The man strode towards the living room. When he passed by Li Muhua, Li Muhua's red lips moved as though she wanted to reach out and grab her son. Lu Yihan didn't say a word. He walked past Li Muhua and stood beside Xin Yu. He bent over slightly and reached out to grab Xin Yu's wrist. He wanted to pull her up, but he was surprised to find that her palm was stained with blood. There were also broken pieces of glass that were stabbed into her delicate flesh.
Lu Yihan's eyes darkened and his features became even colder. "… What's with the injury on your hand?"
He seemed to be furious, but this anger wasn't directed at Xin Yu. It was directed at the other three people in the room. "… Isn't this my wife? Who exactly is she with outside? This is a matter between us husband and wife. When is it time for us to talk about this behind closed doors? Why are all of you so excited? "
"Yihan, isn't Mom doing this for your own good? How much has this woman embarrassed you? "
Li Muhua saw that her son was protecting Xin Yu without distinguishing between right and wrong. Her heart sank slightly. She took a step forward and said, "Do you know what she has done? Are you still protecting her even now? Did you eat lard and become muddled … "
"I'm very clear-headed."
Lu Yihan frowned and interrupted Li Muhua's words. He grabbed Xinyu's wrist tightly and pulled her behind him. His tall body completely blocked Xinyu's petite body behind him. His deep voice was directed at Lu Shiyun. "… Dad, five years ago, you forced me to marry this woman. At that time, I didn't like her but you didn't even consider my feelings and just shoved her to me. In these five years, I've done a lot of things to let her down. No matter how bad our union was, we are still husband and wife in name. I know what to do this time. I don't have any other requests, I just hope that Xinyu and I can handle this matter by ourselves. None of you are allowed to interfere."
Li Muhua and Lu Yiting were dumbfounded. They originally wanted to use this opportunity to kick this woman out of the Lu family, but they didn't expect Lu Yihan to come back and protect her without asking anything.
Lu Shiyun's slightly cloudy gaze flickered slightly. He had a grave and stern expression from beginning to end. At this time, he didn't seem to reveal too much emotion. Both hands on his walking stick, he muttered to himself for a moment before finally nodding. "Yihan is right. This is a matter between you two as husband and wife. As elders, we shouldn't interfere too much. I don't have any objections. You two can discuss it yourselves."
His gaze swept across Xin Yu's face behind Lu Yihan and said meaningfully, "… This matter has a huge impact on the Lu family. Although Yihan has been restless outside in the past, no matter what, this society's evaluation of men and women has never been on the same scale. I'm not saying this because I value boys over girls or because I'm protecting my own son. I just want to say that for a married woman to create such an incident, it's a huge blow to her. I won't say anything else for now. I agree with what Yihan said. This is a matter between the two of you. You two can discuss it yourselves. But after you're done, Xin Yu, come look for me. I'll wait for you in the study. "
Xin Yu didn't say anything. She had already said what she should, but she didn't expect Lu Yihan to suddenly come back.
What surprised her even more was that Lu Yihan didn't kick her when she was down, didn't harshly question her, and didn't show any disdain or disgust. Instead, he stood up for her at the first opportunity.
She didn't know what Lu Yihan was thinking, but the situation was too chaotic right now. She didn't know how to deal with it best. And Lu Yihan was right about a few things — this was a matter between him and her.
Actually, even if she wanted a divorce, it would naturally be best if she could convince Lu Yihan. On Lu Shiyun's side, she had already made her stand clear from the start.
She believed that this matter would make Lu Yihan hate her completely. In that case, there was nothing wrong with having a private talk with him. This was the result she wanted.
With that thought, Xin Yu simply allowed Lu Yihan to say whatever he wanted and stood silently behind her.
She could tell that Lu Shiyun's words were directed at her. Xin Yu nodded and replied softly, "Yes, I understand."
Li Muhua still wanted to say something, but Lu Yihan directly grabbed Xin Yu and walked towards the stairs. Xin Yu's heart ached terribly. The two of them had just taken a few steps when a family doctor happened to come in. Seeing this, Lu Yihan immediately instructed the doctor, "Come upstairs."
Xin Yu didn't want to face Li Muhua anymore, so she followed Lu Yihan upstairs.
When the doctor came up, Lu Yihan instructed him, "Treat the wound first."
The doctor nodded and quickly took out the first aid kit. He started to treat Xin Yu's wound. Since there were outsiders present, the two of them didn't speak. Lu Yihan sat at the side with his long legs crossed. He took out a cigarette from his shirt pocket, lit it, and put it between his thin lips. Through the lingering smoke, Lu Yihan's gaze was fixed on Xin Yu from beginning to end.
