡°Get in the car.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sat up obediently, and before she could say goodbye to Lu Yuan, the car drove away.


    The atmosphere in the car was not very good. Although Lu Junting¡¯s face seemed natural, Lin Xiyu was keenly aware of the anger emanating from his body.


    ¡°It turns out that I¡¯m just your friend¡¯s brother?¡±


    He thought about the flustered look on her face just now as if he was a plague.


    ¡°Also, you had seen me and pretended not to recognize me.¡± Lu Junting suddenly smile, but there was no smile in his eyes, ¡°Am I so unseemly?¡±

 CH 17

    Chapter 17: Spend My Money Casually


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart thumped, she turned her head to look at him, met his deep gaze, but that look seemed to have penetrating power, straight into the bottom of people¡¯s heart.


    For this, Lin Xiyu indeed had a guilty conscience. It was a little bit of self-esteem to clarify the relationship with people. She did not want to have any misunderstanding with him, so she hurriedly explained. ¡°No, no, my colleagues love gossip, and I don¡¯t know if I will continue to go back to work at the institute in the future, and I don¡¯t want them to gossip about my private affairs.¡±


    As soon as she panicked, those round eyes unconsciously widened, and there was water vapor spread under her eyes, seeming innocent and pure, making people could not bear to blame her.


    Lu Junting averted his gaze and subconsciously tugged at his tie.


    ¡°Brother Junting, I¡¯m really sorry about that, and as for pretending I don¡¯t know you, I was just afraid it would affect your work.¡±


    Lu Junting looked over at her. She hung her head and her appearance looked like a student who had made a mistake and admitted it in front of the teacher.


    He swept his gaze towards her again, the weather was getting cooler. She wore a plaid long-sleeved shirt, a pair of jeans, and a pair of white sports shoes underneath, she was dressed like a student.


    If they went out together, no one would think they were husband and wife.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you swipe the card I give to you?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Why did you suddenly change the topic?


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I don¡¯t have anything to buy.¡±


    ¡°You can go buy some clothes.¡±


    ¡°I have clothes to wear.¡±


    Lu Junting pondered for a moment and said, ¡°You are not only you now, you are also my wife, do you understand?¡±


    Lin Xiyu subconsciously looked at what she was wearing. Did brother Junting think that wearing this made him lose face? She did not pursue any branded clothes to wear, she just wore simple and comfortable clothes. However, she was now Madam Lu, so it seemed too childish to wear this kind of clothes.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry brother Junting, I just wore it casually when I was out and I didn¡¯t know I would run into you.¡±


    She hung her head and her voice was low. This kind of soft and weak feeling gave rise to a sense of self-condemnation as to why he had spoken to her so.


    ¡°Go buy a few sets tomorrow.¡± His tone softened.


    ¡°Okay.¡± She obediently replied.


    Then, both of them had nothing to say along the way, and Lu Junting did not say anything more.


    Lin Xiyu called Lu Yuan early the next morning. Lu Yuan did not have to go to work on weekends, and Lin Xiyu had a little knowledge about brands, so she could only ask Lu Yuan for help.


    Lu Yuan was most interested in eating, drinking, and having fun. When she heard that she was going to go shopping and buy clothes, she immediately became interested.


    ¡°What kind of clothes do you want to choose?¡± Lu Yuan asked her along the way.


    Lin Xiyu thought for a moment and said, ¡°Just the kind that brother Junting would like, the kind that can make brother Junting would not lose face when he takes her out.¡±


    Lu Yuan blinked her eyes at her, ¡°What? Have you developed feelings with my brother Junting and want to dress up to please him?¡±


    Lin Xiyu wanted to say that Lu Yuan was wrong, but she did not bother to explain.


    Lu Yuan knew much more about the brand than Lin Xiyu and took her to a familiar store with ease, picking out several sets for her to try on as soon as she arrived.


    The lounge area in Lu Junting¡¯s office was large, and the coffee that Lu Junting, a picky bastard, drank was freshly ground, so Xiao Ziang would come over here to rub his coffee and drink it when he had nothing to do.


    Both of them sat on a sofa in the lounge area, flanked by a whole floor-to-ceiling window, the top floor of the Changheng Group, from which the entire Ancheng was in full view.


    Lu Junting¡¯s phone vibrated, and it was an alert message. Lu Junting clicked to look at it and it was a spending notification for his sub-card. He put it aside after reading it, not long after, it vibrated again. Xiao Zian was curious and came over to look, swept to the spending notification, and the amounts were not small.


    ¡°Who swipe your card? Xiao Xiyu?¡±


    Lu Junting looked at him with a look when he saw a fool. ¡°Who else can swipe my card besides her?¡±


    ¡°Tsk tsk tsk.¡± Xiao Ziang clicked his tongue, ¡°I can¡¯t see that Xiao Xiyu was quite a loser, you''ll have to talk to her when you get back later.¡±


    ¡°Talk about what?¡±


    ¡°Teach her to be thrifty ah.¡±


    Lu Junting closed his mobile phone, looked at the scenery outside the window with his coffee, and said casually, ¡°My woman, no need.¡±


    Xiao Ziang: ¡°......¡±


    Xiao Ziang felt that he had been forced to eat dog food.


    Lu Yuan helped Lin Xiyu pick out a bunch of things, clothes, bags, jewelry, and everything. The trunk was almost stuffed,  and Lin Xiyu felt worried, ¡°Is it too much to buy?¡± Would brother Junting think she did not regard herself as an outsider too much?


    Lu Yuan said, ¡°Where is it much ah? This amount of money is just a drizzle for my eldest brother. Let me tell you, when you are with my eldest brother, the least thing you need to worry about is money.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting gave Lin Xiyu a driver, and the driver generally picked her up whenever Lin Xiyu went out. When she returned home, the driver made two trips to help move things upstairs.


    When Lu Junting came back, Lin Xiyu just sorted things out and came down from upstairs. Lin Xiyu was wearing this one that Lu Yuan had helped her match, a famous ethnic style long dress with colorful stripes. The cut and design was unique, it did not make people feel tacky, but there was a sense of fashion.


    As soon as Lu Junting saw her coming down from upstairs, his gaze unconsciously lingered on her for several seconds.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s appearance looked innocent, but this dress on her was a mature and sexy style, yet it did not have the abruptness of a child stealing an adult¡¯s clothes on her.


    She had a look that was so pure, but she had a kind of charm in her temperament, a charm that would spread out unconsciously, giving the fair, young and thin her a sensuality that could not be ignored.


    Lin Xiyu was not very comfortable with his gaze, and greeted awkwardly, ¡°Brother Junting, you¡¯re back?¡±


    Lu Junting came back to his senses and asked, ¡°Did you buy it today?¡±


    ¡°En.¡±


    ¡°Pretty good.¡±


    He was satisfied, so Lin Xiyu felt a little bit relieved. She felt a little guilty and said, ¡°Just now Lu Yuan helped me pick too many things, and after trying them all, Lu Yuan said to buy them all.¡± Anyway, she would let Lu Yuan carry the pot.


    Lu Junting did not take it seriously, ¡°But it if you like it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu went downstairs, and suddenly there was a gust of wind outside. The newspaper placed on the table for Lu Junting was blown to the ground, and Lin Xiyu leande down to pick it up.


    When she bent over, her long hair fell naturally and was gently lifted by the wind. As she leaned over, Lu Junting found that the neckline of her dress was widely opened, his glance swept over, and Lu Junting felt that her breathing was suffocated, hurriedly looked away and turned around to go upstairs.


    Lin Xiyu picked up the newspaper and put it away. Sister Wu helped her boil the water, and she drank a bowl before eating. She had just finished drinking when Lu Junting came down. Lu Junting swept a glance over her again after he came down and said like a casual reminder. ¡°Try to wear clothes with a little bit wider neckline when you go out in the future.¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced down at her neckline. She did not understand why he suddenly mentioned this, but she obediently responded, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Just when dinner was ready, the two went to the dining room to eat together. After eating, Lin Xiyu was preparing to go upstairs, when Lu Junting suddenly said, ¡°Wait for a moment, I have something to tell you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sat back on the chair again, ¡°Is there anything else?¡±


    Lu Junting wiped his mouth with a napkin. He placed his hands on the table in a very serious posture, and Lin Xiyu tensed up unconsciously.


    ¡°I¡¯m going on a business trip tomorrow, but this time the business trip will probably be a long time. I haven¡¯t finished dealing with things abroad yet, and I¡¯m only back for the phone launch on a temporary basis.¡±


    It turned out that it was about this matter. Lin Xiyu was relieved. It was rather a good thing for her that he was going to travel, she was going to be much more relaxed and at ease with his absence.


    ¡°Something will probably happen for a while after that, but I¡¯ll take care of whatever happens, so you take care of the baby and take sister Wu and the driver with you when you have to go out.¡±


    Hering this, Lin Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief and brought it up again, and she asked, ¡°Is something going to happen?¡±


    ¡°You just have to remember, I will solve it no matter what happens.¡±


    It was probably inconvenient for him to tell her about things at work, and Lin Xiyu did not ask any more questions and nodded obediently.


    Lu Junting really did not lie to Lin Xiyu, he went on this business trip for more than a month. During which he would occasionally call over to ask how she was doing, nothing more than those polite words of concern, but sister Wu would regularly call Lu Junting to report on her situation. The second maternity checkup was attended by sister Wu who accompanied Lin Xiyu, and the fetus was already a little bigger than the last time she saw it.


    Lin Xiyu also did not know that it would take so long for Lu Junting to deal with the matter. She asked Lu Yuan about it and vaguely heard that something had happened to the foreign branch. Changheng Group was building a factory abroad and someone had accidentally dien on the construction site, the workers started an uprising and a riot. It seemed to be quite a big one, so Lu Junting had to personally rush over to solve it.


    However, just two months after Lu Junting¡¯s departure, big news broke out in Changheng Group. The heads of several branches of Changheng Group resigned collectively, and Changheng Group was suddenly plunged into a talent crisis and its share price plunged.


    The main business of Changheng Group was in the building materials industry, and there were branches in several industrial cities, and these branches had different heads.


    Because traditional industry no longer satisfied Lu Junting¡¯s ambition, he began to vigorously develop the technology industry after he took over the power, and also established the Fengbao Technology Company.


    Over the years, Lu Junting invested a lot of money in Fengbao Technology, and the heads of several branches who had been divided up the resources were greatly dissatisfied, but Lu Junting was bent on going his own way and kept on feeding Fengbao Technology, this gold-swallowing hole.


    The interests of the major branches were violated, and the heads of the branches resigned collectively from the Changheng head office in order to express their dissatisfaction.


    Even the news mentioned this matter, so the seriousness of this matter could be imagined. However, as the leader of Changheng Group, Lu Junting had not shown up once after the accident of the company. Some people said he hid, and some said he knew that something had happened long ago and he took the money and fled.


    This matter was much more serious than the workers¡¯ uprising abroad. As long as the main company did not fall, the foreign branch could be solved, but the resignation of the head of the Changheng Group¡¯s branch was undoubtedly the collapse of multiple load-bearing pillars, and this huge empire was shaken.


    Just a week after the accident of Changheng Group, Lin Xiyu received a call from Zhang Yao.


    ¡°Xixi, are you okay over there?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± Lin Xiyu squeezed her phone tightly, ¡°Aunt Yao, what¡¯s the situation at home now?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you worry so much, you just need to safely raise the baby in peace you know?¡±


    Zhang Yao was unwilling to tell her, and did her best to say some words to reassure her. After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiyu calmed down and called Lu Yuan to ask about the situation, and Lu Yuan couldn¡¯t stop her from asking all the time.


    ¡°I¡¯m not sure, anyway, the atmosphere in the house is quite gloomy now. Someone else came to the house a few days ago to investigate, and I don¡¯t know what the investigation is, and my eldest brother can¡¯t be contacted.¡±


    Lin Xiyu could not help but worry after hanging up the phone. It looked like what happened to Changheng Group was a lot more serious than she had imagined. However, Lin Xiyu thought about what Lu Junting had told her before leaving. He told her that something would happen, but believed that he would solve it.


    Was what he said about settling well be a matter for foreign workers? Did he not expect the heads of several branches of Changheng Group to resign at the same time?


    At this time, the atmosphere in the Lu family was also tense and solem. Except for Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu, all the members of the Lu family were there, and old Mr. Lu was pacing with his hands behind his back, and his back seemed to be a bit more hunched than what he was some time ago.


    Old madam Lu could not take it anymore and said, ¡°Don¡¯t walk around, it annoys me.¡±


    Old Mr. Lu¡¯s face was solemn, and there was anger between his eyebrows. ¡°I told him a long time ago not to go and have a hard confrontation with a few old men in the branch. Others have walked more bridges than him, and he refused to listen.¡± Old Mr. Lu was so angry that his cane was smashed and snapped.


    Jiang Lisu said with a worried face, ¡°Junting this child, where on earth did he go, how come he left such a mess unattended? There¡¯s no one in charge in the company right now, you see¡­ what¡¯s going on here ah? Mom and Dad, how about letting Junfeng go help take care of it. We don¡¯t know where¡¯s Junting gone right now, someone needs to show up in the company ah!¡±


    Upon hearing these words, old Mr. Lu¡¯s gaze swept over. He was old, but after all, he was someone who had done great things, even though he was old, his gaze was still sharp.


    The atmosphere seemed to be more solemn, and old Mr. Lu asked Lu Xun, ¡°Do you have the same thought as your wife?¡±


    Lu Xun was a little embarrassed, and he immediately said to Jiang Lisu with a cold face, ¡°Just don¡¯t add to the mess.¡±


    Jiang Lisu was dissatisfied, ¡°Where did I add to the mess, isn¡¯t this a solution?¡±


    Old Mr. Lu sneered and said, ¡°The state has the state law, the family has family rules. Each family has its own things to do. The company is Junting¡¯s, as long as he is alive, this rule cannot be changed.¡±


    ¡°Dad, what time is it now?¡± Jiang Lisu advised, ¡°It¡¯s true that the company is owned by Junting, but isn¡¯t he running away without shadow now and doesn¡¯t even want the company? Junfeng also studied management in university, it¡¯s not like letting him gobble up the company, just let him fill in for a bit.¡±


    ¡°Shut up!¡± Old madam Lu said in a deep voice, ¡°Now that something has happened in the family, you, as a member of the Lu family, should find a way to help the family through the difficulties within the scope of your duties, instead of taking advantage of the family¡¯s crisis to benefit yourself.¡±


    Jiang Lisu was reprimanded, her face had a little bit of displeasure as she muttered in a low voice, ¡°Isn¡¯t this a way?¡±


    ¡°Okay mom, stop it.¡± Lu Junting opened his mouth in a timely manner, ¡°Now is not the time to talk about this.¡±


    Jiang Lisu scorned him and whispered to him, ¡°You child, why are you so blind? I¡¯m trying to help you.¡±


    Lu Junfeng knew that Jiang Lisu was helping him, but now that the company was in chaos. The family could no longer be chaotic, no matter what contradictions he had with his eldest brother, now was the Lu family¡¯s crisis period. What they should do was to work together to help the family tide over the difficulties, rather than taking advantage of the opportunity to infringe on each other¡¯s interests when the family members were not there.


    What¡¯s more, with his understanding of Lu Junting, he was not someone who would fall so easily. He had an evil heart and might have held back a big move. If he really took advantage of this time to go to the Dove¡¯s nest, he would die a miserable death when Lu Junting came back. At that time, if Lu Junting put him to death, what others could say, after all, he was not righteous in the first place.


    Lin Xiyu wanted to call Lu Junting to ask about the situation, but she was afraid that calling over would affect him. So, she would often go to the Lu family¡¯s side to ask, but they all said that Lu Junting had not contacted them, and his phone could not be reached.


    The situation in Changheng had become worse and worse. The stock price had continued to plummet, and Lin Xiyu did not dare to go out, so she stayed at home all day. Lu Yuan had come to look for her, and Lin Xiyu wanted to inquire about the situation from her side. However, what Lu Yuan knew was pretty much the same as her.


    ¡°You are not seeing the faces of those people out there. My family has not collapsed yet, and people are already giving me looks, you know a big spinning top(Da Tuoluo)? It¡¯s the one that used to be fat in high school.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had the impression that big spinning top((Da Tuoluo) was a girl who had been given this nickname because her name had the word ¡®luo¡¯ and she was fat.


    ¡°Now even someone like big spinning top has the nerve to sneer at me. I happened to run into her the other day when I was out and you didn¡¯t see her roll her eyes at me. She used to come to me and flatter me like a dog, and look at her now. Just wait, when my eldest brother comes back, I¡¯ll see who dares to look down on me. Those who once looked down on me, I¡¯ll definitely take a look at them.¡± Lu Yuan spoke indignantly, but finished with a deflated sigh and asked her with uncertainty, ¡°Do you think my eldest brother will come back?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was actually also unsure in her heart, but she still said to Lu Yuan with a confident face, ¡°Sure ah, wait and see.¡±


    If Lu Junting fell, then there were too many things involved, the entire Lu family, including her, and the child in her stomach, those who needed to eat under the Changheng Group, the families behind those people, would all be in crisis.


    The greater the power, the higher he stood, the greater the risks and responsibilities he had to take. Lin Xiyu believed that Lu Junting was not an irresponsible man, just look at his attitude towards her pregnancy.


    That night, Lin Xiyu came out of the shower and saw her phone screen lit up. She approached it and saw the caller alert, almost instinctively, she scrambled to grab the phone and answered it.


    Lin Xiyu felt her breathing slow down as she cautiously confirmed to the phone call, ¡°Is it brother Junting?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s me.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s familiar voice came,  and Lin Xiyu could feel the big stone in her heart had fallen. Their contact had been cut since Changheng Group¡¯s accident, and it had been over a month since she had received his call.


    ¡°Brother Junting, are you okay?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m okay, how about you?¡±


    His tone was relaxed, and she could not hear the tone of a person in distress or trouble. He seemed to be born with such confidence.


    ¡°I¡¯m okay too, don¡¯t worry about me.¡±


    There was silence for a while, and then he said, ¡°What about you? Are you worried about me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu blurted out almost subconsciously, ¡°How can I not worry about you?¡±


    She heard Lu Junting on the other end of the phone seem to give a soft laugh.

 CH 18

    Chapter 18: Is This Girl so Happy to See Him?


    Lin Xiyu immediately realized that this sounded strange. She and brother Junting originally did not know each other that well, they were linked together only because they had a child. They usually did not have much common language, but now she sounded as if they were really a couple. As a wife, she was worried about her husband who was far away.


    After speaking, Lin Xiyu felt embarrassed, and added, ¡°After all, you are my child¡¯s father.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± Lu Junting¡¯s tone seemed to contain a smile, making people think he was in a good mood at the moment, and then he added, ¡°Remember what I said, I can handle it all.¡±


    Lin Xiyu actually calmed down upon hearing his relaxed tone and nodded, ¡°Okay.¡±


    After this phone call, the two had not been in contact for a long time, just about a month after the collective resignation of the head of the branch of Changheng Group, Changheng¡¯s share price plummeted rapidly, and everyone guessed that Changheng was going to go bankrupt soon. Just when everyone in Ancheng could not wait to step on the Lu family, Changheng broke another shocking news.


    This shocking news was blown out by Fengbao Technology, a subsidiary of Changheng Group.


    Fengbao Technology had suddenly held a press conference, announcing the company¡¯s achievements in recent days. The no.5 chip that Fengbao Technology had been working on was also officially introduced at this conference.


    The no.5 chip chip was a magnificent technological innovation. The usage of the 10nm transistors and 7nm transistor technology in China before was not mature, and could only rely on foreign countries, but the no.5 chip had mastered the 7nm transistor technology. In other words, foreign countries could no longer hold China''s mobile phone industry in the mobile phone chip.


    The introduction of this no. 5 chip was not only a technological breakthrough for Fengbao Technology, but also an innovation of China¡¯s mobile phone chip, since foreign capital countries could no longer hold the arrogance in China¡¯s mobile phone industry.


    As soon as this news came out, not only was it shocking China, but even foreign countries were shocked.


    As a 100% shareholder of Fengbao Technology, Lu Junting¡¯s value skyrocketed overnight because of this no.5 chip¡¯s introduction. Fengbao Technology¡¯s parent company, Changheng Group¡¯s shares also rose along the way, from all the way down to all the way up, just in a short month.


    Lu Junting remained low-key from Changheng Group¡¯s accident until the current Fengbao Technology¡¯s no.5 chip was released, never appearing in front of the media. The launching of the no. 5 chip as well as the speech in various countries were also presided over by Fengbao Technology CEO, Qin Yue.


    Lu Junting let the outside world talk a lot, because the disintegration of the Changheng Group caused by the large-scale resignation of the head of the Changheng Group did not appear, they knew, it turned out that Lu Junting had long been unknowingly changed the top management of the branch. By the time those heads who resigned reacted, it was too late.


    Lin Xiyu sat in front of the TV and watched the news scrolling on the news about Fengbao Technology and no. 5 chip, a celebration and applause, which was in stark contrast to the decline of the Changheng Group on the news some time ago.


    Lin Xiyu was relieved at this time. Later, when she received a call from Lu Yuan, listening to her talk on the phone about how those who were used to seeing the wind and licking their faces to flatter her, the first lady of the Lu family, Lin Xiyu could not help but laugh along with her, relieved, from the heart.


    Lu Junting did not lie to her. If he said that he could solve it, he could really solve it well.


    However, Lin Xiyu had a few doubts, why was Lu Junting so confident that he could solve everything? Did he already expect that the heads of Changheng Group¡¯s branches would resign collectively?


    There were many things Lin Xiyu could not understand. She went to the internet to look up information about Changheng Group and inadvertently saw an analysis of the events of the Changheng Group on a certain forum.


    The poster first detailed the situation of several branches of Changheng Group. The original several heads of the branch were the elders of the Changheng Group, adn the senior management of several branches were in-laws. In other words, the development of several branches had basically become the family business of each person in charge.


    Lu Junting took the company¡¯s money to invest in Fengbao Technology, which naturally infringed on the interests of several large families. The heads of several branches had accumulated power in the company for a long time, claiming to be old and self-conscious, always thinking that Lu Junting was still the wolf cub that survived under their hostage, not to mention that the industrialists had a natural contempt for those who were engaged in science and technology. They felt that the technology industry was a bubble, far from being solid as an industry.


    Because they underestimated Lu Junting and Fengbao Technology, and because Lu Junting was not under control, they could not do anything about him, so they came up with a trick that could coerce Lu Junting, and jointly planned this collective resignation event in order to force Lu Junting to give in. If Lu Junting backed down this time, then Changheng Group had a way to hold Lu Junting back. After that, Lu Junting would have no absolute say in Changheng Group, and the actual manipulators would become these branch office heads, who were also shareholders of Changheng.


    However, what they did not expect was¡ª¡ª this time their collective resignation was the opportunity given to them by Lu Junting.


    This analysis even mentioned that in fact, the no. 5 chip of Fengbao Technology had long been development, but the news had not been sent out, and the old stubborn people in Changheng Group thought that Fengbao Technology had no use at all, so they took advantage of the foreign branch the break things out when they collectively resign, so that Lu Junting had no way out of internal and external troubles. They thought that they had already put Lu Junting to death, in fact, they did not know that they had long stepped into the trap laid for them by Lu Junting.


    Their resignation was in the center of Lu Junting¡¯s heart, which was better. He was worried that he could not replace the company¡¯s top management with his right and left arm, and these self-righteous old fools had forced him to give them a chance.


    Several branches of the Changheng Group had now been replaced by Lu Junting¡¯s people, and directly listening to Lu Junting¡¯s orders, his power in the group would be more stable. The introduction of the no. 5 chip of Fengbao Technology had greatly increased his value, and if there was no collective resignation of the head of the branch of Changheng Group, the introduction of the no. 5 chip would not have been so good.


    Lu Junting¡¯s plan could be described as killing more birds with one stone.


    This article was so analytical that Lin Xiyu could not help but feel a cold sweat rise on her back as he read all the way down. There were many replies and questions, but Lin Xiyu felt that it was possible that the matter was really just as the owner had analyzed.


    From the beginning when Lu Junting told her something would happen and gave her the reassurance to believe he could solve it, it was as if everything was under his control.


    Although the outside world knew that Lu Junting had great tactics, but a person who could play the power game with ease, leading everyone by the nose, even the whole thing was set up by him without a leak, so that people think that no one could do it, it was no wonder that there were many people who questioned behind the post.


    Be far-sighted, planning ahead, and an unpredictable scheme.


    Such a Lu Junting was not yet thirty years old.


    Just when Lin Xiyu sat in front of the computer and was shocked by this analysis for a long time, she heard Sister Wu¡¯s voice sounded at the door, ¡°Is that Mr. Lu¡¯s car?¡±


    Lin Xiyu came back to her senses, looked out the window, and sure enough, she saw a car driving in from the gate and driving into the underground garage. She recognized it as Lu Junting¡¯s car.


    Lin Xiyu had no time to think about it and hurriedly went out of the room. She just walked downstairs and saw Lu Junting who came out of the elevator, from the underground garage on the -2nd floor to the 1st floor needing to take the elevator.


    Lu Junting did not change much, still in a straight suit, clean, neat and meticulous. He still had a handsome face, which revealed a bit of seriousness because of his rigorous temperament.


    ¡°Brother Junting.¡±


    The oppressive feeling on his body was the same as always, but Lin Xiyu did not have the subconscious timidity when facing him. She had not seen him for more than three months. She did not feel anything before, but after these three months, although they had not met once, there was an invisible force that tightened them. As the father of her child, she and his interests were one and the same.


    So, at this moment, she was sincerely happy to see him come back safely.


    Lu Junting could not help but be stunned when he saw her. She was full of smiles, like pear blossoms blooming quietly, and the bottom of her eyes was shining faintly, black and round, like two grapes.


    This expression of her, was this girl looking forward to his return?


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze swept down to her stomach again. The weather was getting colder, and she was wearing long-sleeved leisurewear. The clothes were wide, but the bulge of her stomach could also be clearly seen.


    Lu Junting was stunned for a moment, and his tone was stained with joy that even he did not realize, ¡°It¡¯s a lot bigger.¡±


    Lin Xiyu covered her stomach. The relief of seeing him safe and sound made her put her heart down completely, making the smile on her face even bigger as she looked down at her protruding stomach and said, ¡°It¡¯s almost seven months.¡±


    ¡°Have you checked up?¡± He asked again.


    ¡°I have, but I haven¡¯t gone to check this month.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you tomorrow.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said hurriedly, ¡°You should get some rest first after coming back, there¡¯s no need to be in such a hurry.¡±


    Lu Junting was still followed by his assistant. The assistant was carrying a large bag in his hand, and he put the things next to the coffee table and left first. Lu Junting said to her.  ¡°Come here quickly, I bought you a gift.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sat on the sofa, looking at a large pile of bags next to the coffee table and wondered. ¡°Are they all for me?¡±


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s all for you, open it and see if you like it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu bent down to get it, but now that she had a big belly, Lu Junting first picked it up and opened the bags one by one on the coffee table.


    Lin Xiyu looked at the rows of jewelry accessories in front of her and was stunned. All of them were complete sets, and they should be customized.


    ¡°Why did you buy so many? How can I wear them all?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Wear it differently every day.¡±


    ¡°.....¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not feel too good about receiving so many gifts and said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to spend so much.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Who else can I spend money for if I don¡¯t spend money for you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    There seemed to be a smile between Lu Junting¡¯s eyebrows, his sharp eyes softened because of this smile. It could be seen that he was in a good mood, Lin Xiyu also did not want to affect his good mood, no longer postponed it and said, ¡°Then I will accept it.¡±


    She asked sister Wu to help carry things upstairs. At this moment, Lu Junting was sitting next to her. She looked at him, and saw that he was staring at her stomach. Lin Xiyu was uncomfortable by his look, and subconsciously covered her stomach.


    ¡°I want to touch it,¡± He suddenly said.


    Lin Xiyu understood. Although she was a little embarrassed, she still generously released her hand and said, ¡°Touch it.¡±


    Lu Junting, however, hesitated for a moment before softening his movements to place his hand on her stomach, which was really much bigger than the last time he touched it. Upon thinking this was his child, the tenderness between his eyebrows became more intense, and even the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up.

 CH 19

    Chapter 19: Sleeping in His Room


    ¡°I¡¯ll be able to meet the child in a few months.¡± Lu Junthing said as if talking to himself.


    Although it was not the first time he touched her stomach, Lin Xiyu was still a bit uncomfortable. As her belly grew bigger, her whole state of mind changed a lot. Before, she did not have much feeling about her pregnancy, but when the child gradually developed, watching her belly get bigger day by day, she could clearly feel that there was a small life in her belly, which was a beautiful feeling, making people look forward to life.


    At this moment, when she heard his words, her heart unconsciously rose with a sense of maternal love, and her tone was full of expectation, ¡°Yes, we will meet the child soon.¡±


    She looked down at his hand on her stomach, with clear joints and slender fingers. It was pretty good-looking, she wondered if the child¡¯s hands would look this good in the future.


    ¡°From now on, everything I have is this child¡¯s.¡± He said, suddenly.


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at him, and saw that his eyes were still fixed on her stomach, and a few pieces of tenderness appeared in those sharp eyes.


    Was this to make the child in her belly the heir to take over? In fact, Lin Xiyu did not expect the child to be excellent, as long as this child could grow up happily.


    Lu Junting said to her again, ¡°I¡¯m very busy during this time, just hoping to give him a brand new world before he¡¯s born.¡±


    Was he explaining to her the past few months he did not go home? Lin Xiyu said hurriedly, ¡°Brother Junting, it¡¯s okay. You just have to be busy with your own business.¡±


    Lu Junting did not say anything more, and after quietly touching for a while, sister Wu called for dinner, so Lu Junting let go of his hand and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go, eat first.¡±


    The two of them sat down to eat. Lu Junting asked her about the situation during this time, in fact, there was nothing, this time she basically stayed at home to raise the baby.


    ¡°By the way, grandma called and asked us to go back for dinner tomorrow,¡± Lu Junting suddenly said.


    Lin Xiyu nodded, ¡°Okay.¡±


    She had not been back to Lu¡¯s house for a long time either.


    Lu Junting took the time to come back for a trip once, he went away after eating. The next morning, Lu Junting took Lin Xiyu back to Lu''s house. After these things happened, Lu Junting took Lin Xiyu back as a reply to everyone.


    The atmosphere of the Lu family was very lively. As soon as Lin Xiyu came, old madam Lu pulled her to sit down next to her. She stared at Lin Xiyu¡¯s stomach, and was instantly pleased, ¡°It¡¯s already so big ah, I haven¡¯t seen you for a long time.¡±


    During this time, because of the affairs of the Changheng Group, Lin Xiyu obediently stayed at home and did not dare to run around. Old madam Lu asked her about her recent situation with concern, and asked her if she was uncomfortable and whether she was used to living there.


    ¡°There¡¯s nothing uncomfortable there, sister Wu takes good care of me. My body isn¡¯t too uncomfortable, it¡¯s just a bit of occasional urge to throw up from eating, but it¡¯s all bearable.¡±


    Old madam Lu laughed, ¡°Then this child is quite worry-free.¡±


    The family was lively, as if nothing had happened, and the things of the Changheng Group were not mentioned at all. Lin Xiyu swept her gaze around and saw that Jiang Lisu and Lu Junfeng were not here. She did not know whether they were avoiding something or not, but Lin Xiyu did not care.


    After chatting, the family sat at the table for dinner. Lin Xiyu¡¯s seat was arranged next to Lu Junting. As a pregnant woman, Lin Xiyu¡¯s meal was made specially. Sister Wu was very professional in taking care of pregnant women and she would adjust the ingredients according to her daily reaction, which was not greasy but nutritious.


    The maternity meal was not too bad, but Lin Xiyu was a little itchy in the face of the table of dishes that the Lu family ate.


    The eight treasure rice looked so sticky and soft, and that big pork shoulder with the skin dyed with sauce looked appetizing. Lu Junting soon found that the little girl next to him had been staring at the dishes on the table, while her own portion of the maternity  meal was eaten casually.


    Lu Junting felt that she looked a little funny, and he asked, ¡°What do you want to eat?¡±


    Surprisingly, she was found out, but if she was found out, so be it. Lin Xiyu was craving, she pointed at the eight treasure rice and said, ¡°I want to eat eight treasure rice, can I?¡±


    Sister Wu next to her said, ¡°You can eat it a little bit.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was overjoyed and was about to take it, but Lu Junting said, ¡°Sit properly.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting took a spoon and scooped a spoonful into her bowl.


    Lin Xiyu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, ¡°Thank you brother Junting.¡±


    ¡°No problem.¡±


    Lin Xiyu finished eating the eight-treasure rice, and started to admire the big pork shoulder. Lu Junting soon found out and asked, ¡°What else do you want to eat?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was waiting to be discovered, and her eyes lit up at the moment as she immediately said. ¡°That big pork shoulder, can I eat it?¡±


    Sister Wu smiled and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay to eat a little bit.¡±


    Lu Junting then help her clip a piece and put it in her bowl, but the little girl did not seem too satisfied, so Lu Junting asked, ¡°Don¡¯t you want to eat it?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I want to eat that chunk of pork fat.¡±


    Zhang Yao was surprised to hear this, ¡°I thought you never eat pork fat, Xixi?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also quite confused, ¡°I don¡¯t know why, I just crave that pork fat, especially craving for it.¡±


    Old madam Lu laughed. ¡°When you¡¯re pregnant, you like to eat some strange things. It¡¯s okay, you can eat if you want, just eat happily.¡±


    Lu Junting helped her clip a piece of pork fat in her bowl and Lin Xiyu pointed to the bowl of vinegar and asked, ¡°Can I dip it in some vinegar?¡±


    Lu Junting helped her bring the vinegar bowl over to her and put it in front of her, serving her thoughtfully, without the slightest complaint.


    Lu Junting was so thoughtful that it was unexpected to Lin Xiyu. However, staring at the pig shoulder, Lin Xiyu was also satisfied that she did not think about it so much. Her eyes shining brightly as she told him. ¡°Thank you brother Junting.¡±


    When old madam Lu saw this scene, she smiled and quipped. ¡°I can¡¯t see that Juting is such a sweet boy.¡±


    Zhang Yao also laughed. ¡°This is a young couple with a good relationship.¡±


    Old madam Lu laughed. ¡°Yes, yes, yes. It¡¯s good to know that he takes care of his wife.¡±


    Lin Xiyu gave Lu Junting a sideways glance. He did not react much when facing the elders teasing. Lin Xiyu also did not expect Lu Juting to take care of people like this. He grew up in a life of luxury, and did not have to do many things himself. Such a person was the kind of person who thought that he was the sole orthodox, and it was indeed quite surprising to be able to take care of a girl so intimately and thoughtfully.


    Lin Xiyu happily ate the big pork shoulder, subconsciously touching her stomach, secretly thinking, ¡°Little golden egg, I¡¯m basking in your light.¡±


    After eating and resting for a while, old madam Lu let Lin Xiyu to rest first, saying that pregnant women could not be tired, but in fact, Lin Xiyu was not sleepy yet.


    Old madam Lu asked, ¡°Did you sleep in separate rooms over there?¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s expression was a little embarrassed at being asked, ¡°We sleep in separate rooms.¡±


    Old madam Lu said, ¡°It¡¯s good to sleep in separate rooms, it¡¯s safe.¡±


    The third house side was being renovated, and Zhang Yao¡¯s family had moved over to the main house, so old madam Lu said, ¡°You¡¯ll sleep in Junting¡¯s room at night, and he¡¯ll go sleep in the guest room.¡±


    Lin Xiyu obediently said, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Old madam Lu told Lu Junting to take Lin Xiyu back to his room to rest first, and this was the first time Lin Xiyu entered Lu Junting¡¯s room.


    Lu Junting¡¯s room was quite large, but as soon as Lu Junting came in after her, the ubiquitous and compelling aura of his body made Lin Xiyu instantly feel that the room had become cramped.


    The design of the room was relatively simple. As soon as the door was opened, the photo of the sports star could be seen on the wall. Lin Xiyu was very surprised, she did not expect Lu Junting to chase the stars. There were photos of Lu Junting in middle school on the wall, holding a basketball. His face was still young, youthful but his gaze was already sharp enough in his teenage days.


    Lin Xiyu felt that people like Lu Junting were excellent and capable. It was probably because he was standing too high, which would make people feel that he was not like a mortal, but now seeing these photos posted on the wall only made her realize with a shock that he was also a person with flesh and blood. He also had a youthful and hot-blooded youth.


    Being alone in a room with him made her a little uncomfortable. Lin Xiyu had nothing to say, ¡°Did brother Junting like basketball a lot when you were in school?¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at the phone on the wall and said, ¡°Yeah, I used to like it.¡±


    When Lin Xiyu came to Lu¡¯s house, Lu Junting was already 22 years old, and he was already a big boss on his own, and she had not seen Lu Junting¡¯s youthful appearance.


    Lin Xiyu looked at all of this and only felt incredible to the point that it was like a dream. She never thought that she would one day enter Lu Junting¡¯s room, would look at photos of him when he was young, and live in his room, plus to become his wife.


    Even though she had been married to him for months, standing in his room now still made her feel as if this was as illusory as a dream.


    There was a bookshelf at one of the walls. Lin Xiyu scanned the shelf and inadvertently found a book of poems that she liked, but this edition seemed to be rare, so Lin Xiyu asked, ¡°Can I see this book?¡±


    Lu Junting walked over to help her take it down, the book was so tight that when Lu Junting drew it out, several books fell down together, and Lu Junting was quick, and he took two steps back, holding Lin Xiyu with one arm around her shoulders to hold her in his arms, and one arm over her stomach to protect her.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡±


    There was obvious tension in his tone, and his expression made her a little confused. It did not seem like much, the books had not fallen close to her, and it could not hit her at all.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±


    He seemed relieved and released her as he walked over to pick up the books. Lin Xiyu came to help as well, and Lu Junting said, ¡°Just leave it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu just picked up a book, which was the book of poems she took a fancy of, and a drawing was falling out of the book. Lin Xiyu picked the drawing up, it was a cartoon of a little boy and a little girl. The boy was sitting on a stone staircase, he had injuries all over his body and face, the little girl had a ponytail and was squatting next to him, lying on his shoulder and gently blowing the wound on his arm.


    When Lin Xiyu saw him looking over, she asked, ¡°Did brother Junting draw this?¡±


    ¡°En.¡±


    He replied softly, clipping the drawing back into the book before looking back at her and asking, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Was this a way for her to comment on the drawing? Lin Xiyu said, ¡°The drawing is quite good.¡±


    He did draw very well, she did not expect such a capable man to be able to draw, and with his excellent and talented work, he really deserved to be the pride of Heaven.


    Lu Junting handed her the poetry book, ¡°Do you still want to read it?¡±


    Lin Xiyu took over, ¡°I¡¯ll read it for a while, there¡¯s nothing to do anyway.¡± Lin Xiyu sat on the edge on the bed holding the poetry book and said, ¡°Brother Junting, you should go rest too.¡±


    Lu Junting nodded, and walked towards the door. Lin Xiyu opened the poetry book and was ready to read it. Somehow, a sudden feeling of nausea struck. Lin Xiyu hurriedly threw the book aside, covered her mouth and rushed into the bathroom, holding the toilet and vomiting.


    Lu Junting had not left the room yet, saw this and followed her over to ask, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Lin XIyu vomited until she felt light. She did not know what was going on, she rarely had morning sickness, and never threw up so badly.


    Lu Junting came over to help hold her hair up, and gave her a few more pats on the back. Lin Xiyu waved her hand at him and said, ¡°Don¡¯t you come over here, it¡¯s disgusting.¡±


    After saying that, she continued to vomit. Lu Junting also did not leave, holding her hair with one hand and helping her smooth her back with the other. Lin Xiyu finished vomiting before propping herself up on the toilet, but after squatting for too long, once she got up, she became dizzy. Lu Junting behind her hurriedly held her, and Lin Xiyu fell into his arms.


    Lu Junting directly picked her up, he put her on the bed, hurriedly called to other people to come over, and in a few moments, a crowd of people came to the room.


    Old madam Lu was really worried, and asked repeatedly. ¡°Is it morning sickness? Or did you eat something bad? Did you eat too much grease at night?¡± After saying that, she said the Lu Junting, ¡°Let¡¯s call Dr. Zhou.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I¡¯ve already called.¡±


    Surprisingly, he even called the doctor. Lin Xiyu looked guilty, ¡°It¡¯s my fault for making you guys worry.¡±


    Dr. Zhou¡¯s family also lived nearby, and had a good relationship with the Lu family, so he came immediately when he received the call. Dr. Zhou was an experienced traditional Chinese Medicine doctor, and after checking the pulse, he said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing serious. She ate too much fat at night and hurt her stomach, so she¡¯ll be fine after boiling a bowl of congee and drinking it later.¡±


    Old madam Lu breathed a sigh of relief and asked someone to invite Dr. Zhou out for tea.


    Old madam Lu glanced at Lin Xiyu who was lying on the bed and sighed. ¡°I¡¯m not too relieved about you in this state. Why don¡¯t let Junting sleep over here in a while, so that it¡¯s convenient to take care of you.¡±


    No way? Lin Xiyu was about to say that she would let sister Wu take care of her here, but she saw Lu Junting nod his head and replied, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll sleep here tonight, and I¡¯ll take good care of her.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±

 CH 20

    Chapter 20: Little Girl, I¡¯m not a Gentleman


    Lu Junting as a husband to stay here to take care of his wife was also reasonable. It was bad for Lin Xiyu to contradict Lu Junting¡¯s words, after all, in the eyes of the Lu family, the two of them had a normal love marriage.


    Not long after, old madam Lu went out with the others, leaving Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu in the room. Lin Xiyu was uncomfortable when she thought of the two of them sleeping together, but when she thought of the fact that she had just thrown up, and that he did not mind, even helped her ruffle her hair, she thought that he had agreed to stay and sleep with her just for the convenience of care, so she did not need to think too much about it.


    Lin Xiyu felt that she should be grateful, and said, ¡°Thank you brother Junting, you still helped me even if it was disgusting¡­¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to be so polite with me.¡± Unlike her discomfort, Lu Junting was quite calm and asked her, ¡°Do you want to take a bath?¡±


    Lin Xiyu just vomited, and there was a smell on her body, and she said, ¡°I want to.¡±


    She took the change of clothes, and Lu Junting asked again. ¡°Do you need my help?¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    He asked as if it was a natural thing to do, as if helping her with her bath was just a lift of a finger.


    What did he do to help her take a bath? However, it was not like he did not help her that night, when he carried her dizzy body to take a bath, and Lin Xiyu felt her cheeks burn a little. She said, ¡°No need.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took a shower and washed her hair. When she left the room, she saw Lu Junting with a change of clothes ready to go in. Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Have someone clean up before you go in.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡± Lu Junting dropped these words and went straight in.


    Lin Xiyu could not help but be surprised. Lu Junting had a slight cleanliness habit, and did not like a peculiar smell. She washed her hair, there was a lot of hair on the bathroom floor, she did not expect him to not mind.


    After Lu Junting came out of the bath, Lin Xiyu just finished drinking the porridge brought by sister Wu, and felt much more comfortable after drinking it. Lu Junting asked her, ¡°Feeling better?¡±


    ¡°Much better.¡±


    It was not known if Lu Junting saw Lin Xiyu¡¯s restlessness, but Lu Junting said, ¡°I¡¯ll stay over here and take care of you so that grandma and the others can feel at ease, just lie down and sleep together, you don¡¯t have to think too much.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded somewhat awkwardly.


    In fact, she did not think too much, she was just uncomfortable facing him.


    Lu Junting was wearing a bathrobe, the lapel was slightly open revealing a small piece of his chest. Lin Xiyu averted his gaze and shrank back into the covers, Lu Junting saw this and asked, ¡°Going to sleep?¡±


    ¡°En.¡± Lin Xiyu whispered a reply.


    Lu Junting pulled back the covers and also lay down on the bed, then with a snap, he turned off the light and the room went dark. Lin Xiyu felt that her back slowly began to stiffen. Lu Junting was lying next to her, although she had a ridiculous night with him, but that day she was drunk and her mind was not sober, but now, all her sanity was there.


    She soon caught the cold smell of his body, drilling into her nose. The room was silent, and she could even hear the beating of her heart in her chest.


    ¡°Are you cold?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s voice suddenly sounded, and his magnetic voice seemed to have penetrating power in the silence.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    ¡°Rest early.¡± He said another sentence.


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was pregnant and was already prone to sleepiness, and that tension of lying with Lu Junting was gradually replaced by sleepiness. In a short while, she fell asleep.


    Lu Junting could not sleep, he bent his elbows on the back of his head, tilting his head to look into the darkness. Hearing the sound of even breathing beside him, he glanced sideways and found that the little girl had already fallen asleep.


    ¡°Asleep?¡± He asked.


    No response.


    She really fell asleep.


    Lu Junting turned back, closed his eyes and began to sleep, when a rustling sound suddenly sounded next to him. He opened his eyes and saw that the little girl suddenly arched towards him, arching wildly for a while, and only stopped when she was next to him, and pressed that little face against his shoulder.


    She arched the covers around, and Lu Junting tucked her in, wrapping it tightly around her. Although he had little experience taking care of pregnant women, he knew that it was troublesome for them to be sick.


    Lu Junting looked down at her, she was nestled beside him, sleeping quite comfortably. Who would have thought that this little girl was usually like a little white rabbit seeing a big bad wolf when seeing him, but this time she even took the initiative to rub against him and sleep.


    Her hair covered her face and he could not see her expression clearly. He thought he was bored enough to want to see her sleeping face. Lu Junting gently picked up her chin with his fingers. In the darkness, the tender white face could be seen clearly, with small and delicate facial features and a soft sleeping image, like a small animal.


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze unconsciously landed on her small mouth. Her mouth opened slightly, and warm breath sprayed on his fingers.


    A certain memory popped up in his mind, that she used this mouth to suck his lips.


    His gaze deepened, and he subconsciously rubbed his thumb on her lips, warm and soft lips, full and elastic. It was this mouth that stirred him up, and his good self-control was completely useless.


    Obviously, she had an innocent face and she was seductive, she was very charming.


    Lu Junting suddenly got a little distracted. Wasn''t she afraid of him like a big bad wolf? How could she still dare to be next to him, not afraid of what he would do to her?


    It wasn¡¯t known if it was his thumb rubbing her mouth uncomfortably, but she suddenly stuck her tongue out and licked her lips, the wet tip of her tongue swept across his fingers.


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting suddenly felt his throat go dry. He subconsciously swallowed his saliva, his gaze slightly narrowed as he stared at the girl in front of him. His voice showed a faint hoarseness, ¡°Little girl, I¡¯m not a gentleman.¡±


    The little girl suddenly grunted, her eyebrows wrinkled slightly. Lu Junting then realized that the force rubbed on the lips subconsciously heavier, and he hurriedly let go of his hand.


    ¡°Am I hurting you?¡± He asked her.


    The little girl fell asleep and did not answer, moved towards him again, Lu Junting then lay on his side. She was arching around, probably looking for a comfortable position. Her whole body arched into his arms, and seeing this, Lu Junting laughed lightly, simply reached out and hooked the person into his arms. She stopped moving around and obediently nestled in his arms.


    When Lin Xiyu woke up the next day, Lu Junting was no longer there. Lin Xiyu could not help but be surprised that she actually fell asleep next to Lu Junting yesterday, and she also slept quite well?


    After washing up, Lin Xiyu went downstairs. Lu Junting as sitting in the living room chatting with old madam Lu. Old madam Lu saw her first, and pointed to the position next to Lu Junting, ¡°Xixi, come and sit down.¡±


    Lin Xiyu walked over to Lu Junting and sat down next to him.


    ¡°Are you still unwell?¡± asked Lu Junting to her.


    ¡°Much better.¡±


    Lin Xiyu turned her head sideways and met his gaze, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked with a smile, that brow also became softer because of this smile. Such an expression could make people really feel that he was caring for her. Thinking about sleeping together last night, Lin Xiyu felt uncomfortable, hurriedly avoiding his gaze.


    The two left after eating breakfast in Lu¡¯s house. Lu Junting first took her for a maternity checkup. The month was older, and a special 4D was done. The child was healthy and developing very well.


    A few days later, Lu Junting took her to do the check up again, and there was no problem. After coming out of the hospital, Lu Junting said to her hurriedly, ¡°Let¡¯s eat out today, not go back to eat.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu got excited. She had not eaten out fong a long time after eating pregnant women¡¯s meals every day. Her eyes lit up, and asked, ¡°Where are we going to eat?¡±


    Could you be so happy to go out for a meal? She acted like a little child, but probably infected by this expression of hers, Lu Junting¡¯s mood also unconsciously turned better. The corner of his mouth curved unnoticeably and said, ¡°You¡¯ll know it when you go.¡±


    Lu Junting took Lin Xiyu to a Chinese restaurant called ¡®Dehuan Restaurant¡¯. The two of them found a seat to sit down and Lu Junting said, ¡°I often come to this shop.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked around. This shop''s decoration was not luxurious, and the consumption grade was about medium. At this meal time, many customers had come to this restaurant, and it was very noisy. This was surprisingly the shop that Lu Junting often came to, which surprised Lin Xiyu. She thought that a person like Lu Junting had a lot of exquisiteness and would only go in and out of high-end restaurants.


    Lin Xiyu asked, ¡°Does the meal here taste very good?¡±


    ¡°The taste is okay, but it¡¯s not particularly amazing.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt even stranger, the environment was also average and did not taste much better, so why did he come often? Seeing her confusion, he said, ¡°This used to be a fried chicken restaurant. I really liked the fried chicken there, but then it closed down and became the Chinese restaurant it is now. Since the shop is still here, I come here often.¡±


    ¡°Ah? Brother Junting actually likes to eat fried chicken?¡± Fried chicken and his temperament were really not compatible.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°That was when I was a child, because I have a little friend who loved fried chicken and I often came with her to eat it. So over time, I liked it here.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded. ¡°That means, brother Junting only likes to come here because that fried chicken shop used to be here?¡±


    ¡°You could say that.¡±


    What kind of logic was that because the fried chicken place he loves used to be located here, he came here often even if it turned into a Chinese restaurant?


    Just as Lin Xiyu was wondering, she suddenly heard a clear female voice call out, ¡°Lu Junting.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked sideways and saw a girl standing in front of their table. She had long curly hair, wearing the latest style of a certain brand, she was fashionable and wore exquisite makeup. At this time, the girl¡¯s eyes were staring at Lu Junting, and her eyes were somewhat complicated.


    Lin Xiyu was very surprised. This girl actually called Lu Junting¡¯s name directly?


    Lu Junting glanced at the person who came, but his expression did not change much, and asked, ¡°Why are you here?¡±


    The girl said, ¡°Passing by here to eat with friends, I didn¡¯t expect to meet you here. It¡¯s really a coincidence.¡± After the girl said that, she seemed to realize Lin Xiyu¡¯s existence, looked at Lin Xiyu and then her gaze fell down to her stomach, only to see the girl¡¯s face suddenly change and her eyes suddenly became sharp.


    Lu Junting generously introduced herself to her. ¡°This is my wife.¡±


    ¡°Wife?¡± It could be seen that Lu Junting¡¯s words made the girl very shocked, agitated, astonished, all kinds of expressions flashed across her face. It took a while before she spoke with difficulty, ¡°You¡¯re already married?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, I¡¯m married.¡±


    The girl¡¯s expression became uglier. Her eyelids jumped a few times, and she repeated, ¡°You are actually married?¡±


    ¡°Do you have something else?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s words were a little rude, and he was obviously giving an eviction order.


    The girl took a deep breath, ¡°Take your time.¡± After speaking, she turned around and left, her back looking a little lost.


    Lin Xiyu looked at the girl¡¯s figure who walked away. As soon as she turned back, she met Lu Junting¡¯s gaze looking over, and he asked her, ¡°Curious who she is?¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought for a while, honestly nodded her head, and then Lu Junting said, ¡°Ex-girlfriend.¡±


    Lin Xiyu probably guessed that when Lu Junting was outside, people would politely call him ¡®President Lu¡¯, and those who could directly call him by his name could only be people who were familiar with him.


    ¡°I haven¡¯t been in touch with her since the breakup, and it was a coincidence to meet her here today,¡± Lu Junting said again.


    It was as if he was deliberately explaining it to her.


    Lin Xiyu nodded absentmindedly, now knowing why. When she just saw the girl, she inexplicably had a strange feeling, and she could not understand what this strange feeling was all about for a while.


    The meal was quickly served, the two of them ate it silently. Lin Xiyu went to the bathroom in the middle of the meal, and was about to go out when she suddenly heard a voice outside. She heard the three words ¡®Lu Junting¡¯s mentioned outside, and the action of pushing the door on the doorknob was stopped.


    ¡°I really didn¡¯t expect Lu Junting to be married.¡±


    Lin Xiyu heard that the voice of the girl outside was Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend.


    She was supposed to be with her friends, and hearing this, the girl¡¯s friend said, ¡°You¡¯ve been broken up for so many years, and he¡¯s old enough to get married.¡±


    The girl laughed to herself. ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s normal to get married, but don¡¯t you think it would make me look ridiculous? I¡¯m not even sure now what the point of coming to his favorite restaurant all these years just to have a chance encounter with him was. You know, I¡¯ve thought about countless possibilities, but I didn¡¯t think it was this possibility. I met him by chance, but he already had another woman by his side, and they had a child.¡± Her tone was already choked, ¡°Do you think I¡¯m ridiculous?¡±


    The girl¡¯s friend sighed. ¡°Since you are so reluctant to let go, why did you break up in the first place?


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, I was too young at that time, I wish he could care about me. I thought he would know I was important enough to redeem myself if I mentioned the break up, but who knew he would walk away so briskly and not even give me a chance to see him later. And I don¡¯t want to lower myself to beg him to get back together. I made myself better, found every opportunity to meet him, hoping that he would see that I had become different, but that was it¡­ I really can¡¯t understand, didn¡¯t the report say that he was a golden bachelor before? How did he get married?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not talking about you, you were just too troubled at that time, ask what break up, that man is Lu Junting ah, do people not want a face? Do you really think that a man like him will act like a little boy, that he will get you back as soon as you¡¯re leaving him?¡±


    Hearing this, the girl began to sob, and the girl¡¯s friend hurriedly comforted her, and then said, ¡°However, I don¡¯t know if I see it right, I just looked at it from a distance, and I feel that his wife looks a bit like you.¡±


    The girl suddenly stopped sobbing, and she seemed to think about it carefully and said, ¡°When you say this, it seems to be a little bit like that.¡±


    ¡°You say, is he still unable to forget you, just because of his self-esteem, or holds a grudge that you mentioned the break up first and doesn¡¯t want to get back together, but still likes you in his heart, so he found a girl who looks like you to miss you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu in the toilet cubicle was probably no less shocked than Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend outside, and she finally understood where the strange feeling when she just met the girl came from.


    The girl¡¯s friend was right, she was really similar to Lu Juntins¡¯s ex-girlfriend.


    In this way, she could figure out a lot of things. How could a man like Lu Junting lose his self-control so easily, and he could not control himself as soon as she seduced him. In other words, if Lu Junting had lost control so easily, then there was no telling how many women could have climbed into his bed.


    The reason why he did not hold back that day was because she looked a little similar to his ex-girlfriend. For many years he only had that one girlfriend, and then he was also repulsive when the family arranged a blind date for him. The first love was always unforgettable wasn¡¯t it?


    He did not resist touching her, and later he was willing to take responsibility for her, even offering to marry her, simply because she looked like the woman he missed, and his tender, attentive, thoughtful care for her might have been motivated by that.


    The sudden sound outside pulled back Lin Xiyu¡¯s thoughts.


