Although the Zhou family can’t be compared with the Lou family today, it is still one of the few in Hong Kong City. Otherwise, Zhou Qiaoqiao would not be able to get engaged to Lou Minglang.

Her biological mother died young and her relationship with her stepmother was average. When she became an adult, she moved out of the house and lived in an apartment outside. She usually did not need to go to work and the income from a few funds under her name could provide her with a wealthy life. Besides, her father also transfers pocket money into her account every month. What she does the most on weekdays is fly abroad for shopping and vacation with a few friends.

A friend told her that Lou Minglang and the company intern got close. She immediately went to Lou Minglang and confronted him. But, the other party did not deny it. He only said that they were both young when they got engaged and they were too sloppy. He hoped she could reconsider.

Zhou Qiaoqiao was too speechless to hear it. The two of them have known each other since how old they were. It has been nearly twenty years now and they were both adults when they got engaged. Is this what he called young? Is this what he called being too sloppy?

She had been looking forward to being his bride since she was eighteen years old. After waiting for so many years, what she waited for was the result of his empathy.

Her pride did not allow her to be humble and beg for redemption. But the unwillingness and hatred that arose from it overwhelmed her sadness and despair, so when Jiang Rui found her, she could almost calmly state her request.

The apartment is located in the center of the city, where every inch of land is very expensive. Zhou Qiaoqiao has a big house of 50 square meters all to herself.

When Jiang Rui entered the door, it was already dark.

It was pitch black in the room and the lights were brightly lit outside the window.

She stood quietly in front of the French windows for a long time.

The first two missions were completed smoothly and the two soul pieces that she brought back have also been fused, which shows that her method is correct. She is one step closer to the completion of the mission.

The cell phone rang suddenly. She connected and said a few words before hanging up.

It was a call from a friend Zhou Qiaoqiao was playing with and asked her to go to Paris to watch a fashion show in two days. But, Jiang Rui declined.

Speaking of which, although Zhou Qiaoqiao had many friends, she did not have anyone who could be called a true friend. Otherwise, when she drank to drown her sorrows that day, no one would have found out after she got drunk.

Jiang Rui took a deep breath, threw the phone aside, and went into the kitchen to make something to eat.

The next day, she lay on the sofa and watched a movie for most of the day and then left for Lou’s house at two or three in the afternoon.

The servants were a little surprised when they saw her coming again, but no one asked any more questions, and Aunt Li served her tea as usual.

When Lou Wenyuan saw her when he came back, there was no abnormality on his face. It seemed that what she said yesterday, in his opinion, was a child’s angry words and he forgot after hearing it. He greeted her with a normal expression: “Qiaoqiao is here.”

Jiang Rui pursed her lips and asked him: “I’ll wait for the answer, do you agree?”

Lou Wenyuan did not even change the smile on his lips, like a tolerant elder facing a wayward junior, “Don’t be stupid. You walked so hurriedly yesterday and didn’t even drink tea. Let’s stay and have dinner together today.”

After a night of precipitation, her mood seemed to be much more stable. She seemed to have made up her mind to have a long-term tug-of-war with him, hearing such obvious prevarication, she was not as excited as yesterday.

She was still afraid of him and did not want to sit and eat with him, but she did not want to let go of this opportunity that might make him back down. Struggles and contradictions are shown on her face, like a kitten, longing for sweet milk, but afraid of being scalded.

In the end, they still sat at the dinner table together.

The dinner is Western style and the knife and fork touch the dishes, but there is no sound.

Zhou Qiaoqiao’s table etiquette has been strictly trained and very standardized. But compared with Lou Wenyuan, it lacks a kind of elegance and calmness.

After dinner, Jiang Rui got up to leave and said to Lou Wenyuan before leaving, “I will come again tomorrow.”

Lou Wenyuan’s expression was gentle: “Tell the kitchen what you want to eat tomorrow night and let them prepare in advance.”

Seeing that he did not care about it, Jiang Rui finally plucked up the courage to snort at him and deliberately walked away with heavy steps as if angry.

Every day after that, she really came to Lou’s house to report. When she saw Lou Wenyuan, the first thing she did was that she must have asked him if he agreed, and then the two had dinner together, and she left angrily.

Even Aunt Li and the others are accustomed to such a regular itinerary. At one point every day, they prepare her favorite drink, and when she comes, the temperature is just right. The kitchen will also purchase her favorite ingredients and make two for dinner every day.

For more than ten days in a row, Jiang Rui refused the invitation of her friends to go out to play. At first, those people were puzzled. But when she accidentally slipped up her mouth one time, she mentioned that the relationship between her and Lou Minglang had changed, there were fewer and fewer people looking for her.

In addition to them, Lou Minglang also sent several messages, but she ignored them.

Today, he called directly.

At that time, Jiang Rui was about to go out and she planned to ignore it, but then she turned her mind and picked it up again.

“Qiaoqiao?”

“What’s the matter?”

Probably because he had never heard such a cold tone from her before, he paused for a moment before continuing, “You haven’t responded to my text messages these days. What are you doing?”

Before Zhou Qiaoqiao had to contact Lou Minglang several times a day, sometimes he was so annoying that he would pretend to miss her call. There was no news for more than ten days this time and he sent two or three messages without getting a reply.

“It’s not that you asked me to consider the relationship between the two of us? I have considered it. You are right. It was indeed too hasty at the beginning. Let’s cancel the marriage contract.”

“Qiaoqiao, don’t be angry.” Lou Minglang said almost immediately, “I wanted to calm the two of us for a while. I didn’t mean to cancel the engagement immediately. Besides, even if we can’t be a husband and wife in the end, I still want to be your brother, so don’t break our friendship for many years because of your emotions.”

Jiang Rui said in a light tone: “It’s finished? What you think is your business. Anyway, I have decided to withdraw from the marriage. As for what brothers and sisters, you find someone else to play with. I don’t play such boring tricks.”

“Qiaoqiao—” Lou Minglang was hung up before he finished speaking.

He stared at the phone, feeling a little surprised, but not very anxious. With Zhou Qiaoqiao’s feelings for him, how could she break off the engagement so simply and neatly? Probably just in a fit of anger, it will be fine to coax her in a few days.

This move was a bit dangerous, but he had to do it. Over the years, Zhou Jiaming is on his side, but he still has business dealings with Lou Wenyuan’s company, like grass on the wall, where there are benefits. He can only create some crises for Zhou Qiaoqiao, so she could force her father to add chips to him.

Compared with that man, the power he can control is too little after all. The Lou family should have belonged to him and sooner or later he would take it back.

In the mid-mountain courtyard, Lou Wenyuan got out of the car.

The housekeeper reported today’s affairs to him, and finally mentioned, “Miss Zhou didn’t come today.”

“I see.” Lou Wenyuan looked as usual.

During the meal, Aunt Li also said: “It’s a pity that Miss Zhou didn’t come. I don’t know if she was caught by something. The kitchen has prepared lamb chops for her.”

Lou Wenyuan did not answer. After a while, he suddenly said something irrelevant. “Cats are unfamiliar.”

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