Chapter 12

Three days later, Lu Yu returned to work after his vacation.For some reason, Qin Assistant felt that his boss was looking at his phone a lot more frequently. When Qin Assistant went into the office to deliver documents, he inadvertently glanced and saw his boss staring blankly at the chat interface on his phone, spacing out, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qin Assistant felt this scene was really rare and couldn't help but glance again. The company had been developing well recently, so it shouldn't be work-related issues. For a moment, Qin Assistant even thought that the reason why his boss was so absent-minded was because he had some romantic interest outside of work. After all, other than work, the only thing that could affect a man was his love life.

But soon Qin Assistant denied this guess. With Mr. Lu's busy schedule, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't have the time.

Moreover, Qin Assistant had always felt that Mr. Lu was not like an ordinary person, or rather, he didn't have the vulgar tastes that ordinary people would have. So much so that Qin Assistant really couldn't imagine what it would look like if Mr. Lu was surrounded by a bunch of young ladies.

And when he saw the note at the top of the chat, Qin Assistant immediately had a feeling of "I knew it".

It turned out he was chatting with his wife!

Huh, wait, his wife?

Qin Assistant was stunned. The next second, as if sensing something, he looked up and met his boss's gaze.

"Ahem." Qin Assistant cleared his throat, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Here are the monthly reports from all departments below. Please take a look when you have time."

After explaining the work, Qin Assistant did not stay for long and left casually as if nothing had happened.

On his way out, Qin Assistant couldn't help but think, he hadn't noticed Mr. Lu paying much attention to his wife before, and was it a bit too cold to have his wife's full name as the chat note?

He had absolutely no idea what the other party was thinking. After reviewing the reports and finding no issues, Lu Yu unwillingly started thinking randomly again. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the NøvᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

It was today when he used WeChat at work that he inadvertently discovered that since the car accident, Gu Wan had never taken the initiative to send him a message again. The last chat record between them still showed half a month ago.

The car accident again.

Lu Yu had originally thought it was just a small accident, an insignificant little thing. But today he suddenly realized that because of this little thing, his life with Gu Wan had changed far too much.

At this time, Gu Wan should have asked him if he had eaten lunch.

Lu Yu was a very picky person. He generally didn't eat the company cafeteria food. Instead, he either had delivery from designated restaurants or had the chef cook separately for him.

After Gu Wan noticed this, she would often wait until the family chef was done cooking and then drive the food over personally to deliver it to him.

Previously, Lu Yu still felt it was unnecessary. Anyone could do such things. Even if he wanted to eat the family meals, the driver or nanny could deliver them. She only needed to rest well at home without running around as that was tiring and troublesome.

Well now, Gu Wan's thinking had finally aligned with his own. She probably also felt there was no need anymore.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu pulled the corner of his mouth into a wry smile. It served him right.

Recalling how she used to sit in his executive chair, resting her cheek in her palm, smiling brightly as she watched him eat, and looking at the empty office now, quiet and spacious.

After a while, Lu Yu really couldn't stand it and took the initiative to send her a message.

[What are you doing?]

It was almost time for dinner. Lu Yu thought Gu Wan would reply instantly. But unexpectedly, after the message was sent out, there was dead silence, as if it had sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

This was the first time Lu Yu did not get a reply from Gu Wan.

On the other side.

When Gu Wan woke up in the morning, she found that Lu Yu had already disappeared. Even the bedding next to her was already cold, apparently he had been gone for a long time.

Yesterday Lu Yu had already said he was going to work today. Although Gu Wan didn't know why he still had to report to her when he was going to work and do his own business, she nodded at that time to indicate that she already knew. So when she saw the empty room in the morning, she was not surprised.

Gu Wan yawned and slowly got out of bed, then washed up laboriously with her left hand, which was starting to scab.

By the time Gu Wan went downstairs for breakfast, she soon received a message from Xia Qianqian asking her out.

Gu Wan would certainly not refuse.

When the two met, Xia Qianqian had the same reaction as the butler a few days ago upon seeing Gu Wan's other injured hand.

"What's going on here??"

So Gu Wan explained it again. After learning that she had scraped her hand from horse riding, Xia Qianqian inevitably scolded her severely.

"To think I used to feel you were mature and steady, and looked up to you wholeheartedly to learn from you. Why have you become a different person after hitting your head, so impulsive like a child?" Saying that, Xia Qianqian poked her finger at her head.

Gu Wan wanted to defend herself, but in the end, she closed her mouth very tactfully.

Although Xia Qianqian grumbled, she still took the initiative to feed Gu Wan at lunch.

Feeding Gu Wan! Just thinking about it was so interesting!

She didn't know what was wrong with these two people that they both liked to feed her. Facing the excited girl, Gu Wan had no choice but to open her mouth helplessly.

Xia Qianqian fed her spoon by spoon. Gu Wan felt the looks from the people around them had changed. But seeing how enthusiastic the girl across from her was, she did not resist and obediently sat there letting her take action.

A beauty feeding another beauty, the picture was too eye-catching, especially with the two sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows, the noon sun shining right on them. With any angle, it would turn out extremely beautiful with barely any adjustment.

