Chapter 57: Chapter 57 After Running Away, the Disabled Tycoon Stopped Pretending 19
“As long as she is willing, I can do it anytime,” Lu Peijin declared, causing Su Zhiruan to almost drop her chopsticks to the floor.
A storm of shock instantly surged in Su Zhiruan’s heart, as she had not expected Lu Peijin to say such a thing!
She looked towards her grandmother, whose expression had also turned into one of surprise, glancing back and forth between Su Zhiruan and Lu Peijin.
“Good, good, good, it’s most important for you two to be together and have a good life,” the grandmother, with a smile brimming on her face, kept adding food to their plates as if they were already a couple. Delighted in her heart, she decided to add a few more words.
“Xiaolu, when you two are together, I hope you will look after Ruanruan well. Ruanruan has had a hard life, growing up just with this old woman. I don’t have much to give her. Conditions were very tough during her childhood. If you can truly treat Ruanruan well, then I can rest easy entrusting her to you. But if you’re just playing around or intend to bully her, then this old woman will go to any lengths to give you trouble,” the grandmother said after laughing, delivering this message.
It seemed simple, almost like she was joking, but both Su Zhiruan and Lu Peijin knew that this was an elderly person’s way of protecting the child she had watched grow up. She may not have many capabilities, but if someone were to bully her child, she would spare no effort to protect.
Lu Peijin fell silent, placing down his chopsticks on the table.
In the following moments, Su Zhiruan spoke more.
She settled her grandmother comfortably, leaving her with enough money and a new cellphone, and taught her some simple functions. Since the grandmother could read a bit, she wasn’t worried about her daily life.
Lu Peijin helped clear the table and brought all the gifts he had brought up to the front hall.
By the time everything was nearly squared away, it was already four o’clock in the afternoon.
The grandmother stood at the door to say goodbye, with Su Zhiruan following Lu Peijin downstairs.
Yet, as they walked together, they did not speak a word.
They continued in silence until they got into the car.
Once inside the car, instead of driving off immediately, Lu Peijin moved closer, fastening Su Zhiruan’s seatbelt before asking, “Why aren’t you speaking?”
“Mr. Lu,” Su Zhiruan had been wanting to speak earlier but hadn’t found the opportunity. Now that Lu Peijin had initiated, she continued, “Why did you say those things to my grandmother, Mr. Lu? You both clearly know what our real relationship is. Why lead her to believe that we are boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“You know that I can’t possibly marry you!” Su Zhiruan said, then stubbornly looked at him.
Although she was here on a mission, their relationship was strictly business. She didn’t want her grandmother to be deceived, nor did she want her to find out that it was all a lie, all a scheme!
Lu Peijin just sat quietly. He had nothing to say and no grounds to say it.
Their relationship was contractual; he wanted a child, she wanted to save her grandmother.
Originally, that’s what he had thought.
Even when he made the decision, his secretary had tried to stop him.
The reason was that she was still young, and given that if the Lu family’s eldest grandson were to come from her, future entanglements with the Lu family or him could become the laughing stock of the upper-class and create a scandal.
Initially, he was indeed concerned about this issue. Once there was a child, Su Zhiruan would naturally be the mother and could, if she desired, entangle herself with the Lu family or even marry into it. It was a legitimate concern.
But in fact, that didn’t happen.
She hadn’t shown the slightest interest in the Lu family; she hardly ever brought up their situation and rarely discussed their plans when she did.
In other words, in her envisioned future, there was only herself and her grandmother.
Her personality made Lu Peijin feel that even if he was the one clinging to her, it would absolutely never be the other way around.
And that was indeed the case.
Lu Peijin had actually received news several days earlier that Su Zhiruan’s grandmother was almost recovered and would soon be discharged from the hospital.
He even deliberately stayed at home for a longer period, thinking that if she asked, he would drive to pick up her grandmother.
But she said nothing, and in the end, it was he who brought it up.
At this moment, Lu Peijin’s heart was becoming more and more uncomfortable.
It was as if an invisible hand was tightly gripping his heart, making it hard for him to even breathe.
He felt a mix of emotions in his heart, one moment desolate, the next tumultuous like churning seas.
As if possessed, he suddenly said something to Su Zhiruan.
“Actually… marrying for real could be an option.”
The moment the words left his lips, he himself was stunned. It was the only sentence that came to his mind in that fixed moment.
When Su Zhiruan heard these words, it was as if she had been struck by lightning, “What, what did you say?”
Lu Peijin didn’t plan to deny what he said. Pretending to be casual, he added a few more words, “You don’t eat much, which really makes you easy to support. If you were to really marry… it could work.”
Su Zhiruan’s heart was lifted in an instant.
What was this situation?!
“Mr. Lu, if I remember correctly, it was clearly written in the contract before that I am not to cling to the Lu Family,” Su Zhiruan sighed deeply, then continued, “In that case, perhaps it’s better not to say such things again. Once the child is born, I will leave with my grandmother. You needn’t worry about me clinging to you or the Lu Family, or the child.”
During the time she spent with Lu Peijin, she believed he might have developed some feelings, but she could not.
A marriage between different social classes is doomed not to last.
Su Zhiruan was not a romantic. From the beginning of this world, she had been firm in her thinking: give birth to the child, complete the system task, and then rest for a while.
“Rest assured! Everything I said today was just a test,” Lu Peijin felt choked up inside, yet had no outlet for his frustration, his internal struggle growing more painful and sour. He felt like he had eaten an unripe fruit, uncomfortable inside, hence his speech inevitably turned cold, “Since Miss Su wants to finish the task and have the child quickly, let’s cooperate well.”
Su Zhiruan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
And retribution came quickly.
That night, she experienced from Lu Peijin a torment like never before!
He seemed as if deeply agitated, demanding a lot, and fiercely.
Su Zhiruan kept her eyes open, tears streaming.
She wanted to close her eyes, to not witness the scene before her, but the man insisted she keep her eyes open, facing the mirror opposite, watching the whole process without missing a thing.
By the end, she was so tormented she was almost falling apart.