President, the deceased lady has three more children

When Lu Mingzhu pushed open the door, Fu Yunchuan was leaning against the hospital bed, working on his laptop.

Jiang Bai was also sitting next to Fu Yunchuan, reporting his work on his notebook.

For Fu Yunchuan, even while hospitalized, there were still some tasks that needed to be dealt with first.

When Lu Mingzhu came in, Jiang Bai only glanced at her before continuing to finish his report before getting up from his chair.

But after getting up, he simply sat down on a chair a little further away, trying to be invisible, but he didn't intend to leave.

Lu Mingzhu was annoyed that Jiang Bai was so tactless as to not leave, but she looked at Fu Yunchuan with red eyes.

"Brother Yun Chuan, how are you? Is there anything else that's bothering you? What did the doctor say?"

She walked over to the bedside, looking at Fu Yunchuan with a pained expression. She even wanted to reach out and touch him, but she immediately put her hand down halfway through, as if she didn't dare to touch him.

Fu Yunchuan closed his laptop and pulled the blanket up a little.

"Sit down, don't stand," Fu Yunchuan said to Lu Mingzhu in a calm tone.

Lu Mingzhu hummed in agreement and then sat down in the chair where Jiang Bai had just been sitting.

"Brother Yun Chuan, how are you now? What did the doctor say?"

Lu Mingzhu looked at Fu Yunchuan with her red eyes wide open, her weak face filled with deep concern.

Fu Yunchuan just looked at Lu Mingzhu like that, and especially when he saw Lu Mingzhu's eyes, he felt a little unfamiliar with her for some reason.

Why did he feel that these eyes, this face, were different from the ones he remembered?

"Brother Yun Chuan, why...why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong? Or is there something wrong with my face?"

Lu Mingzhu felt a little nervous. Knowing Fu Yunchuan as she did, she knew that the way he was looking at her was very strange.

"It's nothing. How have you been feeling these past few days?"

"I'm fine. The doctor told me to relax," Lu Mingzhu replied with a wry smile. "Anyway, this isn't the first time my body has been like this. I'm used to it. I'm just a little worried about you. I'm worried about how you are. What did the doctor say? How did you suddenly faint?"

"It's just a common cold." Fu Yunchuan didn't want to talk to Lu Mingzhu about his health.

How could Lu Mingzhu not know that Fu Yunchuan didn't want to tell her? Otherwise, how could someone faint from a common cold? But now she had no choice but to believe him.

"You still need to take better care of your health and not work so hard all the time. I don't know what I would do if something happened to you too."

She lowered her head slightly and wiped away her tears with the back of her hand.

Fu Yunchuan didn't react much to her words, only asking her a question with a blank expression.

Do you know where I went last night?

Lu Mingzhu paused, looked up at him, and nodded hesitantly.

"Probably know."

"You roughly know? What does 'roughly know' mean? If you know, you know; if you don't, you don't. What does 'roughly' mean?"

Fu Yunchuan's cold voice carried a clear questioning tone, instantly making Lu Mingzhu tense.

She felt that Fu Yunchuan's words were strange, at least in her opinion. Had he discovered something? Or was he guessing something?

When did Fu Yunchuan start speaking to her with an accusatory tone? It started after Nanxing came back!

“I…I know where you came from, but I don’t know exactly where you came from.”

"Then tell me what you know."

"I..." Lu Mingzhu forced out a few more tears. Fu Yunchuan clearly wanted to know some answers from her, so she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.

I didn't expect Jiang Bai to tattle on me to Brother Yun Chuan so quickly. Sure enough, there's a reason why she doesn't like Jiang Bai!

“I know you came back from the mountains, but I don’t know exactly which mountain you came from.”

"How did you know I came back from the mountain? I never told you where I went."

Fu Yunchuan asked Lu Mingzhu with a blank expression, but it was precisely this expression that made Lu Mingzhu feel uneasy.

She originally thought that Fu Yunchuan had asked her to come over because he wanted to show concern for her and ask about her health.

She had even considered that Jiang Bai and Fu Yunchuan might tattle on her behind her back, but she never expected Fu Yunchuan to be so aggressive in questioning her. In the past, he would only ask her a few questions, and she could answer them casually.

"I...I guessed, because I heard Auntie and the others talking at the door when I came to find you."

After Lu Mingzhu finished explaining, she looked at Fu Yunchuan, her nervousness impossible to hide.

