Some were happy while others were sad. The official announcement remained a hot topic on social media for a long time, with everyone speculating about the identity of this mysterious future daughter-in-law of the Lu family.
Ji Meng, who had just woken up from a hangover the previous day, had large patches of red marks on her neck and chest, as if telling the story of the intensity of the previous night.
Holding her head, she bit her red lips and turned to look at the man whose upper body was half covered by the quilt. The sleeping man's strong arms were holding her slender, snow-white legs, while he himself was completely naked.
Ji Meng's delicate face flushed red instantly. She quickly pushed Zhao Zhilin's arm away, picked up her clothes from the ground, and ran outside.
As soon as she got on the bus, Ji Meng, who was suffering from a hangover, saw a constant stream of headline news pushes and dozens of text messages from Shi Wan.
First, she opened the news and saw the photo of them holding hands, which was officially announced by Lu's family. She zoomed in, closed it, and forwarded it all in one go. Then she gritted her teeth in anger and said, "This Lu Jingyan, he clearly has a girlfriend, but he announced her today. The day before, he was still shamelessly clinging to Wanwan. What a dog of a man!"
"We're not the same kind of people, we can't get along! They're all scumbags!" After saying that, she stared at her neck, which was covered in red marks, in the mirror.
She thought that by running away abroad and deliberately avoiding Zhao Zhilin over the past few years, the grudges between them would fade away with time. But she had only been back for a short time when she ended up sleeping in the same bed with this scoundrel again.
Ji Meng looked up at the sky and roared, all her efforts over the past few years had been in vain.
Ji Meng, who was leaning back in the car seat with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them as if she remembered something. Wait, there was a red mark on the inside of the woman's wrist.
Zooming in on the photo, I was utterly shocked.
At this moment, Shi Wan also woke up from her hangover, rubbing her throbbing head and looking around at the unfamiliar furnishings in the room with a dazed expression.
Seemingly remembering something, she quickly pulled up the blanket and glanced underneath. Whew… thank goodness there were clothes!
Wait a minute! Sexy? Lace? A skirt?! Whose clothes are these?!
Last night's memory is of our passionate kiss in the car. Ah! Ah! What's going on? Was it a drunken one-night stand?
Shi Wan had no memory of how she got to Qingshan Yazhu or how she changed her clothes. Unsure of what happened afterward, she buried her flushed face in the blanket and wailed.
At this moment, the bedroom door was pushed open.
"Wanwan, I don't know what you like to eat for breakfast, so I made you soy milk, milk, buttered bread, fried eggs, and porridge. Why don't you eat a little of everything to make your diet more balanced?"
When Lu Jingyan carried breakfast into the bedroom, he saw Shi Wan acting like an ostrich. He sat on the edge of the bed and stared at Shi Wan pitifully, "Wanwan, you did that last night, you have to take responsibility for me..."
Shi Wan looked up in surprise. Was this still the legendary unattainable beauty?
Lu Jingyan rested his chin gently on Shi Wan's arm, pitifully asking her to take responsibility for him.
Who was responsible? Shi Wan looked at Lu Jingyan with a puzzled expression. "Did I...do I do anything inappropriate to you last night?"
“Yeah, you confessed to me while crying, and you even kissed me and held my hand, insisting on making it official.” Lu Jingyan continued without blushing or skipping a beat, “I saw that your eyes were all red from crying, and I couldn’t comfort you no matter what I did, so I posted a little something on my WeChat Moments.”
Shi Wan looked up, her doubts growing more pronounced as she questioned what a "small circle of friends" meant.
Lu Jing remained calm, though his face was full of grievance. "Later, you even forcibly kissed me and were planning to propose, but I drank too much and threw up all over myself. I fell asleep before I could finish speaking."
"Confessing your love? Proposing marriage? Then did you change the clothes I'm wearing?" The question still lingered in her mind. Suddenly realizing something, Shi Wan's face turned bright red, and she covered her snow-white chest with the quilt.
