Chapter 131 No Love
Lu Bingchen was almost out of patience.
Although he was not favored, he was the one in the Lu family who understood Lu's mother's temperament best.
Once she decides on something, unless Lu Zhizhang objects, she must proceed according to her wishes.
Lu Bingchen asked, "What do you want to do here?"
Mother Lu was so angry and scolded enough that her hands were sore from pinching Lu Bingchen.
Her eyes were cold as she ordered, "Come back to the Lu family with me and apologize to your elder brother and sister-in-law. Their quarrel was caused by you. Your elder brother has always loved Su Yuan deeply. Let them reconcile!"
Xie Yiyi frowned and looked up at the back of Lu Bingchen's head.
She was protected by the man behind her and could not see the expression on his face.
I feel the same way, I just feel chilled...
Mother Lu didn't feel sorry for Lu Bingchen at all, and she just passed the deadlock that she couldn't solve to Lu Bingchen.
Did she forget that Su Yuan was Lu Bingchen's first love?
At the beginning, he ordered his son to give up his beloved woman, and now he wants Lu Bingchen to apologize and reconcile them.
Xie Yiyi opened her mouth and was about to retort.
Lu Bingchen nodded and said in a low voice, "Okay, I'll go back to the Lu family with you and explain to my eldest brother according to your wishes."
Upon hearing this, Mother Lu's expression softened considerably.
Lu Bingchen continued, "But when I leave, I want to take my household registration information with me. Tomorrow I will go to the household registration office to complete the formalities. From tomorrow on, the Lu family is the Lu family, and I am me. Anyway, I don't have any shares or assets in the Lu family under my name. From now on, apart from the alimony I am legally obligated to pay you, you can just pretend that you never gave birth to me, your son."
Mother Lu's face froze. She didn't expect that what he said on New Year's Eve was not just an angry remark, but the truth.
She glared at Xie Yiyi behind Lu Bingchen and said in a bad tone, "Is it you, a vixen, who instigated this?"
Before Xie Yiyi could speak, Lu Bingchen blocked Mother Lu's sight with his body, "It has nothing to do with her. It's been more than 30 years. I just want to let myself go."
“…Asshole!”
Lu Bingchen's eyes were bleak. Mother Lu's scolding no longer made him sad. He said calmly, "If you agree, I will go back with you. Even if you don't agree, I have already divided this family."
Mother Lu looked up and glared at Lu Bingchen, her eyes filled with anger and disappointment.
Is this her biological son?
He is heartless and cold-blooded, and has never been close to her since childhood.
Now that we have grown strong enough, we must separate!
After two minutes of silence, Mother Lu gritted her teeth and said, "Okay."
In her heart, Lu Zhizhang is more important.
In the past few days, Lu Zhizhang had not eaten for several days because of the quarrel with Su Yuan, and he was almost sick from hunger.
She could see that Lu Zhizhang still loved Su Yuan deeply in his heart, but he just needed a way out. However, she tried to persuade Su Yuan for several days, but Su Yuan refused to give in to Lu Zhizhang. Instead, she started packing her luggage and preparing for divorce procedures.
As a last resort, she came to her biological son for advice.
Mother Lu left first.
Lu Bingchen said he wanted to treat the redness and swelling on his face before returning to the Lu family, and Lu's mother didn't say anything.
Close the apartment door.
The whole world is quiet.
Xie Yiyi took out an ice pack from the refrigerator and handed it to Lu Bingchen.
"Thanks."
Lu Bingchen thanked him and said, "I'm sorry."
Xie Yiyi looked at his swollen cheeks and felt depressed. It was hard to imagine how Lu Bingchen had lived in such a depressing family for more than 30 years.
Xie Yiyi muttered, "Will his face be disfigured?"
Lu Bingchen laughed, and seeing the deep concern in her eyes, he teased her in a light-hearted tone, "Why, if I get disfigured, you're going to divorce me?"
Xie Yiyi was speechless, "You can still joke!"
Lu Bingchen reached out and touched her head, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt."
Xie Yiyi gently pushed his hand away and her breathing stopped for a moment.
It would be strange if it didn't hurt.
-
Lu Bingchen originally wanted to go back to the Lu family alone and let Xie Yiyi take Nian Nian to the amusement park, but Xie Yiyi insisted on going back to the Lu family with him, so Lu Bingchen had to agree.
Xie Yiyi called Wen Ci and said that she had something to do at the Lu family and could not accompany Nian Nian to the amusement park. She sincerely apologized to the little girl.
Although Wen Niannian felt disappointed, she still agreed obediently.
Xie Yiyi softly promised to accompany her to the amusement park tomorrow.
After applying ice for half an hour, the redness and swelling on my face subsided a little, but the slap mark was still very obvious.
Before going out, Lu Bingchen chose to wear a black mask and a baseball cap.
The two went downstairs and met their neighbors. Because of Lu Bingchen's "low-key" outfit, he was mistaken for a popular star.
Xie Yiyi went with him mainly because she was worried that Lu Bingchen would suffer unfair injustice again when he returned to the Lu family, and no one in the Lu family would speak up for him.
