C46

Lu Qimu's cold voice frightened Li Yang and made him shudder.

He could tell that she was pretending to be asleep?!

How did he figure it out? She didn't even dare to make a sound.

And when did he see it? Why didn't he expose her at the time?

Li Yang put down his hand and propped himself up on the bed. The light just now was suddenly turned on by him.

She moved her lips and did her best to force out a smile, concealing the awkwardness within her heart. "You're back …"

He looked at her. The cigarette held between his fingertip was emitting strands of clean smoke, which blurred his exquisite and handsome features. However, his eyes were still clear and cold. "His smile is really ugly."

Li Yang's smile froze on his face. He lowered his head slightly and whispered, "Just now …" "Sorry …"

Lu Qimu reached out and pinched her jaw, forcing her face up. "Afraid of me?"

"No, no."

"Ha!" Lu Qimu laughed coldly, a cold glint appearing on his lips. "Now that you're lying, you're not even blinking."

Yes, she was afraid of him.

He knew, too, that she was afraid of him.

But what else could she say?

No matter what she said, it was wrong, so she could only obediently shut her mouth.

Her eyes were unfocused, and she dared not look at him.

Lu Qimu's grip grew stronger as he stubbornly hurt her, forcing her line of sight to see only him, "You don't dare to say anything?!"

A heart-wrenching pain came from her lower jaw, causing her to almost cry. This man, what was he going to do now?!

She pretended to be asleep, yet she provoked him again?!

She remained silent, but Lu Qimu's tone had clearly turned colder, "Afraid I'll sleep with you?!"

Li Yang's eyes widened in fear.

He really is, he knows everything.

It was as if he could see through everything she thought.

She felt as if she were a naked woman stripped of her clothes beside him.

This kind of feeling made her feel somewhat embarrassed.

Li Yang's face was pale. Lu Qimu bent over and whispered into her ear in a cold and disgusted tone, "Didn't I tell you before? If it weren't for your face, I wouldn't even be bothered to sleep if you begged me to."

Lu Qimu's words were like a knife, slicing through Li Yang's body, causing a blinding red light to flow out.

No, she didn't. How could she?

She was Qin Xi'er's double. She knew that, so she tried hard to play her part.

Her obedience, her caution, her effort to please, all of this was because she knew who she was.

It was all because she understood that he had married her because of her face.

She had been waiting, waiting for him to get really bored, bored, annoyed, and then kicking her away so that she could regain her freedom and breathe the freshest air.

However, she was also afraid that he would hate her and wouldn't let her go for the rest of his life.

His long eyelashes slightly trembled, Li Yang's voice was low and hoarse, "Mr Lu, don't worry, I won't forget my identity."

Lu Qimu finally let go of her hand. He looked at her as if he were looking at trash. "Remember, it's best if you do."

Her jaw tingled and she almost lost consciousness.

After the cigarette on his finger had been burnt to ashes, Lu Qimu pressed the tip of the cigarette into the ashtray. He stood up and cast a cold glance at her, "From tomorrow onwards, you can go back to school. You're not allowed to take even half a step here."

Li Yang was stunned, unable to react for a long time.

When she finally regained her senses, Lu Qimu was no longer in the room.

Silence returned to the room, so quiet that one could hear the sound of rain outside the window.

Cream was curled up on the bed. She was still sleeping soundly without being disturbed. It was as if there had never been any worries in her heart.

Yeah, what does it know? It knew nothing, so it could live a carefree life.

She was truly envious of it. She also wanted to know how free and unfettered one would be when there were no worries.

Lu Qimu returned to his room. Without turning on the lights, his entire body was curled up on the sofa as he smoked. The smoke filled the room, growing thicker and thicker until it finally choked him to the point where he could no longer breathe.

However, he didn't feel anything and continued smoking.

He thought back to last night, when she had taken care of him so carefully in this very room …

If only it could last forever.

Lu Chi Mo thought, Li Yang must be very happy right now.

She had never wanted to return to this home. Occasionally, she would come back, and it would either be him forcing her, or she would be afraid of him …

She never did, and willingly went home.

They had never treated this place as their home.

There might be a long time in the future when she wouldn't come back.

But he only felt that his heart was empty.

It was as if without her, everything was gone …

Lu Qimu had been smoking for almost the entire night. Only when he finished smoking did he return to his bed. When he looked up, it was already dawn. She had something to do today. It was time for her to get up.

