Lu You paused, a bad feeling rising in her heart: "What did I say?"
“You said you regretted marrying Cheng Zhou, if only you had known…” Fu Mingyuan paused at just the right moment, looking at her with a meaningful gaze.
Lu You's face turned deathly pale instantly.
She vaguely remembered saying something drunk, but the details were unclear. When Fu Mingyuan reminded her, she felt a chill rise from the soles of her feet.
Lu You immediately interrupted him, her tone urgent and firm: "I'm drunk! I'm just talking nonsense, don't take it seriously! Fu Mingyuan, thank you for taking care of me last night, but I really have to go, I have things to do at the company."
She practically fled, refusing Fu Mingyuan's offer to give her a ride, and instead called a car and left on her own.
Sitting in the car, Lu You was in a state of utter confusion.
How could she say such a thing? Even if it was said in anger, what if someone with ulterior motives overheard it...?
She dared not think too deeply about it.
However, what you fear most is what happens.
When she dragged her tired and frustrated body back to her apartment building, she immediately saw the man leaning against the car.
Cheng Zhou.
He had come to retrieve some documents and personal belongings he had left behind. When he saw Lu You get out of the taxi, he straightened up, his face expressionless, his eyes like ice.
Lu You, feeling guilty, was even more furious upon seeing his demeanor and preemptively mocked, "What are you doing here? You're not welcome here."
Cheng Zhou twitched the corners of his mouth, his smile cold and sarcastic: "Take my things. Don't worry, I'll leave as soon as I'm done, I won't get in your way."
He paused, looking at Lu You's slightly disheveled hair and tired face from a hangover, his tone becoming even colder.
"Looks like you had a lot of fun last night? The hangover must have been great!"
Lu You was hurt by the sarcasm in his words, and feeling guilty because of what happened last night, she became angry and embarrassed: "What do you mean? What business is it of yours whether I'm happy or not? We're getting a divorce soon, so who I eat with and whether I have fun or not is none of your concern."
"It's none of my business." Cheng Zhou's voice suddenly rose, and the disappointment he had suppressed all night finally burst out. "So I deserve to be like an idiot, still thinking about how to win you back, how to apologize to you, and even thinking about whether to persuade my mother to accept the adoption!"
"And what about you? Miss Lu turned around and went drinking and complaining to her old flame, regretting marrying me? In his eyes, am I so worthless? So inferior to him, Fu Mingyuan?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu You retorted angrily, trembling all over. "Yes! I did have dinner with him! So what? At least he won't be like you, with a bunch of messy family issues and a mother who's always pressuring you to have children!"
"At least he knows how to respect people and won't let you down in crucial moments! So what if I think he's better than you?"
That last angry remark pierced Cheng Zhou's heart.
All his struggles were completely negated by his own words at this moment.
He looked at him, the light in his eyes gradually fading until only a deathly stillness remained.
Fu Mingyuan nodded, took a step back as if to completely distance himself from her, his voice low and weary, carrying a sense of utter despair.
"Okay, Lu You, you're amazing."
He took a deep breath, as if using his last bit of strength, and said, word by word, "One month from now, the cooling-off period for divorce will end. I will be there on time. I wish you happiness."
After saying that, he didn't look at her again, turned around and opened the car door.
The car sped away without a trace of regret.
Lu You stood frozen in place, watching the direction he had disappeared in. The anger and reckless words she had spoken during the argument quickly faded, replaced by a surge of panic and regret.
That's not what she meant.
She was just furious; how could she say something like that?
Lu You's tears welled up unexpectedly, and she squatted down, sobbing uncontrollably in the empty parking lot below the apartment building.
This time, she clearly felt that some things had truly been shattered by her own hands and could never be put back together.
...
Fu Mingyuan doesn't seem to intend to give up easily.
After that dinner, he contacted Lu You several times, asking to meet her, his tone still gentle and considerate.
But after the previous embarrassment and the devastating argument with Cheng Zhou, Lu You now avoids this topic at all costs.
She either doesn't answer the phone or simply cancels it using work as an excuse.
That day, Fu Mingyuan even went directly to Lu You's company building.
Lu You saw him leaning against the car through the office window, rubbed her temples in annoyance, and was about to ask her assistant to go down and send him away.
Shang Wu happened to be there to discuss a new collaborative project with her, and bumped into Fu Mingyuan at the door.
When Fu Mingyuan saw Shang Wu, he greeted her very politely: "Madam Lu, it's been a long time."
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