    ¡°Miss Lin, are you inside?¡±


    Lin Xiyu came back to her senses, Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend and her friend were no longer outside. The one who called her was an unfamiliar female voice, Lin Xiyu pulled open the door and saw that the girl outside was wearing the uniform of a waitress, she was relieved to see her safely out, and said, ¡°Miss Lin, your husband is worried about you, and let me come in to take a look. Let¡¯s go out and give him a safe report if you¡¯re okay.¡±


    Lin Xiyu came out of the bathroom and really saw Lu Junting standing outside. He stepped forward and asked, ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    There was worry in his eyes. It was just that she had taken too long to come out of the bathroom and he had someone come looking for her, looking as if he was really worried about her.


    Seeing him at this time, Lin Xiyu thought about the words she had just heard, and her mood was somewhat complicated.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±


    He seemed relieved, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Walking to the seat, he also pulled out the chair for her.


    After Lin Xiyu sat down, Lu Junting saw that she was eating mindlessly, he asked, ¡°Is it not to your liking?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Lin Xiyu replied.


    Lin Xiyu was a little uncomfortable in her heart, because she realized that she was used by Lu Junting as a stand-in for his first love, and his kindness to her was also based on this face that was somewhat similar to his first love.


    But then she thought again, they did not have feelings originally, right? Although he used her as a stand-in, he did not come to use her as a stand-in of his own accord, and that time it was because she had been drinking too much to seduce him first. Later, she became pregnant and he did not shirk his responsibility, and directly married her, found someone to take care of her, gave her the best food and all the best, bringing her gifts when coming back home. As a husband, he had done a good job.


    Originally, there were no feelings involved, he did not cheat on her. They were only together because of the child in her stomach, and she also said that they would divorce after giving birth, so he did not seem to have done anything wrong.


    It was just, what was the point of thinking about it, what did it matter if she was a stand-in or not, she did not have feelings for him either did she?


    The most important thing now was to ensure that the child could be born smoothly, and she would leave anyway.

 CH 21

    Chapter 21: Don¡¯t Dislike Me


    Lu Junting was still very busy. He only came out to accompany Lin Xiyu for a maternity checkup for half a day, and after eating and sending Lin Xiyu home, he went to the company again. Lu Junting held a meeting in the afternoon, he sat on the back seat and pressed his eyebrows with his fingers. The car started to drive for a while and then suddenly stopped. Lu Junting¡¯s face was slightly sinking and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    The driver pointed to the front, Lu Junting looked up and saw that there was a person in front of the car. At this time, in the underground garage of Changheng Group, Shen Jimei recognized his car and deliberately waited for him there.


    The car stopped, Shen Jimei went to the back window and knocked. Lu Junting rolled down the window, and the cold face was like telling the visitor that his patience was limited.


    ¡°Need something?¡± Lu Junting asked her.


    Shen Jimei knew how hateful Lu Junting was when he was impatient with a person, so she simply said straight to the point: ¡°Why does your wife look like me, is she the stand-in you are looking for? You¡¯re in love with me, right?¡±


    ¡°Stand-in? Does Miss Shen take herself too seriously?¡± Lu Junting frowned slightly, and his expression became more and more obvious, making people subconsciously afraid, and he opened his mouth lightly and said, ¡°She is not anyone¡¯s stand-in.¡±


    Regarding Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend, Lin Xiyu forgot about it within a few days, that is, she was uncomfortable for a while when she learned that she was being used as a stand-in.


    Maybe she had a good feeling about Lu Junting because he was the father of her child, because he was considerate and caring, but she knew that she and Lu Junting were not in the same league. They were not each other¡¯s type, and her good feeling on him was not out of like or love, it was just for the same reason¡ª¡ª Hoping for the child to be born smoothly.


    Lin Xiyu was quite thoughtful, as long as everyone was at peace with each other until the child was born.


    That afternoon, Lin Xiyu had just finished drinking the soup to protect the fetus when she received a call from old madam Lu, who said that she wanted to introduce someone to her.


    ¡°She is the grandnephew¡¯s wife from my maiden family, who also just had a baby, a little princess, chubby and adorable. You guys can share the experience when you get to know each other. She is a very humorous person, very amusing.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was worried about knowing too few pregnant women to communicate  to share experience, and when she heard this from old madam Lu, she did not think long before agreeing.


    Old madam Lu said, ¡°Then you take the time to come back, come to the house to get to know each other first. If you can talk, then add contact information to each other.¡±


    After Lu Junting came back from work, Lin Xiyu told him about it, and Lu Junting had no reason to object, saying. ¡°I¡¯ll send you back this weekend.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, just let the driver take me back.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I happen to have something to discuss with grandpa.¡±


    Alright then, Lin Xiyu did not reject it any further.


    On the weekend, both of them went back to Lu¡¯s house together, and old madam Lu pulled Lin Xiyu to chat for a while. Lu Yuan happened to be home as well, and joined them to have a chat with Lin Xiyu.


    Old madam Lu saw that the time was almost up, and ordered the maid to wait for Miss Sun at the door, so that she could receive her in as soon as she arrived.


    Shen Jimei knew that Lu Junting had a place to live outside, but she did not know the exact address, but she knew the address of Lu¡¯s house. One of her friends and Lu Junting¡¯s friend was a couple, and she also knew Lu Junting through this friend. That friend had told her the address of Lu¡¯s house.


    It was not easy to see Lu Junting, it was even more difficult to see Lu Junting and her wife appear together. Shen Jimei originally only wanted to try her luck and wait on the road not far from Lu''s house, but she did not expect to really see Lu Junting¡¯s car. He should have taken his wife with him when he returned to the Lu family, right?


    Shen Jimei drove the car to the door of Lu¡¯s house and stopped. From the outside, she could only see the majestic roof of the Lu family¡¯s house, there was a maid standing at the door. Shen Jimei took a deep breath, holding the prepared documents. She knew that it was not easy to enter Lu¡¯s house, and was about to pretend to be Lu Junting¡¯s assistant to come and deliver something, who knew that she had not yet opened her mouth, and the maid smiled at her. ¡°You are Miss Sun, right? Come in with me, everyone is waiting for you.¡±


    Shen Jimei did not know who Miss Sun was, but since he had the opportunity to enter Lu''s house, she would temporarily impersonate Miss Sun. To Shen Jimei¡¯s surprise, she really entered Lu¡¯s house smoothly.


    In the living room, everyone was sitting together and laughing. The maid came in and said, ¡°Miss Sun is here.¡±


    Everyone looked up and saw a girl coming in behind the maid. Lin Xiyu looked at the girl who came in and could not help but be surprised. She had an impression of this girl, wasn¡¯t this Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend? How could she be Miss Sun?


    Old madam Lu looked at the girl who came in and doubted. ¡°This is¡­¡­¡±


    The maid was also surprised, ¡°Isn¡¯t this Miss Sun?¡± The maid had never seen Miss Sun, and the person admitted that she was Miss Sun after she asked her.


    Shen Jimei walked up and greeted old madam Lu politely, ¡°Hello grandma Lu, I¡¯m Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend, my name is Shen Jimei.¡±


    The surrounding suddenly fell silent, and all eyes fell on Lu Junting¡¯s face. Old Mr. Lu was the first to come back to his senses and said in a cold voice, ¡°Lu Junting, what¡¯s going on here?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s face was cold, and he asked Shen Jimei, ¡°What are you doing here?¡±


    The warning in his tone was too obvious, even if his voice was not loud, but the words mixed with his aura. So, the sound of his words could not help but shake people¡¯s hearts.


    Shen Jimei tried to keep herself calm, and said, ¡°Don¡¯t misunderstand. Lu Junting and I have broken up. I just came here to get my things back.¡±


    ¡°Your things? Why don¡¯t I know that you have something here?¡±


    Lu Junting sat back in his chair. His face had returned as usual, and he asked slowly and logically, but with a full sense of oppression.


    Shen Jimei took a deep breath and said, ¡°The drawing I sent you. The drawing depicts the two of us. When I was a little girl, I sat next to you to blow the wound for you. Do you remember this drawing?¡±


    Shen Jimei¡¯s eyes showed a little provocation, her gaze swept over towards Lin Xiyu. and she wondered if this woman had seen that drawing, the one that Lu Junting had protect as an apple of his eyes.


    Lu Junting¡¯s perfomance was calmer than she thought, or maybe this person was originally this unfathomable. His tone did not even have much ripple, ¡°Then you should tell me what brush you used, and what kind of paint is it? I¡¯ll see if it¡¯s the one I know.¡±


    ¡°It was a long time ago, I forgot.¡±


    Lu Junting had no patience to deal with her, ¡°Don¡¯t mess around here.¡± He gestured at the maid, ¡°Send this person out.¡±


    Shen Jimei had come to Lu¡¯s house with great difficulty, she had not finished her words. Seeing the maid coming towards her, she had to seize the time to say what she wanted to do. She looked at Lin Xiyu and sneered, ¡°I don¡¯t know what your name is, but seeing that you are younger than me, I will call you sister. Little sister, you are young, but don¡¯t be deceived by Lu Junting, don¡¯t you find that we look a bit alike? Lu Junting uses you as a stand-in!¡±


    This remark did not make Lin Xiyu react much, but Lu Yuan, who was sitting next to Lin Xiyu, exploded. ¡°Where does this crazy woman come from ah? What nonsense are you talking about?¡± Lu Yuan was about to stand up after saying that, but Lin Xiyu hurriedly pulled her back.


    Old madam Lu was obviously irritated, and she reprimanded. ¡°You came to my house without permission, and I¡¯m not arguing with you, so what nonsense are you babbling about now? What are you still standing there for, get this person out of here.¡±


    Old madam Lu was usually kind, but when she got angry, she was quite scary.


    A few maids went up together, directly dragged Shen Jimei to the door rudely. Shen Jimei was not willing, and turned back to Lin Xiyu and said, ¡°I kindly remind you. Lu Junting may only think of you as one of the stand-ins, you have to pay good attention.¡±


    Old madam Lu coldly glanced at Lu Junting and said, ¡°Your business, you go and solve it yourself.¡±


    Lu Junting got up and went outside. This time old madam Lu hurriedly said to Lin Xiyu, ¡°Xixi, don¡¯t take that woman¡¯s words to heart, what about this stand-in or not, it¡¯s been years since Junting and that woman dated. She just doesn¡¯t have a good heart and is deliberately giving you a hard time. If you get angry about it, you¡¯ll fall for her plan.¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled, and comforted old madam Lu instead, ¡°Grandma, don¡¯t worry, I don¡¯t take it to heart.¡±


    Old madam Lu was relieved to see that she really did not look angry, and said, ¡°I will let Junting give you an explanation for this matter, and we won¡¯t let you suffer this grievance in vain.¡±


    Shen Jimei was brought outside the gate by the maid, and followed by Lu Junting. Shen Jimei tidied up her clothes that were rubbed and shoved by the maid, and smiled mockingly at Lu Junting. ¡°Do you believe it or not, your wife must have started to suspect now that you are really using her as a stand-in, and this doubt will follow her for the rest of her life from now on.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s expression did not have much of a wave, he looked at her so calmly. The look in his eyes made her feel like he was looking at a trivial jumping clown.


    This made Shen Jimer a little frustrated.


    After a moment of silence, Lu Jutning suddenly took out his mobile phone and made a call.


    ¡°Lawyer Zhang, have you collected all the evidence of Shen Jimei¡¯s embezzlement of the company¡¯s public funds that I asked you to collect last time? Very good. Now, you help me get this evidence to the money prosecutor. And also¡­ Use all the methods you can use to deal with this matter well, and it¡¯s best to let Shen Jimei go to jail.¡±


    After Lu Junting said this calmly, he hung up the phone, but Shen Jimei¡¯s complexion changed, ¡°Lu Junting, what do you mean?¡±


    ¡°Get paid to do a job and leave when it¡¯s done. Why do you want to make trouble in front of my family? Are you really taking yourself seriously?¡±


    She and Lu Junting did start with a deal. At that time, there were some not-so-good rumors about Lu Junting, such as the rumors that he was gay. His family was worried when they learned of these rumors. Presumably to reassure them and so he could use his energy on his word without worrying, and it just so happened that they had just met at that time, so he offered to have her pretend to be his girlfriend and he would pay her. She and Lu Junting knew about this matter, and she was known to the public as Lu Junting¡¯s girlfriend.


    At that time, she was very confident, thinking that he could fall in love with her. She wanted to retreat to advance, and deliberately mentioned the breakup, but she did not expect that he did not take it seriously at all. Instead, she kept thinking about him for a long time, making herself good for him and often going to his favorite restaurants just to have a chance encounter with him.


    Shen Jimei was considered a well-off family, but she had always spent a lot of money, and her family could not help her pay all the bills. She entered a company as an accountant after graduation, using her position to embezzle a lot of money from the company to meet her own consumption. Although the embezzled money would also be made up later, the embezzlement of public funds did exist.


    What she was shocked about now was not just why Lu Junting knew about it, but why Lu Junting was investigating her, why he wanted to get evidence of her embezzlement. It was obvious that he had not just started today, he had had someone prepare for it a long time ago.


    Shen Jimei was angry. ¡°Lu Junting, why are you investigating me?¡±


    Lu Junting said slowly, ¡°Are you not clear? The best thing I can do is plan ahead.¡± His gaze turned cold, but his tone remained slow, ¡°To prevent people like you who aren¡¯t sensible.¡±


    ¡°Good luck, Miss Shen.¡±


    After he said this, he turned and left.


    Things were developing too fast, completely out of Shen Jimei¡¯s expectation. The anger that Lu Junting would even send her to jail has outweighed everything, Shen Jimei suppressed her anger and rushed to his back, ¡°Lu Junting, you won''t really let me go to jail right?¡±


    Lu Junting ignored her, and left without looking back.


    Lu Junting returned to the living room, and only old madam Lu and Zhang Yao were there. Seeing him, old madam Lu glanced at him and asked in a deep voice, ¡°Is it resolved?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°All solved, where did Xixi go?¡±


    Old madam Lu said, ¡°She went to the tea room with Lu Yuan to eat snacks.¡±


    The tea room was a water pavilion inside the Chinese garden of the Lu family¡¯s backyard, built on the waterfront and connected by winding corridors on the three sides.


    ¡°Why do you think that woman is so shameless ah, it¡¯s been so long since they broke up. She knows my eldest brother is married and still comes to provoke. Why did you just stop me> I have no place to vent my anger, I¡¯m dying of anger.¡±


    Lu Yuan hammered the table and Lin Xiyu felt that she was going crazy.


    ¡°Okay, the person is gone, what¡¯s the point of thinking so much?¡±


    Lu Yuan glanced at her, the beef jerky was quite good, she was chewing quite happily. Lu Yuan looked angry, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you say a word just now ah? Didn¡¯t you hear her say you were a stand-in? What a big face ah, and a stand-in, who does she think she is. You should stand up and kill her directly.¡±


    Lu Junting walked outside the water pavilion, the soundproofing was not very good, the sound of talking inside came out clearly, the movement he was about to knock on the door paused when he heard the conversation inside.


    Lin Xiyu shrugged her shoulders when she heard this, and said indifferently, ¡°Maybe I¡¯m really a stand-in.¡±


    Lu Yuan¡¯s angry expression froze for a moment, and she stared at Lin Xiyu¡¯s face for several seconds and asked, ¡°How do you know?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°She¡¯s right, I do look a little bit like her, maybe that¡¯s why brother Junting didn¡¯t hold back that night.¡±


    ¡°It can¡¯t be right?¡± Although Lu Yuan said this, she also had a little doubt on her face, ¡°If my eldest brother really uses you as a stand-in, then he is a bit of a bastard.¡± Lu Yuan was afraid that she would affect Lin Xiyu¡¯s mood as she was pregnant, she was about to comfort her, but she saw that Lin Xiyu looked as if nothing was wrong. She had been chewing beef jerky since she entered the tea room, and she was eating quite vigorously. She knew Lin Xiyu very well, usually when she was in a bad mood it would affect her appetite, in other words, when she had a good appetite, her mood not too much of a problem, Lu Yuan asked with a puzzled look, ¡°You just don¡¯t care at all?¡±


    ¡°Care about what?¡±


    ¡°My eldest brother is using you as a stand-in ah.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s there to care about, it¡¯s not like you don¡¯t know about my situation with brother Junting. It¡¯s just a short-lasting relationship with a child that forced us to get married.¡±


    ¡°But you¡¯re his wife after all ah.¡±


    Lin Xiyu simply replied, ¡°What about being his wife? I don¡¯t like him, what he thinks, it has nothing to do with me.¡±


    The door made of wood was not soundproofed well, and Lin Xiyu¡¯s words naturally reached Lu Junting¡¯s ears, who was standing outside the door at this moment.


    As soon as Lin Xiyu¡¯s voice fell, she heard a knock on the door that was not light or heavy. Lu Yuan responded, and the door was pushed open. Lu Junting came in from outside.


    He seemed to be covered with the autumn coldness. As soon as he walked in, the room was suddenly several degrees colder.


    Upon seeing him come in, Lu Yuan stood up like a mouse seeing a cat and said, ¡°That, I have something to do so I¡¯ll leave first, you guys take your time and talk.¡± After speaking, she slipped away and ran.


    Lin Xiyu did not expect Lu Junting to come over, she was holding a piece of beef jerky in her hand. As soon as he came in, she subconsciously put it back. There was still some in her mouth that she had not swallowed, this beef jerky was very chewy and she could not chew it after a long time. Lu Junting swept a glance towards her, Lin Xiyu was a bit embarrassed and covered her mouth to swallow the beef jerky with a few hard chews. She greeted him with a dry smile, ¡°Brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting sat down in the position where Lu Yuan had just sat. The two of them were separated by a tea table, and he glanced at her. Since he came in, the girl had been sitting upright, just like a student who saw a teacher enter the classroom for inspection.


    ¡°Is the beef jerky delicious?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s delicious.¡± Lin Xiyu said honestly.


    ¡°If it¡¯s delicious, just continue to eat it.¡±


    ¡°No more, I just ate quite a lot.¡±


    The two fell silent. The tea room was not large, the surrounding environment was secluded, and the silence made the place cramped. Lu Junting¡¯s presence was too strong, and this self-repelling aura made Lin Xiyu quickly fidget.


    ¡°This matter is something I didn¡¯t handle well, and I¡¯m sorry. But, you don¡¯t have to take Shen Jimei¡¯s words to heart.¡± Lu Junting suddenly spoke, ¡°I¡¯ve already broken up with her for many years, and I have never contacted her again after the breakup. You are not anyone¡¯s stand-in, you are yourself.¡±


    Was he afraid that she would be overly concerned, and he deliberately explained it to her? Lin Xiyu did not want him to feel that she took this matter to heart and felt guilty. She hurriedly made her attitude clear and said, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter brother Junting, I don¡¯t take it seriously. Even if you really treat me as a stand-in, there is nothing to be sorry for, you are already good enough for me. There is nothing you owe me, anyway, we¡¯ll separate after the child is born, the stand-in doesn¡¯t really matter, you don¡¯t need to feel guilty or anything. We¡¯ll just get along like before.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had thought that her explanation would make Lu Junting breathe a sigh of relief, but there was no expression of relief on his face. Upon hearing her words, his gaze suddenly fell on her. She could obviously feel that the aura around him turned cold, and there was a little anger in his eyes when he looked at her.


    A person like Lu Junting was the best at hiding his emotions, but now, she could clearly feel that he was angry.


    Lin Xiyu felt inexplicable. She carefully tried to ask, ¡°Brother Junting, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Her trembling eyes held an inquiring look, like a small animal facing a threat, fear clearly etched on her face. Lu Junting turned his head back, his face quickly returned to normal as he stood up and said, ¡°Nothing, let¡¯s go back first.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was slightly relieved, she got up and left with him, but as soon as the door of the water pavilion was pulled open, Lu Junfeng was standing outside the door.


    The weather in the autumn was more severe. There was no sun today, the sky was cloudy and the wind was blowing, adding a little coolness. Dyed with the depression of autumn, Lu Junfeng¡¯s face was also gloomy.


    ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Lu Junting asked.


    Lu Junfeng¡¯s hands on his side clenched into fists, and he said, ¡°I heard everything you said, you weren¡¯t together before you got married, right?¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s face changed drastically, how could she let Lu Junfeng know by such a coincidence.


    Lu Junfeng went on. ¡°I once knew the date of Xixi¡¯s pregnancy from Yan Yutong, and I calculated that it should have been conceived near the day she graduated. I remember that day Xixi was drunk, and I asked my eldest brother to find a female assistant to pick her up, and then I asked the hotel manager that the person who picked her up that day was you. I had my doubts, but I¡¯m now sure that you had sex on that day, and you took advantage of Xixi¡¯s drunkenness to force her, right?¡±


    Lu Junfeng¡¯s words were not polite at all, Lin Xiyu was startled and broke out in a cold sweat as she hurriedly said, ¡°It¡¯s not what you think, you can¡¯t blame brother Junting for what happened that day.¡±


    Lu Junfeng had been suppressing his anger, and upon hearing Lin Xiyu¡¯s words, he finally could not hold back, ¡°Why are you still speaking for him? It¡¯s because you were drunk that he took advantage of someone and was such a jerk to use you as a stand-in for his ex-girlfriend.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was about to speak, but Lu Junting blocked her back, completely isolating her from Lu Junfeng¡¯s line of sight.


    ¡°Lu Junfeng, it¡¯s not your turn to interfere in my personal affairs.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s tone was calm, but he was full of aura, and the words carried a majesty and warning.


    Lu Junfeng was now angry. How could he not be angry? He was the one who asked Lu Junting to pick up Lin Xiyu. This matter was brought about by him by mistake.


    Where did the people in anger control his anger? He said angrily. ¡°I believe in you so much, let you help me pick up Xixi, but you took advantage of her drunkenness. Say, if I tell this matter to our grandparents, would they do justice for Xixi?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was startled, she looked at Lu Junting. His expression did not change much, and there was no wave in his tone, ¡°If you want the two elderly people to fall to the ground because of a stroke, you can go and tell them.¡±


    Lu Junfeng¡¯s eyebrows jumped violently, he took a deep breath to calm himself down, then he rushed to Lin Xiyu again. ¡°Xixi, I know you don¡¯t like my eldest brother, you married him for the sake of the child. Don¡¯t worry, I will always wait for you, I have already broken up with Yan Yutong, and will not be reconciled in the future.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was speechless. Why did Lu Junfeng still say this at this time?


    Lu Junting¡¯s body turned colder, and she could even feel a forceful killing intent, just like a sharp sword out of the scabbard, waiting to be washed with blood.


    Lin Xiyu was frightened by this thought, but Lu Junting¡¯s expression was still calm. Those eyes were dark and deep, but they were dyed a little gloomy by the autumn.


    ¡°Lu Junfeng, you¡¯d better not be delusional.¡±


    A few heavy words, with a warning directly hitting straight to the heart.


    Lu Junfeng clenched his fists, glanced at Lin Xiyu. He did not say anything more, and turned away.


    A cool autumn breeze struck, Lin Xiyu shivered, and Lu Junting tilted his head slightly and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Back in the living room, Lu Junfeng was absent, and Miss Sun finally arrived late. It turned out that she was stuck in traffic on the road. Miss Sun just gave birth to a child, her figure was somewhat plump, but she was cheerful and humorous. Lin Xiyu chatted with her for a while, affected by her humor and talkativeness, her worried mood gradually disappeared.


    Staying at Lu¡¯s house for dinner at night, Lu Junfeng still was not there, and Jiang Lisu told everyone that he was unwell and did not eat. Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyu was inexplicably relieved, what she was most afraid of was that Lu Junfeng would poke things out in public and it would not end well.


    After dinner, Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting sat in the car together. In the evening, Lu Junting drank some wine, the two got into the car and sat in the confined space. Lin Xiyu quickly smelled the wine that permeated him.


    He took off his coat and wore only a shirt on his body, which looked more textured and more dignified in the dim light. He leaned back in his chair, probably too much wine making him uncomfortable, and he rubbed his fingers over his brow. When Lin Xiyu saw this, he hesitated for a while and asked, ¡°Brother Junting, are you okay?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± There was a sligh huskiness in his wine-stained voice, which was stained away by the night and actually seemed particularly magnetic.


    When he finished, one arm suddenly crossed over the back of the chair, his arm was long and reached directly behind Lin Xiyu. His body was lazy, and his arm was probably just trying to relax.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s body froze for a moment, and subconsciously moved away a little to distance herself from his arm. However, as soon as she turned her head, she met Lu Junting¡¯s gaze that looked over.


    In the dimly lit car, because of the wine, his eyes were flushed underneath, not very bright, revealing a kind of confusion, yet when he looked at people, his sight seemed to have a penetrating power. Lin Xiyu did not dare to make eye contact with such a look at him at all, and hurriedly avoided it.


    ¡°Do you dislike me that much?¡± He suddenly opened his mouth, his voice deliberately lowered, with a sense of heaviness.


    Lin Xiyu looked at him in doubt, and Lu Junting said again, ¡°Not even willing for me to get close to you a little?¡±


    Was he saying that he just reached his arm out and she just subconsciously avoided it? Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I was afraid of pressing your hand and wanted you to sleep comfortably.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t dislike me?¡± He asked.


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Then, sit here.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    There seemed to be a smile under his eyes, a smile with a mockery, as if he was mocking her for telling lies, certain that she would not sit there.


    Lin Xiyu adjusted her breathing and moved a little closer to his side. The gradually strong smell of alcohol soon enveloped her nose, vaguely carrying a cold scent of his body.


    ¡°Come over a little more.¡±


    Lin Xiyu bit her lips. She did not know what Lu Junting was going to do. Did he misunderstand that she disliked him, so he was teaching her a lesson?


    She sat stiffly a little further over, and she was about to get close to his body, so close that it felt ambiguous.


    He leaned his head against the back of the chair and tilted his head to face her. His warm breath floated on her face, a strong smell of wine came over her, and she felt her body burning. He approached, and the heat of his body rushed towards her. She was wrapped by this hot air that her body was starting to burn.


    Lin Xiyu lowered her head and asked him, ¡°Brother Junting, are you drunk?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±


    As he spoke, an even hotter breath blew on her face, and Lin Xiyu shivered, her eyes flickered a few times.


    She only saw him frown suddenly and tug at his tie a few times casually, as if that would make him more comfortable. He leaned his head on the back of the chair. Originally, he just tilted his head like he was closing his eyes, but after a few breaths he suddenly turned his head sideways to her. They were already sitting close together, and by turning his head sideways, they were even closer, yet he moved a little further towards her, his lips almost coming close to her ear.


    In the silence of the car, he suddenly asked her with his lowered husky voice, ¡°Are you going to run away with Lu Junfeng after you¡¯re giving birth?¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±

 CH 22

    Chapter 22: The Little One was Born


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him. The dim light made his face more three-dimensional and deep, the shadow cast by the eyebrows shrouded his eyes. His eye were pitch black, like the night sky without stars, towards the end of the night, black as far as the eye could see, far and wide, deep and mysterious, it was unpredictable.


    She remembered what Lu Junfeng had said today, in fact she did not even take it to heart, why would he ask that?


    It sounded like it was just a casual question, a purely curious tone, but when he asked such a thing, it made people feel that he cared, whether she really would run away with Lu Junfeng or not.


    Her heart seemed to be suddenly stirred, a little chaotic. Her heartbeat was unconsciously faster, and her body, which was shrouded in heat, seemed to become hotter.


    She turned back and said, ¡°No, it¡¯s not possible for me and Lu Junfeng.¡±


    ¡°Really?¡±


    He asked with a tone that seemed softer than it had just sounded.


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t use you as a stand-in.¡± He suddenly said, ¡°Do you believe me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked towards him, his eyes were deep, but his tone was incomparably firm. Lin Xiyu suddenly thought of the lofty mountains in the distance, standing quietly, solid, steady, unshakeable.


    At this time, Lu Junting seemed to be such a mountain, and his words carried a sense of certainty that could not be doubted.


    Lin Xiyu nodded unconsciously, ¡°Okay, I believe you.¡±


    In fact, she really did not care, but if he wanted her to believe it, she would believe it.


    ¡°Good.¡± He responded lightly, closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows again. ¡°I¡¯ll rest for a while.¡±


    There was a faint sense of relief in his tone.


    The car was quiet, and both of them did not speak anymore. The car quickly drove to Moon Bay no. 1, Lu Junting was really a little bit drunk and walked unsteadily. It was his assistant who helped him upstairs. However, when Lin Xiyu got up the next day, Lu Junting was already up.


    He was on the phone and sitting in the living room. As she came downstairs she heard him say to the other end of the phone. ¡°Just let him stay there and don¡¯t come back if he has nothing to do.¡±


    The other side answered, he hung up the phone and looked over to her. It was obviously a very casual glance, but Lin Xiyu could not help but feel a chill.


    ¡°Awake?¡± Lu Junting greeted her as usual.


    Lin Xiyu nodded and then asked politely. ¡°Brother Junting drank too much wine yesterday. Do you want the chef to make a bowl of sobering soup?¡±


    ¡°No need.¡± Lu Junting leaned on the soda, crossed his legs and looked at her. ¡°I arranged for Lu Junfeng to go to Jiangyuan City.¡±


    Lu Junfeng did not work in Ancheng, but it was in the city next to Ancheng, not far away, and he could come back once a week. However, Jiangyuan was more than a thousand kilometers away from Ancheng, not to mention a week, he might not be able to come back once a month.


    The fact that Lu Junting suddenly arranged for Lu Junfeng to go out of town, Lin Xiyu guessed that probably because of yesterday¡¯s incident. Lu Junfeng was a little too impulsive and should not provoke Lu Junting. He was the eldest brother, but also the head of the family. The family head¡¯s dignity allowed people to provoke at will? However, it was the Lu family¡¯s business, and it did not have much to do with her, so she nodded a little as she listened.


    Lu Junting added. ¡°Will you blame me for arranging him so far away?¡±


    Lin Xiyu answered, ¡°No, you have your own consideration, not to mention that you are the eldest brother, you can¡¯t harm him, right?¡±


    ¡°Not sure.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    His expression was full of meaning, and it gave people a sense of elusiveness, as if he was testing something.


    But that had nothing to do with her either, that was between the two of them as brothers.


    It happened that Sister Wu called for a meal, and Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Eat first.¡± That was the end of the conversation.


    After eating, Lu Junting went to work, and Lin Xiyu also learned from Lu Yuan that Lu Junting arranging for Lu Junfeng to go to Jiangyuan City, and it was said that Jiang Lisu even went to old madam Lu to cry because of this, but it was Lu Junting¡¯s decision, and even old madam Lu could not change it.


    The days passed calmly, Lin Xiyu and Miss Sun also often contacted each other to exchange some pregnancy experience. Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend also did not appear again, only later vaguely hearing Lu Yuan mentioned that the ex-girlfriend was arrested for embezzling public funds.


    However, that had nothing to do with her.


    Lu Junting was still very busy, this time Changheng Group ¡®change the role¡¯ drama was a huge innovation in the company, eliminating the dissidents and strengthening Lu Junting¡¯s rule over Changheng. After this incident, Lu Junting¡¯s position in Changheng would become more and more solid.


    There were still a lot of things to deal with afterwards, and the problems abroad had not been dealt with yet, but Lu Junting had pushed off all the work he was doing away from home because his child was due in a few months, and he wanted to stay in Ancheng with Lin Xiyu for these few months to wait for the birth.


    Lu Junting came back on time from work every day, and Lin Xiyu spoke to him a little more than before, but it was all about the child. Lin Xiyu¡¯s stomach was getting bigger and bigger, and her whole body looked clumsy. That afternoon, sister Wu accompanied her to take a walk in the backyard. She was already too tired to move, her feet were a little sore from walking, so Lin Xiyu sat on the sofa to rub them.


    Lu Junting happened to come back and saw her half exposed calf. Lin Xiyu hurriedly lowered her pant leg as soon as she saw him and said with some embarrassment, ¡°Brother Junting is back.¡±


    Although he only glanced at it casually, Lu Junting noticed that her calves were swollen a little abnormally. She was fatter than before during her pregnancy, but those slender calves were not fat like that.


    ¡°What happened to your feet?¡± Lu Junting asked, sitting next to her.


    He was not sitting close to her either, but when he got close, it always made her feel uncomfortable. Her expression was not quite natural as she said, ¡°Edema*.¡±


    *Edema is the medical term for swelling caused by fluid trapped in your body''s tissues. Edema happens most often in your feet, ankles and legs, but can affect other parts of your body, such as your face, hands and abdomen.


    ¡°Do you want to go to the hospital?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not a big problem, a lot of pregnant women are like this.¡±


    Lu Junting then did not say anything else, and the next day, an expert who specialized in massage came to the house to massage Lin Xiyu.


    ¡°Mrs. Lu, from now on I will come every afternoon to massage Mrs. Lu.¡±


    The masseuse was a middle-aged woman who was slender and very kind when she smiled. Lin Xiyu asked, ¡°Did my husband arrange this?¡±


    The masseuse said, ¡°It was arranged by Mr. Lu.¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought about how Lu Junting had asked her about her swollen feet yesterday.


    Lu Junting also bought her a massage chair, which was said to be sent from abroad. The masseuse let her sit on the massage chair, let her feet step in the medicated foot bath. The masseuse had a unique technique, massaging from under her feet all the way to her calves. Lin Xiyu felt that comfortable feeling, ironing out every cell of her body.


    Lu Junting not only hired a masseuse for her, but later also hired a yoga teacher to take her through pregnancy yoga. In short, during this most tiring time of the third trimester, Lu Juntinng was making her comfortable in any way he could.


    In any case, he really did a good job as a husband, but Lin Xiyu was also clear that he did all this for the sake of the child in her stomach.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s due date was in early May, a season of warm, spring-like breezes, when the flowers in the yard were blooming and the grass leaves were green and shiny.


    However, Lin Xiyu did not expect the little guy to be so anxious. Originally, Lu Junting had already arranged the hospital and was going to send her there the next day, who knew that the night before, when there were three days before the due date, the little guy could not wait to knock on the door .


    At that time, it was dinner time. Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting sat opposite each other. Lin Xiyu suddenly felt a painful sensation of her period coming on, and after looking down, she saw that the chair she was sitting on was wet.


    Lin Xiyu was startled, and with a panicked face, he rushed to Lu Junting, ¡°Brother Junting, what should I do? The water is flowing.¡±


    Lu Junting reacted quickly, put the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, suddenly got up and walked towards her. Lu Juntign took the time to do some homework during this time, and when he saw the water dripping from the chair, he understood what was going on.


    Lin Xiyu was completely frightened, and did not dare to move. Her face was as white as paper, covering her stomach that began to hurt, and asked him with an anxious face. ¡°What should I do?¡±


    Lu Junting made an immediate decision. First, he ordered someone to call the driver to bring the car over, leaned down and picked her up directly and walked outside. The driver drove the car to the door, and Lu Junting carried her to the car.


    The pain was getting more and more intense, and Lin Xiyu bit her lips tightly, afraid that she would scream out in pain. Lu Junting let her lean into his arms to stabilize her body. He looked down at the person in his arms, but saw that her forehead was covered with a layer of sweat. Her small face was wrinkled with pain, and her lower lip was whitened by her tight bite.


    Lu Junting used his thumb to break her lower lip out and said in a deep voice, ¡°Don¡¯t bite yourself, you¡¯ll bleed.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s teeth chattered in pain, so Lu Junting passed his hand to her lips and said, ¡°Bite me if you want.¡±


    He shoved his hand into her mouth, it was so painful that she did not even have time to be surprised by him by giving her his hand to bite. She hurriedly turned her head to avoid it, she did not want to bite him.


    Although Lu Junting looked calm, at this time he was also panicked in his heart. He looked outside of the car, an inexplicable uneasiness which caused him a bit of anger, he rushed the driver and asked, ¡°How much longer?¡±


    The chilling tone made the driver shiver and trembled as he said warily, ¡°It¡¯s almost there.¡±


    The hospital was near Moon Bay No. 1, not far away, but Lu Junting felt that the road was particularly long, especially listening to her suppressed cries. Having already called ahead, the nurse pushed the bed over to pick her up, and Lu Junting helped carry Lin Xiyu up, and then the nurse pushed her towards the hospital.


    The incandescent lights of the hospital skimmed overhead one by one, the strange white walls around them, and the flustered nurses made Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart in chaos. She was scared, her heart was filled with fear. If only she had her family at this time, it would be good, but she had long since lost her family.


    Lu Junting followed all the way, and Lin Xiyu suddenly saw him. She suddenly realized that the only person she could rely on here was him. The fear of the unknown made her desperate to find something to do for support, too much need for comfort and comfort for her heart, she rushed to him to reach out his hand. Lu Junting did not even think to hastily hold her hand, Lin Xiyu was scared, really scared.


    ¡°I¡¯m scared, brother Junting, I¡¯m really scared.¡± She said with a sob in her voice.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be scared, I¡¯m here.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s palm was warm and dry, wrapping tightly around her small hand. His tone was calm and steady, with a reassuring sense of strength, as if any problem was not a problem in front of him.


    Lin Xiyu slowly calmed down, she was quickly pushed to the delivery room. Lu Junting was blocked out of the door, and the two were forced to release their hands that were held together.


    Lu Junting stood outside the door for a long time before reacting. The man who had always been clean and meticulous was chaotic at this time, his clothes were rubbed together and the well-textured trouser legs were scratched out by her with a crease, but he did not care, and stood at the door somewhat bewildered.


    It was not until his senses returned that he took out his mobile phone to call the rest of the Lu family. Not long after, old Mr. Lu, old madam Lu and the family from the third house arrived in a hurry.


    Old madam Lu asked, ¡°How long has she been in there?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°It¡¯s been a while.¡±


    There was a faint cry coming from the delivery room, which made people panic, and Lu Junting stood up from his chair and said, ¡°I¡¯m going to smoke.¡±


    He went to the smoking room and came back to the maternity ward with the door still closed after he finished one cigarette.


    Lu Yuan sat close to Zhang Yao on the chair, she looked at the delivery room dumbly, listening to the screams inside, her face turned white into a black. That grip on Zhang Yao¡¯s fingers subconsciously tightened, as if muttering to herself, ¡°Xixi will be okay, right? It¡¯s really scary to give birth to a child ah, I won¡¯t get married or have children in the future, no marriage and no children so that I can stay safe and sound.¡±


    Zhang Yao pinched her fiercely and scolded in a small voice, ¡°You rotten child, what are you babbling about?¡±


    Fortunately, it did not toss too long inside. After about four or five hours, the door of the delivery room was pushed open, and the nurse came out with the newborn baby in her arms and said, ¡°It¡¯s a little prince.¡±


    The worries on the faces of the people were swept away. They hurriedly went to see the child, but Lu Junting did not look at the child, he asked, ¡°How about the mother?¡±


    The nurse said, ¡°She¡¯s asleep.¡±


    ¡°Can I go inside and have a look?¡± Lu Junting asked again.


    Lu Junting went in to take a look. At this time, she was lying on the bed, and Lin Xiyu¡¯s face was covered in sweat, her eyebrows were exhausted, and she had already passed out. There was also a doctor next to him, Lu Junting was not assured and asked again, ¡°Is she okay?¡±


    ¡°Mr. Lu, rest assured, Mrs. Lu is fine, she¡¯ll be fine when she wakes up from her nap.¡±


    Lu Junting breathed a sigh of relief as he exited the door. Everyone asked and were relieved to learn that Lin Xiyu was fine. Old madam Lu hurriedly handed the child in her hand to Lu Junting, and said with a pleasant look. ¡°Come and see, it looks exactly like when you were a child.¡±


    Lu Junting had no experience in holding the child, the posture was a little stiff to take over. He looked down at the swaddled child, to speak from the heart, he was looking forward to this child, it was his first time as a father, his joy could not be said in two or three words.


    However, his brow subconsciously furrowed when he saw the swaddled child with reddened skin, a pair of swollen eyes, and creases all over.


    How could it be so ugly!


    Lu Junting arranged a VIP ward for Lin Xiyu. The bed was large and comfortable, and there was a sofa and TV next to it. At this moment, Lu Junting was sitting on the sofa next to the hospital bed, and his assistant had carried a pile of documents over to him to sign.


    Lin Xiyu had a full night¡¯s sleep, her energy had recovered a lot. She subconsciously touched her stomach, it was much smaller now. She remembered hearing the doctor say that a little prince was born before she slept over yesterday, but she fell asleep before she had a chance to look at him.


    Upon hearing the movement, Lu Junting turned his head to look at her. Seeing that she was awake, he shoved the half-signed document in his hand into the assistant¡¯s hand, and asked, ¡°Is there anything you are uncomfortable with?¡±


    ¡°Where¡¯s the child? How is he? Is he healthy? Is he cute?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°He¡¯s in the nursery, he¡¯s quite healthy.¡± He automatically ignored the question about whether he was cute or not.


    At this time, Zhang Yao came to visit Lin Xiyu with the child in her arms, followed by old madam Lu from behind. Zhang Yao laughed. ¡°Look at the baby.¡±


    This was the first time Lin Xiyu held a baby, she was so excited that her hands were chaotic. She felt her fingers shaking as she took the baby from Zhang Yao¡¯s hands. Old madam Lu laughed from the side, ¡°It looks just like Junting when he was little.¡±


    Lu Junting, who was standing by the side, did not look very good. He did not want others to say that the child was like him.


    He was actually a little worried, after all, the child looked like that, but the elders said he looked like him as a child. He wondered if she would blame him if she saw it and thought it was too ugly. After all, it was ugly because it looked like him.


    Moreover, she did not expect this child, and even wanted to abort him at one point. If she saw that the child he gave her was not cute, would she not like it?


    Lin Xiyu took the child and looked at the pink and tender ball in the swaddling clothes, her eyes flooded with soft light, and she could not hide her excitement in her tone, ¡°He¡­ he¡¯s so cute ah.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    En?


    Lu Junting tilted his head to the side and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.


    He thought, maybe¡­ their aesthetics were different.


    ¡°Wow, he smiled, he smiled.¡± Lin Xiyu was like discovering something incredible, and her eyes shone with excitement.


    Everyone else leaned in to look.


    ¡°He¡¯s really smiling.¡±


    ¡°The newborn baby rarely smiles ah, it seems our baby loves to smile.¡±


    Lu Junting also glanced at that side, it did not matter if he did not look at it. When he looked, his face that had just been loosened tightened again.


    He was indeed smiling, a smile that was so full of folds that it showed bare gum teeth, and looked¡­ Even uglier, really ugly that it was difficult to explain.


    He looked at the little girl¡¯s expression again, but saw her eyes staring unblinkingly at the little thing in the swaddling clothes. Not only did she not dislike it, but she had a loving and gentle face, and her voice spoke with joy, ¡°He¡¯s so cute, how can he be so cute.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°......¡±


    Okay, as long as you like it.

 CH 23

    Chapter 23: The Little Cub is Pretty Cute


    Lin Xiyu had a normal delivery, and the birth went smoothly. After a few days of observation in the hospital, she was discharged without  any problems. The nursery room was built by Lu Junting long ago. The milk powder and all the baby supplies at home were also very well prepared.


    On the day Lin Xiyu was discharged from the hospital, except for Lu Junfeng, a large family of the Lu family came to pick her up, and everyone gathered in the Moonbay no. 1 villa, because with the arrival of a new life, everyone¡¯s face was full of joy.


    The child¡¯s name was already given to him by old Mr. Lu, and he was named Lu Chengmao. After Lin Xiyu finished breastfeeding and came out with the little one, old madam Lu said, ¡°Give the baby to Junting for a hug, don¡¯t be a father and not even know how to hold a baby.¡±


    Lin Xiyu then handed the baby to Lu Junting, who was holding the baby in a very awkward way, with stiff and careful movements, not like holding a person, but like holding a bomb. The child probably realized that he was hugged by someone else, and cried out as soon as he was held by Lu Junting.


    Lu Junting¡¯s eyebrows knitted, and old madam Lu said, ¡°What are you doing? Quickly coax him ah.¡±


    Lu Junting simply could not bear to look at his son¡¯s face, but also patiently, softened his voice and said, ¡°Okay, okay, don¡¯t cry.¡±


    However, this man¡¯s face had a sense of seriousness, and this coaxing sentence sounds more like a command.


    The child did not give him any face, crying more fiercely. Lu Junting¡¯s eyebrows tightened more tightly, let him give orders and he was quite good at it, but he really had no experience in coaxing children. The child¡¯s cries made his head want to burst, and when he cried, the child''s face was even uglier.


    Lin Xiyu was startled and rushed over to pick up the child. Old madam Lu scolded at the side, ¡°What are you doing ah? You¨C, this child is still so young, what if you scare him? Really, you can¡¯t even coax your own baby.¡±


    Lu Junting also seemed to realize that his tone was not very good just now, he looked at the child, held by his mother, he did not calm down for a while. Lin Xiyu held the child while walking and coaxing, with a look that was full of love.


    He had not expected it, but she liked this son of his, even though he was a bit ugly.


    There were nannies to help with the childcare, Lin Xiyu¡¯s 40 days period after childbirth was quite easy. The little baby at first loved to cry at night, and then sister Wu helped to adjust the child¡¯s routine, trying to let him play during the day and sleep at night. Then, he slowly would not cry at night, as long as the child did not cry at night, the adults had it to be much easier.


    During Lin Xiyu¡¯s 40 days, Lu Junting also returned every day. Lin Xiyu initially felt that Lu Junting was looking forward to this child, but after the birth of the child, she vaguely felt that Lu Junting¡¯s feelings for this child were a little complicated, and there was no such pure expectation at the beginning. As a father, he was also attentive to the child, such as everyday after coming home, he would ask the child¡¯s condition, any physical discomfort, but sometimes, when he looked at the child, there was always an expression of dislike. He did not love the child like her, wanting to hug the child and never let go.


    She thought probably men and women were different? Women were emotional, women¡¯s love was representational on the outside, while men were different.


    However, this was not Lin Xiyu¡¯s main worry, her main worry now was that the child was born, at first she had agreed with Lu Junting that they would divorce after she was giving birth.


    However, from the third trimester to the present, Lin Xiyu had established a deep relationship with this child, and she really did not want to leave him at this time.


    Anyway, the child was still breastfeeding now, Lu Junting would not let her go during the child¡¯s breastfeeding period.


    During her confinement period, Lin Xiyu refused all visits. Lu Junting also specifically told the others, so her relatives could come as little as possible, so Lin Xiyu had a very leisurely time.


    Zhang Yao called her directly when she had something to say. When Lin Xiyu was about to come out from confinement, Zhang Yao called her and said something.


    ¡°Do you remember the director of the Wucheng Orphanage?¡±


    ¡°I remember ah. Aunt Yao, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°She called me the other day and said that someone claiming to be your father¡¯s apprentice had gone to her to ask for your number.¡±


    Her father¡¯s apprentice? Her father had a lot of apprentices, some of whom she did not even know.


    Lin Xiyu asked, ¡°Did that person say his name?¡±


    ¡°What is he called, from Du Xingjia?¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought the name sounded a bit familiar, and Zhang Yao added. ¡°He asked the dean for your contact information, should I give it to him?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Give it.¡±


    ¡°Ah? Not afraid of him being a liar ah?¡±


    ¡°If he isn¡¯t my father¡¯s apprentice, he won¡¯t be able to fool me.¡±


    The day after talking to Zhang Yao on the phone, Lin Xiyu received a call from Du Xingjia.


    ¡°Little junior sister, are you little junior sister?¡±


    The person on the other end of the phone was very excited, and Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed. ¡°I¡¯m Lin Xiyu.¡±


    She felt that the person on the other end of the phone was about to cry with excitement, ¡°Little junior sister, you are really little junior sister, I¡¯ve been looking for you so hard.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    The person from Du Xingjia calmed down a bit before telling her about the situation. It turned out that the Du Xingjia had set up a calligraphy club to promote Lin¡¯s calligraphy, and over the years he had wanted to be in contact with the Lin family¡¯s heir, also known as Lin Xiyu. He tossed around several places before asking for her phone number from the director of the Wu Cheng Orphanage.


    On the phone, the person from Du Xingjia was extremely sincere in inviting her to join his calligraphy club, and offered a very generous reward, hoping that she could be a teacher inside his calligraphy club as Lin''s calligraphy inheritor.


    Lin Xiyu did not agree immediately, only said that she would consider it for a while.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s father, Lin Daguo, was a calligrapher, she was influenced by it as she grew up, and she definitely knew how to do it. The reason why she applied to the Biology Department of Ancheng University was not because she liked biology, but because Ancheng University had a very famous calligraphy club. And Biology happened to be the ace major in Ancheng University, which she studied just so she could join the club.


    Being able to carry forward their Lin family¡¯s calligraphy and get paid, Lin Xiyu was a bit tempted. However, Lin Xiyu was not in a hurry, and she wanted to check it first.


    The first thing Lin Xiyu did after her confinement month was to meet up with Du Xingjia, and for that reason, she turned down Lu Yuan¡¯s offer to take her out for a good, crazy time.


    The meeting place was in a library, and Lin Xiyu arrived a short while after Du Xingjia arrived.


    ¡°Little junior sister.¡± She did not expect Du Xingjia to recognize her at once.


    However, Lin Xiyu¡¯s mood was a bit complicated when she looked at the man with a white beard in front of her, whose age could be her grandfather. Was this really his father¡¯s apprentice?


    ¡°Little junior sister, do you still recognize me? We met when you were a kid.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that the person in front of her was a bit familiar, and she said, ¡°A bit of an impression.¡±


    Du Xingjia was so happy that he said he would invite her to a meal, but Lin Xiyu politely declined, wanting to visit his calligraphy club first. Then, Du Xingjia took her there, and he drove himself. Lin Xiyu thought it was impressive that he could still drive himself at such an old age.


    The calligraphy club was bigger than she thought, built on the outskirts of Ancheng, not far from Moon Bay no. 1, where she and LuJuntign now live.


    Du Xingjia took her to a certain calligraphy classroom, but saw a bunch of people sitting in the classroom in unison, all basically in their forties, and Du Xingjia told her that these were the students of their calligraphy club.


    Du Xingjia introduced her, only to see the people sitting down who could be her elders stand up in unison and bow at her.


    ¡°Hello, senior aunt.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    What was going on?


    Du Xingjia smiled and explained, ¡°They are all my students. And naturally they are also your junior nephew*.¡±


    *The words of the nephew refer to the apprentices of the brothers and sisters of the same sect.


    Lin Xiyu laughed dryly and said, ¡°Everyone sit down, there¡¯s no need to be so polite.¡±


    Only then did everyone sit down, and one of the older women who looked to be in her early fifties said, ¡°I heard from master that you¡¯re the inheritor of Lin¡¯s calligraphy, we¡¯ve heard a lot about Mr. Lin, but we just don¡¯t have the chance to see him again, so why don¡¯t master¡¯s siter show us what authentic Lin¡¯s calligraphy looks like.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked towards Du Xingjia, who also said, ¡°I¡¯ve seen you write calligraphy when you were a child. Back then, master said you were very talented. Don¡¯t be nervous, write how you usually practice.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not panic, as the daughter of Lin Daguo, calligraphy was her best talent.


    Soon someone brought up a brush and ink, Lin Xiyu usually loved to practice calligraphy. During this time of pregnancy, Lin Xiyu was also practicing. At this time, she would stroke a few big characters with her brush.


    It was a line from Li Bai¡¯s poem.


    ¡°Since ancient the sages have been lonely, but only those who drink have left their names.¡±


    Everyone came to see it.


    ¡°The brush falls in a single stroke, the characters are flowing and agile, worthy of being the inheritor of Lin''s calligraphy.¡±


    Some of them were probably just starting out and did not know how to boast yet, so they said, ¡°Wow, you write so beautifully. Senior aunt, can you teach me some day?¡±


    At the beginning, they did not trust her as a little girl to teach any calligraphy, but after this one word fell, everyone was convinced of her. Naturally, they were more determined for Du Xingjia to have her join their team.


    Lin Xiyu had inspected the place. Although it was also a profit-making institution, it was indeed doing something to promote Lin¡¯s calligraphy, and she was certainly willing to do so if she could promote her own family¡¯s calligraphy. Before that, she only considered calligraphy as a hobby, and not as a profession, after all, calligraphy was a bowl of rice that could not be eaten without a little skill. Now that she could promote her own calligraphy and also do it as a job, Lin Xiyu naturally had the intention.


    After Lin Xiyu returned, she mentioned this matter to Lu Junting.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to be in such a hurry to go to work, you can rest for a while.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I told them that I would go in a month.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting just hoped that she could rest more, it did not matter if she rested for a year and a half. The child was still so young and needed his mother around, but he did not want to interfere with her freedom. After eating, Lu Junting made a phone call with his assistant to let him check that calligraphy club. Not long after, the assistant checked and came back to report that the club was regular.


    It was good that it was a regular one, just in case this little girl was too young and got scammed.


    Lu Junting had pushed too much work in the past few months, so that at this time he had accumulated a lot of problems. He had to personally deal with them.


    Now that her child had been born and her confinement was done. Lu Junting should also think more about work, so he had begun to travel again before Lin Xiyu had gone to work at the calligraphy club. Lin Xiyu had officially started to work a month later.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s main job was to teach calligraphy skills to calligraphy enthusiasts, occasionally giving lectures at universities to promote Lin¡¯s calligraphy, and sometimes being invited to participate in some programs.


    At first, Lin Xiyu wanted to work as soon as possible because she was pregnant and sat in the confinement period of time basically every day at hom, feeling that she was going to be stupid. So, as soon as she came out of the confinement, she wanted to go out, but she realized that women who had a child were really different, and she was always thinking about the child. Thinking about whether he would be hungry or crying. Every day after work, she could not wait to rush home.


    Lin Xiyu bought a car, an economical and practical one, and bought it with Lu Junting¡¯s living expenses. She did not tell the club that she was married, especially because she did not want people to know that her husband was Lu Junting.


    She always felt that she and Lu Junting had to divorce sooner or later, and no letting people know saved a lot of trouble.


    Lin Xiyu rushed home as fast as she could, took the elevator from the -2nd floor underground parking to the 1st floor, and heard the baby crying outside before she got off the elevator. Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart seized up, when the elevator opened, she hurriedly walked out. Sister Wu was holding the baby in the living room and coaxing him. As soon as the baby saw her, she immediately stretched her hand at her, Lin Xiyu took it and coaxed, ¡°Sorry, good boy, mommy is late.¡±


    Lin Xiyu carried the child upstairs to breastfeed. The baby loved to smile and rarely cried unless he was hungry. When Lin Xiyu saw him eating so anxiously, she gently wiped away his tears and said, ¡°Eat slowly, good boy, no one will steal from you.¡±


    The well-fed baby was in a better mood and smiled at her with wide eyes. It had been five months since the baby was born, the little face had grown, the skins had faded to pink, and now the baby was white and tender. Because he had a good appetite, he had grown a soft flesh, his white face was fleshy, arms and thighs also fleshy like lotus root, and hugging him was soft and very comfortable.


    With his smile, Lin Xiyu felt that her heart was about to melt. She rubbed his face, and the baby liked to be rubbed on the face. Sure enough, he smiled even happier after being rubbed by her.


    As mother and son played, Lin Xiyu suddenly heard a car engine sound. She walked to the window to look down with her baby in her arms, and saw a familiar black car drive in.


    Lin Xiyu had received a call before that Lu Junting was coming back, but she did not see him even when the time came, and later on that side called her to say that he still had something to do. She thought that he was going to be busy for a long time, but she did not expect for him to come back suddenly.


    Lu Junting had been on a business trip since Lin Xiyu¡¯s confinement. He had been busy, and he had not returned in the past few months.


    Lin Xiyu pointed to the car and said to her baby, ¡°See, it¡¯s daddy¡¯s car, daddy is back, let¡¯s go see him, okay?¡±


    Lin Xiyu came down holding the baby. Lu Junting had already come out of the elevator, the maid took the coat he had taken off, and he heard the voice and took a glance.


    ¡°Brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting responded, and his gaze swept to the child she was holding in her arms. Even though Lu Junting was restrained and subtle, and his emotions were not shown. At this time, seeing that child, the bottom of his eyes also unconsciously slipped through a touch of surprise.


