Xin Yu instinctively opened her eyes. Her surroundings were all familiar to her. She couldn't help but frown. She felt as if she had finally climbed out of the abyss after much difficulty, only to be kicked back down the mountain right after she reached the peak of the mountain.
She was still at the Lu residence!
Moreover, she was still in the bedroom that she hated.
Suddenly, someone walked over and reached out to press on her shoulder. Xin Yu's eyes flickered and her blurry vision cleared up.
It was Lu Yihan. However, his handsome face looked a little haggard. His eyes were bloodshot and he looked like he hadn't rested at all. Even his chin was covered in brown stubble.
Xin Yu snorted. She opened her mouth to say something, but Lu Yihan was one step ahead of her. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "Don't move. Where does it hurt?"
"…"
Xin Yu had gradually regained her senses. Actually, she wasn't injured. After this ordeal, her mind cleared up. She struggled for a while and supported herself with both hands. Just as she sat up on the bed, her eyes flashed and a shiny walking stick flashed past her eyes. She jumped in fright. Before she could cry out in alarm, she heard Lu Yihan's muffled groan —
Xin Yu was speechless.
Xin Yu remembered that Lu Shiyun's walking stick was made of solid wood. It was really painful to hit someone with this kind of thing. Moreover, when the walking stick came down, even though Lu Yihan was tall and strong, he still swayed. His leg hit the bedside table, and with a loud bang, the lamp on top of it also swayed and fell to the floor …
"… What are you doing?"
Lu Yihan clutched his shoulder. His already haggard face looked even more pained now. His eyebrows were furrowed in annoyance. He had never taken Lu Shiyun seriously. Now that he was hit for no reason, he was even more furious. "… Are you crazy? Why did you hit me? "
"Wake you up!"
Lu Shiyun raised the crutch in his hand. Seeing that it was about to hit him again, Lu Yihan did not want to suffer a loss. He reached out to block it and frowned. "… Dad, if you want to hit me, you have to give me a reason, right? Why did you hit me for no reason? Even if I'm your son, you can't treat me like this! "
"So you can treat Xin Yu like this?"
Xin Yu was still in shock. Her face was still pale. She looked at Lu Shiyun blankly when her name was suddenly called out. She saw that his weathered face was filled with anger.
"… What did I do to her?" Lu Yihan leaned against the wall with a puzzled look on his face.
Lu Shiyun finally put down the crutch in his hand. He knocked it on the ground heavily and looked as though he expected better from Lu Yihan. "You asked the butler to put her under house arrest, but in the end, she climbed out of the window. If it weren't for the servants who discovered it in time, who knows how badly she would have been injured. I've been too lenient on you. You promised me that you would treat Xin Yu well, but in the end, you ended up in this state. Tell me, do you deserve to be hit?"
"… I didn't!"
Lu Yihan growled indignantly. Actually, he was still outside when he received the call. The servant at home told him that the Young Madam had jumped off a building.
He was really frightened at that time. When he drove home, he didn't even know how many red lights he ran. When he reached home and found that she was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he didn't know that this had anything to do with "house arrest." Moreover, he didn't seem to have asked the butler to lock her up.
"You're still denying it? The butler already told me. Didn't you tell him before you left that day? You wanted her to stay in the Lu residence obediently. The butler asked you if Xin Yu couldn't go anywhere, and you agreed to it yourself. How could you do such a thing? No matter how wrong Xin Yu is, she's still your wife. Why can't the two of you sit down and have a good talk about it? You locked her up in this room for two days and two nights. Have you ever thought about how she would feel? "
Lu Yihan opened his mouth, but he didn't refute him.
Xin Yu instinctively looked at Lu Yihan. The entire room seemed to have suddenly quieted down. She could hear her own heartbeat. Thump, thump, thump. It was exceptionally clear. Her breathing, coupled with the breathing of the other two people, rose and fell. It was also clear.
She didn't know what she was thinking. At that moment, she only felt that she was extremely flustered.
…
"… At that time, I did tell the butler not to let her leave the Lu residence. However, I didn't say to put her under house arrest and not let her step out of this room for two days and two nights."
Lu Yihan recalled that he did tell the butler not to let the Young Madam leave the Lu residence.
However, at that time, he was really furious. He was so humble just to beg her to give him a chance. It was only five months. She had already made it through five years. Now that she had Qin Fangang, he wasn't even willing to give him five months. He was indignant, but more than that, he was sad.
