Lu Rang withdrew his gaze, thinking that it was no wonder that women flocked to him.

"Is the car ready?"

"It's ready," Lu Rang said, "Master, Miss Chu is here."

Soudou paused while buttoning his clothes and turned his head back, "Hmm?"

"Miss Chu has been here for half an hour. Seeing that you were resting, she didn't come up. I just saw that the light in your room was on, so I came to knock on the door."

Zong Du checked the time and it was only five in the morning.

Lu Rang poured a cup of hot tea and brought it over to place on the bedside table.

Zong Du lowered his eyes above the cup, watching the hot steam slowly rise up, entangled and dissipated in mid-air.

After a long while, he curled his lips and said, "Let her in."

"yes."

When Chu Ying came in, Zong Du was already sitting on the sofa, dressed appropriately.

Chu Ying sat down next to him, "Zong Du, are you going back to your country?"

He did not hide his itinerary, and Zong Du nodded, "It's urgent."

Chu Ying frowned, her eyes unhappy, "But you said you would go back with me."

Zong Du then remembered that he seemed to have promised to take Chu Ying back.

In this way, he broke his promise.

Zong Du frowned and was silent for a few seconds, "Sorry, I temporarily-"

"It's okay. I don't have anything to do anyway, so I'll just go back with you!" Chu Ying suddenly realized and raised her hands to clap, "Take me with you!"

Zong Du's thin lips were almost stretched into a line. "Aren't you the one who is promoting this cooperation? Although the contract has been signed, you still have to control the details later."

"It's okay, just leave it to my dad." Chu Ying smiled, "Don't worry, it won't be delayed."

Lu Rang knocked on the door and came in, "Sir, the flight is at 7:23, and it's already 5:30, we need to hurry."

Zong Du didn't say anything else and asked Lu Rang to buy a plane ticket for Chu Ying and went to the airport together.

Along the way, Chu Ying kept asking Zong Du about the situation in the country.

"I left when I was in elementary school and never went back. What has Huaicheng become now? Is it still so shabby?"

Zong Du leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed. Hearing this, he called out to Lu Rang, "Introduce Miss Chu."

Lu Rang looked at Chu Ying's darkening face in the rearview mirror and sighed helplessly.

The car sped for an hour and arrived at the airport.

Arriving at the airport, Soudou headed straight for the boarding gate.

Chu Ying just happened to catch up, but was stopped by Lu Rang, "Ms. Chu, your seat is in the first class cabin."

"Hmm? Then...where's A'du?"

"My husband and I are in business class. Please follow me and I will take you to your seat first."

Chu Ying's face looked a little ugly, "Why don't you buy the seats together?"

"We decided to return home at the last minute. Time is tight, so we can only buy tickets randomly." Lu Rang bowed slightly, "Please."

Chu Ying's face was full of displeasure, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only follow him forward.

...

Xi Yu returned to the ward before lunch. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Li Rui serving turtle soup to Zhuang Yi.

"Xingxi, you're back?" Zhuang Yi smiled and waved at her. "Come here, Assistant Li bought some turtle soup today. It's very nourishing. You can have a bowl later."

Xi Yu hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Rui, "Assistant Li, could you please step out for a moment? I have something to say to my mother."

Li Rui put down her bowl and chopsticks, "It just so happens that I also have to go back to the company. You can have dinner with Auntie. I will come over in the evening."

"Thanks."

Li Rui took her things and left, leaving only mother and daughter in the room.

Zhuang Yi noticed that Xi Yu's face looked strange.

The central air conditioner made a faint operating sound, whirring, as if the wind was carrying someone's distress and rushing around the room.

Zhuang Yi was a little nervous.

Xi Yu suddenly asked, "Last time, Lin Yanyan dared to blatantly slander me for stealing the ring. Was it because she promised you two million?"

Zhuang Yi’s face turned pale.

Xi Yu's voice was very calm, his eyes were fixed directly on Zhuang Yi's face, observing every expression on her face.

All the things that had been ignored in the past were now brought to light one by one.

Zhuang Yi's good and bad attitudes towards her constantly collided, impacting her cognition.

Xi Yu was a little confused.

Does Zhuang Yi love her?

Why did she do this to herself?

Between Xi Kuoshan and herself, she chose Xi Kuoshan;

Between the Zong family and herself, she chose the Zong family;

Between money and herself, she chooses money.

She closed her eyes and suppressed the sadness in her heart, "Mrs. Lin came to the Zong family and gave us two million."

Zhuang Yi's eyes lit up, but when she saw Xi Yu's expression, she quickly suppressed them.

After a long while, she stammered, "Xiexi, it's mom who's sorry for you. Your dad... was pushed so hard that he asked for two million.

He went to school to look for you before, but you didn’t give it to him, so he came to me.”

Zhuang Yi raised her hands and hugged her arms, looking frightened, "I, I can't leave the Zong family. If I don't have my wife to protect me, he will sell me out!

I, I still want to live a good life with you, I still want to take care of you, how can I..."

While she was threatening Xi Kuoshan to force women of good character into prostitution, her eyes were filled with a wronged plea to Xi Yu, "Miss Lin asked me to do a small favor and she would give me two million.

I, I didn't know she wanted to frame you, and I didn't know...the young master would beat you.

"Oh, I am hurt, and I am heartbroken. I wish the whip would fall on me!"

Xi Yu couldn't help but laugh, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

"Really? Then why did you dodge when the third whip fell?"

Zhuang Yi's desolate cry was instantly choked and she became speechless.

Xi Yu's smile grew wider, and tears began to fall, "You said you didn't know that Lin Yanyan wanted to frame me, so why did you force me to kneel down and apologize from the beginning, and make me admit that I stole the things?

That little favor is to make me a thief? Or, to let Lin Yanyan find an opportunity to teach me a lesson and insult me?

Is that the two million you got in exchange for your help?

That was earned with my personality and my dignity."

Xi Yu wiped away her tears and said, "If you don't love me, why did you give birth to me? Are you going to erase my personality just because you donated half of your liver to me?

What am I in your eyes?

A doll without emotions, a consumable item to exchange for money, a stepping stone to enter the rich family?"

Zhuang Yi opened and closed her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Xi Yi looked at her with eyes filled with ice. His distant and cold expression made Zhuang Yi realize that no matter what she said, pretended, or cried, it would be in vain.

Zhuang Yi was silent for a few seconds, then she put away her expression, wiped away her tears, and said coldly, "Who made you born in the Xi family? This is your fate."

...

After flying for seventeen or eighteen hours, Zong Du was still in high spirits when he got off the plane.

After picking up his luggage, Soudou walked towards the parking area while talking on his cell phone.

Chu Ying trotted over and took his arm, "The country has changed so much, even the airport has become so luxurious!"

Zong Du looked straight ahead, found the car and got in.

Chu Ying also wanted to follow, but Lu Rang stopped her again , "Ms. Chu, the car I arranged for you is over there."

"What's the meaning?"

Lu Rang smiled in a formal way, "Master has something to do, which is in a different direction from the hotel you are staying in, so I arranged a separate car for you."

"Hotel? Why should I stay in a hotel?" Chu Ying looked at Zong Du, "Shouldn't I stay at your house?"