    He had been away on business trips for the past few months, and would usually check about the mother and son with sister Wu. Occasionally, he would video call with Lin Xiyu and the little one, though it was not very clear on the video. He was really quite amazed, he did not see the child for a few months, he had grown a lot, no longer wrapped in swaddling clothes in a small ball. The original wrinkled and red skin became white and tender, swollen eyes had also gone down, a pair of big eyes oozing, set in a fleshy little face. At this time was looking at him dully, that expression looked dumb and cute.


    Lin Xiyu hugged him downstairs. Since the baby saw Lu Junting, he kept staring at him. Lin Xiyu said to him, ¡°Baby, this is daddy.¡±


    Baby? Lu Junting felt this nickname was quite good.


    The child was curious about the big man who suddenly appeared in front of him, and kept his big eyes fixed on him.


    Upon seeing it, Lin Xiyu asked tentatively, ¡°Does brother Junting want to hug him?¡±


    Lu Junting did not think twice and held out his hand, so Lin Xiyu gave him the baby. Lu Junting was inexperienced in holding a child and wrapped his arms around the child''s waist, and the baby¡¯s lower half fell down, revealing half of his fleshy back. Lin Xiyu was surprised that the child did not cry even after being held so uncomfortably, his big eyes kept staring at his father.


    Lin Xiyu reminded him, ¡°It¡¯s not comfortable for him. Put one of your arms around his waist and one arm around his butt like that.¡±


    Lu Junting was quite obedient, really changed his position. He hugged the baby and sat down on the sofa, letting him sit on his lap. The baby could not sit now, so Lu Junting put one of his arms around his fleshy body to stabilize him, just like that, father and son, with big eyes and small eyes.


    The baby could recognize the people a bit, if unfamiliar people hugged him, he would cry. Lu Junting left when he was just a month, certainly, the baby could not remember this father, but they did not expect that he was not crying when his father hugged him. They did not know whether this child knew that this power was his father, so he felt close.


    Lu Junting was really not expecting that wrinkled child to grow so good-looking. At first, he saw his son was born like that, he was a little congested, and even a little guilty. He let a person get pregnant but did not give the person a cute baby. For Lu Junting, the dragon of the people, he had a real frustration the moment he saw the child.


    But now his son was fully grown, with a white and tender face, big dark eyes, like two black grapes, and his mouth was pink, it really was¡­ strangely cute.

 CH 24

    Chapter 24: Being Spit on with Milk


    The contrast between Lu Junting, who was tall, and the little baby sitting on his lap was very strong. This man who was determined and had a sharp edge in his temperament, but in front of the child, that sharp edge was deliberately concealed by him. His solemn eyebrows also showed a little softness at this moment.


    The big and small two people together, there was a sense of contrasting harmony.


    ¡°Lu Chengmao, take a good look, I¡¯m your father.¡± Lu Junting told his son softly, ¡°I hugged you before, remember me?¡±


    However, as soon as he said that, he saw the baby suddenly frown. Lin Xiyu had the experience, and secretly whispered ¡®bad¡¯, but it was already too late.


    *vomit*


    A mouthful of milk sprayed on Lu Junting¡¯s expensive couture shirt.


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    The harmonious, father-son warm scene seemed to have suddenly cracked, the softness between Lu Junting¡¯s eyebrows suddenly froze as he looked down at the culprit.


    Lin Xiyu immediately read the look in Lu Junting¡¯s eyes at the moment, as if to say ¡®If you weren¡¯t my son, you will be finished today¡¯. Lin Xiyu was startled and hurriedly ran over to pick up the baby, explaining in a slightly nervous tone, ¡°He just drank milk, so if you don¡¯t hold him in the right position, he¡¯ll easily vomit.¡±


    The maid hurriedly went up to clean the floor, and brought tissue to wipe Lu Junting, who was wiping the milk from his body while looking over at the culprit, who was lying in his mother¡¯s arms and burping, while his mother was gently smoothing his back.


    ¡°I rarely hug you, and you rewarded me with milk. You¡¯re really a good son of mine.¡±


    Lu Junting said that and stood up, while unbuttoning his shirt and walking upstairs. Lin Xiyu saw him walk up and hurriedly gave way. The movement of giving way through panic, and also deliberately side-stepped to block the baby in her arms.


    Lu Junting was very confused at her action, his tone was nothing abnormal ah. From her expression, she seemed to be really worried about what he would do to that brat.


    Did she not think about it? Even if he ruined one of his shirts, he was still his cub, what could he do to him?


    How come she was still like this?


    Lu Junting went to change his clothes and came down. The two of them ate dinner together, and they talked about the recent situation in an unsavory manner. The baby¡¯s routine was very regular, he fell asleep on time after drinking the last sip of milk at 8:00pm in the evening, and Lin Xiyu had been accompanying him.


    Lu Junting came back, and  there were some things Lin Xiyu had to start worrying about. She did not forget what she had discussed with Lu Junting before, the divorce would be finalized when the child was born.


    Although Lu Junting had not yet touched on this point, it did not mean that he did not take what she said seriously. Lin Xiyu looked at the baby in her arms, she was still so young.


    Before the baby was born, she did not take it too seriously, thinking that she could be very free, and even thought that she could never see the child. However, after the baby was born she realized it was not that simple.


    She was reluctant, very reluctant. She could not help but think of him when she was going to class, let alone being separate for a long time.


    Lin Xiyu shook her head, she did not want to think about it anymore. Anyway, now that the baby was still breastfeeding, Lu Junting could not let her go at this time.


    Lin Xiyu handed over her baby to the nanny after the morning breastfeedings. Before she went to work, she would squeeze out the milk that the baby would drink for a day and prepare it, her milk-water was sufficient, and the milk pump was not even used.


    There was a sudden knock on the door, and Lin Xiyu thought that the nanny had come in to get the milk, so she answered, ¡°Come in.¡±


    She heard the door pushed open and footsteps walked in. Without turning around, Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Wait a little longer.¡±


    The person did not respond, and Lin Xiyu realized that something was wrong. She turned her head to look and saw Lu Junting standing in the doorway. Lin Xiyu seemed to be struck by lightning, hurriedly pulling down the clothes. She was embarrassed to death, and her face turned red instantly.


    She said angrily, ¡°Why did brother Junting come in here?¡±


    Lu Junting startled slightly, adjusted his breathing, and said, ¡°I knocked on the door, I didn¡¯t know you were¡­ I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    He did knock on the door, and it was she who answered him before he came in, but where did she know that the person who came in was him. Lin Xiyu¡¯s face was burned in panic, and he did not dare to look at him. She suppressed her anger a little before saying. ¡°Is there something wrong? Why did brother Junting looking for me?¡±


    Lu Junting half-clenched his fist on his lips and coughed slightly to cover up and said, ¡°I came to talk to you about taking a trip back home together tonight.¡±


    ¡°I see.¡±


    Only after Lu Junting went out did Lin Xiyu breathe a sigh of relief. She thought for a moment about the angle he had just stood at, he should have seen everything.


    Lin Xiyu felt embarrassed and shameful, and she was speechless.


    She squeezed her milk and went downstairs. Unexpectedly, she found Lu Junting still sitting on the sofa looking at his table. Lin Xiyu gasped and thought ¡®how come he hasn¡¯t left yet¡¯.


    He was holding his coffee and was ready to drink it. When he heard the voice, he casually raised his eyes, but his eyes seemed to have penetrating power. Lin Xiyu suddenly stood in place, there was a feeling that everything was seen through by him, and thinking of the scene just now, a burst of heat rushed to her face. Lin Xiyu felt even more uncomfortable.


    Lin Xiyu adjusted her breathing and asked, pretending to be natural, ¡°Why hasn¡¯t brother Junting left yet?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I¡¯m waiting for you.¡±


    Waiting for her? Waiting for what?


    ¡°I¡¯ll send you to work later.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°No need, I can drive there by myself.¡±


    Lu Junting said again, ¡°I¡¯ll pick you up early after work later and take you to the hospital for a checkup first. I heard from sister Wu that you haven¡¯t gone for a checkup after giving birth.¡±


    How could he still ask such a thing with sister Wu ah? Lin Xiyu was a little annoyed.


    As a result, he should take her to go, and she indeed should check on her recovery.


    Lin Xiyu went out with Lu Junting. Before leaving, she reluctantly kissed the baby on the cheek, and the white, fleshy half of his face was transformed by her passionate kiss.


    Lu Junting sat in the car and looked at this scene, secretly thinking that she really liked this child.


    The two got into the car, Lin Xiyu deliberately pulled away from him and sat at a distance. She still did not quite adapt to the sense of oppression on Lu Junting¡¯s body even if she was with him for so long. In order to alleviate the discomfort, she took out the process of going to the event in a few days.


    The flow chart that was printed in color was an exchange held by the local government to promote traditional culture. Her calligraphy club also participated in it, preparing to display Lin¡¯s calligraphy at the exchange. It was said that there were many foreign friends attending this exchange, this was Lin Xiyu¡¯s first time to participate in such a large event, she cherished this opportunity.


    Lu Junting glanced at her hand and asked, ¡°Are you going to participate in this?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head. ¡°Yeah.¡±


    Lin Xiyu answered, and did not look at him. Lu Junting also did not ask any more questions.


    It was quiet in the car, both were silent, but it wasn¡¯t long before Lin Xiyu felt Lu Junting¡¯s gaze landing on her, and his gaze was as difficult to ignore as the person.


    She did not know what he was gazing at, and he kept staring at her. Lin Xiyu had a feeling like a manacle on her back and slowly, her body unconsciously stiffened.


    Lu Junting was indeed looking at her. After a few months he had not seen her, her figure had almost recovered, and her current figure was more exquisite than before she was pregnant. She wore a sweater with a long skirt underneath, that was loose but gave away her exquisite curves. The long skirt was tied around her waist, perfectly outlining her waist, slender and delicate.


    However, Lu Junting did not look at her for too long. His gaze stayed on her for a while before moving away. Lu Junting kept dropping off at the calligraphy club and came over to pick her up after work, Lin Xiyu rushed out and got into the car, afraid of being seen and questioned.


    The hospital was contacted by Lu Junting, Lin Xiyu had a comprehensive examination. A female doctor helped her, she glanced at the report and smiled at the two of them, ¡°Her body is recovering well, but it¡¯s better not to have intercourse too often.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed to hear this, but Lu Junting was quite calm and said, ¡°Understood, we will follow the doctor¡¯s instructions.¡±


    The words were just an ordinary reply, it was normal, but somehow, Lin Xiyu always felt strange when she heard the words ¡®follow the doctor¡¯s instructions¡¯.


    After coming out from the hospital, both of them got into the car together, and only when they sat down, Lin Xiyu heard Lu Junting ask, ¡°When are you going to divorce me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned, and sure enough, the matter that was supposed to come would come after all. She turned her head to look at him, and he was also looking at her, obviously waiting for her answer. Lin Xiyu did not know how to answer this question.


    She was silent for a long time, and Lu Junting did not continue to ask.


    After returning home, Lin Xiyu fed the baby first, pacing him while she held him and patted his back, afraid that he would spit out the milk. The little one¡¯s soft body laid in her arms, he was still so small and completely dependent on her.


    Lu Junting¡¯s words kept ringing in her heart. Although he did not continue talking about that topic afterwards, Lin Xiyu knew clearly that he just did not want to make his words too direct.


    It was agreed that the divorce would be finalized after the birth. Now that the baby was born and her mission was completed, he made it a point to take her for a medical checkup today, and she was recovering. There was nothing for him to be responsible for, so he specially reminded her. Was it the time for her to leave?


    However, she really couldn¡¯t bear to leave the child.


    This child might just be an heir to Lu Junting, he would hire someone to take care of him and raise him well. However, he was too busy with work to take care of his education personally, but this child was her flesh and blood to her, she gave birth to him in October.


    The thought of not having his mother and father around afterwards already made her heart sad for the baby.


    Lin Xiyu hugged the baby tightly, feeling unbearable inside. She did not want to be separated from him, this was her only bloodline in this world. Besides him, she had no other family.


    Lin Xiyu coaxed the child to sleep and walked out the door lightly. Once downstairs, she was just in time to see Lu Junting sitting in the living room, and Lin Xiyu wanted to discuss with him. SHe sat down two seats away from him, but for a moment she did not know how to speak.


    ¡°Do you have something to say to me?¡± However, Lu Junting asked first.


    Lin Xiyu made psychological preparations for a while before she said, ¡°Brother Junting, I remember we discussed before that we would divorce when the baby was born.¡±


    Lu Junting was watching the news on his mobile phone. Upon hearing this, he slowly put his mobile phone down and asked her, ¡°Are you here to talk to me about the divorce?¡±


    Lin Xiyu keenly noticed that his tone was not very good, and it seemed that her words made him very uncomfortable.


    Lin Xiyu did not know exactly what she said wrong, she considered her wording and said, ¡°Didn¡¯t we say it before we got married, wait¡­¡±


    However, before she could finish speaking, Lu Junting said, ¡°The child is still so young, but you want to divorce me?¡±


    His tone was very heavy, his face was obviously full of unhappiness, which instantly gave people a strong sense of oppression.


    His attitude startled Lin Xiyu, and she could not help wondering, how could he react like this? She remembered that she discussed with him at that time that she would wait for the child to be born before divorcing, and both of them were quite calm. What¡¯s more, she had not even raised the words to divorce him yet, she had not even finished her sentence, she had wanted to discuss with him about the divorce when the child was older, and this look like he had his tail stepped on was really baffling.


    ¡°That¨C brother Junting¡­¡± Lin Xiyu began to speak cautiously, ¡°I didn¡¯t say I was going to get a divorce.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡°I originally wanted to discuss with you, the child was so young and it¡¯s not good for us to get divorced after giving birth to him.¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lu Junting realized that his reaction just now seemed to be a little over, he seemed a bit embarrassed, his expression pretended to be natural, picked up the coffee and took a sip, but he was probably drunk heartily, so this always elegant man was choked by the coffee. He picked up a tissue and wiped it slowly and carefully.


    Lin Xiyu quietly looked at him. From his reaction, he did not seem to want to divorce her, but this person¡¯s thoughts had always been impossible to guess, and Lin Xiyu was not quite sure, so she tentatively asked, ¡°Brother Junting, do you want it to be what we agreed before and get¡­ divorce?¡±


    ¡°No divorce!¡±


    He was decisive, and said that without a second thought.


    After saying this, he added another sentence with a natural face, ¡°Wait until the child is older.¡±


    When Lin Xiyu returned to the room, she was still a little confused. How did she feel that Junting didn¡¯t want to get divorced even more than her, it should be for the child, right? After all, the child was still young. As the child¡¯s father, he did not want the child without a mother around when he was still so young.


    Lin Xiyu laid beside the child, looking at the sleeping baby, her face rubbed against his face. She proposed to divorce Lu Junting after giving birth to the child before, only because she was still full of expectations for love, but now after having a child, she felt that nothing was important as the child, and she did not want to pursue any love anymore, just wanted to grow up with him.


    She wrapped her arms around the baby, as if she was talking to him and talking to herself.


    ¡°Mom won¡¯t leave you, ever.¡±


    In the blink of an eye, it was time for the cultural exchange held in Ancheng, the exchange was held at a certain hotel, and on the day of the event, Lin Xiyu arrived early.


    Lin Xiyu was looking down to explain the content of the event to the guests, and her little assistant next to her said to her, ¡°Auntie, that¡¯s Mr. Lu from Changheng.¡±


    The one who called her auntie was Du Xingjia¡¯s granddaughter, two years older than Lin Xiyu. When Du Xingjia introduced his granddaughter to call her auntie, Lin Xiyu¡¯s expression almost cracked, she felt that it was completely unnecessary, but Du Xingjia felt that the generation could not be messed up. She was his junior sister, his granddaughter was the one who should call her auntie.


    Du Xingjia¡¯s granddaughter, Du Ruoting, was the head of the entire club, but she did not have an arrogant air. Du Xingjia asked her to call Lin Xiyu as auntie and she called her auntie, and she also called her quite vigorously. The other people in the club heard her calling Lin Xiyu like this, and also followed to call her auntie. So Lin Xiyu was now the auntie of the whole club, and she was also confused.


    Du Ruoting often socialized outside, so she knew many big guys in Ancheng, and naturally knew Lu Junting.


    However, when Lin Xiyu heard the word ¡®Mr. Lu¡¯, her heart jumped suddenly. She looked up and sure enough, she saw Lu Junting walking over surrounded by a group of people.


    The weather was cold, and he had added a trench coat over his straight suit, which made him look like he had broad shoulders and long legs. This person was born with his own aura, and as soon as he appeared, many people around him looked at him. It seemed like he had long been used to being watched, calmly and unhurriedly walked over, directly to her.


    His breath enveloped her, and Lin Xiyu felt that her breathing was half a beat slower.


    She wondered why he had come here, and she had never heard of him coming before ah.


    Du Ruoting hurriedly introduced, ¡°This is Mr. Lu of Changheng Group, and this is the inheritor of our Lin family¡¯s calligraphy, Miss Lin Xiyu.¡±


    Under her doubtful gaze, he naturally stretched out his hand to greet her, ¡°Hello Miss Lin, nice to meet you.¡±


    His expression was natural, polite and courteous.


    Seeing Lu Junting appear here, she was actually worried in her heart in addition to being shocked, afraid that he would tell others about their relationship. It was a relief to her that he was acting like they were meeting for the first time.


    Lin Xiyu stretched out her hand and shook him, and said, ¡°Hello Mr. Lu.¡±


    His palms were dry and warm, and the two just gently shook each other and let go.


    ¡°I¡¯m also very interested in Lin¡¯s calligraphy. I wonder if Miss Lin can help me introduce it in detail.¡±


    Before Lin Xiyu could answer, Du ruoting said, ¡°Of course, Mr. Lu, please come inside.¡± After saying that, she did not forget to give Lin Xiyu a push and whispered in her ear, ¡°This is the big gold master, if he is interested he might even invest, don¡¯t miss the opportunity.¡±


    Lin Xiyu followed in. The event organizer heard that Lu Junting had arrived and hurriedly gave him extra seats in the front row. Lu Junting was introduced, sat down in the seat, and Lin Xiu sat next to him.


    Only then did Lin Xiyu ask, ¡°Why are you here ah? How did I not know that you are still interested in calligraphy?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze fell on her, it was the kind of gaze that wrapped her all over. Although his expression did not change much, she did not know why, she only felt that his gaze seemed to have a temperature, a strange temperature that made her unconsciously heat up under his gaze.


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you here? So, I came over. I¡¯m also curious about what my wife is like when she is working.¡±


    Because she was here, he would come over. Could a busy man like president Lu be so capricious and why did he refer to her as ¡®my wife¡¯? Although it was correct to call her this way, Lin Xiyu felt that this kind of title was too intimate and felt ambiguous for their relationship.


    ¡°Mr. Lu.¡±


    A sudden greeting sound next to her pulled back Lin Xiyu¡¯s thoughts, and she saw a man suddenly sitting in the seat next to Lu Junting. This man was old, the top of his head was a little bumpy, and next to him was a woman with exquisite makeup, who looked to be in her thirties, and was his female companion.


    When Lu Junting saw this person, he greeted him politely, ¡°Mr. Li.¡±


    Mr. Li was enthusiastic and smiled. ¡°I really didn¡¯t expect to see Mr. Lu here, is Mr. Lu also interested in traditional culture?¡±


    The woman beside Mr. Li also smiled at Lu Junting and said, ¡°Mr. Lu, we meet again.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at the woman. He had a good memory and soon remembered where he had seen this woman, but he pretended not to know. Such a person did not need him to purposely remember.


    The woman took the initiative and said, ¡°I¡¯m Yang Hui of Huili. I met you last time at Mei¡¯s family.¡±


    Lu Junting made an expression of recognition, ¡°Hello vice president Yang.¡±


    Yang Hui was quite surprised by Lu Junting¡¯s politeness, she was also quite uneasy. She had not forgotten that she had almost offended Lu Junting last time at Mei¡¯s family, but now she saw that Lu Junting looked normal and did not seem to take it seriously. So, Yang Hui couldn¡¯t help but feel relieved.


    Mr. Li swept a glance towards Lin Xiyu beside lu Junting, obviously curious, ¡°This is¡­¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°This is Miss Lin Xiyu, the inheritor of Lin¡¯s calligraphy. I was just asking her to help introduce the essence of Lin¡¯s calligraphy.¡±


    Mr. Li stretched out his hand enthusiastically and greeted, ¡°Miss Lin, nice to meet you.¡±


    Lu Junting very naturally blocked Mr. Li¡¯s outstretched hand then said, ¡°Miss Lin has a cleanliness fetish and doesn¡¯t like to shake hands with people. I hurt my face once.¡±


    Lu Junting used a joking tone.


    ¡°It¡¯s like that ah.¡± Mr. Li responded, but did not say anything. After all, Lu Junting did not mind if he was hurt in the face, he would also not mind about anything.


    Lin Xiyu smiled a little embarrassed on the side. When did she have a cleanliness fetish that she couldn¡¯t shake hands with others? Wasn¡¯t he the one with the cleanliness fetish? However, she could not ask in front of people.


    Yang Hui saw this scene in her eyes. She was a smart person and could see things much more delicately than Mr. Li. She vaguely felt that Lu Junting¡¯s attitude towards this woman was not quite ordinary.


    Last time at Mei¡¯s family, Yang Hui intentionally wanted to send someone towards Lu Junting, yet he did not even look at her capable underling. Yang Hui glanced at Lin Xiyu again and secretly thought that Lu Junting liked this type.


    Lin Xiyu had a program, and after sitting here with Lu Junting for a while, she was about to go on stage. There were quite a lot of activities in today¡¯s exchange meeting, all of which were related to traditional culture, such as Beijing Opera, Sichuan Opera, dance, calligraphy, and Lin Xiyu performed calligraphy.


    The long writing desk was set up on the stage, and on it were brushes, ink, ink stone and white rice paper. Lin Xiyu walked to the writing desk in a cheongsam, her hair was all tied behind her head, exposing that fair face completely. She had a standard goose egg face, her skin was hydrated and smooth, no flaws at all. She held the brush in an elegant posture, lowered her head, and dropped a large word on the rice paper.


    She had an agile wrist, that word was written by her in an atmospheric and dashing manner. Upon lowering her head, her eyebrows were soft, looking gentle and pleasant, but the figure wrapped in a cheongsam was delicate, exquisite, very provocative, her whole body looked soft, and had a charming and pure look.


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze suddenly swept to the fork of her skirt that opened to her thighs. He frowned slightly as he narrowed his gaze and stared at the stage, holding his forehead with the palm of his hand for a long time, just enough to hide a chill that made people¡¯s heart tremble as it flowed out from under his eyes.


    After Lin Xiyu¡¯s performance, she found that a text message coming into her phone, and it was from Lu Junting.


    ¡°I¡¯m in room 802, come here.¡±


    The exchange meeting was in the banquet hall of the hotel, and the hotel room was open to the public. Lin Xiyu felt inexplicable, and did not know why Lu Junting was looking for her.


    However, she still obediently went to room 802, knocked on the door a few times before the door was opened. It was Lu Junting who opened the door, Lin Xiyu walked in, and Lu Junting closed the door with his long arm.


    There was air conditioning in the room, and Lu Junting took off his coat, only wore a shirt, with two buttons of his shirt unbuttoned, the sleeves were half-pulled, revealing half of his strong arms.


    There was a faint smell of tobacco in the air. He had just smoked, and he stood tall with his hands in his pockets, with his gaze falling on her.


    This kind of gaze made Lin Xiyu extremely uncomfortable, and she asked, ¡°Is brother Junting looking for me?¡±


    From Lu Junting¡¯s expression, it could not be seen whether he was happy or angry, ¡°This dress of yours is quite nice.¡±


    Lin Xinyu: ¡°...¡±


    He called her over to compliment her beautiful dress?


    ¡°But¡­¡± He stopped talking.


    Lin Xiyu subconsciously glanced at her dress. She did not understand what was wrong, and looked at him with a puzzled face. Lu Junting added, ¡°Is the open fork too high?¡±


    Lin Xiyu pulled the hem of the dress down a bit. The hem of this cheongsam she wore on stage was open a bit too high, it was prepared for her by the club. However, she felt strange. He came to her to remind her that her dress was too high? Did this question concern him so much? However, his tone was so natural, as if it was just a kind reminder.


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze inadvertently fell on her chest. His eyes were slightly startled, and asked, ¡°What¡¯s going on with your clothes? Why is it wet?¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced down and was suddenly shocked. She almost immediately turned her body to the side and turned her back to him, shy and awkward. Her eyes swept around the room indiscriminately, and upon seeing the bathroom, she hurried in.


    Lin Xiyu was simply speechless. Her breast¡ªmilk was sufficient, and it would swell. She had already put on the chest cover, just this cheongsam was too tight to her body¡­


    Fortunately, it was only seen by Lu Junting. Lin Xiyu froze for a moment, why did she say it was okay? As if it made sense for such things to be seen by Lu Junting?


    Lin Xiyu simply cleaned it in the bathroom and dried it with a hair dryer. She was so embarrassed that she made psychological preparations for a while before walking out.


    Lu Junting was sitting on the sofa, and he was not stupid. He probably guessed what was going on. Upon hearing the sound, he looked up, and saw that the little girl grabbed both sides of the cheongsam with both of her hands, slightly lowering her head. Her expression was slightly embarrassed, and two blushes appeared on her fair face, like clouds dyed by the haze.


    Lu Junting coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment and said to her, ¡°So, why are you in such a hurry to go out to work, Cheng Mao has not been weaned yet.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt extremely embarrassed, and she was in a bad mood. At this time, she was shy and ashamed and also a little angry. Lu Junting¡¯s words immediately aroused her rebellion, and she said, ¡°Doesn¡¯t brother Junting also travel around and don¡¯t even return home? Brother Junting can go to work, why can¡¯t I?¡±


    After speaking, Lin Xiyu realized that her tone of speech was not very good. An elementary school chicken dared to talk back to the head teacher like this? She secretly raised her eyes to look at Lu Junting, but saw that his expression was not unhappy at all. He got up from the sofa and walked over to her, until he stopped in front of her.


    His eyebrows were very peaceful, and she could even see a faint smile in his expression, looking as if he was in a good mood?


    But when he suddenly approached, she was still forced to subconsciously take a step back. She looked up at him with undisguised panic in her eyes.


    Her expression fell in Lu Junting¡¯s eyes, he thought, why was she still so afraid of him after giving birth ah?


    ¡°Are you blaming me for not going home to accompany you and the child?¡± He asked suddenly.


    ¡°...¡±


    What was the connection? When did she blame him for not coming home to accompany her and the child? Moreover, when he asked her about this, his voice was deliberately lowered. It was obviously not a question, his eyebrows were raised, and his expression could also be called pleasant.


    The corners of his mouth suddenly hooked, and a faint smile floated on his face as he said, ¡°I was too busy some time ago, I really neglected both of you mother and son. Now that I¡¯m almost done, I¡¯ll go home after work in the future, and I will go home every day to accompany both of you mother and son, okay?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    What the heck?

 CH 25

    Chapter 25: He Did Not Even Mind when The Child Got Snot on His Face¡­


    Lin Xiyu recalled what she had just said, so had he misunderstood the meaning of her words and thought she was blaming him for not coming home? And complain to him like a grievance?


    Lin Xiyu, who was misunderstood, was even more awkward, and she hurriedly said, ¡°I don¡¯t blame you. Although you are busy, the child and I are very good.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t tell you not to work.¡± His tone was still lighter, ¡°Pay more attention when you go out.¡±


    He eased his tone, and Lin Xiyu¡¯s rebellious heart unconsciously subsided, and she nodded her head, and replied, ¡°I understand.¡±


    ¡°Okay, go get busy, finish it as soon as possible and go home, so as not to¡­¡± He glanced at her chest, his gaze said everything, and Lin Xiyu knew what he meant.


    Lin Xiyu bit her lip and said slightly embarrassed, ¡°I don¡¯t have anything else to do, so I can come back in a moment.¡±


    Lin Xiyu came out of Lu Junting¡¯s room and took the elevator down. Yan Hui, who was hiding in the staircase, slowly walked out, glanced at Lu Junting¡¯s room. She just saw Lu Junting enter the room, and Lin Xiyu also came after a while.


    It seemed that Lu Junting really had a fancy for this girl, so he liked this pure style?


    Lin Xiyu got off the elevator and met the bald guy who was sitting next to Lu Junting. She remembered that Lu Junting called him Mr. Li, so Lin Xiyu greeted him politely, ¡°Hello Mr. Li.¡±


    Seeing Lin Xiyu, Mr. Li¡¯s eyes lit up for a moment and he smilingly came forward and said, ¡°Miss Lin, I¡¯m also interested in Lin¡¯s calligraphy, I don¡¯t know if Miss Lin¡­¡± He suddenly reached over and made a gesture to pull Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand when he finished.


    Lin Xiyu was startled, hurriedly took a step back to avoid it. Lu Junting just got down from the elevator, and upon seeing Lu Junting, his expression and movements become more disciplined. Lu Junting quietly stepped forward just to block Lin Xiyu and said, ¡°I have something for Mr. Li, let¡¯s talk over there.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took the opportunity to leave when Lu Junting stepped forward. Lu Junting had something to find him, and Mr. Li couldn¡¯t say anything, so he could only put his mind aside for the time being.


    There was a special lounge for the calligraphy club, so Lin Xiyu went in and greeted someone and was ready to leave. The event was also finished and there was nothing to do, so Du Ruoting also came out with her.


    The two of them came out of the lounge and saw several bigwigs from An Cheng talking and laughing towards the door. Lin Xiyu saw Lu Junting at a glance, he was walking in the front, even if a group of bigwigs were standing together, Lu Junting was the one who stood out the most.


    There were steps at the entrance of the hotel, so Mr. Li and Lu Junting walked side by side, and the two were talking about cooperation. Mr. Li was in real estate, and Lu¡¯s family produced building materials, and Mr. Li had always intended to cooperate with Changheng.


    At this moment, when Mr. Li saw that Lu Junting seemed to have the intention to cooperate, he was also interested. He was excited to talk with Lu Junting, but he didn¡¯t pay attention to his feet, so he didn¡¯t know that suddenly stumbled on something, and his body fell downwards.


    At this time, the two had already walked to the front door of the hotel, and below them were a dozen steps. When Mr. Li down, that body rolled down the steps with a grunt.


    Several of Mr. Li¡¯s bodyguards were separated in the back and did not react at all, and only after Mr. Li¡¯s body had rolled down the steps, did these bodyguards realize the situation afterwards.


    Mr. Li fell down for about ten steps. Although he did not fall to cripple, he certainly would be a bit injured. In front of a group of dignified people, his fall was so wretched, and it was indeed quite embarrassing. However that he had been thrown hard, Mr. Li was so painful that he screamed and he could not even care about the image.


    Lu Junting walked down and stretched out his hand to Mr. Li before his bodyguard could help him up. Even if Mr. Li was so painful at this time, he was flattered to see the hand handed over by Lu Junting.


    He got up holding Lu Junting¡¯s hand and bared his teeth in pain for a moment before he could say a full thank you.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°The road is slippery when it rains, Mr. Lu should always be careful.¡±


    There was no mockery in his expression at all, his words were kind reminders to him, let alone any embarrassment, as if it was not such a big deal.


    Seeing this, Mr. Li unconsciously felt a little grateful in his heart, and hurriedly said, ¡°I let Mr. Lu laughed. This hotel doesn¡¯t have a non-slip mat, it¡¯s not thoughtful at all.¡±


    Lu Junting asked about his condition with concern again, and Mr. Li felt that the fall was a little painful. He was afraid that he would have to go to the hospital for a checkup later, but he still said that it was fine for the sake of face.


    Mr. Li got into the car. Yang Hui was with him, it was not convenient to say before, but at this moment Yang Hui then said, ¡°How can you fall down?¡±


    The car was full of his own people, and Mr. Li didn¡¯t need to endure his expression, and at the moment, he was full of anger and said, ¡°Find out who owns this hotel, damn it, let this old man lose face.¡±


    ¡°Did you just trip over something before you fell ah?¡± Yang Hui asked again.


    Mr. Li thought carefully. It seemed that he did trip something before falling, and Yang Hui said again, ¡°I don¡¯t know if I should say this, just now Mr. Lu stood with you, could it be that he tripped you?¡±


    As soon as Mr. Li heard this, he frowned and said, ¡°It¡¯s impossible, right? Mr. Lu was kind enough to pull me up just now! It¡¯s precisely because someone like Mr. Lu came to pull me so that I¡¯m not so embarrassed. He¡¯s kind enough to relieve me, how can he trip me? What¡¯s more, a big shot like Mr. Lu also disdains to do such small actions.¡±


    Yang Hui nodded and replied, ¡°Seems like it.¡±


    The story of Mr. Li¡¯s fall soon spread all over. The people who participated in the event and did not leave were talking about this as a joke. Just now, when Mr. Li fell, Lin Xiyu also noticed, before Mr. Li fell, Lin Xiyu saw Lu Junting seemed to be pinning his toes to the side, but there were many people at that time, and it might be that she was mistaken.


    After Lu Junting came home, he first went to the study to deal with things for a while, and came down from upstairs. He saw that the nanny was holding and coaxing Lu Chengmao, the little cub was crying again.


    ¡°Hasn¡¯t Chengmao¡¯s mother come back yet?¡± Lu Junting asked.


    The nanny replied, ¡°She hasn¡¯t come back yet, saying that she encountered a traffic jam on the road.¡±


    Lu Junting knew that the girl did not want their relationship to be known to outsiders, so he did not ask her to join him when he was just leaving. Lu Junting liked to be quiet, and the sound of a child crying was annoying to listen to, but his son crying was a different story. Lu Junting glanced at him, his eyes were wet with tears, and his face was smeared with snot, he looked quite pitiful.


    After all, this was his own child. Lu Junting looked distressed and said, ¡°First, give him some milk powder to drink.¡±


    The nanny said, ¡°It¡¯s best to breastfeed the baby before the age of half a year.¡±


    He cried like this and Lu Junting could not settle down to do anything. He stretched out his hand at the nanny, ¡°Give him to me.¡±


    The child was carried over by his father, temporarily stopped crying. A pair of crying tearful eyes stared at the man in front of him. Probably recognized that the strange big man in front of him was not his mother at all, his mouth deflated and wailed out again.


    Lu Junting suddenly realized that coaxing a child was really a troublesome thing. He did not even know what was his thinking just now, he even received this hot potato into his arms. He really had enough, this Mr. Lu¡¯s time was not used to coax a child. But seeing this little cub crying like this, he felt pitiful. Lu Junting helped him wipe away the tears and snot, softened his voice and coaxed, ¡°Don¡¯t cry, your mother will be back in a moment.¡±


    The little baby cried for a while and was probably tired, his body lying soft in his father¡¯s arms. A pair of small meat hands hugged his father¡¯s neck, and the fleshy little face leaned on his father¡¯s strong and hard shoulders, so leaning up, the snot and tears on his face suddenly wiped his father¡¯s neck.


    Lu Junting frowned, he had a cleanliness fetish. His clothes must be clean and tidy, and he had to spray air freshener in the room before he entered the door, but he was not too disgusted by the snot and tears that were pasted on his neck, this was his cub after all.


    He glanced sideways, and the little guy leaned on his neck sleepily, probably tired after crying and wanting to sleep, only occasionally huffing and puffing.


    Lu Junting stroked his head and said, ¡°Sleep, your mother will be back when you wake up.¡±


    As soon as the words left his mouth, he saw a Beetle drive in at the gate, and the only person driving a Beetle in the house was Lin Xiyu. Lu Junting shook his shoulder to remind this little dumpling, ¡°Don¡¯t sleep, your mother is back, you have milk to drink.¡±


    The little dumpling probably also heard the sound of a car driving by. The child was very sensitive to sound. He got up from his father¡¯s shoulders, saw a car driving by. Probably aggrieved that his mother was so late and still had no milk, his mouth deflated, and started crying again.


    Lu Junting frowned and said, ¡°What¡¯s the rush?¡±


    Although he said that, his long legs took a step towards the elevator. Lin Xiyu got out of the car and ran to the elevator, but as soon as she ran to the elevator, she saw Lu Junting coming out holding her little baby.


    The posture of holding the child was already much more skilled than the first time, and Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t help but be surprised at how it was Lu Junting who was holding the child. However she wasn¡¯t surprised for long, as soon as the little baby saw her, he cried even more. Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart was pounding for her son, she hurriedly went over to take him, kissed his little face, and said apologetically, ¡°I¡¯m sorry little baby, this mother is stuck in the traffic on the road. I¡¯m sorry for making little baby hungry.¡±


    The elevator door opened and Lu Junting said, ¡°Come in first.¡±


    On the elevator, the hungry little baby couldn¡¯t help but pull on her chest, but Lu Junting was next to her, so it wasn¡¯t convenient for Lin Xiyu to breastfeed. She only touched his head and comforted, ¡°Little baby, wait for a while, okay?¡±


    When the mother did not give milk, the little baby was so aggravated that he grunted and started crying again. Lu Junting on the side said to her, ¡°I hold the bag for you, you can feed him.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was so distressed by the child that she couldn¡¯t care about much. She gave him the bag, turned her back to him, and lifted up her clothes to feed the child. The little baby drank the milk contentedly, and finally stopped crying.


    The interior of the elevator was made of reflective material, the sound of the little baby drinking milk was buzzing. Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed, and glanced from the wall and saw that Lu Junting stood with an upright posture gazing ahead, one hand in his pocket and one hand holding her back, looking straight and respectful. Lin Xiyu was relieved, and then found the opportunity to ask him, ¡°Why is brother Junting bringing little baby today?¡±


    Lu Junting was still looking straight ahead, and his eyes did not turn to her side and replied, ¡°He cried so hard that I switched hands with the nanny.¡±


    The elevator opened, Lin Xiyu directly held the little baby back to the room, fed him. The maid helped him wipe his face. Today was a little late and the little baby cried for a while, sleepy after drinking the milk, he went straight to sleep.


    Lin Xiyu went downstairs to eat, Lu Junting was already in the dining room, the food was on the table, but he had not moved yet. Lin Xiyu sat down opposite him and said, ¡°I heard that brother Junting has invested money in our club.¡±


    Which of the people who went to the exchange meeting today did not want to pull the investment ah, to promote traditional culture was also in need of funds, she learned from Du Ruoting that Lu Junting invested money, and quite a lot.


    ¡°Your event was good, very sincere, I like it very much.¡±


    Lin Xiyu, as the inheritor of Lin¡¯s calligraphy, put aside her status, Lu Junting was not her golden master, and for the golden master, of course, she had to express her gratitude.


    Lin Xiyu said especially sincerely, ¡°Thank you brother Junting.¡±


    ¡°Oh?¡± Lu Junting raised his eyebrows slightly, ¡°How to thank me?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    How to thank? The words stopped Lin Xiyu. She thought for a while and said, ¡°Let¡¯s do it this way, I¡¯ll treat brother Junting to a meal another day.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Too much socializing, not much interest in eating.¡±


    ¡°Then¡­ I''ll buy you a gift?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not interested in receiving gifts.¡±


    Lin Xiyu asked directly, ¡°What is brother Junting interested in, you may as well tell me.¡±


    Lu Junting did not speak, but his gaze suddenly fell on her, a very strange look, as if he was smiling, and as if he was not, just looking straight at her, the gaze that looked like it was carrying heat.


    Lin Xiyu found that after he returned from a business trip this time, he always seemed to like to look at her with this kind of gaze. She was uncomfortable and said, ¡°Why is brother Junting looking at me like this?¡±


    Lu Junting withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened and replied, ¡°It¡¯s nothing. I haven¡¯t thought of it yet, I¡¯ll tell you later when I think of it.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t take it too seriously. After eating, she went back to the room to accompany little baby, and when little baby fell asleep, she practiced her calligraphy for a while. She was about to go downstairs to get something when she reached the stairs and heard Lu Junting talking to sister Wu downstairs.


    Sister Wu was an all-round nanny, who would take care of not only pregnant women but also children, and was very experienced in pregnant women and babies.


    Lin Xiyu heard Lu Junting downstairs asking Sister Wu, ¡°If the doctor said the body is okay after going to the hospital for a physical examination, is it okay to sleep together?¡±


    Sister Wu said, ¡°Of course, as long as the doctor says the body recovers, you can sleep together.¡±


    Lin Xiyu gasped when she heard this. She did not take her things, and silently turned back into her room. After returning to the room for a while, Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart still couldn¡¯t calm down. What did Lu Junting mean? Why did he suddenly ask the question about sleeping together?


    Thinking about the last time he had been so active in taking her to check on her recovery, and then thinking about the way he had looked at her in recent days.


    Lin Xiyu felt her heart pounding fast, so¡­ He didn¡¯t want to sleep together with her, right?

 CH 26

    Chapter 26: You Know You¡¯re Getting A Green Light Above Your Head, Right?


    Because of Lu Junting¡¯s words, Lin Xiyu did not sleep well tonight. She was worried in her heart, afraid that someone would suddenly knock on her door. Fortunately, it was calm all night.


    The next day, Lin Xiyu finished feeding the child, deliberately rubbed for a while before going downstairs, and to her surprise, Lu Junting had not left.


    Lu Junting was drinking coffee. As soon as Lin Xiyu saw him, thinking of what he said to sister Wu yesterday, she felt that her breathing was half a beat slower, and her eyes did not dare to look at him.


    ¡°Brother Junting hasn¡¯t gone to work yet?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll go in a while, and I¡¯ll come back to accompany you after work.¡±


    Why did he want to emphasize that he would come back to accompany them? Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay. Brother Junting, you can get busy with your works, I¡¯m fine at home with my little baby.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at her meaningfully, he felt that her expression was very strange. She did not look at him when talking, and hearing the meaning, she seemed to be unhappy for him to accompany the mother and son.


    Lu Junting raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and said, ¡°It¡¯s not too early, I¡¯ll go out first.¡±


    It was not until Lu Junting¡¯s car disappeared that Lin Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief.


    The things that worried her did not appear. He did not ask her about sleeping in the same room, so yesterday he just asked sister Wu casually?


    However, why did he ask sister Wu such a question?


    Lin Xiyu went to the club after eating, and before leaving work, Du Ruoting suddenly came in and said to her, ¡°Grand aunt, there¡¯s someone outside looking for you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled and asked, ¡°Who? Did the person say the name?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say.¡± Du Ruoting winked at her, ¡°But, a handsome guy.¡± She came over and bumped her shoulder, ¡°Is it your suitor or boyfriend?¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    It was not Lu Junting who was looking for her, right? Why did Lu Junting still come here to find her?


    Lin Xiyu walked out uneasily, but there was no one outside the door. There was a basketball court outside the Boyu Calligraphy Club, and a man was playing on the court at this moment.


    Looking around, the person who played the ball was the only one nearby, was he the one who came to her? Lin Xiyu glanced at that person. Although it was far away, she still judged from the person''s figure that it was not Lu Junting.


    She was relieved a little and walked towards the basketball court.


    After walking a little closer, Lin Xiyu could also see the person¡¯s appearance clearly. She felt that this person looked a little familiar. She searched in her memories and soon a face popped up in her head.


    The silhouette was a bit familiar, but after all these years, she was not sure.


    It shouldn¡¯t be that person. In her memory, that person had always been sick, unable to walk two steps, let alone play.


    The man playing ball saw her too, and he tossed the basketball out of his hand, grabbing his jacket and walking towards her. He wore a loose sweater, a pair of black casual pants, and a pair of sneakers on his feet. He was dressed casually.


    ¡°Lin Xiyu?¡± He approached her to greet her.


    The man was wearing a pair of glasses and had a handsome face. Upon smiling, he had a shallow dimple on one side of his face. Lin Xiyu recognized his face for a moment, he did resemble the person she remembered. She thought that person should look just like this when he grew up, but she wasn¡¯t sure.


    ¡°You¡¯re¡­¡±


    The man took out his work badge from the coat bag he was holding and handed it to her. Lin Xiyu took it, but saw that it read ¡®Jiangyuan Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgeon¡¯: Lex Hinton¡¯.


    Lin Xiyu was even more puzzled, why was it a foreign name?


    Probably seeing the doubt on her face, the man explained, ¡°This is the name my American adoptive parents gave me, but my Chinese adoptive parents also gave me a name, Lin Xiqian.¡±


    Lin Xiyu immediately covered her mouth and stared at him with wide eyes. She could not believe it, it was really him! When she was 8 years old, her parents brought back a little boy from the orphanage. The little boy was only a few months older than her, very thin, a sick boy, and it was said that he was suffering from a heart disease. His parents had no money for medical treatment, so they left him at the door of the orphanage. Later, the orphanage saw that he was not doing well and called the Lin family, so the Lin family took him home.


    At that time, he urgently needed to do cardiac stent surgery to continue his life. Although Lin Xiyu¡¯s father, Lin Daguo was a calligrapher, since the family began to do charity, the family¡¯s money was only enough for the family to maintain their life. It was a lot of money to do the cardiac stent surgery for the Lin family at that time, but, although it cost a lot of money, the Lin¡¯s husband and wife did not give up on him. During that time, Lin Daguo crazily drew and wrote to make up for the cost of surgery.


    He stayed in the Lin family for two years. Originally the Lin family planned to adopt him, and at that time they all gave him a name. He was called Lin Xiqian. However, the adoption procedure was not easy to handle, plus he was eight years old at the time, and he frequently performed surgery, so the adoption had never gone through.


    In those two years, he was basically spent in surgery, recovery, surgery, and recovery. At that time, the domestic technology was not advanced enough, and he had a rejection reaction after installing the stent, and he had a very painful life.


    Then later, an American couple intended to adopt him after learning about his situation. The American couple was also doing the charity business and were both doctors as well, and the Lin family met them at the charity symposium. At that time, the Lin family already had little savings, thinking that the child followed the couple to the United States, which was much more advanced in all aspects and might have a chance of survival, and the Lin family agreed.


    That year, Lin Xiqian was already ten years old. Originally, the foreigners who went to China to adopt a child would not adopt a child this old, but the American couple still insisted on adopting him. After completing the adoption procedures, Lin Xiqian was directly brought to the United States by the American couple.


    For a few years, his family still had contact with him, and he often sent photos and postcards, where he underwent surgery and recovered well.


    However, a few years later, they suddenly lost contact with each other. The Lin family did not know what was going on there. They went to the United States to look for him, but they could not find him, and Lin Xiqian never contacted them again.


    Lin Xiyu looked at him for a long time and said, ¡°You really are¡­¡±


    Lin Xiqian said with a smile, ¡°Long time no see, you have grown up.¡±


    What impressed her most was the first time they met. She tilted her head and looked at him lying on the bed, with a round little face full of doubt and said, ¡°They say you¡¯re my new brother, are you really my new brother?¡±


    ¡°How are you now? Can you play ball with stents?¡± Lin Xiyu came back to her senses and asked again.


    Lin Xiqian replied, ¡°I can exercise slightly, but not too vigorously.¡±


    Lin Xiyu returned the work badge she was holding back to him. The Jiangyuan Hospital on his badge was also in Ancheng, Lin Xiyu was now full of questions, ¡°When did you return to China? And all these years without contacting us, my parents have been worried about you.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiqian looked surprised and said, ¡°Aren¡¯t you guys the one who don¡¯t want to contact me?¡±


    ¡°How can it be? My parents were worried and had gone to the United States to find you because they couldn''t contact you. How could we not want to contact you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at his expression carefully, and the shock on his face was no less than hers. After a long silence, he replied, ¡°I remember calling home that day, but the number was disconnected, and I haven¡¯t received a call from you guys since then.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also puzzled. She thought for a while and said, ¡°I remember that we moved once, and then my mother specially called your adoptive parents and told them the new address and new numbers at home. We haven¡¯t heard from you since we moved.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know about your move, I thought you were still living in the same neighborhood before. Then, I went back to see it and the community had been demolished.¡±


    Both of them fell silent in unison, and Lin Xiyu probably figured out that it was because his adoptive parents over in America did not want him to contact this side anymore, so they did not tell him about the move. The American couple did not tell the Lin family their exact address at that time, so much so that her parents followed that address but did not find anything.


    Lin Xiqian probably also understood. He was quite sad back then, thinking that his adoptive parents over here did not want to contact him anymore, and now he thought that it was because his adoptive parents over in the US did not want him to contact China anymore, which was why they strongly opposed him going back to China in the first place.


    ¡°By the way, how did you find me?¡± Lin Xiyu asked him.


    ¡°After I returned to China, I went to the orphanage before. The dean still remembered me, and I inquired about you, but she only told me that you were in Ancheng. She did not tell me the specific address, so I found my way over here. I came here to find a hospital to work, I searched for the news of my adoptive parents when I had nothing to do, and the other day I accidentally saw the activities of the International Cultural Exchange Conference on the Internet. There was you in the photo, and this club was mentioned, so I came looking for it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded. The dean of the orphanage did not tell him about her situation. Lin Xiyu could probably guess the reason. When he suddenly did not contact them, the Lin family¡¯s husband and wife must be sad in their hearts, and the dean of the orphanage also had a grievance for the couple after knowing this, thinking that he was ungrateful after following a good family in the United States. It was no wonder she did not tell Lin Xiqian about her details.


    But now that she knew that everything was a misunderstanding, it was just that her parents had no way of knowing.


    Lin Xiyu glanced at Lin Xiqian in front of her again. He was no longer the skinny boy he was before. He had grown a lot taller, his body had grown stronger, and from the outside, he was no different from a normal person.


    There was a park next to the club, and Lin Xiyu said to him, ¡°Let¡¯s go to the park to stroll around?¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Lin Xiyu briefly learned about his situation. He studied medicine in the United States, and returned directly to China after graduation. He was not a distinguished doctor at Jiangyuan Hospital. He only found out about Lin Daguo¡¯s death after he returned to China, and he had been trying to find her ever since.


    ¡°How about you? How have you been?¡± Lin Xiqian asked her.


    ¡°I¡¯m quite good.¡±


    Lin Xiqian nodded and asked again, ¡°Let¡¯s have a meal together later, and I¡¯ll send you back afterwards.¡±


    As soon as he talked about going back, Lin Xiyu came back to her senses and immediately glanced at her watch. She had just been chatting with Lin Xiqian without paying attention. It was already very late at this moment, and there was a divine beast at home waiting for her to go back and feed it.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°It¡¯s a little late now, I still have something to do. Let¡¯s wait for another time, I¡¯ll treat you to a meal.¡±


    Her sudden rush puzzled Lin Xiqian, but he did not ask more questions and added, ¡°Then, I¡¯ll take you back.¡±


    ¡°No need, no need. I drove the car myself, let¡¯s leave a number to contact later.¡±


    Lin Xiqian gave his mobile phone number, Lin Xiyu saved it and left in a hurry.


    After Lin Xiyu returned home, she first fed the child. After feeding the milk, Lin Xiyu took the mobile phone and took a look. There were several messages on it, which were sent by Lin Xiqian.


    Lin Xiqian: ¡°Are you free this weekend? I just came here recently, so if you have time, take me around and eat the snacks over here.¡±


    Tomorrow happened to be the weekend, usually Lin Xiyu would bring her baby on the weekend, but it was okay to miss a day, so she agreed.


    The next morning, Lin Xiqian sent a text message saying that he would come and pick her up and Lin Xiyu sent him an address, which was a bus stop near Moon Bay no. 1.


    A white car stopped at the bus stop, the window opened and Lin Xiyu saw Lin Xiqian¡¯s familiar face. She pulled the car door and sat up. Lin Xiqian asked her, ¡°Where is the place to go? I will navigate.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Ancheng University.¡±


    Lin Xiqian turned the car around with the navigation on before saying, ¡°I didn¡¯t get a chance to ask you the last time we met. Where did you go after your adoptive parents passed away?¡±


    ¡°I got picked up by a very good friend of my mother.¡±


    ¡°Your mother¡¯s friend? Have I seen this friend?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think you¡¯ve seen her before, she¡¯s local to Ancheng.¡±


    Lin Xiqian nodded his head and asked, ¡°Are they good to you?¡±


    ¡°Pretty good.¡±


    Lin Xiqian asked her what university she went to, as well as her living expenses, and Lin Xiyu¡ª¡ª told him all of it.


    ¡°Take me to your mother¡¯s friend''s house when you have time, the family has taken care of you for so long, I should thank her for that.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu had some mixed feelings. Although they had only met for the first time yesterday, he said this with a sense of affection, as if he was really her family, and in the face of those who took care of her, he wanted to show his gratitude as a family member.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Lin Xiqian smiled, ¡°Although I haven¡¯t been able to live with you all these years, but in my heart, you are my relatives. If it wasn¡¯t for my adoptive parents who poured out all their money to save me, I¡¯m afraid I wouldn¡¯t have been able to meet my current adoptive parents. They have saved my life, and my feelings for them are no less than my current adoptive parents. Now that they are gone, it stands to reason that I should take good care of you.¡±


    Lin Xiqian was not much older than her, so he should not be the one to take care of her any more, but it was really quite rare for him to have this heart.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I have graduated from college now, and I also have a job. I can take care of myself.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s your business that you can take care of yourself, what I do is my business. Although we haven¡¯t seen each other for many years, my adoptive parents saved me. I have been their son all my life, so naturally I¡¯m your brother, no matter how long it¡¯s been.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu also felt a lot. Since her parents passed away, she had no other relatives, but now there was a person who was familiar with her past, and someone who almost became a family member with her had appeared. This person had always been regarded by her parents as their son, carefully calculated, he seemed to be considered her family too.


    The car quickly drove to Ancheng University, and Lin Xiyu took Lin Xiqian to the back street of Ancheng University. There was a whole snack street, and the common snacks in Ancheng could be found here.


    It was mealtime and the streets were lively, with three universities nearby and a number of students crowding the streets for food. Passing a put chai ko* stall, Lin Xiqian seemed surprised, ¡°There are also put chai ko here?¡± He went up and bought two put chai ko, gave one to her, and said, ¡°Do you remember this? You often bought it when you were in Wucheng.¡±


    *Put chai ko is a popular snack in Hong Kong. The pudding cake is palm size and is sweet in taste. It is soft, but can hold its molded shape outside a bowl. The cake is made from white or brown sugar, long-grain rice flour with a little wheat starch or cornstarch. Sometimes red beans are also added.


    Lin Xiqian loved to eat put chai ko when he was a child. He was too sick to leave home at that time, so she would buy him a put chai ko and bring it to him.


    Lin Xiqian remembered that when she was a child, she was also emotional. Knowing that she was about to have a new brother, she was very happy. Her parents only had her as a daughter and she was all alone since she was a child, she was envious when she saw others had siblings. Later, after Lin Xiqian was brought to the United States, she was also brokenhearted for a long time, but children were forgetful and when they met something else interesting, the sadness was slowly forgotten.


    Ancheng University''s student dormitory was near the back street. When Lin Xiyu went to college, the campus dormitory conditions were not very good, the dormitory building was old and humid, cold in winter and hot in summer and there was no air conditioning,  but she did not escape the fate of the reconstruction of the dormitory as soon as she graduated. She just graduated this term and the dormitory building was rebuilt, so the back half of the street was closed up for safety because of the reconstruction of the dormitory building.


    Lin Xiyu had some regret and said, ¡°Originally, there were still many delicious foods over there, but we can¡¯t go this way. Sorry, I didn¡¯t know this site was closed.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, just find a random place to eat here.¡±


    Coincidentally, the reconstruction of the dormitory of Ancheng University was the responsibility of Xiao Ziang¡¯s engineering team. Xiao Ziang came to the site to inspect, and he was about to go to have a tea break with friends while accidentally swept around his gaze to see Lin Xiyu in the crowd.


    Xiao Ziang was an enthusiastic person. After seeing the person, he didn¡¯t think much before greeting her directly, ¡°Sister-in-law, are you coming over here to eat?¡±


    Lin Xiyu heard the voice and looked up. She saw Xiao Ziang walking towards her, Lin Xiyu froze, and thought, how did she meet Xiao Ziang here?


