Lu Zhiyuan cheated on his wife?
My heart skipped a beat and I shook my head subconsciously.
Impossible, this man must be talking nonsense.
Lu Zhiyuan was called away at the last minute last night. We were intimate once before we separated. There was no way he would lie to me.
I cheered myself up, thought it over again and again, and then went to the property management office.
I asked to see the elevator surveillance footage from the early morning on the grounds that I had lost my jewelry and suspected someone had broken into my house last night.
After verifying the owner's identity, the staff took me to the monitoring room.
"Mrs. Lu, this is the elevator surveillance record of your building from 1:00 a.m. last night to 7:00 a.m. this morning." The staff member pressed the play button on the screen.
I stood in front of the computer, my eyes fixed on the video playing at triple speed.
The elevator was empty in the early morning.
It was not until 2:03 that a man and a woman hurried into the elevator.
The man was wearing a black cap with the brim pulled down so low that his face was completely invisible. As soon as he stepped into the elevator, a petite woman ran in and threw herself into his arms, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist.
The woman was standing in the blind spot of the surveillance camera. The camera could not capture her face. All that could be seen was her long, thick, black hair tied into a high ponytail, and a pair of gold earrings with small daisy patterns on her earlobes.
I looked at the man's down jacket and suddenly felt that it looked particularly familiar.
The next second, I remembered that this dress was exactly the same as the one I gave to Lu Zhiyuan on Valentine's Day.
My heart skipped a beat and my ears started ringing.
Is the man in the elevator Lu Zhiyuan?
But I clearly remember that he was not wearing this down jacket before leaving my in-laws' house.
When did he change his clothes?
It must be just a coincidence. This style of clothing is very popular this year. How could I suspect that my husband was cheating based on just one piece of clothing?
I comforted myself not to think too much.
At the same time, the elevator in the surveillance video stopped at the 18th floor, and the man hugged the woman and walked out quickly.
At that moment, I was on the verge of collapse.
The building where I live is full of large apartments with one unit per floor.
In other words, Lu Zhiyuan and I are the only residents living on the 18th floor.
"Mrs. Lu, do you know these two people?" the staff member paused and asked me seriously, "If not, I suggest calling the police immediately."
I was so upset that I was silent for a few seconds before I said, "It's a relative who's staying at my house. I'm sorry to bother you, but I can handle this myself."
After saying that, I ran out of the property office with a pale face under the strange looks of the staff.
I almost forgot how I got home.
As soon as I entered the door, I didn't even bother to change my shoes and rushed into the dressing room in the master bedroom.
In the closet, I found Lu Zhiyuan's black down jacket.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but when I pinched the smooth leather surface of the clothes with both hands, I seemed to feel the remaining body temperature on it.
I could faintly smell the faint scent of shampoo at the tip of my nose.
Soon, I found a woman's long black hair on the inside of the down jacket.
The length of the hair is obviously not mine.
The next second, I immediately thought of the woman in the surveillance video.
My heart suddenly ached and I bit my lips tightly.
Walking out of the cloakroom, I stared blankly at the big bed in the middle of the bedroom.
Although I didn't want to believe it, the numerous evidences in front of me made me suspect that Lu Zhiyuan had cheated on me and he even brought his mistress back to our home.
Did they stay here last night?
How many times have they done it on my bed?
Who is that woman?!
"Wife, are you home?"
I don't know when Lu Zhiyuan came back. He walked quickly to my side and looked down to see that I was still wearing outdoor shoes. He was stunned and said, "Wife, why don't you change your shoes?"
I came back to my senses with an expressionless face, and met his affectionate eyes. For a moment I felt strange.
Is the man in front of me really my husband, the man who once swore to grow old with me?
"Lu Zhiyuan..." I opened my mouth and was about to question him when Lu Zhiyuan suddenly took out a food bag from his arms.
I am very familiar with the packaging logo on it. It is the Chengdong fried lotus root that I loved to eat when I was a child.
When I first got together with Lu Zhiyuan, I just mentioned it casually, and he would take me out to eat every now and then.
Later, we chose a wedding house in the west of the city. After moving, I felt it was too far away and was too lazy to go there anymore.
"It's not cold yet, wife. Eat it while it's hot." Lu Zhiyuan opened the package and handed the lotus root to my mouth.
I stared blankly at his hands that were slightly red from being burned, and kept asking myself in my heart: Could a man who treats me so well really cheat on me?
"Wife?" Lu Zhiyuan panicked when he saw my silence and explained to me, "Are you angry because I came home too late from overtime? I'm sorry, honey. It's all my fault. I left you alone at home during the holidays."
Listening to his words, I felt extremely complicated.
Lu Zhiyuan has always been very nice to me. I don’t understand why he lied to me?
I swallowed the words I was about to ask back into my stomach. At that moment, I had only one thought in my mind - if he really cheated on me, I must see with my own eyes who that woman is?
"Thank you, husband." Coming back to my senses, I took a bite of lotus root and made an excuse to get away with it.
I didn't sleep well that night.
Looking at Lu Zhiyuan's broad back, the surveillance footage in the elevator kept replaying in front of my eyes.
The next day, Lan Feng came to cook for us and, for the first time ever, she put on some light makeup.
She called me into the kitchen to help, and asked me in a low voice, "Xiao Shan, are you ready for the 100,000 yuan?"
I shook my head. Now I was fully focused on figuring out how to find out who Lu Zhiyuan was. How could I have the mood to worry about Q's threats?
"He only gave you a week to prepare, so you have to hurry! Otherwise, once that video gets out, your marriage to your brother-in-law will be over!" Lan Feng said nervously, "He's such a handsome and wealthy man. If you miss out on him, where are you going to find another one?"
The four words "marriage is over" hurt me deeply.
I laughed twice and asked her thoughtfully, "Sister, such a good man, will he not cheat?"
"Ah?" Lan Feng's hand, which was simmering soup, trembled, and the spoon fell into the casserole, splashing the scalding broth on her fingers. She sighed and subconsciously touched her ear.
When her long hair was lifted up, the earrings on her earlobes were revealed.
Looking at the pair of daisy-shaped gold earrings, I shuddered and widened my eyes in disbelief.
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