President, the deceased lady has three more children

"What?" Lu Mingzhu asked subconsciously, her face blank, but she was a little nervous inside.

Why would Fu Yunchuan say such things for no reason? These words were too frightening; she couldn't help but be nervous.

"Brother Yun Chuan, do you mean I'm the reason you became like this?"

Don't you think so?

"But...but I didn't do anything! How could I possibly let you become like this? How could I do things that push you further and further away?"

Lu Mingzhu's eyes were brimming with tears, as if she were accusing Fu Yunchuan or feeling wronged on her own behalf.

Fu Yunchuan remained expressionless throughout.

"So you still think you're not wrong?"

"I don't know where I went wrong. I feel like I didn't do anything wrong. Am I the one who's wrong?"

Lu Mingzhu knew all too well what she needed to do to make Fu Yunchuan compromise.

"It's clear that you're becoming less and less concerned about me, focusing more and more on other people. You even seem to be reluctant to talk to me now. Brother Yun Chuan, do you still think all of this is my fault?"

"Isn't this your fault? If you hadn't insisted on doing things your own way, would you be in this situation now?"

Lu Mingzhu thought Fu Yunchuan was referring to her constant targeting of Bu Gui.

"Can you blame me? I didn't want this to happen either. It's because you've always treated her differently. I feel hurt and wronged. I've been by your side for so many years, so why can just anyone attract your attention now? Isn't it normal for me to feel sad and wronged?"

Fu Yunchuan frowned, looking slightly displeased, and his gaze on Lu Mingzhu's face became more probing.

"You know that what you did to Bugui was problematic, don't you?"

The sudden question left Lu Mingzhu speechless. Her mind reacted quickly, realizing that there might be a problem with what she had just said, or that she had let something slip.

"A problem? How would I know what a problem is? What does it mean if there's no problem? All I know is that someone who appeared out of nowhere has captured all your attention."

"Not only that, but you also warned me again and again because of her. Can you blame me for all this? You know that I wasn't like this to Dr. Bugui at first. I was even grateful that she was willing to come and treat me. It's just that you treated her so differently later on, and I was very scared."

She lowered her head, knowing she couldn't make amends, and could only try to shift the blame onto Fu Yunchuan.

Besides, she wasn't wrong just now, so none of this can be blamed on her.

Blame Fu Yunchuan for being so good to Nanxing, and blame Nanxing for coming back. If Nanxing hadn't come back, none of this would have been a problem.

She even knew that as long as Nanxing didn't come back, the two old women of the Fu family would accept her in a year or two, even if it was for the sake of the Fu family's descendants.

She was confident that if Fu Yunchuan really wanted to get married, no other woman would be more suitable than her, except for Nanxing.

But then, Nanxing, who should have died long ago, came back.

Fu Yunchuan felt that Lu Mingzhu was very stubborn at this moment, but he couldn't completely deny what Lu Mingzhu had just said.

Because he did initially feel differently about Bugui, since those eyes were so similar to Nanxing's.

Later, due to various reasons, he discovered that Bu Gui was Nan Xing, and he was even less able to hide his thoughts and emotions. He would always unconsciously look for Nan Xing and think about her, so it's no wonder that Lu Mingzhu found out.

"Is that your reason to target her? She did nothing wrong, and you treat her like this and you still think you're not wrong?"

Lu Mingzhu wanted to say that she was of course not wrong; the one who was wrong was clearly Nanxing, who had disrupted all her plans.

But she couldn't. She could only lower her head, showing a look of sadness and resentment.

Fu Yunchuan looked at her coldly and continued, "Didn't I say that old Chinese medicine doctor was untrustworthy? You still insisted on going to see him behind my back. Isn't that your own problem? Lu Mingzhu, do you really want to die?"

Lu Mingzhu suddenly looked up, tears welling up in her eyes, and she shook her head desperately.

"No, Brother Yun Chuan, no, I don't know why things turned out this way. I had no other choice. At the time, I thought I was really going to die, and that traditional Chinese medicine doctor was indeed quite good. Isn't it normal to trust him?"