Lu Jingyan took one of his own coats from the closet and covered Shi Wan with it. He patted the girl's head and said gently, "Don't worry, the housekeeper helped you change."
"After all, Xiao Wanwan hasn't proposed to me yet, and I'm afraid you'll be angry."
After saying that, he handed the milk to Shi Wan's lips, "Sweetie, drink the milk first, or your stomach will feel uncomfortable if it gets cold."
As he spoke, he tore the sandwich into small pieces and handed them to Shi Wan, saying, "Eat slowly, don't choke."
Although Lu Jingyan had always spoken to her gently since the first time she met him, she was still shocked by the way the aloof and noble man was taking such good care of her.
"Mr. Lu, I'm drunk and I talk nonsense. Please don't take what happened last night seriously."
"I took it seriously." Lu Jingyan pursed his thin lips, seemingly somewhat displeased.
"It's too fast, I'm not ready yet." Shi Wan lowered her eyes, not looking at Lu Jingyan, her voice soft and devoid of any emotion.
“I was pregnant with his child, but he didn’t know. He found out about this the night you saved me.”
"So, Mr. Lu, I don't want to hold you back. I also don't believe that anyone will wait for me forever. So-called love at first sight is nothing more than lust at first sight."
"Call me by my name." Lu Jingyan lowered his head and didn't look at her. Instead, he gently massaged Shi Wan's swollen ankles and knees. When he heard Shi Wan refuse, he unconsciously pressed the ice cube in his hand, which was used to reduce the swelling, harder.
"Ouch...it hurts." Shi Wan felt uncomfortable from the sudden chill, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed.
Lu Jingyan suddenly looked up and stared straight at Shi Wan, his grip tightening and his movements becoming more cautious.
"Wanwan, please bear with it. Ji Chu said we should use ice to reduce the swelling before taking the medicine."
Shi Wan's refusal did not stop him. Instead, he gently treated the old injury on Shi Wan's leg as if it were a precious treasure.
Lu Jingyan seemed not to hear Shi Wan's refusal. He frowned as he stared at Shi Wan's increasingly swollen wound and said, "I'll take Wanwan to see Ji Chu again later to see if there's something wrong with his medicine."
Shi Wan glanced at her leg, seemingly used to the recurring wound, and remained somewhat nonchalant. "It's nothing, the swelling will go down soon after applying the medicine. It's always been fine after applying medicine before. I feel bad troubling Dr. Ji with something so trivial."
Ji Chu is such a big hospital director and heir to the Ji family business. He spends all his time at the hospital and the company. It's really embarrassing for him to bother the other party again because of his recurring old injuries.
Before Shi Wan could speak, Lu Jingyan made a phone call. The two villas were not far apart, and Ji Chu arrived at Lu Jingyan's house in less than ten minutes.
After a thorough examination, Ji Chu's gaze shifted between the two people in front of him before finally settling on Lu Jingyan.
He shook his head, feeling both helpless and annoyed. "Mr. Lu, could you please stop making such a fuss? I told Miss Shi to stretch and do some rehabilitation exercises, but you won't even let her get out of bed. How can she stretch?"
Upon hearing the words "get out of bed," Shi Wan realized something was wrong and her face flushed bright red.
Lu Jingyan's eyes remained fixed on Shi Wan, his gaze fixed on her reddened legs with concern.
After speaking, Ji Chu glanced sideways at the pure love warrior in front of him, silently put away the medical supplies, gave Shi Wan some instructions, and turned to leave.
"Wanwan, I know about your past. If you don't want to talk about it, then we won't. If Feng Yunzhou comes looking for you again, I can help you resolve it. Please give me a chance."
The almost pleading tone momentarily stunned Shi Wan. Was the man before her still the aloof, privileged prince...?
When I returned to the apartment, it was already noon. The afternoon sun shone on the lush trees along the road, casting dappled shadows on both sides of the road.
