Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Breaking off the Engagement and Asking for Cohabitation
Xiao Qingyang couldn't stand it any longer and yelled, "You have so many flowers in your office, what's wrong with giving me one bouquet?!"
Fu Zhouxing's gaze swept between the bouquet of flowers and Pei Shuyu's expressionless face, then he followed Pei Shuyu into the office.
Pei Shuyu put the new bouquet of flowers under the table. Fu Zhouxing took a glance at it and found that as Xiao Qingyang said, there were already a lot of flowers piled underneath.
He said calmly: "Are they all sent by Lu Hean?"
Pei Shuyu paused for an almost unnoticeable moment, neither admitting nor denying it. He simply pulled out a chair, sat down, and turned on the computer.
Fu Zhouxing understood and was silent for a moment before asking, "What did he come to talk to you about this time?"
Pei Shuyu stared at the screen, his fingertips tapping unconsciously on the keyboard. His voice was tired, "We didn't talk about anything. I told him that once his engagement was over, I'd tell him why we broke up."
When Fu Zhouxing heard this, his expression instantly became a little strange, his eyes slightly widened, as if he had heard something extremely unexpected, his lips moved, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Pei Shuyu noticed his unusual silence and raised his head: "What's wrong?"
Fu Zhouxing looked at him with a complex expression, as if engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. Ultimately, he simply raised his hand and pressed firmly on his solar plexus. Very slowly, with a tone that was difficult to articulate, he said, "Then... good luck."
Pei Shuyu frowned: "What do you mean?"
"Guess who told you to hang up on me last time." Fu Zhouxing said no more, turned and left, leaving behind a back full of unfinished words.
Pei Shuyu looked at Fu Zhouxing's unusual behavior and muttered, "It's just a phone call..."
Soon, Pei Shuyu knew why Fu Zhouxing hesitated to speak.
Lu Hean really single-handedly dominated the league's hot searches.
The biscuit in Xiao Qingyang's mouth fell to the table with a "click". He widened his eyes and pointed at the hot search list on the screen with trembling fingers. His mouth was open so wide that an egg could be stuffed in.
"I... Oh my god! Fu Zhouxing! Look! Lu Hean... he he he..." He was so excited that he was incoherent. He grabbed Fu Zhouxing, who seemed calm but had a blank look in his eyes. "Look at what these reporters posted! The eldest son of the Lu family unilaterally broke off his engagement with Young Master Qiao Zhishi of the Qiao family?!"
Fu Zhouxing was shaken to the point of staggering. He pushed his hand away helplessly and rubbed his brows: "Got it."
Xiao Qingyang noticed his overly calm reaction and narrowed his eyes suspiciously: "What's with that expression? Did you...did you know this a long time ago?!"
Fu Zhouxing avoided his burning gaze and said "hmm" vaguely.
I wanted to tell Pei Shuyu about this last time. He had heard the rumors and knew that Lu Hean had contacted many media outlets and would pick a date to release the news.
It was just because of Pei Shuyu's words that it happened earlier.
"Damn it! You knew that, why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Xiao Qingyang instantly exploded. "And what about Pei Shuyu just telling him that he would tell him if he broke off the engagement...this...this...did Pei Shuyu know?!"
Fu Zhouxing looked at Pei Shuyu's closed office door with a complicated look in his eyes: "Now... I probably know."
At the same time, the Qiao family villa was in a mess.
The fragments of the precious antique vase were scattered all over the floor. Qiao Zhishi cried and threw everything she could get her hands on against the wall like a madman.
"Why?! Didn't he lose his memory?! How could he do this!" His voice was shrill and tearful, filled with disbelief and humiliation. "Dad! Go ask Uncle Lu! This must be fake! They wrote it all!"
Father Qiao was frantically making calls that would never go through, his forehead covered in sweat. Finally, he powerlessly put down the communicator with a pale face.
"Zhi Shi, stop it... Think about it, how could these reports appear without Lu Hean's consent?" He tried to pull his youngest son, but he was pushed away by him.
"I don't believe it! Why would Lu He'an do this? Doesn't the Lu family still need our support? Why? Why!" Qiao Zhishi sobbed and suddenly turned to his brother who had been sitting silently on the sofa. "Brother... help me think of a solution. I want to go find Uncle Lu..."
Qiao Songyan raised his eyes, his gaze cold as ice behind his glasses. He put down his phone, which had been scrolling through the news, and spoke calmly, "Who? Lu Tingyuan? Qiao Zhishi, use your brain. Do you think Lu Hean alone could have made this news a hot topic on the league's search headlines without Lu Tingyuan's approval?"
All of Qiao Zhishi's crying froze on his face in an instant, as if someone had strangled him by the throat. The blood color faded from his face little by little, leaving only great fear and confusion.
"No... Impossible..." He muttered to himself, his body trembling slightly, "Uncle Lu clearly... He promised..."
Qiao Songyan sneered, stood up, and looked down at his distraught brother with a barely perceptible annoyance in his tone: "Stop daydreaming. People like Lu Tingyuan put profit above all else. I've said it before, never rely on others."
He adjusted his cuffs, his voice growing colder. "You're risking your life for an alpha who doesn't care about you at all. All those things I sent you to study were wasted."
After saying this, he stopped looking at his brother who was lying on the ground and his gloomy father, and turned to leave the chaotic living room.
