Chapter 156 Lu Qingqing x Meng Yaozhu: Breaking Up with Xu Xiao
Meng Yaozhu had other matters to attend to and left first.
Watching his resolute back, Qiao Qingshu felt a festering sore in her heart.
A moment later, the phone rang.
He answered listlessly: "Hello?"
"Ah Shu, it's me. I have something I want to tell you."
"What's up?"
"Ah Shu, I was drinking with some friends at a club yesterday, and I think I saw Meng Yaozhu. He left the club with a woman. I was too drunk at the time and thought I was seeing things, so I didn't tell you. But after I sobered up today, I remembered it again, and I feel like something's wrong. Ah Shu, could Meng Yaozhu be cheating on you..."
“No, that’s not true!” Qiao Qingshu interrupted, “You’re mistaken! He was with me all day yesterday.”
"Oh? Oh, I must have misread it," the person on the other end of the phone said sheepishly.
Qiao Qingshu nearly crushed her phone. She hung up, picked up the knife and fork on the table, and fiercely stabbed them into the plate. The metal and porcelain scraped together, making a sharp sound. In this unfamiliar environment, she revealed a ferocious and sinister expression.
Deer, gently!
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Qiao Qingshu returned to the Meng residence in tears.
Mencius' mother was about to go to sleep when she heard from the servants that she was crying and sobbing uncontrollably.
He had no choice but to put his clothes back on and get up.
Upon meeting, Qiao Qingshu knelt down, repeatedly saying that she didn't want to leave Meng Yaozhu.
From her few words, Meng's mother could tell that Meng Yaozhu had a girl he liked.
She was naturally happy that her son had finally found someone he liked.
He frowned as he looked at the person who was crying so hard she was about to faint: "Ah Shu, I told you before that there's no point in forcing feelings. I still stand by what I said: even if you don't end up with Meng Yaozhu, I will still treat you like my daughter and protect you so that you will never have to worry about food or clothing for the rest of your life."
Qiao Qingshu's shoulders trembled as she sobbed, "Godmother, I really like Yaozhu."
"You can't force matters of the heart."
Qiao Qingshu said, "I know I can't force Yaozhu to like me, but I can't watch him be ruined."
Mencius' mother: "What do you mean?"
"Godmother, Yaozhu has fallen for a married woman, and she's pregnant!"
"Outrageous!" Mencius' mother was furious. "What nonsense are you spouting?"
The Meng family is a century-old family that values its reputation highly. Upon hearing this distressing news, Meng's mother could not believe it.
"It's true. That woman used to be Yaozhu's secretary. She got pregnant and resigned. She's getting engaged soon. You can check it out and you'll see if what I'm saying is true or not."
Mencius' mother's blood flow to her brain surged: "Investigate! Send someone to investigate!"
Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Qiao Qingshu curled up a malicious smile. Meng's mother was too angry to see it and waved her hand irritably: "Go back first."
Qiao Qingshu responded obediently.
Meng's mother quickly found out who Lu Qingqing was.
That evening, Meng Yaozhu was called back, or rather, he was supposed to come back anyway.
His purpose in returning was to tell his elders at home about canceling the engagement.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Meng's mother sneered, "You don't want to marry A-Shu? Then who do you want to marry? A woman who's about to get engaged?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Yaozhu understood why she had asked him to come back tonight.
He didn't shy away from the topic and openly admitted, "I like her and I want to marry her."
Mencius' mother was furious: "She has already ruined someone else's child!"
Meng Yaozhu pursed her lips: "I don't care."
"Okay, okay."
Pointing at her, Meng's mother said "Good!" three times in a row: "Meng Yaozhu, you've really made something of yourself. I'm telling you this! As long as I live, that woman will never set foot in our Meng family!"
"I'm the one pursuing her, I'm the one who likes her, but she might not even want to join our Meng family yet."
Meng Yaozhu spoke in an extremely calm tone, but his words infuriated his mother.
...
soon.
Lu Qingqing told Xu Xiao about the breakup, and Xu Xiao, of course, couldn't accept it and reacted strongly.
He gently pressed Lu Qingqing's shoulders: "Qingqing, listen to me, I will definitely treat you well. Did I do something wrong? Tell me, I've been a bit busy at school lately, and I haven't been spending enough time with you? Then I'll make time for you every day, okay? I really like you, and I will definitely cherish the child in your belly as if it were my own..."
He passionately poured out his heart.
Lu Qingqing could clearly see the sincerity in his eyes and his genuine affection for her.
A pang of sadness welled up in her heart. He was such a good person, and it was precisely because he was so good that she couldn't continue being so selfish.
“Xu Xiao, listen to me. It has nothing to do with any of this. You are very good. It’s my own fault. I only got together with you in the first place because of my mother. I was using you, and that’s so unfair to you.”
"I don't care."
"But I do care. You deserve a better girl. You'll meet many more people in the future, and you'll meet someone you like who also likes you."
Xu Xiao looked at her intently: "Did my mother contact you?"
Lu Qingqing had promised Xu's mother to keep it a secret, so she avoided his gaze and said, "No, it's just that I don't want to hurt you anymore."
"I'm not afraid of you hurting me."
"Even if I don't like you, is that okay?"
"It doesn't matter."
Their eyes met, and she saw a clear expression of affection in the man's eyes.
That intense and passionate affection left her feeling lost and overwhelmed.
She could only say in a hard tone, "Xu Xiao, please don't do this. You're only making things awkward for both of us."
Sure enough, the fleeting look of hurt on Xu Xiao's face was quickly masked by his expression: "Don't worry, I'll take care of things with my mom."
The deer felt a slight weakness.
From that day on, Lu Qingqing stopped answering Xu Xiao's calls and avoided meeting him. He came to see her several times, but she always made excuses about not feeling well.
Meng Yaozhu hasn't contacted her since that night, though he did send her messages, which she hasn't replied to.
Even if she broke up with Xu Xiao, she didn't think she would end up with Meng Yaozhu.
She doesn't want to talk about love right now.
She finally understood that she would be content to spend more time with Ms. Jiang while she was still alive.
She visited Ms. Jiang at the hospital as usual, and Ms. Jiang indeed asked Xu Xiao, "I haven't seen you two come together recently? Where is he?"
Lu gently peeled an orange for her: "Finals are coming up soon, and there are a lot of classes at school."
"Really? He came this morning. You came in the morning and the other in the afternoon, clearly deliberately staggering your visits. Do you really think I'm blind?"
Lu Qingqing had intended to keep it a secret for a while longer, but she didn't expect Ms. Jiang to find out so quickly.
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