Humiliated by my mother-in-law, I married into a wealthy family with my son four years later

"Mr. Lu," Jiang Man chose his words carefully, trying to sound professional. "I have to go back to the company for a meeting this afternoon. I think we should have this meal another day."

"I won't delay you." Lu Ziyin turned his head and stared at her with calm eyes. "Miss Jiang, you're not going to argue with me even for a meal, are you?"

Jiang Man glanced at him, then lowered his head and said nothing more.

She turned her gaze out the car window. No matter how beautiful the scenery along the way was, it only passed by quickly and could not be captured. No matter how hard she tried, it would be in vain.

The car stopped at the beach. Lu Ziyin got out first, and Jiang Man looked around in confusion.

It is the middle of summer now, and there should be a lot of people coming to the beach, but the beach here is empty.

Seeing that Lu Ziyin was already walking ahead, Jiang Man had no choice but to follow.

She was wearing high heels, stepping on the sand with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Finally, she took them off and walked on it barefoot. It was so comfortable that she squinted her eyes.

The person walking in front stopped.

She looked and suddenly realized that there was a dining table there, covered with a white tablecloth, and a light pink rose in a crystal vase.

Jiang Man raised his eyes and looked at Lu Ziyin again. His face still had that distant indifference. He said softly, "I promised you that I would treat you to lunch at the beach."

These words made Jiang Man's heart tighten suddenly.

He...still remembers.

Lu Ziyin walked over slowly and sat down, looking at her with eyes that were deep and unfathomable.

Jiang Man moved slowly and mechanically, and never looked up at him until he sat opposite him.

After the two sat down, a silver business car slowly drove up, and then several people got out of the car one by one, holding trays in their hands, and placed the delicacies on the table one by one.

Lu Ziyin spread out her napkin and introduced, "This is Wagyu beef flown in from Japan, and this pasta is also made by a top Italian chef. After our lunch is over, he will fly back to Rome..."

He introduced each dish to Jiang Man one by one, spared no expense, and every dish was very particular.

Jiang Man listened quietly, her eyes gazing at the exquisite dishes that made her reluctant to put her chopsticks down. It was clear he had put a lot of thought into fulfilling a wish she had mentioned so casually many years ago: to enjoy Western food by the sea, accompanied by the sound of the waves...

She didn't dare to speculate on his intentions, so she just regarded it as a remembrance of the past.

After all, ever since she married into the Ji family, the one thing she longed for most was to have dinner with him like an ordinary couple. The location didn't matter, nor did the sound of waves, as long as he was sitting across from her.

Now that all this has been achieved, she should be content.

"Let's eat." After Lu Ziyin said this, he took the lead in picking up the knife and fork and started cutting the steak on the plate.

Jiang Man looked at him, then picked up the cutlery, lowered his head, and didn't know how to start.

The two of them were silent and ate very attentively, but Jiang Man felt as if he was chewing wax.

Lu Ziyin picked up the napkin and gently wiped the corner of his mouth. He raised his slightly deep eyes and looked at her calmly. Suddenly, he asked, "When you decided to marry me, weren't you afraid that I would never wake up?"

Jiang Man slowly raised his eyes, glanced at him, and then quickly looked away.

"I decided to marry you because I thought you would never wake up again."

Lu Ziyin's eyebrows trembled slightly. He took a sip of red wine and was silent for a moment before speaking again: "Then why did you leave?"

Their hands were tightly intertwined under the table. She bit her lower lip and said, "You should know it well."

Lu Ziyin sneered, "What should I understand?"

Jiang Man's face was slightly pale, but she still managed to hold back, not letting herself lose control in front of him. She looked at him calmly, "Thank you for inviting me today. At least, it has fulfilled a romantic dream of my youth. But let the past be the past... We are powerless to change anything."

Jiang Man also kept reminding herself that she had lost the qualifications to reminisce about the past, because she had the motivation to keep moving forward!

Lu Ziyin sat on the chair, half-closed his eyes and looked at her, as if to confirm how heartless and cold this woman was to say such words so calmly.

Jiang Man couldn't stand such a gaze, so she stood up and said, "Mr. Lu, we should leave."

The words "Mr. Lu" brought people back to reality.

Lu Ziyin slowly stood up, his eyes still fixed on her. Amidst her extreme anxiety, he smiled, "Ms. Jiang, don't misunderstand me. I just don't want to break my promise, which is why I made today's arrangements." After a pause, he said, "This doesn't mean anything."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked to the side of the road, completely disregarding whether Jiang Man could keep up.

After opening the car door and getting in, he immediately pulled out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled. The smoke rings were blown away by the sea breeze, and his hair was also messed up, but nothing compared to the chaotic look in his eyes.

Jiang Man finally reached the front of the car and cleaned the sand off his feet before getting in. At the same time, Lu Ziyin threw away his cigarette butt and started the car.

"You..." Jiang Man asked hesitantly, "When did you start smoking?"

Ziyin used to have excellent living habits, a regular work and rest schedule, and never touched tobacco or alcohol. However, now, judging by the way he smokes, it's clear that he hasn't been smoking for some time.

Lu Ziyin didn't even turn his head and replied calmly: "After you left."

Jiang Man's expression became complicated, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and his heart felt like it was cut by a sharp blade. At this moment, the pain was unbearable.

Her fingers gripped the hem of her skirt tightly, desperately wanting to explain to him that she hadn't been the one to betray him. Even she herself was baffled by the sudden change! For so many years, he had always occupied a corner of her heart! Even if he didn't want to believe it, she longed to confide in him!

This impulse became stronger and stronger, and Jiang Man almost abandoned all his concerns!

She turned around, her eyes filled with determination, "Ziyin, actually..."

Just at this moment, a crisp cell phone ringtone suddenly rang.

All words stopped abruptly.

Everything Jiang Man wanted to say was stuck in her throat. She stared at him, her lips slightly parted, but in the end she just clenched her teeth and remained silent.

Lu Ziyin turned her head and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Aren't you going to answer it?"

Jiang Man's expression was gloomy. He mechanically took out his phone from his bag and said, "Hello..."

"Where are you now?"

A deep and powerful voice, like thunder, pulled her out of her thoughts.

Jiang Man suddenly opened his eyes wide and reflexively became alert, "Boss Su."

On the side, Lu Ziyin glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and then continued to drive attentively.

"I'm..." Jiang Man couldn't explain why he was at the beach, so he could only bite the bullet and answer, "I'm near Huamei."

"Oh?"

Su Heng was silent for a few seconds, then asked again, "Are you really near Huamei?"

Jiang Man responded vaguely with "hmm".

At this time, the other party said lightly, "Okay, I understand."

The call was immediately hung up.