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Upon hearing Lu Mingzhu mention Nanxing, a crack finally appeared on Fu Yunchuan's expression, which had remained unchanged until now.

"You ran into her?" His voice was cold, and his expression seemed even more displeased.

He was thinking about what Mu Bao had said, and whether Lu Mingzhu would say something unpleasant to Nan Xing again after seeing him.

Lu Mingzhu thought to herself, "As expected, as long as I mention Nanxing, Fu Yunchuan will definitely react."

"Yes, but I only nodded to her from a distance and didn't even have time to go over and say hello, because she seemed to be in a hurry to leave."

Fu Yunchuan said coldly, "You just greeted me from afar?"

"Of course, because she was in a hurry, probably to do something, after all, she wasn't alone there."

"Was she with other people? With whom?" Fu Yunchuan asked subconsciously.

He shouldn't have asked these questions at this moment to avoid arousing Lu Mingzhu's suspicion about Nanxing's identity, but he couldn't control his heart. He was too afraid that something might happen to Nanxing in places he couldn't see.

Lu Mingzhu felt a lump in her throat, but could only wear a calm smile on her face.

"Oh, Brother Yunchuan, if you really want to know, come and eat first. I'll tell you once you've eaten," Lu Mingzhu said to Fu Yunchuan in a playful and relaxed manner.

Fu Yunchuan's already cold face became even colder upon hearing her words, his eyes seeming capable of freezing people.

"Are you threatening me?"

"No...no." Lu Mingzhu's face stiffened for a moment. "How could I? How could I threaten you? I was just worried about you. You're so busy every day that you don't even know how to eat on time. Is it wrong for me to feel sorry for you?"

Her eyes reddened, and her stubborn gaze seemed to carry a sense of grievance.

Fu Yunchuan glanced at her again, seemingly realizing that he had misunderstood Lu Mingzhu.

He walked over and sat down, silently picking up his chopsticks to eat. He hadn't eaten lunch at all, and the light food suited his stomach perfectly.

Lu Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Fu Yunchuan was willing to eat, that was fine. If Fu Yunchuan didn't eat, she couldn't imagine how the secretaries would laugh at her when they came in to clean up and saw the untouched food.

"Tell me, what exactly happened? What was she doing when you met Bugui there, and who was she with?"

Fu Yunchuan took a couple of bites and then looked up to ask Lu Mingzhu.

Lu Mingzhu sat down opposite him, her face still showing a hint of grievance, and began to speak:

"You finish eating first, and I'll tell you after you're done. You've been so busy lately that you probably haven't had time to eat, and you've also been worrying about me, so you've lost weight."

Upon hearing Lu Mingzhu's words, Fu Yunchuan paused again with his chopsticks. He knew very well what Lu Mingzhu's feelings for him were now.

He put down his chopsticks and looked at Lu Mingzhu seriously before speaking.

"Mingzhu, I know my own body and my own affairs very well. I don't need you to think about me so much. You need to think about your own things, understand?"

He would not have spoken so calmly, or even gently, to anyone else.

He had said these words to Lu Mingzhu more than once. He wouldn't have said a word to anyone else, and would have just told Jiang Bai to deal with the person quickly.

But Lu Mingzhu was different. He owed Lu Mingzhu a life and a promise.

Lu Mingzhu felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart, followed by anger and resentment.

"Brother Yun Chuan, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to distance yourself from me? Are you trying to sever all ties with me?"

"I'm just trying to make you understand what kind of relationship you should have with me when you say these things. If you're showing concern for me as a friend or a sister, I can accept it very kindly."

"I can also tell you very clearly that apart from these two identities, we will have no other relationship, especially the kind of relationship you're thinking of, understand?"

"No matter how many times I say this, it's the same meaning. If you don't understand, I can say it many times. You'd better give up on that idea."

Fu Yunchuan's attitude was strong, his tone cold and serious. Lu Mingzhu's face drained of color, and she swayed as if she were about to collapse.

"Brother Yun Chuan, how...how could you be so heartless? How could you be so cruel to me?"

She had heard these words from Fu Yunchuan more than once, but this was the only time he had spoken so much and with such determination.

"It's not that I'm heartless, it's just the truth, and I don't want to waste your youth."

