Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chu Lui got in the car and leaned against the seat as he took out a cigarette. Once again, he felt that he was a cargo that a bunch of people was selling as he had sold himself cheap.

Chu Jiang was right. He needed a woman by his side to block those unnecessary rumors, and a marriage was just for both parties to use each other.

Since he had to marry and it would be any woman, then why would it matter if it was Xia Yixuan?

He whipped out his phone and made a call.

“Hello, Lu Jinrong. I need to ask you something.”

Not long later, he and Lu Jinrong both sat at the edge of a table respectively. The gaze that the duo was giving each other with was unfamiliar and almost as if they were trying to seriously size up the other party. Both sides had not moved since they came.

“Why are you looking for me?” Lu Jinrong said lightly and leaned against the chair as he folded his arms.

Chu Lui used his fingertips to knock the table, and his pair of dark eyes had no light or emotions in the night. “You can let your sister come back. I’ll ask everyone who knows about this incident to keep the secret to their coffins.”

“Really?” Lu Jinrong did not feel anything. If he was really worrying about this, then he would have been very happy if he heard about it. However, he could not be happy.

“Say, how did you do it?” He sighed lightly. It seemed like the Chu family and the Xia household had come to an agreement. If not, based on Xia Yixuan’s temperament, she would have never agreed, and that disgusting Xia couple who reported at his house every day would not. His family all thought that they were in the wrong so they had to endure, but he knew the reason and still had to hold it in.

“Nothing much.” Chu Lui retracted his fingers lightly and took out a cigarette to light it up. Then, he started puffing smoke out. Last time, he used to be so over his head; now, it was as though he had resigned to fate and accepted his life.

Suddenly, Lu Jinrong leaned forward and asked Chu Lui seriously.

“Tell me. What exactly happened back then?” Now, he really wanted to know if it was Chu Lui that hurt his sister. However, based on his understanding of Chu Lui…

Chu Lui would never do this for one Xia Yixuan as that was his sister and someone from the Lu family.

Chu Lui tugged at his lips. “Your sister kidnapped Xia Yixuan, and I just happened to find some information from Brother San. When I reached there, I saw your sister holding a knife and wanting to kill Xia Yixuan.

“Xia Yixuan was tortured by your sister until she was half-dead. Coincidentally, I used that fruit knife and hurt her by mistake so I took her to the hospital first. Did I not call you when I was driving for you to pick your sister up?”

He said it concisely and did not say anything much. These few sentences had explained the entire incident.

As expected, Lu Jinrong’s gut feeling was correct. No matter what happened back then and even if his sister really killed Xia Yixuan, Chu Lui would not do anything to her. It was precisely because Xia Yixuan did not matter much to him. However, he could only know what had caused Xiaohua’s injury when she woke up.

“Also, what did you promise Xia Yixuan? What did you promise the Xia household?” He sized Chu Lui up, and this man was not too happy. However, it seemed like he had always been like that for the past few days.

“Nothing much.” Chu Lui frowned slightly and stood up while throwing the cigarette bud in his hand onto the ashtray on the table. “I’m leaving, and I have said all that I wanted to.” Actually, he was not that selfless to sacrifice himself for others. Both him and Xia Yixuan were just taking what they wanted, and he did something convenient along the way.

Besides, he still owed Lu Jinrong a favor. A few years ago, Lu Jinrong let that woman off; now, he let his sister off.

Both of them did not owe each other anything anymore.

Chu Lui turned around and left without looking back while Lu Jinrong looked at his back view complicatedly until he could not be seen anymore. Then, he retracted his vision and held up the cup on the table, allowing the spicy feeling to hurt his entire throat.

As expected, they did not come over to the Lu family the next day.

Was the Xia household not coming? Qin Xuejuan was thinking that they were going to come soon. Did they not say that they would report punctually every day? Why did they stop coming? She had even brewed the tea.

“Don’t trouble yourself in the future.” Lu Jinrong walked over and took the tea that Qin Xuejuan had just brewed. He placed it on the table and would drink it himself later.

Qin Xuejuan did not understand. “Then, do I just let them sit and wait?”

“No.” Lu Jinrong poured a cup for himself and swirled the teacup gently in his hands. The tea was fragrant.

“That Mr. Xia would not be coming in the future so we can save on the tea leaves.”

“Not coming?” Lu Ke’en heard it, too. What made them change their minds? He did not think that Xia Mingzheng would let Xiaohua and the Lu family off so easily. Without a valid reason, he would not leave.

“Chu Lui did it.” Lu Jinrong placed the teacup by his lips and drank it. “As for what Chu Lui agreed with the Xia household or what they had exchanged, he didn’t say. The current result is that the Xia household would not come anymore.”

Lu Ke’en nodded. That was good, and he heaved a sigh of relief.

He placed his newspapers on his lap. Really, it would be for the best if they stopped coming. In the future, there was nothing for them to explain to the Xia household. Now, he was still worrying about Jian Qingying’s side as she said that she missed her daughter and wanted to come back. However, where was he going to conjure up a daughter for her?

“Jinrong, get your sister back. Your mom is coming home soon,” he said to the distracted Lu Jinrong.

“Jinrong,” he called again and threw the newspapers aside.

Lu Jinrong reacted and smiled. “Dad, are you talking to me?”

“Ask your sister to come back. Your mom will be back soon.”

“Mm, I know.” Lu Jinrong suddenly felt his brows tighten, and he could only agree dryly. Look for his sister… hah… look for his sister. He also wanted to look for his sister, but his sister was still in the intensive care unit and was unconscious. If they wanted to look for her, they had to wait until the critical period was over at the very least. If not, he really did not dare to speak up and tell them the news.

In the hospital, it was already the seventh day. To the two people in the hospital, they could heave a sigh of relief. Even though the person inside had not woken up the whole time, her vital signs were all very stable. She should be fine given a few more days. Her current condition was almost certain, and her injury could slowly recover. Her cerebral context activity was also much stronger than before. Perhaps she would wake up the next day or the day after.