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Wen Tingli said anxiously, "Just tell him that I have something very important to tell Mr. Lu in person. I'll be waiting for him here anyway. Please help pass the message on."

Manager Liu glanced at the dazzling ruby ​​necklace on Wen Tingli's neck, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "It's raining heavily outside, Miss Wen, please come in and wait. I'll pass on the message for you."

This gatehouse is located inside the side door, with an area of ​​about 20 square meters. There are sofas and chairs for visitors to rest. After Wen Tingli came in, she just stood there motionless.

Her heart seemed to be boiling in a frying pan and there was nothing she could do but wait.

Manager Liu was gone for about ten minutes before returning.

"Ms. Wen, please go back. Mr. Lu will not see you."

"Did you say Miss Wen was looking for him?! I really have something extremely important to tell him!"

"I've said it all." Manager Liu was very patient, but his tone left no room for negotiation. "Master Cheng doesn't want to see you. Miss Wen, please don't make things difficult for us. Please leave."

Wen Tingli was "asked" to leave the Lu family's gatehouse. Manager Liu was kind-hearted, and when he pushed her out, he also stuffed an umbrella into her hand.

Wen Tingli stood at the door in despair. The words "He doesn't want to see you" were like a sharp nail piercing her brain, causing her temples to throb. She went forward and knocked on the door, but no one came to answer this time. She turned around in confusion and saw the car parked in front of her. The two followers had no idea what had happened and had been waiting for her by the car since just now.

Seeing them, a glimmer of hope rekindled in Wen Tingli's desperate heart - Lu Shicheng did not withdraw them. Maybe, maybe, he was just angry now. She just wanted him to believe that she was not acting in front of him and that he was extremely important to her.

He will definitely calm down.

She continued to wait in front of the door. Raindrops kept splashing under the umbrella, soaking half of her clothes. The coldness seemed to penetrate into her bones.

She knew that the Lu Mansion had always been heavily guarded, and someone would tell Lu Shicheng about the situation outside the door. She didn't believe that he would have the heart to keep her out.

But she was wrong. After Manager Liu left, not only did no one come out to greet her, but no one even came to drive her away.

The Lu Mansion before him looked like a sleeping beast, extremely dark and cold.

She suspected that even if she waited in the rain until dawn, Lu Shicheng would ignore her.

At this moment, two snow-white lights suddenly lit up in the originally dark Lu family garden.

It's a car.

The car sped along and soon drove into the main road in front of the flower garden. As two car lights approached, the two tightly closed doors of the Lu family finally opened.

The person sitting in the car was not Lu Shicheng, but Kuang Zhilin.

Wen Tingli was not disappointed. Even if it was Kuang Zhilin, it was a hundred times better than the hopeless waiting just now.

"Mr. Kuang, please take me in. I want to see Mr. Lu."

Kuang Zhilin looked at Wen Tingli with a strange and unfamiliar look. Just this one encounter dampened the hope in Wen Tingli's heart.

That wary look returned to Kuang Zhilin's face again.

Sure enough, he just said politely: "Miss Wen, it's too late and the rain is heavy. You will catch a cold if you continue like this. I'll ask them to take you home."

"No, I won't leave until I see Mr. Lu. Mr. Kuang, please help pass on a message. There is a misunderstanding between Mr. Lu and me. I will only see him once and then leave."

Kuang Zhilin said helplessly: "Miss Wen, you should know very well that I am only responsible for delivering messages and cannot make any decisions for Master Cheng without authorization. What he said just now was Master Cheng's own intention. He asked you to leave the Lu Mansion immediately."

Wen Tingli's face turned pale. No matter how heavy the rain was, it would not make people feel colder than these words.

I could vaguely hear Kuang Zhilin sigh.

"You guys escort Miss Wen back."

Wen Tingli made up her mind, loosened her hands on the umbrella handle, closed her eyes and fell beside the car.

Raindrops immediately hit her face, but she lay there motionless, and then she heard Kuang Zhilin shout in surprise: "Miss Wen? Miss Wen!"

Wen Tingli refused to open her eyes. No matter what method she used, she had to see Lu Shicheng one more time before she would give up.

But she overestimated her physical strength, and fell in the rain and actually fainted.

***
Wen Tingli didn’t know how long she had slept, but she was awakened by a strange noise.

When she opened her eyes, what came into view was the tall and broad French roof. Her thoughts were still a little vague. She turned her head on the pillow in a daze and unexpectedly saw a beautiful window.

