His tone was aggressive, every word sounding like he was interrogating her, or perhaps mocking himself.
That faint sense of grievance swept through Shang Wu's heart again, making her even more confused.
What does he want? He's the one who's engaged to someone else, and now he's talking to her like she's abandoned him?
Cheng Zhou couldn't stand it anymore and said coldly to Lu Rang, "A-Wu came to see you out of kindness, not to listen to your tantrums! What obligation does she have to stay and keep you company?"
Lu Rang finally turned his icy gaze to Cheng Zhou, a mocking smile playing on his lips: "This is between her and me. What right do you have to interfere? The new protector of flowers?"
"You!" Cheng Zhou's expression changed.
The conflict was on the verge of escalating.
"Enough!"
Shang Wu suddenly spoke up, interrupting the tense atmosphere between the two.
She felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Lu Rang's injury was caused by her, and Lu You's words of entrustment still echoed in his ears.
She really couldn't just wash her hands of it.
She took a deep breath and gave Cheng Zhou an apologetic yet pleading look: "Cheng Zhou, thank you, but it's alright now. You can go back first. I'll stay a little longer and make sure he's alright before I leave."
Cheng Zhou frowned, clearly very worried: "A-Wu, you don't need to..."
"It's really nothing." Shang Wu forced a smile. "Thank you for making this trip."
Cheng Zhou glanced at her, then gave a cold look at Lu Rang, whose face was still gloomy, and finally sighed helplessly.
"Okay, I'll be downstairs then. Call me immediately if anything happens."
He deliberately emphasized the last sentence, as if warning Lu Rang.
...
After Cheng Zhou left, only Shang Wu and Lu Rang remained in the suite.
The atmosphere became more subtle and tense.
Lu Rang didn't say anything more, but sat back down on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest, but the low pressure around him did not dissipate.
Shang Wu sat far away on another single sofa, looking down at her phone, trying to minimize her presence.
Time ticked by, and silence spread through the air, broken only by the faint sound of each other's breathing.
After an unknown amount of time, Shang Wu's phone suddenly rang, breaking the suffocating silence. It was an unfamiliar number.
She hesitated for a moment, then walked to the corner of the living room to answer the call.
Hello, who is this?
A cold, hard voice came from the other end of the phone.
It's Qianjue.
"Is the young master with you?"
Shang Wu's heart skipped a beat.
How did Qianjue know that she and Lu Rang were here?
Shang Wu glanced subconsciously at Lu Rang on the sofa. He still had his eyes closed and seemed undisturbed by the phone call.
She gripped her phone tightly and lowered her voice: "How did you end up here looking for someone? I haven't been in contact with Lu Rang for a long time, don't ask me."
Shang Wu tried to distance himself from the situation.
She didn't take the initiative to contact Lu Rang, nor did she want to become someone who broke her promise and approach Lu Rang again.
Their meeting was accidental and didn't need to be known by the Lu family.
Qianjue's tone was firm and demanding: "We can't contact him. His usual phone is out of service. Location tracking shows he was last seen in the hotel area. Miss Shang, the young master's health is unstable. Please tell us the truth!"
Is your physical condition unstable?
Shang Wu felt a pang of guilt when she recalled his pale face and the wound on his back, but she felt more annoyed by his perceived offense.
Why should she be interrogated?
Her tone turned cold, tinged with impatience and aloofness: "Where Lu Rang is and what he's doing is none of my business. I have no obligation to report his whereabouts to you. You've got the wrong person!"
Qianjue wanted to say something more.
Shang Wu quickly hung up the phone, but when she turned around, she found that Lu Rang had already opened his eyes, and she wondered if he had heard something.
Her breathing became slightly labored.
The call from Qianjue reminded her once again.
She shouldn't have come here and had any further entanglement with Lu Rang; it went against their previous agreement.
She should completely disappear from Lu Rang's world.
Shang Wu clenched her fists and stared coldly at Lu Rang.
"There's no one else here, so I'll just say what I really want to say."
"Now that you're engaged and have found the woman you love, I'm at ease. It's best for you to look forward. Anyway, we won't have any contact in the future. Even if we meet again because of Sister You, just treat each other like strangers."
"Thank you for shielding me from the hot soup tonight. I'll just consider it a good deed you did. I'll pay your medical expenses, and I'll have Aying help you apply the medicine later."
"goodbye."
Shang Wu finished speaking in one breath, without looking at Lu Rang's reaction, and turned to leave.
Lu Rang suddenly spoke up behind her.
"Shangwu".
Shang Wu paused, then turned around.
Lu Rang's eyes were as dark as ink, and his brows were solemn, just as they had been when they first met.
He asked slowly, "Don't you like me at all anymore?"
Shang Wu's heart sank, and her fingertips curled up.
dislike……
How could she not like it?
Their relationship has never had any problems; it was always external factors that kept getting in the way.
She asked herself honestly that she had never wronged anyone in her life, except for Lu Rang, with whom she had been repeatedly hurt since they became entangled.
Now that Lu Rang has new people around him, this is the best outcome.
Whether she's in pain or sad, she's destined to go in the opposite direction from Lu Rang.
The feeling of being pushed apart from Lu Rang was so powerless, and there was no way to resist it.
Shang Wu looked at the floor.
"Lu Rang, you're already engaged, is there any point in asking me this question?"
She curled her lips into a sneer, raised her eyes, and said mockingly, "I betrayed you and hurt you, and even after all this, you still can't forget me, can you?"
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