That look startled Yuri.

"I've come here to apologize in person."

"Now that you've finished apologizing, can you get out of here?" Luo Xiu asked coldly.

Yuri nodded, picked up her handbag from the chair, and turned to leave.

"Miss Yuri, I'll send you the design drafts once they're ready."

"Okay. Keep in touch." Yuri waved and got into her car.

After everyone left, Luo Xiu sat down next to Lu Zhiwei, reaching out to play with her long, curly hair. "How did you manage to team up with other women to deal with me on my turf? Lu Zhiwei, you're really something."

Lu Zhiwei looked up at the surveillance camera on the tree in the yard.

Okay, so he listened to their conversation again.

However, Yuri spoke very softly, and he couldn't hear her at all.

"How are you planning to escape from me, hmm?" Luo Xiu lifted Lu Zhiwei's chin, forcing her clear, bright eyes to look directly at his face.

"It wouldn't be fun if I told you, you guess it yourself." Lu Zhiwei chuckled lightly.

Luo Xiu's face drew closer, and as he gazed at her small, crimson lips, his Adam's apple bobbed.

He kept his emotions under control.

But he was, after all, a man full of youthful vigor.

Luo Xiu forcefully covered her lips with his own.

Lu Zhiwei dodged with lightning speed, placing her hands on his chest: "Luo Xiu, don't force me to hate you."

"Hate me if you want. You're so determined to leave me, why should I give in to you? I've just been too tolerant of you."

Luo Xiu grabbed her fair wrist with one hand and supported her slender waist with the other, then kissed her again.

He insisted on tasting her today.

Shen Jinmo was able to have her for three years, so why can't he have her even for a moment?

Bang--

A heavy object suddenly crashed out of the window and struck Luo Xiu squarely on the forehead.

Luo Xiu winced in pain.

I touched the spot where I had been hit; a bump had formed, and there was blood.

I looked at the familiar ceramic ornament on the ground, now shattered.

Luo Xiu's sharp gaze swept towards the music room on the first floor.

He released Lu Zhiwei and strode towards the living room, heading straight for the music room.

The music room door was pushed open with a bang.

Mizuki was not on the piano bench.

Luo Xiu searched around the room and walked to the area under the desk.

The little guy, clenching his fingers, huddled under the desk, curled up into a tiny ball.

When Luo Xiu's gaze swept towards him.

He was visibly panicked and trembling all over.

"Uncle, I'm sorry, I..."

Luo Xiu dragged Ruixi out from under the table, grabbed his collar with one hand, and lifted him up, suspending him in the air.

This way of lifting her up made Mizuki very uncomfortable.

"You've never disobeyed me, and you'd never dare hurt me like this. Have you become too comfortable in the Luo family and forgotten your place?"

Luo Xiu's eyes were filled with rage, as if he could kill Ruixi on the spot if he let go.

Lu Zhiwei rushed into the room and grabbed Ruixi's leg from behind, trying to take Ruixi off Luo Xiu's arms.

"Luo Xiu, let go! If you dare to hurt a single hair on this child's head today, I'll fight you to the death."

"If I don't teach this bastard a lesson today, he might dare to shoot me one day." Luo Xiu was furious, and no amount of persuasion could change his mind.

During their struggle, Lu Zhiwei was no match for Luo Xiu in strength.

He held Ruixi in his arms and threw Lu Zhiwei to the ground.

Lu Zhiwei's injured hand was pressed against the floor.

The intense pain made Lu Zhiwei gasp.

Seeing Lu Zhiwei fall, Luo Xiu regained his senses and threw Ruixi to the ground.

He rushed to Lu Zhiwei's side and carefully helped her up: "Zhizhi, are you alright?"

Without saying a word, Lu Zhiwei slapped Luo Xiu across the face.

A crisp slap echoed in the music room.

Luo Xiu covered his reddened face, gritted his teeth, and said, "I was the one who wronged you first. I won't hold this slap against you."

Lu Zhiwei pushed Luo Xiu away and got up from the ground.

He turned around and went to find Mizuki.

Mizuki had disappeared from the room at some point.

Lu Zhiwei immediately chased after him out of the room to find him.

Upon reaching the courtyard, the butler came running breathlessly to inform Lu Zhiwei and Luo Xiu.

"Young Master, Miss Lu, Young Master Ruixi just said he wanted to pick something up outside the courtyard and would be right back, so I told the bodyguard at the gate to let him out. He disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhiwei glared fiercely at Luo Xiu: "This is all your doing."

Luo Xiu snorted coldly: "Don't worry, he remembers the address of the manor and has memorized my number. He doesn't want to leave here, so he'll come back on his own sooner or later. He won't get lost."

"What if it's really lost? How will you take responsibility?"

“What responsibility do I need to take? She is the son of your enemy, and he should atone for your sins just like his mother. I let him stay in the Luo family for the past few years only to use him to lure you back to my side. Now that you are by my side, he is no longer of any use. Go die wherever you want.”

Luo Xiu blurted out, his eyes seemingly showing not a trace of reluctance towards the child.

Lu Zhiwei shook her head speechlessly.

"You keep saying you love me, but you really don't understand love at all."

Lu Zhiwei got into a car in the yard without looking back and drove off to look for someone.

She once said that Shen Jinmo didn't understand love.

But he will not lose his humanity.

It won't be as inhumane as Luo Xiu's.

There are still differences between them.

The car sped out of the Luo family manor.

She brushed past Lu Anyu, who was returning from grocery shopping.

Lu Anyu, carrying a black-boned chicken, got out of the car and trudged toward the living room.

Luo Xiu sat on the sofa, his hand supporting his throbbing forehead.

The wound on his head hasn't been treated yet.

He fell into a state of depression.

"Uncle Luo, where's my mommy?"

Luo Xiu glanced at the innocent child standing in front of him.

He wasn't sure if Lu Zhiwei would come back on her own initiative.

The only thing he could do was to keep Lu Anyu firmly in his grasp.

She stood up and scooped Lu Anyu up in her arms: "Shall I teach you to play the piano?"

Lu Anyu shook his head like a rattle drum.

"No. I refuse."

"It's your honor to teach you. The piano you played last time was awful. It was a disgrace to go on stage." Luo Xiu was angry and didn't say anything nice, not caring about hurting Lu Anyu's self-esteem.

"What's it to you? If you don't like what you hear, just plug your ears."

Lu Anyu pouted, wondering what adults were thinking these days.

Why force children to learn things they don't like?

"To be my son, one must be the best."

"Ruixi is already very outstanding. She can play the piano, draw, and is also very obedient." Lu Anyu tried his best to praise Ruixi.

He could also tell that Ruixi was just a young master of the Luo family in appearance, but in reality, Luo Xiu didn't take him seriously at all.

"He... heh, he's not qualified to be my son."

After saying that, Luo Xiu carried Lu Anyu into the music room.