Even so, he still didn't want to let go. This was clearly his wife. It was only right for her to stay in the Lu residence. Therefore, when he left, he happened to bump into the butler. At that time, he couldn't remember what the butler said to him. After that, he casually told him not to let her leave the Lu residence.
However, he didn't expect the butler to interpret it as "house arrest."
Lu Yihan frowned. He stood up straight and looked at Xin Yu, who was lying on the bed. His voice wasn't as sharp as before. It was much deeper, but it was also filled with guilt. "… I really didn't mean that. I didn't know the butler would misunderstand …"
Xin Yu's lips were pale. She pursed her lips tightly. Her clear eyes met Lu Yihan's deep and apologetic eyes in the air. She just stared at him without blinking. She didn't say anything, but her hands under the blanket had already unconsciously clenched into fists.
…
Lu Yiting clearly told her that it was Lu Shiyun who got the butler to lock her up. But now … why did it become that Lu Yihan said something like that, which caused the butler to misunderstand and put her under house arrest for two days and two nights?
…
Who was lying?
Or was there a misunderstanding?
…
Xin Yu's temples were throbbing. Her breathing was clearly very light, but at this moment, it felt like it weighed a thousand pounds in her world.
Lu Shiyun looked at Xin Yu's silent and pale face. His heart trembled slightly. He lowered his eyes to hide too many emotions. When he looked up again, he regained his usual calmness. "… Xin Yu, I didn't know that Yihan would do such a thing. He was indeed too much of a jerk. I will help you teach him a lesson. But tonight at 9pm at the Century Hotel, you have to attend your fifth wedding anniversary. "
Lu Shiyun's last few sentences were even more humble. "… Just take it as a father-in-law. I beg you. I have treated you well all these years. No matter who bullied you, even if it was my own son, I would teach them a lesson. But these are two different things. The hotel has already arranged everything for your fifth wedding anniversary. If we don't attend, people will gossip … "
Qin Fangang was here …
Xin Yu's heart was filled with mixed feelings. Her body was icy cold. Her little hands clutched the bedsheets tightly under the blankets. She didn't dare to look up at Lu Shiyun's eyes.
She had always trusted Lu Shiyun. If she had to give him a perfect score of 100, she definitely wouldn't give him a single point less. But now … it felt like something was quietly changing. When she suddenly realized this change, she was afraid, panicked, and uneasy …
It was as if her entire world was being turned upside down. But the more it was like this, the more she felt afraid.
Who was lying? Who was lying?
She thought about what Lu Yiting had said. She didn't look like she was lying. Besides, why would she deliberately say those things in front of her? Her motive was only the 5% of Lu Clan shares in her hands. No matter how she found excuses for herself, she couldn't convince herself.
…
Then, was it Lu Shiyun?
But what was his motive for doing all this? Could it be that he was using both hard and soft tactics to force her into not being able to refuse to attend their fifth wedding anniversary?
…
Xin Yu's heart was in a mess. She didn't dare say anything because she didn't have any evidence. She was fighting a war in her heart. Her imagination ran wild, but she couldn't come up with a reason. She pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and didn't say a word.
Lu Yihan was a little unhappy to see her like this. But when he thought about how she had just fallen from upstairs, he felt guilty. After hesitating for a long time, he frowned and said, "… Since the anniversary has already come to this, you can't not attend. If you really don't want to show up, I will."
"Both of you have to show up!"
Lu Shiyun interrupted Lu Yihan. He looked at Xin Yu, who refused to raise her head or speak. His eyes flickered. "… Xin Yu, I know you don't want to. Yihan has indeed gone overboard this time. I've said it before, I will definitely help you. But regarding the fifth wedding anniversary, just treat it as giving Dad some face. Whatever happened before, we can talk about it later."
"…"
Xin Yu wasn't a cold-hearted person, especially when it came to Lu Shiyun. Even though she still felt that this old man, whom she had always trusted and respected, was trying to trick her, she still couldn't show a cold face and directly reject him.
Moreover, she couldn't be sure whether this was really a "trick" or not.
For the past five years, whether she was in the Lu family or in England, Lu Shiyun had always taken good care of her. And her father … Xin Yu thought that one shouldn't kick someone to the curb after they've outlived their usefulness. She suppressed these thoughts one by one. How could she have the courage to say "no"?
"… Dad, regarding the fifth wedding anniversary … I can agree to it, but I have a condition."
Xin Yu muttered to herself for a moment before she finally said, "… I know you will think that I'm pushing my luck, but I've really thought about this for a long time. I've always wanted to tell you, but I never had the chance."
"Go ahead."
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