    Xiao Ziang got closer before he noticed that Lin Xiyu was followed by a man. The warm smile that Xiao Ziang raised on his face was slightly withdrawn. He glanced back and forth at Lin Xiyu and Lin Xiqian, his eyes became subtle, ¡°Is this your friend?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed, nodded, and introduced Lin Xiqian, ¡°This is¡­ My friend¡¯s brother.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was used to not letting outsiders know about her marriage to Lu Junting, so she just casually introduced.


    Lin Xiqian nodded at Xiao Ziang, which was regarded as a greeting. Although Xiao Ziang was sometimes out of tune, he still understood the world, so he did not ask much at the moment. He said naturally, ¡°You guys go for a stroll, I have an appointment with my friend, so I¡¯ll leave first.¡±


    After Xiao Ziang left, Lin Xiyu breathed a slight sigh of relief, but suddenly heard Lin Xiqian next to him ask, ¡°He called you sister-in-law? Are you married?¡±


    Lin Xiqian had not asked her questions about her love life, and Lin Xiyu had not taken the initiative to tell him that she was married, but there was nothing to hide about her being married, so she said, ¡°I¡¯m married and I have a child.¡±


    Lin Xiqian was clearly shocked by those words. His gaze fell on her for a long time, staring at her blankly, and it took him a long time to digest the news.


    He asked again, ¡°Who is the other party? Is he treating you well?¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s in business, and he¡¯s been treating me well.¡±


    Lin Xiqian smiled, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to get married so early.¡±


    Lin Xiyu laughed at herself and said, ¡°It¡¯s quite early, I¡¯m married right after I graduated from university.¡±


    Lin Xiqian nodded and said, ¡°Take me to meet him sometime, I want to see what kind of person he is.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    After Xiao Ziang left, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he felt very strange. Why did Lin Xiyu introduce him as ¡®my friend¡¯s brother¡¯? Wasn¡¯t it good to directly say that he was his husband¡¯s cousin? This attitude of trying to clear the relationship made Xiao Xiang feel that Lin Xiyu seemed to be guilty.


    Although he felt that Lu Junting was a little annoying sometimes, after all, the two had known each other since childhood. Not only a good brother wearing the same open-crotch pants or even the other party¡¯s relatives, but he also needed to draw a little attention to the color of his hat.


    *In Chinese culture, wearing a green hat is cause for mockery because of its hidden meaning. When a man ¡°wears a green hat¡± (daai3 luk6 mou6 ´÷¾Gñ), it signifies that his partner is cheating on him ¨C in other words, that he''s a cuckold.


    Xiao Ziang called Lu Junting first and learned that he was at the company. Xiao Ziang thought, no wonder, he was married but still busy like this? On weekends, he still ran the company and did not accompany his wife. Did this guy Lu Junting know that if he did not accompany his wife, there would naturally be other men to accompany his wife for him?


    When Xiao Ziang came to Lu Junting¡¯s office, he was signing. Xiao Ziang would come over to harass him when he had nothing to do, incidentally rubbing food and drink, and Lu Junting was used to it.


    As soon as Xiao Ziang came in, Lu Junting instructed him, ¡°I¡¯m very busy now, be more conscious and don¡¯t disturb me with your chatter.¡±


    Xiao Ziang was naturally used to Lu Junting¡¯s ¡®bad attitude¡¯ towards him, but he did not care. He was a little entangled now, how to open his mouth to tell him.


    Originally, he really shouldn¡¯t talk much about the husband and wife¡¯s affairs, but it was not right for him not to talk about this to his good brother.


    However, to tell him directly, ¡®Lu Junting, your wife is probably cheating on you¡¯, these kinds of words were not easy to say.


    Lu Junting did not wait for Xiao Ziangs¡¯ response. Generally speaking, he was so unceremonious, at usual times, Xiao Ziang would burst into two foul words, but he was so quiet today, he was not used to it.


    Lu Junting glanced up at him, and met Xiao Ziang¡¯s subtle and complicated eyes looking at him. Lu Junting knew him too well and asked him directly, ¡°Do you want to say something to me?¡±


    Xiao Ziang laughed dryly, swept his gaze at the curtains in Lu Junting¡¯s office, and said in a pretentious manner, ¡°Say, why are your curtains in this color ah? It¡¯s green and not eye-catching at all.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at the curtains, then looked at him with an expression like seeing a mentally retarded person and said, ¡°Are you colorblind? This curtain is blue.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Xiao Ziang coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment. His gaze fell on top of the white pencil holder on his desk, walking up and picking it up with a worried look. ¡°Why is this pencil holder of yours green too ah? Do you like green so much? Look at this pencil holder, it¡¯s so green and glowing, how bad luck it looks, it needs to be replaced quickly.¡± After Xiao Ziang finished speaking, his gaze suddenly fell on the top of Lu Junting¡¯s head, and as if he found something incredible, he suddenly exclaimed, ¡°Fuck, how come there is a green light on the top of your head ah, such a strong green, my eyes are almost blind.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±

 CH 27

    Chapter 27: You Hate Me so Much?


    Lu Junting leaned back into the chair and squinted his eyes to look at him, ¡°Xiao Ziang, what do you mean?¡±


    Xiao Ziang touched the tip of his nose, his heart was chaotic, thinking that he could simply tell him the truth, so he said, ¡°Didn¡¯t my engineering team recently take care of the reconstruction of the dormitory building at Ancheng University? I went to inspect today, and I happened to run into Xiao Xiyu.¡± Speaking of this, he deliberately lowered his voice, for fear of being heard by someone, and said to him with a solemn expression, ¡°She is with a man.¡±


    Xiao Ziang obviously felt Lu Junting¡¯s eyes turn cold in a flash, so cold that he subconsciously shivered.


    ¡°Which man?¡± Yet his tone remained calm.


    Xiao Ziang replied, ¡°I don¡¯t know, I haven¡¯t seen him before.¡±


    Lu Junting looked like he didn¡¯t want to take it seriously. He picked up the pen and continued to sigh, saying, ¡°Probably a classmate, don¡¯t think too much about it.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t really think much about it at first, but do you know how she introduced me? She introduced me as her brother¡¯s friend, don¡¯t you think that¡¯s weird? As if she was deliberately covering up her marriage.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s movement paused, reminding him of the time when she introduced him in front of her colleagues. She introduced him as her friend¡¯s brother, leaving the relationship clear.


    Lu Junting was silent for a moment, and suddenly said to Xiao Ziang, ¡°Xiao Ziang, you get closer, I have something to say to you.¡±


    Xiao Ziang originally thought that he was going to whisper something to him, so he walked over obediently, and especially cooperated with bringing his ears forward a little, when he heard Lu Junting coldly throwing a sentence, ¡°Get out.¡±


    Xiao Ziang: ¡°...¡±


    WTF!!!


    Xiao Ziang cursed out of Lu Junting¡¯s office, and slapped his own mouth, telling himself that he talked too much, he was a big idiot. He should have let him know nothing and be given a green hat by Xiao Xiyu.


    When Lu Junting came back, the nanny was taking Lu Chengmao to play in the backyard, who liked to go outside and could not stay at home.


    Lu Junting did not see Lin Xiyu, so he asked, ¡°Is Chengmao¡¯s mother coming back late again?¡±


    The nanny said, ¡°She had called and said she¡¯d be back in a little while.¡±


    Lu Junting thought of Xiao Ziang¡¯s words. It was so late and she had not yet come back, and he did not know which wild man she had gone out with.


    Originally, he deliberately took time to accompany the mother and son today. Who knew that the girl ran away early in the morning, so he went to the company when he was bored at home.


    Lu Chengmao was sitting on the stroller, looking up at his father at this time. The fleshy white and tender face, a pair of big round eyes, looking smart and moist. His cute little appearance made people could not help but want to rub when they looked at him.


    The little guy¡¯s bright eyes kept staring at him, which made Lu Junting very surprised. As a person who sat on the higher ranking position for a long time, his eyes had long been practiced to be sharp to shock so many people, and not many people dared to keep staring at him. This little cub had some skills and was not afraid of him.


    Lu Junting squatted in front of the stroller, his gaze softened, his face showed a bit of the old father¡¯s love. He stretched out his hand to him, but unexpectedly, this little guy was particularly cooperative. As soon as he stretched out his hand, the little guy stretched out his fat arms to his side, which meant to give him a hug.


    Lu Junting picked up the fleshy little dumping, and the round eyes of the little dumpling was still staring at him. Lu Junting was also afraid of scaring him, his originally sharp eyes became softer and softer under his son¡¯s gaze, and the man who did not smile could not help but bring a smile on his face as he asked, ¡°Do you like daddy?¡±


    And he hugged him so enthusiastically.


    Lu Chengmao stared at this big toy in front of him, it was really a big one ah, it was fun to look at, but he did not know how it felt.


    The fleshy little hand waved and he slapped Lu Junting on the face.


    Wow, it felt good in his hand!


    Lu Junting, who was immersed in the warm atmosphere of father and son loving each other, suddenly received a slap, and could not help but feel a little confused, but the little guy had little strength, so the slap did not hurt.


    Lu Junting deliberately put on a stern face and said, ¡°You¡¯ve got a big guts ah, daring to hit your old man?¡±


    The little guy was not afraid at all, giggled and laughed so hard that his saliva fell down. Lu Junting did not dislike it, and helped him wipe it off with a bib.


    His son laughed, his eyes shining, like thousands of stars scattered in it, much like when his mother laughed. Although the rumors about him were not very good, he was scheming and strong, in fact, like many ordinary men, he also had the joy of becoming a father for the first time, and he still had a love for his young son.


    Looking at his son¡¯s smile, the old father¡¯s heart was soft, and he was not angry at all when he was slapped by his son.


    ¡°Why do you like to smile so much? Just like your mom.¡±


    He felt a pain in his scalp just as the words left his mouth. It turned out to be the little guy continuing to test his hand, his little fat hand grabbing and tugging on his hair and not letting go.


    No respect at all for him as an old father.


    Lin Xiyu went home and did not see her little baby. She knew that her little baby liked to go out, so she ran to the backyard to take a look, and just saw this scene.


    Her little baby was held in his father¡¯s arms, and his small fleshy hands pulled his father¡¯s hair fiercely. Lin Xiyu knew how much it hurt when the little guy yanked on someone''s hair.


    Lin XIyu was startled, and hurriedly rushed over to take her little baby from Lu Juntig¡¯s arms, and then looked at Lu Junting. The man¡¯s expression was really not very good.


    Lu Junting did not understand why, when this little guy pulled his hair, it was really painful.


    Lin Xiyu opened the little guy¡¯s fingers one by one, and the little guy was not happy at once. He hadn¡¯t had enough of his big toy. He stretched out his hand towards Lu Junting and whine incessantly.


    Lin Xiyu was afraid that Lu Junting would get angry, so she pretended to reprimand the little guy, ¡°HOw can you pull your daddy¡¯s hair?¡±


    Lu Junting asked with a gloomy face, ¡°He usually pulls your hair like this?¡±


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°No, no, he rarely pulls my hair.¡±


    It was the obvious protective attitude.


    ¡°His bad habit has to be changed.¡±


    ¡°Okay, okay, okay, I¡¯ll help him change it.¡±


    Although Lin Xiyu knew that as a father, Lu Junting would not do anything to his little baby, but when he had a calm face, it was especially scary.


    ¡°I¡¯m going to take my little baby upstairs to breastfeed him first.¡±


    After she said that, she hurriedly left with her little dumpling, afraid that he would ask the mother and son if she was late.


    Lu Junting¡¯s carefully groomed hair was caught by the little dumpling, and the majesty of the old father was shattered all over the ground, and a little embarrassment cracked in his cold and arrogant temperament. However, he was not too angry, what made him angry was the attitude of the little girl. Looking at her protective look, as if he really wanted to do something to that little guy. Such a small little cub, what else could he do?


    Lin Xiyu hurried upstairs with her little baby, closed the door of the room before she breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled at the cute face of her little baby.


    Lin Xiyu poked his fleshy face with her finger and said, ¡°Only you have the ability to dare to grab your daddy¡¯s hair.¡±


    She did not know if the little guy thought his mother was complimenting him, but he was so affected by playing with the toy that he was in a good mood again and giggled.


    Lin Xiyu held him and sat on the chair, this was the chair she specially sat on when she was breastfeeding. The familiar position of the familiar place, the little guy remembered that he seemed to be hungry, and his mouth was deflated. He began to arch around his mother¡¯s chest, grunting and immediately about to cry out.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly fed him milk, and when he drank milk, the little guy was satisfied. He touched his mother¡¯s face with his little fleshy hand.


    After feeding, Lin Xiyu carried her little baby downstairs to play. She sat on the sofa with her little baby in her arms. Her little baby was holding a ball that could be pinched and rattled, the ball made of latex had many soft buttons on it, it would ring when pinched, each button had a different sound, and her little baby loved to play with this.


    Lu Junting came down from upstairs, and Lin Xiyu did not know if Lu Junting was still angry after having his hair pulled, so the tone of greeting was a little apprehensive, ¡°Is brother Junting done with your works?¡±


    ¡°En, it¡¯s done.¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at his hair, the area that was pulled by her little baby had been taken care of, and seeing that he was calm, he should have put the matter of his hair being pulled by her little baby having him.


    Lin Xiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.


    Lu Junting walked to sit down next to her and asked, ¡°What is he playing?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I don¡¯t know what it is, but little baby likes to play with it quite a bit.¡±


    Lu Junting reached over and took the toy in his son¡¯s hand. Lu Chengmao was having fun when his toy was suddenly snatched away, he immediately stopped, and started to frown as he hummed to grab it.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly coaxed him, ¡°Daddy doesn¡¯t want it, Daddy just wants to take a look.¡±


    The little guy was very anxious, half of his body leaned out to grab his small ball. Lu Junting gave him the ball and said, ¡°No one can touch what you like.¡± His index finger scratched the tip of his nose, ¡°That¡¯s a character like mine.¡±


    The little baby was very happy to take back the toy, he giggled and squeezed the ball to squeak.


    ¡°Did you go out today?¡± Lu Junting seemed to ask casually.


    Lin Xiyu remembered that she met Xiao Ziang today, and she did not know if Xiao Ziang would mention it to Lu Junting, but since Lin Xiqian also intended to meet Lu Junting, she simply told him the truth.


    ¡°I just went out and took a friend to stroll around.¡±


    ¡°Lu Yuan?¡±


    ¡°Not Lu Yuan.¡±


    ¡°En? Who is it?¡± It still had that casual tone of question.


    ¡°He is kind of my step brother, my parents adopted him for a while.¡±


    ¡°The child adopted by your parents?¡± Her words surprised Lu Junting, ¡°Why have we never heard of Mr. and Mrs. Lin adopting a child?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°In fact, it¡¯s not an adoption. At that time, because of the need to treat him, the adoption procedures had not been completed. He had a heart disease and at that time the domestic heart stent surgery was not mature enough, and then an American couple knew the situation and intended to adopt him. My parents felt that it was better to follow the American couple than to follow them, so they gave him to the American couple.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s eyes narrowed slightly, he also did not expect there was this relationship. He was silent for a while and then said, ¡°Since there is such a relationship, then you can invite him to your home some day for everyone to get to know each other.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll arrange it.¡±


    She agreed, and it was unexpected to Lu Junting. He said that to test her, after all, he knew that the little girl did not want others to know the relationship between them.


    ¡°When will you move in with me?¡± He asked again in a natural tone.


    Lin Xiyu did not react to what he meant by that as she said with a puzzled look on her face, ¡°Aren¡¯t I living with you right now?¡±


    ¡°I mean, when are you going to move into my room?¡±


    ¡°......¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned. He asked her to move to his room with this particularly natural tone, as if asking her what to eat tonight? Want to share a room with him? She suddenly thought of that time she overheard him talking to sister Wu about wanting to sleep with her. Upon hearing this, she was inwardly apprehensive, she was afraid that he would come and mention this to her, but then he did not mention the issue of sharing a room, so she did not bother to ask. She did not expect him to suddenly mention it today, the key was that his expression was also particularly natural, even with a sense of a matter of course, as if this was a perfectly normal thing.


    Lin Xiyu felt chaotic, she did not understand. This relationship of theirs, they were just getting together and living together because they had a child, it was not the same as a normal couple, so why did he want to share a room with her?


    And Lu Junting probably saw her doubts, and still said in that natural tone, ¡°Now that the child has been born and your body has recovered, we are husband and wife, so naturally we should sleep together.¡±


    Lin Xiyu keenly captured the phrase ¡®your body has recovered¡¯, saying that the child was born was understandable, but why did he have to emphasize that her body had recovered.


    Lin Xiyu felt her back stiffen, and a rush of hot air rushed towards her face.


    Her mind was confused, her whole person was in a state of confusion, and she had no reason to digest these words.


    She thought that she and Lu Junting were just a nominal couple, because the marriage between the two was because of the little baby, and although they were a couple, she felt that both of them had their own lives.


    Lu Junting should not have much interest in her, and that night was also due to confusion, plus she was a little similar to his ex-girlfriend, and he probably did not distinguish between them for a while.


    Lin Xiyu felt that Lu Junting might be treating her like a child, after all, she was Lu Yuan¡¯s friend, and Lu Yuan was the kind of little girl who had not grown up in his eyes.


    But now that he asked her to move in with him, how could she not understand what he meant? He wanted to be an actual husband and wife with her.


    Lu Junting said again, ¡°I¡¯ll ask sister Wu to help you move things in a while. Chengmao is almost half a year old, and can drink milk powder, you don¡¯t have to be so tired. Let the nanny take him to sleep in the future.¡±


    In Lin Xiyu¡¯s confused look, Lu Junting went upstairs.


    Lin Xiyu was absent-minded all night. At night, she coaxed her little baby to sleep, but she could not sleep, walking back and forth in the room restlessly. She did not understand why Lu Junting wanted to share a room with her, wasn¡¯t it always fine before? She had thought that life without each other before was the norm for their lives from now on.


    After a while, she heard a knock on the door. Lin Xiyu opened the door, and there was sister Wu standing outside the door. Lu Junting ordered her to come over and help move things.


    ¡°Do you want to move now?¡±


    ¡°Later.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sent away sister Wu. She thought about it and felt that she still had to explain this matter clearly to Lu Junting.


    Lin Xiyu made a mental preparation for a while, walked to Lu Junting¡¯s study and knocked on the door. There was an answer from inside, and Lin Xiyu pushed the door in. Lu Junting was video-calling with someone, so Lin Xiyu did not disturb him. Lu Junting gestured to the sofa next to the wall with his eyes, and Lin Xiyu obediently walked over and sat down to wait.


    Lu Junting used English all the way, and his English pronunciation was very standard. When he spoke in English, his voice sounded more magnetic. Listening to it, Lin Xiyu thought it was probably the affairs of foreign branches.


    Lin Xiyu waited for twenty minutes for the video conference to end, and Lu Junting looked over to her and asked, ¡°Didn¡¯t sister Wu help you move your things?¡±


    Lin Xiyu really did not understand. How could he speak so casually and take his attitude for granted?


    Originally, she was uncomfortable when facing him, and she was even more uncomfortable hearing his words now. However, there were some things that Lin Xiyu felt necessary to make clear with him.


    ¡°Why did brother Junting suddenly want to share a room with me?¡±


    Lu Junting asked rhetorically with a matter-of-fact look, ¡°Shouldn¡¯t husband and wife share a room?¡±


    Lin Xiyu pondered for a while before saying, ¡°It¡¯s true that husband and wife should share a room, but we all know the situation of brother Junting and me. We got married because we had little baby. Of course I know everyone has needs in that area, and brother Junting is a normal person, so I can understand your needs. Although we are husband and wife, I¡¯m sorry I can¡¯t accept it. I think that kind of thing is the natural thing for two people who love each other, not because of carnal desire. I wasn¡¯t sober the night I had little baby, or that wouldn¡¯t have happened.¡±


    ¡°Listening to you say that, you seem to regret having that night with me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked towards him, he looked as usual, but this person had a sense of oppression. Even if his expression was natural when he spoke, that sense of oppression shocked people¡¯s hearts.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°There is no way to change the past, and there is no need to regret it. I just want to live in the present and the future with little baby. Of course, originally we said that we would divorce after I gave birth, and because we did not divorce later because of little baby. I can¡¯t help with brother Junting¡¯s needs, but I won¡¯t interfere with brother Junting¡¯s private life.¡±


    The implication was that he could find another woman to solve it.


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze suddenly tightened, he felt quite strange. Whose women did not want their husbands around every day to accompany them, but she was very good, she could not wait for her husband to find another woman outside.


    Lu Junting¡¯s eyes tightened, and a cold glow naturally appeared under his eyes. Lin Xiyu only felt that the air seemed to be suddenly cold several degrees. Being swept by his eyes, her body seemed to have passed a cold current, becoming frozen and numb.


    However, his eyes were so cold, but the corners of the man¡¯s mouth curved into an arc, as if he was laughing, ¡°Do you know why so many people want to cooperate with me? Not only because Changheng¡¯s resources can bring benefits to others, but also because everyone in the circle knows that I, Lu Junting, am the most contractual person. When you and I became husband and wife, there was a contract between us, so now you expect me to break the contract and have an extramarital affair? To plunge me into injustice and have my reputation ruined after all these years?¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that Lu Junting was a man who could teach people well. These words of his were so powerful and reasonable that she could not refute a single word.


    She even felt ashamed, as if she was really the evil person who would set him up for injustice.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry brother Junting.¡±


    ¡°Get out.¡±


    His tone was obviously cold and unkind. During the time she knew Lu Junting, he had always respected her and had never been so unkind to her. Lin Xiyu also realized that she seemed to have really said the wrong thing, so she didn¡¯t say anything more and left obediently.


    Back in the room, little baby was sleeping soundly. She laid beside him, looking at little baby¡¯s fleshy face. The baby¡¯s eyes looked like her, but the contour of his face resembled his father.


    Lin Xiyu sigheh softly, ¡°Did mommy really do something wrong, is it really excessive for mommy to say that?¡±


    When Lin Xiyu got up the next day, Lu Junting had already left. She wanted to apologize properly, but she did not expect for him to leave so early and he hadn¡¯t come back for several days after this departure, and he also hadn¡¯t called.


    He used to have business trips before, but every time he left, he would explain to her first, but this time, he didn¡¯t tell her anything, as if he was silently telling her that he was angry.


    Lin Xiyu also thought about it carefully in the past two days, and she also felt that those words were a little disrespectful to him. Lu Junting really did not treat their mother and son badly, and had done it thoughtful enough. Although he said at the beginning that they would divorce after giving birth to the baby, the little baby was still so young, she couldn¡¯t leave him for a while.


    It was also quite normal for husband and wife to have sex life, and she was naive enough to think that she and he could live their own lives independently of each other.


    Now she clearly realized that if she was to stay with him and continue to be his wife, then she could not really have completely had nothing to do with him.


    In fact, it did not seem to be so difficult to accept, anyway, it was the first time she had done it with him.


    Lin Xiyu wanted to call him, but she didn¡¯t dare. After a few days, Lu Junting still didn¡¯t come back. That night, Lin Xiyu coaxed her little baby to sleep and practiced calligraphy for a while as usual.


    After drinking the water in the cup, she went downstairs to pour the water again, but unexpectedly she saw Lu Junting sitting on the sofa after she turned on the light. His head was leaning against the sofa, his eyes were closed, and she did not know if he was asleep or not.


    Lin Xiyu walked lightly and came over. Only when she got closer did she smell of alcohol on him. Lin Xiyu saw that he had his eyes closed, not disturbing him, and was about to go to get him a blanket to cover. However, as soon as she turned around, her wrist was suddenly grabbed, and his iron claw-like hand suddenly pulled her. The next moment, she was sitting directly on his lap.


    The strong and elastic thighs. Lin Xiyu felt as if she was scalded as soon as she sat down, and subconsciously had to jump up, yet the man behind her suddenly came over and put an arm around her waist.


    His firm chest that exuded heat was pressed against her back, and a burning breath sprayed into her ear. Lin Xiyu stiffened her body, and did not dare to look back.


    ¡°You hate me so much?¡±


    His voice was low and hoarse, tinged with alcohol, and seemed to penetrate her ear in the silence of the night with a slight sense of intoxication.


    He was so close to her, ambiguous posture, ambiguous words, a man like Lu Junting with first-class field control. She was afraid that no woman could resist if such a man flirted with a woman.


    Lin Xiyu felt that her heartbeat was accelerating. She didn¡¯t know if it was whether she was affected by the heat of his body, her cheeks were burning slowly, her mind was in a mess, and she felt her whole body was swelling. She wanted to calm herself, but her thoughts were still messy.


    You hate me so much?


    Did it sound like a complaint? Was it because he was drunk that he was saying such things? Or did he go for a drink because she made him feel bad?


    Was she so powerful that she could influence his emotions?


    Lin Xiyu adjusted her breathing slightly to bring herself back to her senses as she said, ¡°Brother Junting, I don¡¯t hate you.¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t hate me, why do you still push me out?¡± His voice was hoarse and tightened, ¡°You tell me, what I have to do for you to like me, and I¡¯ll do it, okay?¡±

 CH 28

    Chapter 28: Lu Junting: ¡°Kiss me¡±


    When he spoke, the heat kept drilling into her ears, and the feelings of swelling made her mind go haywire.


    She closed her eyes to calm her rapid heartbeat and took a moment to slow down before saying, ¡°Brother Junting, I really don¡¯t dislike you. I¡¯ve offended brother Junting last time, you are right, we are husband and wife, some things are inevitable, if brother Junting wants it, then do it.¡±


    As her words fell, she could clearly feel the breath that sprayed across her ear slow down. The surroundings became very quiet, so quiet that she could hear the dripping water on the eaves outside, as if it was hitting people¡¯s hearts.


    She did not know how long it took. He suddenly put his arm around her armpit, hooked her knee socket with the other, and directly picked her up.


    Lin Xiyu saw his appearance clearly, but saw that his jaw was tense, and his face seemed to condense a layer of gray mist, wrapping his expression and making it impossible to see through.


    Lu Junting carried her to the room, which was her room, and little baby was still lying on the bed. He put her on the bed, stretched out his long arms to turn off the bedside light, and then he pulled the quilt away and laid down directly.


    As soon as he laid down, the aura that belonged to him was also overwhelmed. Lin Xiyu subconsciously turned her back to him, and suddenly her heart was in turmoil. He was not going to do it with her here, right? The baby was still next to them!


    As soon as she turned around, his body leaned closely, and hooked her in his arms, so that she was close to him. She did not know if it was because of alcohol, and his body was surprisingly hot.


    He lifted one side of her hair out of the way and soon a searing breath was sprayed on her ear, followed by a hot kiss. Lin Xiyu''s body stiffened, in the dark, all the senses were so obvious, being kissed by him was like being burned by fire, but he didn¡¯t stop. His kiss went all the way along her earlobe, her neck, her chin, and the man¡¯s aura was too strong. Lin Xiyu was completely wrapped up by him, and she felt like she was about to suffocate.


    Originally, she respected him as a guest, and he also respected her. The coldness in his body always gave a feeling of rejection, but now, he was kissing her, kissing her very passionately, she knew what he looked like on the bed. The serious and unsmiling man on weekdays was completely different.


    But this person had a strong personal charm. When he came to get close to you, your mind was completely seized by him and could not resist.


    The kiss fell on her face for a long time. He slowly released her, suddenly clasped her chin with his hand and gently turned her face over to look at him. The room was not so dark that she could see the outline of his face. She turned her head to meet his dark eyes, and she clearly saw the lust under his eyes.


    Lin Xiyu subconsciously swallowed her spit and said to him, ¡°Do you want to do it here? The little baby is still around.¡±


    He swept a glance at the cub lying on the other side, who was sleeping soundly.


    He released the hand that was clasped on her chin and lay down on her side, rubbing his eyebrow with his thumb, his voice turned huskier, ¡°Sleep, I won¡¯t touch you.¡±


    He was lying on the side. After speaking, he didn¡¯t move anymore, and he didn¡¯t come to hug her again. After a while, she heard the sound of long breathing, and turned her head to see that he had fallen asleep.


    Lin Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief.


    Lin Xiyu had a dream, an ambiguous dream. She woke up in shock, suddenly realized that something was wrong, she hurriedly swatted away the hand that landed on her and shrank back to avoid it.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s action was too big, and Lu Junting was naturally woken up by her. He was still a little confused. As soon as he woke up, he faced the little girl whose eyes contained a little anger, with a red face.


    Lu Junting felt that his palm was wet, and he lifted his palm to look at it, and his body suddenly froze. He probably understood, and no wonder the little girl was glaring at him.


    Lu Junting was a little embarrassed and said, ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t mean it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was ashamed and annoyed. She turned her face to the side, just when the little baby woke up. She hurriedly picked him up and coaxed, without looking at him and said, ¡°I¡¯m going to feed the baby.¡±


    This was to let him recuse himself, Lu Junting knew he had done something bad, very self-aware, got up and left. After leaving the room, he raised his palm and sniffed it. This smell was very familiar, he had also smelled it on his son. Originally, he thought it was the little cub¡¯s own milk smell, but he didn¡¯t think it was her.


    Lin Xiyu finished feeding her baby and went downstairs to eat. Only shortly after Lu Junting arrived, he sat down opposite her and said, ¡°I drank too much yesterday, I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was still a little annoyed and only replied lightly, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    ¡°When will you move over?¡± He asked again.


    Hearing this, she looked at him with a surprised expression, thinking that his apology was to tell her that everything he did last night didn¡¯t count because he had too much alcohol.


    Lin Xiyu remembered that she said last night that she would share a room with him. Sooner or later, she had to experience this kind of thing. She was mentally prepared for it anyway so she said, ¡°Brother Junting can arrange it.¡±


    ¡°Then let sister Wu help in the afternoon?¡±


    Move in the afternoon, so anxious?


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t say anything more and nodded.


    After getting off work in the afternoon, Lin Xiyu and sister Wu moved some of her usual things, such as toiletries, pajamas, to Lu Junting¡¯s room. Lin Xiyu put her skin care products in the bathroom locker. The locker had accounted for half, Lin Xiyu swept a glance and there were calcium tablets, vitamins, and deep-sea fish oil, should be Lu Junting¡¯s, were some health care products. It looked like Lu Junting usually still pay attention to physical health.


    She put her things in, and the locker was instantly filled. Lin Xiyu looked at the locker stuffed with her and Lu Junting¡¯s things and suddenly sighed. Husband and wife were one and the same, she did not expect that she and Lu Junting would be like this one day.


    Lin Xiyu was going to move in the same room with Lu Junting, and the little baby could only live in the nursery. Lin Xiyu was very reluctant to let him go. After coaxing little baby to sleep, Lin Xiyu went to Lu Junting¡¯s room. The door was not closed, and Lin Xiyu pushed the door in. Lu Junting just came out of the bath, he was wearing a bathrobe, the strap of the bathrobe was only lightly tied around his waist, with the bodice half opened, revealing half of his strong chest inside.


    He just washed his hair, and it was different from the usual groomed hair. At this time, it was messy and piled on top of the head, which was casual than the usual rigor, but it was more handsome.


    Lu Junting also looked at her, she seemed a little nervous, and she looked away as soon as he saw her. She was wearing a long-sleeved nightgown, silk texture, which draped loosely over her body, but stood out in an arc in front of her.


    Lu Junting sat down by the bed and said, ¡°Come and sit.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sat obediently and was about to sit down next to him when she heard him say, ¡°Sit on my lap.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    However, without waiting for Lin Xiyu to react, he grabbed her arm and pulled her directly. He directly let her sit in his lap, and then wrapped his long arm around her waist, and pulled her into his arms, so that the two of them stuck tighter.


    He did not drink today, but he was still hot. Lin Xiyu did a full mental preparation before coming, but this time she was pulled into his arms, her brain began to turn chaotic again, she did not know what to do.


    His breath, his temperature, enveloped her densely, like a net. The air around her seemed to rise, and as the temperature rose, there was also that ambiguous atmosphere, strangely shrouded her and the man in front of her, giving her an illusory feeling of unreality.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you speak?¡± His voice suddenly sounded overhead.


    ¡°What to say?¡±


    She lowered her head and did not look at him. Lu Junting secretly thought, whatever, just let it be.


    ¡°Kiss me.¡± He suddenly said to her.


    Lin Xiyu looked up at him, a cry for help hidden in her puzzled gaze, like a little lamb who was cornered. She looked fragile and pitiful, letting people subconsciously want to protect, but these eyes made people have a crazy idea, wanting to bully her. Looking at these eyes crying for him, wanting to listen to her soft voice begging him not to.


    Lu Junting felt that his breathing increased and said, ¡°Kiss me like you did that day when you were drunk.¡±


    His face was calm, and he used a tone of handling someone else a job to do.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t understand, why did he want her to kiss him ah, why couldn¡¯t he do it himself? But he was waiting. Lin Xiyu felt that when she faced Lu Junting, she was very similar to the primary school chicken facing the teaching director, especially when she was stared like this by him.


    Lin Xiyu pressed her chaotic heart slightly, she slowly moved up, closing her eyes, getting closer to his breath. Lin Xiyu felt her heartbeat was about to pop out of her chest, and finally her lips pressed against his lips, soft, with a slight cool.


    She only dared to touch it lightly, and then left. She opened her eyes to look at him, as if asking with her eyes if this was okay.


    At the corner of Lu Junting¡¯s eyes, she felt a bit flushed, and his breath seemed to become deep and long. Only after a while did he say, ¡°I remember that you stuck your tongue out at me that day.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Why did he make it so difficult for her? She had been drinking that day, how could she have such courage under normal circumstances?


    She looked at him like she was making a silent complaint, why didn¡¯t he stop bullying her? But he didn¡¯t want to stop, he waited quietly.


    Under this oppressive aura, Lin Xiyu simply could not refuse, after all, she was the one who promised to give what he wanted to do. She told herself in her mind, for the sake of the child, and in order to be able to stay by the child, it was okay.


    Then her heart was chaotic, she moved over and pressed against his lips. He really cooperated with her by opening his mouth. Lin Xiyu resisted the heartbeat that beat too fast and the tension that made her hands and feet numb, and extended her tongue into his mouth, like a kind of probing little animal, did not dare to move after intruding into the forbidden place.


    She felt that Lu Junting¡¯s breathing became heavy, and the breath that sprayed on her face burned up. He suddenly moved, and the tip of her tongue that she probed into was next to the tip of his tongue.


    Lin Xiyu was startled and withdrew without thinking, but his arm suddenly tightened, a large palm clasped the back of her head, and before she withdrew, the tongue quickly moved like a wild dragon, accurately capturing her, and then entangled fiercely.


    The rhythm and situation was completely controlled by him, Lin Xiyu could only passively bear it. He held her like this and kissed her fiercely for a while, and then held her to the bed, only then he let go of her.


    Lin Xiyu tentatively opened her eyes, facing a pair of eyes dyed with lust, and it was too strong. He looked at her with this look, and she had a feeling that she was going to be swallowed alive by him, so she immediately closed her eyes again.


    ¡°Look at me.¡± His husky voice commanded her faintly.


    Lin Xiyu was also speechless, why did she have to look at him ah, it was really embarrassing.


    ¡°Brother Junting, hurry up.¡±


    ¡°Hurry up for what?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    There seemed to be a smile in his voice, Lin Xiyu bit her lip and didn¡¯t answer. She felt this person was a little bad.


    Lu Junting leaned down and began kissing the side of her neck, and his voice commanded her strongly, ¡°Open your eyes and look at me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had no choice but to open her eyes to look at him, and his unrestrained gaze was not good.


    Lu Junting was very satisfied, embracing her and began to kiss. Lin Xiyu thought of something, hurriedly pushed him and said, ¡°Brother Junting, no condom.¡±


    He grabbed her hand on his shoulder, pressed it on top of her head, and continued to kiss her and said vaguely, ¡°Have.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled, ¡°When did you prepare it?¡±


    ¡°Forgot.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    He even prepared the condom? Before yesterday, she had not agreed to share a room with him. If it was prepared today, he couldn¡¯t say that he forgot, which meant that he had already prepared it for a long time?


    He was sure she would agree to share a room with him?


    Lin Xiyu suddenly thought of the attitude of the two of them respecting each other before this, and then thought, this man who respected her like a guest secretly prepared a condom. She had a very strange feeling in her heart.


    ¡°Concentrate.¡± A slightly dissatisfied tone said softly in her ear.


    Lin Xiyu did not think about it anymore.


    The blackout curtains used in Lu Junting¡¯s room¡¯s windows had a very good blackout effect, and he deliberately turned off the alarm clock as they slept very late, so Lin Xiyu slept thoroughly. She probably also knew that she had slept for a long time. She suddenly woke up and subconsciously glanced at the side. Her little baby was not around and she was startled, and was about to get out of bed to find him, but an arm across her waist suddenly tightened. She heard the man next to her said with a hoarse magnetic voice, ¡°What are you doing suddenly sitting up?¡±


    Hearing this voice, Lin Xiyu then remembered yesterday¡¯s things. She was slightly relieved and said, ¡°What time is it now?¡±


    Lu Junting touched his mobile phone on the bedside, glanced at it and said, ¡°It¡¯s almost nine o¡¯clock.¡±


    As soon as Lin Xiyu heard that it was almost nine o¡¯clock. She immediately pulled the quilt and went outside directly. Her little baby woke up at 8:00 am, usually he would breastfeed after waking up. It was 9:00 am now, and he must be very hungry.


    Sure enough, as soon as Lin Xiyu entered the nursery room, she heard the cry of little baby. Sister Wu was coaxing him, because she didn¡¯t want to disturb both of them who hadn¡¯t woken up, so she could only hold the little baby and waited.


    Lin Xiyu was so guilty that she hurriedly took the baby to feed him.


    As soon as the baby drank milk, he suddenly stopped crying. He was really hungry. Lin Xiyu helped him wipe away his tears and said with an apologetic face, ¡°I¡¯m sorry baby, it¡¯s this mommy who is not good, but you can¡¯t just blame this mommy, your daddy is bad too.¡±


    ¡°When I¡¯m not around, you just say bad things about me in front of my son?¡±


    The sudden sound behind her startled Lin Xiyu. She looked back and saw Lu Junting walking in through the door, and he was already fully dressed.


    Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed, but she still complained in her heart that he made a lot of trouble last night, making little baby hungry for so long. In the end, she didn¡¯t speak angrily, ¡°No, how do I dare.¡±


    He walked to her side and sat down, Lin Xiyu was breastfeeding, subconsciously wanted to hide, but after thinking about it, she thought that both of them now shared a room, and there seemed to be no need to hide.


    Really¡­ before yesterday, she would not have had this idea at all.


    Lu Junting sat for a while and said, ¡°I¡¯m going to the company.¡±


    ¡°Okay, you can go.¡±


    ¡°My kiss.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at him with a question mark on her face, but he did not answer her, directly leaned over and kissed her lips. Even if it was a gentle kiss, it was tainted by his aura. The kiss was strong, his breath was dominantly injected into her mouth and nose, making her head dizzy for a while.


    He took a few bites on her lips before letting go. Then, she met a pair of dark but soft eyes, which seemed to have a smile on it.


    Lin Xiyu looked at him in a daze as he got up and left. How did it seem that they had become close all of a sudden. Obviously both of them still respected each other before yesterday.


    Since yesterday, the two people who were ¡®honest¡¯ seem to be tightened by an invisible thread. Now there was even a farewell kiss before going to work.


    Lin Xiyu felt that her face was a little hot, and she actually had the feeling that she was in love with brother Junting.


    Lin Xiyu was absent-minded at work. Her mind was full of memories of last night. Originally, she did not deliberately recall it, but it inadvertently jumped out of her mind, disturbing her and making her annoyed.


    She was eating at a restaurant outside the club at noon when her mobile phone suddenly rang. Seeing the caller ID ¡®Brother Junting¡¯, although she did not see the person, her heart unconsciously tightened, and her mind was once again replayed the image from last night. The phone rang for a while before she answered.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    When Lu Junting spoke in a soft voice, his voice was particularly mellow, making people inexplicably feel that his voice was very sexy.


    ¡°Eating.¡±


    ¡°What do you eat?¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that he asked a very trivial question, and she simply asked him directly, ¡°Brother Junting, do you have something to find me?¡±


    ¡°Can¡¯t I call you if I don¡¯t have anything?¡±


    ¡°No, I mean, you¡¯re so busy.¡±


    ¡°Lunch break.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    ¡°You haven¡¯t told me what you eat yet.¡±


    ¡°Chicken legs and chinese cabbage.¡±


    ¡°Is it delicious?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu chewed a mouthful of green vegetables. She was speechless, and she never knew that a person like Lu Junting was very boring.


    ¡°It¡¯s delicious.¡± Lin Xiyu replied to him.


    Then he asked a few boring questions that didn¡¯t have weight, such as what her chicken legs tasted like and how it compared to those made by the chef at home.


    Lin Xiyu was a little confused after hanging up the phone. He called her on a rare break to ask a bunch of boring questions?


    When Lin Xiyu returned to the club after eating, Du Ruoting rushed to her and said, ¡°Auntie, someone is looking for you. I asked her to wait  in the reception room.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was very puzzled about who would come to her at this time. Lin Xiyu came to the reception room, but saw a woman sitting inside. The woman was wearing heavy makeup, and she was sitting in the reception room drinking tea.


    ¡°Hello Miss Lin, we met last time at the Ancheng Cultural Exchange Conference.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that this person looked a bit familiar. She thought about it carefully, she seemed to have indeed seen her. At the exchange meeting that day, this woman seemed to be Mr. Li¡¯s female companion. Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t have a good impression of that bald President Li.


    Lin Xiyu politely said, ¡°I think I¡¯ve seen you before.¡±


    Yang Hui pulled out a business card from her wallet and handed it to her. Lin Xiyu took a look at it, Yang Hui, Vice President of Huili Culture Company, followed by a bracket with the word ¡®agent¡¯ written in it.


    Yang Hui added, ¡°Our company is a fashion magazine, and we also train models to enter the entertainment industry. I think that Miss Lin¡¯s conditions are very good, so I want to come and ask Miss Lin if she is interested in joining our company.¡±


    So he came to poach people? To come directly to her place of work to poach people? Was that a bit rude?


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Vice President Yang, you see, I already have a job.¡±


    ¡°I know, but Miss Lin, you have such good conditions, it¡¯s too wasteful to stay here, you can join our company. We will cultivate you carefully, even if it¡¯s just an early fashion show, an event can be your monthly salary.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry Vice President Yang, I¡¯m not interested in walking the fashion show or anything, I like my current job and want to do it well.¡±


    She refused to be so simple, but Yang Hui was surprised, she said, ¡°Miss Lin, you should know that models packaged from our company are not bad. Do you know the idol drama actress who has been famous recently? She is cultivated by our company. Miss Lin, your conditions are so good, there are many opportunities. When the times comes than just an endorsement, you can spend your whole life, and to do this, there are many opportunities to contact the top, it¡¯s easy to continue to climb.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was really not interested at all and replied, ¡°Vice President Yang, you don¡¯t need to persuade me anymore. I just want to do what I like to do.¡±


    When Yang Hui came out of the Calligraphy Club, her expression was not good. She did not expect that Lin Xiyu would reject her. Really, what was she pretending to be high for? If she really did not admire vanity, how could she still approach Lu Junting?


    But she refused so simply, could it be that she really climbed up to Lu Junting? Before coming here, Yang Hui had inquired, and Lu Junting had no woman around for the time being. In other words, she should not have climbed, but Yang Hui could see that Lu Junting was interested in this woman, or had this woman even rejected Lu Junting? Yang Hui felt this woman was a little ignorant.


    Lin Xiyu naturally did not know that she accidentally offended Yang Hui. She went home on time today to feed little baby, who had developed a big appetite recently, and¡­ Lin Xiyu frowned in pain. She opened his mouth with her fingers, carefully stared at his gums, and saw that a little incisors seemed to show a little bit of small rice teeth.


    ¡°Little baby, your teeth are growing?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was like discovering some new world. She urgently needed to confirm whether the new world she found really existed. She hurriedly went out with little baby in her arms, just in time to see Lu Junting coming down from upstairs. Lin Xiyu was in a jubilant mood at the moment and needed to share with others urgently. Upon seeing Lu Junting, she hurriedly said to him without thinking, ¡°Brother Junting, please check if little baby¡¯s teeth are growing.¡±


    Lu Junting came over, opened little baby¡¯s mouth, leaned over slightly and carefully stared at his gums. Lu Junting¡¯s movements were not as gentle as Lin Xiyu, and the little one was made uncomfortable, grunting and screaming.


    ¡°It seems like a small baby tooth.¡±


    The new world was recognized, Lin Xiyu became more and more excited, thinking that the baby began to grow teeth and entered a new stage. She was really happy in his heart, and said without thinking, ¡°I told you. When I just breastfed, it hurt me so much, so the teeth are really growing.¡±


    After Lin Xiyu finished speaking, she realized that something was wrong. She suddenly looked at Lu Junting, and saw that he was really looking at her with a not very descriptive look. Lin Xiyu caught her breath, and she was so embarrassed that she busily said, ¡°Little baby is not full yet, I¡¯ll feed a little more.¡±


    Lin Xiyu closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief. How could she say that so unscrupulously?


    Lin Xiyu finished feeding her little baby, hugged him and listened to his babble for a while.


    ¡°Mom wasn¡¯t with you yesterday, did you miss me ah?¡±


    ¡°Wa wa wa wa¡­¡±


    Lin Xiyu laughed, ¡°Wa wa wa what ah? If only mommy knew baby language.¡±


    Lin Xiyu put the child to sleep and practiced calligraphy for a while, deliberately rubbing for a while before going to Lu Junting¡¯s room. Unexpectedly, Lu Junting hadn¡¯t slept yet.


    He was standing by the window and was on the phone. Upon hearing the sound, he looked back and saw her come in. He hurriedly closed the phone call and tossed the phone to the side.


    Although she had already shared a room with him, she was still not very comfortable with him. She stood uneasily and felt cramp, not knowing what to do.


    Lu Junting walked over to her, didn¡¯t say anything, and directly picked her up. Lin Xiyu was startled, and subconsciously hugged his neck.


    Lu Junting carried her to the side of the bed and sat down, putting her on his lap. Lin Xiyu lowered her head, and never said a word.


    ¡°Let me see.¡± He said suddenly.


    Lin Xiyu looked up with a puzzled look, ¡°See what?¡±


    ¡°See if that little brat has hurt you.¡±


    ¡°......¡±

 CH 29

    Chapter 29: You Are My Child


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s face turned red, how could he say this in such a calm tone like a casual conversation?


    Lin Xiyu bit her lips, embarrassed and said, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Really? No need to use some ointment?¡±


    The tone was as if they were discussing something seriously. Lin Xiyu was even more embarrassed, and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s not injured, don¡¯t ask anymore.¡±


    He added, ¡°What are you ashamed for? Am I not your husband?¡±


    It was true that he was her husband, and it was true that they had done the most intimate things, but she always felt that they were not familiar enough to generously reveal any privacy to each other.


    ¡°No, it¡¯s really okay.¡±


    He simply did not continue this topic anymore. He put her on the bed with his arm around her waist, and Lin Xiyu hurriedly said to him, ¡°Brother Junting, can we have a rest tonight?¡±


    Lu Junting hugged the person into his arms and said, ¡°I didn¡¯t say I want to do it.¡±


    He reached out with his long arm and pressed the switch at the head of the bed, and the surroundings were suddenly plunged into darkness. In the silent darkness, she heard his soft breathing sprayed above her head.


    He really did not seem to have the intention to do anything to her. Lin Xiyu gradually relaxed, but his embrace was still hot. She did not know if it was a man¡¯s body that was hot, it felt like a furnace by being next to him.


    ¡°What are your plans for this weekend?¡± He asked suddenly.


    ¡°I¡¯m taking little baby out to play.¡±


    ¡°Where are you going?¡±


    ¡°It hasn¡¯t yet been decided, just a place with many people, little baby likes a lively place.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you.¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Lin Xiyu was surprised, ¡°Aren¡¯t you busy?¡±


    Lu Junting had a lot of social engagements, and people would ask him out on weekends.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I¡¯ll make time to accompany both you, mother and son. Don¡¯t you blame me for not coming home often? I¡¯ll make time for you in the future.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    When did she blame him for not coming home often? Lin Xiyu felt that he should have misunderstood her, and she hurriedly explained, ¡°I don¡¯t blame you, brother Junting, you are busy with your work, I¡¯m very good with little baby. You don¡¯t have to spend time with us.¡±


    Lu Junting was silent for a long time. His silence couldn¡¯t help but make Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart jump. Lin Xiyu felt that she was very understanding when saying it, but his silence made her notice that he didn¡¯t seem to be very satisfied.


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled, when she heard the man behind him asked, ¡°So you don¡¯t want me to accompany you?¡±


    When he spoke, his lips were pressed to her ear. The warm breath drilled straight into her ear. The breath was obviously warm, but she didn''t know why, her ears were cool when she listened to it.


    Lin Xiyu tilted her head to avoid his lips and said, ¡°No, I¡¯m just afraid of delaying brother Junting¡¯s time.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not afraid of anything you¡¯re afraid of.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you tomorrow.¡±


    It was a declarative sentence, wrapped by his aura, it gave people a meaning that couldn¡¯t be refused.


    Lin Xiyu responded, ¡°Okay.¡±


    In fact, she didn¡¯t really want him to accompany them. If he wasn¡¯t there, she and little baby were still a little more comfortable.


    On the weekend, the family went out in a nanny car for breakfast early in the morning. They went to a cultural snack street this time, and there were a lot of people and many kinds of food.


    When the car was parked, Lin Xiyu took the baby carrier and was about to put it on her body, but Lu Junting said to her, ¡°I¡¯ll take him.¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at him. He was dressed casually today, a white innerwear, with black and gray casual jacket for the outer, followed with a black casual pants and a pair of casual models of leather shoes. He had a good proportion, wide shoulders and long legs, and coupled with these clothes, he looked stylish.


    Without wearing that formal couture suit, he looked several years younger, but as a dragon among people, a noble person since childhood, even if he only wore a rag, it was difficult to hide his temperament. This prefix baby carrier really did not match him whenever she looked at it.


    Lin Xiyu asked uncertainly, ¡°Are you sure you want to wear this?¡±


    Lu Junting did not answer, directly took the baby carrier from her hands, put both hands over to the shoulder set, and said to her, ¡°Help me buckle it.¡±


    Since he was so resolute, Lin Xiyu did not say anything more, helped him buckle the strap, and put the baby in the baby carrier. Lin Xiyu rushed him again, ¡°You have to hold his little feet, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to hang for too long.¡±


    Lu Junting did as he was told and held his son¡¯s two little fat legs.


    Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t help but glance at the father and son a few more times. This temperament of Lu Junting was not suitable to bring a child, he should be sitting in a high building to do a fierce decision-making. But hanging the baby carrier, with his son, he did not resist at all, and began to stroll leisurely with little baby. Little baby saw so many people, his little body trembled happily, giggling all the way, he also quite cooperated to help him shake the little fat legs, it was also quite harmonious to look at.


    Passing by a barbecue stall, little baby¡¯s eyes stared directly at the barbecue, his little fat finger pointed over there while grunting and humming. Lin Xiyu helped him wipe off his saliva, poking his little meat face and said, ¡°That can¡¯t be eaten, you can only eat it when you grow up.¡±


    They walked past the barbecue stalls, but his big round eyes were still staring at it. Lin Xiyu smiled helplessly, it seemed that her little baby was a foodie.


    However the little baby was forgetting things very fast, he saw the roadside that sold balloons and forgot the barbecue. He pointed to the small balloon, and his little body shook excitedly.


    ¡°You¡¯re too young to play with that.¡±


    However, Lin Xiyu¡¯s words were useless, the little guy probably really liked that balloon, began to grunt, and frown, and it looked like he was about to cry.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°If he likes it, buy it for him.¡±


    He walked over with the child, followed by Lin Xiyu. Lin Xiyu saw a pink kitten-shaped balloon that she liked, but the baby was too small to take such a large balloon, so she picked a slightly smaller one. Lu Junting took out his mobile phone payment, and said to the boss, ¡°One big one and one small one, how much is it?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled, ¡°Just a small one, he can¡¯t play a big one.¡±


    Lu Junting paid the money, pulled out the pink balloon she had just touched a few times and handed it to her, saying, ¡°This is for you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not expect to receive a balloon from Lu Junting, she liked the balloon, but was a little embarrassed, she said, ¡°This is only for children to play ah.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°You are also a child.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Above his head was the azure sky, the bright colors seemed to sprinkle in his eyes, fading the harshness in his eyes. As a result, his eyebrows had softened down, and he spoke softly as if he was really speaking to a child. Lin Xiyu actually had a feeling of being spoiled by him as a child. He obviously spoke in a normal tone, but this feeling of being spoiled by him as a child made her feel an ambiguity.


    However, she was still happy to receive a gift, Lin Xiyu smiled a little shyly, took the balloon and said, ¡°Thank you.¡±


    After shopping for a while, the two of them found a place to sit and rest with little baby, Lin Xiyu would feed warm milk to little baby, and he was now teething. With the addition of milk powder and complementary food, she would not have to be so tired to breastfeed everyday.


    A small bottle of milk was finished after a while. After drinking, little baby began to giggle, Lin Xiyu hugged him, her heart softened after seeing his smile. Probably because how the mother looked at her child, she thought that her child looked good. She rubbed his little fleshy face and said, ¡°My little baby, why are you smiling ah? Why are you so cute ah? Oh? How can you be so cute?¡±


    ¡°Because his mother is also cute.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned for a moment, Lu Junting was sitting opposite of her. At the moment, they were sitting in a pavilion for resting, this ancient street building was ancient, from the pavilion down was a row of eaves, and above was the blue and far-reaching sky. Behind Lu Junting was the blue sky, the weather was good today, the sky was cloudless. He seemed to be dyed with warm sun, not like the previous kind of imposing character. At this time his gaze was soft, the gentle expression of Lu Junting was clear and handsome. He had a strong personal charm, very aggressive, the kind of people who would attack.


    Lin Xiyu, who heard his words, seemed to have been attacked.


    How could he say that she was cute? She didn¡¯t think that a person like Lu Junting would praise that the girl was cute, and then thinking that he just said that she was a child, Lin Xiyu only felt that her heart was burned.


    It was obvious that the pavilion was an open space, but she felt as if all around her was filled with a sense of ambiguity. In order to conceal her panic, she ducked her head and rubbed it against her son¡¯s face.


    The sun was just right, there was no wind. The blue sky extended into the distance was as beautiful as a painting, and the bustling crowd around her was very lively. She suddenly had the feeling that they seemed to be in love.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s mobile phone rang at this time, it was a phone call from Lin Xiqian. Lin Xiyu answered it, and Lin Xiqian asked her, ¡°Where are you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu replied, ¡°I¡¯m outside now.¡±


    ¡°Are you free?¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at Lu Junting. He didn¡¯t seem to care about her side, and poked the little baby¡¯s face with his fingertips to tease him.


    In fact, Lu Junting knew who was calling Lin Xiyu, and he had just inadvertently glanced at the caller ID.


    Lin Xiyu then said, ¡°I¡¯m not available for the time being, my husband and I are out with the baby.¡±


    Hearing this, Lu Junting was stunned for a moment. This little girl had always been reluctant to let the outsiders know that she was married, and now she was telling an outsider that she was with her husband and child, and she also called him husband. The corners of Lu Junting¡¯s mouth imperceptibly curled, looking at his son made him feel even cuter, and she was right, how could his precious son be so cute?


    ¡°That¡¯s right, didn¡¯t I say I wanted to meet your husband before?¡±


    ¡°Now? Let me ask my husband first.¡±


    Lin Xiyu covered the receiver and asked Lu Junting, ¡°Do you remember the boy I told you about before that my parents almost adopted? He has always wanted to see you and he wants to meet today. Are you convenient?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°There is nothing inconvenient, let¡¯s see him in the evening. I will arrange the restaurant later, the visitor is a guest, the meal is on us.¡±


    Since Lu Junting had agreed, Lin Xiyu had nothing to say, she said to Lin Xiqian, ¡°My husband said in the evening, is it convenient for you?¡±


    ¡°I can.¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll send you the address of the restaurant later.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Hanging up the phone, feeding the little baby the milk, and after shopping for a while, the family went back. Lu Junting handed over the matter to the assistant, and the restaurant was quickly booked.


