Chapter 45 Isn't it because of me?
Lu Lie's private villa was heavily guarded, like a fortress. Several bodyguards in black stood ramrod straight, their eyes fixed straight ahead.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the side door.
Feng Jun held a girl tightly in his arms, his steps so fast they seemed to fly.
The girl's face was deathly pale and lifeless, with a shocking purplish-red pinch mark on her neck.
Feng Jun shoved the man into the waiting car, roared the engine, and the car shot off like an arrow, disappearing into the distance.
Lu Lie stood quietly behind the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor.
Only after the car disappeared from sight did he slowly reach out and pull the heavy curtains closed.
The moment the curtains closed, the cloudiness in his eyes dissipated, replaced by a cold clarity.
His attacks are becoming less frequent, and the remaining toxins in his body are almost gone. He's now focused on making that tube of reagent number 13.
The sudden ringing of a cell phone shattered the silence of the room.
Lu Lie lowered his eyes and glanced at the name flashing on the screen.
Almost instantly, a corner of the ice in his eyes quietly melted away.
He swiped to answer the call, his movements swift and without the slightest hesitation.
"Senior brother! I did it! I made it!"
On the other end of the phone, Gu Xingnian's voice was filled with barely suppressed joy, and a hint of hoarseness from exhaustion.
"It really worked this time! There was absolutely no rejection reaction! Not even a little bit!"
Lu Lie's originally straight back seemed to relax a bit.
The lingering coldness in his eyes was completely replaced by gentleness, and his voice softened as well.
Congratulations, Nian Nian! That's fantastic!
"You wait, I'm going back to the company now. We'll celebrate with you tonight! We absolutely have to have a proper celebration!"
"No, senior brother, let's do it another day." Gu Xingnian's voice was clearly tired.
"I... I'm a bit overwhelmed. I've been working non-stop in the lab for three days and three nights, and now all I want to do is go home and sleep like a log."
“Okay.” Lu Lie immediately agreed. “Then you should go home and rest. Don’t push yourself.”
He almost never said no to her requests!
"Hmm, you've been gone these past few days. Has your headache flared up again? I'll make you a test kit in incubator number 9. You can try it."
Her words revealed her concern for him.
"Okay."
Even after hanging up the phone, he seemed to still be savoring her tenderness.
...
As dusk fell, twilight descended.
Sheng Weiwei was extremely anxious, but still couldn't get in touch with Gu Xingnian. She gritted her teeth and dialed Fu Beichen's number directly.
The moment the call connected, her anger exploded:
"Fu Beichen! Where did you hide Nian Nian?!"
A cold, mocking laugh came from the other end of the receiver. "She's your best friend, and you can't even find her, so you come to me? Sheng Weiwei, aren't you being a bit too funny?"
Sheng Weiwei was so angry that she spoke without thinking:
"Funny? You're the funny one! What a 'good' husband you are! Besides that kind of sordid stuff in bed, are you even a man? Huh? Do you even know what happened to her? Have you even cared about her safety?"
"beep--"
The phone was abruptly hung up.
Fu Beichen gripped his phone, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
The air pressure around him was frighteningly low, and his face was so dark it looked like ink could drip from it.
......
At 7 p.m., Gu Xingnian walked out of the Lu's Building and took a breath of fresh air, which even smelled sweet.
Because she produced the most important reagent.
This vial of reagent will save many, many people.
At 8 p.m., Fu Beichen arrived at the door of Gu Xingnian's apartment.
He had Lin Qi book a restaurant, but Gu Xingnian refused to meet him.
She simply left a message: if there's anything, let him come find her!
Very well, so he charged in!
Gu Xingnian went to open the door, and the person standing outside made her frown.
Fu Beichen?
Dressed in a suit and tie, meticulous in every detail, he seemed completely out of place in this small apartment.
"Mr. Fu, what brings you here?" Her voice was devoid of emotion.
Fu Beichen didn't answer, his gaze passing over her and looking into the room.
"Gu Xingnian, I have something to ask you."
As he spoke, he pushed open the door and walked in, his movements fluid and natural, as if it were his own home.
He stopped at the small dining table.
There were two dishes and a bowl of white rice on the table.
The scrambled eggs with tomatoes were bright in color, and the stir-fried beef with mushrooms was still steaming hot.
The chopsticks were resting on the rim of the bowl, clearly untouched.
"You haven't eaten yet?" he asked.
"Otherwise what?" Gu Xingnian closed the door, her tone carrying a barely perceptible sarcasm.
Fu Beichen, shameless as ever, pulled out the chair opposite her and sat down.
“I haven’t eaten either.” He paused, then added, “I wanted to invite you out to eat, but you wouldn’t come, so I had no choice but to come here.”
The meaning behind his words couldn't be clearer: he intended to freeload off the meal.
Gu Xingnian walked to the table without looking at him.
"Say what you need quickly, or my food will get cold."
She just wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Fu Beichen, however, didn't treat himself like an outsider at all. He picked up the chopsticks on the table, took a bite of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and put it in his mouth.
I chewed it a few times.
"It tastes good," he commented, picking up another piece of beef and putting it in his mouth.
The action was so fast that Gu Xingnian didn't have time to stop it.
He swallowed the food in his mouth, looked up at her, and said, "Why don't you get another bowl of rice, and we can eat and chat?"
Gu Xingnian was so angry she almost laughed.
How could this man have become so shameless? He wasn't even prepared for this.
She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and sat down opposite him.
"What is it? Speak quickly." Her voice was cold and hard.
Fu Beichen put down his bowl, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and did so slowly and deliberately.
He scrutinized her, and his probing gaze made her very uncomfortable.
“I heard you’re an orphan,” he said, his tone casual but his words sharp. “You came to Haicheng when you were around ten years old.”
He seemed to be chatting casually, but also testing the waters.
Gu Xingnian's expression remained unchanged.
She just watched him quietly. Had he taken the wrong medicine today?
A divorced ex-husband went to his ex-wife's house, ate her dinner, and chatted with her casually.
What kind of operation is this?
"If Mr. Fu is here today just for casual conversation, then please leave."
Her voice grew even colder, "I have work to do later."
Fu Beichen seemed not to have caught the hint that she was telling him to leave.
He leaned forward slightly, staring intently into her eyes.
"Gu Xingnian, why did you marry into the Fu family in the first place?"
She paused for a moment, somewhat speechless, but still said seriously, "Of course it's for your Fu family's money, what else?"
This question displeased him somewhat; Fu Beichen could clearly sense her perfunctory attitude.
He retorted, "Isn't it because of me as a person?"
Gu Xingnian: "..."
"Gu Xingnian, when we were little...did we know each other?"
He finally asked the question.
"I don't know him!"
She uttered three words, her voice trembling slightly, but her tone was resolute.
It's all in the past now.
She didn't want to look back at that path filled with thorns and bloodshed.
She had been with him for three years, but he never seemed to want to get to know her.
If he had asked her before, she would definitely have told him this story.
But now... there's no need!
"Ring ring ring." The phone rang, breaking the silence.
Gu Xingnian picked up the phone and answered Sheng Weiwei's call.
After listening to the phone call, her face turned pale. After hanging up, she stared blankly at the phone, as if she wanted to crush it.
Fu Beichen clearly sensed the change in her emotions. "What happened?"
"Smack!"
A crisp slap landed on Fu Beichen's handsome face!
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