Halfway through the drive, she finally realized something.
Su Yuan and Lu Zhizhang are getting divorced. What is Lu Bingchen thinking? Is he happy or something else?
As soon as the question came out, it immediately occupied her mind.
Even when waiting for the red light, she was absent-minded when Lu Bingchen chatted with her.
Lu Bingchen watched Xie Yiyi's distraction through the rearview mirror, and reached out his right hand to shake her arm, "Yibaoer, what are you thinking about?"
Xie Yiyi finally came back to his senses.
Turn your head and look at him.
Lu Bingchen was wearing a hat and a mask, with only his eyes showing. Xie Yiyi couldn't tell his emotions.
She wasn't one to hold back, so she opened her mouth and said, "I have a question."
"Um?"
"Do you hope that Su Yuan and Lu Zhizhang will divorce, or do you hope that they will get back together?"
As Xie Yiyi finished speaking, the car behind him honked impatiently twice to urge him to leave.
Lu Bingchen didn't say anything. He glanced at the car behind him through the rearview mirror with his black eyes, stepped on the accelerator, and the car started smoothly and passed the current intersection smoothly.
Xie Yiyi looked at him, breathing slowly.
The more you breathe, the more oxygen you lack.
After several breaths, she finally heard the man's muffled voice through the mask.
“Respect their choice.”
-
On the last day of the Spring Festival, the road was a bit congested.
It was two hours later when we arrived at the Lu family.
As soon as he entered the room, Mother Lu's impatient and cold voice came, "Why are you so slow? Your eldest brother hasn't had lunch yet and is in the study."
Xie Yiyi frowned, "The road is jammed with traffic, and we haven't had lunch yet!"
Mother Lu glanced at Xie Yiyi displeasedly and instructed the housekeeper, "Tell the kitchen to heat up the food."
As soon as the housekeeper said yes, Lu Bingchen said, "No need, we'll go eat outside later."
After saying that, he looked at the housekeeper and said, "Do you still have the cherries and strawberries I ordered before the New Year? And the durian, wash two plates of fresh fruit for Yiyi to fill her stomach."
The housekeeper nodded, "Yes, Second Young Master, I'll go right away."
Mother Lu wanted to open her mouth, but swallowed the words back.
She was a little unhappy in her heart. Weren't these fruits bought for her by Lu Bingchen?
But she wasn't going to get angry just for some fruit. She said to Lu Bingchen with a cold face, "Go apologize to your elder brother first!"
Lu Bingchen glanced at her without saying anything. He turned to look at Xie Yiyi beside him and said in a gentle voice, "You take a rest and eat some fruit. I'll be down soon."
"Um."
Xie Yiyi responded, and Lu Bingchen walked towards the second floor.
When Mother Lu heard the change in her son's tone, she felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart.
Humph, you ungrateful person!
"Dong Dong Dong"
At the door of the study, Lu Bingchen bent his fingers and knocked a few times.
Apart from a cough, there was no other sound from inside the door.
Lu Bingchen pushed the door open and walked in.
The study was spacious and dark, with the curtains drawn tightly and no lights on.
Only financial news was playing on the TV screen. Lu Bingchen looked up and saw that the screen was showing a financial interview with Xie Peizhou from a few years ago.
Under the leadership of Xie Peizhou, the Xie Group achieved very good operating revenue last year, becoming a leading group enterprise far ahead of others in Beijing.
Lu Zhizhang was curled up on the sofa. The room was filled with the smell of nicotine from cigarettes, and the ashtray next to the man was already full of cigarette butts.
"Is it you?"
Lu Zhizhang knew someone was pushing the door open.
I thought it was Lu's mother, the housekeeper, or Su Yuan.
But I didn't expect it to be Lu Bingchen.
“Ahem…”
Lu Zhizhang covered his mouth and coughed twice, then sat up straighter. A scornful sneer flashed in his sickly eyes, "Come to see me make fun of you? Do you think you've finally beaten me after all these years?"
"You must be very happy, right? I snatched her from you back then, and now I still lose to you."
"Lu Bingchen cough cough..."
Because of his emotional fluctuations, Lu Zhizhang coughed and refused two points. He looked at Lu Bingchen standing tall and thin beside the sofa. The man was wearing a hat and a mask. Was he worried that the smugness on his face would be discovered by him?
His dark eyes were filled with sarcasm and confusion, and his tone was cold. "I really don't understand. I'm obviously better than you in every aspect, so why would she be obsessed with you, a person who has accomplished nothing? Lu Bingchen, did you seduce her while I was working hard for the Lu Group?"
Lu Bingchen was wearing a mask and couldn't help but sneer.
Sure enough, children who are favored and grow up in love have an innate inexplicable self-confidence.
Lu Zhizhang felt that he was very powerful.
He never thought that the nearly 20 percentage point drop in Lu Group's shares since he took over the Lu Group was due to his poor management; nor did he think that the increasing number of new groups that seized the market share that originally belonged to Lu Group was due to his lack of ability.
