It was 10 a.m. on a hot summer day. Under the sun's harsh heat, Zhan Yu was already sweating even though he only stood by the car for a few minutes. Although he should've sensed the burning heat from the sun, for some reason, he felt the air around him turn cold and his hands felt frozen.
Zhan Yu's sharp eyes followed Lu Bai closely. He was afraid that Lu Bai was going to lose his mind and do something harmful to him. He clearly saw him gnash his teeth when he had said,
"No need to ask."
Aside from that, he also sensed his anger. Zhan Yu was unaware as to why he was angry. As he tried to figure out why he was so mad, he finally came to the conclusion that it must be due to his accidental mention of the female lead's existence.
In the novel, Lu Bai had concealed the existence of the female lead from the Chen Family's elders for so many years just to protect her. As Zhan Yu continued to ponder about this, he became more certain that he had crossed his bottom line. He stared at him without moving his eyes. Zhan Yu saw him walk next to Weng Yinlin with a gloomy face. He asked his mother if she was leaving and even offered to drive her.
Weng Yinlin was also good at observing others. Although the two of them had only exchanged a sentence with each other, after she examined their expressions, she can already guess that they were bickering. At least, she hadn't seen her son this angry for many years. Weng Yinlin thought for a while before she nodded her head told them that she was leaving now. Then, she turned to Zhan Yu and said,
"Take care of yourself, I will come again once I get a chance."
Zhan Yu nodded his head, but he was already overwhelmed on the inside.
He thought: Auntie, can you stop tormenting me and just let me survive on my own? I just want to live peacefully!
Weng Yinlin had no idea what he was thinking; she only saw sadness reflected in Zhan Yu's bright eyes. The young boy looked more and more pitiful the more she stared at him. As Weng Yinlin prepared to leave, she gave Lu Bai a deadly look.
'It's all your fault!'
Zhan Yu wanted Lu Bai to go as quickly as possible. When he saw that Weng Yinlin was ready to leave, she was about to tell Zhan Qiancheng to quickly leave as well. However, before he had the chance to even talk, he heard a threat from behind, "Zhan Yu, you better not see me again, or else I would never-"
Lu Bai stopped his sentence midway for a long time and he still didn't finish the sentence.
Zhan Yu turned around to look at him fearfully and saw Lu Bai staring at him with his sharp eyes. That sharp expression, it looked as if he wanted to kill him as soon as possible!
"Ugh..." Zhan Yu clearly felt his heartbeat accelerated. That was scary! After being scared by him, fear was reflected on his small face. His originally thin face caused by the sickness was now pale white after his threat.
Lu Bai looked at Zhan Yu's pale face and grind his teeth secretly; he left without looking back.
Humph! Out of sight, out of mind!
Zhan Yu was utterly confused. What did he mean by only saying half of a threat?
After seeing the two people finally wrap up their business, Zhan Qiancheng walked over to Zhan Yu's side. That was when he noticed that his complexion was worse than before. His expression turned ghastly and he scolded, "He has already left, are you still going to stay day-dreaming?"
Zhan Yu's flickering look was not out of nostalgia, but out of confusion! If he appeared in front of him again, what would he do to him?
Zhan Yu thought over the ending of the book and his dreams. He realized that no matter which ending, neither of them was a desirable ending for him. He sighed and turned to follow Zhan Qiancheng back to the car, then asked hesitantly,
"Brother, should I go abroad?"
If he goes abroad and not come back, at the very least, he wouldn't see Lu Bai again.
Zhan Qiancheng rolled his eyes at him,
"You've already tortured yourself to this point by just going out of the city. Don't even think about going abroad."
Zhan Yu laid on the seat at the back of the car and sighed leisurely. It turns out that even if you have wealth and a happy family, trouble will still find you. He needed to prevent Lu Bai from destroying all his happiness every second.
Zhan Yu's sorrowful look made Zhan Qiancheng a bit annoyed,
"You still can't forget about him?"
Zhan Yu was still immersed in his own thoughts, so he replied without thinking,
"Him? Who?"
Zhan Qiancheng glanced at him and the expression on his face was basically saying:
'Pretend! Continue pretending!'
Zhan Yu sighed stressfully,
"You mean Lu Bai? Why can't I forget about him? Oh, actually, if you have to say I can't forget about him, then it must be that I'm afraid he would kill me someday as if he's crushing an ant."
Zhan Qiancheng disagreed,
"Even if he doesn't like you, he doesn't have to be so narrow-minded that he needs to kill you. Also, did you forget that you have support from the Zhan Family?"
Zhan Yu didn't forget, but he also remembered how Zhan's Family was like an unstable building; it fell so easily when Lu Bai moved his fingers. He didn't know how to explain everything to Zhan Qiancheng, so he said,
"Sometimes, it's just better to have a backup plan."
Zhan Qiancheng looked at him intensely and said after a while, "I think you got sick this time because of grieving. You never thought so much before, how come after you fell, you changed entirely." Zhan Qiancheng often doubted if he was his biological brother. But his look and appearance, if it's not him then who is it?
Zhan Yu can't help but replied,
"I also hope that I'm just overthinking."
