"That's more like it." Shi Wan stopped twisting her body and glared at him angrily.
One week ago, in Ji Chu's office.
Lu Jingyan sat casually on the leather sofa, his legs crossed lazily.
Ji Chu removed the cigarette from his hand, the top two buttons of his black shirt casually undone, a tiny ember flickering between his fingertips. His tone was completely flat. "Why did you suddenly think of my little place, Mr. Lu, today?"
Lu Jingyan raised an eyebrow and gave Ji Chu a meaningful look. Ji Chu stubbed out his nearly burnt-out cigarette, picked up a white cigarette case from the table, took out a cigarette, and lit it.
Lu Jingyan took the cigarette case that Ji Chu tossed to him, took out a cigarette, smelled it, but did not intend to light it.
"How is Wanwan's recovery going?" Lu Jingyan asked, propping his head up to one side as he looked at Ji Chu.
Ji Chu: "..."
"Which aspect of recovery are you referring to?"
"Every aspect."
"Oh? Didn't we just talk about the leg injury? Is there anything else that needs to be rehabilitated?"
Lu Jingyan: "..."
Ji Chu looked with interest at Lu Jingyan, who was trying to appear calm on the sofa.
"If it's a leg injury, there shouldn't be any problem with doing normal rehabilitation training."
Upon hearing this, Lu Jingyan asked leisurely, "What about pregnancy?"
Ji Chu stubbed out the nearly burnt-out cigarette in the ashtray, frowned, and said, "That's fine, but to preserve it, we need to take more meticulous care, especially in the early stages when it can't be stimulated again, and we also need to be careful about the degree of stimulation."
"Shi Wan is pregnant? You beast."
"No!" Lu Jingyan got the answer he wanted, raised an eyebrow, and threw the cigarette in his hand into the trash can.
Seeing him rushing out, Ji Chu asked in confusion, "Why are you in such a hurry if you're not pregnant? Where are you going?"
"Of course I'm going to find Wanwan, otherwise why would I be staying here with you, you old bachelor?"
Ji Chu shook his head helplessly.
The man who had left then returned to the doorway, glanced at the smoke-filled office, and frowned in disgust. "Smoke less. Zhou Yun is going abroad in a while, but congratulations on your marriage!"
Ji Chu: "What?"
"Nothing much, just wishing you a happy marriage," Lu Jingyan said casually, then turned and left without looking back.
Ji Chu took out another cigarette and took a deep drag, her thoughts lingering on that sentence from earlier: she was going abroad…
...
Shi Wan breathed a sigh of relief, took the toothbrush Lu Jingyan handed her, and began brushing her teeth with her eyes half-closed.
Lu Jingyan gazed intently at the petite woman sitting on the washbasin, swinging her long legs, his eyes filled with tenderness.
Unable to resist, he leaned down and kissed the little girl's pouting lips, and Shi Wan grumbled in dissatisfaction.
Instead of letting go, Lu Jingyan deepened the intensity of the kiss.
"Ugh...it hurts."
Feeling the man leaning over her pause, Shi Wan frowned slightly and said coquettishly, "Ayan, my knees hurt."
"Where does it hurt?" Lu Jingyan released Shi Wan and eagerly checked the injured area on her leg.
"Your knees," the soft, gentle voice made Lu Jingyan feel even more sorry for them, "last night... they were all bruised from kneeling."
Lu Jingyan frowned and carefully examined his knee. Sure enough, a bluish-black patch had seeped into his fair and delicate skin. He had teased her from behind several times last night, but he hadn't noticed it this morning.
With a touch of self-reproach, she turned to get the bruise and swelling-reducing ointment prescribed by Ji Chu, and lifted her calf into her palm.
"Here?" Lu Jingyan asked softly.
"Hmm...be gentle."
Looking up at his little darling who was enjoying himself, Lu Jingyan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Are you feeling better now?" she coaxed softly.
"Mmm... much better," Shi Wan said, half-closing her eyes as she enjoyed the feeling.
"Then can we continue what we were doing before..." he said, tightening his grip on Shi Wan's ankle.
"Enough! Enough!" Shi Wan hurriedly got up and jumped to the ground.
Not wanting to be even a second too late, Lu Jingyan carried her back to bed.
The scene of him bullying her from behind last night is still vivid in her mind. When she returns to the bedroom, her knees will probably have more than just bruises.
Just then, the doorbell rang in the entryway. "I'll go open the door!" Shi Wan took the opportunity to escape Lu Jingyan's embrace.
The man frowned in displeasure and followed behind Shi Wan.
"Wanwan!" Ji Meng strode in and pulled Shi Wan around, looking her up and down.
Although she was used to Ji Meng's fussiness, she still felt a little embarrassed today because Zhao Zhilin was with her and Ji Meng was hugging her and looking her up and down in front of Zhao Zhilin.
Ji Meng didn't care about Lu Jingyan and Zhao Zhilin, who had dark faces behind her. She was worried about Shi Wan after what happened, so she came to see her early in the morning.
Shi Wan felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze. "What's wrong? I'm perfectly fine."
"What's wrong?! Miss Shi, do you know how serious this is?!" Ji Meng glared at the heartless Shi Wan.
"Your phone and Lu Jingyan's phone are both switched off. Are you trying to drive me crazy?"
"You two are still here, heartless and carefree. Now all the major media outlets are in an uproar! Some marketing accounts and official accounts keep reposting your and Feng Yunzhou's story, saying the most awful things possible."
“I gave orders this morning that all media companies under the Ji Group were not allowed to report on this, but it seems that the person who made the move is not in Kyoto.” Ji Meng paused and hugged Shi Wan as she spoke, making Shi Wan’s head even more dizzy from being shaken.
"What's wrong?" Shi Wan looked at Lu Jingyan in surprise, while the latter picked up his phone from the sofa and quickly turned it on.
As soon as I turned on my phone, message notifications started going off incessantly, eventually causing the phone to freeze.
Lu Jingyan casually clicked on a verified post: "Breaking news! The future daughter-in-law of the Lu Group has a chaotic private life and is two-timing."
"A kindergarten teacher went to the hospital for an abortion with the CEO of a certain group during her third term."
A bunch of onlookers immediately followed with their online comments:
"The Lu family's future daughter-in-law? That kindergarten teacher?"
"She's a teacher? How can a woman with such a questionable private life be a teacher? Is the school blind and unable to find anyone else?"
"Yeah, no background, no connections, she managed to get a foothold in Kyoto by sleeping around. What kind of teacher is she? A mistress, an abortionist, and who knows how many people she's assaulted behind the scenes!"
"I used to ship her with President Lu, but I never thought that President Lu, this unattainable beauty, would be taken advantage of. I feel so sorry for President Lu."
"Oh dear! A relative's child attends that kindergarten. I'm worried the child might be led astray?"
There were a few people who spoke up for Shi Wan, but they were all drowned out by comments criticizing her, and some comments even mentioned Ji Meng.
"Exactly, look at that photo. She's still friends with that eldest daughter of the Ji family. Has everyone forgotten the news from a few years ago about the eldest daughter of the Ji family interfering in someone else's marriage?"
"I almost forgot if the person upstairs hadn't mentioned it. A few years ago, Miss An and President Zhao were almost getting married, but it was Miss Ji who hooked up with President Zhao, which led to the annulment of their engagement."
"Birds of a feather flock together. People who are involved in extramarital affairs are all bad people. It's a pity for the eldest daughters of the Lin and An families. Not only were they cheated on, but the mistress also found a better one."
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