Chapter 68: Chapter 68 After Running Away, the Disabled Tycoon Stopped Pretending 30
This feeling of being close yet distant, Lu Peijin didn’t like it at all; he subconsciously leaned in closer.
Just as Su Zhiruan was about to pour him more wine, her arm was grabbed by the man.
“Must you leave?” The man’s eyes were flushed red, and at that moment, he seemed especially alluring, his striking looks even more tempting. The Lu Peijin of now possessed an enchanting beauty unseen by others.
Even though Su Zhiruan had made up her mind to get him drunk, she still found herself frozen, staring at him and stopping her action.
“Mr. Lu, you’re drunk,” she said after a while, her voice faint and distant.
“I’m not drunk, Ruanruan… you’re so heartless, truly heartless,” Lu Peijin murmured, as if speaking to her, yet also as if talking to himself. Whether it was one or the other, it couldn’t be verified now. Su Zhiruan heard him continue, “Ruanruan, are you really leaving? Really, leaving me and the child to run far away? Don’t you want to stay by my side and care for the child with me?”
“You’re drunk,” Su Zhiruan avoided his burning gaze, looking at the fish on the plate, and repeated, “You’re really drunk.”
Was Lu Peijin truly drunk?
Wine doesn’t intoxicate; people intoxicate themselves.
Perhaps, he also desired this bout of drunkenness.
She put on a smile again, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes, “Go upstairs and rest well. We’ll do it together.”
Soon, they were upstairs.
Tonight, they were in Lu Peijin’s room.
His room was large but felt empty and desolate.
As if it had lost its soul, everything was shades of black, white, and gray, without color, without life.
It was an exceedingly ordinary room, even resembling a showroom that had never been lived in.
Su Zhiruan had never really taken a good look at this room before; lying on the bed, she found the time to examine it.
She felt her exposed skin growing cool, and as she looked at the ceiling, noticed even the room’s lights were devoid of any design.
Soon, the temperature around her began to rise, and her sensations grew stronger until, eventually, she began to make sounds, almost unable to endure.
Perhaps Lu Peijin was drunk, or perhaps he was feigning drunkenness; in any case, two hours later, Su Zhiruan, feeling the breathing of the person beside her, slowly opened her eyes.
What met her gaze was an endless darkness.
She didn’t even turn on her phone, just picked up her clothes and walked barefoot back to her room.
Lu Peijin knew nothing, having made a fuss very late into the night. When Su Zhiruan pushed the door, she nearly collapsed due to wobbly legs.
Fortunately, she steadied herself the next second and walked straight out.
Back in her room, Su Zhiruan dressed in simple workout attire, took her small bundle, and after one last look at the room, hesitated before taking out the contract and placing it on the table.
Then, she tiptoed downstairs.
At the first floor, she noticed the neonatal care specialist still attending to the children under a dim light.
Upon seeing her, the specialist hurriedly stood up, “Su—”
Su Zhiruan cut her off with a gesture of “shush.”
“Where are you going?” the specialist asked in a hushed voice, looking at her with some confusion, “At this time?”
“I’m leaving,” Su Zhiruan simply stated. She bent down, looked at the three children, and noted Mingzhu, who was initially sleeping peacefully, was now awake somehow, her eyes bright and beautiful. She didn’t cry or fuss but just stared at her, waving her little hands, which Su Zhiruan caught, her eyes suddenly veiled with sadness.
“You…” The specialist, watching all this, didn’t understand why, but felt the scene was inexplicably poignant. She changed the question, “Does Mr. Lu know you’re leaving?”
Su Zhiruan withdrew her hand, answering indifferently, then pulled out her phone and saw the car that had arrived. With a wave, she said, “I’m leaving now, take good care of the children, please.”
“Be careful on your way…” The specialist wasn’t sure about the intricate affairs of the wealthy family and didn’t dare to stop Su Zhiruan outright, letting her leave.
After a simple nod, Su Zhiruan walked away from the vast villa, away from Fujin Water Pavilion.
Finally, in the car, she glanced through the rearview mirror at the place she had stayed for the past year, then withdrew her gaze and looked no more.
After instructing the driver to pick up her grandmother, she headed straight for the airport.
Grandma still had some suspicion, “Ruanruan, why are we traveling so far in the middle of the night?”
“Plane tickets are cheaper at midnight.” Su Zhiruan’s single sentence immediately satisfied Grandma, who nodded in agreement.
But Grandma was also clever, and the next second she sensed something was off, “Hey, that’s not right? Even if plane tickets are cheaper at midnight, why do we need to leave at that time? Has something happened?”
“This year, you were on business trips, Grandma didn’t get to see you properly, nor see Xiaolu.” Grandma had only seen Su Zhiruan through video calls this year, and this was the first time she had seen her in person, and before she could get excited, she was hustled into a taxi and soon on a plane.
That’s when Su Zhiruan recalled the excuse she had prepared, “He and I broke up.”
After saying that, Su Zhiruan lowered her head.
Indeed, as soon as she said this, Grandma believed it quite a bit.
Seeing Su Zhiruan lower her head, Grandma did not ask further.
The driver in front heard this sentence and silently turned on the radio.
“Young lady, don’t be sad. The world is full of good men, just find another one. Don’t let one man bring you down!” The driver wanted to cheer her up, but after speaking, he didn’t see much happiness on Su Zhiruan’s face, thinking she was deeply hurt by a scumbag.
So, he turned up the volume of the radio a lot more.
Su Zhiruan looked at the bustling traffic outside the window.
Soon, everything in Jinghua would have nothing to do with her.
But why did her heart still ache faintly?
Su Zhiruan couldn’t say.
She thought of the three children’s bright eyes, the two aunts who varied their cooking to tell her jokes…
In the end, she inevitably thought of Lu Peijin.
She hoped when he woke up in the morning and saw the contract she left on the table, he would know she had left.
Suddenly, Su Zhiruan felt very tired, and she buried her head on Grandma’s shoulder.
At this moment, they could already see a corner of the airport.
Eight o’clock in the morning.
When Lu Peijin woke up from bed, he instinctively reached out to the side.
——Only to find he was grasping at air!
The surrounding was cold, Lu Peijin thought Su Zhiruan had already gotten up to check on the children, and he didn’t pay much attention.
She had kept urging him to drink yesterday, and he hadn’t managed to hold back, so he had a few more drinks.
Without even washing up, Lu Peijin heard the cry of a baby downstairs.
The moment this thought crossed Lu Peijin’s mind, he looked at Su Zhiruan’s closed bedroom door. He initially wanted to knock and wake her up, but then he thought about how tired she must have been last night, so he withdrew his hand.
After going downstairs, Lu Peijin still didn’t see Su Zhiruan.
It was then that an aunt carrying two breakfasts asked him in confusion, “Mr. Lu, where is Miss Su?”
“She hasn’t woken up yet.” Lu Peijin thought for a moment and decided to go call her.
So, he walked upstairs.
He knocked on the door.
There was no response.
Pushing the door open, he found that it was unlocked—