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Do you still love her?

Zheng Keer stood there. She was probably frightened by Lou Shaotang's roar just now. With a slightly pale face, she looked at us timidly, like a frightened little lamb.

"Ke Er, you, why are you here?" Lou Shaotang asked her in shock, and even hugged me tightly.

Zheng Keer lifted her head as if she was very surprised that Lou Shaotang would say such a thing. She looked at me, bit her lip, and slowly nodded. She bent down to pick up the shopping bag that had fallen to the ground due to the fright. Just as she was about to turn around, I called out to her, "Wait."

Her body trembled and her steps came to a halt.

Lou Shaotang was also surprised, "Wife?" He looked a little nervous.

Was he afraid that I would cause trouble for her and hurt her?

I laughed coldly in my heart, but then my heart started to hurt again.

I secretly took a deep breath and pretended to be calm as I said to Lou Shaotang. "Lou Shaotang, didn't you want to explain?

Lou Shaotang frowned, his expression seemed to be in a difficult situation, "Wife, let's, let's go back and talk, alright?"

"Not good." "No," I said flatly. "We'll talk here."

If he didn't have any evil intentions, then what was he afraid of?!

I sat down on the couch, folded my arms across my chest, and raised my chin, staring at the couple in front of me.

Zheng Keer looked at Lou Shaotang, as if she was waiting for him to speak. Lou Shaotang sighed helplessly, and pointed towards the sofa: "Go and sit there."

Zheng Keer squeezed her hands, slowly walked to the sofa on my right, and looked at Lou Shaotang again before he sat down.

After she took her seat, Lou Shaotang also walked over and sat beside me. He picked up the imported mineral water that was specially prepared for me on the tea table, opened the lid and handed it over to me. "Wife, drink some water first."

I didn't pick it up, but looked straight ahead with a cold expression. Lou Shaotang sighed again, closed the lid and returned it to the tea table.

As if he was trying to figure out what to say, Lou Shaotang remained silent for a moment, before he slowly said, "Ke'er is my first love girlfriend."

Even though I already know this fact, when his gentle words came out, my heart still shook violently.

"Lou Shaotang, didn't you say that you have never been in a relationship before? I sneered. Even though my tone was extremely sarcastic, it couldn't hide the jealousy in my heart.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you about this."

Lou Shaotang's voice was filled with guilt. He grabbed onto my hand and I pulled away angrily.

He shook his empty hand and said in a slightly sad tone, "I lied to you because I thought she was dead."

"What?" My brain short-circuited for a few seconds.

Am I hearing things?

Who did he just say was dead?

Zheng Keer?

I looked at him blankly, then looked at Zheng Keer.

She was sitting right in front of me!

"I'm not making up a story." "Ten years ago, when Ke Er and I were studying in the UK, we met with a very serious car accident. At that time, I was heavily injured and I was in a coma in the hospital for more than a month. When I woke up, they told me that Ke Er had already passed away."

"He died?" I still didn't believe it, and laughed out loud, turning my head to look at Zheng Keer, "Then who is this? "Is it a ghost?"

Not caring about my ridicule, Lou Shaotang's solemn expression did not change in the slightest as he continued, "I only found out a few days ago that Ke Er is actually still alive. "He's just hiding."

I snorted, still sarcastic. "Hiding? Why would she want to hide? What have you done? " He turned to look at Zheng Keer.

She had her head down, and I couldn't see her expression, but I could tell from her clenched hands and trembling shoulders that she was crying.

I frowned doubtfully and looked back at Lou Shaotang. A trace of sadness appeared on his face, and his eyes were filled with sorrow.

In a split-second, my heart felt like it was being tightly grasped in my hand. It was so painful that I couldn't breathe properly.

He wasn't making up a story, he was telling the truth.

However, why …

Taking a deep breath to control the pain in my chest, I asked, "What happened?"

Lou Shaotang also took a deep breath in before slowly exhaling, as if expelling the pain in his chest.

"Her right leg was amputated."

A loud bang exploded in my head. I was stunned by the calm words that came out of my mouth.

amputation

In other words, because Zheng Keer was amputated, she felt that she was already incomplete and not worthy of Lou Shaotang, which was why he lied and said that she was dead.

Is that right?

That's right.

This thought slowly emerged in his mind and took root.

I slowly looked at Zheng Keer.

Even though she covered her mouth, she could not hide her sorrowful cries. Tears were pouring down from her eyes like a torrential downpour.

I slowly moved my gaze to her right leg. There was nothing missing.

I frowned, feeling extremely puzzled.

Perhaps seeing my doubt, Lou Shaotang said, "Ke Er is pretending to have an artificial limb."

I frowned, suddenly understanding. No wonder she looked so strange when she was walking.

Looking at Zheng Keer who was crying so bitterly that she wished he was dead, mixed emotions filled my heart. I felt sympathy for her and at the same time, felt disgust and rejection towards her after reappearing in front of Lou Shaotang.

A question rose in her mind. Since she chose to hide in the past, why did she appear now?

Right, there was also another one of the most important —

When I thought about it, many images came to mind: in the harbor office, Lou Shaotang almost strangling me for breaking Zheng Keer's picture; he hid her picture in his desk drawer, unwilling to part with it; he was engaged to Zhong Ruoqing, who did not love her because he looked similar to her; in front of the elevator, he nervously held her in his arms to protect her from being smashed by others.

He must still love her!

After all, they weren't separated because of a broken heart, but because of a tragedy.

From his abnormal behavior these few days, it could be seen that Zheng Keer's "reviving from the dead" had a huge impact on his mind.

Something was slowly tearing at his chest, and the pain slowly spread. Clenching my fists to control the pain, I asked, "So now that you know the truth, what are your plans?"

Lou Shaotang must have an idea, otherwise he would not hide it from me to interact with her, so what exactly is his thinking?

I was panicking, afraid that he would say something I didn't want to hear.

Lou Shaotang pursed his lips and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "Ke'er has been living in England with her mother all these years. The reason she came back was because her mother had passed away not long ago. Right now she is alone and has no one to rely on. "

One person.

He had no one to rely on.

So his subtext is that

"So?" "So you're saying you're going to take care of her, and for the rest of your life?" My heart ached when I said those words, but I remained calm on the surface.

He accepted it.

Heh, what should come, cannot escape.

Feeling a slight tremble in my body, I tightened my fist, which had already been clenched tight, to the point that my bones and joints were about to break.

"Of course not!" Lou Shaotang's face was filled with shock, but he replied without hesitation.

Instead, I wanted to know what kind of feelings he had towards Zheng Keer right now. Thus, I asked again, "Lou Shaotang, do you still love her?"

"Wife" Lou Shaotang frowned, his expression seemed to say how could I ask such a question.

I stared at him, not allowing him to avoid me. "Answer me. "Love?"

No! No!

Lou Shaotang, tell me quickly, you don't love me!

I screamed in my heart.

"I …" He looked towards Zheng Keer with a complicated expression, as if he was in a difficult situation.

All my hopes crumbled in his indecision and hesitation.

Sure enough, he still loved her.

The pain seeped into my blood and spread to my bones. I was suffocating from the pain, and my eyes were full of hot liquid.

But pride won't allow me to cry. Taking a deep breath, I raised my head slightly and forced the tears back.

"I know."

With a self-deprecating smile, I slowly stood up …