    Lin Xiyu sent the location, she and Lu Junting went over and waited first, then Lin Xiqian arrived at the appointed time.


    Lin Xiyu introduced both people, ¡°This is my husband, Lu Junting, and this is my step-brother, Lin Xiqian.¡±


    Lu Junting took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said, ¡°Hello.¡±


    When Lu Junting was outside, generally he became the object of others¡¯ active friendship. He actively reached out to greet someone like this, which meant that he gave the other side very much.


    Lin Xiqian shook hands with him and said, ¡°Hello.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I heard Xixi say you are American, you should have a foreign name, right?¡±


    ¡°Lex Hinton.¡±


    Lu Junting then said, ¡°Mr. Hinton, please sit down.¡±


    Lin Xiqian noticed that Lin Xiyu had just introduced his Chinese name first, but he deliberately did not call him ¡®Mr. Lin¡¯. However, Lin Xiqian didn¡¯t care so much, he sat down opposite the couple. The waiter took the menu over, and Lu Junting generously handed it to him, ¡°You are the guest, you order first.¡±


    Lin Xiqian said, ¡°No need, I can eat whatever you order.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°You don¡¯t need to be polite to us.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also said, ¡°Yes, you don¡¯t need to be polite. We don¡¯t know your appetite, you order yours first, then we can order ours.¡±


    Lin Xiqian took the menu and ordered two dishes, and he asked Lin Xiyu, ¡°I remember that you love ice cream, how about I order ice cream for you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was about to refuse, but Lu Junting said one step ahead of her, ¡°She is breastfeeding, the baby will have a stomach ache if she eats ice cream.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned when she heard this, Lu Junting even know this? He sometimes learned about the situation of the mother and son from sister Wu, and if he even knew this kind of detail, it seemed that he knew it well.


    Lin Xiqian looked at Lin Xiyu with a shocked expression and asked, ¡°Are you breastfeeding?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded, and Lu Junting next to her was puzzled, ¡°You don¡¯t know? Didn¡¯t she tell you?¡±


    He obviously said it quite normally, but Lin Xiqian always felt, this sound was like an uncomfortable mockery.


    ¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t know.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay.¡±


    After ordering, Lin Xiqian asked, ¡°I don¡¯t know what Mr. Lu does.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Do a small business, building materials.¡±


    Lin Xiyu secretly thought: building materials was a small business, was this to bully Lin Xiqian who just came to An City and was not familiar with it? However, Lin Xiyu was quite agreeable with Lu Junting¡¯s modest and low-key approach.


    ¡°What about you? Where do you work?¡± Lu Junting asked.


    ¡°I¡¯m a doctor at Jiangyuan Hospital.¡±


    Later, Lu Junting asked about Lin Xiqian¡¯s situation after he went to the United States and asked about their childhood. Lin Xiyu had been worried that Lu Junting had asked about Lin Xiqian¡¯s illness, which was after all the biggest shortcoming in someone¡¯s life, and even if it was just concerned about mentioning it, it would make people uncomfortable. However, he did not talk about it throughout the whole process, and he treated Lin Xiqian like a normal person. He was also very polite in his words, really respecting him as her brother, and the atmosphere of the conversation was so harmonious that Lin Xiyu was surprised. She was afraid that the two first-time meetings would be awkward.


    Halfway through the meal, Lin Xiyu went to the restroom.


    ¡°Why do you approach her?¡±


    As soon as Lin Xiyu left, Lu Junting¡¯s tone became cold and indifferent, and he did not hide it at all, asking directly and unceremoniously.


    Lin Xiqian actually had a not-so-good impression of Lu Junting, men knew men too well. The first time he saw this man, he felt that he was a deeply hidden man, his politeness was all pretend. Sure enough, after Lin Xiyu turned around, his true face was exposed.


    Therefore, Lin Xiqian was not too surprised by Lu Junting¡¯s sudden change of attitude.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I don¡¯t quite understand what you mean.¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t your adoptive father in the United States in debt? If I¡¯m not mistaken, you should be in a hurry to help him pay off his debts right now.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiqian¡¯s face suddenly changed, ¡°Are you investigating me?¡±


    ¡°Xixi is young and her social time is too short. I¡¯m older than her and I¡¯m her husband, I have the obligation to help her identify the friends she made. So, why are you approaching her? Trying to get the inheritance given to her by her parents? But probably disappointed you, Mr. and Mrs. Lin was running for charity, and the family¡¯s assets had long been used for charity. Mr. and Mrs. Lin suddenly left, leaving only a lot of debts to Xixi.¡±


    This statement was blatantly suspicious of him, Lin Xiqian was also angry and said, ¡°My adoptive father¡¯s debt crisis is his problem, he can solve it himself. I don¡¯t have to help him pay off his debt. Lin Xiyu is my sister. I came to her just to take care of her, not as bad as you think.¡±


    ¡°Take care of her?¡± Lu Junting¡¯s face did not change, and he even used his chopsticks to help him clamp the dish and put it in his bow, which was completely a warm and welcoming attitude, but the words he said were prickly, ¡°If you want to take care of her, why didn¡¯t you appear when her parents died? It¡¯s just that your adoptive father has a debt crisis, so you came to take care of her so generously? Mr. and Mrs. Lin saved you in the first place, but they didn¡¯t know that they were saving an ungrateful person. As soon as that person found adoptive parents with better conditions, that person turned his face and didn¡¯t recognize them, and didn¡¯t even contact each other for so many years, where did your face still appear next to her? Didn¡¯t you approach her for profit? If they had known, they would probably have been ashamed that they almost adopted you in the first place.¡±


    His words poked his heart, Lin Xiqian was completely enraged by him. He stood up violently, picked up the tea on the table and splashed it directly on his face, gritting his teeth and said, ¡°What do you know?¡±


    When Lin Xiyu came out from the restroom, she saw this scene and she thought, what happened, it was just fine before. When she came over, she also saw Lu Junting helping Lin Xiqian to pick dishes. The atmosphere between the two should have been quite good, but Lin Xiqian suddenly stood up and splashed him with tea. What was the situation?


    Lin Xiyu was startled and hurriedly walked over to ask, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Lu Junting took out a tissue and wiped his face slowly, his eyes also revealed a bit of anger, and asked, ¡°What does Mr. Hinton mean? I just asked if your adoptive father has a debt crisis, whether he needs help or not. Why do you react so much? Xixi still recognizes you as a stepbrother, I¡¯m willing to help as a husband when you are in trouble, don¡¯t be too excited.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was confused, what debt, what debt?


    Lu Junting would bring bodyguards when he went out, because the husband and wife wanted to entertain a guest, and the two bodyguards were guarding the side for fear that Lin Xiqian would be uncomfortable. Lu Junting let them sit at the table far away, but the two bodyguards had been watching the movement here. Seeing that the two bodyguards found the situation and were ready to come, Lu Junting signaled with his eyes to let them calm down.


    Lin Xiyu knew very well that if it wasn¡¯t for Lu Junting¡¯s sake, the two bodyguards would have come over and subdued Lin Xiqian.


    Lin Xiyu did not know what happened, but she just saw Lu Junting especially politely helping Lin Xiqian to pick dishes, even if Lu Junting¡¯s words might accidentally hurt Lin Xiqian¡¯s self-esteem, he could not directly splash people with water. Lin Xiyu held the cup, the tea was just boiled, she also felt hot by holding the cup.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly asked, ¡°Are you okay? Have you been scalded?¡±


    Her anxious appearance was unexpected by Lu Junting, and the anger in his eyes instantly faded and he said, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at Lin Xiqian again, but saw that his face was full of anger, and his body was still smoked with anger. Lu Junting was splashed with water, and Lin Xiyu was somewhat guilty. After all, it was because of her that Lu Junting was willing to meet Lin Xiqian, otherwise he, a busy person, did not have time to give Lin Xiqian this face. He had always been very thoughtful, and he was also very polite to Lin Xiqian, even helping him to pick dishes.


    Lin Xiyu was actually a bit angry and she was not polite to Lin Xiqian, ¡°Why are you throwing water on people? Splashing hot water directly into his face, what if it hurts his eyes?¡±


    Lin Xiqian gradually calmed down, he also knew that his actions just now were too impulsive, but he had always felt guilty about his adoptive parents. The most taboo thing was that others called him ungrateful. And Lu Junting¡¯s words just now poked his bottom line, so he did not hold back for a moment.


    He was afraid that Lin Xiyu would be embarrassed, slowly calmed his emotions, and was about to apologize to Lu Junting, when he saw that the man suddenly showed him a cold warning look when Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t see it. With this look, the corners of his mouth curved, as if he was smiling at him, obviously mocking him, as if he was mocking him for being provoked so easily.


    Lin Xiqian¡¯s heart thumped, and a chill suddenly hit his spine. He suddenly realized that Lu Junting was deliberately provoking him, what he said just now was intentional, and he was still wondering why at that time, he still served him dishes while saying unceremoniously. He was doing it for Lin Xiyu, he was just angry about why he was investigating his adoptive father¡¯s debt, and he did not notice that Lin Xiyu had come out of the restroom.


    And now, he deliberately showed this expression to him, just to let him know that he did it on purpose. He was still provoking him! What did he want to do? Want to deliberately provoke him to tear their husband and wife¡¯s faces completely?


    Lin Xiqian clenched his fists, he knew very well that Lin Xiyu had preconceived that he was impulsive and rash to splash water on Lu Junting. If he tore face with Lu Junting at this time, he was afraid that Lin Xiyu would be more dissatisfied with him, now that the two had just reunited and were not familiar with each other, she definitely trusted Lu Junting more than him.


    Lin Xiqian clearly knew that now was not the time to tear his face with Lu Junting.


    He forced down the gushing anger, took a deep breath and sincerely apologized, ¡°Sorry, I was too impulsive just now.¡±


    Lu Junting generously replied, ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s inevitable that young people will be impulsive, and I won¡¯t take account of it for Xixi¡¯s sake.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu felt even more guilty in her heart.


    The subsequent dinner was not as harmonious as at first. After eating, the couple said goodbye to Lin Xiqian directly. During the meal, Lin Xiyu noticed that Lu Junting¡¯s face was red, and after she got into the car she said, ¡°Do you want to check your face?¡±


    ¡°No need, a small matter.¡±


    ¡°But the water was very hot just now.¡±


    ¡°I have rough skin, so it doesn¡¯t matter.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart was uncomfortable. Lu Junting met Lin Xiqian because of her, so he suffered this unwarranted disaster because of her.


    ¡°Brother Junting, I¡¯m sorry, it¡¯s all because of me.¡±


    ¡°What does it have to do with you? It¡¯s not you that pour the water on me.¡±


    ¡°But it¡¯s also because of me that you met him, by the way, I didn¡¯t ask just now. What did you say about him to make him so angry?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I don¡¯t know very well, I just mentioned his adoptive father¡¯s debt crisis and asked him if he needed help, and he suddenly became angry.¡±


    ¡°How did you know about his adoptive father¡¯s debt crisis?¡±


    Lu Junting admitted very generously, ¡°I investigated him. You mentioned him to me before, and I¡¯m more cautious, after all, both of you have not been in touch for so many years, and you don¡¯t know what he has done in the United States over the years. Maybe you don¡¯t even understand if he is a good person or a bad person, so I investigated.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded. Lu Junting was cautious and she could understand. She suddenly had a stepbrother come to the door. As her husband, it would be understandable to investigate his details.


    Lin Xiqian also did not tell her about the debt crisis on his adoptive father¡¯s side, and Lu Junting asked if he needed help, Lin Xiyu wondered, ¡°Why did he react so much? Is he angry that you investigated him?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I don¡¯t know very well, I investigated him and explained the reason to him, he didn¡¯t have to react so much. I think he may have misunderstood me.¡±


    ¡°What misunderstanding?¡±


    He probably thought that I was suspecting he was approaching you to get you to help him pay his debt, so he was angry when I mentioned it that way.¡±


    Lin Xiyu fell silent.


    Lu Junting continued, ¡°After all, you and him have not seen each other for so many years, and you don¡¯t know what he has experienced abroad. Although your parents adopted him at the beginning, after all, it was a matter of a long time ago. People will change, I hope you will keep an eye on it in the future.¡±


    Lin Xiyu understood what he meant, because her parents almost adopted him at the beginning, and they had been very worried about him over the years, so when he appeared, she subconsciously had a sense of closeness to him. However, they were not real relatives, and he was the only one¡ª¡ª person who had shared common memories with her family life.


    However, what Lu Junting said was also correct, after all, she had not seen him for so many years, what kind of life he had lived abroad, and she was not sure what kind of people he had contacted before. She really should keep an eye on.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I understand brother Junting.¡±


    After returning home, Lin Xiyu found a scalding medicine. Lu Junting was still dealing with things in the study, and Lin Xiyu knocked on the door and entered, then handed him the scalding medicine, saying, ¡°Brother Junting, it¡¯s better to apply some medicine, your face is red, it will be more comfortable to apply this.¡±


    Lu Junting temporarily put down the matter at hand, looking at the medicine she handed over, didn¡¯t know what came to his mind, it seemed that he had a very pleasant mood with his face full of smiles. He turned the chair to her and said, ¡°You help me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought that he was injured because of her, so she did not refuse.


    Lin Xiyu squeezed the ointment to her fingertips and was about to carefully help him apply it, but the man suddenly stretched out his long arm forward to hug her. Lin Xiyu had not stabilized, directly stumbled a few steps to sit on his lap, with a straddling, not very elegant position.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s cheeks immediately became hot, looking at him in a panic and asking, ¡°Didn¡¯t you ask me to help you to apply the medicine?¡±


    ¡°Just apply it like this, it¡¯s more convenient.¡±


    ¡°...¡±

 CH 30

    Chapter 30: A Little Bad


    Lu Junting was born rich, with a good upbringing in his bones. Although the outside world¡¯s evaluation of him was extremely deep and ruthless, because of a good upbringing, he treated people and things politely. This kind of courtesy would make people subconsciously feel that there was a sense of distance from him, but Lin Xiyu had always felt that he liked to be intimate with people since she shared a room with him. Sometimes this kind of deliberately intimate little action with her would make people think that he was a little bad.


    Just like now, she didn¡¯t know why she had to use such a shameful posture to apply an ointment to him.


    But she was guilty in his heart today, and she thought, so be it. Lin Xiyu carefully applied the medicine to his face, and after applying the medicine, Lin Xiyu said, ¡°You can get busy first, I won¡¯t bother you.¡±


    Lu Junting did not give her a chance to leave, he directly picked her up in this position. Lin Xiyu was afraid of falling, subconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck, so the two became closer. Lin Xiyu¡¯s face became hotter and hotter, biting her lip and said, ¡°Brother Junting, what are you doing?¡±


    ¡°Carry you to rest, it¡¯s time for me to rest after a busy day.¡±


    ¡°I can walk by myself.¡±


    He ignored her, carried her into the room, and then went to the bed. Lin Xiyu kept pressing on him and threw herself forward.


    Lin Xiyu struggled and was about to get off him, but the man said to her in a slightly warning tone, ¡°You¡¯ll be on top tonight.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Later, Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to recall it, but she did sum up a lesson on it¡­ it really took a toll on her legs.


    Lin Xiyu just arrived at the club the next day, and Lin Xiqian came to find her.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry that I was a little too impulsive yesterday, and made things difficult for you.¡±


    Lu Junting did not care, and Lin Xiyu did not need to bother, and said, ¡°The past is the past, but don¡¯t be so impulsive in doing things in the future.¡±


    ¡°So what did Lu Junting tell you yesterday? Did he tell you that he suspected that I approached you to pay off my adoptive father¡¯s debts?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°He didn¡¯t say that, don¡¯t think too much.¡±


    Lin Xiqian¡¯s expression suddenly became grave as he asked, ¡°Lu Junting is the same Lu Junting of Changheng Group, right?¡±


    Lin Xiqian was probably not familiar with Ancheng when he first came here, and it was not strange that he did not know Lu Junting at first, but Lu Junting was still very easy to check. Lin Xiyu did not deny it and said, ¡°It¡¯s him, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°I have seen reports about him. This man is calculating and extremely deep. What I experienced yesterday really confirms this. No matter how he brainwashed you, but last night¡¯s events were not as he said, in fact he was deliberately provoking me. He deliberately asked me if I approached you to get your father¡¯s inheritance from you to pay off my adoptive father¡¯s debt, he also deliberately said that I was ungrateful. I didn¡¯t have time to record yesterday, but the situation was really not what he described to you. I was so provoked to pour water on him yesterday not as I was annoyed by him saying my purpose, but because he touched my bottom line. He said that I was ungrateful, that my adoptive parents should be ashamed of almost adopting me, and that I had been guilty of not being able to contact my adoptive parents all these years. He said all of this, so how could I not be angry.¡±


    For his words, Lin Xiyu did not believe much, after all, she saw with her own eyes that Lu Junting was polite to Lin Xiqian. How could someone hurt others¡¯ self-esteem while giving people polite dishes, while holding guns and sticks.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Why did he provoke you? It was also the first time you met that day, you and him have no grievances, he won¡¯t do this.¡±


    ¡°I thought about it all night yesterday, and I can probably guess his purpose. He deliberately provoked me with bitterness to hope that I would tear my face with him, and you would alienate me for him. If he is really afraid that you will be deceived and can directly inform you about my adoptive father, he can¡¯t deliberately provoke me and use such a big circle, so I think he should have other purposes. He staged this plot in hope that you could alienate me, why must you alienate me? I don¡¯t think he¡¯s worried that you¡¯ll be deceived by me, but that with my presence he won¡¯t be able to control you anymore.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was even more puzzled, ¡°Why does he want to control me? I have nothing for him to want to control me, and what does it have to do with him wanting to control me and letting you alienate me? You don¡¯t overthink it.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t overthink about it.¡± Lin Xiqian¡¯s face was solemn, ¡°Because my existence gives him a sense of crisis, he needs to design to alienate you from me.¡±


    ¡°What kind of crisis can a person like him have, you don¡¯t know him well.¡±


    Who was Lu Junting ah? You could see from his handling of the elder of his branch, a person who was so confident in mastering everything, could he have a sense of crisis?


    ¡°Before I appeared, you had no relatives around you, but now with me, you have a maiden¡¯s family by your side, a maiden¡¯s family he can¡¯t control well, and of course he wants you to stay away from me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu really felt that he was thinking too much and said, ¡°I lived in the Lu family before, and the Lu family is very good to me, and they are also my maiden¡¯s family.¡±


    ¡°The Lu family is Lu Junting¡¯s family, he can control them, but I¡¯m not, he can¡¯t control me, because with me here, he can no longer control you.¡±


    How could things be as complicated as he thought? What could not be controlled? Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Why should he control me? You don¡¯t know much about me and his life either.¡± He and Lu Junting were like strangers before they had little baby, and they were connected with little baby. Why should he controlled her?


    ¡°I still haven¡¯t figured out why he wants to control you, but deliberately designed to alienate you just for fear that you won¡¯t be in his control one day. You can tell me about your relationship with him, and maybe I can find out from it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought of what Lu Junting said yesterday, he said that she and Lin Xiqian had not seen each other for many years, and she did not know what he had become over the years.


    Lin Xiyu now had an extra mind, she did not want to say her personal matters to Lin Xiqian. She said, ¡°Things are not as complicated as you think, don¡¯t I know better than you about what relationship I have with Lu Junting? No matter what the outside world reported about him, at home he was very good to me and good to the baby, and that was enough.¡±


    Lin Xiqian¡¯s brows furrowed, and a trace of injury slipped under his eyes, ¡°You don¡¯t believe me, right?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going to work.¡±


    This meant to drive him away, and she really didn¡¯t believe him.


    Lin Xiqian suddenly laughed, but there was a sense of sadness between his words, ¡°Lu Junting¡¯s purpose has been achieved, you are not willing to choose to believe me, just what he wants, he is indeed very tactful, easily able to make you alienate me.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t think too much, he didn¡¯t blame you for pouring him yesterday, and you don¡¯t have to think so badly of him.¡±


    Lin Xiqian could see that she was angry. He knew that it was useless to say anything now, and the more he said, the more she rejected him.


    Lin Xiqian sighed softly, ¡°Forget it, I¡¯ll go first. I really hope you have a happy life.¡±


    For Lin Xiqian¡¯s words, Lin Xiyu really didn¡¯t take it too seriously. He didn¡¯t know about the situation between her and Lu Junting, he couldn¡¯t control her or anything.


    After that day, Lin Xiqian had indeed not come to find her, but occasionally asked her how she was doing on her mobile phone. The days went by like this, she went back from work on time to take care of her child, Lu Junting would occasionally ask her a little. Although it might not be as loving as other couples, she and him live life like a real couple.


    After about half a month, Du Ruoting suddenly came to her office and said someone was looking for her.


    Du Ruoting squeezed her eyebrows and said to her, ¡°Grand Aunt, you are really blessed, there are different handsome guys looking for you every day.¡±


    What did you mean by that, what did you mean there was a different handsome guy looking for her every day? She remembered that the only handsome guy who came to find her was Lin Xiqian, so the person who came to her this time was not Lin Xiqian, who was it?


    Lin Xiyu came to the reception room, and saw Lu Junfeng closing the curtains of the living room. Lin Xiyu was surprised, the person who came to find her turned out to be Lu Junfeng. Hadn¡¯t he been sent to the outside by Lu Junting?


    Upon seeing her coming in, Lu Junfeng walked to the door and looked around a few times. Seeing that no one was following her, he then closed the door. Lin Xiyu was puzzled by this suspicious attitude of his, she asked, ¡°Why did you come here?¡±


    The curtains were drawn by him, the room was a little dark, and she didn¡¯t know if it was because of the dim light, he felt that Lu Junfeng¡¯s eyes were darker than before. He was lively and bright before, his eyes were shining, but now he seemed to be covered with dust. Since living with Lu Junting, she had never seen him again. After such a long time, Lin Xiyu felt that he looked a lot more vicissitudes, and he had lost weight. The corners of his mouth also had a beard that he did not shave.


    Lu Junfeng said to her hurriedly, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say before that you would divorce my eldest brother after giving birth? Why haven¡¯t you divorced him yet?¡±


    He ran here to find her to ask her this? Lin Xiyu replied, ¡°I have decided not to divorce him, and I won¡¯t leave the child.¡±


    Lu Junfeng frowned, anger appeared under his eyes, ¡°What? Are you in love with my eldest brother?¡±


    ¡°This has nothing to do with love or not, my child is still so young, I can¡¯t leave him.¡± Lin Xiyu felt that why did she have to talk to him so much, she had nothing to do with him for a long time, and she said again, ¡°Also, I have nothing to do with you even if I divorce him or not, right?¡±


    ¡°As I said before, I¡¯ll take you away when you get divorced.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t agree.¡±


    Lu Junfeng suddenly walked towards her, Lin Xiyu felt the anger on him, and he gritted his teeth when he spoke, ¡°Just tell me truthfully, are you in love with my eldest brother?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also angry, and asked in a cold voice, ¡°Lu Junfeng, what do you want to do? I still have work to do, so don''t make trouble here.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was about to leave after speaking, but Lu Junfeng grabbed her hand and said, ¡°Why are you so stupid? My eldest brother used you as a substitute and had sex with you while you were drunk. He was such a bastard, you actually didn¡¯t divorce him for the sake of his child?¡±


    He was really talking more and more incomprehensibly. Lin Xiyu replied, ¡°That¡¯s also my child.¡±


    ¡°I think you¡¯re crazy, and out of your mind.¡± The more Lu Junfeng spoke, the angrier he became.


    ¡°You¡¯re crazy, you let me go!¡±


    Lu Junfeng did not let her go, but opened the door and dragged her to the door. He kept dragging her out of the club gate. Lin Xiyu patted his arm and struggled, ¡°Lu Junfeng, what are you doing?! You quickly let go of me.¡±


    ¡°I will take you away now, you can only recognize the situation if you completely get out of his life.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s strength was no match for him, she saw a car park on the side of the road not far away. Lu Junfeng was dragging her to the side of the car at this time, and Lin Xiyu immediately panicked. She did not know what Lu Junfeng was crazy about and she said, ¡°Lu Junfeng, don¡¯t mess around. If you really take me, will your eldest brother let you go? Don¡¯t you think of yourself or your parents?¡±


    Lu Junfeng did not stop and said, ¡°My grandparents are still here, what else can he do with my parents?¡±


    They were getting closer to the car, and Lin Xiyu was so anxious. Lu Junfeng dragged her to the side of the car, pulled the car door and stuffed her inside, but Lin Xiyu refused to get on.


    Just in the midst of the struggle, she saw a car drive to the side and stop. Lin Xiqian got down from the car and saw this scene. Lin Xiyu saw him and didn¡¯t care so much that she hurriedly rushed to him for help, ¡°Quickly help me.¡±


    Lin Xiqian stepped forward a few times and pulled Lu Junfeng¡¯s hand away. Lu Junfeng was angry, he was suddenly beaten and his anger was even worse. He said coldly, ¡°Where did you come from? It has nothing to do with you, you¡¯d better mind your own business.¡±


    Lin Xiqian pulled Lin Xiyu back and stood in front of her to block, ¡°I¡¯m her brother, where do you want to take her?¡±


    Lu Junfeng laughed, ¡°Are you brother brother? I¡¯ve known her for so many years, how come I don¡¯t know she still has a brother?¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, you can ask her.¡±


    Lu Junfeng looked at Lin Xiyu, and Lin Xiyu¡¯s bright eyes also brought her anger at this time. She glared at Lu Junfeng and said, ¡°My parents adopted him, he is also considered my brother.¡±


    Lu Junfeng said, ¡°Your parents have also adopted children? But even if it¡¯s your parents¡¯ adopted child, so what, you¡¯re not her real brother, it¡¯s not your turn to take care of this.¡±


    Lu Junfeng was about to bypass Lin Xiqian and grabbed Lin Xiyu. Lin Xiqian waved his arm to block him and said, ¡°I don¡¯t care who you are or what relationship you have with her. Since she is not willing to leave, you can¡¯t take her away.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took advantage of this gap to take out her mobile phone and said to Lu Junfeng, ¡°You¡¯d better not mess around. If you do, I¡¯ll call brother Junting directly.¡±


    Lu Junfeng laughed angrily, ¡°What? You even have to ask Lu Junting for help? Don¡¯t forget, this bastard took advantage of your drunkenness to force you, and he still used you as a stand-in. If you don¡¯t leave him, then forget it, but you still have to ask him for help? Begging him to clean me up? I¡¯m helping you by taking you away, and you¡¯re doing this to me?¡±


    ¡°Lu Junfeng, you¡¯ve had enough!¡±


    How could you say such things in front of people?


    Lu Junfeng mocked, ¡°What? Still afraid of being heard? Isn¡¯t he your brother? You didn¡¯t tell him about the mess that Lu Junting did back then?¡±


    Lin Xiyu started to press the number, ¡°Okay, you have to say it, right, I¡¯ll call brother Junting over, what do you have to say, say it in front of him.¡±


    Lu Junfeng was probably also afraid of Lu Junting, he came secretly this time. Lu Junting always found people to stare at him, Lu Junfeng had also calmed down at this time. If Lu Junting was really coming, didn¡¯t say that he couldn¡¯t take Lin Xiyu, he would also be finished. He was unwilling, and in the end, he only snorted and get in the car to leave.


    After Lu Junfeng left, Lin Xiyu was relieved. She put her mobile phone back into her bag and when she looked up, she saw Lin Xiqian staring at her.


    ¡°What did he mean by that? Lu Junting took advantage of you and forced you while you were drunk? And still treat you as a stand-in?¡±


    Lin Xiyu simply had a headache, she rubbed her forehead and said, ¡°Things are not like he said.¡±


    ¡°What does that look like, you tell me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not speak, and Lin Xiqian said again, ¡°can you please tell me for the sake of the time we have lived together? I really want to take care of you, please trust me once.¡±


    His face was full of sadness, and he was indeed nervous about her. Thinking that he had just helped her, anyway, he knew it, and it did not hurt to tell him. Lin Xiyu said to him, ¡°Lu Junfeng doesn¡¯t know anything, he just said nonsense. I drank that day, and brother Junting originally went to pick me up, but I drank too much¡­ I seduced him first, and brother Junting did not force me.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiqian couldn¡¯t help but bring anger on his face and said, ¡°He didn¡¯t say it wrong, Lu Junting is indeed taking advantage of your danger. A man with a little moral character will not take advantage of a girl when she is drunk. Besides¡­ The one named Lu Junfeng just said that you are a stand-in, what¡¯s going on? He didn¡¯t hold back that time because you looked like the girl he liked, right?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not say anything, but her attitude was also acquiesced. Lin Xiqian was even angrier, ¡°Then you still marry him in this way?¡±


    ¡°Because of having a child.¡±


    Lin Xiqian fell silent, and he held back the raging anger and asked her, ¡°You and his child were born before you got married?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded.


    ¡°So not only did he take advantage of your danger and didn¡¯t even wear a condom?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not speak anymore.


    Lin Xiqian took two steps in place to calm the anger. He was really angry now and wanted to beat someone, but in order to figure out the whole thing, he felt that he had to calm down. He calmed his anger a little and asked, ¡°Where did he sleep with you? Take you to the place where he lives or take you to the hotel?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was simply big-headed, and she really did not want to talk to him about this kind of thing anymore.


    ¡°Tell me!¡±


    He suddenly raised his voice and made Lin Xiyu startled. Lin Xiqian probably realized his mistake, closing his eyes and taking a few breaths, then put a soft voice to ask her again, ¡°Tell me.¡±


    ¡°Hotel.¡±


    ¡°The hotel is generally equipped with birth control supplies, even if not, he can go to buy it. If he deliberately didn¡¯t wear a condom, it¡¯s completely the performance of an irresponsible man.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that Lu Junting probably didn¡¯t mean it, under those circumstances, who could have thought that much. It was really her who seduced him in the first place.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Lu Junting is not irresponsible, he said at that time that he would be responsible, and after learning that I was pregnant, he directly proposed to get married. Getting married is also very good for me and the child, and he has nothing to apologize to me for. Before I had a relationship with him, and there was no emotion between us. It was already good that he could do this. As for what stand-in or not, I don¡¯t like him, so I don¡¯t care. I just want to be by my child¡¯s side. As long as Lu Junting fulfills the responsibility of being a father, I think it¡¯s enough.¡±


    Lin Xiqian felt that things should not be so simple, and he asked again, ¡°You said that you were not familiar with him before you slept with him. Since he did not wear a condom, did he not do any contraceptive measures afterwards?¡±


    ¡°I did, I took birth control pills, but I was still pregnant. Later, I wanted to abort and Lu Junting also helped me contact the hospital, but the doctor said that my uterine wall was too thin to be suitable for abortion, so I can only give birth to the child.¡±


    ¡°You can still get pregnant after taking birth control pills?¡± This made Lin Xiqian even more puzzled, ¡°What kind of medicine are you taking?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s called something like ting, but I forgot the specifics.¡±


    Lin Xiqian dragged her hand and stuffed her into the car, Lin Xiyu was puzzled, ¡°Where are you taking me?¡±


    ¡°When I came here before, I saw a pharmacy near here. I¡¯ll take you over, you see which kind it is. I don¡¯t believe that you can still get pregnant after taking birth control pills, there must be something strange here.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Sure enough, he took her directly to the nearby pharmacy. He took her to the family planning supplies section, stood in front of the counter specializing in contraceptives, and asked her, ¡°Which one?¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not know what he was going to do, pointed to the somewhat familiar box. Lin Xiqian asked, ¡°Are you sure this is it?¡±


    ¡°It should be.¡±


    Lin Xiqian took the medicine and paid for it, and then took it apart and handed it to her, ¡°The pills are also like this?¡±


    Lin Xiyu had a little impression and said, ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem so, the pills I took at that time were not divided like this. They were two pills connected together, and the pills were much larger than this.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiqian guessed some kind of possibility, he held back his anger and asked her, ¡°Which pharmacy did you buy it from? Did you buy it yourself?¡±


    Lin Xiqian¡¯s words suddenly made Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart click. She remembered that the contraceptive pill she was taking was bought by Lu Junting for her. Lin Xiqian probably also saw something wrong in her expression, and he asked tentatively, ¡°Did Lu Junting buy it for you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was silent for a while and nodded.


    Lin Xiqian got it and said, ¡°It¡¯s possible that what he gave you was not a contraceptive pill, and the size of the contraceptive pill is this much.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was baffled, she had never bought a contraceptive pill before, and the people around her had not taken the pill. She didn¡¯t know about the pill, if according to what Lin Xiqian said, then was it really not a contraceptive pill that Lu Junting bought for her, so she would get pregnant after taking the pill?


    But why did he do it?


    ¡°You come with me again.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was pulled into the car by Lin Xiqian, and he took her to Jiangyuan Hospital.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that Lu Junting helped you contact the doctor before, let¡¯s do another examination to see if the uterine wall is really thin and not suitable for abortion.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was now full of doubts, and she also wanted to know if even the thin wall of the uterine was not suitable for abortion. Lin Xiqian was a special doctor at Jiangyuan Hospital, he greeted the person in charge and Lin Xiyu quickly finished the examination.


    However, the doctor¡¯s words were completely different from what the doctor at the private hospital was saying.


    ¡°Although we do not recommend abortion for the first pregnancy, but Ms. Lin¡¯s uterine wall thickness is normal, if it¡¯s indeed an accidental pregnancy and cannot have this child, it¡¯s possible to have an abortion.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart suddenly became half cold. Coming out of the hospital, she felt that her steps were all vain, the medicine that Lu Junting gave her were not birth control pills, and the doctor he contacted also lied to her?


    Lin Xiyu was now full of questions, there were too many things she could not understand, and she felt that she had to ask Lu Junting clearly.

 CH 31

    Chapter 31: The Emotion of Greed and Possession is so Straight from the Bottom of the Eyes¡­


    Lin Xiyu could not figure out why Lu Junting did this. She thought that after she was pregnant, he had been persuading her to keep the child, so did he lie to her in order to keep the child?


    Lin Xiyu got into the car in a daze, and Lin Xiqian said to her, ¡°So you should know by now that Lu Junting is a scheming, dark and vicious person, right?¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s thoughts were still very confused now. She seemed to be asking others and seemed to be asking herself, ¡°Why did he do this? If he really wants a child, why bother so much, is it because I look like his first love? Why didn¡¯t he go straight to his first love? Let his first love bear him a child?¡±


    Lin Xiqian said, ¡°Because you are a perfect tool.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°He and his first love may not be together for some reason, but he still misses her in his heart. You have no father or mother, no dependency, and a very good substitute. No one behind you can completely control you. He can¡¯t be with his first love so it¡¯s not bad to be with the substitute. You should know that people like Lu Junting need descendants or heroes, and you, the perfect tool, is just tailor-made for him. You can¡¯t only help him have children, and even sometimes can help him solve his physical needs.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was thin-skinned, and when she heard the second half of the sentence, her face suddenly became hot.


    Did Lu Junting really treat her as a tool? He tried his best to keep this child, just to let her as a substitute to give birth to the offspring for him? If it was true, then he was too abominable to do this.


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you to find Lu Junting now. If you can¡¯t speak, I can help you talk.¡±


    ¡°Saying about what?¡±


    ¡°Divorce him.¡±


    Divorce? If she divorced Lu Junting, what about Little Baby? Lu Junting would never let her take the child.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want it.¡±


    ¡°What are you thinking? At this point, you still want to stay with that person, don¡¯t you understand it now? Lu Junting is a very dangerous man.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I don¡¯t want to leave my child. He is so small, what will he do if I leave?¡±


    ¡°That child is also Lu Junting¡¯s. The Lu family has a big business, is he still worried about not being able to raise the child?¡±


    ¡°He is still too small, how pitiful he should be to be separated from his mother at such a young age.¡±


    ¡°Do you still have the heart to pity people now? How did that child come to you, are you still not clear?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was also angry when she heard this and said, ¡°That child was born when I was pregnant in October, he is my child, it¡¯s not something that can be discarded just like that.¡±


    Lin Xiqian fell silent, and then looked at her with an expression of sudden realization, ¡°This is the effect that Lu Junting wants, trying his best to keep the child. He knows that once a woman has a child, it¡¯s not easy to leave, and he can use the child to continue to control you, so that you are willing to be used by him. I have never understood why Lu Junting wants to design you to alienate me, but now I understand that he just doesn¡¯t want you to have a way back, and you can only be by his side in this life.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was upset and said, ¡°I need to think about it myself.¡±


    After she said that, she pushed the car door and got out of the car. Lin Xiqian caught up and grabbed her wrist, said to her in a calmer tone, ¡°I was just too angry, so I spoke a little more directly, don¡¯t be angry.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not angry, I just want to be quiet.¡±


    Lin Xiyu broke away from his hand and stopped a taxi and left. She first made a phone call to the club to apologize and then went straight home.


    Lin Xiyu made milk powder for Little Baby and carried him to the room to feed, looking at Little Baby¡¯s innocent and ignorant little face, she felt uncomfortable in her heart. Was Lu Junting really that bastard? Had she really been taking advantage of?


    ¡°Little foodie.¡±


    The voice that sounded next to her suddenly brought her back to her senses. She turned her head to look, Lu Junting was standing next to her, and she did not know when he came back. At this time, he was staring at Little Baby in her arms, his eyes were full of softness. Realizing her gaze, he looked over to her and said, ¡°What are you thinking about? You didn¡¯t even notice when I came in.¡±


    Today¡¯s discovery really shocked Lin Xiyu, if things really went as Lin Xiqian said, then it would subvert all her cognition of Lu Junting. She had always felt that he respected her, that he was innocent of getting her pregnant, that he had done what he was supposed to do, but now it seemed, this was not the case?


    Who was Lu Junting? He had long found that her expression was wrong, he sat down directly next to her, stretched out his long arms around her waist. Since sharing a room with him, the distance between them seemed to have become much closer. He occasionally got close to her very naturally, such as hugging her waist when sitting down, such as when she did activities in front of the window before going to bed at night, he would hug her from behind, and for example, he must hold her every time he slept.


    In fact, Lin Xiyu did not adapt to his closeness, especially in a complicated mood at this time, and she subconsciously struggled when his arm came up. Lu Junting saw her resistance, and he did not force it. He withdrew his arm and asked her with a straight face, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Since she had doubts in her heart, why not ask him directly? Everyone was honest with each other and made everything clear.


    Lin Xiyu calmed down a bit and said, ¡°Today Lu Junfeng came to see me.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s face turned grim, ¡°When is it?¡±


    It seemed that Lu Junting still did not know, Lin Xiyu continued, ¡°Just in the afternoon, Lu Junfeng suddenly appeared and said that he wanted to take me away, but Lin Xiqian happened to come to me and stopped him. Lu Junfeng was angry and said the matter between me and you, Lin Xiqian asked me after he knew it. I knew I couldn¡¯t hide it and told him. Lin Xiqian was very angry after listening to it, you know, he is a doctor, he learned that I was pregnant after taking the birth control pill and thought it was unlikely, so he took me to buy a box of the same medicine that brother Junting helped me buy that time, but after buying it, I found that it was very different from the medicine that brother Junting bought.¡± Lin Xiyu¡¯s gaze fell on his face, not even afraid of his sense of intimidation, asked him, ¡°Brother Junting, you tell me, what you gave me that day was not a birth control pill, right?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s brows frowned slightly, he did not have the slightest panic on his face to be caught out of the bag, but there was a faint anger on his face. It was the kind of anger that naturally arose when someone was wronged, he said to her, ¡°No, I haven¡¯t changed the pills, it was also my first time buying birth control pills, I have no experience. I just asked the boss which effect is good and does not hurt the body, he recommended that one to me, what he gave me at that time was the one I gave you.¡±


    Looking at his expression, Lin Xiyu was a little confused. He looked righteous, frank, and even could see that he was obviously angry by her suspicions.


    Lin Xiyu said again, ¡°Lin Xiqian told me that there was only one specification of that pill.¡±


    Lu Junting still looked the same, ¡°I don¡¯t know about this, I don¡¯t have any research on pharmacology.¡±


    His attitude was too frank, Lin Xiyu began to make up her mind, she said, ¡°Later, Lin Xiqian also took me to the hospital for examination, and the results of the doctor¡¯s examination at the hospital that brother Junting helped me contact were completely different. My uterine wall thickness is normal, and the uterine wall is not as thin as the hospital doctor said that it¡¯s not suitable for abortion. How can brother Junting explain this?¡±


    Lu Junting was stunned for a moment, the anger on his face dissipated a little, as if he had received some kind of unexpected joy, he said, ¡°Are you serious?¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at his expression, and was instantly confused. Why did he have this expression? If he had really bought the doctor, he shouldn¡¯t have had that attitude.


    Lu Junting said again, ¡°Isn¡¯t it a good thing if the thickness of the uterine wall is normal? I was also worried before, I was afraid that your uterine wall would be too thin and there would be damage after giving birth. I was thinking about whether to take you abroad to see, since the examination is normal now, I don¡¯t have to work hard.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting continued, ¡°I don¡¯t know why you are suspecting me now, the examination in each hospital may be different. I remember I asked you at that time if you want to go to other hospitals to check it, it was you who said no.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu remembered that he did ask her if she wanted to go to another hospital to check it at that time. She knew at that time she was confused and in a chaotic mind after seeing the result, she did not have any mood to check, afraid that her efforts would be wasted.


    Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t help but fall into a kind of self-doubt at this time, so did Lu Junting do it intentionally? These things seemed to be his doing, but the reasons he gave could prove that he did not do it, but if it was not his doing, how could these two things be so coincidentally combined.


    Lu Junting asked< ¡°So, do you still have any questions? AS long as you doubt, you can bring it up. We will make it all clear today.¡±


    Lin Xiyu suddenly found that she seemed so passive at this time. Obviously, she should have taken the initiative to question him, how did it become him to ask her?


    She couldn¡¯t understand now, whose words were true?


    Lin Xiyu felt that she had to let go for the time being, and she did not believe anyone¡¯s words.


    ¡°I have nothing to ask.¡±


    ¡°Okay, then I¡¯ll go get busy first. If you think of anything you want to ask me, ask me again.¡±


    After saying that, Lu Junting got up and walked away, he touched the child¡¯s face before leaving. He was calm the whole time, it seemed that he didn¡¯t take her suspicions seriously, or he really didn¡¯t do those things, so there was no need to be frank.


    During this time, Lin Xiyu blocked all the interference from the outside world. She wanted to figure out some things by herself. Lin Xiqian wanted to meet her, but she refused, only saying that she needed to clean up, Lin Xiqian did not look for her again. On Lu Junting¡¯s side, she proposed to sleep with the child on the grounds that she wanted to accompany the child, and Lu Junting probably saw that her mood was not quite right, so he agreed, did not embarrass her at all and instructed her to adjust first.


    Lin Xiyu went to the pharmacy where Lu Junting helped her buy medicine, but after such a long time, the doctor did not remember Lu Junting at all, so she couldn¡¯t make an inquiry. Lin Xiyu thought about whether to go to that hospital again and ask, but if Lu Junting had greeted earlier, she couldn¡¯t ask. If Lu Junting was really innocent, she would go for nothing.


    Because there was something in her heart, Lin Xiyu¡¯s state during this time was a kind of absent-mindedness, because of this absent-mindedness, she was very cold to many things, for example, Lu Junting suddenly offered to accompany him to an auction that night. Lin Xiyu refused without thinking about it, ¡°Didn¡¯t we say before that we wouldn¡¯t announce our marriage? If I participate with you, some media may write nonsense when we are being photographed. I¡¯d better not go.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°At that time, I said that I would not announce it because you were pregnant with Chengmao. I was afraid to disturb you to raise a baby, since Chengmao has been born, I should also announce my marriage to the outside world, lest some plotters always write that I¡¯m a golden single bachelor, causing a lot of problems.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Don¡¯t announce it for the time being, Little Baby is still too young.¡±


    Lu Junting also did not force, ¡°It¡¯s okay not to announce, you will accompany me as my female companion to participate. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll arrange it, there will be no media present at that time.¡±


    Lin Xiyu still refused, ¡°I still have to bring Little Baby, you can find someone else to accompany you.¡±


    Probably seeing that she was determined not to accompany him, Lu Junting then did not continue this topic.


    The next day, Lin Xiyu came back from work as usual to feed Little Baby. Her current breastmilk was not so sufficient, Little Baby had not drunk enough, and she had to make milk powder for him.


    Lin Xiyu went to make milk powder, and Little Baby was held by the nanny to play outside. Lin Xiyu brewed milk powder and came out, saw Lu Junting came back some time ago, was holding Little Baby and teasing him.


    Little Baby stared at his father for a while, and then his little paw reached out to his hair to greet. Lu Junting had the painful experience of being pulled by the hair last time, and the little boy¡¯s movements had been known to him, and he was quick and pinched his wrist.


    ¡°Why do you like to grab people¡¯s hair? This habit of yours has to be changed.¡±


    The little guy was pinched by the wrist, could not play with this big toy, and immediately became unhappy. His little brows frowned, and his small mouth began to whine.


    Lu Junting had a stern face and didn¡¯t budge at all, ¡°Crying if you don¡¯t pull people¡¯s hair, why are you so unreasonable?¡±


    Probably seeing, this big toy not only did not play with him, but also had so much fierceness, Little Baby was even more aggrieved, and cried loudly.


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    Why were you still crying like this? Lu Junting was a little helpless, rubbed the head of the little meatball and said, ¡°Okay, cry, and cry, what is there to cry? Is it still wrong for Daddy not to scratch your hair?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s voice softened, and the little ghost¡¯s head was really slowly retracted, but he was still lying on his father¡¯s shoulder aggrieved, and his little nose twitched.


    Lin Xiyu walked over and said, ¡°Give him to me, I¡¯ll feed him.¡±


    Lu Junting stretched out his hand at  her and said, ¡°Let me.¡±


    Then, without waiting for Lin Xiyu¡¯s reaction, he directly pulled the bottle out of her hand. He held Little Baby and sat on the sofa, let him lie on his back in his arms, and when Little Baby saw that there was food, he immediately stretched out a pair of fat little hands.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°First, put away the tears, you can¡¯t eat when you cry.¡±


    As if he could understand the words, he really slowly retracted his tears, looking at the bottle with his eyes. Lu Junting fed him over, and as soon as he drank the milk, he was satisfied, and showed a bright smile to his father without hesitation.


    Lu Junting snorted coldly, pretending to be unhappy, ¡°Bought by a mouthful of milk, is that all you¡¯ve got?¡±


    Lu Junting just came back from the company, wearing a complete set of suit trousers. He was tall, sitting on the sofa and also showed broad shoulders and long legs. The baby was held in his arms and was as small as a hand.


    The man in the suit and the little milk baby were obviously very incompatible, but at this moment, the little milk baby was being held in his arms to feed. His movements were not awkward, but there was a warm sense of harmony.


    Lin Xiyu looked at the harmonious scene in front of her, only felt quiet and beautiful. There was a gentleness as ¡®quiet years¡¯. She suddenly gave birth to a feeling of joy and satisfaction, she felt that it seemed good to live such a life quietly like this.


    Temporarily dominated by emotions, Lin Xiyu blurted out, ¡°Brother Junting, when is the auction? I¡¯ll accompany you.¡±


    Because of Little Baby, because Little Baby had a father like him, she was willing to accompany him.


    Lu Junting seemed surprised, and he said uncertainty, ¡°Are you sure?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you.¡± Lin Xiyu¡¯s gaze was firm.


    A faint smile appeared on Lu Junting¡¯s face, ¡°Just the day after tomorrow.¡±


    After all, to attend a formal occasion, Lin Xiyu dressed up slightly. She wore a long black dress with a large hemline, because of the cold weather, she was draped in a n artificial leather jacket. The hair was curled by the stylist, half tied at the back, and tied with a bow.


    Gentle and lovely, delicate and bright, like the flowers favored by spring, obtained the best shine, swaying in the sun, and blooming the most brilliant appearance.


    Lu Junting was undoubtedly amazed when he saw her for the first time, Lin Xiyu came out of the dressing room, uncomfortable with his gaze. She rubbed her arm with some embarrassment, and asked him, ¡°Brother Junting, do you think it¡¯s okay to wear it like this?¡±


    Lu Junting only then came back to his senses, but this dangerous man flickered a few times in panic at this moment, and he realized that he had just not controlled it. His greedy and possessive emotions leaked out from under his eyes so bluntly. He lightly coughed with a half-clenched fist to ease the awkwardness and said, ¡°It¡¯s very good-looking, let¡¯s go.¡±


    The auction took place at a well-known auction house in Ancheng, and Lin Xiyu really had little interest in the auction. She agreed to participate purely for the sake of the child.


    A porcelain vase treasured in a certain era in the Grand View Garden Mansion, a hairpin worn by a certain noble concubine, a landscape painting by an unknown author for a long time.


    Lin Xiyu felt drowsy, and just when she was about to doze off, she heard the host on the stage introduced, ¡°The next lot is the work of the modern calligrapher Mr. Lin Daguo, a letter written by Lin Daguo to his daughter when he was young, and later bought by the Japanese collector Mr. Fujiwara.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu suddenly sobered up, she suddenly looked at the stage, and the lot was magnified onto the screen by a special instrument. Every word on it was clearly visible.


    thisLin Xiyu¡¯s body didn¡¯t move for a long time as if it was fixed. She recognized it, it was her father¡¯s handwriting.


    At the age of eight, in order to treat Lin Xiqian, her father sold a lot of things, even this letter written to her. She still remembered that day her father was drunk, holding her who was still a little girl, and said with an apologetic face, ¡°When you were very young, Dad wrote a letter to you, originally thinking of waiting for you to get married before giving it to you, but your brother needs money to treat his illness, and Dad sold it temporarily, don¡¯t blame Dad okay? Dad promises you that I will buy it back for you before you get married.¡±


    She didn¡¯t know what was written in the letter, and she didn¡¯t blame her father. Even if he died in a car accident later, and the letter he said he wanted to buy back and send to her did not reach her, she still did not blame him.


    She had thought that she would never see this letter that her father had written to her again in her life, but now, it was in front of her. She covered her mouth, her face was incredulous, her eyes suddenly looked towards Lu Junting. Lu Junting was not too surprised by her shocked gaze, he said, ¡°Do you want it? I¡¯ll buy it for you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t describe the feeling in her heart at the moment, she covered her mouth and she didn¡¯t respond for a long time.


    The host began to do the last statement before bidding, ¡°The starting price is 100,000, the bidding ladder is 5,000, and the auction begins.¡±


    ¡°110,000.¡± In the crowd, someone held up a sign.


    ¡°115,000.¡±


    ¡°150,000.¡±


    Lu Junting raised his sign and quoted directly, ¡°200,000.¡±


    However, it was not over, the price was increasing little by little, Lin Xiyu could also see it. Probably to see that Lu Junting was inevitable, and there were several actors playing the auctioneer to deliberately raise the price.


    At one point, the price was increased to a million. When this work of Lin Daguo was sold to one of his Japanese friends, it was sold for less than 50,000 at that time, and this letter was written with a fountain pen, which did not have the essence of Lin Daguo¡¯s calligraphy. It was far from being worth the price.


    However, the actor was deliberately raising the price, and Lu Juntign kept up with it.


    The price increased to one million five hundred thousand when even Lin Xiyu wanted to give up, she whispered to Lu Junting and said, ¡°Brother Junting, forget it.¡±


    Lu Junting raised the sign directly as if he didn¡¯t hear her words, ¡°Two million.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took a breath. Fortunately, the actor did not continue, and finally this lot was auctioned off by Lu Junting for two million. After the auction, Lu Junting took Lin Xiyu to the background to sign the confirmation, and then paid for the auction item and left.


    The letter was placed in a beautiful box. Lin Xiyu felt her hands trembling when she received it. She got into the car with Lu Junting and couldn¡¯t wait to open the box. Lu Junting asked the driver to turn on the lights in the back seat.


    After the light was turned on, a warm halo was covered on the letter paper. The very old paper with the scent of ink on it. Her father only liked one brand of ink, she could always smelt it when he was around before.


    This was the letter written by her father to her. Her father was no longer here, but this letter was delivered to her as if it had been sent from another world, and it carried her father¡¯s deep love for her.


    Lin Xiyu looked at the letter, tears gradually moistened her eyes. She was overwhelmed with emotion for a while. No matter how she viewed Lu Junting before, and even doubted him, but now, she was grateful to him.


    ¡°Brother Junting, you don¡¯t need to spend so much money to take it. I know very well that it¡¯s not worth two million.¡±


    Lu Junting asked her, ¡°Do you like it?¡±


    Like it, why didn¡¯t she like it?


    Lin Xiyu nodded, and Lu Junting said, ¡°Since you like it, it¡¯s worth it.¡±

 CH 32

    Chapter 32: Family is My Bottom Line, Who Destroyed it Will Die¡­


    Lin Xiyu was in a very complicated mood, she had doubts about Lu Junting before. She suspected that he was really using her as Lin Xiqian said, and because of her doubts she was more or less dissatisfied in her heart. Her attitude towards him was obviously cold this time.


    But now, he bought the letter from her father and gave it to her. It was probably the reason why he brought her to the auction, and she almost missed the auction because of her discontent with him.


    This kind of complicated emotion was brought home, and the time was already very late when they returned, Little baby was also sleeping at this time. Lin Xiyu returned to the room, seeing the sleepy Little baby on the bed. This time Little Baby slept with her, so the nanny would naturally put him in her room.


    Lin Xiyu kissed his face, then walked to the table, turned on the lamp to the darkest, and only then she carefully opened the letter.


    ¡°My dear Xixi, you are half a year old today. I held you on my lap and cut the cake for you. You were so happy, and couldn¡¯t stop smiling. Your eyes seemed to be filled with stars. And now, I sit under a star-filled sky to write this letter that I will give to you in the future.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked up at the night sky. Today¡¯s night sky was cloudless, the stars were high in the sky, and her father wrote this letter the same night.


    At this moment, there was her child lying on her bed, and when her father looked at her half-year-old, was he as gentle as she was looking at her Little Baby?


    It was such a coincidence that a few years ago, on a starry night, her father wrote this letter to her, and years later, her child was as old as she was then, and also on a starry night, she sat at her table and read this letter written to her by her father.


    The night was still the same night, and the stars were twinkling as they were years ago, but they were separated by so long a time and space, blending the memories of two generations.


    The two pages full of his father¡¯s joy of becoming a father and his love for his young daughter were written. He said that she was the heart he held in the palm of his hand and wanted to take care all the time. He said that before she was born, he was a naive little boy in his heart, but after she was born, he grew up overnight and knew the weight of the word responsibility.


    The letter was also full of longing for the future, writing that if she married in the future, he would happily send her to the groom during the day, but at night he would hide alone in the room and cry.


    He said that if she had a child in the future, he would hold the child on his lap and teach his grandchild to write one stroke at a time just as he had taught her to write.


    There were many, many of them, and every word was a love that couldn¡¯t be dissolved. Lin Xiyu repeated it several times, and tears moistened her eyes again and again.


    In the middle of the night, she put away the letter paper neatly, and then kissed the paper, carefully walked out of the room, and pushed open Lu Junting¡¯s door.


    Lu Junting¡¯s room was still lit, it was so late but he hadn¡¯t slept yet. He was sitting on the bed, reading at the moment.


    ¡°It¡¯s so late, why haven¡¯t you slept?¡±


    Lu Junting put the book down, ¡°You didn¡¯t sleep either? Why did you come to my room?¡±


    Lin Xiyu walked to the side of the bed and sat down. At this time, her heart was overflowing, she was silent for a while and said, ¡°Brother Junting, thank you.¡±


    She really thanked him from the bottom of her heart.


