Captain Lu was aloof again today.

Chapter 34
The rain pattered softly outside the window, water droplets splashed on the ground, and puddles rippled gently, reflecting a faint golden light under the warm yellow lamp.

Shen Fu and Wei Qingsong sat facing each other, neither of them breaking the silence first, as if they were competing with each other.

Wei Qingsong clasped his hands on his knees, turned his head slightly, and looked around at the coffee shop less than 100 meters from the Municipal Bureau.

This is a very stylish coffee shop, with small green plants everywhere, ivy hanging on the walls, and insect-repelling scented candles emitting a pleasant aroma, the smoke curling up and making you feel a little drowsy.

A waiter in a uniform approached gracefully with a tray, a sweet, professional smile on his face: "Hello, your iced Americano and macchiato."

"Thank you." Wei Qingsong smiled faintly.

Shen Fu's face remained expressionless, with a faint, mocking smile, as she looked at her with her arms crossed: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Wei Qingsong held the coffee in her hand but did not drink it immediately. The temperature of the iced Americano reached her palm, leaving her fingertips feeling icy cold.

Shen Fu glanced down and scoffed, "You used to always say that American food was too bitter and hard to swallow, but the wonderful life abroad has changed you a lot, hasn't it?"

Hearing her barbed words, Wei Qingsong could only smile bitterly: "I didn't understand before, but the more bitter the coffee, the more sober you become."

During those nightmarish days, she always used coffee to stay awake. Over time, she seemed to have developed an immunity to coffee, and thankfully, she no longer had nightmares as often.

Shen Fu's expression became somewhat subtle, and she was stunned for several seconds before saying, "It's hard to imagine that such words would come out of your mouth."

In the past, Wei Qingsong enjoyed a superior material life and was never lacking in spiritual life. He was carefree, always smiling, and full of vitality.

Now, she resembles a frail old woman, her face filled with a sense of desolation.

A bellyful of questions swirled in my heart, but eventually dissipated into just one sentence: "What have you been doing all these years?"

Wei Qingsong took a sip of coffee; the cold, bitter taste made her feel much more alert. She smiled and said, "I... didn't do anything special. I just treated it as studying and traveling."

Shen Fu frowned and raised her voice slightly: "You know I hate people who are slow and hesitant. Can't you just be straightforward? Is it fun to act mysterious?"

She was an impatient person, and she spoke and acted in a whirlwind. Wei Qingsong had known this for a long time, and she also understood that although Shen Fu had a bad temper, she was not a bad person and had no malicious intent, so she was not angry.

"I'm sorry, I have my reasons. My sudden departure six years ago hurt everyone, and I'm very sorry, but I can't tell you the reason." Wei Qingsong gently stirred her coffee, her gaze becoming distant.

After Wilson, the leader of "Evil Fruit," was arrested, she secretly appeared in court in the United States as a witness for the prosecution. Subsequently, she was repeatedly warned by the FBI not to mention the organization to unrelated people.

Information about that case was never revealed to the outside world from beginning to end; the news was kept completely under wraps.

She also knew the importance of doing so, so after leaving Satan Prison, in front of the worried Wei Sihua and Yun Peilan, she only said that during this time, she was just cooperating with the investigation of the Nanxun Street case.

Apart from those directly involved, no one knew about the "bad consequences."

Although Wei Sihua and Yun Peilan couldn't understand why the case on Nanxun Street had alarmed the FBI, they only thought it was Bai Liwan's doing to protect Yan Zhidong.

When she returned to China, she tried every excuse she could think of, but she could never find a reasonable explanation to put a perfect end to her disappearance six years ago.

Moreover, she didn't want to become a liar, because once a lie starts, it's impossible to stop.

Shen Fu let out an impatient sigh, leaned back in her chair, and looked at her with pursed lips.

Wei Qingsong kept his head down, slowly sipping his coffee, seemingly unaware of her burning gaze. After a long, eerie silence, Shen Fu suddenly relaxed and sighed, "Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask."

Wei Qingsong's personality may have become much more reserved, but one thing remains unchanged: once she has made up her mind, no one can change it.

Just like back then, Shen Fu felt that Lu Jingming was too aloof and cold, and disliked his behavior. She often spoke ill of him to Wei Qingsong, but Wei Qingsong still resolutely got together with Lu Jingming.

She didn't think highly of them at first, because Lu Jingming was too cold and Wei Qingsong was too carefree. They seemed to be from two different worlds, and she never felt that Lu Jingming loved Wei Qingsong that much.

Can someone as cold-hearted and indifferent as him really love someone?
However, after Wei Qingsong left six years ago, Lu Jingming clearly said such resolute words, yet no other woman has ever appeared by his side since.

At first, Shen Fu thought that Lu Jingming was just too hurt to start a new relationship so quickly.

Until one day, she was drinking sweet soup at a cold drink shop when she happened to see Lu Jingming come in with a beautiful woman.

At the time, she scoffed at it, thinking that Lu Jingming's affection was nothing special.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Lu Jingming say, "I'm sorry, I agreed to the appointment, but I wanted to make things clear to you in person, so it would be more formal. You may not know, but I already have a girlfriend, but she has left Tangzhou."

It was then that Shen Fu realized that Lu Jingming had been waiting for Wei Qingsong all along.

Despite his resolute and ruthless statement: "Don't mention that name in front of me."

He said, "Who is Wei Qingsong? I don't know him."

When asked by a friend with concern, he said, "I've long forgotten."

But there was no room for anyone else in his heart.

She couldn't understand Lu Jingming; perhaps no one in the world could understand what Lu Jingming was thinking.

He hated Wei Qingsong so much, yet loved her so deeply, more than anyone else, willing to wait day after day without hope.

Six years, not six days, not six months, more than two thousand days and nights. How many people in the world would be willing to persevere for someone who may never return?

Shen Fu tossed her long golden hair, her beautiful eyes sparkling: "Some people really value romance over friendship. After coming back, they don't contact me, an insignificant nobody, but they've already reconciled with Lu Jingming so quickly. Well, in your heart, I'm just a good-for-nothing rich kid."

"Afu, please don't say that. I just haven't figured out how to face you yet." Wei Qingsong put down her cup and explained with a serious expression, then her lips sank slightly. "Besides, Lu Jingming and I haven't... I think he probably doesn't want to get entangled with me anymore."

Shen Fu looked up in surprise and said blankly, "Why would you think that? This isn't like the confident you."

When Wei Qingsong made that boast, her smile was brighter than the warm spring sun: "Just wait and see, within three months, I will win Lu Jingming's heart!"

Back then, everyone knew that Lu Jingming was notoriously unapproachable. Unexpectedly, Wei Qingsong actually succeeded, winning over this aloof and unattainable Lu Jingming in just one month.

Even now, Shen Fu can't say for sure who fell in love first, or who had premeditated the whole thing.

Let's advance the romance storyline first.

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