Chapter 118 You Don't Love Me Anymore
After recovering from his leg injury, Jiang Ning drove to Cixiang Nursing Home first.
Jiang Xiaoya was watering the flowers on the windowsill when she saw Jiang Ning arrive, and she smiled very happily.
"Xiao Ning, look! Our rose bush is blooming so beautifully."
Jiang Ning awkwardly tugged at the corners of her mouth and replied with a wry smile, "Yes, it's all thanks to you, Mom, for raising me so well."
This flower is actually fake; it's a plastic flower.
Jiang Ning knew that Jiang Xiaoya was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused, so she sat down and chatted with her. As they talked, Jiang Xiaoya brought up Lu Junyan on her own initiative.
"Junyan is such a good kid. If he hadn't found me when I got lost last time, I might have starved to death on the streets!"
"What?"
Jiang Ning was taken aback.
She looked at Jiang Xiaoya, but couldn't tell the difference between the expression on Jiang Xiaoya's face and when she was watering the fake flowers.
"Mom, you're mistaken. The last time you got lost, the police found you."
Jiang Ning was hospitalized at the time, so she didn't know the specific details, but it should be the police who found Jiang Xiaoya.
At least no one told her that Lu Junyan found Jiang Xiaoya, and Lu Junyan himself never said that.
“No, how could I be wrong? It’s Junyan,” Jiang Xiaoya said firmly.
Jiang Ning was too lazy to argue with her mother.
Jiang Xiaoya was a patient to begin with. Sometimes she was lucid, sometimes she was confused. She would confuse two things in her memory and also take her imagination as reality.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaoya's words should not be taken at face value.
At least on this matter, Jiang Ning did not believe what Jiang Xiaoya said.
The two chatted for a while longer, and Jiang Ning realized that Jiang Xiaoya really loved talking about Lu Junyan. She kept talking about how filial and outstanding Lu Junyan was.
Moreover, Jiang Xiaoya's eyes only light up when Lu Junyan is mentioned.
"Xiao Ning, I miss Junyan. Could you ask him to come see me? By the way, why didn't you come with him? You don't know, the reason I ran away last time was because I dreamt that you and Junyan got divorced. It scared me so much that I broke out in a cold sweat..."
Jiang Ning was pressed by Jiang Xiaoya for answers, and felt so guilty that he didn't know how to respond.
Her mother is probably the person in the world who least wants her to get a divorce.
Even if she tells her mother that Lu Junyan has someone he likes, and that person isn't her.
"Xiao Ning, you and Jun Yan... has something really happened?"
Jiang Ning's hand was held by Jiang Xiaoya.
Jiang Xiaoya's hands were ice cold.
Jiang Ning sighed, took out his phone, and dialed Lu Junyan's number.
The phone rang a few times before being answered.
"Hey, Lu Junyan..."
"Junyan is not in his office."
The voice coming from the receiver was a woman's.
This voice was not unfamiliar to Jiang Ning.
Seeing that Jiang Ning remained silent, Chu Qingxue chuckled softly.
"What's wrong? Are you surprised to hear it was me?"
"..."
"Jiang Ning, I just don't understand you. You keep saying in front of others that you want to divorce Junyan, but behind his back you secretly call him... You're about to get a divorce, I advise you to have some shame and have some dignity, and stop calling the man who is about to become someone else's husband."
After Chu Qingxue finished speaking, she hung up the phone, just as Lu Junyan pushed open the office door.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Junyan noticed that Chu Qingxue had her hands behind her back.
"nothing."
Chu Qingxue placed Lu Junyan's phone face down on the desk, then took out her design and showed it to Lu Junyan.
"Junyan, look, this is what I'm going to showcase at LD Jewelry Fashion Week. It's the main piece from the 'First Love' themed collection..."
Chu Qingxue excitedly opened the jewelry box to show Lu Junyan.
It was a ring.
The main stone is her favorite pink diamond.
The pink diamond is cut into a heart shape and set in a ring setting adorned with pavé diamonds.
The ring setting is designed in the shape of a four-leaf clover, except that the other three petals are set with colorless diamonds cut into heart shapes, while only one petal is set with a top-quality heart-shaped pink diamond.
This was a design that Chu Qingxue racked her brains to come up with.
She knew very well that Lu Junyan liked her excellence, and she believed that she truly had real talent and ability.
Even based solely on ability, she wouldn't lose to Jiang Ning.
Originally, she thought that when Mo Yan returned to the country, Lu Junyan would be jealous and would take the initiative to find her and stay by her side.
Lu Junyan did this during his high school years.
She waited for several days, but Lu Junyan never even contacted her.
Chu Qingxue didn't understand.
Now she has a suitor named Mo Yan by her side, and Lu Junyan and Jiang Ning are about to get divorced. This time, Lu Junyan will not be able to give Jiang Ning any more shares of Lu's Group.
Everything should have been going in the good direction she had envisioned, but she felt that Lu Junyan seemed to be a bit cold towards her lately.
Chu Qingxue couldn't be sure if Lu Junyan was unhappy because she had gone to the class reunion behind his back, which was a welcome party for Mo Yan, or for some other reason.
She had just finished creating the main exhibit in her "First Love" series, so she used it as an excuse to come and find Lu Junyan.
On the one hand, it was to sound out Lu Junyan's opinion.
On the other hand, it also serves to showcase her excellence to Lu Junyan.
Chu Qingxue was very confident in her design this time, and she would never lose to Jiang Ning again like she did in the last New Star Jewelry Design Competition, where Jiang Ning stole the limelight.
As Chu Qingxue expected, Lu Junyan praised her design highly.
But aside from the design, Lu Junyan didn't say anything else.
The last time her parents wanted Lu Junyan to invest in acquiring that piece of land in Jiangbei, Lu Junyan didn't mention it at all.
"Junyan..."
Chu Qingxue couldn't take it anymore; she didn't want to keep guessing.
"Can you tell me why..."
Seeing Chu Qingxue's tearful expression, Lu Junyan frowned slightly and asked, "What are you referring to?"
"I mean..."
Chu Qingxue's eyes reddened easily, and combined with her innocent eye makeup, she looked pitiful, as if she had been bullied.
"I mean, why have you been so cold to me these past few days? It's like... it's like you're deliberately distancing yourself from me... Junyan, did I do something wrong? Or... do you no longer love me?"
Chu Qingxue's voice trembled, and the look in her eyes as she gazed at Lu Junyan was enough to soften the heart of any man in the world.
Lu Junyan was silent for a moment, then sighed and asked directly, "Do you know that Mo Yan had Jiang Ning transfer the 10% stake in the Lu Group that he received after the divorce?"
Chu Qingxue's eyes snapped open, her heart pounding with panic, but on the surface she merely shook her head in surprise.
"I don't know. Ten percent of the shares... was that what you promised Jiang Ning after the divorce?"
"Um."
"I really don't know. This is the first time I've heard of this..."
“But Jiang Ning said that you instructed Mo Yan to threaten her into handing over her shares by using her friend’s job.”
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