Wen Tingli sat up suddenly. She had been to this room before. It was the guest room on the first floor of Lu Mansion. The last time she sprained her ankle, Lu Shicheng had someone place her here.

That’s right, outside the window was a corner of the Lu family’s garden, and what had just woken her up was the chirping of birds in the garden.

She was delighted.

Without Lu Shicheng's permission, who would dare to put her in the Lu family's guest room? It seems that after learning that she had fainted last night, Lu Shicheng finally softened his heart towards her.

She hurriedly got out of bed and put on her shoes. There was a bowl of porridge on the bedside table, which made her even more happy. At this time, an old maid tiptoed in through the door. It was Liu Ma, who was responsible for taking care of Wen Tingli last time.

"Miss Wen, you're awake."

"Aunt Liu, I'm sorry to trouble you again."

Aunt Liu said enthusiastically, "Don't say that. The doctor said you're fine. You're just too excited. Miss Wen, eat something first. I'll go tell Mr. Kuang that you're awake."

She handed the tray in her hand to Wen Tingli, which contained tooth powder, towels and other items.

Wen Tingli asked Liu Ma as she left, "Did Mr. Lu send me in last night?"

"That's right. Master Cheng heard from Mr. Kuang that you fainted, so he had you brought in immediately and asked Dr. Louis to see you that night."

Wen Tingli felt happy. She picked up the towel and tooth powder and went into the bathroom to wash herself carefully.

When he came out and didn't see Mrs. Liu coming back, he drank the bowl of porridge slowly.

After a while, Mrs. Liu came back.

"Mr. Kuang asks Miss Wen to meet him in the living room."

Wen Tingli hurriedly followed Mrs. Liu out. In the living room, the floor-to-ceiling window leading to the garden was wide open, like a door to heaven, with sunlight, air and pleasant floral scent constantly pouring into the living room.

Kuang Zhilin was sitting alone in the sun reading a newspaper. When he saw Wen Tingli, he quickly put down the coffee cup and newspaper in his hands.

"Miss Wen, please take a seat."

Wen Tingli looked around and didn't see Lu Shicheng.

Kuang Zhilin waved away the servants in the living room.

"Master Cheng is not at home. He went to the company to take charge of some matters early in the morning and will leave for Nanyang tonight."

"What?" Wen Tingli was shocked.

"There are already a lot of important matters piled up in Nanyang. Young Master Cheng was reluctant to part with Miss Wen before and had not set off yet. After last night... Young Master Cheng seemed to feel that there was no need to delay any further, so he decided to set off as soon as possible."

Wen Tingli couldn't control her panic: "When will he come back?"

"not sure."

"Doesn't he want to see me again?"

Kuang Zhilin hesitated to speak.

Wen Tingli blurted out: "If he didn't want to see me, why did he care about my life or death last night? Wouldn't it be better to just let me die in the rain?!"

"Miss Wen, please calm down."

Wen Tingli fell onto the sofa and covered her face with her hands.

Kuang Zhilin sighed, "I'm not sure what happened between you and Master Cheng, but you should be very clear about Master Cheng's character. He is a very considerate person and never acts impulsively. He must have thought deeply about this overnight before doing this."

Wen Tingli cried softly, "I can't believe he would do such a thing! Could it be that he won't even give me a chance to explain?"

She was not willing to expose her pain and vulnerability to others easily, but this time it was different.

Before last night, she and Lu Shicheng were still so close.

He loved her so much, regarded her as a treasure and treated her wholeheartedly.

When the two of them are together, they are always so in sync and so happy.
She originally thought that the two of them would always be so close.

Who knew that in just one night——

From heaven to hell, that's all!
She was unwilling to give up, even if she died! In order to prevent Kuang Zhilin from seeing the tears in her eyes, she turned her head away stubbornly, remained silent for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice: "I want to write a letter to him, and please help Mr. Kuang pass it to Mr. Lu..."

"That's no problem, but I have to remind Miss Wen that Master Cheng never drags his feet when dealing with problems, which is related to--"

He paused.

