Chapter 79 Lu Zhinian, Let’s Break Off the Engagement
The clear female voice was like a rock falling from a mountain stream, smashing the faces of the Lu family's master and servants, and also tearing apart Lu Zhinian's gentlemanly virtues of the past.
"Your Lu family is worthy of being the head of an aristocratic family, standing tall in the capital for many years. You may not have other abilities, but the young man you trained is adept at lying and playing the victim, and your servants are even more cunning and deceitful. You have always used the same tactics to deceive me."
"Lu Zhinian, don't you feel guilty?"
When Song Tangning mocked the disgusting person in front of him, he felt even more stupid that he had been fooled by Lu Zhinian's elegant appearance.
No matter what he said, she thought it was the truth, and as long as it made him happy, she would obey him.
In order not to cause trouble for him, she did not dare to act recklessly and learned to be gentle and well-behaved. In order to prevent him from embarrassing himself in public, she suppressed her nature and held herself to the rules of the Lu family's wife.
Just to marry into the Lu family, she endured the ridicule and mockery from the outside world and humbled herself to the dust.
As a result, he endured it for so long that he lost his life.
When Lu Zhinian met Song Tangning's mocking eyes, his anger froze, and his hands that were pulling at his shirt froze: "Tangning, listen to me..."
"What? How you lied to me, how you didn't care about me?"
"You think that if you just show me some kindness, I will forget the past and come back to you. You think that no matter how much I have been wronged, as long as I can marry into the Lu family, it will be my greatest honor and can outweigh all the hardships."
"Lu Zhinian, what gives you the right?"
Song Tangning's eyes were calm, and the bottom of his eyes were like a bottomless well. He looked at the person opposite him with a dark and indifferent look that made people panic.
"You think I should just put up with your indifference and hope for your occasional attention. You're just taking advantage of the fact that I like you, but why do you think I can't live without you?"
"Tang Ning..."
Lu Zhinian felt an inexplicable panic when he heard her words, as if he knew how cruel she would say next. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and said urgently:
"Don't be like this. I know I was wrong and I shouldn't have lied to you, but I'm just afraid that you'll be as distant and cold as you were in the City Prince's Mansion. I just don't want you to be alienated from me."
"You and I have been childhood sweethearts and have been engaged for many years. I have always known that you would marry me, and I have long been accustomed to having you by my side. The future wife of the Lu family will only be you."
"Tang Ning, believe me, I never had any other thoughts, I..."
Snap——
Song Tangning suddenly raised her hand and slapped Lu Zhinian. Lu Zhinian was a head taller than her, so the slap only hit his jaw. However, the extremely crisp sound still interrupted his thinking and made him stand there in shock.
she……
Actually hit him?
"You hurt me." Song Tangning said coldly.
Lu Zhinian suddenly lowered his head and saw that Song Tangning's fingertips, which had not yet fully recovered, were bleeding from being pinched by him. His face changed instantly and he let go in panic: "I didn't mean to..."
"You are just too careless, so you never care whether I am good or bad."
Song Tangning's crow-feather eyelashes fluttered slightly: "Lu Zhinian, you said we were childhood sweethearts and have been engaged for many years. I know all your likes and habits, but do you know what I like?"
"Do you know what I like to eat, drink, color, and clothes?"
"Do you remember what I did for your birthday last year, what gift I gave you, and what wish I made at Lingyun Temple?"
Lu Zhinian turned pale after being asked by her, and his eyes were filled with hesitation and guilt.
She likes...
A lot of things suddenly popped up in his mind, and when he wanted to open his mouth to speak, he found that none of them was not what he liked.
Food, drink, and things to use.
She always did everything according to his preferences, and those preferences were also catered to his. When the two were together, he never wronged himself and took it for granted that it should be so.
But now that he met her eyes, he suddenly realized that he had no idea what else she liked besides those things.
Seeing this, Song Tangning sneered, "Is this what you call a childhood sweetheart? You have to have me?"
"Lu Zhinian, let's cancel the engagement."
She glanced at Hua Wu beside her, and Hua Wu came forward and handed her two rolls of lists.
Tang Ning took it and handed it to Lu Zhinian: "You have never liked me these years and have always regarded me as a burden. You never want to get close to me in front of others. Since I am not worthy of Mr. Lu's eyes, this marriage is over."
"I haven't used any of the things you and the Lu family gave me over the years. I asked Hua Wu to pack them up and return them to Mr. Lu today. I also ask Mr. Lu to return the things I gave to you and the Lu family to me. We'll be even now."
Her dark eyes were like snow in a mountain stream, revealing a coldness without any warmth. The disgust and alienation in them made Lu Zhinian shiver all over.
Lu Zhinian never thought that he would hear Tang Ning say such cold words in his lifetime. The little girl who once pestered him and called him "Brother Lu" was now saying that they were clear.
Lu Zhinian was about to say something with trembling lips, but Song Tangning directly stuffed the two rolls into his hands. He didn't have time to hold them firmly, and the two rolls rolled to the ground.
Two rolls, one thick and one thin, rolled forward at the same time and spread out on the ground.
A piece of paper, only three or four feet long, was finished in an instant, and the few handwritings on it fell empty on the paper, which could be seen clearly at a glance.
When the other scroll rolled down, it was exposed all the way forward for more than ten feet. There were densely written words on it, and the end of the words hit the foot of the table, and more than half of it was left unrolled.
"Mr. Lu, do you need me to tell you which one is yours?" Tang Ning looked at him.
Lu Zhinian's face was pale, and he looked at the two pieces of paper with shock and embarrassment.
Taifu Rong had an excellent family background and assisted three generations of emperors. He had only two daughters, and when they got married, he almost divided the Rong family into two and let them each take their husband's family.
Song Tangning is the only daughter of Madam Rong, and she inherits all the property of the second branch of the Duke of Song's Mansion. In addition, her aunt, Princess Cheng, is afraid that she will suffer any grievances because she lost her father at a young age, so she never forgets to give her a share of money and treasures. Song Tangning's wealth and extravagance are unmatched by any other girl in the capital, even Lu Zhinian, who is the legitimate son of a noble family.
Lu Zhinian only knew that Song Tangning had given him a lot of things over the years, and every time he visited the mansion, he would bring gifts to the people there.
From large items like porcelain ornaments, famous paintings and antiques to small items like jade cups, headgear and clothes, most of the items in his study were bought for him by Song Tangning. Even many of the things in his father's and grandfather's studies were gifts from Tangning.
In addition, everyone in the mansion, whether elders or juniors, as well as women and men, received countless things from Song Tangning. When they were accumulated, large and small, and densely written on paper, they formed such an astonishing long scroll.
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