After dinner, Liu Xuan and Cao Weiwang went downstairs together.

Cao Weiwang enthusiastically wanted to give him a ride, but Liu Xuan politely declined.

Lu Yuqing was still waiting for him in the cafe downstairs.

After taking the elevator to the first floor, the two waved goodbye. Cao Weiwang and the driver went to the underground parking lot, while Liu Xuan walked out of the hotel.

After going out, he went straight to the cafe where Lu Yuqing was.

When we arrived at the coffee shop, Lu Yuqing was sitting by the window, with her chin resting on her hand, staring out the window absentmindedly.

Liu Xuan first went to the bar and ordered a cappuccino, then walked straight to Lu Yuqing and sat down.

Lu Yuqing finally came back to her senses and forced a smile at Liu Xuan.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Liu Xuan was full of apologies. He and Cao Weiwang were having dinner and left Lu Yuqing here alone.

Lu Yuqing's eyes smiled like crescent moons: "It's okay!"

"You haven't eaten yet, I'll go eat something with you later."

“No appetite…”

Lu Yuqing looked to be in a bad mood. Although she tried her best to hide it, the loneliness in the corners of her eyes still betrayed her.

"What's wrong? Did you have a conflict with your family?"

Liu Xuan was a little curious.

"Ah."

Lu Yuqing nodded, but didn't say much, so the two fell into silence.

Liu Xuan was not used to this kind of silence and wanted to light a cigarette, but after seeing the no-smoking sign on the wall, he gave up.

Soon, the waiter brought over a cup of coffee.

"Sir, drink your cappuccino while it's hot. It will affect the taste if it gets cold."

"Thank you!" Liu Xuan nodded with a smile.

After the clerk left, Liu Xuan picked up the coffee, took a sip, and looked out the window.

After a long time, Lu Yuqing spoke quietly, but her eyes remained outside the window: "Brother Liu Xuan, do you think a marriage interfered with by parents will be happy?"

Liu Xuan frowned slightly.

He had some guesses about the reason why Lu Yuqing had quarreled with her family. He thought that this kind of arranged marriage really happened to her.

"Did your father introduce you to a boyfriend?"

Liu Xuan's question was very cryptic.

Lu Yuqing nodded and then lay down on the table.

"He wanted me to marry the son of the CEO of Caisheng Group so that the two companies could cooperate."

"What kind of company is Caisheng Group?"

"It's an investment company. My father's company ran into some problems and needs a lot of money to run it. But now there are a lot of problems within the company and no one is willing to invest easily. The chairman of Caisheng Group is a good friend of my father, so..."

"So your father wants your two families to marry?"

Liu Xuan continued what Lu Yuqing said.

Lu Yuqing nodded.

"Your father asked you to come back to Beijing this time, right?"

Liu Xuan placed his fingers on the coffee cup and rubbed it gently.

Lu Yuqing held her forehead with her hand, looking worried.

"Can you tell me about your father's company?"

Liu Xuan knew that Lu Yuqing's father used to be in the army and held a high position, but he couldn't guess why he wanted to go into business, because for such an old cadre, even if he retired, the monthly subsidy would be enough for the family to live well.

Lu Yuqing glanced at Liu Xuan before saying, "It's a travel company. My father opened it with a businessman friend after he retired from the army. But his friend died in a car accident two years ago, so my father took over the company. But he doesn't know how to run a business, so the company is facing a lot of internal problems now. But his friend has put a lot of effort into the company, so my father has been reluctant to let go."

Liu Xuan felt a little blocked in his throat and took a sip of coffee to moisten it.

Obviously, Lu Jianguo is a very loyal and righteous person, but such people are often not suitable to be businessmen.

He felt very sympathetic towards Lu Yuqing's situation, but he didn't know how to comfort her, let alone how he could help her.

After all, matters between such big companies and big families are not something that a small entertainment star like him can influence.

He now understood why Lu Jianguo had such a strong aversion to Lu Yuqing when he first arrived at her house.

She must have mistaken him for Lu Yuqing's boyfriend.

"Brother Liu, what do you think I should do?"

Lu Yuqing rested her chin on her arms, her brows furrowed.

Liu Xuan thought for a moment before saying, "I think there's nothing wrong with your father's arrangement. After all, the other party is also a young master from a wealthy family, and he is a good match for you."

Liu Xuan gave some very pertinent advice.

At least he felt that it was much more reliable for Lu Yuqing to marry the young master of a big company than to marry for love.

Besides, maybe they will develop feelings for each other.

"But I really don't like the feeling of being deprived of my freedom to marry!"

Lu Yuqing was still very unhappy.

Liu Xuan didn't know how to comfort her, so he just drank his coffee in silence.

He doesn't understand these business things, and even less does he understand the practices of these big families.

He was powerless to change anything, all he could do was listen to Lu Yuqing complain.

They finished their coffee in silence.

After leaving the cafe, I took a taxi to visit the famous attractions in Yanjing.

At around five o'clock in the evening, Liu Xuan received a call from Cao Weiwang.

Cao Weiwang asked for his and Lu Yuqing's ID numbers and bought plane tickets for them.

Then he asked for their seats and came to pick them up to go with him.

After the black Mercedes-Benz S stopped by the roadside, Lu Yuqing sat in the passenger seat first, and Liu Xuan had to sit in the back seat with his boss.

Along the way, Cao Weiwang talked a lot and chatted with Liu Xuan about many things in the entertainment industry.

Liu Xuan only occasionally agreed with a few words.

Lu Yuqing didn't say much throughout the whole process, and it was obvious that she had not yet recovered from her loss.

Thanks to Cao's prestige, Liu Xuan sat in first class for the first time in his life.

Two and a half hours later, the plane landed smoothly at Jincheng Jinchuan Airport.

Lu Yuqing invited Cao Weiwang to go with her, and her car was parked in the parking lot outside the airport.

Cao Weiwang declined and someone invited him to a dinner party.

Lu Yuqing was eager to stay away from her boss, so she pulled Liu Xuan away from the airport.

On the highway from the airport to the city center, Lu Yuqing was in a bad mood and drove very fast.

At its fastest point, it even reached 220, which made Liu Xuan feel very insecure, and he couldn't help but grab the passenger seat's handle.

After arriving in the city, Lu Yuqing did not send Liu Xuan home, but took him to the karaoke room.

"What are you doing here?"

Liu Xuan was a little confused because it was already half past ten in the evening.

Lu Yuqing said calmly: "I want to hear you sing!"

Liu Xuan felt that Lu Yuqing's mood had not improved, so he stopped talking and nodded to agree to her request.

Lu Yuqing parked the car on the side of the road.

After getting off the car, the two walked up the mountain along the bluestone path.

After arriving at the practice room, turn on the lights.

The beer cans and cigarette butts in the room had been cleaned up. I don't know if it was Chang Qian or Lin Fan. Liu Xuan guessed that it was most likely Lin Fan. A pampered woman like Chang Qian would not take the initiative to do housework.

Liu Xuan took down his guitar, tuned it, and looked at Lu Yuqing: "What song do you want to listen to?"

Lu Yuqing sat on the sofa and said without hesitation: "Elope!"

Liu Xuan felt a little helpless. Even before the song was released, he had already gained a loyal fan.

This time he did not use a microphone, but sat cross-legged on the ground with his fingertips on the strings.

"Dedicate your youth to the glorious city behind you..."

Lu Yuqing rested her chin on her hand, listening quietly to Liu Xuan's singing, her body swaying left and right to the rhythm of the guitar.

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