Chapter 71: Chapter 71 After Fleeing, The Disabled Boss Stops Pretending 33
The aunt who was delivering dinner upstairs saw Lu Peijin faint and out of fear, she even spilled the food and hurriedly ran downstairs to call for help.
“Call an ambulance quickly! Mr. Lu has fainted!”
The entire villa instantly descended into chaos.
When the ambulance arrived, the aunt, with sharp eyes, noticed that Lu Peijin clutched something tightly in his left hand, not letting go even though he had passed out.
“What is Mr. Lu holding in his hand?!” After the aunt asked, the doctors also realized something was amiss and together they pried his fingers open.
A small and exquisitely delicate item fell from his hand—it was a ring of incredible delicacy, clenched in his palm, untainted by any scent of smoke or liquor, shining like a dazzling star.
The two aunts exchanged glances, and it seemed as though they suddenly understood something.
Afterwards, Lu Peijin was taken onto the ambulance; days of heavy drinking, smoking, and working late nights, even an iron body couldn’t bear it, let alone his, now merely that of an ordinary man.
Soon, the news that Lu Peijin had fainted at home and was hospitalized spread wildly, becoming well-known to everyone, and also stirred up quite a commotion online.
Compared to that, Su Zhiruan’s life had become even more pressing in this period.
One reason she chose to live in this small city was that the graduate school she aimed to enter was located here. If she got in, she could continue her education, enhance her academic credentials, and live closer to her grandmother.
“Ruanruan, stop helping for now! The exam is coming up, go back and study!” Seeing Su Zhiruan helping in the store, her grandmother promptly pushed her to go back and study.
Her grandmother had always loved flowers; tending to plants brought her peace and joy.
Su Zhiruan had transferred a million into her grandmother’s bank, soon after bought a storefront, and let her grandmother open a flower shop there, growing her own flowers for customers to choose from, not concerned about profit or fame, as long as the customers liked the flowers, they could buy them.
“You need to balance work and rest in your studies too—this flower is so beautiful!” Su Zhiruan reached out and touched the petals, marveling at their beauty.
“Take it home if you like it; seeing beautiful flowers can motivate your studies,” her grandmother, seeing her delight, cheerily handed her the flowerpot. “Alright, go back and study now, I can take good care of things here.”
Su Zhiruan was assured, her grandmother was literate, famously easygoing in her youth, kindhearted and capable. They hadn’t been in this city long before her grandmother had made many elderly friends; sometimes they admired flowers, or gathered for tea and chess, enjoying their days more joyously than she did.
As for her, with the exam coming up in December, it was time to go back and prepare more.
Walking on the road, she casually browsed the trending news on her phone, but didn’t expect to see a familiar name appear.
#President Lu Peijin of Lu Group faints at home#
She paused, her heart mixed with various emotions upon seeing the name again.
It must be very cold in Jinghua now, it might even be snowing.
Su Zhiruan clicked on the entry, which contained details of the news report and comments from netizens.
[Lu Group CEO Lu Peijin fainted at his home at 1:58 AM, the housekeeper called emergency services promptly, our medical staff arrived quickly, and Lu Peijin was rushed to the hospital, his condition is currently unclear…]
The responses from netizens were varied, mentioning all sorts of things.
“How did Mr. Lu faint at home! Just recently, they were saying he wasn’t disabled, but it seems his health isn’t that great either!”
“Why do I feel like there’s a conspiracy? Could it be some scheme by the wealthy families? Could someone have poisoned him or something? It’s truly frightening to think about, folks!”
Su Zhiruan stopped in her tracks, took a close look at the comments from the netizens, and then, she opened WeChat, clicked on Lu Peijin’s chat, wanting to say something. However, the message she typed didn’t seem quite right; she deleted everything, feeling somewhat inexplicable.
Since the contract had ended, it was better not to disturb him.
Thus, Su Zhiruan put away her phone, ready to go home and study properly.
The day after Lu Peijin had fallen into a coma, he woke up.
Looking at the hospital’s stark white ceiling, the IV bottle above his head, and the surrounding scent of medicine and disinfectants, he lowered his eyelashes.
He ended up in the hospital, as expected.
He suddenly felt that being alone and letting go was quite nice. For others, staying in a hospital might not be a good thing, but for Lu Peijin at that moment, it might have been a rare way to relax.
“You sure seem relaxed!” A person walked in through the door, his hair grizzled but lively, it was Old Master Lu. Standing at the doorway, hands clutching his cane, he rolled his eyes at Lu Peijin. “Drinking and smoking up a storm! Look at yourself now! Forget about Su girl, even your own father can’t stand it!”
“Don’t mention her,” Lu Peijin replied listlessly. Every mention of Su Zhiruan only brought him more pain. Turning his head, he looked at the dry branches outside the window, seeming like it might snow, “How’s the company?”
“Why shouldn’t I mention her? You sure haven’t done something to wrong her, have you! Did you not confess your feelings, making her think she was just being kept, and that’s why she left?” Old Master Lu slapped his head, feeling somewhat puzzled. Seeing that Lu Peijin was worried about the company, he rolled his eyes again and briefly explained, “Recently, this old man has had to step in again. You’ve let yourself come to this. Take a few days to rest; I can handle a few documents.”
“Also, I’ve arranged for someone to look after Mingzhu and the other two kids. Anyway, you are a father of three, be more responsible.” Old Master Lu found a chair, sat down, and took a sip of water. “So, can you now tell me what actually happened between you and the Su girl?”
Lu Peijin sat up, silently looking out the window.
The sky, at that moment, was a vast expanse of white.
It was different from the town she was in now, where all seasons felt like spring.
As evening approached, it seemed like it would snow.
Old Master Lu just watched him, knowing him better than anyone else. He knew Lu Peijin would speak.
At this moment, even Old Master Lu found it hard to recognize him.
A few days after Su Zhiruan left, he had become this overwhelmingly despondent.
He was gaunt now, dressed in a blue and white hospital gown, with an IV needle in the back of his hand, dripping fluid into him. Yet, he remained silent, gazing out the window motionlessly, like a statue, silent and uncommunicative.
In stark contrast to the man who once looked ethereal, with a demeanor cool and detached.
“Her and I had a contract,” Lu Peijin finally spoke, his eyelashes lowered as he quietly began to recount everything.