She couldn't understand.
There were lots of things that she couldn't understand.
It was just like how she didn't understand Yin Mobei treating Qin Su like that when Qin Su had been so good to him. It was just like how she gave so much to Fu Tingyuan, but he ruined the Luo family.
In this world, so many things happened because someone let another person down.
She sobbed softly like a child who had been treated unfairly.
Fu Tingyuan stepped forward to pick her up from the ground. Luo Nanchu struggled in his arms. He grabbed her tightly, carried her, and placed her on the bed.
She bit her lip, frowning as tears slipped down her pale face.
There seemed to be no limit to how pitiable she could look.
Fu Tingyuan sighed softly and said, "This time, I'm the one who's wrong."
Luo Nanchu buried her face in her knees and said nothing.
Fu Tingyuan put his hand on her hair and said, "I'll get medicine for you."
"Contraceptives," Luo Nanchu muttered. "You didn't wear a condom this time."
"…"
Stumped for a moment, Fu Tingyuan looked at Luo Nanchu and said, "Yeah."
He turned and walked out.
10 minutes later, he came back with a medicine box.
Luo Nanchu had calmed herself down and washed her face after he left, but her eyes were still red.
She took a contraceptive and swallowed it down with some water before bringing the medicine box into the bathroom.
Shortly after, she came out, handed the medicine box to Fu Tingyuan, and said, "I'm done."
Fu Tingyuan looked down at her face.
Luo Nanchu turned around and said softly, "Mr. Fu."
"…"
"Forget everything that I said just now."
Fu Tingyuan lifted his head and looked at her back. She was standing straight and had regained her usual headstrong self. Even her voice went back to normal.
It seemed as if the person who had been crying hoarsely wasn't even Luo Nanchu.
"That person is indeed my ex-boyfriend, but it has already been three years since we last contacted each other. Back then… I broke up with him because of you."
She inhaled and continued, "Our relationship was just that. I hope Mr. Fu won't take his anger out on people."
She turned around and looked at him, her voice light and cottony as she elaborated, "The Qin family has been brought to ruin. I hope Mr. Fu won't hit them when they're down. I'm the one who is sorry. If Mr. Fu is angry, just come at me."
Her eyes were red, and her lips were frighteningly pale. After venting, she had recovered her logical senses and couldn't help but feel scared again.
Had she said something that offended Fu Tingyuan again? What if he decided to take it out on Qin Lie? What if someone were to get hurt because of her again?
She was easily frightened when she was with him. She would be alarmed at the slightest breeze that ruffled the grass.
Fu Tingyuan was deep in thought as his eyes watched her small frame that stood there looking obstinate, yet pitiable.
"Go to sleep," he said mildly. "I'm not familiar with the Qin family. You don't have to worry."
Luo Nanchu was visibly relieved.
She nodded and said lovably, "Mr. Fu, go attend to your things then. Nanchu will go and rest first."
Fu Tingyuan watched her get into bed, He looked away, turned off the lights, closed the door, and left the room.
Leaning against the wall, he raised his hand and gently kneaded the space between his eyebrows.
He was feeling a little edgy for some reason.
He had always been calm and controlled. This was the first time that he had lost control like this and taken it out on Luo Nanchu.
It seemed that something was nibbling at his heart, and he couldn't control his emotions.
A trace of the smell of cigarette smoke wafted through the air from nearby.
Fu Tingyuan looked up and saw Qin Lie turning the corner with a cigarette in his mouth. When Qin Lie saw him, he stopped and smiled.