"Shang Wu! Do you know how cruel this is to me? Did you even ask me? Did you even ask me once if I wanted to forget you?"
His voice was hoarse, clearly hurt: "Let me tell you, even if it means death, I never intended to let you go. I'm just in a bad mood right now. What do the grudges of the previous generation matter? That's their business. Why should it be used to punish us?"
Shang Wu was stunned.
So that's what he was thinking?
But……
The thought of Lu You, the glaring engagement ring, his coldness these past few days, and the other person standing beside him...
Shang Wu pushed Lu Rang away directly.
"You make it sound so nice! But you're still with Lu You, aren't you? What's the point of telling me all this now?"
Lu Rang opened his mouth as he saw her become resistant and distant again.
Just then, Lu You, who had almost been forgotten by the two, suddenly raised her head.
Her face was still wet with tears, but her eyes brightened, and she put on a smile that was tinged with helplessness and apology, but also with a hint of cunning and relief.
“Awu,” Lu You’s voice broke the silence between the two.
She looked at Shang Wu, her eyes gentle yet guiding, "Don't be so quick to get angry. Think about it carefully. From the time you started dating A Rang until now, has his publicly acknowledged sister ever appeared in front of you both at the same time? Like an invisible person?"
Shang Wu was taken aback by Lu You's seemingly unrelated question.
elder sister?
Indeed, Lu Rang did have an older sister who was nominally adopted.
This was all to cover up the fact that Lu Rang's brother was an idiot.
She has a special identity and keeps a very low profile. She almost never attends any public events and has never appeared in her relationship with Lu Rang.
Shang Wu's eyes widened as she looked at Lu You in disbelief, her voice trembling: "You, you mean...you're...that older sister?!"
Lu You nodded, his smile tinged with apology.
"I'm sorry, A-Wu, I've been keeping this from you. Let me formally introduce myself again. I am Lu You, Lu Rang's nominal older sister, but we are not related by blood."
She glanced at Shang Wu, then at Lu Rang, and continued to explain.
"The engagement was fake. It was something Aryan and I planned to test you, because neither of us was sure if you still had feelings for him."
Shang Wu was completely stunned. Her brain seemed to have crashed, unable to process the massive influx of information.
The hatred was fake, the engagement was fake.
Was all of this just a test?
Her expression shifted rapidly, and a restless, almost imperceptible, emotion welled up within her—an emotion she dared not even contemplate.
Seeing that her expression was off, Lu You was afraid that she was really angry, so she quickly stepped forward and took her hand.
She apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, Ah Wu. It was wrong of us to lie to you, but please believe me, Ah Rang really had no other choice."
She sighed, her eyes filled with heartache as she looked at Lu Rang: "After he stopped taking the medication and regained his memory, the first thing he did was frantically search for you, wanting to know if you were doing well. But when he found you, he saw you with that Chen Chunzhi, chatting happily, and even going to a coffee shop together."
He assumed you had started a new relationship, were doing very well, and didn't need him anymore. He was so heartbroken he almost collapsed again, but he didn't dare to bother you.
Shang Wu's heart clenched as she recalled the time she had coffee with Chen Chunzhi.
"Later, after confirming with various sources that you were not in a relationship, and fearing that you no longer loved him and that being with him was too tiring for you, he reached a consensus with our father to make him forget everything from the past. That's why he came up with such a stupid idea to have me pretend to be his fiancée to test you."
As Lu You spoke, she was both amused and exasperated. "The more you tested him, the more he broke down. Because you acted too calmly and indifferently, every time he came into contact with you and tested you, he would go back and be depressed for a long time, staring blankly at that old photo frame. He was so pitiful."
Shang Wu seemed to see Lu Rang alone, heartbroken and tormenting himself.
Behind what she perceived as indifference lay Lu Rang's clumsy, uneasy, and even humble probing.
Shang Wu's spirits immediately deflated, replaced by a complex mix of anger and heartache.
This man... how can he still be so stupid!
She raised her eyes and looked at Lu Rang.
His eyes were still red, his face showing unease and anticipation, as well as a hint of nervousness at being rejected by her again.
Shang Wu's nose tingled, and she couldn't say anything. She just took a step forward and threw herself into Lu Rang's arms, hugging him tightly with all her might.
Lu Rang stumbled slightly from her sudden embrace.
Immediately, he almost trembled as he hugged her back with all his might, burying his face deep in the crook of her neck, greedily inhaling her familiar scent.
"Awu, I'm sorry..."
He apologized incoherently, as if he wanted to integrate Shang Wu into his very being and never be separated from her again.
"Don't lie to me anymore, don't test me anymore, I've only ever loved you!" Shang Wu buried her face in his chest, sobbing silently, but her hands held him even tighter.
"No, never again." Lu Rang kissed her forehead.
After a while, Shang Wu calmed down a bit, but she still buried herself in his arms and refused to look up.
She asked in a muffled voice, "Will your illness......"
She always remembered that phone call.
Lu Zheng said that Lu Rang was about to fall ill.
That sentence was her deepest fear.
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