After his mother died, his father focused all his attention on Lu Xiao.
The demands placed on him were extremely high.
Even getting first place in the grade isn't enough.
Even being the best among one's peers is not enough.
What my father wanted was a qualified successor.
Like him, she hides her emotions, is cold-blooded and indifferent, and is a high-ranking person who always maintains a contempt for all the temptations of this world and a consistent sense of dignity and composure.
So perfect that it doesn't reveal a single flaw.
Lu Xiao fulfilled his father's expectations, becoming a living dead person devoid of joy, sorrow, pain, entanglement, contradiction, and any emotional fluctuations.
There is neither love nor hate.
As the lights dimmed, Fu Yu, playing the cello on the stage, made Lu Xiao feel dazed.
It was as if everything around me had disappeared, including the music.
Between heaven and earth, there were only him and Fu Yu.
In this dark, empty, and desolate space, Lu Xiao can cast aside all shackles, revealing his filthy and terrifying true nature, and unscrupulously control and imprison...
Applause sounded beside him, pulling Lu Xiao back to reality.
His eyes were dark and unreadable. As Fu Yu and the other members of the orchestra bowed, he turned and left.
Fu Yu watched Lu Xiao's retreating figure.
Didn't we agree to wait for her?
Lu Xiao's phone vibrated twice in his pocket. He had sent a WeChat message saying that he needed to attend a seminar and would be going abroad for a few days.
Without waiting for Fu Yu's reply, he transferred 1 million yuan.
"This month's living expenses."
Her tone was completely devoid of human warmth, as calm as a human customer service representative.
He was a completely different person from before.
Fu Yu hesitated for a moment, then, while tidying up the musical instruments, asked the system to retrieve Lu Xiao's childhood memories.
Because Lu Xiao's psychological defenses were too strong, the system was unable to extract memories from his first-person perspective.
His childhood can only be pieced together through the memories of those around him.
As a child, Lu Xiao was a lively and cheerful boy, much like his innocent and romantic mother.
He especially liked feeding stray cats, particularly a stray leopard cat at the entrance of the compound.
Purebred and wild, Xiao Luxiao has been feeding it for over a year, but still hasn't been able to touch it.
One day after school, he fed the leopard cat in its territory as usual, but all he saw were mottled bloodstains in the cardboard box.
The air reeked of a fishy stench.
The father came out from around the corner, his face full of anger, and slapped him across the face.
"You've been having trouble concentrating lately because of this beast, haven't you?"
"How many times have I told you! Playing with toys is a waste of time and energy! You really disappoint me."
Xiao Luxiao knelt on the ground, begging for forgiveness, saying he was wrong, that he would never feed cats again, and that he would never like any animal or person, begging his father to spare the leopard cat.
The father sneered, grabbed his collar, and threw him into a corner.
"Meow~"
The leopard cat was still alive, and it was currently eating a dead fish, its snow-white whiskers stained with splattered blood.
The father held down Lu Xiao's neck.
"See? That's how the world is: the strong prey on the weak, and only the strong survive. If you continue to pity it, you'll become that fish in the future, understand?"
Xiao Lu nodded numbly.
The leopard cat stared intently at him in the dim light.
Suddenly, as if realizing something, it released the dead fish and slowly walked towards Little Lu Xiao.
Xiao Luxiao took a few steps back, his eyes filled with terror.
Fu Yu clicked his tongue.
She lives a twisted and repressed life, and now she wants her son to repeat the same tragedy!
No wonder Lu Xiao has a high psychological defense; he simply doesn't know how to express his feelings or emotions.
"Host, would you like to open the Romance Strategy Guide in your inventory and find the corresponding strategy?"
"Need not."
Since he couldn't express himself, Fu Yu took the initiative to open his heart.
The system shrinks into a sphere and silently starts its AI language analysis model.
Analyze whether the "pry" mentioned by Fu Yu is a physical pry or an abstract pry.
After all, it's not like she's never done anything like poking people's hearts before...
Xu Tangtang ran back to her apartment in a flash, only to remember that she had gone to the orchestra for rehearsal today.
Her father went to great lengths to get her into the orchestra, hoping she would achieve something.
I don't expect her to make a name for herself, I just hope she doesn't cause trouble in her business or pick up any bad habits.
She missed the rehearsal today. Will the troupe leader tell her father about it?
It's all... Fu Yu's fault!
Frustrated, Xu Tangtang changed her clothes, put on sunglasses, and returned to the concert hall.
If Fu Yu hadn't tipped her off, she wouldn't have needed to run away; it's all Fu Yu's fault.
When they arrived at the concert room, the members had already packed up and left.
"Oh, isn't this Miss Xu Tangtang? You need someone to stand in for you during rehearsals. I think you should just let Fu Yu perform. Anyway, her playing level is much better than yours."
The members have been unhappy with Xu Tangtang for a long time. She is always late or leaves early for practice. Even though her mother donated a building to get her into NYU, she really thinks she is a top student and brags about her study abroad life every day.
Every three sentences in a conversation have to veer to "I used to be at NYU..."
If it weren't for her powerful parents, she would never have gotten this job.
Xu Tangtang's face turned pale, and she grabbed the passing woman.
"You said, Fu Yu will rehearse in my place!"
Oh.
Xu Tangtang sneered.
Sure enough, she was right. Fu Yu had always wanted to usurp her place and take everything from her.
Now everything makes sense; that's why Fu Yu told Lu Xiao about her itinerary.
It was to replace her in rehearsals so that everyone would know she was also capable of becoming the principal cellist.
What a pity.
Xu Tangtang is the true female protagonist of this world. All the good fortune and advantages of this world surround her, and she won't share any of them with Fu Yu.
Her flamboyance is called individuality; her powerful background is called the pampered little princess of a wealthy family. When she throws a tantrum, it's called "The young lady has arrived, everyone get out of the way!"
Fu Yu could never surpass her, no matter how hard he tried, so he had no choice but to resort to such low-class methods.
Xu Tangtang suddenly laughed and said generously, "A stand-in is just a stand-in, it's not presentable."
"Unfortunately, even if she rehearses with me a hundred times, I still can't officially step onto the stage."
As she spoke, Xu Tangtang shrugged dismissively.
"A stand-in? Have you been reading too many novels? She was just your assistant, not your possession!"
"Besides, she's Dr. Lu Xiao's wife now. Why would she need to be a substitute for a nobody like you!"
Xu Tangtang's smug smile froze on her face.
Lu Xiao.
Is it Lu Xiao, whom she knows?
Lu Xiao and Fu Yu are husband and wife.
This is absurd.
Xu Tangtang showed no sense of relief that she would be free from her suffering after marrying Lu Xiao; instead, she couldn't wait to refute him.
"How could she possibly marry Lu Xiao!"
Fu Yu and Lu Xiao only met yesterday evening, and they got married this morning?
The Civil Affairs Bureau isn't his private property; why would he specially process their certificates in the middle of the night?
It must be Fu Yu trying to embellish his own image by deliberately using Lu Xiao's name to intimidate these people!
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