If she likes someone, I will protect her as her brother.

If she doesn't have someone she likes, then he will protect her as her husband in the future.

"Why do you suddenly ask this?" Chen Mengchu asked Lu Jingxiao in confusion.

Suddenly, she thought of something and moved closer to Lu Jingxiao. With a mischievous smile on her face, she asked him, "Do you like me when you ask this?"

Chen Mengchu looked at Lu Jingxiao with her star-like eyes. At this moment, only his appearance was reflected in her eyes, as if he was the only one in her eyes.

When he met Chen Mengchu's eyes, Lu Jingxiao lost his mind in an instant.

Nothing could make him panic, including this injury, but he panicked because of the words of this little girl.

Lu Jingxiao was stunned for a long time before he uttered a word, "Yes."

"Then wait until I grow up. If I don't have someone I like by then, I'll consider you."

"Okay." Lu Jingxiao responded quickly, as if afraid that she would go back on her word.

I thought it was a joke, but Lu Jingxiao took it seriously.

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When she was 19 years old, she still had no one she liked. Lu Jingxiao thought he could wait for her, but she had an accident on her birthday.

She was in a car accident. Although her injuries were not serious, she lost her memory because of the accident. She forgot everything that happened in the past, including Lu Jingxiao.

Moreover, in this car accident, not only Chen Mengchu was injured, but also... her mother - Tang Shuyi.

Her mother died on the spot to protect her, and she also closed her memory because of this incident.

So when he found her, she had no impression of him at all, and even showed some resistance. He was afraid of scaring her, so he didn't dare to get closer and could only protect her silently.

He had originally thought that he would marry her after she turned 20, but he didn't expect that he would make a mistake because of a charity dinner.

When he woke up and saw that it was her on the bed, he felt lucky but also guilty and self-blaming.

He didn't expect to have her again in this way. He didn't want her to belong to him at this time. He wanted to wait until she was willing, not in this way.

He was filled with regret, and when he left, he left the ring behind, both as a keepsake and to let her recognize that it was the ring he always wore on his hand, and it was also the first ring she designed.

But not only did she fail to recognize him, she also lost her life because of it.

…………

Looking at Lu Jingxiao who was in a trance, Shen Shiyan raised his little hand and knocked on the table to bring him back to his senses.

"And then? Just this one sentence?" Shen Shiyan frowned and asked Lu Jingxiao, very dissatisfied with his answer.

"Of course not."

"Xiaoyan, I really like your mommy. There is just a misunderstanding between us. Daddy loves you mommy very much." Lu Jingxiao explained in a very serious tone, and it didn't sound like he was lying.

Listening to Lu Jingxiao and Shen Mengchu saying roughly the same thing, Shen Shiyan probably understood.

There was indeed a misunderstanding between the two people.

It would be nice if any misunderstandings were resolved. There's no need to remain silent and act like strangers. That's not nice.

"Okay, I understand."

Shen Shiyan nodded, and without asking any more questions, he got up and left Lu Jingxiao's study.

Not long after Shen Shiyan left, Shen Mengchu arrived.

"Xiaoyan has been here, right?"

"Yes." Lu Jingxiao nodded.

"Then he..." Chen Mengchu asked in an urgent tone, fearing that Lu Jingxiao would let the cat out of the bag.

"Don't worry, I didn't say anything else."

Knowing that she was worried, how could he say such nonsense?

What's more, everything he said was true.

"I told him there was a misunderstanding between us." Lu Jingxiao told Shen Mengchu what he had told Shen Shiyan.

But he didn't say the rest of the words, because he knew that even if he told her now, she would not believe it, and would think he was lying. It would be better not to say it. He would use his actions to tell her that there was someone in his heart, and that person had always been her.

"Thank you." Chen Mengchu thanked him and his opinion of Lu Jingxiao changed a little.

She thought that someone like him would not say such a thing, but she didn't expect that he actually said it, and it was so similar to her own.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu. I will stay in Yuncheng for the time being as I promised."

"You still want to leave?" Lu Jingxiao caught the meaning of Chen Mengchu's words.

"This place doesn't belong to me." Chen Mengchu's tone was indifferent and distant, as if there was really nothing here worth staying for.

"That……"

"What?"

"Why did you do that back then..." Lu Jingxiao wanted to know the truth of the matter. Although he had investigated it, he only got some superficial information. As for the exact reason, he had to ask the person involved for the answer.

Hearing Lu Jingxiao mention this matter again, Chen Mengchu did not treat him in a very good tone.

"I have to thank Mr. Lu for this. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be like this."

If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be talked about by others, and they wouldn't want to kick me out of the house so much, thinking that I am a disgrace.

"I…I'm sorry."

Lu Jingxiao wanted to explain something, but when the words came to his lips, he could only say "I'm sorry".

"I left something behind just to prevent any accidents, but..."

"A piece of paper and a ring, will that be of any use?

Didn’t Mr. Lu disappear that same day? Who do you think would believe that?

It is because of this that they think that they are a "bitch" who seduced Lu Jingxiao, so they use such words to scold themselves.

I thought he would believe in me when I got home, but what was the result?

However, he felt that he had brought shame to the Shen family. Because of him, Shen's stock price fell and the cooperation was affected, so he was anxious to sever ties with him.

Because he didn't believe it, and what's more, he didn't dare to take the risk, fearing that he really seduced Lu Jingxiao, and going to find him would only make things worse for the Shen family.

So under the discussion, ridicule and insults of the crowd, she chose the most cruel way, ending her own life, so that she would no longer be in the situation of public opinion.

Perhaps it was because she was not destined to die, or perhaps it was because she was already pregnant with the two little ones, she was rescued by someone, and that person was - Gu Yunzhou.

He saved me and took me away from Yuncheng.

From then on, there was no longer the eldest daughter of the Shen family, Chen Mengchu, in Yuncheng.

I thought I would never come back to this sad place, but I did.

Now that I'm back, I should take some things back.

Listening to every word spoken by Chen Mengchu, Lu Jingxiao's hands tightened a little.

"I didn't mean to leave that day, I..."

"Whether it was intentional or not is not important. I am very grateful to Mr. Lu for what happened today, but other than that, there is nothing else."

Chen Mengchu's words were very direct and it was clear that she didn't want to hear his explanation.