Chapter 48: Preparing to Marry Her

At these words, Shen Jiaxiao frowned deeply, opening her mouth as if to retort.

Wen Ying stopped her with a shake of her head.

At the same time, she caught Su Nian’s gaze directed at her.

Clearly, Su Nian had heard what Zhou Luoyi said.

Su Nian raised an eyebrow, offering a vague, ambiguous smile.

She turned to Lu Jinchuan and Cheng Mu beside her and said, "I'll go inside first."

That elegant composure made Wen Ying look utterly wretched and humiliated.

Wen Ying could roughly guess what Su Nian was thinking.

However, it no longer mattered.

Anyway, she no longer wanted Lu Jinchuan.

Internal friction solves nothing.

Zhou Mingkang was also in a foul mood. With Wen Ying storming over to make such a scene, what would President Lu think of them?

How could he bring up his matters again?

He shook his head, looking as though Wen Ying had broken his heart, and said to Lu Jinchuan, "President Lu, let's get together another day. You must come to our home for a casual meal."

Lu Jinchuan remained silent, his expression even somewhat gloomy.

Zhou Mingkang grew all the more resentful of Wen Ying's petty behavior; after her scene, Lu Jinchuan was clearly deeply displeased!

He glanced coldly at Wen Ying and swept his sleeves away in anger.

Zhou Luoyi, on the other hand, quite enjoyed Wen Ying's current predicament. She felt that the woman named Su Nian truly had the backing and confidence—she was both beautiful and highly capable. The moment she arrived, President Lu’s attention was entirely focused on her; how could Wen Ying ever compare?

Zhou Luoyi let out a sneer and prepared to leave.

Wen Ying looked at her coldly. "Did I say this matter is resolved?"

Zhou Luoyi frowned with annoyance. "Will you ever stop?"

Suppressing the surging emotions within her, Wen Ying said coldly, "It seems you'd prefer I call the police to handle this?"

Zhou Luoyi's expression shifted slightly.

"Yingying." A warm, large hand suddenly caught her wrist. Zhou Yu had appeared from somewhere, looking at her with a half-smile. "Let's end it here."

Zhou Yu's intervention made the already taut strings of Wen Ying's patience snap into a suffocating tension.

She tried to wrench her hand free from Zhou Yu's grip. "Let go of me!"

Gazing at her, Zhou Yu only said, "Luoyi is also my sister. Can't you leave some room for grace?"

Wen Ying found it absurd.

Even Zhou Yu, who once claimed that both his sister and his lover were merely her possessions, could actually utter such words now, knowing full well that she was in the right.

It was simply that his heart had already tilted.

Staff members inside the store were constantly craning their necks in this direction.

Watching the spectacle.

Cheng Mu found the situation immensely entertaining. Before stepping inside, he clicked his tongue twice and remarked, "When Miss Zhou was rejected, she at least knew when to preserve her dignity and stopped pestering, but unfortunately, certain people don't understand that basic principle."

Zhou Yu shot Cheng Mu a sidelong glance, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Immediately afterward, he looked at Lu Jinchuan, who remained detached as if none of this concerned him. Gripping Wen Ying's wrist, Zhou Yu curved his lips toward Lu Jinchuan. "Apologies, Yingying simply has this kind of temper. Please don't take it to heart, President Lu."

Lu Jinchuan clearly cared nothing for this little drama.

He merely cast a pensive look in their direction. Wen Ying had already been subdued by Zhou Yu; having grown up together since childhood, she was accustomed to yielding to Zhou Yu's words.

After giving a faint nod, he turned and entered the private dining room, showing not the slightest concern for how Wen Ying and Zhou Yu would resolve the matter.

From beginning to end.

He had not spoken a single word in Wen Ying's defense.

No one would dare to imagine that he was, in fact, Wen Ying's husband.

"Come outside with me." Glancing at the surrounding gazes directed at them, Zhou Yu frowned, took Wen Ying's hand, and pulled her outward.

Staring at Zhou Yu's straight, tall back, Zhou Luoyi bit her lip and made to follow.

Only to be intercepted by Shen Jiaxiao.

Heading toward the exit from this spot meant passing right by Lu Jinchuan's private room.

As Wen Ying walked past, Su Nian's gentle voice drifted out from inside: "My mother is returning to the country soon. She has booked a restaurant and wants to formally meet you. Do you have time, Jinchuan?"

Lu Jinchuan did not hesitate. "You set the time. No problem."

Wen Ying's footsteps paused. Lowering her gaze, she allowed Zhou Yu to continue pulling her outside.

When she had wanted him to spare some time to meet her grandmother and uncle, he had refused flatly, unwilling even to part on good terms.

He hadn't even been willing to offer a perfunctory excuse.

Yet when Su Nian's mother wished to see him, he regarded it with such high importance.

A formal meeting with elders...

Was Lu Jinchuan already preparing to divorce her on paper and take Su Nian as his bride?