Fu Yunchuan saw the tension in her eyes, and his already cold expression became even more frosty.

"I'll ask you one more time, how did you know that?"

Clearly, he didn't believe Lu Mingzhu's explanation.

Although Lu Mingzhu was nervous, she was also aware that her position with Fu Yunchuan was different, and she couldn't afford to lose her composure.

Fu Yunchuan definitely hasn't realized that Nanxing was the one who saved him, otherwise he wouldn't be talking to her like this now; he would have already made her wish she were dead.

"Actually, there's another reason. It's because I wanted to see you. I wanted to see you last night. I called you, but you hung up after only a few words. That's why I couldn't help but ask around and found out that you had prepared your gear for going up the mountain, so I guessed that you had gone up the mountain."

"Brother Yun Chuan, I know this is wrong, but I was just worried that you wanted to see me. I didn't have any other intentions. Please don't be angry with me, okay?"

Lu Mingzhu acted as innocent, pitiful, and weak as before.

In the past, Fu Yunchuan would never ask too many questions at this time, because he always felt that it was normal for people to have a little bit of scheming, especially Lu Mingzhu. He hoped that she could become stronger and break free from her feelings for him, which would be better for both of them.

He had never doubted Lu Mingzhu before, but now it was hard for him not to.

The relationship between Lu Mingzhu and He Feng.

“Mingzhu, just because I don’t say something doesn’t mean I don’t know it. My tolerance has its limits. Just live your life peacefully and don’t try to interfere too much or go where you shouldn’t. Otherwise, don’t blame me for disregarding our past friendship.”

Fu Yunchuan's words stunned Lu Mingzhu, she wasn't faking it, she genuinely hadn't thought of it at all.

What did Fu Yunchuan mean by those words? Did he intend to abandon her?

Jiang Bai, who was ostensibly working on his laptop but actually eavesdropping on gossip, was stunned. If the occasion hadn't been so inappropriate, he would have applauded Fu Yunchuan.

The CEO has finally seen the light! He actually gave Lu Mingzhu a warning!

"Brother Yun Chuan, what do you mean by this? Are you warning me? How could you say such a thing to me? How could you treat me like this? Is it because you spent the night with Bu Gui on the mountain that you're treating me like this?"

"What exactly happened between you two? Don't forget she's a married woman! How can she be so shameless! She's already married with children, why is she still getting so close to you!"

Lu Mingzhu almost lost her temper because of Fu Yunchuan's warnings. If she hadn't reacted in time, she would have said it was Nanxing directly.

"Lu Mingzhu! Watch your words if you don't want to die!" Fu Yunchuan said coldly to Lu Mingzhu.

This means that the person who said these words was Lu Mingzhu. If it were anyone else, Fu Yunchuan would have killed them immediately, because every word Lu Mingzhu said crossed Fu Yunchuan's bottom line.

Lu Mingzhu's face turned pale; she was terrified by Fu Yunchuan. This was the first time in all these years that she had seen Fu Yunchuan treat her like this, with such obvious murderous intent in his eyes.

Her body remained stiff for a while, and when she spoke again, her voice trembled slightly.

"Brother Yun Chuan, you actually want to kill me? Have you forgotten that you said you would take care of me when we were little? That you would be good to me for the rest of your life? How long has it been and you've already forgotten? Less than half a lifetime has passed and you've already forgotten?"

Despite her trembling, Lu Mingzhu never forgot how to say things to ease Fu Yunchuan's anger, and she was also reminding Fu Yunchuan of their relationship.

As Fu Yunchuan listened to Lu Mingzhu's words and looked into her eyes, a sense of doubt arose in his heart for the first time.

Can a person change so much from childhood to adulthood?

“I haven’t forgotten, and I will naturally keep my promise to you, but that’s not a reason or excuse for you to try to manipulate me. If you continue to act so unreasonably, you will have to bear all the consequences yourself.”

"Brother Yun Chuan, I..." Lu Mingzhu wanted to explain, but Fu Yun Chuan's expression was too frightening, and she actually forgot what she should say.

Fu Yunchuan looked at her coldly. After the children's resistance to him yesterday, the things Nanxing said to him on the mountain, and the fact that the children were hospitalized after eating carrots because they wanted to distance themselves from him, he seemed to have suddenly figured out a lot of things.

"I'm sorry, Brother Yun Chuan. I was just too worried about you and that's why I said those things without thinking. Please don't be angry. I know I was wrong and I won't do it again."