Fu Yunchuan thought that the reason why Lu Mingzhu was so hostile to Nanxing was simply because she felt that there was still a possibility between them, so she always treated Nanxing from the perspective of his so-called fiancée.

"But isn't it too late for you to say you won't hold me back now? You've been promising to take care of me since I was little. Is it fair to me that you suddenly tell me not to have those kinds of feelings for you?"

Feng Jiejie's eyes were red. She knew that Fu Yunchuan would always give in every time she said these things to him, and she thought he would do the same this time. But this time, Fu Yunchuan's answer was beyond her expectations.

"I'm not just saying this now. I told you the year Nanxing had the accident. Six years have passed since then. Do you think it's still a short time?"

Fu Yunchuan looked at Lu Mingzhu indifferently. He had given Lu Mingzhu six years, and these six years could not possibly be a short time. Just like he felt that every day in the six years without Nanxing was like an eternity.

Over such a long period of time, he couldn't be considered to have pressured Lu Mingzhu.

Lu Mingzhu swayed slightly, clearly not expecting Fu Yunchuan to be so ruthless this time, showing no mercy whatsoever.

She was too shocked, or rather, unable to accept it, and could only look at Fu Yunchuan with red eyes.

"Mingzhu, I will repay what I owe you, but it can't be the kind of relationship you want," Fu Yunchuan said again.

Lu Mingzhu felt a dull pain in her chest, as if it wasn't just a pain in her heart, but also a physical pain.

Because of the intense pain, her brows furrowed and her face turned frighteningly pale.

Fu Yunchuan frowned slightly after noticing this.

"But why? Brother Yun Chuan, tell me why? You don't have anyone you like, and Nan Xing is gone, so why can't it be me? Why can't I have that kind of fantasy?"

Lu Mingzhu didn't take the pain in her heart seriously. She knew all too well that Fu Yunchuan was treating her this way because of Nanxing, but she could only pretend not to know.

Fu Yunchuan was silent for a moment. For a brief instant, he wanted to tell Lu Mingzhu that Bu Gui was actually Nan Xing, because Nan Xing had returned.

But after weighing the pros and cons, he still kept it a secret.

"There's no reason why, it's just that it's not allowed."

"But I'm not reconciled. You've always told me since I was little that you would take care of me for the rest of my life. Why should I give up on that idea now? Is that fair to me?"

Fu Yunchuan: "I will make it up to you."

"But all I want is to be with you forever. Being with you forever is all I can do to make up for it. Why can't you say yes?"

"Because I don't love you, understand?"

"But it's enough that I love you. Haven't we been getting along like this all these years? We've always had feelings for each other. It's just that you can't see your own feelings. You're just living with guilt towards Nanxing. Actually, you don't love her."

Lu Mingzhu walked over to Fu Yunchuan, wanting to throw herself into his arms without a care, but Fu Yunchuan reacted quickly and dodged her.

"Lu Mingzhu, calm down!" Fu Yunchuan's face turned completely cold.

"Calm down? How could I possibly calm down? You don't want me anymore, how can I stay calm?"

Tears streamed down Lu Mingzhu's face as she recklessly tried to throw herself into Fu Yunchuan's arms again. Fu Yunchuan got up to try and avoid her, but accidentally bumped into the food on the table, spilling the soup and vegetables all over his pants.

After a moment of silence, Fu Yunchuan stood up with a cold face.

"Calm down first. I'm going in to change my pants, but I don't want to see you like that again when I come out."

Fu Yunchuan entered the rest room and locked the door from the inside, clearly to keep Lu Mingzhu away.

Lu Mingzhu sat there stunned for a moment, then her gloomy gaze fell on Fu Yunchuan's desk.

Fu Yunchuan, you treated me like this first, so you can't blame me.

Yun Chuan, all I want is to be with you. Everything I've done is just so I can be with you, so you won't blame me, right?

Lu Mingzhu calculated the time it would take for Fu Yunchuan to come out of the break room, and quickly went to her desk to look through the documents and plans. Surprisingly, she found what she was looking for in no time.

She quickly took two photos with her phone, then tidied everything back to its original state, before returning to the sofa and crying with her head down.

Fu Yunchuan changed into another black suit, his hair dripping wet, so he must have taken a shower.

