Ji Chu: ...
"Ayan!" Shi Wan glared at Lu Jingyan and scolded him in a low voice.
Shi Wan pondered for a while, then looked at Ji Chu, "Sister Xiaoyun is going abroad soon, have you made things clear with her?"
Ji Chu's eyes deepened, and his voice remained as cold as ever, "There's nothing to say. She stole Xiao Jin's life for so many years, and this outcome is good for everyone."
"Do you know that the Zhou family is using her as a kidney donor for Zhou Jin?" Shi Wan asked softly.
“It’s what she should do. She owes her too much.” Ji Chu frowned.
"Ji Chu, you say she stole Zhou Jin's life, but what about her own life? Do you think she did everything she did for the Zhou family willingly?"
"Xiaoyun is so outstanding, but her excellence is something the Zhou family created to consolidate their family's position and for Zhou Jin's sake. But has she ever truly lived Zhou Jin's life? Aren't all her family ties and romantic love fake?"
Shi Wan spoke with a hint of accusation, her body trembling slightly with excitement.
"She once thought your love was her only support. She followed you for so many years without any status or identity. And what did you do to her? You used emotional abuse and deceived her. In what way have you treated her right?"
Lu Jingyan gently embraced Shi Wan, his warm hands caressing her arm.
"Who did you give the pair of rings you bought a year ago to? You knew about Zhou Jin's situation a year ago, and you still proposed to her. How could you do this to Sister Xiaoyun?"
"She didn't wrong the Zhou family, nor did she wrong Zhou Jin. Who do you think she did all this for?"
Shi Wan's eyes were cold. She didn't want to say so much, but looking at Zhou Yun was like seeing her past self.
Zhou Yun swallowed her anger, while Ji Meng hesitated to speak up because he was her own brother.
But she was different. She had experienced the pain of being deceived once, so she didn't want Zhou Yun to suffer.
"You pushed away a girl who had secretly watched you from behind for over ten years for the sake of a girl you only met twice. Are you out of your mind or blind?"
Shi Wan's tone was excited.
"Wanwan, don't be angry, don't worry about him. Eric is still with Zhou Yun, isn't he?"
“There are plenty of people pursuing Zhou Yun. Song Heng has been waiting for her for several years. Now that he has the opportunity, he can’t possibly pass it up.”
Lu Jingyan glanced at Ji Chu, then turned around and gently comforted the woman in his arms, afraid that if she got too agitated, she might have another health problem.
"What?!" Two puzzled eyes were cast at Lu Jingyan.
Lu Jingyan calmly rubbed Shi Wan's lower abdomen, his eyes focused and serious.
How big will this little thing grow? Will Wanwan's little belly be able to handle it?
He felt a little regretful.
Thinking of this, Lu Jingyan couldn't help but frown.
Ji Chu stepped forward, interrupting Lu Jingyan's wandering thoughts, and said coldly, "What did you say? Song Heng?"
"Um."
"Lu Jingyan, explain yourself clearly," Ji Chu said impatiently.
"Oh, Song Heng asked me about it. I thought you and Zhou Yun had broken up. So..."
Lu Jingyan stared intently at Shi Wan's lower abdomen, feeling both anticipation and self-reproach. He shouldn't have been so eager to keep Wanwan using this method.
"Bang!" The ward door was slammed shut.
Lu Jingyan finally looked up, his eyes filled with displeasure. "This person has no sense of propriety. Doesn't he know my wife is pregnant?"
“Lu Jingyan! What’s going on with Eric?” Shi Wan frowned.
"Wanwan, you're in my arms, and you're still thinking about other men?" Lu Jingyan nuzzled his head against her neck.
A tickling sensation on her neck made her feel a little helpless. "I'm not kidding you."
"Song Heng seemed to have had feelings for someone before, but I heard that the other person had a boyfriend, so nothing came of it."
"That day at the old house, Song Yu was not quite sure when he saw Zhou Yun, but after Song Heng's series of strange actions, Song Yu knew."
“That kid was up late at night, texting me to say his brother wasn’t acting right. That’s when I remembered all those little things he did to Zhou Yun. Song Heng’s reputation is just like mine – he’s someone unattainable, a high-class beauty.”
Lu Jingyan looked smug.
Upon hearing his last sentence, Shi Wan twitched the corner of her mouth. "A high-and-mighty flower? Then am I out of your league?"
"No, no, I'm just a mortal, I only bow down to you."
Shi Wan saw Lu Jingyan's strong will to survive as just being glib and smooth-talking; this man was becoming more and more... shameless.
...
The early summer evening wasn't too hot. Zhou Yun had just come out of the gym and bought some hot pot ingredients at the supermarket outside her apartment complex.
Her curvaceous figure looked even more sexy and assertive in the yoga clothes.
She carefully checked the ingredients with the receipt in one hand. Before she even reached the entrance of the residential area, she saw a familiar figure standing next to a black car in the distance.
Ji Chu was wearing a white casual top and black pants, with his legs crossed and leaning against the car door.
He wasn't wearing his glasses, and his usual aloof and dignified demeanor had vanished. Seeing him suddenly appear like an ordinary person, Zhou Yun felt very unfamiliar with him.
At this moment, she could not see the cold arrogance that Ji Chu displayed when facing her.
Ji Chu saw Zhou Yun walking towards him, flicked the cigarette butt off his fingertips, the bluish-white light shrouding him, making him somewhat unclear.
"Xiao Yun." The smell of smoke on Ji Chu made Zhou Yun frown. He had never smoked in front of her before.
She could say she had never seen him smoke; he said the smell of smoke on his body would affect the experimental data.
He changed so much for Zhou Jin?
Zhou Yun thought for a moment, then asked calmly, "Why are you here?"
After all, they had broken up, and she had no right to interfere with Ji Chu's changes. But her displeasure at his sudden arrival was quite obvious.
Ji Chu stared at her expression, trying to find the expression on her face that she had once shown when she looked at him.
Only calm and indifference remained, followed by a sharp, stabbing pain that shot through my chest.
Ji Chu stood up and walked towards Shi Wan, his voice hoarse and tinged with bitterness, "You're going abroad, I'll come..."
Zhou Yun frowned. "You're not qualified to come."
Ji Chu's eyes trembled violently. He lowered his gaze to stare at Zhou Yun's face, and after a moment finally spoke, "Is it because of Song Heng?"
"Song Heng?" Zhou Yun pursed her lips.
Ji Chu's voice was low and heavy, "I know you hate me for forcing you to have the surgery, and you hate me for proposing to Zhou Jin behind your back. You can scold me or hit me, but please don't go abroad with him, okay?"
The man's sharp eyes looked at Zhou Yun, his gaze filled with intense possessiveness.
“Song Heng was able to make the Morgan family the leader in E Continent. He has taken countless lives. If you were with him, you would only live in fear.”
“We grew up together and know each other well. I know you just want a stable life, and he's not right for you.”
Zhou Yun looked at him inexplicably and then distanced herself from him.
With a hint of detachment in her eyes, she said, "Ji Chu, that's enough. There was no one else between us. I begged you, and I waited for you. When you were with her behind my back and proposed to her, you never cared about our past relationship."
"We are all adults and should be responsible for our choices."
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