"Hand in hand?" Lu Anning raised his eyebrows, the scene at that time emerged in his mind, and he clenched his knife and fork.
Rose teased, "That's right! It's the kind of relationship you imagine. Do you think he loves you very much? But have you ever considered that you've never truly known him? In your eyes, Tang Jingyuan is just the Third Master of the Tang family, a man bound by his status."
"so what?"
Lu An Ning smiled, and each cut of the knife landed precisely on the steak. In just a short while, the whole piece of meat was cut into even small pieces. She forked a piece into her mouth, chewing it slowly, without taking her eyes off Rose.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm just reminding you to wake up as soon as possible and stop living in this illusory dream."
Lu Anning chuckled: "Miss Rose, you don't mean to say that my husband loves you, right?"
"When I met him, you didn't know where he was."
"You said that too, that's all in the past. We're all approaching 30, who still lives in pure love? With his temper, if he really liked you, why didn't he look for you all these years?"
Lu Anning looked at him with a half-smile, not at all angered by his behavior. She was no longer a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. If such a small trick could stir up her emotions, she wouldn't have come to this point.
Rose sat down, and the two looked at each other. She lowered her eyes and also looked at Lu An Ning.
"You're completely indifferent. Do you know his past?"
"You said it yourself, that's the past. Those who live in the past are fools. Let me guess, you two must have met when he was still in the army! Tang Jingyuan was in his teens, so green and beautiful, it's normal for you to be moved. Tsk tsk! You're so precocious to fall in love with someone at the age of ten!"
The smile on Rose's face froze, unable to accept Lu Anning's disgusted expression.
"My relationship with him is the purest."
"Really? He's in the army, how could he know you? I understand! Did he meet you while on a mission? You were so young, his feelings for you must be pure indeed."
Lu Anning smiled faintly, his eyes full of sarcasm.
"You don't understand at all."
"I really don't understand what kind of pure feelings can arise between soldiers and bandits, and I have no interest in knowing. If I did, I should be the one to wake you up. The Tang Jingyuan you know is not the real him. He just disguised himself as another persona to complete the mission and make it easier to act. The one living in the dream is you."
Lu Anning took two bites, lost interest, and put down his knife and fork.
At first, it felt very similar, but after a few more bites, she noticed a clear difference. The greasy feeling was completely different from Jing Yuan's cooking, and she didn't like it.
"Do you know what I do?"
Rose's smile faded, and her eyes gradually darkened.
"Let me guess! You..."
Lu Anning raised his eyes, holding the cutlery knife in one hand, with a complicated expression.
No one knows what will happen next second!
In a flash, Bai Lu suddenly smashed the goblet, took two steps forward and pressed against Lu An Ning's carotid artery.
"You are the one behind Bai Lu!"
A cold voice entered Lu Anning's ears: "I can kill you at any time!"
The glass was sharp and could cut Lu An Ning's throat at any time if she moved. However, Lu An Ning did not panic but laughed instead.
"If you wanted to kill me, you could have done it quietly in the hospital. Why wait until now?"
After she finished speaking, Rose felt an extra force on her waist. She looked down and saw that it was Lu Anning who had put the dinner knife against her abdomen without her noticing.
For a moment, Rose's face became even gloomier.
"I didn't expect you to be so capable."
Lu An Ning curled his lips: "How could you have survived until now without any skills? Do you still want to continue playing?"
Rose narrowed her eyes and was about to speak when Lu Anning's phone rang. It was a video call from Tang Jingyuan.
Lu Anning chuckled: "Guess! What will Third Master do if I don't answer the video call?"
"Are you threatening me?"
"I'm just reminding you!"
After saying that, Lu An Ning moved, and Rose's hand subconsciously retreated half an inch. Seeing this, the smile on Lu An Ning's face became even more intense.
After a long time, Rose let the man go.
Lu Anning smiled and patted the wrinkles on her body. She called Tang Jingyuan back in front of her and turned to walk out the door.
The phone was picked up quickly, and when I heard the familiar voice, my racing heart gradually returned to its original rhythm.
She explained gently, "I just went downstairs. Maybe the signal was bad, so I didn't hear the phone ring. I was just about to go to dinner! Have you eaten yet?"
While chatting with Tang Jingyuan, Lu Anning came out of the coffee shop and walked towards the convenience store she usually went to. She and Zhong Ling had agreed to wait there. If she didn't show up for more than half an hour and no one answered the phone, they would call the police.
Feeling the gazes from behind him, Lu Anning straightened his back and did not look back.
After Tang Jingyuan answered, he heard footsteps but didn't see Lu Anning answer. He sensed something was wrong.
"Ningning, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Zhong Ling is waiting for me, so I won't tell you anymore. See you tonight!"
She hung up the phone. Through the glass window, Zhong Ling was looking at her with her phone. Seeing that she was safe, Zhong Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile gradually appeared on Lu Anning's face.
A gust of wind blew from somewhere, and a cool feeling came from behind. Lu Anning realized that his shirt was soaked.
When Lu An Ning heard Zhong Ling's chattering voice again, he was sure that he was alive. He drank half a bottle of water in one breath, which scared Zhong Ling.
She noticed the red marks on Lu Anning's neck and asked, "Boss Lu, how did you get your neck scratched?"
"Is there?" Lu An Ning raised his hand and wiped it. There was a faint trace of blood on his finger, probably from an accidental scratch just now.
"It's okay, just a little scrape."
Zhong Ling frowned and looked towards the coffee shop not far behind her. That was where the carotid artery was, how could it be just a scratch!
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