"We'll talk when we meet," Lu Yuzhi said firmly.
“My intentions in contacting you from the very beginning were not pure.” Li Peiyu took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.
“No matter how it started, we’re already in this mess. All I want is the result,” Lu Yuzhi replied loudly.
"You're the only one who's fallen for me, not me. I don't want to get entangled anymore. I want to find a boy around my age, have a normal relationship, and grow old together." Li Peiyu knew that Lu Yuzhi was most bothered by the age gap between them, so she deliberately used these words to hurt him, hoping to make him let go.
"Li Peiyu, I told you, don't use this reason to hurt me. It bothers me a lot, and it will cause me a lot of pain." Lu Yuzhi's voice was filled with anguish.
"You care because you also believe that it is indeed an obstacle." Li Peiyu wiped away her tears, controlling her emotions, her tone cold.
"What did Grandpa say to you? How much money did he give you? I'll pay double." Lu Yuzhi became agitated.
“Look, even you think there’s something between us that can be bought and sold.” Li Peiyu’s voice trembled slightly.
“That’s not what I meant. Li Peiyu, my mind is in a complete mess right now. Can we meet and talk? Where are you?” Lu Yuzhi could no longer sit still in his office chair. He stood up, talking rapidly on the phone as he hurried downstairs.
"Are you out of your mind? Let's talk face to face. Tell me where you are!" Lu Yuzhi's anxious voice echoed in the building, drawing the attention of the employees who wondered: Is CEO Lu in love? Is CEO Lu pursuing a woman?
Li Peiyu's tears flowed uncontrollably like a burst dam. Afraid that Lu Yuzhi would find out she was crying, she hurriedly hung up the phone and then turned off her phone without hesitation.
Lu Yuzhi hurriedly got into the car, stepped on the gas, and sped straight towards Li Peiyu's small apartment.
Hearing the urgent knocking, Lin Wanwan quickly opened the door and exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle Lu!"
"Where is Li Peiyu?" Lu Yuzhi's eyes were filled with urgency.
"She's not here," Lin Wanwan answered timidly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuzhi strode inside and searched around, but found no trace of Li Peiyu. He left feeling utterly disappointed.
"Qiao An, call the head of the finance department. I need Li Peiyu's hometown address." Lu Yuzhi sat back in the car and called Qiao An, his voice low and firm.
"Okay." Qiao An knew that today's conversation had worked, and it was finally time to break up. Of course, she wouldn't give Lu Yuzhi her address.
Qiao An leisurely applied a face mask. After finishing, she replied to Lu Yuzhi, "Mr. Lu, the department head isn't answering the phone; he's probably asleep. Tomorrow..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Yuzhi hung up the phone.
When Li Peiyu's high-speed train arrived at the station, it was already 10 p.m.
The night was deep, and the lights outside the station were dim. She stood at the exit, exhausted and dejected, and after a brief pause, she called her brother, Li Peixiao.
A moment later, her brother's car sped up in front of her. The whole family came to pick her up.
"Our Yuyu is finally back!" Her mother said with a big smile, affectionately linking her arm with hers.
"Yu Yu, look at my new car, you haven't seen it before, have you?" Li Peixiao said proudly.
Li Peiyu looked up at the white SUV gleaming under the streetlights, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
This car was bought with money given to her by Lu Yuzhi. The reason she was so arrogant before was because Lu Yuzhi gave her the confidence. Thinking of this, Li Peiyu couldn't help but shed tears again.
"Yu Yu, what's wrong?" Everyone asked with concern.
"Mom, I want to go home." Li Peiyu's voice was slightly choked, full of exhaustion and vulnerability.
"Okay, okay, let's go home." Her mother quickly agreed, gently patting her hand, and the family escorted Li Peiyu towards home.
Back in her three-bedroom apartment, Li Peiyu showed no joy at being home.
Mom said sweetly, "I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
"Mom, I'm not hungry."
"Yuyu, tell Mommy why you cried?"
"Did someone bully you?" asked Li Peixiao, the older brother.
"No, no one bullied me. Can you leave me alone for a while?"
"Okay, let's go back to our room and sleep first," her mother said gently, taking her hand and leading her into the bedroom.
The bedroom was decorated in pink and cozy colors. Although her family was not wealthy, they doted on Li Peiyu immensely.
The mother gently covered Li Peiyu with the blanket, carefully tucking the corners in, and said with concern, "Yuyu, get a good night's sleep. No matter what happens, your dad and I are here for you. We'll hold the sky up for you even if it falls down."
"Okay. Mom, don't worry, I'll only be sad for one night, I'll be fine tomorrow." Li Peiyu forced a smile, trying to reassure her mother, while suppressing her sadness.
"My dear child, it breaks my heart to see you crying like this." As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Mom, don't cry, I'm fine, I just broke up with my boyfriend." Li Peiyu's voice was thick with a nasal tone as she tried to make her tone sound calm.
"Heartbroken?" Mom was slightly taken aback.
"Mom, I want to sleep." Li Peiyu was exhausted at this moment and had no energy to say anything more.
"Okay, okay, go to sleep. We'll talk about it tomorrow." The mother's voice was gentle and kind as she softly stroked Li Peiyu's hair, as if this could take away all of her daughter's pain and worries.
Li Peiyu felt dizzy and disoriented, as if she was about to fall asleep. Just then, she suddenly remembered that Gu Yan had said he would wait for her at the amusement park.
Li Peiyu jolted awake, grabbed her phone with great effort, hurriedly turned it on, and quickly called Lin Wanwan.
“Wanwan,” Li Peiyu’s voice was urgent and flustered.
"Peiyu, where are you? Peiyu, Uncle Lu came looking for you just now," Lin Wanwan said hurriedly.
“I’m home. Wanwan, this afternoon Gu Yan said he was waiting for me at Lesheng Amusement Park. I said I wasn’t going, but he said he would keep waiting. Could you go and see if he’s still there?” Li Peiyu’s tone was full of anxiety and worry.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Lin Wanwan's heart clenched. The person who once said he liked her now had eyes for another girl, which made her feel complicated.
At this moment, Wang Boyang was playing games in the living room. When he heard Lin Wanwan say that Lu Yuzhi had come here to see Li Peiyu earlier, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. He wondered if Gu Yan already knew about what happened between them.
Wang Boyang stood up and asked, "What happened?"
Lin Wanwan said anxiously, "Wang Boyang, can you come with me to Lesheng Amusement Park? Let's go find Gu Yan."
"Okay." Wang Boyang felt even more uneasy when he heard that he was going to find Gu Yan.
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