    Lu Junting moved a little to her side, his fingers gently pinched her chin to lift her face, and asked her, ¡°Are you crying?¡±


    ¡°En.¡± Lin Xiyu was a little embarrassed, ¡°Looking at my dad¡¯s letter, I miss him.¡±


    Lu Junting let go of his hand and said, ¡°Since you are here, let¡¯s sleep here. Come up.¡±


    He pulled the quilt away and signaled to her. Lin Xiyu was very cooperative, obediently lay down in the bed, and Lu Junting helped her cover the quilt.


    Lin Xiyu was really grateful for Lu Junting, so she said to him with a solemn face, ¡°Is there anything brother Junting needs me to do? If I can do it, I can help you.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s nothing you need to do, just know to run home when it rains in the future.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    What?


    Lin Xiyu looked at him with a puzzled expression, and Lu Junting raised his eyebrows slightly, ¡°Don¡¯t understand?¡±


    Lu Junting laid down beside her and said, ¡°Your parents are gone, you still have me and Chengmao. You just need to know that you still have home.¡±


    Home? Lu Junting and Little Baby gave her home. This kind of feeling was so weird, she and Lu Junting became family, but technically, he and Little Baby were really her family.


    At this moment, Lin Xiyu chose to believe Lu Junting. She believed that he was not using her, and he was not as hateful as Lin Xiqian said. If he really used her as a tool, how would he still take the trouble to pay attention to his father¡¯s letter to her, and how would he spend money to buy it to please her?


    Even if Lu Junting did not like her, he also wanted to live a good life with her for the sake of the child. In this case, then why did she think so much?


    What was love? Marriage did not necessarily need love, two people could get along and could also live a good life right?


    Lin Xiyu moved to his side, leaned his head into his arms and said, ¡°Okay, I promise you. When it rains, I know to run home.¡±


    She took the initiative to arch into his arms, undoubtedly pleasing Lu Junting. Lu Junting did not speak, but she heard him laugh softly above her head.


    The next morning, Lin XIyu first fed her Little Baby, and when she went downstairs with her Little Baby, she saw Lu Junting sitting on the sofa in the living room, and a bunch of documents were placed on the coffee table in front of him. Seeing her, Lu Junting waved to her and said, ¡°Come and sign all these.¡±


    Lin Xiyu gave Little Baby to the nanny, walked over with a puzzled look and asked, ¡°What are these?¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°These are my private property, including more than ten properties, several hotels, several playgrounds and several entertainment venues, you sign on them, and in the future half of these will be yours.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    These should all be his pre-marital property. So, was he going to give her half of his pre-marital property?


    She didn¡¯t move for a long time, Lu Junting asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°Why give me this?¡±


    Lu Junting took it for granted, ¡°You are my wife, you deserve it.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    ¡°I should have let you sign it a long time ago, but I was too busy some time ago, plus you were in labor. These materials were troublesome to organize, so it took so long.¡± Lu Junting handed her the pen, ¡°Come and sign.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that she had no contribution to Lu, and she didn¡¯t have the confidence to sign at all.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that you want to live a good life?¡± Lu Junting said again.


    She did say that she wanted to live a good life, but he really didn¡¯t need to give her these things, which were all his pre-marital property. Looking at the densely packed documents on the coffee table, Lin Xiyu felt a little flustered.


    Lu Junting directly grabbed her wrist and pulled her to sit next to him, and shoved the pen into her hand, ¡°Since you want to live a good life, then sign all of these, and I can feel at ease if you sign these.¡±


    Lin Xiyu did not quite understand what she had to do with him being at peace when she signed this, but she was also in a mess looking at this pile of documents now, and she didn¡¯t have the heart to think so much at all.


    Later, Lin Xiyu was confused and really signed and pressed her handprint. Lu Junting asked his assistant to sort out the documents, and said to her, ¡°Will you take my car to work later?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was still a little confused, and nodded vaguely when he heard, ¡°Okay.¡±


    After getting into the car, Lin Xiyu only felt that her brain was still dizzy. She reacted after realizing it, so she was not a rich woman with dozens of properties, plus several playgrounds and hotels?


    Lin Xiyu moved stiffly and wanted to see Lu Junting. Lu Junting met her gaze and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Lin Xiyu turned her head silently again, and suddenly became a rich woman¡­ It was incredible.


    Not long after Lin Xiyu arrived at the club, a text message entered her mobile phone. She picked up her mobile phone to take a look, it was sent by Lin Xiqian.


    Lin Xiqian: ¡°What did you think?¡±


    Lin Xiyu thought for a while and sent him a reply: ¡°I won¡¯t divorce Lu Junting.¡±


    Lin Xiqian¡¯a call came immediately, and he asked, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Did Lu Junting do something to you?¡±


    ¡°He didn¡¯t do anything to me. Those two things are not necessarily what he did, whether the contraceptive pill is true or false is not certain, even if it is fake, it¡¯s not necessarily Lu Junting to replace it, it¡¯s possible that the store is selling a counterfeit. He is also very nice to me during my marriage to him, and he doesn¡¯t use me as a tool as you said.¡±


    Lin Xiqian was silent for a long time, and he suddenly sneered and said, ¡°I have to say that Lu Junting is really capable. He easily reversed your opinion of him.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°It¡¯s not as serious as you think, you don¡¯t have to think so badly of him. I know better than you of what kind of attitude he has towards me.¡±


    ¡°Okay, since you have already thought about it, then I respect your choice, but if you need any help in the future, you can come to me. You always remember that no matter what happens, I¡¯m your brother.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt that Lin Xiqian probably really cared about her. She nodded and said, ¡°Okay, I know.¡±


    Lin Xiqian had just come out of surgery when a little nurse came running to him, ¡°Dr. LIn, someone is looking for you.¡±


    ¡°Is it a patient?¡±


    ¡°No, he said that he¡¯s a friend of yours, and I asked him to wait in your office.¡±


    The man heard the sound of his voice as he stood, looked sideways, greeting him especially politely, ¡°Hello, Dr. Hinton.¡±


    The special doctor¡¯s office was a separate, ten-square-meter office, enough to accommodate two people. However, Lu Junting¡¯s ¡®don¡¯t enter¡¯ aura was too strong. He stood upright there, far away, but also forced him to breathe hard.


    Lin Xiqian put the file bag in his hand on the desk. He knew that in the face of this dangerous man, he had to be vigilant at all times. He didn¡¯t want to go around with him, so he asked him directly, ¡°What did you come to me for?¡±


    ¡°You are Xixi¡¯s step brother, and I, as his husband, have the obligation to come and see you on her behalf.¡±


    Lin Xiqian let out a sneer and said, ¡°Okay, you don¡¯t have to pretend with me, just say it bluntly. Why do you want to find me?¡±


    ¡°Actually, I should ask you this.¡±


    Lin Xiqian looked at Lu Junting. His expression was as usual, but the bottom of his dark eyes could not be seen. Such a gaze, could not help but give people a feeling¡ª¡ª this person was unfathomable.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Lin Xiqian asked him.


    ¡°You suddenly approached my wife, what exactly are you trying to do?¡±


    ¡°Lin Xiyu¡¯s parents have saved my life, and I feel the kindness of the elders and I want to take care of her, it¡¯s as simple as that.¡±


    ¡°Take care of her? Do you want to take care of her or do you want to take advantage of her?¡±


    Lin Xiqian smiled mockingly and said, ¡°When it come to use her, who can compare to you, Mr. Lu?¡±


    Lin Xiqian was wearing a white coat, his hands were naturally placed in the white coat, and there was a mobile phone in his pocket. He opened the mobile phone and opened the record application, then pressed the record button.


    Lu Junting asked with an incomprehensible expression, ¡°I don¡¯t understand what you mean.¡±


    He didn¡¯t know if Lu Junting really didn¡¯t understand or deliberately pretended not to understand. Lin Xiqian said directly, ¡°You pretended to buy birth control pills for Xixi, but deliberately replaced the pills, pretending to take her to do abortion with good intentions, but you have long colluded with the doctor to trick her into not being able to have an abortion. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s very bastard to bully a little girl who is not deeply involved in the world? I would like to ask you why you are playing such a trick on a little girl? Want to use her to have a child for you, because she looks like your first love? Do you want to treat her as a stand-in?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s expression did not change, his tone was still calm as a wave, ¡°Speak with evidence, do you have evidence to prove that I did this? If not, you slander me, so, Mr. Hinton is not afraid that I will sue you for slander?¡±


    Lin Xiqian: ¡°...¡±


    This person was really watertight, only last time he played tricks on him in front of Lin Xiyu. At that time he did not also deliberately let him know that he was provoking him? At this moment, he pretended in front of him, he had to say that this scheming bastard was really good at hiding himself, and there was no flaw left at all.


    Lu Junting continued, ¡°You said that I use her, but you can¡¯t come up with definitive evidence. You said that you want to take care of her, but you sow discord everywhere and destroy my relationship with her. She has no father and mother, my child and I are her only relatives. You don¡¯t want her family to live in harmony, but do things to destroy her family. As the saying goes, it¡¯s better to tear down ten temples than to break a marriage. You destroy the happiness of other families, are you not afraid of the wrath of God?¡±


    ¡°Am I sowing discord?¡± Lin Xiqian smiled dryly, ¡°I¡¯m afraid, the one who is sowing discord at every turn is Mr. Lu, right? When we had dinner together that day, didn¡¯t Mr. Lu deliberately provoked me and wanted to provoke my relationship with Lin Xiyu?¡±


    Lu Junting suddenly looked at him deeply. Lin Xiqian clenched his mobile phone subconsciously, somehow, by his gaze, making his heart tremble violently. THere was a fierceness hidden under his eyes, as if it could penetrate all the way to the bottom of his heart.


    Being looked at by him like this, he even began to wonder if Lu Junting knew that he was recording quietly?


    Lu Junting was silent for a while and then said, ¡°If you are frank, why are you afraid that I will sow discord. In other words, if you really think that I¡¯m sowing discord, why do you have such a big reaction that day?¡±


    His frank expression of a thief catched a thief really made people angry. His answer was perfunctory, but he still turned him back.


    Lin Xiqian knew that there was probably no need to record this conversation. This person knew too well how to hide, so he would not leave the handle to others so easily.


    ¡°Are you here only to tell me this?¡± Lin Xiqian asked him directly.


    ¡°These are just some of them.¡±


    ¡°Oh? There¡¯s another? No need to beat around the bush, just say it.¡±


    ¡°I care about my family.¡±


    Lin Xiqian glanced at him, what did it have to do with him if Lu Junting cared about his family? He was too lazy to reason with him, waiting for him to continue.


    ¡°My wife is very important to me, and I also attach great importance to my child.¡± He stepped forward slowly, walked to his side and stopped, but his tone suddenly turned cold, ¡°Family is my bottom line, whoever destroys it will die.¡±


    The cold warning words, he deliberately put weight on each word, like a heavy hammer that struck heavily in his heart.


    But then his toned returned to normal, and he said politely, ¡°As Xixi¡¯s husband, you are his step brother, and I wish Mr. Hinton all the best on her behalf.¡±


    Lu Junting didn¡¯t do anything more, and he left after saying that.


    Lin Xiqian took out his mobile phone. He originally wanted to record Lu Junting¡¯s words and took them to Lin Xiyu, who knew this man was so good at hiding and always watertight.


    Lin Xiqian rubbed his brows. Lu Junting came over today to warn him, the threatening words were in his ears. Lin Xiqian was very clear that this person was not easy to deal with. Lin Xiyu fell on his hands, it was simply undoubtedly a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, and it was not easy to snatch the meat from his mouth.


    Lin Xiyu planned to buy a gift for Lu Junting, he gave her gifts several times, and she had not returned them. It just so happened that her salary this month was paid, and Lin Xiyu was not in a hurry to go home after work. Now that Little Baby could drink milk powder, she didn¡¯t have to go back to breastfeeding in a hurry after work.


    Lin Xiyu went to the mall for a walk, and finally picked a belt for Lu Junting, which was cost-effective. She spent more than 10,000 yuan, which was the best she could afford.


    After eating at night, Lu Junting went to the study, and Lin Xiyu went to him with the purchased gift. Lu Junting looked at a beautiful box she handed over and asked, ¡°What is this?¡±


    ¡°A gift for you.¡±


    This made Lu Junting interested, this little girl actually bought a gift for him?


    ¡°What is it?¡± He asked.


    ¡°You can open it and see.¡±


    Lu Junting took the box and opened it, there was a belt lying inside. The design was simple, but it was also to his taste. It seemed that she had done some research before buying a gift, and specially learned about his preferences. He was very satisfied that she had this heart.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know what you liked, so I just bought this.¡±


    The first time she gave him a gift, she was embarrassed. She was afraid that he would not like it and she was somewhat apprehensive.


    ¡°Why do you suddenly want to give me a gift?¡±


    ¡°You helped me take my father¡¯s letter, this is a thank you gift.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°I¡¯m your husband, taking a thing of what you like and sending you is what I should do, you don¡¯t have to be so polite.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also said, ¡°Then¡­ I¡¯m also your wife ah, and you don¡¯t have to be polite when I give you a gift.¡±


    Hearing the phrase ¡®I¡¯m your wife¡¯, Lu Junting¡¯s expression softened significantly. Yes, this girl could clearly recognize her identity.


    Lu Juntin nodded and said, ¡°Since that¡¯s the case, then I¡¯m not polite.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°Of course, of course, don¡¯t be polite.¡±


    Lu Junting got up from the desk and walked to her. He unbuckled the belt on his body, stretched out his long arms cleanly. The action was dashing, looking at it actually made her feel handsome.


    Pulling out his belt, he said to her again, ¡°Help me put it on?¡±


    Lin Xiyu took out the belt and squatted in front of him, helping to put the belt on his pants waist buckle, but Lin Xiyu was inexperienced, when the button on the back waist, how to toss it was not good, wrapped around the back, the front was crooker. She had to hold the belt buckle in one hand, and wrapped the other hand around his back, almost encircling his entire waist.


    At first, she didn¡¯t feel anything, but she inadvertently raised her head, just looked at Lu Junting¡¯s eyes, she instantly realized that this position seemed a little unsightly. Fortunately, the button behind was finally set, Lin Xiyu hurriedly lowered her head to help him buckle the button, but this was the first time Lin Xiyu got a man¡¯s belt, she buckled it wrong, tossed for a while, and her palms were starting to sweat.


    At this moment, she was squatting in front of Lu Junting, a pair of hands tossed on his waist. From Lu Junting¡¯s point of view, this posture was really a little delicate, but she also had to frown her beautiful brows, looking at him with a misty eye, with an expression full of grievance, ¡°How to buckle this? I can¡¯t buckle it.¡±


    Lu Junting felt that his throat was tight, and even his breathing couldn¡¯t help but slow down. He pulled her arm and pulled her up directly, saying, ¡°No need to buckle it, anyway, it will be unbuckled in a while.¡±


    Lin Xiyu automatically understood his sentence that he would unbuckle it in a while as taking off his pants before going to sleep. It wasn¡¯t until she raised her head to meet his gaze at her that she felt his eyes were not quite right. It was fiery, with a burst of fire rising outwar, as if to burn on her body.


    ¡°Brother Junting?¡±


    Squatting in front of him and tossing for a while, a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, like dew-soaked petals, delicate and savory.


    Lu Junting unconsciously stretched out his thumb and rubbed the sweat on her forehead with his fingertips, moist and warm, and unconsciously used his fingers to rub it.


    Lin Xiyu also touched her forehead, only to find that she was sweating, and she said embarrassedly, ¡°I¡¯ll wipe it.¡±


    But before she could turn around, the man suddenly grabbed the back of her head, and he was hooked by her and pulled forward. The next moment his lips were pressed against her.


    Her breath was instantly plundered by him, and what climbed up in an instant was not only the temperature of her checks, but also her pounding heart.


    However, it was not the first time he kissed her. Lin Xiyu quickly came to her senses, closed her eyes, put her hands on his neck, and responded awkwardly. He led her to his wide desk, gently hugged her to the table, and released her lips. Lin Xiyu gasped, her cheeks were crimson, and the pair of her eyes were flushed.


    ¡°After a while, don¡¯t whine, be natural for a bit, if you want to scream, just scream, okay?¡±


    He suddenly spoke to her in a raspy voice, lowered and very softly. He spoke in such a voice, very confusing, as if coaxing people.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t quite understand the meaning of his words, and she glared at him in confusion and asked, ¡°What do you want me to scream?¡±


    ¡°After a moment, do¡­ things at the time.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu understood what he meant, her hot face felt hot again several degrees. She seemed angry and glared at him strangely, but she did not know that her eyes full of waves were not deterrent at all, but seductive.


    Annoyed, she snapped at him, ¡°I won¡¯t scream.¡±


    Lu Junting continued to coax her, ¡°Just be natural, don¡¯t suppress it, don¡¯t deliberately hold it in.¡±


    Where did she hold it? And how could he say such shameful words to her in such a tone like a negotiation?


    ¡°I won¡¯t scream, I can¡¯t, I don¡¯t want to¡­¡±


    The little girl was so angry, she was shy and angry. Seeing this, Lu Junting agreed without waiting for her to finish her words, ¡°Okay, okay, no screaming.¡±

 CH 33

    Chapter 33: He Actually Grabbed Her Hand to Slap Himself directly in the Face¡­


    When Lin Xiyu came out of Lu Junting¡¯s study, her hair was messy, and her little face was full of suspicious redness, as if she had done something bad and was afraid of being caught. She hurried back to the room and went to the bathroom to wash first.


    Lin Xiyu looked at the person in the mirror, brushing her teeth while thinking. How could someone make such a shameless request with that frank expression?


    Lin Xiyu finished brushing her teeth, hatefully opening the mirror locker to prepare to take out her skin care products. Probably she moved too quickly, accidentally got the calcium tablets put by Lu Junting in the locker to the ground. Lin Xiyu picked it up, and felt that the weight was not quite right. She glanced at the production date of the calcium tablets, just like the production date when she last saw it. It should be the same bottle. How come there were still so many after such a long time? He did not even eat them when he bought them?


    Lin Xiyu came out of the bathroom, just as Lu Junting hurriedly returned to the room. Unlike her, who was messy when she returned, the man was refreshed, and his shirt and trousers did not even have wrinkles.


    Lin Xiyu no longer wanted to worry about his shamelessness, and she asked, ¡°Why don¡¯t you eat the calcium tablets you put in the bathroom locker? The last time I saw it, it was still so much. It hasn¡¯t gotten any less after all this time.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°En, don¡¯t eat anymore.¡±


    ¡°Ah? Why? What a waste.¡±


    Lu Junting came up and suddenly picked her up. He held her, parted her legs so that she straddled his lap. He seemed to like to hold her in this position, Lin Xiyu felt ashamed every time she was held like this, but he enjoyed it very much. He lowered his head and kissed her lightly on the tip of her nose, and the dragonfly kiss was more impactful than when he kissed her deeply, and her heart trembled subconsciously.


    He said softly in a smiling tone, ¡°Because there is no need to eat anymore.¡±


    What was necessary and unnecessary about calcium tablets ah, but Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t ask much, just felt that it was a bit wasteful not to eat such a big box.


    After hugging like this for a while, Lu Junting suddenly said, ¡°You have been too tired with the child recently. I will take you out to relax this weekend.¡±


    ¡°Ah? Where to?¡±


    ¡°Now the weather is cold, how about going to a hot spring? The place last time.¡±


    ¡°Last time?¡±


    ¡°Our first time.¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to think about it, so she said, ¡°I don¡¯t want it, I don¡¯t want to go over there.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t say why, but she just didn¡¯t want to go.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you tell me? Why don¡¯t you want to go?¡±


    Lin Xiyu heard that Lu Junting¡¯s tone was not very good, she looked up at him, and saw that his face was cold, and her resistance seemed to make him not very happy. Lin Xiyu also felt that he was kind enough to take her, and it was a little hurtful for her to refuse without thinking about it, but she really didn¡¯t want to go.


    After this period of getting along, Lin Xiyu could almost understand that Lu Junting was of a soft and not hard nature, as long as she talked to him softly, everyone was easy to discuss.


    The top two buttons of Lu Junting¡¯s shirt were unbuttoned, and then Lin Xiyu grabbed the plackets on both sides of his shirt, softened her voice and discussed with him, ¡°Can we not go over there ah?¡±


    Lu Junting also didn¡¯t understand, both of them were married now, and the child was born. Why was she still so resistant to the place where they first happened? Her resistance made Lu Junting have a feeling that it had been in vain to get along for so long, making him feel that she still didn''t recognize him, and his heart was naturally uncomfortable.


    Lu Junting glanced down at the pair of small paws that were grasping on his clothes, her voice was soft and sticky, but with a kind of charm. In his ears, it was really¡­ quite emotional, and the unpleasantness in his heart disappeared in an instant. Even as if he was afraid of scaring her, he softened his expression and said to her, ¡°Okay, if you don¡¯t want to go, then don¡¯t go, you tell me where you want to go.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I don¡¯t want to go anywhere, I want to stay at home with the child.¡±


    ¡°Haven¡¯t you had enough with the child all day?¡±


    ¡°What about Little Baby when we¡¯re gone, he¡¯s still so young.¡±


    ¡°Send it home, there are so many people in the family, can¡¯t they take care of a little child? You don¡¯t have to revolve around your child all day. You also have to think for yourself, go out and relax, and make yourself comfortable.¡±


    He was full of understanding for her hard work with the child and was really thinking about her, hoping she could relax. Lin Xiyu did not want to waste Lu Junting¡¯s good intentions, she thought about it and agreed.


    ¡°Okay, it¡¯s good to go out and relax.¡±


    Lu Junting asked again, ¡°Where would you like to go?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know where to go, Brother Junting can arrange it.¡±


    ¡°Then go somewhere warmer. How about Sanya?¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Lin Xiyu paused for a moment and asked again, ¡°Just the two of us?¡±


    ¡°Otherwise?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Both of them went together, what did it look like on a date? However, Lin Xiyu thought about it, anyway, she had decided to live a good life, and it was nothing for the husband and wife to travel together.


    Lu Junting arranged to fly to Sanya on Friday afternoon and came back on weekend afternoon. Early on Friday morning, someone from the Lu Family came to pick up Little Baby, and Lin Xiyu was very reluctant, hugging him for a while.


    Although she was reluctant, Lin Xiyu was still looking forward to this vacation.


    Arriving in Sanya on Friday night, Lu Junting booked a sea-view room. They could see the boundless sea by standing by the window. Both of them rested over there for the night first, planning to have a good day on Saturday.


    It was early in the morning in Sanya, Lin Xiyu got up early in the morning and opened the curtains. The sun had risen high in the sky, the clear blue sky was cloudless, and the blue sea in the distance was boundless, connecting to the blue sky. There were already tourists wearing bikinis downstairs to play at the seaside. A salty and wet sea breeze blew, carrying the summer heat, blowing the leaves of the coconut trees by the sea.


    Lu Junting came out from the bathroom and said to her, ¡°Get ready to go out and play.¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at him, he was wearing a pair of pure white short sleeves, and fitting short-sleeved, outlining the undulating muscle lines of his body. Underneath was a pair of beach pants, flowery beach pants worn on his body surprisingly did not look tacky.


    Lin Xiyu went to the bathroom to change into the bikini she brought, which was a combination of a small vest and a short skirt, which was more conservative than other bikinis.


    The sun was high outside, Lin Xiyu brought sunscreen, and she couldn¡¯t apply it on her back, so she had to ask Lu Junting for help.


    ¡°Brother Junting, can you help me apply on the back?¡±


    Lu Junting was very happy to serve her, took the sunscreen and squeezed it directly into his hand to help her apply it on her shoulders and back. After applying it, he squatted down to help her apply her legs.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°I¡¯ll just apply it to my legs myself.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s gaze fell on the two straight and slender legs in front of him. His eyes couldn¡¯t move away for a while, his eyes darkened, and he was silent for a while and said, ¡°Since you want me to serve, then I will serve to the end.¡±


    After speaking, he rubbed the sunscreen oil on it, and started with the tenderness and delicateness, just like touching a good satin, especially the lubricating effect of sunscreen.


    Lu Junting wiped it, and soon felt capricious. Later, he thought that they were husband and wife, what was there to hide, so he simply threw the sunscreen on the ground, got up and hugged her from behind.


    His strong aura suddenly came from behind, along with his burning breath, Lin Xiyu instantly felt wrong, her scalp was numb, and asked, ¡°Brother Junting, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Lu Junting said to her bluntly, ¡°I want it.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s face burned, she tried to struggle, but failed to break away from his arms. Lin Xiyu said busily, ¡°Brother Junting, didn¡¯t we agree to go on a yacht ride? I just put on sunscreen, and I¡¯m all oily.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, just wash it.¡±


    Lu Junting hugged her and walked towards the big bathtub. There was a huge exquisite bathtub in this sea-view room, and Lin Xiyu wondered when she first saw it yesterday, why put a bathtub big enough to raise dolphins? You didn¡¯t need such a large bathtub to take a bath, it really took up space.


    She knew now.


    It turned out that this big bathtub was specially prepared for a bastard like Lu Junting, yes, in something, Lu Junting was a bastard.


    And she didn¡¯t know if he found some kind of pleasure in the bathtub, and he kept her in the bathtub until noon.


    Lin Xiyu laid on the bed after taking a shower, and didn¡¯t want to go anywhere. Lu Junting wiped his hair and came over to see her. Unlike her tiredness, he had an insatiable and refreshed face.


    He saw her lying on the bed without moving, and reminded her, ¡°It¡¯s past noon, if you don¡¯t get up again, you won¡¯t have time to play today.¡±


    It was good if he didn¡¯t say it. As soon as he said it, Lin Xiyu glared at him and said, ¡°It¡¯s all because of brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting had nothing to argue for himself. She was right, it was all because of him, he was a bastard, helping her apply sunscreen but couldn¡¯t help but mess around.


    Lu Junting glanced at the little girl, she deliberately turned her back to him, she was really angry. Could Lin Xiyu not be angry? Originally today she planned to take a yacht in the morning, went to a nearby island to play, diving in the sea in the afternoon to swim. He made a mess for a while and she had no strength, just wanted to lie down. She didn¡¯t want to go anywhere.


    Lu Junting climbed onto the bed and held her shoulders to pull her. Her body came over, her head was still tilted to the side. Lu Junting looked at her little appearance and felt funny. He turned her face over and coaxed softly, ¡°It¡¯s me who is not good, am I okay to make amends?¡±


    Lin Xiyu ignored him.


    Lu Junting said again, ¡°How about you hit me?¡±


    What did she hit him for? She did not hit people.


    After Lu Junting said this, he grabbed her wrist and raised her hand, ¡®pa¡¯ directly on his face, and the voice was very crisp, with a little strength, and Lin Xiyu was startled. She looked at him, but he said like it was nothing, ¡°That¡¯s how your son hit me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    His expression made Lin Xiyu very puzzled. His eyes were smiling and his face was soft. He directly grabbed her hand and slapped it on his face, making Lin Xiyu¡¯s fingertips numb. It could be imagined how hard the slap was, but he seemed to be very used to, and said to her in a doting tone that her son also hit him like this.


    Her son was also his son.


    Calling Little Baby that way seemed to have instantly brought her closer to him.


    Lu Junting at this time was really different from the Lu Junting she knew. Obviously, he was such a strong man, but he coaxed her in this way, directly grabbing her hand and slapped himself in the face.


    She suddenly had a feeling that Lu Junting liked her very much, and it was because he liked her that he pampered her, and she could even slap him.


    Lin Xiyu was frightened by this idea. Lu Junting liked her? It was strange to think about it, they were originally two parallel lines, if it wasn¡¯t for that night, they wouldn¡¯t have been able to intersect in their lives, not to mention that she was not the kind that Lu Junting liked.


    It was probably because of Little Baby. She gave him a child, so he loved the house and the crow?


    ¡°Forgive me? Do you want to get up?¡± He asked again.


    This person slapped himself in order to coax her, Lin Xiyu also had nothing to be angry about. The yacht couldn¡¯t be sat on, of course, it was a pity that she could not go to the beach when she came to the sea, so she went to the sea to swim for a while. However, because of her lack of physical strength, Lin Xiyu felt that her legs were soft when she came out of the sea.


    There were parasols on the beach, and there were beach chairs under the parasols. Lin Xiyu found an empty beach chair, went up, and didn¡¯t want to move.


    A few tourists walked by with ice cream. Lin Xiyu looked at the ice cream and felt a little hungry, she hadn¡¯t eaten ice cream since she was pregnant.


    Lu Junting came over to her and asked, ¡°Want to eat?¡±


    Lin Xiyu shook her head. If she ate ice cream and fed Little Baby, he would get diarrhea. Lu Junting naturally saw her concerns, and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, we won¡¯t go back tomorrow. Everything you eat has been digested.¡±


    Hearing him say this, Lin Xiyu¡¯s eyes lit up, and Lu Junting naturally saw it. The corner of his mouth smiled slightly and he said, ¡°You sit for a while, I¡¯ll buy it for you.¡±


    Without waiting for her to answer him, he turned and left. Lin Xiyu looked at his departing back and saw that he really went to buy it. Mr. Lu did the work of running errands quite cheerfully, there was no Lu boss¡¯s shelf at all.


    THe feeling of being pampered by him came again, and Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t help but wonder if she was really in love with Lu Junting.


    Lin Xiyu obediently lay back on the chair and waited for Lu Junting to come back. There was also an empty beach chair next to her. After she lay down for a while, she saw that there was suddenly an extra person on the beach chair. Lin Xiyu subconsciously looked sideways. The person was wearing sunglasses, dyed red hair, wearing a large gold chain, wearing a flowery green shirt and shorts.


    Seeing her look over, he raised his eyebrows. His ¡®°Ë¡¯ beard lifted upwards, and said to her with a smile that was malicious at first sight, ¡°Little girl, you came alone?¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced back, Lu Junting had not returned from buying ice cream. She sat up from the beach chair, looking at the visitor with a guarded look and said, ¡°I came with my husband.¡±


    ¡°Husband?¡± The person with a big gold chain seemed to be stunned. He looked at her up and down and then said, ¡°I can¡¯t see that you¡¯re married at such a young age?¡±


    His gaze made her very uncomfortable, but her frightened expression that looked like a small animal pleased the man instead. He came closer and reached out to pick her chin. Lin Xiyu avoided it in time, a little anger rose between her eyebrows, a pair of moist eyes glared at him. This coquettish look made the man more excited, he smiled and said, ¡°Come to my room to find me later, I can give you money.¡±


    The obviously insulting words made Lin Xiyu angry, and she said angrily, ¡°I said that I already have a husband, what else am I looking for you for? If you are like this again, I will call the police.¡±


    ¡°Little girl, don¡¯t be angry.¡± The man looked lewd and said, ¡°Maybe your husband agrees, I will give a lot of money.¡±


    ¡°What do I agree with?¡±


    A cold voice suddenly sounded to interrupt the man¡¯s words, the person with a big gold chain looked sideways, and saw a tall man standing not far away. The sun shone from behind him, casting a deep shadow in front of him. His expression was hidden in the shadow, giving people a gloomy feeling, and the person with a big gold chain subconsciously shivered.


    Lu Junting stepped forward and handed the ice cream to Lin Xiyu, and he stood in front of Lin Xiyu to completely block the sight of the person with a big gold chain.


    Lin Xiyu was harassed, it was impossible for her not to be angry, but she was a little girl, she was not familiar with life here. In the face of this man of unknown origin, she was angry and did not dare to do anything, but Lu Junting stood in front of her, giving her a very solid sense of security. She instantly calmed down, calmly licked the ice cream, and even showed a good expression.


    At the first glance, a person that wore a big gold chain was a bully, Lu Junting¡¯s aura was too strong, faintly exuding a murderous aura. It was an aura of a person not to be messed with, the person with a big gold chain was shocked, he did not want to lose face, but did not dare to fight him hard. He deliberately gave a cold glare at Lu Junting, spit, cursing and went away.


    After the person with a big gold chain walked away, Lu Junting turned his head and asked her, ¡°What did he just say to you?¡±


    After eating ice cream, Lin Xiyu was in a much better mood and she didn¡¯t want to spoil her good mood, so she said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡±


    Lu Junting didn¡¯t ask again.


    Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting had been sitting by the sea until the afternoon, blowing the sea breeze, looking at the sea view, both physically and mentally comfortable, and the fatigue of the body had eased a lot. In the evening, a beach party was held at the nearby beach, which was said to be jointly organized by several nearby hotels. Everyone staying at a nearby hotel could participate, and the chef in charge of the BBQ was also the chef of a five-star hotel.


    Lin Xiyu played happily, the chef¡¯s grilled meat was not bad, she ate a lot of BBQ, and drank a lot of drinks. She went to a restroom halfway. Coming out of the restroom, Lin Xiyu saw that there were many people around the beach not far away, even the ambulance had come. She didn¡¯t know what happened, she walked over with a curious face, just saw the doctor carrying a stretcher to the ambulance. There was a man lying on the stretcher, the man¡¯s face was beaten to a blur of flesh and blood. It was estimated that his parents could not recognize him, but Lin Xiyu saw a big gold chain around his neck, the shape of the big gold chain was a bit similar to the man who came to harass her in the morning. Lin Xiyu looked at his clothes, the flowery green shirt and shorts, and the red hair. It was clearly the man who harassed her.


    There were other tourists watching the bustle next to her, and Lin Xiyu heard someone whispering.


    ¡°I heard that he was beaten by someone, and beaten up pretty badly.¡±


    ¡°Who beat him ah?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. His head was covered when he was found, and it is estimated that even he doesn¡¯t know who beat him.¡±


    There were many seats at the BBQ party, and Lu Junting sat in one of them, because he was a high-level VIP of the hotel and had a special chef responsible for grilling meat for him.


    Lu Junting saw her and asked, ¡°Why did you go for so long?¡±


    Lin Xiyu sat next to him, her expression was a little complicated. Lu Junting saw this and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°I came out of the restroom and saw that the man who had harassed me in the morning had been beaten.¡±


    ¡°Oh?¡± He didn¡¯t seem to take it too seriously and asked, ¡°So you went to see the fun?¡±


    Lin Xiyu simply asked his doubts directly, ¡°Is that person who beat him has something to do with you ah?¡±


    ¡°Why do you think it has something to do with me?¡± Lu Junting said, ¡°What¡¯s more, how can I do such a rude thing as beating someone?¡±


    Lu Junting was born in the Lu Family, and the Lu Family had a strict education. He was also polite, so beating people was indeed inconsistent with his temperament. However, people like him didn¡¯t need to do it themselves, they only needed a word from him, and there were many people who would serve him.


    Lu Junting said again, ¡°That person¡¯s language is obscene, look very annoying. Maybe he accidentally offended people who should not be offended, you don¡¯t have to think too much.¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to think too much ah, that kind of insignificant man was indeed very bad, but she was also afraid of causing a loss in human life or something, after all, she just saw, the man was not lightly injured.


    Lin Xiyu asked tentatively again, ¡°Brother Junting, does that person¡¯s beating really have nothing to do with you?¡±


    ¡°Of course it¡¯s not, it¡¯s a waste of time to make a move for this kind of person.¡± Lu Juntnig¡¯s eyebrows were slightly raised and asked her, ¡°What? Still sympathizing with him?¡±


    ¡°No, I just want to ask, I¡¯m afraid something will happen.¡±


    ¡°It won¡¯t happen, don¡¯t worry.¡±


    How could he know so well that nothing would happen? Lin Xiyu wanted to ask again, Lu Junting stood up and said to her, ¡°Still playing? If you aren¡¯t, let¡¯s go back.¡±


    It was not early. After playing and eating, Lin Xiyu said, ¡°Let¡¯s go back first.¡±


    When her words fell, she saw Lu Junting stretching out his hand at her, he wanted to hold her hand. Lin Xiyu thought that, anyway the two of them were more intimate than this, holding hands was nothing. Lin Xiyu hesitated for a while before stretching her hand, and then a gentle and dry palm wrapped her palm, and led her to the hotel.


    The floor-to-ceiling glass of the hotel was reflective, when they passed from the outside, Lin Xiyu subconsciously swept a glance. She saw in the glass that Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu were also hand in hand, he walked in front, she was led by him to follow, looking surprisingly quite harmonious.


    Lu Junting led her back to the room. Just as Lin Xiyu¡¯s mobile phone rang, she picked it up and said that it was Lin Xiqian who was calling.


    ¡°I¡¯ll answer the phone.¡±


    After Lin Xiyu finished speaking, she broke away from his hand, and she walked to the floor-to-ceiling window before picking up the phone.


    ¡°How are you doing?¡± Lin Xiqian asked.


    ¡°Pretty good.¡±


    ¡°Do you have time tomorrow? Let¡¯s have a meal together.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m in Sanya.¡±


    ¡°Sanya? What are you doing in Sanya?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m on vacation.¡±


    Lin Xiqian was silent for a while, and asked tentatively, ¡°With Lu Junting?¡±


    ¡°En.¡±


    She heard Lin Xiqian sigh softly and said, ¡°Be careful with him.¡±


    Lin Xiyu originally wanted to say that Lu Junting just asked her out for a vacation when she saw her working hard with her child, but Lin Xiqian always felt that he had bad intentions when he saw Lu Junting, as if it was useless to say anything, Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to explain so much in vain, she just nodded and said, ¡°Okay, I understand.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hung up the phone and looked at Lu Junting, who was standing next to the wine cabinet at this time, with one hand in his pocket and wine in the other, and he was also looking at her when she looked over. The light was just above his head, he looked down and sipped wine, but his gaze still fell on her. The light fell a shadow on his eyelids from top to bottom, and the slightly raised eyebrows, under a shadow, his eyes seemed to become sharper.


    When she looked at his gaze, Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t help but stun, but his sharp eyes flickered. He immediately put the wine glass aside, his expression and gaze returned to calm, he asked, ¡°Lin Xiqian called you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded her head.


    ¡°Did he tell you to be careful with me again?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    She looked at him with a doubt, probably inquiring with her eyes, ¡®How do you know?¡¯


    Lu Junting continued, ¡°Last time he was angry, he must be dissatisfied with me. If I interfere next to you, he won¡¯t be able to lie to you. Of course, he will find ways to provoke our relationship.¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t quite understand why they all felt that the other party was a bad person.


    ¡°After all, he is the child that your parents once adopted, and I have no objection to you nostalgic for your old relationship and interacting with him, but I¡¯m still vigilant.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded. In comparison, she felt that Lu Junting was more generous and decent, at least he did not beat Lin Xiqian to death, understanding that she was dealing with him for her parents¡¯ sake.


    Lin Xiyu thought about it and added, ¡°Thank you brother Junting for understanding, but he and I just in a greeting relationship.¡±


    Lu Junting nodded his head, did not speak again. His gaze fell on her, silent for a while and suddenly said, ¡°Come here.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Lin Xiyu asked.


    ¡°Give me a hug.¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s cheeks were hot, and she obediently walked to his side, lowering her head and not daring to look at him. Lin Xiyu thought that what he said about hugging was to walk over and give him a hug, so she walked to him and stood still. After waiting for a while, he didn¡¯t give her a hug, so Lin Xiyu looked up at him.


    ¡°Do you¡­ want to hug?¡±


    ¡°En, you hug me.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Wasn¡¯t it the same for whoever hugs? It was really strange.


    But Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t say much, her hand reached out and wrapped around his waist. Lu Junting looked down at her and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, ¡°If I don¡¯t ask, won¡¯t you take the initiative to hug me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked up from his arms, ¡°What?¡±


    He covered her eyes and said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡±


    After he finished speaking, his long arm stretched out, and suddenly turned off the light in the room with a click. Lin Xiyu stood in the darkness of the room and wondered, ¡°Why did you turn off the light?¡±


    She was about to turn on the light, but the man in front of her suddenly turned her over, picked her up from behind and put her against the floor-to-ceiling window. Lin Xiyu subconsciously propped her palms against the glass, and then the hand that was around her waist loosened and clasped her hand directly against the back of her palm, and his body came up from behind, imprisoning her firmly.


    Without turning on the light, in the darkness, the warmth of his body enveloped her like a dense net, and his breathing behind her ear was so clear.


    His movements came so abruptly that Lin Xiyu failed to react for a long time.


    ¡°Brother¡­ brother Junting, what are you doing?¡±


    His body pressed against hers, his chin rubbing against her ear, and a hot breath sprayed her face.


    These actions of his were like a danger signal to her, Lin Xiyu gulped and said, ¡°Isn¡¯t it just in the morning¡­¡±


    She suddenly heard him laugh, his deep voice ringing in her ears, ¡°See, how scared you are? Am I so terrible?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    He was already very scary when he started, okay?


    At this time, Lin Xiyu was firmly fixed to the floor-to-ceiling glass window by him. The party downstairs was not over, the lights were bright and lively. Both of them were on the third floor, not high or short, others could see it as soon as they looked up.


    This posture was really strange and shameful, Lin Xiyu struggled, ¡°Brother Junting, let¡¯s not¡­¡±


    However, before she finished speaking, Lu Junting¡¯s body leaned forward and nailed her tighter. His burning breath sprayed in her ear, and a slightly hoarse low voice said to her, ¡°Don¡¯t move, just let me hold you for a while.¡±


    Lin Xiyu really didn¡¯t understand, why did he have to hold her like this?


    The movement of his chin rubbing against her ear gave her a sense of intimacy. Lin Xiyu felt her cheeks getting hotter and hotter, and she bit her lip to calm her heartbeat that was too fast because of his sudden approach.


    However, the man who was rubbing against her ear suddenly stopped. He didn¡¯t move for a long time, and Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t dare to breathe a sigh of relief. Her heart jumped because of his sudden silence.


    There was silence for a moment, and he suddenly clasped her hand around her body and hugged her tightly from behind. His lips pressed against the base of her ear and whispered, ¡°You are mine.¡±

 CH 34

    Chapter 34: Jealous?


    The words were as light as an illusion, and Lin Xiyu even suspected that she heard it wrong. She asked, ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡±


    His tone returned to normal, and the ¡®You¡¯re mine¡¯ just now really seemed like she heard something wrong, or maybe she had auditory hallucinations.


    But the impact of this sentence was too great, Lin Xiyu wanted to ask clearly.


    ¡°Brother Junting, I just heard you say, I¡¯m yours.¡±


    ¡°En.¡± He admitted quite simply, ¡°You¡¯re my wife, aren¡¯t you mine? I¡¯m yours too.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    What was with this ¡®I¡¯m yours¡¯, Lin Xiyu felt flustered.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Is something wrong?¡± Lu Junting asked again.


    He was still holding her, and the warm breath was blowing on her face as he spoke. Her face aws steamed even hotter.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡± She held her head, not even daring to look back at him, ¡°It just feels like we¡¯re in love right now.¡±


    Lu Junting said, ¡°We are husband and wife, is there any problem with getting along like falling in love with each other?¡±


    It was not unreasonable, they were husband and wife, and they had done everything a couple should do, but they didn¡¯t have an emotional basis, and falling in love sounded strange.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? What questions do you have?¡± Lu Junting asked her again, ¡°Don¡¯t agree with my statement?¡±


    It was okay for husband and wife to be intimate, didn¡¯t she also say that she should live a good life with him, not to mention that even if there was no feeling now, they could slowly cultivate feelings in the future. They couldn¡¯t be the kind of loving couple who had that kind of mutual devotion, spirit and soul that were highly compatible, but being like a pair of like family members to support each other as a couple was also good.


    Lin Xiyu smiled and said, ¡°No, you¡¯re right.¡±


    Her answer seemed to please him, ands he heard him let out a soft laugh close to her ear.


    Lu Junting let go of her hand, suddenly squatted down, hooked her to pick her up. Yes, that kind of very badly hooked with only one of her legs on his waist. She was instantly scared and had to wrap her arms around his neck and hooked her other leg on his waist as well. He laughed softly after hearing her scream in fright and having to use this position that wrapped him to keep herself from falling.


    Lin Xiyu bit her lips, he was really a bad person.


    Lu Junting carried her to the sofa and sat down in this particularly ambiguous position. Her legs naturally straddled the sides of his legs, which was particularly intimate and shameful.


    She didn¡¯t know what he was going to do without turning on the lights, and the feeling of physical contact was especially noticeable in the dark.


    ¡°Brother Junting, don¡¯t make trouble.¡±


    The strange tone seemed to tell him that she didn¡¯t like him doing this, but she probably didn¡¯t know that he would feel particularly emotional listening to her tone.


    I want to toss her, toss her and make her cry.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Not even a hug?¡±


    Did he really just want to hug her? However, Lin Xiyu still wanted to express her opinion.


    ¡°Brother Junting, I¡¯m very tired today.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t do anything to you, I¡¯ll hold you for a while and let you go to sleep.¡±


    His tone sounded quite natural, and there was even a feeling of coaxing. Being hugged was not good, anyway, he did not not use this position to hug her, but why must he turn off the light to hug, the darkness felt very strange.


    Both of them were silent like this, but he really didn¡¯t do anything to her, just hugging her quietly for a while. Lu Junting hugged her and got up and said, ¡°I¡¯m tired today, go take a shower and sleep.¡±


    Ah? Just let her go? Lin Xiyu thought that he would make trouble again, after all, his body language was too obvious. But she was relieved that he didn¡¯t make trouble with her again.


    Lin Xiyu fell asleep after taking a shower. The next day Lu Junting still took Lin Xiyu to take a yacht to a nearby island for a walk, and it was already noon when they came back. Both of them took Lu Junting¡¯s private place directly back to Ancheng.


    Both of them went to Lu¡¯s house to pick up Little Baby, and when they went back, it was already evening. The week passed like this.


    After returning from vacation, he began to work day after day, and these days lived calmly like this. Little Baby grew up little by little, Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting became more and more like a normal couple.


    After a few months like this, he learned to call mom when he was about eleven months old.


    Lin Xiyu still remembered that it was the season of peach blossoms. From the club to her house, all the way were colorful blooming peach blossoms, pink and white, falling all over the ground. The cement floor looked like a gorgeous place brocade because of the peach blossoms embellishment.


    That day, Lin Xiyu finished eating and talked to him on the sofa holding Little Baby.


    ¡°Call mom, mom.¡±


    Little Baby stared at her with big eyes, and his mouth grew into an ¡®O¡¯ word, as if he wanted to follow her but couldn¡¯t call it.


    Lin Xiyu was very patient, ¡°Mom, I¡¯m mom.¡±


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    A particularly clear sentence of ¡®mom¡¯ suddenly called out from the mouth of Little Baby, and it was very heavy, as if it took a lot of strength to call out.


    Lin Xiyu was stunned when she heard this ¡®mom¡¯, she actually tried to teach him, and she didn¡¯t think that he would really call it out. Lin Xiyu was afraid that she had misheard, and said hurriedly, ¡°Ah, you call again, call mom.¡±


    She looked at Little Baby nervously with a look of expectation, and the little one seemed to hold his strength for a while before he called, ¡°Mom.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu suddenly had a mixed feeling, her Little Baby could actually call her ¡®mom¡¯. At that moment, the joy of being called mom had been greater than the shock. She was so moved that she wanted to cry, she urgently needed to share her feelings, and said the Lu Junting, who was still eating in the dining hall, ¡°Brother Junting, did you hear it, Little Baby just call me ¡®mom¡¯.¡±


    Lu Junting naturally heard it, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, walking over. Lin Xiyu hurriedly proved it to him, and taught him another work, and Little Baby really called.


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    Very clear pronunciation.


    Lu Junting also felt incredible, his gaze stayed on his son¡¯s face for several seconds. He sat down next to Lin Xiyu and taught him, ¡°Then you call dad, call dad.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also taught him, ¡°Little baby, call dad.¡±


    Little Baby looked at his mother and then at his father with big eyes, stunned for a while, and cried out, ¡°Waa, waa.¡±


    Lu Junting: ¡°...¡±


    The little one seemed to think that was quite exciting, and cried out a few more times, ¡°Wawa, wawa, wawa.¡±


    Lu Junting frowned and said unhappily, ¡°Are you a frog, what a wawa, it¡¯s dad.¡± He taught him word by word, ¡°D-a-d, dad.¡±


    ¡°Wawa.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting was obviously hit by his son, he was a little frustrated, looked down at the little girl who was smiling, and looked dissatisfied, ¡°Do you usually teach her to call his mom and not teach him to call his dad?¡±


    Lin Xiyu, who was questioned, hurriedly smiled, and immediately said with a serious face, ¡°Whatever, I also taught him to call his dad, I¡¯m fair.¡±


    In short, because Lu Junting did not receive a ¡®dad¡¯ call from his baby son, and listened to his ¡®mom¡¯. This man actually had a small belly and showed his jealousy in many things. For example, sometimes he hugged Little Baby, but Little Baby called ¡®mom¡¯, and he immediately carried his son to Lin Xiyu, and threw a sentence, ¡°If you want to call ¡®mom¡¯, then let your mother hold you.¡±


    For example, he bought a gadget for his son and wanted to use the gadget to buy him to call him ¡®dad¡¯, but Little Baby was still calling ¡®wawa¡¯. Lu Junting took the gadget back in a fit of anger, so anxious that Little Baby was about to cry out before he gave the gadget back to him.


    It was not that chickens fly and dogs jump, but Lin Xiyu thought it was quite funny.


    That night, because he was going on a business trip the next day, Lu Junting made a fuss for a long time. Every time he had to go on a business trip, he would ¡®have a full meal¡¯ and because he was a little angry in his heart because Little Baby didn¡¯t call him, he tossed her all night. Later, Lin Xiyu, who had such a good temper, wanted to scold people.


    Lu Junting left early the next morning, during which Lin Xiyu would bring a video of Little Baby and him every day. In the video, Lu Junting still did not give up, teaching his son word by word.


    ¡°Little Baby, come and call dad, call dad and dad will buy you toys.¡±


    ¡°Wawa.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s expression immediately darkened, Lin Xiyu wanted to laugh, but she was afraid that laughing would hurt Mr. Lu¡¯s self-esteem, and she held it in.


    Little Baby probably also felt his mother¡¯s pleasure, and actually began to giggle. When Lin Xiyu smiled, he couldn¡¯t help laughing, and Lu Junting¡¯s expression turned darker.


    He didn¡¯t know if she wanted to deliberately stimulate him, Lin Xiyu also specially taught Little Baby in front of him, ¡°Little baby, call mom.¡±


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    Lin Xiyu kissed him on the face and said, ¡°Little Baby is so good ah.¡±


    Before Lu Junting was stimulated by jealousy, Lin Xiyu was especially kind enough to comfort him, ¡°It¡¯s okay brother Junting, I¡¯ll teach him a few more times, maybe he can call you when you come back.¡±


    These words somewhat comforted Lu Junting, and he raised his wrist to glance at the time and said, ¡°I have to go to a meeting.¡±


    He was now abroad with a time difference, it was already dark here, and it was still daylight on his side. Lin Xiyu said, ¡°You go busy first, I¡¯ll take Little Baby to sleep.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll go back in a few days, don¡¯t forget to teach him well.¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled and said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will teach him well.¡±


    What Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t expect was that it was his scandal that arrived before Lu Junting. When Lin Xiyu was in the club when she saw Lu Junting¡¯s scandal. She took a lunch break at noon, she was bored and scrolled the news for a while, and accidentally clicked on it and saw it.


    Lu Junting was low-key, he usually appeared in financial news, but this news related to him was in the entertainment section, no other, because the one who got the rumors with him was an actress who just became popular with online dramas.


    There were several photos on the news, all of them were GIFs. The first was a photo of the two entering the hotel one after the other, the second was at a drinking party, the photo should have been taken secretly, Lu Junting whispered to the woman.


    The news headline was quite casual ¡°Yuan Meiyi and her Ancheng big boss underground love exposure¡±, Yuan Meiyi was the newly popular actress.


    Originally, Lin Xiyu usually didn¡¯t pay attention to entertainment news, but when it came to her husband, she couldn¡¯t help but look at it twice, so she quickly discovered that something was wrong.


    This newly popular actress looked a bit like her, both had round-eyed cherry mouths, but this actress¡¯s appearance was more beautiful, while Lin Xiyu was more gentle.


    When she saw Lu Junting on this scandal photo, Lin Xiyu still held the attitude of watching the excitement, and she even thought that brother Junting was quite efficient. He actually came back with a scandal on a business trip. But after seeing the heroine of the incident, Lin Xiyu¡¯s state of mind was not as calm as at the beginning.


    When she saw this face clearly, she could even hear the ¡®thump¡¯ from her heart, along with the words of Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend.


    On that day, Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend pretended to be Ms. Sun to go to Lu¡¯s house, and before leaving, she said to her, ¡°Lu Junting may have found more than one stand-in beside you.¡±


    Coincidentally, the object of his scandal had a face similar to hers, and then thought that her face was also similar to his ex-girlfriend.


    Lin Xiyu put the phone aside. Although she thought about living a good life with Lu Junting, they were actually the kind of loving couple. Although they had done everything intimate, they did not understand each other, and they had no feelings. It was completely for the sake of the child to make do with this kind of life, and there were little heart-to-heart words.


    She didn¡¯t really want to ask about his personal affairs, but if he really found another stand-in outside, and then came back to have sex with her after being intimate with another stand-in, it made her feel sick.


    When Lu Junting came back, Lin Xiyu was playing with Little Baby. Little Baby could already crawl, but couldn¡¯t walk yet. The living room was paved with a layer of soft mats to make it easier for Little Baby to crawl around.


    Chapter Little Baby was usually naughty, climbing to a cabinet, and had to reach the things on the cabinet. Lin Xiyu was too late to stop it, the shoehorn on the cabinet was pulled down by him and smashed his forehead. Little Baby was in pain, and started crying when his mouth was deflated.


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly picked him up and coaxed him, angrily saying, ¡°That¡¯s not something you should take, how can you go and take it indiscriminately!¡±


    The good thing about Little Baby was that the emotions came and went quickly, crying for a while and cleaning up, drinking milk obediently. Lu Junting came back at this time.


    He got down from the elevator and saw his son being held by his mother, a pair of small fat hands holding the milk bottle and gurgling and drinking. Lu Junting said, ¡°I heard you crying on the elevator, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Little Baby had not seen his father for many days, and when he saw Lu Junting, he didn¡¯t drink his milk and a pair of eyes looked at his father with a bright eye, then the milk in his mouth flowed out.


    ¡°Wawa.¡±


    Lu Junting was used to this title, he walked over and sat down, scraped his face with his fingers. His meat was as tender as tofu, he shook it a few times, it was especially elastic.


    ¡°Are you happy to see daddy ah?¡± He helped him hold the bottle and feed it to his mouth, and said, ¡°Drink milk first. After you''re full, daddy will play with you.¡±


    After saying this, he glanced at the little girl, but saw that she lowered her head. She only glanced at him when he returned, and then kept her head down and did not look at him.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you greet me when I came back?¡± He asked.


    Only then did she glanced towards him and said, ¡°Brother Junting is back?¡±


    The tone was clearly perfunctory.


    How could a person like Lu Junting not see her absent-mindedness. Obviously it was fine when he was in the video call before, was it because of his scandal ah? She was upset because of his scandal?


    Lu Junting felt funny, and there was a sense of joy on his face unconsciously. He said to her, ¡°Don¡¯t care about those rumors outside. They are all unfounded, I will clean them up.¡±


    Lin Xiyu: ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu actually wanted to ask why that girl looked so similar to her, but she felt that with their relationship, she didn¡¯t need to care about this.


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing, I¡¯m just afraid that this news will affect Little Baby.¡±


    In fact, Little Baby was still young, and the impact would not affect anything. He didn¡¯t know anything, but she didn¡¯t want Little Baby to be pointed out by someone in the future when he went out and was told how his father was outside.


    Although she said this, it did not diminish Lu Junting¡¯s joy in the slightest, and he said, ¡°I will clarify the things that are false. In the future, no one will say anything behind your mother and son.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded. ¡°Okay.¡±


    Lu Junting went upstairs without much explanation, nor did he say why he went in and out of the same hotel with the woman, and why the two seemed to be chatting so intimately in the photo.