"It has something to do with Master Cheng's upbringing. From childhood to adulthood, there are many people who scheme against him, but few who treat him sincerely. But as long as he realizes that the other person is sincere, he will definitely treat the other person with a pure heart. So, from the day Master Cheng decided to be with Miss Wen, he gave Miss Wen all his trust and love. Miss Wen herself should be very clear about this." Wen Tingli's tears began to well up in her eyes again.

"But once he finds out that he's been played or deceived, Master Cheng will never turn back. If he wasn't so resolute, he would have been killed long ago given his living environment. I can help pass on your letter, but it's hard to say whether Master Cheng will read it. Even if he does, he may not change his mind. Please be prepared for this, Miss Wen."

Wen Tingli said nothing.

Kuang Zhilin stood up to see the guest off: "Miss Wen, please go back first. Just deliver the letter to my office downstairs before noon."

As soon as Wen Tingli entered the house, Mrs. Zhou came up to her with a worried look on her face: "Why didn't you come back all night? Did you have a fight with Mr. Lu?"

Wen Tingli walked into her room in a daze, leaned her back against the door, closed her eyes tiredly and took a breath, then opened her eyes again and inadvertently glanced at the contract on the table, her heart suddenly felt like it was being stabbed by needles.

The cover page of the contract was a little wrinkled after being poured by the rain. It was probably because Mrs. Zhou went to the terrace to check out of curiosity last night, but she didn't see the two of them, but she found the contract by accident, so she helped her get it back.

She didn't want to see that thing again, so she stuffed it into the drawer out of anger.

After sitting down, she was distracted and took out paper and pen to write a letter to Lu Shicheng. She accidentally touched the letter written by Lu Shicheng to her in her pocket.

When she unfolded the letter, the sincere words in it made her eyes sore and tears dripped onto the paper.

But she quickly wiped away her tears, lowered her head, and wrote the first line very seriously.

[I want to tell you a thousand times and ten thousand times that I love you, and I am not acting in front of you...]

***
At ten o'clock in the morning, Wen Tingli hurried to the downstairs of Lixin Bank with the letter.

It was expected that Kuang Zhilin had greeted the Indian doorman in advance, so when Wen Tingli arrived, the other party politely took her letter.

Wen Tingli watched the other party enter the building. She knew that there was nothing she could do except passively wait for news.

At around eleven o'clock, Kuang Zhilin finally sent someone downstairs to reply, saying that he had just handed the letter to Lu Shicheng on her behalf. If Master Cheng's attitude softened after reading the letter, he would definitely come to find her. He advised her not to wait downstairs, but to go home directly and wait for news.

Wen Tingli thanked her repeatedly.

She returned home and waited eagerly, but she didn't receive a call from Lu Shicheng until the evening.

The letter fell into oblivion and failed to elicit any response.

She picked up her purse and went out. Kuang Zhilin said that Lu Shicheng would set off for Nanyang tonight. Before that, he must have been in Lik Hsin Bank or Fenghua Building to arrange things.

She went straight to Lixin Bank.

With the experience in the morning, the Indian gatekeeper of Lixin Bank was no longer on guard against Wen Tingli. After Wen Tingli gave him a tip, he took the initiative to reveal Lu Shicheng's whereabouts: "Mr. Lu left at three o'clock in the afternoon. If I heard correctly, Mr. Kuang seemed to tell the driver that they were going to Zhenxing Building for a meeting."

Wen Tingli decisively hailed a car and went to Zhenxing Building.

However, the waiter at the door of the building refused to reveal whether Lu Shicheng was still in the building because he did not know Wen Tingli.

Wen Tingli had no choice but to find a window seat in a coffee shop run by a foreigner across the street so that she could see Lu Shicheng as soon as he came out.

After waiting silently for a while, Wen Tingli took out a small vocabulary book from her bag and flipped through it with a sad look. When she and Lu Shicheng had dinner together for the first time, she and he used this small vocabulary book to communicate.

There's still his handwriting on it.

[You ordered too many dishes.]

【Thanks. 】

[If I hadn't arrived in time just now, would Miss Wen have anyone else to turn to for help? ]

When I read these words, it is as if I see his handsome and calm face.

The more I read, the more sad I felt.

Every word and sentence is a memory.

She sat in the cafe in boredom. It was getting dark outside. After a while, the orange street lights lit up on the roadside. This reminded her of the time when Lu Shicheng went to pick her up at the door of the studio. He was standing under the warm yellow street lights waiting for her. Every time she saw his tall figure, she would feel a warm and friendly feeling in her heart.