Zhan Qiancheng saw that he was still lifeless, he thought of something and asked,
"Was what you told Weng Yinlin true?"
"What did I say?" Zhan Yu didn't know what Zhan Qiancheng was talking about.
Zhan Qiancheng stared at him and lazily asked,
"Lu Bai likes someone?"
Zhan Yu nodded, "Yeah! The whole school knows."
Zhan Qiancheng looked at him suspiciously. He had asked someone to go to the school to find some information, but all the gossip in the academy was all about Zhan Yu.
Zhan Yu said, "Lu Bai and Chu Hua are a perfect couple!"
"Chu Hua?", Zhan Qiancheng asked.
"Yeah, she went abroad, but she will be back in two years.", Zhan Yu said.
"How do you know?", Zhan Qiancheng asked.
After Zhan Yu was questioned by Zhan Qiancheng, Zhan Yu realized that he accidentally slipped up, so he explained laughingly, "Mao Shiyuan said that! Oh, he's Lu Bai's friend."
"Is his last name Mao?" Zhan Qiancheng asked with a frown face.
Zhan Yu didn't think too much of it and only nodded, "Yeah. Why? Do you know him?"
Zhan Qiancheng only looked at Zhan Yu meaningfully, of course he knew who Mao Shiyuan was. In order for Zhann Yu to get closer to Lu Bai, Zhan Yu had bothered Mao Shiyuan the most before. However, being close friends with Lu Bai wasn't a good thing.
"Don't get too close to him." Zhan Qiancheng said while driving.
Zhan Yu didn't think it matters since they wouldn't often meet each other, so he replied readily, "Okay!"
After Zhan Yu left the hospital, Zhan Qiancheng stayed in A City two more days. But due to his continuously accumulating work, he had to rush back to Shengjin City.
"If the same thing happens again next time, you are going back to Shengjin City and don't ever think about going anywhere again." Zhan Qiancheng said as he was about to leave.
Zhan Yu wisely nodded his head and pretended to be obedient, "Okay, I will promise to eat and exercise every day. I will take care of my body!"
Zhan Qiancheng glanced at him; he was clearly not convinced by his words. But he found him a reliable housemaid before he left. Zhan Qiancheng told the housemaid to cook for him 3 times a day and help him clean the house.
Zhan Yu became speechless. It wasn't like he didn't know how to do those chores! But when he argued with Zhan Qiancheng, he replied coldly, "The only thing in your refrigerator are noodles, do you think I can trust you?"
Zhan Yu forced himself to smile. He really knew how to cook, but he thought that it was just too much work and a waste of time, so he usually ate meals that were easy to cook. Who would've thought that his brother would actually underestimate his cooking skills! Zhan Yu believed it was about time for him to show off his skills and scare him to death!
After Zhan Qiancheng left, Zhan Yu's life went back to normal. He went to school in the morning and learned to dance and to play the piano at night. To sum it up, he was pretty busy.
The same happened to Lu Bai. After he returned to Shengjin City, he was extremely busy. He often worked overtime and constantly engaged in social activities related to his business.
In the middle of June, the new company was finally established. Lu Bai didn't go to the official establishment event of his company. He simply left all the work to the person in charge- Mao Shiyuan.
Feeling perplexed, Mao Shiyuan asked, "You founded the company, so why aren't you attending such an important event?"
Lu Bai simply replied, "I just want to see how far the company can go without Chen Family's protection."
Mao Shiyuan understood part of his intention, but he didn't fully understand everything. Why was he trying to prove his own capabilities when the continuously growing Chen Company was the best proof of his abilities?
Lu Bai didn't want to utilize the Chen Family's resources for this company, it was such a pity. Mao Shiyuan thought that if the two companies merged together, it would be possible for the newly merged company to become the world's most powerful company!
However, Mao Shiyuan kept the thought to himself and followed Lu Bai's will to the end.
Nobody can prevent Lu Bai from doing what he wanted to do.
Besides starting a new company, Lu Bai was also preparing to start another project, a new science and technology building for the school. The Chen Company funded the project to take control of the building's construction. Coincidentally, the news leaked two days before Lu Bai's graduation ceremony, and the whole school was seething.
"Lu Bai paid for this entire massive project?! He's so wealthy!"
As for those who looked up to Lu Bai, the news only served to demonstrate the disparity between them. The girls, eager to confess to him, prepared as much as possible in the little time before the graduation ceremony. But, after searching the whole day unsuccessfully, they learned that he wasn't coming! . Without an important figure like Lu Bai attending, the girls soon lost interest in the ceremony. With the whole school already enraged, the atmosphere turned even darker in his absence.
Zhong Qing and his roommates also woke up early and dressed elaborately. One reason was to congratulate the seniors with flowers, and the other was to experience Lu Bai's charm one last time. What they didn't expect was they would never get to see Lu Bai, even after staying in the sun all afternoon, and taking photos with seniors until their faces were sore.
"You were right telling me not to go!" Zhong Qing exclaimed. He was texting Zhan Yu on WeChat after returning from the ceremony.
To be continued...
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