After the wedding date was set, Lin Lan immediately resigned from her job. Every day, she accompanied her future mother-in-law in playing mahjong, shopping, getting beauty treatments, and swimming, making Mrs. Zhong extremely happy. For their wedding, Mrs. Zhong generously gifted them an eight-million-worth luxury house, a BMW worth over one million, and paid for their Maldives honeymoon.
The 29th floor of Huaguang Building was entirely owned by the Zhong family. Everyone she encountered would nod and greet her, and their flattering and humble expressions made Lin Lan feel like a serf who had risen to power. This feeling made her comfortable and elated.
Standing in front of Luo Xuan’s general manager’s office, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door. As expected, Luo Xuan’s slightly lazy voice came from inside: “Come in!”
Lin Lan pushed open the door: “Luo Xuan!”
“After a few days apart, Luo Xuan looked much more haggard, his eyes filled with red veins, apparently from lack of sleep. Seeing her, his expression changed.
Lin Lan entered the office and closed the door. She looked at Luo Xuan and sincerely said, “Luo Xuan, can we talk?”
Luo Xuan coldly looked at her, wondering what she was up to.
Seeing his guarded expression, Lin Lan felt a mix of sourness and bitterness: “First, I want to apologize. I shouldn’t have deceived you or slandered Chu Chu. But you believed it, didn’t you? This shows you didn’t truly love her. If you truly loved her, would you care about her past? If it was true love, how could you give up so easily? In the end, you love yourself more because you think it’s shameful for someone of your status to date a ‘girl’ and you’re afraid of being ridiculed. You know your family would never accept a girlfriend with a ‘stained’ reputation, so you readily gave up Chu Chu…”
These piercing words stunned Luo Xuan, his face alternating between pale and flushed.