It won't be long before this scene becomes just a memory.

Her nose was sore. Whether it was the vocabulary book in her hand or the street lamp outside the window, all the memories related to him made her nostalgic from the bottom of her heart, so how could she let go easily?

Suddenly, Wen Tingli saw a group of people in suits coming out of the foreign bank opposite, and her eyes widened immediately.

Lu Shicheng came out, and many people surrounded him, saying something, which made him look even more distant. She couldn't see his expression for a moment, she only knew that he was about to leave.

Wen Tingli hurried out of the cafe, but she did not run towards him in public. Instead, she chose to stand quietly on this side of the street, looking at him without saying a word.

Sure enough, someone soon discovered her and said something in Lu Shicheng's ear.

Lu Shicheng paused and looked back across the street. She was holding a vocabulary book filled with memories of the two of them, and looked at him pitifully.

She was convinced that Lu Shicheng would soften his heart when he saw her like this.

As expected, Lu Shicheng did not look away, but looked at her for a long time. Wen Tingli thought the time was right and crossed the road to walk towards him.

She had to take the initiative. If she didn't take the initiative this time, she might never see him again.

Without waiting for Lu Shicheng's orders, the group of people wisely dispersed, leaving only Kuang Zhilin among the group.

Wen Tingli walked up to Lu Shicheng and looked at him with tears in her eyes. After not seeing him for a night, he looked haggard as if he had a serious illness, and his eyes were a little red.

Looking again, she was shocked. No, he had a fever.

It turned out that she was not the only one who spent last night in agony.

"you are sick?"

Lu Shicheng looked at her silently.
"Have you read the letter I wrote you?"

Lu Shicheng remained indifferent. Wen Tingli wiped her tears and handed him the vocabulary book.

"Do you have something to say to me? Then write it here."

Lu Shicheng's Adam's apple rolled, and Wen Tingli knew that he was recalling how they used to get along. This was how they had communicated since the first time, and even her words were exactly the same as at the beginning.

She made a lot of preparations before coming. She wrote countless "I love you" and "I'm sorry" on the cover of her small vocabulary book, so he could see it just by lowering his head.

As long as...as long as he was willing to take it from her.

However, Lu Shicheng just looked at her deeply and coldly, then turned around, opened the car door and got in.

Kuang Zhilin came over and lowered his voice and said, "Miss Wen, please go."

Wen Tingli stared at Lu Shicheng in the car, but Lu Shicheng refused to turn around and look at her again.

She finally felt a little desperate.

As Kuang Zhilin said, Lu Shicheng grew up in a thorny bush, his parents died, and he lived among jackals and tigers every day. This kind of growth experience made it difficult for him to forgive lies and deception. After this incident, there was no way he would believe her again.

Her tears, her pity, her pain, now seemed to him nothing more than a realistic performance.

Kuang Zhilin was still beside him and said in a gentle voice: "Master Cheng has already informed Dr. Louis. If Miss Wen feels uncomfortable, she can call Louis in the future. As for Lu Mansion and Lixin Bank, please don't call Miss Wen again. First, Master Cheng will not return to Shanghai in the short term, and second, Master Cheng does not want you to disturb his life anymore."

During the entire journey, Lu Shicheng never looked out of the car window. It was as if an invisible wall had been erected around him, keeping people at a distance.

Wen Tingli raised her head and pushed the tears back into her eyes, then walked decisively in the opposite direction.

After a while, Lu Shicheng's car started without any warning.

Wen Tingli did not stop, nor did she look back, she walked with extraordinary determination. The moment the roar of the car disappeared around the corner, she felt that a part of her body had died.

***
That night Wen Tingli developed a fever.

Louis brought nurse Melissa to visit her overnight.

"Mr. Kuang said that Miss Wen had just been discharged from the hospital and was caught in the rain last night. He was worried that she would get sick, so he asked me to take good care of Miss Wen before he left."

Wen Tingli buried her head in the quilt and listened to Louis talking to Mrs. Zhou.

Lu Shicheng had always been generous and considerate to her. Even though they had broken up now, she couldn't find any fault with him.

But she knew very well in her heart that from now on, he no longer belonged to her.

His gentleness, loyalty, thoughtfulness, his joys and sorrows, have nothing to do with her anymore.

She hardened her heart, blocked everything about him from her mind, turned over, and fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)