    Just saying that this was a false thing, it seemed like she shouldn¡¯t take this matter seriously.


    At night, Lin Xiyu went to bed directly after coaxing Little Baby. Lu Junting came back from dealing with things in the study for a while. He hugged her from behind and asked softly, ¡°Asleep?¡±


    ¡°Not yet.¡±


    He seemed relieved, and then began to kiss her from her ear. He would become extraordinarily passionate every time before and after returning from a business trip, but Lin Xiyu was not really not interested.


    She said, ¡°I¡¯m on my period.¡±


    ¡°Why is it so fast, isn¡¯t it going to be a few days?¡±


    The two had lived together for so long, and he even knew how long her period was.


    ¡°It¡¯s ahead of schedule.¡±


    Lu Junting didn¡¯t ask again, kissed her at the corner of her mouth and hugged her to sleep.


    She didn¡¯t know what was going on. The words of Lu Junting¡¯s ex-girlfriend had been lingerie in Lin Xiyu¡¯s ears these days, as well as that little actress who looked similar to her.


    Lu Junting once told her that he did not use her as a substitute. He let her believe him, she chose to believe at that time, in fact, whether she believed or not was still second. She just didn¡¯t care, she didn¡¯t care if she was a substitute or not, as long as he could fulfill the responsibilities as a father and let Little Baby grow up happily.


    But not that there was another suspected substitute, she had to think about it now, what did Lu Junting treat her and her child as?


    In this way, she couldn¡¯t help but think of the contraceptive pill and the hospital, if she was not only used as a substitute, and Lu Junting used her as a tool as Lin Xiqian said, this matter would be much more serious than just using her as a substitute. Deception and manipulation, either of which she could not accept.


    She had always felt that Lu Junting respected her and married her as a wife when she got pregnant, but what if in fact he didn¡¯t take her seriously? What if he was really just toying with her? If he hadn¡¯t toyed with her, how could he have gone to find another substitute?


    Lin Xiyu was entangled, and finally decided whether to ask him directly, even if it was a partnership business, she had to ask if she encountered something that violated the contract, not to mention this kind of thing was still relation to family harmony, and she also said she wanted to live a good life. Since there was a problem then it would be better to ask.


    After work that day, Lin Xiyu went directly to the study to find Lu Junting. After hearing Lu Junting answer, she pushed the door in. Lu Junting saw that it was her, he stopped what he was doing and asked, ¡°Is there something wrong?¡±


    ¡°I have a few questions I want to as brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting leaned back into the chair and patted his thigh, which meant that he asked her to sit on his lap. Anyway, it was not that she hadn¡¯t sat there, Lin Xiyu walked over and sat down. Although it was not the first time, she still felt a little uncomfortable in the action, just vainly sitting on his lap.


    Lu Junting put his arm around her waist and let her sit firmly, and then asked her, ¡°What do you want to ask me?¡±


    Lin Xiyu straightened out her thoughts for a moment before saying, ¡°I have a few questions about the little actress who had a scandal with you.¡±


    When Lu Junting heard this, the corners of his mouth curved. He didn¡¯t know what he was happy about, and his tone of voice softened, ¡°Okay, you say.¡±


    ¡°I want to know why that little actress looks so much like me? At that time, she was photographed talking intimately with brother Junting.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s face remained unchanged and said, ¡°Do you remember Yang Hui?¡±


    ¡°Yang Hui?¡± Lin Xiyu had a little impression of this person, ¡°I met at the cultural exchange conference at that time, and later she came to me, hoping I would join her company.¡±


    ¡°Oh?¡± Lu Junting frowned slightly, ¡°There is still this matter?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I rejected her at that time, so I didn¡¯t tell you.¡±


    Lu Junting fell silent, and she didn¡¯t know what he was thinking. After a while, he said, ¡°Yang Hui planned to send a woman to me to win me, but I refused. Probably because she saw the relationship between me and you was unusual at the cultural exchange conference, she thought about moving my mind. You said that she had sought you before, and I guessed that she wanted to use you to get close to me, but she didn¡¯t expect you to reject her, so she found someone who looked like you to approach me. As for what kind of intimate photo, someone deliberately found an angle to take it. If you don¡¯t believe it, I can ask someone to call up the monitoring of the banquet that day to show you.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu fell into deep thought, so that girl was not another substitute he was looking for, but that Huili Fashion¡¯s Yang Hui deliberately sent in order to please Lu Junting? The girl named Yuan Maoyi seemed to be indeed under Huili Fashion.


    Lu Junting dared to propose to show her the monitoring, and what intimate photos she thought were also false. Lin Xiyu was slightly relieved, but she didn¡¯t know why, she still had a very strange feeling in her heart.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Suddenly you care about this, jealous?¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s smiling voice pulled her back to her senses, and Lin Xiyu suddenly blushed and said, ¡°No, I was just curious to ask.¡±


    ¡°En?¡± He was still in a good mood, and there was pleasure in his tone, ¡°Really not jealous?¡±


    His tone was obviously teasing, and he was teased by this old fox with first-class control ability. Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t deal with it at all, her face was red, and her wet and flustered eyes gave people a feeling of coquettishness.


    Lu Junting was inexplicably in a better mood, he tightened his arms and hugged her tighter, deliberately bringing his lips closer to the root of her ear, just to speak directly to her ear.


    ¡°Then tell me, why are you suddenly curious about my scandal?¡±


    Why are you talking to me so closely? His breath was warm and every word he said burned her. His lips rubbed against the root of her ear from time to time.


    Lin Xiyu bit her lip, blushed a little, and said shyly and urgently, ¡°We are husband and wife, shouldn¡¯t I ask these things?¡±


    The little girl had thin skin, and she really couldn¡¯t withstand teasing at all. She looked coquettish when she was teased casually. It really was¡­ very delicious.


    Lu Junting was full of smiles and deliberately low his tone, extremely magnetic. He kissed the side of her neck and said against her ear, ¡°Of course, it should be, especially should, no one should ask more than you.¡±


    Lu Junting hugged her for a while before letting her go. Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t understand, obviously looking very cold on people on weekdays, but surprisingly like to be close to people.


    Lu Junting had been very busy recently, leaving early and returning late every day, but after that day, she did not see the scandal between him and the little actress, and the little actress seemed to disappear overnight.


    Lin Xiyu thought that Lu Junting had said that he would clean up this matter, but she didn¡¯t expect him to clean up so thoroughly.


    But even so, the strange feeling in her heart still lingered. Obviously Lu Junting explained it clearly to her, but she always felt that there was something she didn¡¯t understand.


    She felt that Lu Junting did not completely tell her the truth, such as Lu Jutning said that Yang Hui saw that the relationship between them was unusual at the exchange conference, but she recalled that day, she and Lu Junting both pretended to meet for the first time, and there was no excessive behavior. How could Yang Hui see that it was not ordinary?


    If Lu Junting did not tell her the truth about this matter, then there was no truth about whether the condom and hospital were. After all, although there was no direct evidence that these two things were related to Lu Junting at that time, there was no definitive proof that it had nothing to do with him at all. He still had great suspicions, but later he helped her take photos of the letter written by her father to her, and she was moved that he was willing to spend time with her, so she chose to believe him.


    If he was really looking for another substitute, if he really didn¡¯t take her seriously¡­


    Lin Xiyu felt that instead of worrying in her heart, it was better to figure out the whole thing, and she felt that it was a good opportunity.


    She could completely change her thinking, in fact, she didn¡¯t need to find out whether Lu Junting was looking for another substitute outside, she just needed to find out whether Lu Junting had tricked her to use her.


    Lin Xiyu suddenly thought of an idea.

 CH 35

    Chapter 35: Don¡¯t Divorce Me¡­


    Lin Xiyu called Lin Xiqian to ask him to help. Lin Xiqian agreed without even asking, and the two of them made an appointment to meet. After listening to Lin Xiyu talk about the detailed experience, Lin Xiqian felt that he should help more with this favor.


    A few days later, Lin Xiqian called and told Lin Xiyu that he had made an appointment for her. Lin Xiyu thought for a while after hanging up the phone, and felt that it was time to continue, so she went to find Du Ruoting. She remembered that Du Ruoting was very good at makeup, and when she had nothing to do, she put on the imitation makeup of various online celebrities, and Lin Xiyu discussed it with her at work that day.


    ¡°Why do you suddenly want to put on makeup?¡± Du Ruoting asked her.


    ¡°I''m just interested.¡± Lin Xiyu showed her Yuan Meiyi¡¯s photo, ¡°Can you do this little star¡¯s imitation makeup?¡±


    Du Ruoting looked at Yuan Meiyi¡¯s photo and then looked at her face, ¡°How do I feel, you and this little star look a bit alike.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said with a smile, ¡°I think so too, but I think she is more beautiful than me. Can you make me as beautiful as her?¡±


    Du Ruoting agreed quickly without thinking, ¡°I¡¯ll try, don¡¯t blame me if you are not satisfied.¡±


    ¡°I won¡¯t blame, I won¡¯t blame.¡±


    When the makeup was done, the two were stunned, not to say exactly the same, but it looked seven or eight points similar. Du Ruoting helped Lin Xiyu thicken and blacken the eyeliner, and used a thick eye shadow to bring out the beauty of her eyes, plus some touch-ups. As long as it was not a person who was particularly familiar with Yuan Meiyi, Lin Xiyu could also fake the real when she went out with this makeup.


    Du Ruoting couldn¡¯t help but marvel, ¡°It¡¯s too similar, it¡¯s really too similar. It¡¯s simply uncanny workmanship.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked at the person in the mirror and couldn¡¯t help but be stunned for a moment. Hearing Du Ruoting¡¯s words, she came back to her senses and said with a smile, ¡°Thank you Ruoting. I¡¯m very satisfied with this makeup, and I will invite you to a meal another day.¡±


    AFter getting off work, Lin Xiyu got into Lin Xiqian¡¯s car and she asked, ¡°Does this look similar to that little star?¡±


    Lin Xiqian glanced at it and said, ¡°It¡¯s quite similar.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was satisfied. Lin Xiqian sent her to Chengming Hospital, a private hospital where Lu Junting had brought her for an abortion, and Lin Xiyu asked him to help make an appointment with the doctor who was in charge of abortion for her at the time.


    Coming to the door of the hospital, Lin Xiyu was a little hesitant, but she immediately thought that it would be better to try it, give herself an explanation and Lu Junting an explanation. It was not good to have this uncomfortable feeling in her heart.


    Lin Xiyu adjusted her breathing, pushed the car door and walked down. Because there were not many people in a private hospital, Lin Xiyu wore sunglasses and a mask, and her dressing style was also an imitation of Yuan Meiyi. When passing the crowd, she saw several people looking at her, the look in their eyes, probably judging whether she was the little star.


    Lin Xiyu pushed open the door of the doctor¡¯s office, and there was a female doctor in her forties, with a wooly perm. Lin Xiyu sat down opposite her, and the doctor asked officially, ¡°Name, age?¡±


    ¡°Yuan Meiyi, 21 years old.¡±


    The doctor heard this and looked up at her, Lin Xiyu had taken off her sunglasses and mask. Lin Xiyu remembered, it was this doctor that was an acquaintance of Lu Junting, and she should know the person who had scandals with Lu Junting, and indeed her gaze was fixed on her face for several seconds before she finally asked in a businesslike manner, ¡°Where do you feel uncomfortable?¡±


    ¡°I want to have an abortion, it was Lu Junting who referred me here, didn¡¯t he call you?¡±


    When the doctor heard Lu Junting¡¯s name, she looked at her with a surprised expression. ¡°Mr. Lu introduced you here? He didn¡¯t tell me.¡±


    Her attitude had changed significantly, from the official coldness to the later surprise at hearing her name later, to the sincerity and fear now.


    ¡°He told me that you are very professional in doing this, and asked me to come to you.¡±


    She didn¡¯t know what came to the doctor¡¯s mind all of a sudden, she pondered for a while and said, ¡°Sit down for a while, I have another patient, I¡¯ll go check the bed and come over later.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t go for too long, I don¡¯t have much time.¡±


    ¡°Okay okay okay, wait a minute.¡±


    The doctor hurriedly went out. Lin Xiyu sent a text message to Lin Xiqian, and after a while, Lin Xiqian replied with a text message: ¡°No need to wait, come out.¡±


    Lin Xiyu came out of the office and got into the car, Lin Xiqian gave her the recorded voice, saying, ¡°After she went out, she really contacted Lu Junting. You can listen first.¡±


    In the recording, only the doctor¡¯s voice was heard, and she was only heard her say, ¡°Mr. Lu, Miss Yuan came here, saying that you introduced her to perform abortion. You see that you haven¡¯t called me there, and I don¡¯t know what the situation is.¡±


    The doctor¡¯s voice paused for a while, not knowing what was said on the other side of the phone, but only heard the doctor say again, ¡°Then now this Miss Yuan is here, how should I deal with it, or directly tell her that she can¡¯t have an abortion like Mrs Lu did last time?¡±


    The doctor later said a few more words, but hearing this, Lin Xiyu felt that there was no need to listen anymore. Originally, she had prepared a lot of doctor¡¯s words, but now it seemed that it was completely unnecessary, this sentence was enough. She closed the recording and her heart sank to the bottom.


    After being silent for a long time, she sent the recording to her mobile phone and said to Lin Xiqian, ¡°Let¡¯s go, send me back first.¡±


    When Lu Junting received a call from Dr. Jiang, he was also puzzled. What did Yuan Meiyi have to do with him if she had an abortion, and how did she know that he knew Dr. Jiang.


    He remembered Yuan Meiyi, the little actress who pulled him to hype. She was owned by Huili Fashion. Huili¡¯s vice president Yang Hui once wanted to stuff people in front of him, and this little actress could get close to him because of Yang Hui¡¯s help.


    However, this little actress and Lin Xiyu looked a little similar but it surprised him. Yang Hui had seen Lin Xiyu at the Cultural Exchange Conference, he didn¡¯t know if she saw something at that time, thinking that finding a similar looking could please him, but she didn¡¯t know, this was directly touching his reverse scale. He made a few phone calls, and in the future, he would never see the little actress who had made a good appearance on the screen. Yang Hui could not mix here, the connections established in Ancheng for so many years were useless.


    Lu Junting leaned on the chair and pondered. He had only seen this little actress once, it stood to reason that she shouldn¡¯t know that he knew Dr. Jiang. Lu Junting suddenly had a not very good premonition, and probably to confirm, Lu Junting, who had always been punctual, left work half an hour earlier today.


    Back at home, the nanny was playing with Cheng Mao. Lu Junting swept a glance and didn¡¯t see Lin Xiyu, asking, ¡°Where is Mrs. Lu?¡±


    ¡°She is upstairs.¡±


    Usually, she would accompany the child when she came back, how could she hide upstairs, and the bad premonition was getting stronger. Lu Junting went upstairs and pushed open the door. Sure enough, he saw Lin Xiyu sitting on the edge of the bed, sitting with her back straight, and her eyes looking out the window, not knowing what she was looking at.


    The bad premonition quickly turned into uneasiness after seeing her obviously strange state. Lu Junting adjusted his breathing, his tone of voice was still natural, and he asked her, ¡°Why are you sitting here? Don¡¯t accompany Little Baby?¡±


    Lin Xiyu slowly turned back to look at him, she remembered that time, she asked him about the contraceptive pill and the hospital, he was frank at that time, and even had a kind of anger that he was wronged by her. How could a person interpret that false emotion so well?


    No matter what the outside world said, Lu Junting was scheming and ruthless, but in Lin Xiyu¡¯s opinion, Lu Junting was a well-born and well-educated person. He respected her, he cared enough about the child, he was a qualified husband and a qualified father, so even if she had no feelings for him, she was willing to live a good life with him, and she always chose to believe him.


    But now, the facts told her that the man did not respect her so much, he was toying with her and deceiving her.


    In the days since the two got married, although they were not as loving as ordinary couples, life was harmonious. He even occasionally showed a special favor for her, because with the child, there was warmth everywhere in life, and she remembered the bits and pieces of family getting along.


    All the way back, she carefully thought about it. If Lu Junting really did something to deceive her and play with her, could she forgive for the sake of the child, for the sake of the harmony and even occasionally sweetness in these days, let him apologize well and everyone still continued to live well. However, she found that she couldn¡¯t forgive, she couldn¡¯t control the disappointment and anger when she knew that she was being played by him and deceived by him.


    At this time, the way she looked at him was completely different from before. She used to look at him, shy, dodgy, even because she was afraid of him, she looked at him politely, but now, she stared at him directly, without any emotion, blank to make people feel cold.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Why do you look at me like that?¡± He asked her, still maintaining his calm.


    Lin Xiyu swiped the screen of his mobile phone and played the recording to him. She kept observing his expression, and had to say this man was really hidden. His expression did not change much after listening to this recording.


    ¡°I went to the hospital today and found the doctor who checked me when I wanted to have an abortion at that time, and I told her that I was Yuan Meiyi. I was wearing makeup at that time, and I looked very similar to her, and she believed it. I said that Mr. Lu asked me to come, and she called you to make sure, but I didn¡¯t expect to accidentally hear what you had told her before to trick me in the first place. Brother Junting, now that it¡¯s all over, you don¡¯t have to lie to me anymore, just tell me the truth, did you deliberately conspire with Dr. Jiang in the first place?¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s tone was very calm and peaceful, as if she was not questioning him, but chatting with him on a daily basis.


    Lin Xiyu stared closely at the man in front of him, so what would he say this time, would he also deny it to death, or even directly deny that the phone call was addressed to him?


    Lu Junting¡¯s expression had not changed much, his eyes calmly met her gaze, and he was silent for a long time before he said, ¡°En, I did call Dr. Jiang at the beginning.¡±


    This time he admitted it so easily, which was unexpected to her.


    Although she already prepared her heart, her sinking heart was still half cold after hearing these words, and Lin Xiyu asked again, ¡°The contraceptive pill was also secretly replaced by you, right?¡±


    ¡°En, it¡¯s me.¡±


    He admitted it simply, not much different from the last time she asked him, he still had a straight face. His expression did not fluctuate much the whole time, and she didn¡¯t know if he hid himself too well, or if he didn¡¯t think that tricking her was worth taking seriously.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s hands at her side subconsciously tightened, and she then asked him, ¡°That time I was drunk, you also deliberately didn¡¯t wear a condom, right? I went to that hotel and asked. In that love hotel, every room will have a condom, obviously within reach, but you deliberately don¡¯t wear it. You want me to get pregnant, right?¡±


    He nodded and said, ¡°I admit, I did think that way at that time.¡±


    Lin Xiyu only felt a sudden surge of anger in her heart. It turned out that he really did it on purpose, she once felt that he was innocent, it was she who seduced him first. This matter was not to blame him, it turned out that he did it on purpose ah, deliberately letting her get pregnant.


    Lin Xiyu suppressed her anger and continued to ask him, ¡°Why, because I look like your ex-girlfriend? For various reasons, you can¡¯t continue to be with your ex-girlfriend, so you want to find a substitute? Because I have no father or mother, do you think it¡¯s very easy to control? Under the premise that I clearly expressed that I don¡¯t want to have the child, you set me up again and again to give birth to a child so that I couldn¡¯t leave your control?¡±


    Even if she strongly suppressed Lu Junting, she still felt the anger in her. He stepped forward and wanted to sit next to her, but she jumped up abruptly and took a few steps back as if she was worried about some poisonous and harmful substances. Lu Junting¡¯s action to sit down stalled, and her avoidance action stabbed him a little.


    He slowly straightened up again and said, ¡°I admit that I really wanted to keep this child, and I did some not very good things to keep him, but then Cheng Mao was born, don¡¯t you also like him? That proves that I was right about what I did, even if my way was not good.¡±


    ¡°I like Cheng Mao, because he is a child I gave birth to in October; that doesn¡¯t mean I approve of your approach.¡±


    Lin Xiyu really didn¡¯t expect Lu Junting to be such a person, she really didn¡¯t blame him for that thing. Making love between man and woman was not a big deal, and it was she who seduced him first. She felt that brother Junting was very good, good for her, good for the child, but now, after knowing the truth, she felt like a fool for herself who once didn¡¯t blame him. She was played with but still treated him as a good person.


    She was so disappointed in him, really disappointed, so disappointed that she just wanted to stay away from him and end everything with him completely.


    Lin Xiyu said again, ¡°What do you take me for? I¡¯m a tool, a tool to marry and have a child with instead of your ex-girlfriend because I look like her right?


    She had never spoken to Lu Junting in this tone. The majestic and inviolable aura on his body always made her subconsciously afraid of him, but now, she said so unceremoniously, questioning one after another, more daring than taking the initiative to kiss him that night.


    Lu Junting was also a little angry when he heard this, ¡°Why do you think you¡¯re a tool? Why do you always think that I take you as a substitute for someone, and what does something like her count as that can make you a substitute?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was shocked by his words, not by the fact that he said that he did not use her as a stand-in, but by the fact that he used the words ¡®something like her¡¯ to refer to his ex-girlfriend, who was with him before.


    Lu Junting walked over to her, because he was covered with a layer of anger, which made his aura look more impressive at this time, ¡°She is the person I paid to find to pretend to be my girlfriend. She just has the title of an ex-girlfriend. I told you from the beginning that I never used you as a substitute, you are you, why don¡¯t you believe me?¡±


    Paying for a pretend girlfriend? Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t believe it, and she looked directly at the imposing man and asked, ¡°You didn¡¯t use me as a substitute, why did you deliberately make me pregnant? Before that, we didn¡¯t know each other at all, so you let a completely unfamiliar woman conceive your child. You tell me, why?¡±


    He had walked up to her, he looked at her from top to bottom. The aura on his body enveloped her, his eyes stared at her, but his speech softened, ¡°Can¡¯t you see that I did it so obviously? Do you think I really have no self-control, that I casually touched you after you seduced me? Do you think that no matter what woman is pregnant with my child, I will marry her home?¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled mockingly, ¡°Yes. Then you tell me, because of what? Can you tell me why?¡±


    ¡°Because I like you.¡± He said to her word by word, and he said it so heavily, almost said it through gritted teeth.


    ¡°...¡±


    ¡°I like you, so I can¡¯t help it as soon as you seduce me. I like you so I want you to conceive my child. I like you, you are pregnant with my child, how can I want you to abort it, so I try to keep this child. We have been married for so long, can¡¯t you see how I treat you? Even if I didn¡¯t say it, but I did it so obviously, can¡¯t you see it at all?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned while looking at the man in front of her. His words made her unable to come back to her senses for a long time. He said he liked her? He said these words to her in such a serious and calm tone.


    Lin Xiyu felt very unreal, such a person, who was ambitious, liked to strategize. He had too many important things to do in his life, had an ambition to chase the world and this little love was too insignificant for him. But now he solemnly said to her ¡®I like you¡¯.


    However, Lin Xiyu quickly came back to her senses, ¡°You like me?¡± She thought that it was ridiculous, ¡°We didn¡¯t know each other before that at all, and we hadn¡¯t even met a few times, how could you like me?¡±


    She didn¡¯t know what was wrong with her words that angered him. His face suddenly condensed coldness, a little anger came out from under his eyes and he said, ¡°That¡¯s because you forget. We have known each other for a long time, when we were still very young, we met when you came to play in the Lu Family.¡±


    He said it so naturally, as if they had really known each other for a long time. Listening to this even made Lin Xiyu suspicious, she couldn¡¯t help but wonder, could it be that they really knew each other a long time ago? Did she really forget?


    ¡°Remember that painting in my room? There¡¯s a picture of a little boy and a little girl.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also had the impression that the time she slept in his room, she inadvertently saw the painting, but it seemed that the painting was given to him by his ex-girlfriend.


    ¡°That¡¯s what you gave me, the little girl in the painting is you, and the little boy is me.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    His unquestionable tone stunned her, but she soon realized something was wrong.


    ¡°How is that possible? I don¡¯t know how to draw cartoons at all.¡±


    She couldn¡¯t draw. At that time she couldn¡¯t even hold the pen well, clumsily holding the pen on the paper to doodle, like drawing a stake like drawing a tall and a short person, a few hairs on the head to represent hair, his hair was shorter, her hair was longer. She still felt that she drew well, and sought praise for this painting for him to see.


    ¡°Brother Junting, look, this is what I drew, this little one is me, and this is you. Isn¡¯t it very similar?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    He looked at that painting with an expression that was difficult to say. Where was such an ugly person in this painting like him? Later, he filled the lines and drew a little boy and a little girl.


    Lin Xiyu suddenly remembered the last time she asked Lu Junting about the contraceptive pill and the hospital. He was similar to now, with a straight face, an expression of not doing anything wrong, and even took the initiative to question what else she had to ask him.


    Lin Xiyu smiled and laughed mockingly, ¡°Are you still lying to me now? Do you say the girl in that painting is me, the boy is you?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± He answered very simply.


    ¡°Then you should not know. I had a lot of hair when I was a child. My mother didn¡¯t have time to help me take care of it, I had short hair until junior high school. I remember the girl you painted with hair tied in a ponytail, how could it be me?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s you, you just forget about it.¡±


    He was still arguing for himself and he still had that same frank look.


    ¡°Do you think I¡¯m the kind of ignorant lamb that can be pinched and beaten by people? Also, at that time, when I first entered society, I was still a girl who didn¡¯t understand anything, plus my parents passed away, so you deceived me, bullied me, and thought I was easy to handle. If my parents are still there, would you treat me like that? Isn¡¯t it just to bully me for being young and ignorant, bullying for having no father or mother, and having no one to rely on? Don¡¯t take me as a fool anymore, I won¡¯t believe a word from you now.¡±


    Lu Junting remembered that the little girl had always been very afraid of him, even if she married him later, and said she wanted to live with him. However, every time he got close, she was always shy and timid, and when he looked at her a few more times, she didn¡¯t dare to look at him. But now, she looked him in the eye fearlessly, without even her usual politeness towards him.


    He was no longer Brother Junting who scared her, nor her husband, nor the father of her child. She no longer respected him, he was just a man who cheated on her.


    Lu Junting closed his eyes and adjusted his mood. He suppressed his anger, he did something wrong to make the little girl angry, and now was not the time for him to think that she didn¡¯t remember him.


    His expression quickly returned to normal, and his tone also softened and said to her, ¡°I know it¡¯s not good for me to lie to you. I will make up for it in the future, I lied to you because I want to keep Chengmao, you can put yourself in my shoes and think about it. The girl I like is pregnant with my child, I can¡¯t wait to be happy, how can I let you get rid of him. You think about how cute Chengmao is, you like him very much, right?¡±


    Why was he still lying to her at this time, how could he say that he liked her? He had already lied to her once, she knew how realistic this person could be when tricked people, and did he still treat her as a fool? Having already fooled her once, would she still be foolish enough to fall for it? How much more did he want to use her?


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to entangle with him anymore, didn¡¯t want to be deceived by him anymore, didn¡¯t want to be played with by him anymore, didn¡¯t want to be a fool who didn¡¯t know anything anymore. This kind of dangerous man, the farther away the better.


    So she said directly to him, ¡°Let¡¯s divorce.¡±


    Lu Junting¡¯s body froze, he seemed to be suddenly struck by lightning. His whole person seemed to fade in an instant, the emotions under his eyes, the blood on his face, suddenly faded, as if suddenly became blank. His body even shook unconsciously.


    ¡°Divorce?¡± As if he had misheard, he looked incredulous, ¡°Did you say divorce?¡±


    ¡°Yes, divorce. Didn¡¯t we discuss this before? We will divorce after we have Chengmao. Chengmao has also begun to wean now, and it¡¯s time for us to divorce.¡±


    ¡°I remember you told me that you were going to have a good life with me.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s because I didn¡¯t know what kind of person you were. Now that I know, you¡¯re scary, I can''t play you, I hope you let me go.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lu Junting suddenly laughed after a long time. A cold smile floated on his face, but a chill appeared under his eyes, ¡°Am I scary? How am I scary? Have I treated you badly?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, you treat me well, just like treating a gadget that you have tweaked. You gave me a little sweetness and felt that I can¡¯t do without you, watching me being played by you in applause. Do you feel a particular sense of accomplishment?¡±


    ¡°Play? Why am I playing with you?¡± His face was cloudy, giving people a sense of solemnity that was about to come, ¡°If I really wanted to play with you, really bullied you, you have long been locked up by me in a certain mountaintop villa abroad. So that you would scream everyday, and there will be no Lin Xiyu in Ancheng anymore. What you have to do every day is wait for me to be free to accompany you, that¡¯s really called a gadget, that¡¯s really being played by me, understand?¡±


    Lin Xiyu knew that Lu Junting was terrible, but she had always looked at his terrible side from the perspective of a bystander. She had never experienced it, and Lu Junting had always been very graceful to her,so she thought he was a person worthy of respect, but now, she had personally experienced, at this time, he was dark and dangerous.


    Every word he said, every expression on his face made a chill run down her spine to her feet.


    Seeing the fear in her eyes, Lu Junting realized that it was wrong. He said these words in the heat of anger, he hurriedly suppressed his emotions, rubbed his brow with his thumb and index finger, until his expression was converged by him, he said, ¡°Sorry, did I scare you? I won¡¯t do that, don¡¯t be afraid.¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to say anything more, she walked around him and out the door. She went back to her room, took out her suitcase and started packing her things. Lu Junting followed her and saw this scene as soon as he entered her room.


    The anger that had just been suppressed rose again, and he asked, ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ¡°I said I was going to get a divorce, and I won¡¯t live here anymore.¡±


    Putting the folded clothes in the suitcase that she had brought with her from the Lu¡¯s House. Lu Junting hurriedly walked up to her, he took her hand and pulled her away from the suitcase.


    ¡°If there is anything we have to discuss, don¡¯t divorce me, I don¡¯t want to divorce.¡±


    He looked a little panicked, completely without the awe-inspiring aura of Lu Junting, who had always been confident.

 CH 36

    Chapter 36: You Really Didn¡¯t Love Me?


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°There is nothing to discuss. I remember we agreed before we got married that we would divorce after we had the baby.¡±


    ¡°I haven¡¯t thought about getting a divorce. Even if I promised you at that time, it was only a suitable measure at that time.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu¡¯s heart became even colder. Where else did he lie to her and that she didn¡¯t know?


    ¡°I lied to you, but I lied to you for a reason. If you really abort Chengmao, now Chengmao won¡¯t exist, do you understand? I will make up for it later. As you can see, I¡¯ve never treated your mother and son harshly. Anything can be worked out, don¡¯t get divorce.¡±


    He grabbed her hand, and didn¡¯t let go. His panicked voice deliberately suppressed, as if he was coaxing her. Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t even want to listen to him now. She jerked her hand away, packed the things and closed the suitcase. Lu Junting came back to his senses and said, ¡°Do you really want to leave? Don¡¯t want the child? He¡¯s still so young, you don¡¯t care about him?¡±


    At the beginning, he was sure that she would not divorce if she had the child, so he agreed when she proposed to divorce after giving birth, because he knew that she could not run away, and having a child would be the bargaining chip to tie her. Not only could he control her life, he knew even her thoughts. He was really a man who was good at seeing people¡¯s hearts ah.


    Lin Xiyu turned to him with her suitcase. The sky outside the window was very good, blue sky and white clouds. Just like that day, they went out as a family. He bought a balloon she liked for her. He said that she was also a child, his eyebrows were gentle that day, making her heart soft, and the balloon he bought her was still hanging on her bedside.


    ¡°My mother is a university professor, an educator, she taught me to be independent and have self-esteem. Before I became the wife or mother of anyone, I was myself first. I¡¯m an independent person, you don¡¯t have to use the child to hold me back, I love him, but I will not ruin my own life for him, live with someone who is lying to me.¡±


    After she said that, she pulled the suitcase and turned to leave.


    Over the years, Lu Junting had worked hard in the business, his heart had long been trained to be indestructible, and he had become accustomed to being calm when things happen, but now, his indestructibility instantly shattered into pieces the moment he watched her turn and leave. His face was full of panic, and he caught up without thinking.


    Lin Xiyu went downstairs, and Sister Wu was playing with the baby. Seeing her carrying a suitcase, she asked, ¡°Where are you going?¡±


    Seeing her, Little Baby hurriedly crawled over to her. Lin Xiyu walked over and picked him up. He didn¡¯t know anything, a pair of innocent and ignorant eyes with a smile, he patted her with his fat little hand and called her, ¡°Mom.¡±


    Laughing while calling.


    Lin Xiyu endured the choked sobs. She kissed his forehead, kissed his face, she pressed her face against his, and was reluctant to let go for a long time.


    There were too much reluctant in her heart, but she knew that Lu Junting was watching from the sidelines, watching her struggle and resist, but in the end, she was still held in check.


    With a pang in her heart, she didn¡¯t want him to get his wish.


    She gave the child to Sister Wu and told her, ¡°Take good care of him.¡±


    After speaking, she pulled the suitcase and walked out. As if noticing something, the baby was anxious, and called her with a crying voice.


    ¡°Mom, mom, mom.¡±


    Voice after voice.


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s footsteps stopped. At that moment, she did have a struggle, or just let it go, or just stay with the baby. For the baby, she could compromise anything, even if she knew that she was being played.


    But in the end, she still retained the last of her pride, she did not look back, pulled the suitcase out the door. There were hurried footsteps behind her, and her wrist was quickly grabbed by an iron claw-like arm.


    Lu Junting pulled her around, and the man¡¯s face was angry. However, there was a panic under his eyes like being crushed, he rushed her, ¡°Did you hear him crying? Why did you just leave like that?¡±


    The nanny had already carried Little Baby to the door. Little Baby was crying sadly when she saw his mother leaving. Lin Xiyu felt a pain in her heart, she didn¡¯t want to say anything, suddenly broke away from Lu Junting¡¯s hand and walked towards the gate.


    She walked quickly. Lin Xiqian was waiting outside the gate, he helped her carry the suitcase to the car, and then Lin Xiyu told him to go quickly. The car quickly turned around and drove away, she saw Lu Junting quickly chasing out from the rearview mirror.


    This man, who had always been confident and dignified, when he was in a hurry, his demeanor and movements showed a bit of embarrassment, as if after his confidence was broken, everything was out of his control, making it unacceptable for him.


    Lu Junting stood on the side of the road, watching the car she was sitting in disappear. The freshly smoked wicker was swayed by the wind, and this street was planted with willow trees, full of green and full of life. It was a very good weather, he opened the window of the car when he went to work today, sniffed deeply, and the air had an aromatic and clean smell of spring, but now, at this time, his throat seemed to be stuck by something, and there was an unbearable tingling pain when he breathed.


    When Lu Junting returned home, the nanny was holding the crying Lu Chengmao. Lu Junting was sitting on the sofa, and this crying made him a little irritable. He looked up and was about to reprimand, but in his eyes was his son¡¯s face wet with tears, and his eyes were also red.


    He felt the same way, his heart suddenly cramped. He walked over and stretched out his hand to take the child. He held him on the sofa, helped him wipe away his tears, hugged him tightly, and rubbed his head.


    ¡°Don¡¯t cry, Little Baby, dad promised you, dad will get your mom back, don¡¯t cry, okay?¡±


    Lin Xiyu found a house next to the club to live in, she didn¡¯t sleep well for three days in a row. It was really scary to get used to this kind of thing, she had become accustomed to being Lu Junting¡¯s wife, accustomed to having Little Baby to accompany her every day, and now she moved out alone, she could not adapt to this lonely life for a while. Lying in bed at night, she repeatedly flipped through the photos of her Little Baby, thinking in her heart, whether he cried, did he sleep well, did he eat obediently, whether he would miss her when his mother was not around, and even thought about whether to secretly run back to see him.


    She knew that just leaving was the hardest time, and she was afraid that Lu Junting was still waiting for her to turn back. He was now silently watching her struggle, watching her cornered and finally sending her to the door for him to use.


    Three days later, Lin Xiyu came home from work and saw a familiar car downstairs where she lived. He moved so fast that he found out where she lived in just three days.


    Lin Xiyu pretended not to see it, turned around and walked to the community and saw the rear car door pushed open. Lu Junting came out from the inside and directly stopped her, ¡°Lin Xiyu.¡±


    Lin Xiyu looked sideways at him. She rented an old neighborhood, the houses and the ground looked dilapidated, he was dressed in a couture suit, shiny leather shoes, and well-dressed. The man with outstanding temperament contrasts with the shabby neighborhood next to him, appearing so incongruous.


    Lu Junting stepped forward and said to her, ¡°I have something to say to you.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s nothing to say.¡±


    Her attitude was cold and he remembered that she used to greet him timidly when she saw him and would call him ¡®Brother Junting¡¯.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it about divorce? Don¡¯t want to say anything about divorce either?¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at him, and Lu Junting said again, ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk about divorce on the street.¡±


    This surprised Lin Xiyu, but thinking about it carefully, they also had no feelings, right? She wouldn¡¯t believe that Lu Junting liked her, it was nonsense. Her child had also been born, and the task had been completed. He might have found another tool person, it was not surprising that he would agree to divorce.


    Lin Xiyu thought for a while and said, ¡°Come with me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu lived on the third floor. Although the community was dilapidated, but the stairs were quite clean, Lin Xiyu took out the key and opened the door, Lu Junting followed her in. He glanced at it casually, a very small apartment, there were her slippers at the door, only a pair, so she should live alone. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to talk nonsense, and asked him directly, ¡°Say, when will you sign the divorce agreement?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t think about getting a divorce.¡±


    Lin Xiyu glanced at him, and he spoke calmly.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t think about getting a divorce, why did you tell me that you came to me to discuss divorce?¡±


    He didn¡¯t speak, his gaze fell on her. Lin Xiyu understood and said, ¡°People who lie by nature will never forget to lie.¡±


    Lu Junting was not angry, but said to her in a deliberative tone, ¡°Let¡¯s discuss how to solve it. It¡¯s not the only way to divorce. Chengmao is still so young, he needs his mother, you have to leave him ruthlessly?¡±


    ¡°If you really think he shouldn¡¯t lose his mother, then you give him to me. I have the ability to raise him.¡±


    ¡°Giving him to you? Do you think that¡¯s possible?¡±


    ¡°Since it¡¯s impossible, don¡¯t say such things again. I won¡¯t go back.¡±


    Her attitude was resolute and her expression was cold. This little girl really surprised him. She obviously looked soft, but when raised her edge, it hurt people¡¯s hearts.


    ¡°You won¡¯t forgive me at all? We have been together for so long, don¡¯t you have any feelings for me? It¡¯s not right for me to deceive you, and are you not even willing to give me the opportunity to make amends for my mistakes?¡±


    He stood in her room, the small room was filled with his strong aura. The words of forgiveness, smudged by his aura, gave people a strong sense of oppression, as if in the face of his apology, they should obediently bow their heads and accept.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to be the person he arbitrarily manipulated anymore, she was silent for a while, and then said to him in a very calm tone, ¡°I think about it, I think I probably didn¡¯t have any feelings for you. If I really liked you, I would probably forgive your deception, and probably turn a blind eye to your play. But I realized I don¡¯t even like you, so I don¡¯t want to forgive or continue with you. I just want to end everything and avoid you, a dangerous person, as far away as possible.¡±


    The words were too direct, so direct that it seemed like every word had a needle hidden in it, needle after needle, densely piercing him, piercing him from the inside out.


    There seemed to be a crack in that powerful aura, his eyebrows contained anger, but the corners of his mouth hooked out a smiling arc, ¡°Do you really have no feelings for me at all? Not oven when you have sex with me? Is the person who made love to me in the first place a piece of wood? If it¡¯s a piece of wood, how can it be done? Which time have I not made you feel good?¡±


    He was pricked by her, his heart ached, and the pain was so painful that he only felt a stream of fire rushing straight to his head. He almost said it through gritted teeth.


    He pressed over step by step, Lin Xiyu subconsciously retreated. She looked at the man in front of her with a stunned expression, how could he say such words?


    ¡°You¡¯ve really refreshed my perception of you time and time again.¡±


    He paused in his steps, and looked at her cold and mocking gaze. He obviously had such strong self-control, but he was so easily provoked by her.


    He sneered, ¡°Is that so?¡±


    After he said that, he suddenly reached out and hooked her waist. He pulled her closer, lowered his head and kissed her. Lin Xiyu was startled, subconsciously blocked him, she said angrily, ¡°Lu Junting, what are you going to do?¡±


    Lu Junting stopped her and put her over his shoulder, carrying her towards the bed, he threw her on the bed. His tall body pressed down, he tugged her hands up to her head and greeted her lips without saying a word.


    ¡°I¡¯m going to try and see if you really don¡¯t feel anything to me at all.¡±


    He pouted her lips, kissed her fiercely. At first, Lin Xiyu was still struggling, but he pressed her hand hard, she couldn¡¯t fight him at all, and finally gave up and didn¡¯t move by him.


    Lu Junting kissed her for a while but she didn¡¯t respond. He looked down and saw her staring at the ceiling, her eyes were empty, which was not at all the expression of kissing with people.


    This made him very frustrated. His confidence collapsed again and again in front of her. He was angry, furious and panicked, he asked, ¡°Really don¡¯t feel anything at all? Really don¡¯t like me at all?¡±


    She shook her head calmly and said, ¡°No, you¡¯re not my type. I¡¯ve never liked you.¡±


    The scarlet color appeared under his eyes. He almost gritted his teeth and asked her, ¡°If you don¡¯t like me, why do you agree to sleep with me? Why did you agree, you say!¡±


    ¡°Because of the child. I want to stay with the child, all because of the child.¡±


    He was stunned for a moment, and when he was out of focus, she broke away from him, ran away a few steps and distanced herself from him. Lu Junting maintained the action of being pushed away by her, sitting motionless on the bed.


    He looked up at her, there was a clear pain in his eyes, like a seriously injured beast. His expression surprised her, after all, this was the first time she saw Lu Junting show an injured expression similar to fragile. This person had always been very confident, he could even lie without changing face.


    Showing such an expression, it was as if he was really injured, really stabbed by her words.


    He slowly got up from the bed, didn¡¯t say another word, opened the door and walked out.


    Lu Junting got into the car and unbuttoned his shirt to make breathing easier. He instructed the driver to go straight back to the company, and the car slowly drove away from the dilapidated neighborhood, but her words still lingered in his mind.


    ¡°I think about it, I think I probably didn¡¯t have any feelings for you.¡±


    ¡°I realized I don¡¯t even like you.¡±


    ¡°No, you¡¯re not my type. I¡¯ve never liked you.¡±


    Lu Junting frowned uncomfortably, and rubbed his forehead with his slender thumb and forefinger, but this elegant and dignified man in front of outsiders couldn¡¯t help but burst into foul language at this time.


    Lu Junting liked to work, he didn¡¯t like that boring empty state, and work did give him a lot of sense of accomplishment. After getting married and having children, he intended to work less, but there was never a workday without work.


    However, today, Lu Junting deliberately came out for half a day, and he had already told the nanny last night, so the nanny was ready the next morning.


    Little Baby had already changed into clothes to go out, and was sitting on a cushion playing with toys at the moment. Lu Junting walked over and picked him up and said, ¡°Shall I take you to your mom?¡±


    When he heard that he was looking for his mother, his eyes lit up, and he nodded his head vigorously with a smile. His soft and cute appearance really made people happy in their hearts. Lu Junting couldn¡¯t help but laugh and tease him, ¡°Just like to find your mom? Hmm?¡±


    He took Little Baby to the club where Lin Xiyu worked, and he knew that she would come to eat at a restaurant near the club at noon. He had driven here to secretly see her.


    He took Little Baby and wanted to have a meal with her, but it was too early. She hadn¡¯t left work, Little Baby couldn¡¯t stay in the car. There happened to be a commercial street nearby. Little Baby liked to be lively, pointed to the crowded commercial street and wanted to go shopping.


    Lu Junting glanced at the time, it was still half an hour for her to leave work, and it would be okay to take his son to go shopping. The little guy was very excited as soon as he arrived in a crowded place, looking at this and that with big eyes. The little meat pointed to a certain place, babbling and not knowing what he was telling him.


    Passing by an ornament stall, the boss put a shelf outside the door, with silk scarves and hats hanging on it. Passing by the stall, Little Baby grabbed people¡¯s hats and did not let go.


    ¡°You want the hat?¡±


    The little meat hand clutched the hat tightly, and looked at him with big eyes expectantly, which meant he wanted it.


    Seeing that there was business, the boss hurriedly came out and introduced Lu Junting, ¡°This is a parent-child at, suitable for a family to wear.¡± The boss picked up the smaller one below to help the baby put it on, and said with a smile, ¡°This one is for children.¡±


    Lu Junting glanced at the other two, a men¡¯s hat and a women¡¯s hat, a boy was printed on the men¡¯s hat, a girl was printed on the women¡¯s hat. The one worn by Little Baby was printed with a heart.


    The family was in love, and they looked very affectionate.


    Lu Junting said, ¡°Take the other two hats as well.¡±


    The boss immediately packed the bag for him, Lu Junting put on the male hat, looked at his son, and Little Baby touched the hat on his head and touched his father¡¯s hat, giggling, probably very happy to wear the same hat as his father.


    ¡°Shall we give this hat to your mom?¡±


    Little Baby¡¯s happy eyes bent into two crescents, ¡°Mom, mom.¡±


    ¡°Okay, give it to mom.¡±


    Lu Junting came back with Little Baby, Lin Xiyu also happened to come out to eat. Lu Junting saw her at a glance, she happened to be sitting by the window, a whole floor-to-ceiling window. He could see her clearly.


    It was just that she was not alone, and Lin Xiqian was still sitting opposite her.


    Lin Xiqian also came to Lin Xiyu for a meal. Lin Xiyu told him about meeting Lu Junting yesterday, she sighed and said, ¡°Lu Junting does not agree to divorce, I don¡¯t know what to do now.¡±


    ¡°If you can¡¯t think of what to do for the time being, don¡¯t think about it first, be happy.¡±


    Lin Xiyu nodded, but she still couldn¡¯t really be happy because she had something in mind, so Lin Xiqian said to her, ¡°Why don¡¯t I tell you a joke?¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    ¡°There''s sugar, it¡¯s walking around the North Pole, and then it turns into rock sugar.¡±


    Lin Xiyu snorted a laugh, Lin Xiqian then continued, ¡°A black cat rescued a white cat from the river, guess what the white cat will say.¡±


    ¡°What? Thank you?¡±


    ¡°Meow~¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    Lin Xiyu was successfully amused.


    Lu Junting stood outside looking at the scene, she was in a relaxed state and smiled with relief. Such a smile would never appear when facing him, she was afraid of him, and even if she later shared a room with him, she smiled at him with guards and reservations.


    And she never looked at him when she kissed him. She closed her eyes every time she had sex with him, or she had to turn off the light. She only opened her eyes when he forced her.


    He thought about the conversation he had once with her.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t like me, why do you agree to sleep with me? Why did you agree, you say!¡±


    ¡°Because of the child. I want to stay with the child, all because of the child.¡±


    It was because of the child that she stayed.


    At this moment, he suddenly understood that she really didn¡¯t love him, not at all. She didn¡¯t love him, so she didn¡¯t want to look at him more when kissing. She didn¡¯t love him, so every time she made love with him, she had to close her eyes. She didn¡¯t love him, so as long as he made a little mistake, she could just walk away, completely regardless of whether he was once good to her.


    Like fate, she didn¡¯t love him, and even though he tried his best to get her to marry him, she still didn¡¯t love him.


    Why would he feel that she would like him somewhat during this period of time? Wasn¡¯t it doomed to be this kind of thing from the beginning?


    He still remembered that time he overheard her talking to Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan asked her, ¡°What kind of man do you want to marry in the future?¡±


    She held her face and thought about it seriously. It was the season of spring blossoms, and the appearance of her face was like a blooming flower, and she said, ¡°I don¡¯t know, I haven¡¯t thought about what kind of man I want to marry.¡±


    ¡°Then do you have anyone you don¡¯t want to marry? This is the kind of person who will never be considered in your selection criteria.¡±


    She didn¡¯t even think about it and said, ¡°Like that brother Junting.¡± She said that as her body shivered very cooperatively, ¡°Of course, I didn¡¯t mean that brother Junting is bad. That is, compared to me, I feel that being with someone like brother Junting is too depressing.¡±


    She never wanted to be with him, she never liked him from the beginning, and she had no feelings for him even after so long together.


    He closed his eyes and felt a soreness coming from his ribs, as if he had been punched so hard that it hurt to breathe. He didn¡¯t know how long it took, he gradually opened his eyes, and there was scarlet spreading out under his eyes.


    What if she didn¡¯t want to marry him, she would still marry him in the end. If she didn¡¯t like it, she would always be Lu Junting¡¯s wife.


    As long as he didn¡¯t die, she would always be his.


    Either did or didn¡¯t. Since he wanted it, it would be meant for a lifetime.


    This marriage, no matter what, he would not divorce!

 CH 37

    Chapter 37: He Felt Like He was Going Crazy


    Listening to Lin Xiqian tell a few jokes, Lin Xiyu¡¯s mood slowly changed for the better. She unintentionally turned her head and saw the father and son standing outside the window.


    She almost didn¡¯t recognize them at first glance, because the father and son were wearing the same shape of the duck-tongue hat. Lu Junting dressed casually today, the duck-tongue hat and his clothes also match very well, but it didn¡¯t match his temperament.


    Naturally, Little Baby also saw his mother, and his little body shook with joy, jumping in his father¡¯s arms and calling out, ¡°Mom, mom, mom.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly put down her chopsticks and walked out. As soon as he saw his mother come out, he stretched out his hand to hug, half of his body leaned out of his father¡¯s arms. Lin Xiyu was startled, afraid that he would fall, and hurriedly walked over to pick him.


    She hadn¡¯t seen him for many days, and she really missed him. SHe hugged his soft body tightly, smelling his milk scent, and rubbing his little fleshy face.


    ¡°Little Baby, Little Baby, did you miss your mommy?¡±


    ¡°En, mom, en, mom.¡±


    As if to say, en, yes, missing mommy.


    Lin Xiyu only felt that the tip of her nose was sour, but she didn¡¯t want to cry in front of Little Baby. She rubbed her Little Baby¡¯s hat crookedly, hurriedly helped him straighten, and said with a smile, ¡°Little Baby is wearing a new hat? Do you like it?¡±


    As if he had thought of something, he leaned out from his mother¡¯s arms and pointed to his father¡¯s hand. Lin Xiyu looked over, and Lu Junting was still holding a hat in his hand.


    Lu Junting handed her the hat and said, ¡°Little Baby picked it out.¡±


    Lin Xiyu also saw that it was a parent-child hat. She glanced at the top of his head, and this hat did not match his temperament at all, even if he dressed casually, his temperament also gave people a sense of rigor. This hat was very hip-hop, wearing it on his head was a little funny, and she didn¡¯t know why he was willing to wear such a hat.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t take it, she coaxed Little Baby and said, ¡°Mom doesn¡¯t wear it, Little Baby can wear it. The hat that Little Baby picked by himself is very good-looking!¡± She kissed him on the cheek and said, ¡°My baby has a good eye.¡±


    He giggled at her kiss and forgot to let her wear a hat.


    The hand that Lu Junting handed out stopped in mid-air, as if it was frozen, and only after a while did it slowly retract.


    She didn¡¯t even want to wear the hat picked by the child, because this was a parent-child hat. A parent-child hat for a family of three, he and the child wore it, just waiting for her to wear this too, so that they looked more like a family of three. She was not willing to form a family of three with him.


    Two gardenias were planted in front of the restaurant, and a gust of wind blew and brought a faint fragrance. This fragrance seemed to be imprinted in his memory at a moment, together with this moment made his heart slice with a knife. For a long time in the future, whenever he smelled the smell of gardenias, the pain engraved in the memory would emerge, even if nothing happened, but it still made him feel a pain in his heart.


    She really didn¡¯t love him ah, even if she had been with him for so long, even if she gave birth to his child, she didn¡¯t love him.


    Lin Xiyu teased the child for a while before asking him, ¡°What are you doing here with Little Baby?¡±


    Lu Junting gradually came back from that pain, and said, ¡°The child misses you and wants to have a meal with you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to eat with Lu Junting, and with this time, he would come to her in the future with the same excuse of bringing Little Baby. She just wanted to divorce him now.


    ¡°When I get divorced later, I will eat with him when I visit him on a normal basis.¡±


    She only said that she wanted to eat with Little Baby, but did not say that she wanted to be with him.


    She looked cold, deliberately keeping a sense of distance from him. He remembered before, whenever she saw him, she would be a little shy to greet him. If he kept staring at her, she would be embarrassed to lower her head. Although she was wary of him, she was never so cold, as if she didn¡¯t even want to say more to him.


    She was obviously so soft, but she showed him the hardest thorn, but blame him, this thorn was also picked by his own hands. However, if he didn¡¯t do that, if he didn¡¯t find a way to get her to keep the baby, then they would never have any connection again in this life.


    She didn¡¯t like him, it was useless for him to do anything. If he wanted to get her, he had to take her by force, and before that he would have everything ready. A house far away that no one would know about abroad, her fake death certificate, but he still didn¡¯t do that. He didn¡¯t want her to hate him, he didn¡¯t want to get just a shell.


    But after such a big circle, she still hated him. What she didn¡¯t like, after all, she didn¡¯t like it, no matter how hard he tried, she didn¡¯t like it.


    Lu Junting went out with the nanny. Lin Xiyu hugged for a while and then handed the child to the nanny, instructing, ¡°Take good care of him, the things outside are not clean, don¡¯t give him food.¡±


    After she finished speaking, she said to Lu Junting, ¡°I will draw up the divorce agreement, and we will sign it when you are free.¡±


    She really just told him this word of divorce, did she want to leave him so much?


    The smell of gardenia gradually became stronger, making him feel like he couldn¡¯t breathe. He had never found the smell of gardenia so offensive.


    ¡°It¡¯s fine if you want me to sigh, but you have to promise me one condition.¡±


    ¡°What condition?¡±


    ¡°After a divorce, you should never see your child.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was stunned by these words. After a short period of shock, a wave of anger quickly rushed up. She stared at Lu Junting, and her hands subconsciously tightened, ¡°How can you do this? Even if I get divorced, I still have visitation rights to my child.¡±


    ¡°This is my condition, if you want to agree on a divorce, you should not see your child. Or you will go to the court to sue for divorce, but I have not committed any mistakes, and it¡¯s not easy for you to sue for divorce.¡±


    ¡°Think about it yourself.¡±


    Lu Junting dropped this sentence and took the child to get in the car and leave. Lin Xiyu looked at the car and walked away, and she was so angry that she wanted to curse. She felt that her former self was simply brain-dead, why did she think that Lu Junting was a good person! Why was she deceived by him like a fool?!


    How could he make such a request, how could he be such a bastard!


    Lu Junting looked at the little girl from the rearview mirror, even if it was far away, he could feel the anger on her body. Little Baby and his mother separated, and began to make trouble. The nanny hurriedly coaxed him, and the car was noisy, but his heart was particularly cold, so cold that it made him feel a sense of hollowness, a terrible sense of hollowness, as if he couldn¡¯t fill it all.


    Why did they get to this point? Such an ugly point?


    But he had no other way, the child was the only condition she could compromise, and he could only do this.


    Lin Xiqian came out of the restaurant to hold Lin Xiyu¡¯s shoulder, afraid that she would accidentally fall. He asked, ¡°What¡¯s going on? What did he tell you?¡±


    Lin Xiyu closed her eyes to calm her anger. ¡°He told me never to see the child. I really didn¡¯t expect him to be so excessive.¡±


    Lin Xiqian said, ¡°The child is the only thing he can hold you, of course he wants to make good use of it. You think about it first, no need to make a decision in such a hurry. Make a decision when you think clearly about what you want.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had been absent-minded these two days. She didn¡¯t want to give up the child, but she didn¡¯t want to compromise with Lu Junting. Every time she came home, she would always flip through the photos of her Little Baby on her mobile phone. She couldn¡¯t help but cry as she flipped through them, especially thinking that she might never see him again.


    What should she do now, if she didn¡¯t divorce, then she would always be Lu Junting¡¯s wife, and she couldn¡¯t get rid of the relationship with him for the rest of her life, but if she divorced, she and her child would be separated forever.


