“Brother Jingchen, from now on, let’s just be nodding acquaintances, okay? After all, I’m going to be your sister-in-law.” Gu Ningning felt a little reluctant; Lu Jingchen was so good.
In her previous life, because of her, he was sent to a farm for re-education for over a decade.
He even helped her deal with Lu Xueshi from behind the scenes.
He was too good; she was blind and utterly unworthy of him.
Lu Jingchen laughed, then nodded, “Alright, nodding acquaintances.”
Gu Ningning didn’t linger, afraid she might reveal emotions she shouldn’t.
She turned and left.
Leaving Lu Jingchen alone, leaning against the wall, his eyes a little dark.
He watched her back disappear from his sight.
He had done everything he could.
He could only hope she would be happy.
Last night, he talked with Old Master Lu for a while, and even gave the betrothal gift that the Gu Family had set aside for him to marry a wife to Lu Xueshi.
It took him a long time to persuade Old Master Lu.
It was also because of him that the Gu Family agreed to a betrothal gift of twenty thousand yuan.
They also agreed to give the villa in Chongwen District to Gu Ningning and Lu Xueshi as their wedding home.
Mainly, after what happened, he didn’t want Lu Xueshi’s life to be ruined forever.
Soon, both families finalized a date to meet.
Old Master Lu was not actually very pleased. The two families had a meal together to discuss the engagement details.
Gu Pingwu and Liu Xuehong were smiling throughout.
At the dinner table, Gu Ningning also smiled, looking happy and shy.
“The two children grew up together, understand each other, and are deeply in love. Why don’t we move the engagement date forward? What do you think?” Gu Pingwu looked at Old Master Lu respectfully.
He was afraid of complications if they waited too long.
Thinking of the betrothal gift from the Gu Family, he hadn’t slept well for days.
He was too happy.
Old Master Lu sighed.
He looked at Gu Ningning and Lu Xueshi.
Both of them were trying hard to act sweet and loving.
They couldn’t let their parents see any flaws.
The two were truly deeply in love, as if glued together.
This made Lu Jingchen, who was sitting nearby, almost poke a hole in his bowl with his chopsticks.
He truly couldn’t understand Gu Ningning.
“Since that’s the case, let’s set it for the eighteenth of next month,” Old Master Lu’s expression remained somewhat displeased. He was very annoyed by the Gu Family’s exorbitant demands.
After speaking, he glanced at Lu Jingchen again.
He sighed deeply.
He truly felt it was unfair for his second grandson.
Thinking this, he looked at Gu Ningning with a grim face.
It was all because of this girl.
Then he sighed again, “Alright, I’m tired. You all continue, I’ll head back first.”
He stood up.
Leaning on his cane with one hand.
Lu Jingchen quickly stood up and reached out to support Old Master Lu.
However, after only two steps, Old Master Lu still felt unwilling and unsettled. He looked at Gu Ningning, “Ningning, come out for a moment, Grandpa has something to tell you.”
Gu Ningning had a very good impression of Old Master Lu.
Whether in this life or the last.
Although in her previous life, Old Master Lu blamed her for harming Lu Jingchen and never gave her a good look.
He always acted fairly.
Later, when she and Lu Xueshi fell out, Old Master Lu always stood by her side.
So, at this moment, Gu Ningning stood up without hesitation and walked out.
“Ningning, I’ll go with you.” Lu Xueshi looked worried, afraid that Old Master Lu would say something unfavorable to him.
“Sit down and stay with the Gu Family,” Old Master Lu said forcefully.
Gu Ningning patted Lu Xueshi’s hand, “Brother Xueshi, it’s fine. You stay and talk with my parents first.”
Then, smiling, she followed Old Master Lu out of the private room, one after the other.
Lu Jingchen’s hand, supporting Old Master Lu, was slightly tense.
He must have been nervous.
Old Master Lu sighed softly, “Ningning, I know you’ve always been close to Xueshi, and your feelings for each other are deep. But marriage and daily life are different from ordinary times. Have you really thought it through?”
“Yes, Grandpa.” Gu Ningning nodded. She had thought it through quite clearly.
In this life, she would personally kill Lu Xueshi and Shen Xiuxiu.
Lu Jingchen had just taken out the jade bangle and now squeezed it tightly.
Then he put it back in his pocket.
A faint light flashed.
Gu Ningning subconsciously glanced at it.
She only saw a hint of green.
At that glance, her heart tightened, and her blood seemed to freeze.
The reason she was so successful in her previous life, helping Lu Xueshi become a renowned entrepreneur with a net worth of tens of billions, was because she had a secret.
A portable space.
A portable space containing a commercial street.
And this space was the jade bangle in Lu Jingchen’s hand.
In her previous life, when she married Lu Xueshi, Old Master Lu personally gave it to her.
Now, it was surprisingly in Lu Jingchen’s hands.
Things were a bit messy and unclear.
She had originally thought she would get it as long as she married Lu Xueshi.
Now, it seemed she couldn’t.
Therefore, she would have to change her plans.
“Forget it, you young people have your own ideas, and I can’t interfere too much.” Old Master Lu saw Gu Ningning’s determined expression, tapped his cane forcefully, and shook his head, “Jingchen, let’s go.”
He actually wanted to remind Gu Ningning to see Lu Xueshi’s true character clearly.
But he felt it was inappropriate for him, as an elder, to say such things.
“Okay.” Lu Jingchen also hesitated for a long time, clenching and unclenching the jade bangle in his hand.
Unclenching and clenching again.
He was extremely conflicted.
However, he still walked up to Gu Ningning, took a deep breath, “Ningning, about what happened yesterday, I’m sorry. I should take responsibility, but you… are afraid I’ll disrupt you and Big Brother. So I’ll withdraw. This is what my mother left me… consider it compensation.”
This was indeed what he owed her.
Old Master Lu, who was walking ahead, saw his second grandson acting this way and sighed softly, shaking his head.
His heart felt heavy.
Lu Jingchen didn’t give Gu Ningning a chance to refuse, directly placing it on her wrist.
Then he turned to support Old Master Lu.
Neither the grandfather nor the grandson dared to look back.
They walked straight towards the car.
A guard was waiting by the car.
“Jingchen, have you thought it through?” Old Master Lu sighed, his voice full of reluctance and regret.
“I’ve thought it through.” Lu Jingchen no longer had the indecisiveness and hesitation he had just shown.
Old Master Lu gripped his cane a little harder, “Good, you go ahead. I’ll handle everything else for you, Grandpa.”
This situation could finally make Lu Jingchen give up.
Looking at the familiar jade bangle on her wrist, Gu Ningning’s emotions were extremely complex. She lowered her head, gazing deeply at it.
Soon, her eyes reddened, tears welled up in her eyelashes, and then dripped down.
Falling directly onto the jade bangle.