"Just like you, if you were drowning and found a piece of driftwood to grab onto, wouldn't you want to grab it? I just wanted to grab onto a chance to survive, was that wrong? Now that I'm like this, you don't even comfort me, how can you come here and scold me? Blame me?"

At this moment, she felt very uncertain because Fu Yunchuan's eyes were so cold that she couldn't help but be afraid.

"So do you still think He Feng is trustworthy?" Fu Yunchuan asked again.

Lu Mingzhu understood what Fu Yunchuan meant by those words, but she could only pretend that she knew nothing.

"Brother Yun Chuan, what do you mean by these words? Why can't He Feng be trusted? He's just worried about me; he didn't mean any harm."

"No malicious intent? Have you forgotten that he was the one who introduced that TCM doctor?"

“I knew it was him who introduced me, but he never thought this day would come. At the time, he only introduced me to this traditional Chinese medicine doctor because he thought he could cure me.”

I even believe that the traditional Chinese medicine doctor wasn't a bad person; he genuinely meant it when he said he could cure me. It's just that my illness was so bizarre that even the old doctor hadn't anticipated it. Brother Yunchuan, I believe they all meant well, and I also believe that the old doctor has a compassionate heart, just like Doctor Bugui, right?

With tears in her eyes, she deliberately mentioned Nanxing's name. She knew that as long as Nanxing was mentioned, Fu Yunchuan would tacitly agree and might even become less concerned.

She never believed in the so-called benevolence of doctors, especially someone like Nanxing. If Nanxing truly had the so-called benevolence of a doctor, she would never have come back to destroy everything she had and the balanced life she and Fu Yunchuan had maintained.

Nanxing was far more cunning and scheming than she had imagined.

Fu Yunchuan was very disappointed in Lu Mingzhu. He couldn't understand how Lu Mingzhu could be so stupid as to not understand such a thing.

However, he never considered that this was not because Lu Mingzhu was stupid, but because Lu Mingzhu deliberately put on this act in front of him to make him lose his judgment.

If it weren't for the need to find out who was behind He Feng, he wouldn't have wasted so much time talking to Lu Mingzhu here.

"Lu Mingzhu, can't you use your eyes to see who's good and who's bad? After all these years, haven't you learned anything?"

He was extremely irritable. If Lu Mingzhu had been even a little smarter, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

"Improvement?" Lu Mingzhu gave a bitter smile, looking at Fu Yunchuan with disappointed and sorrowful eyes.

"Brother Yun Chuan, are you saying I'm stupid? But can all of this be my fault? Is this the body I wanted to become? Can I control it? I also want a healthy body, but I can't, I can't stop it, can I?"

Fu Yunchuan fell silent. He knew that this was not Lu Mingzhu's fault. He couldn't blame Lu Mingzhu for saving him back then, which led to his current physical condition.

Lu Mingzhu understood Fu Yunchuan and knew that his silence already represented a compromise.

She lowered her head, tears dripping onto the blue and white striped hospital sheets, and continued speaking, choking back sobs.

"Brother Yun Chuan, I don't know what I need to do to get you to treat me like you used to. I haven't done anything wrong. I just want you to treat me well like before, and I want to have a healthy body, so I was a little anxious. Why do you keep blaming me?"

"To be honest, if I had known this day would come, I would have preferred to have died after saving you back then, rather than be in this state of grief. Do you know how much pain I'm in right now?"

"For so many years, I've lived in the joy of you being willing to spend your whole life with me, and then you just say you don't want me anymore. Do you know how painful and unbearable this is for me? Tell me, what should I do to stop feeling so bad?"

Fu Yunchuan clenched his hands; Lu Mingzhu's words left him speechless.

Ultimately, he owed Lu Mingzhu something.

After a long while, his cold voice rang out again.

"I'm sorry for what happened back then, Mingzhu, but I still stand by what I said: I can't marry you. Aside from that, I will still treat you the same as before."

So don't think about anything else, and don't take your emotions out on other people. Just follow my instructions and get treatment, as before, understand?

Although his voice was still cold, it was much gentler than before, which proved that Lu Mingzhu's words had an effect, at least softening Fu Yunchuan's heart.

Lu Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt extremely jealous and angry.