After he came out, he did not go to Lu Mingzhu's side, but sat in the office chair to avoid a repeat of what Lu Mingzhu had just done.

"Have you thought this through? Do you know what you were just doing?"

Fu Yunchuan's voice was cold and clearly filled with anger.

Lu Mingzhu looked up at him, her eyes red.

"Do you think I can think this through? For so many years, I've been living in the dream that you would take care of me for the rest of my life, and then you suddenly told me to give up that idea."

"What makes you think I can do it? If you think I can do it, why can't you? Six years have passed, why haven't you forgotten Nanxing yet?"

“This is different.” Fu Yunchuan frowned.

"Why is it different? What's the difference? You like Nanxing, that's all there is to it. But if I like you, isn't that also liking you? I'm human too. Brother Yun Chuan, if you can forget Nanxing, then I can also stop having those kinds of feelings for you."

"But if you can't do it, why should I be able to? The most important thing is that I liked you for more than ten years, and I was immersed in the dream that you would take care of me for more than ten years. How could I forget you so easily? You only married Nanxing for one year and you've been thinking about him for six years."

Lu Mingzhu argued vehemently, and Fu Yunchuan was momentarily speechless upon hearing her words, finding some truth in them.

Lu Mingzhu knew she had touched Fu Yunchuan's heart. Her greatest advantage was that she understood Fu Yunchuan, or rather, she understood Fu Yunchuan's feelings of guilt towards her.

Fu Yunchuan did feel a little guilty, but only in his heart; he maintained a blank expression on his face.

"At least you should learn to forget, instead of staying immersed in this impossible dream."

"But why can't I? Why not? Nanxing is gone, why can't I?"

Fu Yunchuan paused for a moment and asked her, "You think that even though Nanxing is gone, you still have a chance, right?"

Lu Mingzhu suddenly seemed to understand what Fu Yunchuan meant. Never before had she hated herself for knowing Fu Yunchuan so well, otherwise she wouldn't have understood what he meant by saying those words so quickly.

"At least she's gone, and we've had so many years of relationship. Why can't you look at me? What's wrong with me? Why are you treating me like this, even bullying me?"

"You were the one who said you would take care of me first, but then you pushed me away when I started to fall for you and get used to your care. Do you think that's fair to me?"

Fu Yunchuan was speechless at Lu Mingzhu's words and didn't think too deeply about them. He just thought that since Lu Mingzhu thought Nanxing was not there, he should deal with the matter as soon as possible and make Nanxing's identity legitimate.

When the time comes, Lu Mingzhu will naturally step back on her own, and he will compensate Lu Mingzhu with something else.

At that moment, he had no idea what kind of person Lu Mingzhu really was, and he would later pay the price for his current thoughts.

“It is indeed unfair, and I made a mistake, but Mingzhu, you really don’t need to waste your time on me. It’s not worth it.”

"But what am I supposed to do now? What else can I do? Brother Yun Chuan, please don't push me away, okay?"

Lu Mingzhu stood up with red eyes and walked towards Fu Yunchuan.

Fu Yunchuan frowned, his heart filled with a sense of impending doom.

He could throw other people out without hesitation, but Lu Mingzhu was no ordinary person.

Just as he was about to speak, he noticed that there seemed to be red blood flowing from below Lu Mingzhu's nose.

Almost instantly, he stood up abruptly.

"Mingzhu, what's below your nose?"

"What?" Lu Mingzhu was stunned and stopped in her tracks. "Below my nose? Below my nose is..."

She meant to say that the mouth is right below the nose, but before she could finish speaking, she felt something warm flowing out of her nose.

It doesn't look like snot, and it can't be snot.

She suddenly felt a little flustered, hesitated, and reached out to touch it. Sure enough, she touched something warm, like water.

She brought her hand up to her face and saw that her fingers were covered in red blood. She was stunned for a moment.

"Brother Yun Chuan, what... what's wrong with me? Why am I bleeding from my nose? I didn't feel anything just now. What's wrong with me?"

Lu Mingzhu looked up at Fu Yunchuan. At this moment, she didn't care about her disheveled appearance. She only knew that she had been caught off guard by the nosebleed and felt a little nervous.