Chapter 216 Do you care?
Xu Zhao even remembered how pale Lu Qi looked at the time, which was truly exhilarating.
It seems that this has been a thorn in his heart for many years. This thorn will not disappear with time, but will instead make the pain bigger and bigger, tormenting him and making him unable to eat or sleep.
Xu Zhao said, "No matter how many times you ask, I will only have one answer. I will not tell you. Lu Qi, don't you consider yourself a smart person? Then go ahead and guess."
Lu Qi slowly curled the corners of his lips, "She's carrying my child, there's no way she'd abandon me."
"So all these years you've been comforting yourself with this phrase?" Xu Zhao asked. "How do you know she won't choose to leave with me and the child? I love her, and I'll accept the child no matter whose it is. But you, you're truly pathetic."
Xu Zhao was always gentle and strict in front of his students, but now his cold and handsome face revealed a harsh expression. "You've kept her by your side for so many years, and you still haven't made her devoted to you? You even tried to use a child to change her mind. Lu Qi, how come I never realized before that someone like you is actually quite pitiful?"
To be pitied by your love rival is the greatest insult a person can receive.
Lu Qi's smile widened. "But she and I still had a child. It's a connection that can't be severed under any circumstances. And what do you have?"
Xu Zhao had just opened his mouth when Lu Qi interrupted him, "Are you trying to say that you have her love?"
Lu Qi laughed sarcastically, "Who cares about things that you can't touch or feel? For a businessman, only tangible returns are worth investing in. Right now, Ruoruo is right beside me. I can touch her, I can hug her, I can confide what I want to say to her. And you?"
Lu Qi smiled, his smile as gentle as a spring breeze, flawless. "And what can you possibly do?"
Xu Zhao's expression stiffened slightly.
Lu Qi laughed with great joy: "Xu Zhao, you're the pitiful one. For so many years, you've only been able to live on the belief that she still loves me. I heard you're not married yet? Do you really think she'll come back to you one day? Don't be silly. If she really intended to abandon me, she wouldn't have agreed to have my child."
Like a victorious general, Lu Qi sighed and said in a pleasant tone, "Doesn't this alone prove that she is also trying to make an effort to accept me?"
Xu Zhao clenched his fists, his whole body tense, staring intently at the person in front of him. After a moment, he relaxed. "You don't think I'd believe you so easily, do you?"
Lin Ruo was still asleep, so Lu Qi could of course talk nonsense.
Lu Qi smiled easily, "Believe it or not, it's up to you. Whether you believe it or not doesn't affect me at all."
Whether what he said was true or not, no one but him knew.
The two grown men stood facing each other in the cold wind. The weather was so cold, but the atmosphere between them was full of tension.
"Wow..." Song Zhu was just passing by when she exclaimed, "What are Xia Zhen's boyfriend's father and Professor Xu from our school doing?"
She's been so engrossed in games lately that her chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) has lessened considerably.
No sooner had Song Zhu finished her exclamation than someone put the hood of her clothes on her head.
The unkempt man said lazily, "Don't try to get involved in everything. A chaotic scene like this is too early for a kid like you."
She looked up angrily, "Uncle Hei, I'm eighteen years old, not a child anymore, I can date now!"
He Jing chuckled nonchalantly, "Dating? With your underdeveloped little body?"
Song Zhu angrily retorted, "When I was six years old, an older brother told me that he would come and find me to be his wife when I turned eighteen!"
He Jing's expression immediately turned strange.
Oh no! I was so outspoken when I was young, I never thought this little girl would remember it. Judging from her expression, she probably didn't take it seriously.
The warm car interior isolated us from the noise of the outside world.
Lu Jin looked down at the girl leaning against him. She had probably stayed up late reading erotic novels again yesterday and was now drowsy.
He gently touched her face, and she opened her eyes sleepily to look at him.
The sleepy-eyed girl, with her bewildered look, was truly adorable.
He lowered his head and said softly, "Let's leave him behind and drive away."
Lu Jin had only recently gotten his driver's license, and when he didn't have classes, Xia Zhen would accompany him to practice driving. However, after everyone at the driving school knew that Lu Jin had a girlfriend, she stopped going there to join the crowd. So, from then on, Lu Jin practiced driving alone.
He learns things quickly and passed his driving test on the first try. He's the student who makes his instructors the least worried.
Xia Zhen's sleepiness had dissipated considerably. She smiled, pursing her lips, "When Uncle Lu comes over and sees that his car is gone, won't he be pitiful standing alone in the cold wind?"
Lu Jin said, "He's not short of money. I believe he could just make a phone call and a bunch of people would rush over to be his drivers."
Xia Zhen was amused. "Lu Jin, you're so naughty!"
His eyes crinkled slightly. "Zhenzhen doesn't like it?"
"I love it!" She snuggled into his arms. "But I'm not married into your family yet. If I help you trick him now, what if Uncle Lu thinks I'm not qualified and won't let me be your wife?"
The white-haired man said naturally, "It's okay, I can marry into your family."
Xia Zhen cupped her face and smiled happily. Just by looking at her bright, sparkling eyes, you could tell how good she was.
Lu Jin smiled and lowered his head, placing a few light kisses on the corner of her lips.
Shortly after, someone opened the car door and got in.
Lu Qi carried a chill from outside, but sensing the warm atmosphere inside the car, he turned around and saw Xia Zhen's smile that hadn't yet faded, as well as Lu Jin's slightly curved smiling eyes. He smiled and asked, "What's making you so happy?"
Xia Zhen quickly sat up straight. She quietly tugged at the boy's sleeve, afraid that he would really say he would abandon his father and leave.
Lu Jin said, "Zhenzhen and I are talking about marriage."
Lu Qi looked away and started the car. As he drove, he said, "You're not of legal age yet, it's too early to get married. You could get engaged first."
Xia Zhen's eyes lit up, "Okay, let's get engaged!"
Lu Jin took her hand and put it in his pocket. Perhaps it was because of the streetlights outside, but when he looked down at her, his pale eyes were filled with a warm light.
Lu Qineng could see the situation in the back seat of the car through the rearview mirror.
Lu Jin was, after all, his son, and he also possessed the stubbornness that was inherent in the Lu family.
But now, he is so happy that he doesn't seem like a member of the Lu family at all.
Not long ago, Lu Qicai said to Xu Zhao, "Who cares about love, something that you can't touch or feel?"
As he gazed at the dim twilight before him, a question inexplicably arose in his mind:
Does he really not care?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com