Fu Yunchuan is speaking to her so gently now only because he wants her to stop causing trouble for Nanxing!

Would Fu Yunchuan really go to such lengths for Nanxing?

She was insanely jealous. The more Fu Yunchuan cared about Nanxing, the less she could tolerate Nanxing, and the more she wanted to get rid of Nanxing as soon as possible.

"Brother Yun Chuan, will you be happy if I do what you say?" she asked, looking at Fu Yun Chuan.

Fu Yunchuan was silent for a few seconds before answering, "Yes. I'm doing this for your own good. You know your own body best. I've told you before that you must follow my instructions, otherwise things will only get worse. Do you understand?"

"Okay, if this is what you want, if it makes you happy, then I agree."

Fu Yunchuan's brow did not unfurrow upon hearing her answers, because he knew that Lu Mingzhu had not truly taken his words to heart, and that a relationship between them was impossible.

Seeing Lu Mingzhu's current situation, he had no choice but to suppress the matter for now.

Lu Mingzhu still held that kind of feeling for him simply because she thought Nanxing was not around, so she felt she had a chance.

Since that's the case, once Nanxing's identity is revealed, Lu Mingzhu will naturally understand that there's no possibility between them, and she will naturally give up those thoughts. After all, Lu Mingzhu has always said that she only felt there was a possibility with Nanxing because he wasn't around.

"By the way, Brother Yun Chuan, you shouldn't blame He Feng. Just like I said, he only meant well but ended up doing something wrong. He didn't mean it this way either. If you blame him, I'll feel bad."

Lu Mingzhu added that at least she hadn't forgotten that she and He Feng were in the same boat.

When Fu Yunchuan heard that Lu Mingzhu had pleaded for He Feng, his eyes narrowed, and a hint of inquiry appeared in the depths of his gaze as he looked at Lu Mingzhu.

"Do you really think this has nothing to do with him?"

"Yes, Brother Yun Chuan, I believe him. He didn't want things to turn out this way either. My health has been like this for so many years. The Chinese medicine doctors he found for me just don't have that much skill. It doesn't mean they have bad intentions."

"Besides, my health problems didn't start because of them. There's been a reason for them all these years. How could I possibly harm these unrelated people?"

"But his methods worsened your condition, and you still think it has nothing to do with him?"

Lu Mingzhu was startled, realizing that Fu Yunchuan was clearly suspicious of He Feng.

"Yes." She could only nod reluctantly. "I can only blame my own bad luck for my body. I can't blame others just because they are kind. That's not fair to them."

Fu Yunchuan looked at her without saying a word.

Lu Mingzhu's palms under the blanket were already soaked with cold sweat from nervousness.

"Brother Yun Chuan, I have absolutely no idea what to do now. I just can't bear to leave you and I'm worried about my mother. Even though my father is such a bad person, as his son, I still want to take care of him in his old age and see him off when he dies. What will happen to them if I die?"

“If you listen to me, I will have Bu Gui come and treat you. She is your only hope now, so you should know how to treat her.”

"Of course I know. Although I am sad that you treat her so differently, I have never really hurt her. I just sometimes say the wrong thing when I'm in a hurry."

"But Brother Yun Chuan, is Doctor Bu Gui still willing to treat me? I actually feel like she didn't like me from the beginning, and even had some inexplicable hostility towards me."

Fu Yunchuan frowned, clearly displeased with what Lu Mingzhu had said.

Lu Mingzhu knew perfectly well what was going on, so she quickly spoke the next sentence.

"Brother Yun Chuan, don't rush to refute me. I'm just stating some facts. Please let me continue."

Fu Yunchuan looked at her silently, which was taken as tacit approval for her to continue.

"Brother Yun Chuan, I don't really know how to explain this feeling to you. It's just that from the first time I met her, I felt that the way she looked at me was not like we were meeting for the first time. It was as if we had known each other before."

"But I remember I really had never met her before, and it was definitely the first time I met her. Not only that, even her three children were strange. They were hostile towards me and would glare at me every time we met. Actually, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't dislike those children so much."

"Brother Yun Chuan, what do you think is the reason for this?" Lu Mingzhu looked at Fu Yun Chuan as if she was really puzzled.