On the screen, the hot search for breaking off the engagement that set off the entire alliance was still hanging high, and every word was like a loud slap in the face of everyone in the Qiao family.
Another central figure in the incident was standing in front of the office window at this moment, holding a slightly warm mobile phone in his hand, and the screen was showing the explosive news.
There was no expression on his face, only the slightly pursed lips and the extremely complex emotions surging deep in his eyes, revealing that his heart was far less calm than his appearance.
Pei Shuyu wondered if he was blind or had traveled through time. It hadn't been long since he and Lu He'an finished talking about this, so how could it... come true?
Hiss, was his mouth blessed? Or did he suddenly awaken some superpower that could make his wishes come true?
How could this happen? Lu Hean actually did it. He said it because he thought President Lu would never agree, but now he felt like he was digging a hole for himself.
Fu Zhouxing’s words “Good luck to you” still seem to echo in my ears.
No wonder he has this expression...
So what to do now? Where can he go to make up another reason to break up?
Before I could think it through, the debt collector called.
Pei Shuyu didn't want to answer the call, so he let the phone ring. It rang until he heard the tone indicating no one was answering, and then it automatically hung up.
After repeating this several times, the phone became quiet.
Fu Zhouxing knocked on the door and came in, handing him a phone. "Looking for you."
Pei Shuyu didn't think much about it and took the phone, "Hello?"
"Hi~ Captain Pei. I can meet you tonight..."
Pei Shuyu immediately covered his phone, stared at Fu Zhouxing with wide eyes, and whispered, "How did he get your number?!"
"He used your phone to call me before, but I didn't expect he would remember it." Fu Zhouxing was also helpless, but decided to assist, "He said he called you but you didn't answer, so he had to call me."
On the other end of the phone, Lu Hean's smiling voice came through the receiver clearly: "Captain Pei, you can't hide from the consequences. I have done what you said. Now can you tell me the reason?"
Pei Shuyu took a deep breath and uttered two words coldly into the microphone: "I'm busy."
"That's okay," Lu Hean agreed, the smile in his voice deepening. "I can wait. Wait until you get off work, or... I can come find you now? It's a good opportunity to say hello to your colleagues and introduce myself."
"Don't you have your own things to do?" Pei Shuyu asked.
"Really not." Lu Hean's voice came through the receiver, "I'm free now, I have plenty of time."
Before Pei Shuyu could react to the deeper meaning behind his words, Fu Zhouxing beside him added expressionlessly, "He's been suspended for investigation."
Pei Shuyu was stunned, and his fingers gripping the phone subconsciously tightened: "...What?"
"Hmm, you're pretty up-to-date. The old account of the seizure of your Saifan supplies has been dug up. It just happened to be right in their line of fire. I'm suspending you for an investigation and going through the formalities."
"But don't worry," Lu Hean's voice was still full of laughter, "I just need some free time for now. So Captain Pei, I'm so poor now that I only have time left, so I came all the way to bother you."
Pei Shuyu's throat was dry and he couldn't speak for a while.
After he hung up the phone mercilessly, the world seemed to be really quiet.
Fu Zhouxing took back his phone and quietly left.
What happens next has nothing to do with him...
Lu Hean didn't show up until the end of the day, nor did he send any messages. Pei Shuyu deliberately lingered in the office until everyone had left, then left with a trepidation. The journey was uneventful, and he even laughed inwardly at himself for being too nervous.
However, this sense of luck was shattered when he reached the door of his apartment.
Lu Hean was lazily leaning against his slightly worn door. He had changed out of his daytime formal attire, wearing only a simple shirt and trousers, with a small suitcase at his feet.
Hearing the footsteps, Lu Hean raised his head, with no extra expression on his face. He just looked at him indifferently, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Pei Shuyu's eyelids began to twitch again. "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you." Lu Hean stood up straight and gently kicked the suitcase next to him with his toes. "I'll come to you."
"..." Pei Shuyu was almost amused by his self-righteousness, "Go back to your own home."
"No, I have nowhere to live." Lu Hean refused bluntly, "I am now suspended for investigation and all my assets are frozen."
"Then you can go wherever you want, even sleep under a bridge. My house is small and can't accommodate you." Pei Shuyu took out the key to open the door and walked in.
"It's not small," Lu Hean followed him and glanced at the interior. "One bedroom and one living room, just right. I don't take up much space, so I don't need an extra bed..." He paused, his eyes fell back on Pei Shuyu's face, with a bit of blatant intention, "I can just sleep in the same bed with you."
"Lu He'an!" Pei Shuyu interrupted his shameless speech in time, "Do you still have any shame? Get out, or I will sue you for trespassing."
After hearing this, Lu Hean stopped irritating Pei Shuyu.
He actually took a step to the side, sliding down to sit on the floor against the wall next to the door, his long legs bent, as if he was planning to stay there forever. "Then I won't go in, I'll live right outside your door. This corridor is a public area, so it doesn't count as trespassing, right, Captain Pei?"
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The author has something to say: Pei: I will tell you when it is lifted.
Lu: (Quickly releases the news) Go ahead.
Pei: Nothing much to say.
Lu: Are you kidding me?
Pei: I’m just kidding you.
October will be quite busy, so I'll try to update as much as possible in September.
Many people squat to finish QAQ to fatten me up, right?
Normally I update around 7pm.
I'm not sure about Kaven. It may be later.
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