Chapter 161 Powerful Protection of Her Husband
Lu Zhenyu took a half-hour hot bath after returning home. While she was sitting cross-legged on the sofa drying her hair, Shi Yiqiao returned with a glass of ginger cola.
"Drink some to ward off the cold. If you catch a cold, General Shen will be heartbroken."
Lu Zhenyu now turns pale at the mention of the cup, her cool, delicate hands gripping the cup without a care for the heat.
"I don't want to hear his name for now, don't mention it."
Shi Yiqiao sensed something was amiss. She pinched her chin and looked the other person up and down, then smacked her cheek. "You two... had a fight?"
Lu Zhenyu blew on her cola with droopy eyelids, ignoring the comment.
With her beautiful big eyes darting around twice, Shi Yiqiao took out her phone, opened some video, and started watching it before lowering her head and sighing.
Before anyone could move, the phone "accidentally" fell onto the leg under the bathrobe.
Lu Zhenyu glanced at it unintentionally and stopped drinking water.
The video, taken from behind, shows a man holding a room key as he walks down a corridor toward the elevator.
His legs were clearly not very agile. After taking two steps with great effort, he probably couldn't take it anymore and bent down to massage his calves.
I held onto that position against the wall for three minutes to catch my breath before hobbling into the elevator.
The video ends with Lu Zhenyu sitting in the same position from beginning to end.
"Do you really think that we'd all defect to General Shen just because of a bag and an afternoon tea?"
Shi Yiqiao patted her on the shoulder, "Don't even mention five million, would five hundred million be a big deal to them? What everyone is moved by is actually the actions he put into you."
Be down-to-earth and sincere, showing yourself completely to the other person, yet giving you absolute freedom and choice.
This is what Shi Yiqiao saw in Shen Jingsi, and everyone else saw it too.
“Yesterday, he went downstairs to find you. He was putting on a brave face in front of us when he came, but he showed his true colors as soon as he left the house.”
Men are more vulnerable than women; they can withstand physical pain, but not mental torment.
Have these years been easy for those who have been living in the capital? Anyone with eyes can see that they haven't.
The execution that year accidentally released Duan Yu, which led to him hiring international assassins to secretly sabotage Shen Jingsi all these years.
The physical injuries were secondary; the main torment was the mental anguish.
“This afternoon I heard Manman say that he couldn’t sleep last night because his leg hurt so much that he swallowed five painkillers.”
Lu Zhenyu looked up.
Shi Yiqiao: "I know you actually have feelings for him. You said you'd get a divorce, but you turned a blind eye to many things. Why did you bet 3,500 on him? It wasn't because you thought he could beat the Major General, it was just because you wanted to side with him, right?"
Lu Zhenyu lowered her eyes. "I've always had some reservations about him."
"I feel that you two have been through so much unpleasantness together, and getting back together would only bring more pain to each other. Wouldn't it be better for you to go your separate ways?"
Seeing Lu Zhenyu nod, Shi Yiqiao smiled helplessly and put his arm around her shoulder. "But even if you're rational, when you're really face to face, you still can't help but feel impulsive, right?"
After asking the question, it took Shi Yiqiao a long time to finally respond with a simple "Mm".
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In the dead of night after the rain, the sea breeze carried a slight chill.
A figure leaned against the rocks, crumpled soda cans lying around him. Instead of having dinner, he drank heavily, gulping down one drink after another, his drunken but not dazed eyes gazing at the aimless darkness.
Strangely, the stars overhead were dazzlingly bright, yet they couldn't illuminate the lifeless, still pool of eyes.
The phone vibrated. After reading the contact name, Shen Jingsi leaned forward, straightened his wrinkled shirt, and smiled the moment the video call connected.
A soft, sweet voice came from the other end, "Good evening, Daddy~"
Shen Jingsi, his neck flushed red, smiled and his sharp eyes crinkled. "Baby, have you had dinner yet?"
"I ate it all, and I ate two bowls by myself!"
He held up three fingers to represent the two bowls, looking quite serious, which amused Shen Jingsi.
In the past, eating was a major struggle for many families, and what gave the old father the biggest headache was his daughter's picky eating habit. "Why is my darling being so good today?"
"Because Mommy said that if I eat well, I will be healthy, and if I am healthy, she will take me to see the whales."
Shen Jingsi, "Did you talk to Mommy again today?"
In the video, Barbie's little face is dotted with dots. "I video chat with Mommy every day. Mommy says she misses me so much."
A glimmer of light appeared in Shen Jingsi's deep, dark eyes as the little one cupped his face and asked again, "Daddy, haven't you won Mommy back yet?"
A self-deprecating smile crept across Shen Jingsi's lips. "Is Dad a little useless?"
Thinking of the scene on the court where Lu Zhenyu rushed towards Feng Jinzhou without hesitation, the light that had finally appeared in her eyes was swallowed up by sorrow again.
Shen Jingsi exhaled a shallow breath, "If, and I mean if, we don't manage to win Mommy back in the end, will you blame Daddy, baby?"
The little pearl on the screen tilted her head left and right and thought for a moment, "Daddy, you're wrong to think like that."
Shen Jingsi smiled wryly and asked what was wrong. She said seriously, "You're pursuing Mommy not just for the baby, but because you love Mommy."
"Also, of course I won't blame Daddy, because Mommy is still my Mommy whether she's with you or not, but if that's the case, then she's not your wife."
That one sentence was a revelation to Shen Jingsi, who was lost in confusion.
The man stared blankly at the screen for a full minute, while Little Pearl tilted her head left and right as she looked at her dazed father.
"Dad, you..."
"Dad knows."
As he straightened up, Shen Jingsi suddenly said, "Daddy was wrong, baby, don't tell your mommy about this. Daddy will bring Mommy back to you soon, okay?"
Little Pearl nodded, "I believe you can do it, Daddy's the best!"
A video call of less than twenty minutes directly cured the elderly father's depression that had lasted for two days.
Shen Jingsi stopped drinking, propped himself up to stand, swayed a couple of times to steady himself, and then prepared to go find Lu Zhenyu.
Before I had taken two steps, I ran into the two French women from the stadium again.
"Hey handsome, you didn't bring your wife today?"
The strong scent of perfume made Shen Jingsi frown subconsciously, exhale a breath of alcohol, and take half a step back. "Get out of the way."
The night was deep and the surroundings were silent, giving those with malicious intentions room to act boldly.
The woman who spoke Chinese stepped forward with her arms crossed, her beautiful blue eyes sparkling. "Handsome, drinking alone? Did you have a fight with your wife? How about we keep you company? We're all adults, you don't need to take responsibility."
Taking a deep breath, Shen Jingsi said impatiently, "I don't hit women, but I have hit women before."
Thinking he was just bluffing, the two women exchanged glances and took a step forward in unison, exclaiming, "Handsome..."
"Your good looks aren't yours, stop crowding, my husband isn't blind."
Lu Zhenyu strolled over from behind and stood between the three of them.
Glancing at the two full breasts squeezed out by the shapewear, she reached out and pulled up the collar of the garment, which had been exposed by the woman's arms crossed.
The Chinese-speaking woman looked on in surprise.
Lu Zhenyu: "Don't rush, pull hers first, then pull yours."
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