Xin Yu could feel the deep gaze on her. Until now, she still couldn't figure out what Lu Yihan was up to with his actions today. She turned her face to the side and accompanied the doctor to treat her wound. From beginning to end, she didn't even glance at Lu Yihan.
The shards of glass pierced into her palms. It was actually very painful. Moreover, treating the wound this way couldn't use anesthetics, but Xin Yu didn't cry out. The doctor was still trembling with fear. He was afraid that Xin Yu would be in pain and upset her, so he treated the wound rather slowly. By the time he was done, a layer of cold sweat had already seeped out of Xin Yu's forehead. Her hands were in so much pain that she couldn't even feel them.
"… Lady Lu, you still have to take anti-inflammatory medicine. You should go to the hospital for a check-up later. The wound is a little deep. I'm only doing the preliminary treatment for you now. It's a little painful and will probably hurt again at night, so it's best to go to the hospital as soon as possible."
It did hurt, but compared to the pain in her palms, there were currently more things that were giving her a headache. She could still bear with it and nodded to show that she understood.
After the doctor left, Xin Yu finally pulled down her sleeves. She finally turned her face and looked at the man sitting opposite her.
Lu Yihan had already retracted his gaze. The cigarette between the man's fingers was already half gone. He casually placed one hand on the edge of the sofa and the other hand rested on his forehead. He pinched the space between his eyebrows and didn't say a word.
Xin Yu didn't want to be in the same space as him like this. It was a waste of time if he didn't answer her directly. Since he didn't say anything, she would let her speak first.
She pursed her lips and stood up. "Thank you for not embarrassing me just now, but I won't deny that I really …"
"Who is that man?"
"…"
Lu Yihan interrupted her and slowly raised his head. The smoke from the cigarette between his fingers curled up in spirals as though it covered his cold face with a veil. The man's expression looked unfathomable, but his deep voice was sharp. "I don't want to hear your nonsense. Tell me, who is that man?"
Xin Yu lowered her gaze. Instinctively, she wanted to clench her hand tightly. However, the moment she moved, she was shocked by the excruciating pain. She held her breath for a moment before she shook her head and said softly, "… You don't have to ask. I won't tell you."
Lu Yihan was furious. He sneered, "Is that so? Leng Xinyu, do you think I won't know if you don't tell me? "
Xin Yu pursed her lips and didn't say a word.
Indeed, perhaps the other members of the Lu family didn't know who the "male lead" in this matter was, but it was impossible that Lu Yihan didn't know. However, even if he knew, it was only a guess. He couldn't be sure.
Xin Yu wasn't stupid. She would never admit to anything in front of Lu Yihan.
Seeing that Xin Yu still had her eyes lowered, Lu Yihan crushed the cigarette butt and threw it into the ashtray beside him. His voice was even colder as he said, "I know who that man is, but I didn't expect you to protect him like this. How much did he give you, huh? Did he satisfy you in bed? "
When Xin Yu heard such harsh words, her heart seemed to calm down even more.
That's right. This was the most normal Lu Yihan. He should be mocking and ridiculing her like this. She was already used to it. She had indeed done something wrong. Even if she didn't feel sorry for him, he should still be like this. This kind of Lu Yihan wasn't a strange man.
Xin Yu found it laughable that she actually felt a sense of relief.
Since things had already come to this, there was no need for her to deny anything. No matter how harsh the words were, they were just that. There was no need for her to refute at this point.
Xin Yu nodded calmly. "Yes, I've already said what I should say. I didn't expect things to develop like this. I know that everyone has the right to call me cheap and shameless. I'm such a woman. Everyone has to pay the price for their actions. Lu Yihan, you can scold me however you want. I have nothing to refute now. A person like me doesn't deserve your status as the Young Madam of the Lu family. So, I still say the same thing. Let's get a divorce. This is the best choice. If we get a divorce now, I believe you won't lose anything — Ah — Lu Yihan, what are you doing — "
As soon as Xin Yu finished speaking, Lu Yihan suddenly stepped forward. He reached out and grabbed her wrist fiercely, pulling her into his embrace.
Xin Yu's palm burned with pain. He pulled her a little too forcefully. She stumbled and fell into his embrace. Her forehead hit his hard chest, and she gasped in pain. Lu Yihan reached out and hooked his arm around her slender waist. He used one hand to support her chin and forced her to look up. The man's sharp gaze looked down at the woman in his embrace.
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