Lu Jingyan parked the car downstairs at the apartment building. The two did not exchange any words on the way. Shi Wan glanced at the man driving. His handsome face showed no emotion. She thought that the high and mighty man must be embarrassed by being rejected. After the car stopped, she said goodbye softly and unbuckled her seatbelt to get out of the car.
Just as he was about to open the car door, Lu Jingyan grasped Shi Wan's hand, his expression somewhat bitter. "I won't force you. If you're ready to accept me, I'll always be by your side. Don't push me away."
"I don't care about anything that happened in the past. From now on, I'll be with you and accompany you to do anything you want to do."
Shi Wan stared at the man's almost humble request, her lips trembling slightly but no sound came out. Lu Jingyan gently patted the girl's head and told her to do her rehabilitation well. If she slacked off again, he would take her back to Qingshan Yazhu and accompany her to do rehabilitation training every day.
After watching Shi Wan go upstairs, he lit a cigarette in his car, his thoughts drifting away...
"Brother, don't be afraid, Wanwan is with you. Let's wait together for your mom and dad to come find you, okay?" The little girl hugged her cute rabbit doll and blinked her big eyes to comfort the little boy who was half a head taller than her.
"Who are you?" The boy frowned, staring at the little girl who was more than half a head shorter than him.
"Huh...you can speak Chinese?! You're Chinese! Are you lost?" The little girl's rosy cheeks were filled with surprise.
"I'll take you to find my mom. She works inside. She's amazing! She'll definitely be able to help you find your mom!" After saying that, she waved her chubby little arms and pointed to the tall research institute buildings behind the courtyard.
"Wanwan! What are you doing here? I've been looking for you for ages, you scared your mother." A gentle female voice rang out, and a beautiful woman knelt down to gently wipe away the tears on her daughter's face.
The little boy standing to the side glanced at the little girl expressionlessly; it turned out she was the one who had gotten lost!
The gentle woman glanced at the little boy beside her daughter and said softly, "Little boy, are you lost too? Come to Auntie's. Auntie made some cookies. You must be hungry, right?"
After saying that, he pulled them both into the building, one on each side.
The little boy maintained his indifferent expression. His unreliable parents were busy showing off their affection and drove off before he could even get in the car. While waiting for the bus, he saw a chubby little girl holding a rabbit doll. Her rosy face and big eyes were brimming with tears, and she looked like she was about to cry. So he took some candy from his bag and gave it to her.
After finally calming him down, she asked him if he was lost, and then the little girl's mother took him back to the office...
A sharp cell phone ringtone interrupted Lu Jingyan's thoughts.
"Lu Jingyan! Whose hand is that? He was just talking to Wanwan for a few minutes, and now he's showing off his love with someone else?!" Lu's mother angrily called to question her good-for-nothing son.
"If you can't win Wanwan's heart, you're just trying to fool me with any random woman. Not just anyone can enter the Lu family! You'd better win Wanwan back right now, or you're no longer a member of the Lu family!"
"Wanwan is beautiful and has a sweet tongue. I felt like family to her the moment I saw her. You really don't know what's good for you!"
Lu Jingyan listened quietly to his mother's unfounded accusations on the other end of the phone. "Mom, that's Wanwan's hand."
"What?" Lu's mother was shocked by the sudden good news, then overjoyed. "You've finally shown some promise. I'll prepare a few dishes tonight, and you can bring her home for dinner."
“Your son isn’t that capable. She was drunk last night, and I secretly took the picture when I took her home.” Lu Jingyan became more and more guilty as he spoke, and finally fell silent.
"You! Don't ever say you're my son again! You won't even be able to win over a daughter-in-law. Our Lu family has come a long way and no longer needs to form marriage alliances with anyone. We let you date and marry freely, but you're so useless! Go and win Xiao Wan back right now!"
Before Lu Jingyan could speak, his mother slammed the phone down, and Lu Jingyan frowned awkwardly.
The road to winning back his wife is arduous and long.
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