    She remembered that Lin Xiqian had told her that Lu Junting was a very powerful person and knew how to hold her, but at that time she didn¡¯t think so, she felt that Lu Junting was not so bad.


    But now that she had experienced this, she was passively caught in a dilemma, and she knew that she had never really understood Lu Junting. This person was far more terrifying than she realized.


    Lu Junting had not had a good time these two days, often distracted when working, even if he constantly forced himself to be busy, but once there was a gap in his mind, he would think of her, thinking of her coldness and her abomination.


    He moved his son¡¯s small bed into his room, and his room was also padded with cushions for his son to crawl around. This child was the only connection between him and her, he couldn¡¯t let him have any mistakes. He even asked the nanny to bring Little Baby to the company. His company was wide, he removed some equipment, laid cushions on it, and put a protective fence around it for his son to play in.


    In the evening, his son was playing with his small toys in the room, and he sat on the sofa reading documents, but he wasn¡¯t paying attention and often wandered off.


    He hadn¡¯t slept well in the past few days, he always felt in a trance, always felt that she was still by his side and he could see her when he raised his eyes, but when he really looked over, there was no her.


    The phone rang at this time, he swept a glance at the caller ID. As if the call would disappear if he answered a step slowly, he hurriedly pressed connect, but held his breath again before speaking.


    ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s me.¡±


    Her familiar voice sounded over the other end.


    He tried to keep his tone as calm as possible, ¡°I know it¡¯s you, what¡¯s the matter?¡±


    ¡°I agree with you, I agree with all your conditions, as long as you can agree to divorce.¡±


    For so many days, this was the only call she made to him¡ª¡ª A phone call, but he didn¡¯t expect her to call for this matter, or he never thought that she could really divorce him and never see the child. He knew how much she liked the child, in order to stay with the child, even if she didn¡¯t like him, she was willing to sleep with him.


    His fingers holding the phone tightened, and a red glow spread over his eyes a little. He wanted to calm himself, wanted to restrain himself, but the words that came out were still trembling with anger, ¡°You hate me so much? Would you rather never see your children to divorce me?¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to use Little Baby to coerce me, as I said, before being a Little Baby¡¯s mother, I¡¯m myself first.¡±


    He was silent, or maybe he was already unable to say a word.


    ¡°I have agreed to all the conditions you want, when is the divorce?¡±


    He couldn¡¯t listen to it anymore and hung up the phone abruptly. He didn¡¯t expect her to agree, she actually agreed. She just wanted to get rid of the relationship with him? Not even wanted the child, that¡¯s her favorite child ah!


    He was completely stunned, he didn¡¯t know what to do.


    In his life, he was used to calculating, he calculated a lot of things, but the only thing he didn¡¯t calculate was that she would really divorce him in spite of everything.


    After Lin Xiyu made that call, Lu Junting never replied to her, and when she called him, he didn¡¯t answer, so she texted him to ask him.


    Lu Junting didn¡¯t want to answer her call, or he didn¡¯t dare. He didn¡¯t want to hear those words he didn¡¯t want to hear, but her text messages still came one by one.


    ¡°I have agreed to your conditions, why haven''t we divorced yet?¡±


    ¡°My divorce agreement is out, when you are free I will come to you to sign it.¡±


    ¡°What else do you want, I agreed to you not to see Little Baby.¡±


    Lu Junting didn¡¯t reply to a single one, he went to work as usual, left work, and went home to deal with official business. He took his son with him every day.


    When he was dealing with official business, his son crawled around on the ground to play. He was not the kind of noisy child, as long as he was full of food and drink, and had a toy, he could play all day.


    He kept himself busy, afraid that if he accidentally fell into that empty state, he would easily be taken into the abyss and sink in pain, which was too hard to bear.


    ¡°Dad.¡±


    Just as he lowered his head to sign, he suddenly heard a sound from Little Baby. Lu Junting suspected that he had heard wrong, and he looked at his son in disbelief.


    ¡°You¡­ what did you just call?¡±


    Little Baby held an inflatable small hammer in his hand, the small hamer could smash the inflatable button. He seemed to just unconsciously call, and when asked by his father, his little face was still a little dazed.


    But Lu Junting just heard it, he put down his pen and walked over, he squatted next to his son, both excited and joyful. ¡°What did you just call? Call out one more time.¡±


    Little Baby stared at his father with confused eyes, and then the little hammer waved, and called again, ¡°Dad.¡±


    He called clearly, he heard him, he was really calling him.


    He had taught him for a long time before, but every time he saw him, he was still called ¡®wawa¡¯.


    ¡°Dad.¡± He called him so clearly that his son would call him dad.


    Lu Junting couldn¡¯t help but pick his son up, he rubbed his little head. The joy of being a father made him excited, he kissed his face all at once, ¡°Good son, my good son.¡±


    Little Baby was kissed by his father, a little disgusted. The back of the fleshy hand subconsciously wiped the place where he had been kissed. Lu Junting was not angry, he was eager to share his joy with others, he took out his mobile phone to send a message to Lin Xiyu.


    ¡°Do you know? Your son just called me dad.¡±


    Lin Xiyu stared at it for a long time after receiving this text message. She covered her mouth, and almost didn¡¯t cry out. Little Baby would say one more word, he was slowly growing up, and she could no longer witness his growth in the future.


    She closed her eyes and calmed her emotions for a long time, and only then did she reply to Lu Junting.


    Lu Junting had been waiting after he finished sending. He waited for her there to be as excited as him, even if she hated him, but Little Baby was a child of the two people. Little Baby would call Dad, she should be happy.


    ¡°When exactly are you getting a divorce?¡±


    He looked at these cold words, and the joy and excitement disappeared in an instant. She no longer wanted to share the joy with him, and the only thing she wanted him to do now was divorce.


    But he really, really didn¡¯t want a divorce ah.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t expect Madam Lu to come to her so early. Madam Lu was accompanied by Lu Yuan, and the two were waiting at the door of the club.


    ¡°Xixi ah, I heard that you and Junting are having a divorce, what¡¯s going on?¡± Old Madam Lu was full of sadness. ¡°Is it because of Junting scandal a few days ago? I asked him to make people check it, that is, that little star was deliberately hyped. Junting has already given her a lesson.¡±


    ¡°Grandma, there is a problem between me and brother Junting, and it has nothing to do with anyone.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Did Junting do something wrong to you? You tell your grandma, and she will help you get justice.¡±


    ¡°Things between me and him can¡¯t be solved by anyone.¡±


    Old Madam Lu was originally not in good health, and she was angry when she heard that Lu Junting and Lin Xiyu were going to divorce. When she heard this, she coughed a few times, Lu Yuan helped her smooth her back, Lin Xiyu was also very guilty about this. The old elder of the Lu Family treated her very well.


    ¡°Grandma, you are not well, don¡¯t blow the cold wind here, go back first.¡±


    Old Madam Lu slowed down for a while, she held Lin Xiyu¡¯s hand, ¡°Xixi, I don¡¯t know what is going on between you and Junting. If Junting did something sorry for you, grandma apologizes to you, I didn¡¯t teach my grandson well. Divorce is not a trivial matter, not to mention that you still have a child. Cheng Ping is still so young, if Junting is not so unforgivable, can you not divorce him for the sake of the child.¡±


    Her grandson finally got married and had a child, and she was happy for him, who knew that the happy days did not last a few days and the two wanted a divorce.


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t know what to say, she held Old Madam Lu¡¯s hand. After a long time, she only whispered, ¡°Sorry grandma.¡±


    Seeing her like this, Old Madam Lu knew it was not possible. She was not an unreasonable person, but she was really satisfied with this granddaughter-in-law, and felt happy with her and Lu Junting¡¯s marriage. She felt sorry that the two were really divorced.


    Old Madam Lu sighed heavily, ¡°Forget it. You young people have your own ideas, and the words that grandma bought to persuade you have been said, and it¡¯s you who live your life.¡±


    After Old Madam Lu finished speaking, she asked Lu Yuan to help her back to the car. Lu Yuan helped Old Madam Lu into the car and went back, she asked Lin Xiyu, ¡°What is going on between you and my eldest brother? Why divorce? What about Xiao Chengmao?¡±


    Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t want to say so much, only said, ¡°There are many problems between me and him.¡±


    Lu Yuan sighed and said, ¡°I know that you have your own reasons for making decisions. I won¡¯t ask more if you don¡¯t say it, but you have to remember that my family will always be your natal¡¯s family. My parents and I are also your family, and we will always be behind you to be your backing.¡±


    The sun had risen, warm light scattered on the earth, the sky was shining with golden light. Hearing Lu Yuan¡¯s words, Lin Xiyu felt that the sun had not yet shone on her, and a warmth had been born in her heart.


    She hugged Lu Yuan and said to her sincerely, ¡°Lu Yuan, thank you.¡±


    No matter how out of character this girl was sometimes, she would always be her best friend and would not hesitate to stand up for her when she was in trouble.


    The leisure area in Lu Junting¡¯s office was modified by him, and a piece was fenced with cushions so that Chengmao could play in it.


    When he was at work, he brought Chengmao with him. Chengmao was not a crybaby, nor did he bother him. When he was dealing with business, he would occasionally glance at him, and he would see the little meatball sitting on a cushion, and the little hands of meat were clumsily assembling toys. While assembling, he talked to himself, and occasionally he had to match the expression, such as wrinkling his small brows and talking angrily. He didn¡¯t know if he blamed himself for always not assembling well.


    Looking at this scene, a familiar memory in his mind suddenly crashed into his mind. He remembered that when he was a child, he also liked to play alone, a person talking to himself, not crying or making trouble, and he could play all day when having a toy.


    Unexpectedly, the same was true of his son.


    There was a strong sense of sourness that suddenly struck, as if nothing had changed, as if fate had long been preordained, generation to generation. His childhood was miserable, and his child¡¯s childhood was destined to be as miserable as his.


    He had never been a person who believed in fate. Fate was just an excuse for the weak to find for themselves, he didn¡¯t believe in heaven, did not believe in ghosts and gods, only believed in himself. But now, looking at the child who was playing with toys and talking to himself, he suddenly had a huge sense of powerlessness, which stirred his heart, and a sharp pain struck him at once.


    He wondered if the little one realized he was looking at him, he looked up at him and met his gaze, but the little one smiled happily at him. He knew nothing, he was innocent and happy, no sadness, he didn¡¯t understand anything. He shook the toy in his hand at him, smiling with his eyes lit up.


    That pain was melted away in such a smile, and the smile of the little kid who used to be like this. She used to smile at him like this, she helped him heal his wounds a little, she gave him a child that also smiled at him like this.


    It was different, everything would be different, his children would not be as miserable as he was.


    Lu Junting put down the things in his hand and walked over to the child. He went to him and squatted down. The child handed him the toy he had assembled. It was a very small, very small caterpillar toy, but he had assembled it wrong and put the head on the body. Lu Junting took it, rubbed his head and said, ¡°Little Baby is great.¡±


    The praised little one laughed even more happily, giggling, and the empty office was filled with his laughter. He didn¡¯t know what the little one suddenly thought, pointed to the toy and said, ¡°Mom.¡±


    Lu Junting guessed his meaning and asked him, ¡°Do you want to give this to your mom?¡±


    The little one nodded and said again, ¡°Mom.¡±


    After Lin Xiyu saw a familiar car parked in front of the club after work, she recognized it as Lu Junting¡¯s car, so Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t care. It was about ten minutes from the club to where she lived now, and Lu Junting¡¯s car followed behind her, not fast, keeping a certain distance, until she reached the gate of the community, the car accelerated and stopped next to her.


    The car door opened, and she saw Lu Junting sitting on the back seat, and Little Baby sitting next to him in the child seat. As soon as he saw her, he called her with his little hand, ¡°Mom, mom, mom.¡±


    Almost instinctively, Lin Xiyu went around to the other side, opened the car door, and picked up Little Baby. She hugged him tightly, and sniffed his body deeply.


    ¡°Good baby, Little Baby, mommy¡¯s baby.¡±


    Little Baby handed the toy he brought to her, Lin Xiyu was stunned when she saw this. A toy caterpillar that was assembled messily. Lin Xiyu asked him with a puzzled look, ¡°Is it for mommy?¡±


    The little one nodded, and Lin Xiyu took the toy caterpillar and asked him, ¡°Did Little Baby make this himself?¡±


    Little Baby didn¡¯t answer, giggled, Lin Xiyu kissed him on the head, and praised him with a smile, ¡°Little Baby is awesome.¡±


    Lu Junting stood on the side and watched this scene. She didn¡¯t change much with the child, there was still warmth between her and the child, but when her gaze fell on him, her smiling expression gradually went cold.


    She asked him, ¡°Are you looking for me for a divorce?¡±


    As soon as she spoke to him, she asked about the divorce, was there nothing else they could talk about except divorce? His heart was pierced with a sharp pain, it took him a while before he could speak normally.


    ¡°The child needs you, coma back with me.¡±


    Lin Xiyu understood that he did not come to discuss divorce with her. Old Madam Lu came in the morning and in the afternoon he brought the child over. In order not to divorce her, he sent the whole family out.


    But Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t understand, was this necessary?


    Lin Xiyu gave Little Baby a kiss on the cheek, and she put him back in his seat and helped him fasten his seat belt. She rubbed his face reluctantly. Only then did he close the car door again, and Lin Xiyu said to him, ¡°I¡¯m going to get to the point, don¡¯t do this anymore, it¡¯s not necessary.¡±


    After she said that, she turned and walked towards the gate of the community, and suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind her, and then a pair of arms suddenly came from behind and hugged her.


    ¡°Xixi, don¡¯t go.¡±


    She heard his hoarse voice speaking to her.

 CH 38

    Chapter 38: Xixi, I Love You, Don¡¯t Leave Me


    There was a warmth in the late spring air, and he suddenly hugged her. For a moment, she couldn¡¯t tell if the sudden warmth on the tip of her nose was his or the air.


    He wrapped his arms around her, his broad chest pressed against her back, and he rested his chin on her shoulder and breathed deeply. Lin Xiyu subconsciously struggled, and he immediately tightened his arms for fear of accidentally letting her escape.


    ¡°Come back with me, okay? Little baby can¡¯t live without you.¡±


    His slightly hoarse voice rang in her ears.The tone of his voice surprised her, and it was seemingly pleading. In her impression, he had always been strong, full of confidence, speaking with an innate confidence. It was the first time she had ever heard such a weak, begging tone from him.


    The weather in April had begun to warm, the spring was warm, and the fragrance of flowers spread in the air. The warm breath of his body enveloped her, giving out a special smell of the flowers that permeated her nose.


    ¡°Brother Junting, let¡¯s part without hard feelings.¡±


    After she finished speaking, she tried to break his hand away, and he stiffened for a moment before holding her tighter. He buried his face in her shoulder, and she heard his deep breathing. After a while he said, ¡°Xixi, I love you, I really love you. I can¡¯t live without you, don¡¯t leave me, okay?¡±


    His tone was hoarse, like a person with a serious illness. Each word was spoken with great force, but each word carried a loving and deep meaning from the bottom of his heart.


    He told her that he loved her, and she was shocked beyond belief. Would a man like him say love to a woman?


    At that moment, she even had a thought that he might really love her, loved her for a long time, loved her without her knowing it.


    However, she immediately thought how this man was full of lies, thinking of his deep scheming, how he could play anyone for a fool, how he lied without blinking, how he had her fooled.


    Her silence made his heart sink a little, as if she was telling him that she was not moved by his words at all.


    He used his best strength to keep her, but she was unmoved.


    He finally let go of her little by little. Lin Xiyu broke away from his arms and turned her head to look at him. Lu Junting¡¯s expression at this time startled Lin Xiyu not that his expression was terrible, but such an expression appeared on someone like Lu Junting, which was too out of place.


    However, she saw that his eyes were red, his brows were slightly wrinkled, his face was pale and his lips were pale and bloodless, as if he had received a huge blow, no matter how much he could restrain himself, he could not restrain the pained look from surfacing on his face.


    At this time, his expression made people feel that he was suffering some kind of pain that he could not bear, and even the strong aura he had on him became disheveled.


    It was as if, given one more gentle blow he would be overwhelmed and fall down.


    Looking at him like this, Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t know how to react for a long time, she really didn¡¯t understand why he showed this look as if she hurt him, but it was obvious that he had been deceiving her, right?


    Using her as a stand-in, tricking her into having a baby, using her, which of those things wasn¡¯t too much? But people were compassionate, not to mention, this man was the father of her child no matter what. She couldn¡¯t say heavy words to him anymore, and sighed softly as she said, ¡°Brother Junting, we really can¡¯t continue.¡±


    After she said that, she turned and went into the room. This time he wasn¡¯t chasing after her, she looked down from the window, Lu Junting was still standing in place, slightly bowing his back, just maintaining that posture that looked like he had been struck by a violent blow. The spring weather was obviously warm, but his figure looked lonely and desolate, obviously standing in the sun, but seemingly to be standing in another parallel world, that world without sun shone in, looking around, only bleak and lonely.


    She took a deep breath and pulled the curtains closed, turning her back as she adjusted her breathing, calming the discomfort slowly.


    Lu Junting stood until the sunset completely sunk that day before leaving. She had thought that she had already said the words like this, he should have figured it out, but she did not expect that he had been texting her the next day onwards.


    It was all the photos of Little Baby, who was crying. He took photos of him crying and sent them to her.


    ¡°You see your son crying, don¡¯t you feel sorry for him, don¡¯t you care about him?¡±


    Between the lines, it seemed to be coming towards her with his pressing aura.


    The Little Baby accidentally got hurt and he sent her a photo of his injury.


    ¡°You see your son is injured, won¡¯t you come back to see him?¡±


    It was like doing a battle of trapping beasts, she even wondered if Lu Junting was crazy. Why he sent her this, she was angry by looking at Little Baby¡¯s crying and hurting look. She wanted to call over and ask what he wanted to do, but felt that asking more was futile, and then she gritted her teeth and directly blocked him. She replied to his message before blocking him.


    ¡°Call me when you¡¯ve thought about divorce.¡±


    Little Baby began to cry again, and at this time he began to miss his mother, because in the past, his mother would come back at this time, but now his mother was not coming back, not seeing his mother, Little Baby was very sad.


    Lu Junting posted the photos of him crying, but looking at the exclamation mark next to the photo, he seemed to be stunned. She blocked him, she actually blocked him.


    He stared like this for a long time, then went through the messages he had sent her. She hadn¡¯t replied to any of them, no matter how much he sent photos of the child crying, or even photos of her child being hurt, she didn¡¯t reply.


    And now, she directly blocked him.


    How could she be so ruthless!


    At this moment, the huge sense of powerlessness of not being able to escape his fate struck him suddenly, and he suddenly realized how different what he was doing now was from what her mother had done back then. Holding the child hostage and humbly begging the other person to come back for the child¡¯s sake.


    So would he become more and more excessive in the future, would he become as abusive as her mother to his child?


    A sense of panic struck, and almost immediately he hugged the crying child, he hugged him, rubbed his head for comfort, and said to him over and over again, ¡°Little Baby, stop crying.¡± As if to tell him, and as if to tell himself, ¡°Daddy won¡¯t be like that, Daddy won¡¯t never be like that.¡±


    He still remembered that it was when he was ten years old, and his mother¡¯s mental state was getting worse. She often beat him with a very thick rattan, pinched one of his arms so that it was bruised, and specially took photos to send to his father, who had not returned home for many years.


    She was crazy and wanted to force her husband back in this way.


    It was the most painful period of his life, facing the torment of his most dependent relatives, he lived in fear all day as a young boy, and going home became his greatest fear at that time.


    That little girl appeared at that time, and that day, in the gorgeous and deserted room of the Lu family, her mother once again beat him with a rattan, screaming hysterically while beating.


    He had long been accustomed to her madness, gritting his teeth and letting her beat without saying a word. At that time, his grandparents were in their hometown in the countryside, and the old people were fond of quietness and wanted to go back to the countryside to retire. Their family lived in the main house, and because his father did not return home for many years, he and his mother were the only ones living in the empty house.


    Cold, gorgeous, empty, that was his biggest impression of the Lu house.


    It was midsummer, and there were cicada sounds outside the window, one after another, sharper than her mother¡¯s voice, very lively, but still could not dispel the gloom and coldness in the house.


    The door did not close tightly, he subconsciously glanced at it, and saw that a little brat poking around in the crack of the door. As soon as his eyes swept over, she immediately ran away.


    When her mother was tired and took a photo and sent it to his father, he walked out the door expressionlessly, scanned around and did not find the little brat. Finally, he saw half a poking head behind a statue not far away.


    ¡°Get out.¡±


    She timidly walked out from behind the statue, a little girl with a ponytail, revealing a small round face, a round face with a pair of clear round eyes, wearing short sleeves and shorts, revealing fleshy arms and calves.The whole person looked very soft, the kind of softness that made people want to pinch it.


    She waved her little fat hand and explained to him with a serious face, ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to peek.¡±


    ¡°Next time you peek, gouge your eyes out.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    She trembled with fright, such a little girl was so intimidated by him that she didn¡¯t cry. She still dared to come up, and pointed to the bruised scar on his exposed arm and said, ¡°Brother, you seem to be injured.¡±


    ¡°Go away.¡± He was not polite at all.


    ¡°You are really injured. If you¡¯re injured, you need to apply medicine.¡±


    ¡°I tell you to go away.¡±


    Probably because his expression was too cold and his tone was too fierce, the little girl¡¯s little round face suddenly overflowed with grievances. Her small mouth was deflated, and she was about to cry when she saw it, but she still endured it and didn¡¯t cry out, turned around and ran away with a pair of small short legs.


    The young Lu Junting sat on the steps, and did not care about the injury on his body. The number of injuries was more, and he didn¡¯t feel much about the injury.


    ¡°The cicada noise forest is more quiet, the birdsong mountain is more secluded¡±, the sound of cicada made the surroundings seem quieter, and no one came to disturb him. He completely emptied himself, the wound on his body hurt, but as if he self-abused, quietly felt the pain just like this.


    A trotting sound suddenly came, and he looked back to see that it was the little girl who had gone and returned.


    Being disturbed, he was in a very unhappy mood, and said coldly, ¡°Didn¡¯t I tell you to go away? Why are you here again?¡±


    The little girl walked up to him and took out an ointment from the denim shorts pants bag and said, ¡°Aunt Yao said that if you are injured, it will get better soon if you wipe this medicine. I help brother to apply the medicine, okay?¡±


    He looked at the medicine she handed over and was stunned for a moment, but his face became even colder. ¡°Who cares about your medicine, take your medicine and get out of here.¡±


    As a teenager, he didn¡¯t know if he was tortured by his mother to become a psychopath. She was obviously a soft and cute girl, but his attitude was not good at all.


    She seemed to be a little afraid of him, biting her lip and looking torn for a while, but she still stubbornly rushed at him and said, ¡°You really need to apply medicine on it, or else the wound will get worse in the future, and it will hurt a lot.¡±


    He felt that she was very annoying, giving a push on her. Who knew that she was even more unstable than expected, she was pushed by him and fell directly back to the ground. She frowned in pain and said to him with a grievance, ¡°Why are you so fierce, why push people?¡±


    He also felt that he had gone a little too far, and he didn¡¯t want to bully such a little brat. But he kept his mouth shut and said, ¡°I told you to get lost.¡±


    She got up from the ground, casually patted the dirt on her body, snorted angrily, turned and walked to the side of the steps where he was sitting and sat down, pouting and she was getting angry there.


    Lush willows swayed lightly in the air, the paths were covered with lush green grass, and there were cuckoo birds weaving through the willow leaves with their crisp calls.


    The backyard on a summer afternoon was hot but quiet, and the two sat on either side of the steps, with a gentle breeze blowing up the fallen leaves.


    Her anger came and went quickly, her pouting mouth slowly flattened. She glanced at him a few times and then tentatively sat down next to him.


    ¡°Brother, I¡¯ll help you apply medicine, okay?¡±


    How could there be such a nasty little child who couldn¡¯t understand words?


    He was about to drive her away, but when he opened his mouth, she took advantage of his inattention to sneak a candy into his mouth, catching him without warning as a silky sweet flavor spread in his mouth.


    Her crisp laughter came, and she said to him, ¡°Eat a sweet and you¡¯ll be in a better mood.¡±


    ¡°...¡±


    The sudden sweetness made his head empty at once, and he forgot what he was going to say.


    And she had already lifted his sleeve, she squeezed the medicine onto his wound. He white and tender hands with flesh gently spread the medicine, and then blew on it a few times. Her soft and sticky voice gently coaxed him, ¡°It doesn¡¯t hurt, it doesn¡¯t hurt, it will get better soon.¡±


    A feeling he had never experienced before suddenly invaded, and the cold medicine was applied, the fiery pain seemed to ease a bit. The breath she gently blew on his wound sent a hint of coolness, and he really didn¡¯t seem to feel the pain.


    Since then she had often come to him, with a bag of candy and medicine. At first she was the same as the first time, hiding in the doorway and watching timidly, watching him get beaten, sometimes she would run away if she couldn¡¯t bear to see it, but she would also wait outside, and every time he went out after beating, he could see her.


    He still remembered one time, probably seeing that he was beaten too hard, this timid little girl rushed in, blocked him like a little warrior, and yelled at his crazy demon mother with a righteous face, ¡°You stop, don¡¯t hit him anymore.¡±


    Her mother had no sense of reason when she went crazy, and she didn¡¯t care who stood in front of her, what a small child it was. Seeing that her whip was about to fall on her, he hurriedly pushed her away and took the whip himself.


    The little girl was also frightened and looked at it dumbly.


    ¡°Go.¡±


    Only after being reprimanded by him did she react and hurriedly get up and run away.


    Since then, she did not dare to run over again. She waited quietly at the statue, waiting for him to come out covered in injuries, and then feeding him candy and applying medicine to him.


    Sometimes she would suddenly hug him and cry, crying so that her eyes and nose were red and her long eyelashes were full of tears.


    ¡°Crying for what?¡± He asked her. ¡°Why did she hit you, why did she hit you?¡±


    ¡°Why are there so many whys? Besides, she hit me and not you, what are you crying about?¡±


    ¡°It will hurt a lot, brother Junting will hurt a lot.¡±


    After she knew his name, she would always call him ¡®Brother Junting, brother Junting¡¯.


    He thought she was funny, and he actually laughed. He said, ¡°It hurts me, it¡¯s not like it hurts you.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want brother Junting to hurt, wuwuwu, I don¡¯t want brother Junting to get hurt.¡±


    Probably seeing that she was crying quite pitifully, he comforted. ¡°Don¡¯t cry, I¡¯m not hurt.¡±


    ¡°You lie, it hurts when I get cut by the grass. Brother Junting¡¯s wound is so big, it¡¯ll hurt even more, wuwuwuwu.¡±


    She cried so sadly that he didn¡¯t know how to coax the child. He pushed her up out of his arms and took a candy from her pocket and put it in his mouth and said, ¡°I¡¯m really not hurt, eat one candy and I¡¯ll be fine.¡± He smiled at her face full of wounds.


    Her tears finally gradually stopped, she wiped her tears casually with a pair of fleshy hands, and laid on top of him again to blow on his wounds, each time whispering, ¡°It will get better soon, it will get better soon.¡±


    At this time, Lu Junting, who had reached his prime, recalled this past, and he hugged his son in his arms tightly, the child with his and her flesh and blood.


    She was desperate to divorce him, and she was anxious to get rid of him. When they were young, she was only three years old at that time.


    She said if you were injured, you should apply medicine, otherwise the wound would become serious and it would be very painful.


    But she didn¡¯t know that he was injured now, and no one came again for him.


    He closed his eyes, and the pain made it difficult for him to breathe.


    ¡°Daddy.¡±


    A call from his son finally brought him back to his senses, he looked down and saw the little guy staring at his face, and touched his face with his fleshy little finger. Lu Junting looked down, and saw that his white and tender fingertips were stained with wetness. Lu Junting subconsciously wiped his hand, only then did he realize that he was crying.


    Little Baby didn¡¯t know what was wrong with his father, but the baby was sensitive. When he saw his father crying, he couldn¡¯t help but feel sad, and his little mouth deflated as he began to whimper and cry as well. Lu Junting hurriedly hugged him, and he comforted softly. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, Little Baby, don¡¯t be afraid, daddy is fine. Little Baby don¡¯t cry, okay?¡±


    Why were you crying? He hadn¡¯t cried since he could remember, even when he was young, he hadn¡¯t shed a single tear when he was tormented by his mother¡¯s abuse, but now, he cried because she was divorcing him.


    It¡¯s really cowardly and pitiful ah, damn it!


    Just a week after Lin Xiyu blocked Lu Junting, she received a call from him.


    ¡°Come over to Changheng this afternoon and we¡¯ll sign the divorce papers.¡±


    With just one sentence, he hung up the phone, clean as his decisive attitude in dealing with things. Lin Xiyu didn¡¯t know if Lu Junting really wanted to divorce her, or if he was playing some tricks, but she still went to Changheng after work in the afternoon.


    Lu Junting asked his assistant to wait for her downstairs. His assistant knew Lin Xiyu, and when he saw her coming, he brought her directly to Lu Junting¡¯s office.


    This was the second time Lin Xiyu came to Lu Junting¡¯s office. There was a big change from the last time she came, the recreational area of his office was demolished, and colorful soft cushions were laid down, Lin Xiyu remembered that Lu Yuan told her that Lu Junting would even bring his children over to work now, just for fear that the child would be snatched away if he didn¡¯t pay attention to him, but she didn¡¯t see the child when she came here today.


    Lu Junting sat on the sofa in the meeting room, and when he saw her come in, he just glanced at her lightly.


    There was absolutely no trace of the humble, depressed appearance when he had chased her earlier. However, this was the way Lu Junting should be, acting decisively and resolutely.


    Next to Lu Junting stood a man in a suit, after she came in, the man pushed his glasses and handed her the divorce agreement in his hand and said, ¡°Mrs. Lu, you take a look first. If there¡¯s no problem, sign it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu took the agreement and glanced at it, so this time he didn¡¯t play the routine, he asked her to come over really to sign the divorce agreement.


    Presumably, they saw that she couldn¡¯t be used as a tool anymore, and now they had a new person to be the tool anyway, so they simply gave up on her.


    That was good, it was good for everyone.


    Lin Xiyu glanced at the agreement, and there was one that surprised her. Previously, Lu Junting asked her to sign the separation agreement for the real estate, and there was a clause in the divorce agreement. After the divorce, he would convert half of the real estate into cash to her.


    And after she read the whole agreement, it did not say that she could not see the child. She looked towards Lu Junting again, he was expressionless and she did not know what he was pondering, a business-like appearance.


    Lin Xiyu looked at it again and said, ¡°There¡¯s no problem.¡±


    The lawyer said, ¡°If there is no problem, the two of you will sign the agreement, and after signing the agreement, it will have legal effect, and both of you will officially divorce.¡±


    The lawyer handed two pens to the two respectively, Lu Junting took it and without much hesitation, he directly signed his name in the signature column. Lin Xiyu also signed her name.


    Then she took out a certificate of abandonment of real estate from her bag, she signed it, pressed her handprint and handed it to the lawyer. ¡°I won¡¯t take the compensation Mr. Lu gave me. This is my letter of renunciation.¡±


    The lawyer glanced at Lu Junting, and she said lightly, ¡°Let her be.¡±


    Two clean words, without any emotion.


    The lawyer took it and said it to Lin Xiyu. ¡°Miss LIn, trouble you to leave.¡±


    Thinking that there was nothing for her to do here, Lin Xiyu stood up and left directly without looking back. Quickly walking out of his office, Lin Xiyu stopped a car in front of Changheng, and it began to rain in the sky, pattering spring rain, hitting her with a lingering coldness. The scene outside the car window was blurred by the rain, as if entering a distorted world.


    It was very strange, she thought that divorcing Lu Junting would make her feel relaxed, but at this moment, she didn¡¯t have the slightest feeling of ease, and she couldn¡¯t tell what it was like in her heart. Probably because of this bad weather, her mood was also like the gray sky outside the window, condensing the heaviness of the rain.


    Lu Junting sat on the sofa, watched the door close, and then looked down at the divorce agreement signed in front of him. He slowly picked it up, slowly tore it in half from the middle, casually handed it to the lawyer next to him, and said expressionlessly, ¡°Throw it away.¡±


    If you want freedom, then I¡¯ll give it to you.

 CH 39

    Chapter 39: So, He Helped Her so Much


    Even if Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting were officially divorced, Lin Xiyu had not returned to the Lu House for a long time. He was afraid that they would be embarrassed to see each other.


    There was nothing harder than a divorce than not being able to see your child every day. Lin Xiyu wanted to see the child, but she couldn¡¯t go to Lu Junting¡¯s place anymore, and she couldn¡¯t go to Lu¡¯s House, so her best friend came in handy.


    Lu Yuan knew that she wanted to take advantage of Lu Junting¡¯s business trip to bring the child out, right in the park next to Moon Bay no. 1.


    Lin Xiyu waited in the park, and after a while, she saw Lu Yuan pushing a stroller over. Lin Xiyu hurriedly ran over, and he was very happy to see his mother. He stretched out his hand to her quickly. Lin Xiyu hurriedly hugged the child, kissed his face, his forehead, and his nose.


    ¡°Little Baby, Little Baby, mom loves you, mom misses you very much. It¡¯s not that mommy doesn¡¯t want you, mommy just can¡¯t take you from your daddy.¡±


    She rubbed his cheek and said over and over again that she loved him.


    Lin Xiyu bought small toys that Little Baby liked. Little Baby liked the kind of toys that could move, such as toy snakes, toy caterpillars, and bamboo dragonflies.


    Lin Xiyu hugged his Little Baby and played with him in the park. Lu Yuan was nearby to protect against the wind, afraid that Lu Junting would suddenly return.


    The mother and son were having fun when Lu Yuan suddenly received a phone call from the nanny and said that Mr. Lu was already on the way back. Lin Xiyu and Lu Yuan were startled, and Lin Xiyu reluctantly kissed his son on the face several times before putting him on the stroller. Lu Yuan hurriedly pushed the stroller back through the back door.


    When Lu Junting came back, he didn¡¯t see Chengmao and asked. Lu Yuan hurriedly came back from the backyard and said to him, ¡°Is big brother back? I saw that the weather is nice today, so I took Chengmao out to play.¡±


    When Lu Junting saw her, his face sank and asked, ¡°Why are you here?¡±


    Lu Yuan giggled and said, ¡°It¡¯s been a while since I¡¯ve seen my little nephew, I miss him.¡±


    Lu Junting didn¡¯t ask anymore, he walked over and picked up Little Baby, but as soon as he hugged him, he saw a bamboo dragonfly fall from Little Baby. Little Baby hurriedly stretched out his hand and said anxiously, ¡°Mommy, mommy.¡±


    Lu Yuan¡¯s heart thumped at once, she looked towards Lu Junting. His expression didn¡¯t change much, he picked up the bamboo dragonfly and handed it to the little guy, asking him, ¡°You mommy gave it to you?¡±


    The little guy took the bamboo dragonfly and shook it happily, giggling, ¡°Mommy, mommy.¡±


    Lu Yuan was almost scared to death, she was afraid that Lu Junting would ask her, but to her surprise, Lu Junting didn¡¯t say anything, and went upstairs with the child.


    Lu Yuan was completely relieved, she felt that her legs went weak with fear and hurriedly sat down on the sofa holding onto the wall to catch her breath.


    Later, when Lu Yuan told Lin Xiyu about this, LIn Xiyu was also frightened at first, but she couldn¡¯t help but be surprised to hear that Lu Yuan said that Lu Junting did not pursue it.


    Although Lu Junting did not mention in the agreement that she could not see her child, he had told her before that she should never see the child if he agreed to a divorce. Even she found it unbelievable that he just turned a blind yee, knowing that she had gone to see the child.


    However, Lu Junting watched over Little Baby very closely, and basically brought the child with him to work every day. The other half of his office had been modified to make a small playground, which contained a lot of inflatable children¡¯s toys facilities, and Little Baby could play on it.


    Only when Lu Junting went on a business trip, Lu Yuan could help her bring Little Baby out to meet her, but Lin Xiyu felt that Lu Junting should know that she was secretly seeing Little Baby, but didn¡¯t say much.


    Shortly after Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting divorced, Lin Xiqian received a call from the USA side, there was an urgent matter there, telling him to go back. Lin Xiqian came to Lin Xiyu before leaving.


    ¡°I¡¯ll go back to the USA next week. You¡¯ll come with me then.¡±


    Lin Xiyu refused without thinking, ¡°I don¡¯t want to go over there.¡±


    ¡°You divorced Lu Junting, what are you still doing here?¡±


    ¡°I like this place, I like the culture here, and it has nothing to do with whether Lu Junting and I are divorced.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ve never been to the USA, how do you know you don¡¯t like the culture there? I¡¯m not very relieved that you stay here alone. Come with me and I can take care of you.¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I really don¡¯t want to go, my child is still here, I don¡¯t want to go so far away.¡±


    Lin Xiqian saw that he couldn¡¯t persuade her. He sighed softly and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, if you don¡¯t want to go, I won¡¯t force you. However, you have to tell me about your situation often on video and tell me if you encounter anything.¡±


    Lin Xiyu smiled and said, ¡°Okay, I know.¡±


    The day Lin Xiqian left, Lin Xiyu went to the airport to see him off, and the two waved goodbye at the security checkpoint. She suddenly thought of the first time Lin Xiqian went to the USA, her parents were there, and the little boy was sitting in a wheelchair wearing an oxygen mask, looking weak and reluctant to wave to them.


    Now he had grown tall and straight, no longer the frail boy he had been.


    Lin Xiyu felt that fate was really complex and changeable, making it unpredictable.


    The days passed without waves, but the work was much busier than before, because Du Ruoting was married and was prepared for the birth of a child. Du Xingguo was too old to manage so many things, and most of the work of the club fell on Lin Xiyu¡¯s shoulders. Du Ruoting¡¯s wedding Lin Xiyu also participated, the other party was a tall and handsome young man, his family was engaged in textile business, and he was also a dignified figure in Ancheng. It was said that the two have known each other since childhood, they were childhood sweethearts, all the way from the school to wedding dress, which was truly enviable.


    Now the person in charge of the club was Lin Xiyu alone, many important things needed Lin Xiyu to make decisions, and some outings had to be taken care of by Lin Xiyu.


    In the first week of summer, Lin Xiyu was invited to Japan to participate in an event, a cultural exchange meeting, and she was invited because she was the inheritor of Lin¡¯s calligraphy.


    Each person would bring a piece of their own work, and they would take turns to introduce their work on stage, and they could communicate independently after the meeting. The cultural event was held in a cultural palace in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido, and after the event, Lin Xiyu came out of the cultural palace.


    It was already summer, the wind in Hokkaido was still cool. A gust of wind blew her and she tightened her clothes, and a person suddenly walked out from the tunnel next to her to stop her. Lin Xiyu looked at the people with a puzzled look.


    It was a tall and thin man who bowed to her a standard 45 degree and said in a not very fluent Chinese, ¡°Hello Miss Lin, I¡¯m Mr. Fujiwara¡¯s housekeeper, and I was entrusted by Mr. Fujiwara invited Miss Lin to the house for tea.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Fujiwara?¡±


    The man continued, ¡°Mr. Fujiwara is a friend of Mr. Lin. The two had close contact before Mr. Lin¡¯s passed away.¡±


    Lin Xiyu remembered that her father, Lin Daguo, did have a japanese friend, and many of her father¡¯s works were collected by that friend, and even the letter that her father wrote to her was said to be sold to that Japanese friend.


    ¡°I wonder if Miss Lin is willing?¡±


    Lin Xiyu came back to her senses, her father¡¯s friend¡¯s invitation; She naturally couldn¡¯t afford to shrug it off. She smiled and said, ¡°I¡¯d be happy to.¡±


    Lin Xiyu followed the butler to the Fujiwara¡¯s house and met that Mr. Fujiwara. Mr. Fujiwara was in his fifties, his face didn¡¯t look old, but his hair was already white.


    Mr. Fujiwara didn¡¯t speak much Chinese, and his butler, who followed him around, translated for him.


    ¡°I heard that you came here as the inheritor of the Lin Family calligraphy to participate in the event, and it just so happened that I lived here, so I asked the housekeeper to invite you to come and have a seat. Your father and I are friends, you don¡¯t need to be formal, prepare a little bit of thin tea, I hope you like it.¡±


    Lin Xiyu hurriedly said, ¡°My father often mentioned you when he was around. You are his friend and my elder, I¡¯m honored to be invited by you.¡±


    Mr. Fujiwara was an approachable person, and Lin Xiyu was very relaxed talking to him. Both of them talked a lot about Lin Xiyu¡¯s father¡¯s life, and then about his departure and both of them were overwhelmed with emotions.


    Mr. Fujiwara seemed to think of something and said, ¡°By the way, where is your husband? He didn¡¯t come with you?¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu looked puzzled. How did Mr. Fujiwara know that she was married?


    ¡°Do you know my husband?¡±


    Mr. Fujiwara said, ¡°I only met him once, and I remember that in early December last year, he came to my house and asked me to sell him that letter, which was the letter that your father wrote to you.¡±


    Hearing this, Lin Xiyu couldn¡¯t help but be stunned for a moment. The letter written by her father to her was photographed by Lu Junting and given to her. But she didn¡¯t know that Lu Junting had even come to ask Mr. Fujiwara.


    Mr. Fujiwara probably saw that something was wrong with her expression, and he asked tentatively, ¡°You didn¡¯t know he was here?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    Mr. Fujiwara smiled and said, ¡°I like collecting very much. I also admire your father, in my opinion, although the letter does not have the essence of his calligraphy, but I like it very much. After your father sold it to me, I collected it. My collection is usually not for sale, but on that day, your husband heard that the letter was in my hand out of nowhere, and he came to me and hoped that I would sell the letter to him.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t agree at first, he wanted to buy it by force so I threw him out in a fit of anger. He had been standing in my doorway. At that time, the winter in Hokkaido was very cold, the weather in December had already started to snow, and there was also a blizzard on that day, he stood from morning to night, and then I was moved by him to agree. But because I¡¯m a man of honor, I didn¡¯t sell it to him directly, but to an auction house, and did he auction that letter off?¡±


    Lin Xiyu held the tea in her hand, and did not move for a long time. Lu Junting had taken the letter and given it to her, she knew it but she didn¡¯t know that there was this past before taking the letter.


    December¡­ It was probably when she first suspected that he was cheating on her, and during that time she remembered that she was very cold to him and did not share a room with him. She didn¡¯t care about him going on a business trip, but then he suddenly said that he would take her to the auction. She didn¡¯t agree at first, and then she accidentally saw him holding the child, so she agreed to go for the sake of the child.


    Seeing her in a daze, Mr. Fujiwara asked curiously, ¡°Did he take the letter?¡±


    Lin Xiyu came back to his senses and replied, ¡°He took it, and now the letter is in my hand.¡±


    Mr. Fujiwara said, ¡°That¡¯s good.¡±


    Lin Xiyu sat at Mr. Fujiwara¡¯s house for a while and then left. She walked down the road and a gust of wind blew, scratching her face. It was already summer, and the wind in Hokkaido was chilly, let alone in December.


    He actually stood in the wind and snow all day to beg Mr. Fujiwara for that letter?


    She was just a person he was using, why would he do it?


    Lin Xiyu suddenly wondered if there was really any misunderstanding between her and Lu Junting, Lin Xiyu shook her head immediately. Even if there was really any misunderstanding, it was true that he lied to her, and the situation between her and Lu Junting had become a foregone conclusion, and it was useless to think more.


    Lin Xiyu occasionally met with Little Baby with Lu Yuan¡¯s help. Little Baby would walk, he also began to speak words slowly. She didn¡¯t know whether Lu Junting was intentional or not, but he would put Little Baby in Lu''s House from time to time. Lu Yuan would call her as soon as Lu Junting left. Although she divorced Lu Junting, Lin Xiyu and Little Baby met a lot of times.


    However, she and Lu Junting had not met once since their divorce, even if they were both in Lu¡¯s House, Lin Xiyu was also very self-aware to stay in the third house and not go over. Of course, Lu Junting would not come to find her.


    At first, Lin Xiyu thought that she would not have much feeling after divorcing Lu Junting, after all, there was no emotion between both of them. This man was particularly hateful, deceiving her a lot, but she did not know why, since divorcing him, she often dreamed of him.


    Dreaming about the little things that made up the smallest part of life. On his six-month birthday, they prepared a cake for Little Baby, after all, it was his birthday so they gave him a bite, but unexpectedly Little Baby still wanted to eat it. However, little child could not eat too much of it, so Little Baby cried with grievances because they didn¡¯t give him the cake.


    Lu Junting hugged him to the window and coaxed him, ¡°Don¡¯t cry, daddy will take you to see the stars.¡± He pointed to the sky. ¡°Look¡­¡±


    However, looking up, the sky was dark and bare, Lu Junting coughed lightly with a slight embarrassment. ¡°Well, there are no stars today.¡±


    She didn¡¯t know if Little Baby felt that he was tricked by his father, crying even more, but Lu Junting was still patiently coaxing him, ¡°Okay, Daddy will give you a little ball to play with, your favorite one, the one that rattles when you pinch it?¡±


    He sat on the sofa with the child in his arms, holding the ball for him to play, and Little Baby really stopped crying as soon as he played with the ball. Lin Xiyu watched from the side, and couldn¡¯t help but cover her mouth and smile, especially when she thought that Mr. Lu was holding Little Baby to see the stars when it was clear, without stars.


    She smiled happily when Lu Junting saw it as soon as he turned his head. He said with a wry smile, ¡°Quite happy?¡±


    Nor was it that kind of reproachful tone, the soft eyes seemed to contain pampering.


    And every time she woke up at night, she looked at the quilt that was shrunk to her waist, and her mind always thought of the time she had slept with Lu Juning. Several times she woke up in a daze to see him helping her to cover up the quilt that she had kicked off.


    Her habit of kicking the quilt had not changed, but there was no longer anyone around to help cover the quilt.


    Even sometimes she thought of him by chance, such as seeing the balloon seller, she would think of that day when they took their Little Baby out to play, and he handed her the balloon and siad, ¡°You¡¯re also a child.¡±


    That day the sun shone brightly, the sky was blue and cloudless, and he stood under the clear blue sky. The clear weather seemed to be wrapped in softness under his sharp eyes.


    In the future, she also encountered clear weather, but she always felt that it was no better than the blue sky that day.


    Just like spring and autumn, on the Qingming Festival in the 2nd year of Lin Xiyu and Lu Junting¡¯s divorce, Lin Xiyu returned to Wucheng to his parents to sweep the grave. The sky on this day started to drizzle, the mountain was foggy, the ground was wet, moss grew, and the mountain was filled with the fragrance of tea trees. Lin Xiyu stayed alone in front of his parents¡¯ grave for a while, drenched in water.


    Before returning to Ancheng, she made a trip to the orphanage in Wucheng. The dean was very happy to see her coming and asked her, ¡°How have you been doing lately?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine, how about you dean?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine too.¡±


    The dean took her around the orphanage, the children were playing, they were still at the age of innocence, a little bit of fun could make them happy for a long time. They didn¡¯t yet know the cruelty of the world when they grew up.


    There was an open space next to the kindergarten, and at this time there was an excavator working on the open space, which was crackling and noisy ah. Lin Xiyu saw this and asked, ¡°What is this for?¡±


    The dean smiled and said, ¡°It¡¯s to build a small playground.¡±


    ¡°The orphanage build it?¡±


    ¡°Yes, but the money didn¡¯t come from the orphanage, it was donated by a kind gentleman.¡± The dean thought of something and said, ¡°By the way, I remember I told you last time that I have always received donations from a kind gentleman here, do you remember?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°I remember, could it be that this playground was also funded by him?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, it¡¯s him.¡± The dean sighed regretfully, ¡°He donated a lot of money to our orphanage. Originally I always wanted to thank him in person, but since he has been making donations anonymously, I don¡¯t even know who he is. Here is only the note he left us when he first donated, just write a few words, and he doesn¡¯t disclose any information about his identity. I don¡¯t know how to find this kind gentleman, if I know who he is one day, I must thank him. But speaking of which, this gentleman¡¯s writing is really good-looking.¡±


    ¡°Oh?¡± Lin Xiyu suddenly became curious. ¡°Can I take a look?¡±


    Lin Xiyu was a calligrapher, and she became interested as soon as it was said that the characters looked good.


    The dean generously said, ¡°Of course.¡±


    Lin Xiyu followed the dean to the storage room, but saw that the dean carefully took out a box in the cabinet, opened the box with the key, and there were a lot of letters in it. He rummaged through it and handed her a very ordinary A4 paper and said, ¡°That¡¯s it, you do calligraphy, you should know better than me, anyway, I think his writings are quite good-looking.¡±


    Only a few simple words were written on the paper, ¡°Great Love without boundaries.¡±


    Lin Xiyu had practiced calligraphy since she was a child, she was very sensitive to fonts. Everyone¡¯s handwriting would be different, with their own characteristics, especially after teaching others calligraphy as a teacher in a club. Although they were all the same strokes, different people wrote them differently, and what kind of characters were written by what kind of people, she would basically look at them once and memorize them.


    Therefore, seeing these words, she recognized it almost immediately, this was Lu Junting¡¯s word.


    It was still raining outside, pattering, a lingering drizzle in the twilight spring weather. The cold wind containing moisture blew in, Lin Xiyu only felt as if her body was frozen by this burst of moisture, she stared at the words for a long time without moving.


    So, the person who had been anonymously donating to the orphanage was Lu Junting?


    ¡°Xixi, what¡¯s wrong with you?¡±


    The dean¡¯s words pulled back Lin Xiyu¡¯s thoughts. She returned the A4 paper to the dean, and the dean carefully put it away, and asked her, ¡°What just happened to you? Why are you staring at those words in a daze?¡±


    Lin Xiyu said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing, I¡¯m just lamenting there are still a lot of good people in this world who will give generously.¡±


    The dean laughed, ¡°Yes, it¡¯s quite a lot.¡± The dean was in a good mood, coupled with his age, sometimes his speech was not so rigorous, and when they were chatting, he casually mentioned, ¡°This gentleman is like this, and the gentleman who helped you pay off your debt after your family¡¯s accident is like this as well.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was obviously stunned when she heard the 2nd half of the dean¡¯s words, and she hurriedly asked, ¡°The gentleman who helped my family pay off the debt? What do you mean? I don¡¯t quite understand.¡±


    The dean then realized that she had misspoken, and she smiled awkwardly. ¡°It¡¯s nothing, I remembered wrongly.¡±


    But just now Lin Xiyu obviously heard, she sensed that the dean had something to hide from her. The dean packed up the box and prepared to go out, Lin Xiyu hurriedly stopped and asked, ¡°Dean, you just said that someone paid off the debt for my family, what debt to pay? Can you make it clear?¡±


    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s just that I¡¯m confused and remembered it wrong.¡±


    The dean obviously wanted to muddle through, but Lin Xiyu wasn¡¯t that easy to food and she said, ¡°Are you guys hiding something from me? I¡¯m grown up now, if there¡¯s something going on, can you make it clear to me? Otherwise, I will always remember, and my heart will always be uneasy. Dean, please tell me, okay?¡±


    Lin Xiyu¡¯s life was pitiful, and the dean had pity for her, so he softened his heart when she begged him like this. He sighed heavily. ¡°Zhang Yao told me not to tell you about this.¡±


    ¡°Aunt Yao?¡±


    ¡°Yes, when your parents had an accident, they owed a lot of money to the bank. Originally the husband and wife had decided after the establishment of the orphanage at Linjiang County, didn¡¯t you were in the high school at that time? The couple originally planned to accompany you in the following days to the entrance college examination and then talk about charity when you finish high school. The money was originally owed to the bank and the couple worked hard for more than ten years to pay it off, who knew that there was a sudden  car accident.¡±


    Lin Xiyu was puzzled, ¡°I remember didn''t I sell the family''s paintings and calligraphy at that time?¡±


    ¡°Where is that enough? Your family still owed over ten million even after selling everything of value.¡±


    ¡°More than ten millions?¡± Lin Xiyu was stunned by the number. ¡°How can there be so much?¡±


    The dean sighed. ¡°Where¡¯s it so easy to build an orphanage ah? At that time, you were still young and Zhang Yao didn¡¯t tell you about this, but then a gentleman helped your family to pay off the debt. Zhang Yao didn¡¯t let me tell you.¡±


    To be honest, Lin Xiyu was shocked by this news, she remembered that after selling the valuable things in her family, there was more than one million left, which was told to her by Aunt Yao herself, and this more than one million was enough for her to finish her college tuition and living expenses. But now the dean told her that his parents still owed more than ten million back then. Where did that extra million come from?


    Lin Xiyu felt that there was something strange about this. She hurriedly said goodbye to the dean and left directly for Ancheng. Lin Xiyu came to Lu¡¯s house, and Zhang Yao happened to be at home, she called her friends over to play mahjong. Seeing her back, she was surprised and asked, ¡°Come back so soon? I thought you¡¯d be in Wucheng for the rest of Qingming.¡± After Zhang Yao finished speaking, she noticed that her face was not very good. She got up from the mahjong table and walked to her. She asked with a worried face, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?¡±


    ¡°Aunt Yao, I have something to ask you.¡±


    Zhang Yao saw that she asked seriously, she hurriedly said, ¡°Okay, okay, okay, we¡¯ll talk slowly if there¡¯s something.¡± She finished saying goodbye to her mahjong friends and took her to her room.


    As soon as she entered the room, Zhang Yao held her shoulder and said, ¡°What¡¯s wrong Xixi? Don¡¯t scare me, what happened?¡±


    Lin Xiyu kept himself calm and said to Zhang Yao, ¡°I went to the orphanage today, I learned from the dean that I owed a large amount of money to the bank after my parents died, and then an unknown person helped to pay the money back. Aunt Yao, tell me, is this true?¡±


    Hearing this, Zhang Yao¡¯s eyes flickered a few times in a panic, and then waved his hand and said, ¡°How can this happen? Don¡¯t listen to the dean¡¯s nonsense, he is old, old and confused. Look at you, I thought there was something wrong with it scaring me, there¡¯s no such thing, don¡¯t worry about it, okay? I¡¯m going out to play mahjong.¡±


    Zhang Yao¡¯s flustered look just now did not escape her eyes, Lin Xiyu hurriedly blocked her way, she said, ¡°I¡¯m no longer a child. Aunt Yao, you tell me what happened at the beginning, who was the person who helped me to pay off the debt back then, and you told me that there was one million left in the family after paying off the debt, what is going on with that one million?¡±


    ¡°I said it didn¡¯t happen.¡±


    But she was clearly saying this unconfidently, and she didn¡¯t dare to look at her when she spoke.


    ¡°Aunt Yao, I beg you, will you tell me? I¡¯m no longer a child, I have a right to know.¡±


    Zhang Yao saw Lin Xiyu¡¯s anxious expression, she looked unbearable and finally sighed and said, ¡°Back then, your parents suddenly had an accident, and you didn¡¯t have any relatives in your family, and I also helped you take care of your parents¡¯ affairs. Your parents did owe a lot of money to the bank for charity work. Your uncle Liang and I scraped together all the money we had plus sold your father''s paintings and your family''s real estate, but we still couldn''t pay it off. You also know that although your uncle Liang belongs to the Lu family, the largest property of the Lu family is not in his hands, so he can only rely on the salary in his hand and the interest that the family gives him every year, and we really can¡¯t pay off the remaining more than 10 millions. Later, Junting suddenly came to me, he said that he respected Mr. Lin and his wife, and he could help pay off his debts, and even willing to pay your living expenses and tuition. He also gave me a million for me to falsely claim that it was the rest of the money left over from paying off the debts so that you could stay in Lu¡¯s House at ease.¡±


    Lin Xiyu felt a sudden buzz in her brain, she was in a trance for a moment, and subconsciously took a step back.