Chapter 196 Unforgivable

Fang Lanxin looked at Lu Asheng with a face full of disdain and said helplessly, "You think about her every day when she's not coming, and now that she's here, you talk like this. No wonder she never comes!"

Lu Asheng never expected that Fang Lanxin would betray him like this.

He felt embarrassed for a moment, then snorted, "I didn't!"

"Really? Who was that staring at me so eagerly, asking how my son was? Or am I hallucinating?"

Fang Lanxin smiled and made a sarcastic remark.

She wasn't trying to reconcile the two people; her main concern was that if their relationship was unstable, Lu Chen's future and career would also be in jeopardy.

Under these circumstances, Fang Lanxin definitely has to deal with this matter. Otherwise, as Lu Chen gets better and better in the future, this will be a ticking time bomb that could blow Lu Chen's career to smithereens at any time.

Thinking of this, Fang Lanxin looked at Lu Chen again, but Lu Chen didn't react at all, or rather, he had no expression at all. He just sat there quietly eating.

Seeing him like this, Fang Lanxin felt a little sorry for him. She knew very well what Lu Chen was thinking right now, and she also knew that Lu Asheng was definitely being unreasonable. However, she didn't expect the two of them to have a close relationship, as long as they didn't betray each other at crucial moments.

After the meal, Lu Asheng thought for a moment and then gave Lu Chen an envelope, saying in a low voice, "I know you're not short of money right now, but this is some pocket money for you."

The mere mention of pocket money made Lu Chen feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

He took a deep breath, silently placed the envelope on the table, turned around, and strode away.

Even though Lu Asheng's life is now back on track, it doesn't mean that the damage from the past can be erased. The most important thing is that his mother is long gone, and when she was alive, he never had a single good day.

Seeing this, Fang Lanxin simply patted Lu Asheng on the shoulder and then chased after him.

She had thought that Lu Chen would go back on his own after getting angry, but she never expected that he would still wait obediently by the car.

Looking at him standing there looking so pitiful, Fang Lanxin really felt that he looked like a homeless little stray dog.

Left with no other choice, Fang Lanxin stepped forward and said, "You're only twenty years old. Do you really want to live like this for the rest of your life? You really don't care about those things? You don't want them?"

“I’m already twenty years old, so of course I don’t want to.”

"Sister Fang, if he had given me these when I was twelve, I would definitely have taken them. But I'm not twelve anymore."

Some things lose their value after that time.

Lu Chen has everything he wants now, so he doesn't need this little bit of cheap love and care from others.

He looked at Fang Lanxin and said, "I'm not full."

"Okay, I'll take you out to eat." Fang Lanxin sighed helplessly, then smiled gently, opened the car door, and took him to the food stalls near the port.

Fortunately, in this era, fandom isn't as extreme, and even dazzling superstars can have their own private lives.

Lu Chen ate the barbecue on his plate bite by bite, his eyes crinkling as he looked at Fang Lanxin with a smile: "I really didn't expect you to eat these things, but they're so delicious. I just can't eat too much, or I'm afraid I'll get fat!"

Seeing how carefully Lu Chen ate his barbecue, Fang Lanxin felt a pang of heartache, but she didn't say anything more. She just smiled and said, "Then don't diet today. Eat as much as you want!"

"Thank you, Sister Fang."

"I knew it, Sister Fang, you love me the most."

Lu Chen smiled at Fang Lanxin, then continued to eat, bite by bite.

After eating for a while, Lu Chen noticed that Fang Lanxin kept staring at him. Helpless, he put down his chopsticks and looked at Fang Lanxin: "Sister Fang, you took me to see that person today, there must be a reason, right? I want to know the reason, I want to know why?"

"For your future, the fourth branch of the family has already caused you a lot of trouble because of your background. If you want to do better and better in the international arena in the future, I'm afraid... I'm afraid you have to maintain good relationships with your family. I don't ask for anything else, I just hope that he can help you, not harm you. Do you understand?"

Fang Lanxin sighed and finally explained all the pros and cons involved.

Lu Chen is only a twenty-year-old young man, so he can't do things like Fang Lanxin does, weighing the pros and cons of everything. At his age, he definitely wants to do things according to his own wishes.

However, as someone who has been through it all, Fang Lanxin knows that one cannot live too freely in many aspects of life, and one can only find a little bit of fun in those mundane things.

Lu Chen initially thought there was some extraordinary reason, but he never expected that Fang Lanxin did all this for his own sake.

He felt conflicted, lowered his head, and said sullenly, "I'll speak properly next time we eat."

The way he's looking now with his head down really makes him look like a child who's done something wrong and is reluctantly admitting it. He doesn't really think he's wrong; he just doesn't want to upset Fang Lanxin.

Fang Lanxin naturally understood his current feelings, but she didn't press him further. She simply smiled gently and said softly, "Alright, perhaps I didn't consider things thoroughly enough. Don't think about it too much. Eat!"

After saying that, Fang Lanxin smiled slightly and pushed the plate in front of her forward.

Fang Lanxin then started eating as well. She didn't like eating these kinds of random things before, thinking they were dirty and not nutritious. But after meeting Ling Ye, it was like opening the door to a new world. She suddenly realized that sometimes, delicious food is just unhygienic and unhealthy.

After the meal, Fang Lanxin took Lu Chen back to his apartment, told him to get some rest, and then left.

When Lu Chen was alone in his apartment, all he could feel was loneliness.

He stood by the window, pitifully watching Fang Lanxin get into the car. As the car drove further and further away, he subconsciously picked up the utility knife on the table and pointed it at his wrist.