With red eyes, Lu Mingzhu apologized to Fu Yunchuan, "I just couldn't bear to part with you. I just didn't want my little brother from back then to be taken away by someone else."

While feigning pitifulness and apologizing, she didn't forget to mention the emotional appeal from back then, as this was her last bargaining chip.

"What did you say?"

Fu Yunchuan's previously cold face visibly paused upon hearing Lu Mingzhu's words, and his gaze towards Lu Mingzhu held a different meaning.

"What?" Lu Mingzhu was also caught off guard by Fu Yunchuan's meaning. The topic had suddenly shifted, leaving her no time to react.

"I said, what did you just say? Say it again, I didn't hear you clearly."

"I...I didn't say anything. I just said I didn't want my little brother, who used to belong only to me, to be taken away by someone else. I was just a little scared and worried."

Lu Mingzhu repeated what she had said earlier. She didn't understand why Fu Yunchuan asked her to say it again, but she knew that what she said was correct.

These words were originally meant to make Fu Yunchuan feel guilty towards her, so repeating them again would only do him good.

However, what she didn't know this time was that her cleverness backfired.

After listening to Lu Mingzhu's words again, Fu Yunchuan looked at her with a colder gaze and a hint of doubt that Lu Mingzhu didn't understand.

"Brother Yun Chuan, why are you looking at me without saying anything? Is it because you didn't like how I spoke just now? I know it was wrong, but I had no choice. I really can't bear to part with you. I can't lose you."

Seeing that Fu Yunchuan remained silent, Lu Mingzhu felt inexplicably uneasy.

Fu Yunchuan looked at her calmly and said, "I really didn't like what you said just now, and I don't want to hear any more bad things about Bugui and her child from your mouth."

Lu Mingzhu was indignant and angry, but on the surface she could only nod in a wronged manner.

"I understand, Brother Yun Chuan. I was just too anxious and afraid of losing you, so I said those things without thinking. I'm sorry, I won't do it again next time."

"Ah."

Fu Yunchuan gave a faint "hmm," and Lu Mingzhu's tense heart relaxed a little after that. She thought that Fu Yunchuan's response meant he didn't care about what she had just said, and that her secret investigation into Fu Yunchuan was now a thing of the past.

But the next second, Fu Yunchuan asked her another question that caught her off guard.

Do you want to know which mountain I went to this time?

“I…” Lu Mingzhu observed Fu Yunchuan’s expression, wondering what he meant.

Of course she wanted to know, and she couldn't wait for Fu Yunchuan to tell her about his itinerary, but in the current situation, she obviously couldn't admit it directly.

"Brother Yun Chuan, it doesn't matter whether I want to know or not. What matters is that you come back safely. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. I understand."

She looked utterly righteous and rolled her eyes at Jiang Bai, who was looking at the notebook.

If they really didn't want to know or could understand, they wouldn't have proactively investigated the CEO. They really know how to brew a good cup of tea.

But the CEO is acting strangely, isn't he? He shouldn't say something like that, it's very unlike his personality.

"I'm going to Niubei Mountain." Fu Yunchuan didn't keep quiet about the place Lu Mingzhu thought he would go to; instead, he told her the location directly.

Lu Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat, not only because Fu Yunchuan would suddenly tell her this, but also because Niubeishan was a place she dared not mention in her heart, because she felt guilty.

“Niubei Mountain? Why would we go to Niubei Mountain? I haven’t heard this name in many years. I feel a little disoriented when I hear it suddenly. I can’t believe so many years have passed. We’ve all grown up from children to adults.”

She tugged at the corners of her mouth and smiled at Fu Yunchuan, as if she were lost in memories of the past.

Fu Yunchuan looked at her calmly, but beneath that calm expression lay scrutiny.

"It's been quite a few years since I last went there, and I never thought I would go back to that place again. If it hadn't been dark yesterday and I couldn't see the road clearly, I might have been able to find the place where we took shelter from the rain."

"The place where we took shelter from the rain? Was it raining then? I don't remember. You know I got sick after I came back that year, and some of my memories are hazy, but I do remember it wasn't raining."

Lu Mingzhu broke out in a cold sweat. She had a feeling that Fu Yunchuan was trying to trick her into revealing information.

Why did Fu Yunchuan say it was a place to take shelter from the rain when it clearly wasn't raining that year?