Gu Wan regretted not having chosen a more private restaurant.

One was still enthusiastically playing around while the other was forced to cooperate. As a result, Gu Wan did not notice at all that her phone screen seemed to have lit up at one point.

After a while, even the insensitive Xia Qianqian noticed that some people around them seemed to have raised their phones. Seeing this, Xia Qianqian was not only unafraid, but facing the camera lens, she generously revealed a bright smile.

In her opinion, since she was so good looking, she was meant to be looked at. Otherwise, wouldn't that be wasting the good genes from her parents? As for Gu Wan sitting across from her, Gu Wan was even more stunning than herself. Xia Qianqian wished the whole world knew about their close relationship and that someone as outstanding as Gu Wan was her, Xia Qianqian's, best friend.

In contrast, Gu Wan still had some sanity left. Although she wanted to advise Xia Qianqian to be more sensible and not so ostentatious, seeing how happy she was, Gu Wan still couldn't bear to dampen her enthusiasm in the end.

So when the photos came out, it turned into a picture of Gu Wan looking helpless but still laughing along with the girl across from her.

After leaving the restaurant, Xia Qianqian's good mood did not diminish one bit.

The two then went to watch a movie. A new film was released recently which was Xia Qianqian's purpose for coming today.

On the other side.

Lu Yu still did not get a reply from Gu Wan until one o'clock in the afternoon. He frowned, then sent several more messages over.

It wasn't until around four or five o'clock in the afternoon when Lu Yu thought there must have been another situation on Gu Wan's side that she finally replied sluggishly.

[Out with Qianqian.]

Lu Yu relaxed, and was about to continue when, after sending this one message, there was still no movement from Gu Wan's side.

Lu Yu couldn't help but purse his lips tightly.

...Forget it, whether she wants to talk or not!

With this thought, Lu Yu threw the phone aside and was about to get back to work. But then he realized...was there even any work left for him to do?

How did he not know he could be so free before this?

Lu Yu cursed inwardly, took a deep breath, picked up his phone again, and asked at last—

[Want to have dinner together tonight?]

After the message was sent, Lu Yu didn't even think Gu Wan would refuse at all. He had even started packing up.

However, when Gu Wan saw this sentence, she subconsciously glanced at Xia Qianqian, who was buying milk tea at the milk tea shop across from her. Knowing clearly that Xia Qianqian didn't seem to like Lu Yu very much, Gu Wan didn't plan for them to meet. So she took the time to reply [No need].

When he saw these three words, Lu Yu doubted his life for a moment. He did not understand why Gu Wan would not even agree to such a small request.

Thinking this way, Lu Yu asked aloud.

However, Gu Wan was already a little impatient at this time. Frowning at the messages that came in afterwards, Gu Wan just glanced at them and turned off her phone again.

At this moment, Xia Qianqian happened to walk over with two cups of milk tea.

No one knew how happy Xia Qianqian was when she learned that her best friend who had controlled her diet for a full three years seemed to have resumed normal eating recently. Xia Qianqian only felt that everything seemed to return to the past.

Handing the thick taro bubble milk tea that only Gu Wan favored to Gu Wan, Xia Qianqian, who was completely unaware of what had just happened, intimately pulled Gu Wan's arm, planning to shop for a while longer before going to dinner.

On the other side, Lu Yu, who had been waiting for the message for a long time without receiving it, went home with a dark face and then ate dinner alone.

Seeing the man radiating low pressure all over, everyone in the villa, from the housekeeper to the few maids, did not even dare to breathe.

It wasn't until after 11 o'clock at night that all the shopping malls closed one after another before the energetic Xia Qianqian finally let Gu Wan go back with great mercy, because she had heard Gu Wan say before that whether Lu Yu was there made almost no difference, as he never came home anyway. Xia Qianqian didn't know what had happened between them recently, so she didn't think too much about it.

So by the time Gu Wan got home, it was almost dawn.

Gu Wan had been free since she was young. From childhood to adulthood, even her parents hardly restricted her, so Gu Wan didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Afraid of disturbing Lu Yu's rest, Gu Wan didn't even plan to go back to the master bedroom, only preparing to find a guest room to lie down in.

Who knew that just as she was about to open the door of the guest room, she heard a deep male voice behind her—

"Why did you come back so late?"

"Why didn't you let me know in advance that you were going out with that Xia Qianqian woman today?"

Seeing that Gu Wan, who didn't even seem to be greeting him, was about to go to rest, Lu Yu only felt a nameless fire rise in his heart, and Gu Wan's next sentence completely ignited the fire in his heart.

Hearing the sound, Gu Wan turned around with her brows slightly furrowed, as if she didn't understand why he would ask such a thing.

"I thought as an adult, I still have some freedom."

And.

Gu Wan's face also sank: "Qianqian is my best friend, she is very important to me, so please be more polite when you speak, don't call her that woman!"

This was still the first time after meeting Gu Wan that she spoke to him so impolitely.

At this moment, Lu Yu only felt incredible.