Lu Bingchen looked at Lu Zhizhang, and sometimes he really envied his elder brother.
Lu Bingchen chuckled and said, "Brother, you and I both know very well that I will never be able to defeat you in the Lu family."
"There's no way you can lose to me."
"Do you know why Su Yuan can't forget me?"
"Cough cough..." Lu Zhizhang's dark eyes darkened and he started coughing due to emotional fluctuations.
Lu Bingchen's voice was cold and clear. "From a psychological perspective, people tend to be more attached to things they haven't had, or things they've had but lost. The reason for this isn't necessarily desire, but rather a misplaced emotional projection stemming from a hidden anxiety about the security of their current relationship."
"Because the brain will have a subjective ideal bias in the Zeigarnik effect of 'unfinished goals', as well as the maintenance and binding of self-worth.
Lu Zhizhang frowned. He knew very little about professional psychology.
Lu Bingchen knew that he didn't understand, but he didn't have the kindness to give him any extra explanations. After all, this was his job and he charged for it.
Lu Bingchen paused and continued, "Ever since you and Su Yuan got married, I've never crossed the line with her. As for the gifts for festivals, Mom asked me to give them every year. But starting this year, I won't be giving them anymore."
Lu Zhizhang coughed twice and his brows furrowed even tighter.
Lu Bingchen looked at him for a while, then said, "I have said everything I need to say. Whether to reconcile or divorce is your choice."
After Lu Bingchen finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the door.
As his fingertips touched the door handle, Lu Zhizhang said in a low voice, "Stop."
Lu Bingchen paused, and Lu Zhizhang's voice came from behind him, "Then let me ask you, do you still love her in your heart?"
Lu Bingchen lowered his eyes and chuckled.
"Is this question important to you?"
Lu Zhizhang didn't say anything.
Lu Bingchen reached out and grasped the door handle, pulling it open with force, causing the sparkling and exquisite diamond bracelet on his wrist to appear from his cuffs.
Lu Bingchen's attention was instantly attracted to her, and his dark eyes softened.
He opened the door and said in a cold tone, "If you care, I can give you an answer."
"No."
-
Lu Bingchen came down from the second floor and did not see Xie Yiyi on the sofa in the living room.
The housekeeper passed by, and Lu Bingchen asked, "Where is Yiyi?"
The housekeeper replied: "Second Young Master, Second Young Mistress's cell phone rang just now, and then the call went to the backyard."
Lu Bingchen took out his cell phone from his pocket. It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon. He was worried that Xie Yiyi was hungry because she hadn't had lunch, so he wanted to get her household registration information early and take her to have lunch.
Mother Lu was not seen in the living room, so Lu Bingchen said, "Come with me to the backyard to take a look."
"yes."
The wind outside was very cold, and Lu Bingchen's hands were frozen after a while.
"Second Young Master, I've seen Second Young Madam. She's over by the Thousand Carp Pond."
The butler had good eyesight and reminded Lu Bingchen, pointing in the direction of the Thousand Carp Pond.
Lu Bingchen looked over and heard the housekeeper's puzzled voice in his ears, "Not only is the Second Young Madam here, but the Eldest Young Madam is here too. What are they talking about by the pool in such a cold day? Although the temperature is low and the lake looks frozen, it's not particularly thick. If someone accidentally falls into the water..."
Before the housekeeper finished speaking, Su Yuan's trembling scream reached Lu Bingchen's ears.
Lu Bingchen's heart sank suddenly and he immediately ran towards the Thousand Carp Pond.
There was only the sound of breaking ice and falling into the water. Su Yuan, wrapped in a thick fox fur cloak, fell into the pool. Only Xie Yiyi was left standing stiffly by the pool, with her hand reaching out to Su Yuan.
"Bingchen, save me!"
Su Yuan splashed in the water.
The little face turned pale instantly due to the cold pool water, and she looked at Lu Bingchen who came over with tears in her eyes.
"Su Yuan, your cloak is too wet. Take it off first."
Lu Bingchen ran to the shore, panting, and ordered Su Yuan to untie her fox fur cloak.
But Su Yuan seemed to be frozen silly.
She just looked at him with tears in her eyes and fear, flapping her hands, without untying the cumbersome cloak.
There was another "splash" of something falling into the water.
On the side, Xie Yiyi came back to her senses and saw Lu Bingchen taking off his long down jacket on the shore. In a blink of an eye, Lu Bingchen in the water had already swam towards Su Yuan.
"Bingchen, I'm so cold..."
"Take off your cloak."
Lu Bingchen's face was also pale from the cold. He reached out and pulled Su Yuan's cloak, then grabbed her arm and swam quickly towards the shore.
After getting ashore, Lu Bingchen wrapped Su Yuan in his down jacket. Su Yuan's face was still pale and her teeth were chattering from the cold.
"Bingchen, I'm so cold..."
Lu Bingchen looked at Xie Yiyi, whose face was also pale, and they met eyes, wanting to speak to comfort her.
The housekeeper urged, "Second Young Master, the eldest young mistress is weak. Send her back to the house quickly and give her a hot bath to ward off the cold!"
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