Lu Zhiwei straightened her back a bit, her eyes clear and shimmering.
Any other woman would have been terrified by Luo Xiu's powerful aura.
But she remained as calm as ever, yet with a hint of arrogance.
"It's not like we've only been on opposite sides for a day."
Luo Xiu lowered his head and sneered, his bloodshot eyes filled with desolation: "If you want to cooperate with Owen, you can just tell me directly, and I'll do you this favor. Why do you have to do this?"
"I've said it before, I'll fight for what I want myself, I don't need to rely on a man," Lu Zhiwei said clearly.
"Is it because of what happened between Yuri and me in the room tonight that upset you? So you're going to try to make me angry in the same way?" Luo Xiu's eyes flickered as he found an excuse to comfort himself.
Lu Zhiwei sighed, "Can't you stop being so presumptuous?"
Luo Xiu was already in a bad mood, and then he was subjected to a series of sarcastic remarks from Lu Zhiwei.
Anger surged within him.
Unable to control his emotions, he grabbed Lu Zhiwei's wrist: "I can let bygones be bygones for what happened tonight, but you have to appease me."
Luo Xiu forcibly took Lu Zhiwei away from the hotel.
After putting her in the car, he instructed his assistant to drive to a wonton shop along the street.
Wonton shops are not common in the United States. The owner of the shop came abroad to do business more than 20 years ago.
Do you remember this store?
After pulling Lu Zhiwei out of the car, Luo Xiu pointed to the old shop that hadn't been renovated in decades.
How could Lu Zhiwei not remember?
On a snowy night, her fingers were so frozen on the ground that they almost fell off.
Luo Xiu took the little money he had and led her into the store.
At that time, Luo Xiu was only a teenager, a vibrant young man.
When he pulled her into the shop and sat her down, he said to her, "I remember you said you liked the wontons your mother cooked for you. I searched the whole street and this was the only place I found. I don't know if the taste is as good as your mother's."
At that time, my mother was bedridden and seriously ill, and she couldn't get up to cook anything for her.
A bowl of wontons full of meat became the most luxurious thing at the time.
He asked the owner for a large bowl, and he put all the wontons into her bowl. He just held the bowl and drank a few mouthfuls of the hot wonton soup.
Through the fogged glass, the steam rising from the bowl wafted over his sharply defined face.
Lu Zhiwei has never told Luo Xiu this.
That bowl of wontons had touched her heart.
But later, he dared not let his heart flutter again.
Enter the store.
Luo Xiu asked the owner to bring them a large bowl of wontons.
The streets were deserted in the early hours of the morning.
The boss came over in person to take our order.
"Young Master Luo, you're here for a late-night snack? Did you bring your girlfriend this time?"
The boss thought Lu Zhiwei looked familiar, and his eyes revealed a hint of gossip.
Lu Zhiwei shook her head: "I'm not his girlfriend."
"Not yet, are you sure you only want one bowl?" the owner asked with a smile.
Luo Xiu nodded.
Lu Zhiwei crossed her arms and looked at him casually: "Can't you afford a second bowl?"
"I want to share food with you, just like when we were kids." Luo Xiu divided the food into bowls for the two of them without saying a word.
The wontons were served quickly.
As usual, Luo Xiu gave her a large portion, while he only drank the wonton soup himself.
Lu Zhiwei had little appetite and no interest in reminiscing about their past with him.
"Eat quickly, or it will get cold."
Luo Xiu urged her on and even added some chili sauce to her wontons.
Ding-dong.
His phone rang.
"You eat first, I need to process some information." Luo Xiu put down his cutlery and took out his phone from his pocket.
Lu Zhiwei's gaze fell on his phone.
She could roughly guess what he had received on his phone.
She had Luo Wuyan bring in the media to take pictures of her entering Owen's room, and then deliberately had these reporters send a copy of the footage to the Luo family patriarch.
The old master of the Luo family was constantly monitoring Luo Xiu's every move.
He's been neglecting his work lately, and Old Master Luo should probably send someone to keep an eye on things related to his harassment of her.
And this revelation was sent over.
This undoubtedly confirmed to the Luo family patriarch that Lu Zhiwei was a divorced woman with a child and a promiscuous lifestyle.
They are not even close to the Luo family's social standing.
After reading the message.
Luo Xiu's face gradually darkened.
Bang--
He swept his hands across the table.
Sweep all the wonton bowls off the table onto the floor.
Including the bowl that was served to Lu Zhiwei.
Lu Zhiwei calmly watched him lose his temper, then leaned back in her chair with a detached air.
The wonton shop owner was so frightened that he hid in the kitchen, occasionally peeking out from behind the curtain, thinking that the young couple was arguing.
"Lu Zhiwei! You've really angered me."
Luo Xiu clenched his fists, wishing he could tear Lu Zhiwei in front of him to pieces.
That feeling of loving yet being helpless made him grit his teeth in frustration.
Only Lu Zhiwei could do that.
“That’s great, just what I wanted.” Lu Zhiwei shrugged.
“These past few days, I’ve been desperately trying to speak well of you in front of the old man, hoping he would accept you soon, but you’re willing to ruin your own reputation to destroy the path I’ve paved.”
Luo Xiu gave a self-deprecating twitch of his lips.
He felt incredibly stupid, completely manipulated by this woman.
He considered himself a master strategist, capable of anything.
But they had absolutely no way to deal with this woman.
He really didn't know what to do.
"Did you ask me if I was willing to embark on this path before you started paving it? Are our goals aligned? If our goals are not aligned, we will always be walking on parallel lines that will never intersect, and no matter how hard you try, it will be useless."
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