He got out of bed again and pulled back the curtain. It was still raining outside.

When it hit the leaves, it made a rustling sound.

As soon as the alarm went off, Li Yang got out of bed.

The rain had not stopped, and the sky outside was dark.

Li Lang handed the 'cream' to Siyu, then ate some breakfast and went out with his umbrella.

From today onwards, she would no longer have to return here.

She should have been happy, but deep in her heart, there was an indescribable melancholy.

She walked out of the villa, thought for a while, then finally stopped and looked behind her.

The huge villa was shrouded by the rain. In front of the French windows of one of the rooms, there seemed to be someone standing there. Li Yang shook his head and looked again, but there was nothing there.

It really was her imagination.

She must have been crazy to have such an illusion.

She didn't have any luggage. She didn't bring anything from the villa, not even clothes or cosmetics.

Lu Qimu had asked the butler to help her settle those things, but they did not belong to her. It was good for her to be leaving like this, but it was a relief as well.

With the umbrella in hand, Li Yang turned around and left the villa.

The road in the suburbs was not wide, and once it rained, it became even harder to walk. Li Yang walked by the roadside, and occasionally the cars would splash a puddle of muddy water.

Although Li Yang was quick to use his umbrella to block, a portion of it still splashed onto her body.

Normally, she would only travel for an hour, but now, she wouldn't be able to finish it in two hours. Moreover, once she was covered in mud, it was unknown whether or not a driver would be willing to drive her.

Li Yang glanced at his dirty clothes. If he was on the set, he would probably be laughed at.

A black Rolls Royce came not far away. Li Lang thought to himself that she must have gone to pick up Lu Qimu, but unexpectedly, the car stopped right in front of her.

The driver quickly got down from the driver's seat and opened the back door. "Miss Li, please get in."

Li Yang blinked his eyes. What was going on?

The driver repeated, "Miss Li, please get in."

Li Yang recalled the incident a few days ago when the driver told her to get on the car, which angered Lu Qimu. He couldn't help but say, "You go and pick up Mr Lu. Don't worry about me, I'll walk out myself."

The driver replied, "Director Lu told me to send you off."

Lu Qimu?!

He could not figure out what was going on.

Li Yang hesitated, then said, "You should go get Mr. Lu. I'm very dirty, so I don't want to dirty his car."

The driver's face was covered in cold sweat, "Miss Li, please spare me, hurry up and get on the car. Otherwise, Boss Lu will definitely drive me if she knows that I can't even handle such a small matter."

His family still relied on him to earn money to support them.

Li Yang had no choice but to get on the car. He just pitied the car and let it get dirty because of her.

Rolls-Royce was moving steadily along the road, the wipers scraping the raindrops off the windshield, the windows full of rain, her vision blurring as she looked out the window.

Li Yang felt a little bored. He pulled out the magazines on the car. They were all financial magazines. He couldn't find anything about entertainment.

Li Yang saw the magazine that Lu Chi Mo had read last time. He casually flipped through a few pages, which were filled with professional jargon. She read for a long time, but still couldn't understand. The dense and dense words dazzled her eyes.

She really couldn't understand how Lu Chi Mo could be so serious. Indeed, the structure of a person's brain was different from another person's …

Li Yang put the magazine back in its place and chatted with the driver for a while out of boredom.

The driver was over thirty years old and had the surname of Ji. He was very easygoing and talkative, totally different from Lu Qimu.

However, there was nothing to be surprised about. People like Lu Qimu were indeed few and far in between. After all, his identity was there, so what if his personality was cold and aloof?

Li Yang chatted for a while before asking out of curiosity, "Big Brother Ji, did you know me before?"

She had never seen him before, but the last time they were by the roadside, he had seen her and greeted her.

The driver replied as he drove, "I've known Miss Li for more than ten years. I've watched you grow up."

Li Yang was shocked. "Wh-what?"

He knew her for more than ten years?!

How was this possible? She had never seen him before …

The driver suddenly realized that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly said something to make up for it. He then laughed, "Hehe, Miss Li, I just made a joke with you, do you mind?"

So it was just a joke. She said, how is that possible?

The driver continued, "Previously, Miss Li fainted on the road. When Boss Lu brought you home, I drove, so naturally, I recognized you …"