Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Separation

Ever since she returned to the Lu Mansion from the suburbs that day, Zhe Rou no longer paid any attention to Lu Chen and focused on the affairs of the women's pharmacy.

No matter what the future holds, opening a medicine shop is the foundation of her life. Now that she has started, she cannot give up halfway.

She also vaguely had other thoughts, thinking that if the pharmacy could be supported and she could save some money, then even if she had to leave the capital one day, she would have enough to support herself.

The newly opened shop had a lot of chores to do, including reconciling accounts and purchasing, as well as making new medicines. Zhe Rou simply asked Xiao Chan to pack some clothes and luggage, and the two of them moved into the pharmacy.

When Lu Chen heard the letter, he did not stop it. He just ordered Nan Heng to send more guards to the pharmacy, and then hurried over to have dinner with her.

Zhe Rou couldn't stand his nagging, but she didn't have the energy to deal with it either, so she just let him go.

No matter what Lu Chen said, she just lowered her head to do the accounts without saying a word, as if he was not in the room.

She waited until late at night, and seeing that Lu Chen had no intention of leaving, Zhe Rou pursed her lips and said, "It's getting late. I need to rest. You can do as you please."

After saying that, she got up without stopping for a moment, went straight to the bedroom in the backyard, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

But I couldn't sleep well. In the second half of the night, it started raining outside. The rustling sound of the rain made me feel upset and restless.

I woke up in a daze, and a faint crab-shell blue color had appeared on the window paper.

Thinking that there were still many chores to do during the day, Zhe Rou did not rest any longer and got up to get dressed.

However, when I opened the door, I saw a familiar figure sitting on the stone steps under the eaves.

The summer shirt was thin and wet with the morning mist after the rain. It stuck tightly to his back, outlining the thin and firm lines of his back, making him look a bit disheveled and desolate for no reason.

It was like I had been sitting there motionless all night.

Zhe Rou was stunned.

She couldn't explain how she felt. She just didn't want to look at him any longer and turned around to go back to the house.

Suddenly, someone hugged me from behind.

"妱妱..." Lu Chen called out softly in a hoarse voice.

He was almost heatless, soaked in the cool, damp morning air.

"Xiaoxiao." Lu Chen hugged her tightly, kissed her neck with his cold lips, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Come home with me... okay?"

go home.

Hearing these two words, Zhe Rou's heart suddenly ached, and all the strength in her body seemed to be drained away in an instant.

She gritted her teeth and didn't look back. She just pushed Lu Chen's arm away and went back to the house alone.

The two of them remained in this state for several days. Xiaochan, unaware of the true situation, simply believed that Lu Chen was having an affair with another woman. Seeing Zhe Rou's haggard expression, she felt both distressed and angry. While helping Zhe Rou clean the herbs, she said with red eyes, "How could my husband do this? He clearly, clearly..."

Zhe Rou smiled faintly, "You clearly promised that there would be no one else in this life, right?"

Xiaochan clenched the herbs in her hand for a moment and nodded angrily.

Zhe Rou lowered her head, sorting through the dried zedoary zedoary and angelica root. After a long pause, she whispered, "Life is so long, who can guarantee it will remain unchanged? Even if he breaks his promise, am I supposed to use the oath we made back then to accuse him of breaking his word? That would be too pathetic."

Besides, if the man has really changed his mind, what's the point of questioning him?

Zhe Rou understood this principle clearly.

Everyone has their own mood at each moment. At least when Lu Chen said this back then, he was sincere, and that is enough.

She doesn't need to keep herself stuck in the past; people always have to move forward.

That evening, Lu Wan suddenly sent a servant to deliver a letter to Zhe Rou, saying that he had booked a wine room in Panlou and invited her to have a drink the next day.