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Hooked.

Song Shiyan's thin lips curled slightly, and he lowered his eyes to flick the ash from the ashtray, concealing all his emotions in his eyes, making it impossible to discern anything. When he looked up at Lu Peichuan again, his gaze was as deep as the sea.

"Have the public relations department issue a statement saying that you and Rong Zheng have long been estranged, but because she is pregnant, you have decided to divorce peacefully after she gives birth and recovers."

Then you publicly apologized through your private account. Although you and Rong Zheng had already discussed divorce, you shouldn't have done something to hurt her before you had even obtained the divorce certificate.

Finally, officially announcing your upcoming marriage to Su Qingya, bringing this clandestine relationship into the open, will demonstrate your responsibility, and secondly, the powerful alliance between the Lu Group and the Su Conglomerate will surely boost the stock market.

Lu Peichuan frowned deeply after hearing this.

It's acceptable to ask him to apologize, since he really did wrong Rong Zheng. Perhaps if he apologizes and Rong Zheng feels his sincerity in repenting, she won't be so resistant to him anymore.

They still have Tangtang as a link between them. Perhaps as time goes by, she will be able to forgive him and, for the sake of her daughter, get back together with him.

But once he marries Su Qingya, there will be no possibility of him and Rong Zheng getting back together.

However, Song Shiyan's suggestion is indeed the best way to stabilize the situation so far, and each link is interconnected, and the problem cannot be solved satisfactorily if any link is missing.

Lu Peichuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Thank you, brother. I will carefully consider your suggestion."

Song Shiyan nodded, stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, stood up, and walked towards the door. After taking two steps, he remembered something and stopped. "Any negative news now will only make things worse for the Lu family. Tell your mother not to do anything foolish again."

Lu Peichuan's brows furrowed with doubt, as if he wanted to ask something, but Song Shiyan had already turned and left.

Fang Zheng followed behind Song Shiyan, and couldn't help but give Song Shiyan a thumbs up in his heart.

Not only did they force Lu Peichuan to divorce, they also effectively tied him to Su Qingya, cutting off any possibility of Lu Peichuan regretting his decision.

High, really high.

As expected of his boss, he first stirred up trouble in secret, then stepped forward to provide a solution, easily achieving his goal and making Lu Peichuan extremely grateful to him.

This game was set up perfectly.

This isn't a competition; it's an absolute crushing defeat.

**

The Lu family's old residence.

Lu Yunshan sat on the sofa at a loss. The butler came over to urge him, "Master, please eat something. Your body can't take this. Mr. Lu is in charge of the company's affairs."

Lu Yunshan waved his hand; he was too angry to eat anything right now.

If Lu Peichuan had readily agreed to the divorce back then, how could things have gotten so out of control like this now?

Bai Yuxiu and Lu Xingyao sat listlessly on the sofa.

Just then, the sound of a car engine shutting off came from outside.

Lu Xingyao immediately sat up straight, her eyes sparkling. She wanted to go to the door to see if it was Song Shiyan, but with Lu Yunshan present, she could only suppress her joy and sit obediently, craning her neck to look at the door.

Upon seeing that it was Lu Peichuan who entered, the light in his eyes instantly vanished, and he leaned back onto the sofa.

Lu Yunshan hurriedly asked, "Is there a solution?"

Lu Peichuan nodded, sat down on the sofa, and told Lu Yunshan about Song Shiyan's suggestion.

Lu Yunshan's graying brows furrowed after hearing this. Divorce, apologies, none of that mattered, but marrying Su Qingya was another matter entirely...

She had a child with her, and she always felt uneasy about letting the Lu family raise someone else's child.

But there's no better solution right now.

Lu Yunshan sighed and said, "Do as your elder brother says."

Bai Yuxiu immediately spoke up: "I agree to the divorce, but Rong Zheng wants a share of the property? No way! It has to be done according to the previous divorce agreement. She has to leave with nothing."

Remembering what Song Shiyan had said before leaving, Lu Peichuan frowned and asked Bai Yuxiu, "What did you do today?"

Bai Yuxiu felt that although she hadn't succeeded in finding Rong Zheng today, she had still done something for the Lu family, so she spoke about it somewhat like she wanted to take credit.

Lu Peichuan hadn't slept for a day and a night and was already exhausted. Hearing Bai Yuxiu's words, the anger that had been suppressed in his heart finally erupted. He raised his voice and roared, "Are you trying to add another news story about fighting for custody of my daughter to my already bad reputation?"

Bai Yuxiu was taken aback by her son's outburst, and the next moment she said aggrievedly, "I'm trying to help you, I don't want you to be led by the nose by Rong Zheng."

"You're ruining me!" Lu Peichuan's eyes were filled with barely contained rage. "Rong Zheng is my wife, Tangtang is my daughter, how could you treat them like this?"

Recalling Bai Yuxiu's past disdain for Rong Zheng, Lu Peichuan blurted out without thinking, "If you hadn't always looked down on Rong Zheng and disliked that she gave birth to a daughter, would she have left me?"

Bai Yuxiu looked at Lu Peichuan in disbelief. The son she had treated with all her heart was now pushing all the responsibility onto her.

He was born, he was raised, and he was always put first in everything.

In the end, he said she was the one who harmed him.

Feeling wronged, angry, heartbroken...

A flood of emotions welled up inside me.

Tears welled up without warning.

Bai Yuxiu pointed at herself with tears streaming down her face, "It's my fault, you're blaming me now? You really are my good son."

When Lu Peichuan saw Bai Yuxiu crying, he belatedly realized that he had spoken too harshly. However, his mind was in a mess, and he had a lot of things to deal with. He had no mood to comfort her. He simply said, "I have something to do, so I'll be going first," and then got up and left.

Lu Yunshan stood up, saying, "More trouble than he's worth," and went upstairs.

**

The next day.

On Rong Zheng's first day back at work after giving birth, many colleagues came to comfort her, telling her to think more positively, that men are unreliable, that it wasn't her fault, and that life still had to go on.

Some offered genuine comfort, while others were simply there to watch the spectacle.

If she had known that Lu Peichuan's affair would be exposed, she wouldn't have come to work early. She doesn't like being the center of attention in this way.

However, since it has already happened and she has canceled her leave, she can only adjust her mindset and face it.

But one thing made her very happy: she was promoted to chief physician, which was the highest level of clinical professional title, a senior-level position.

The dean spoke with her, asking if she was willing to develop in the direction of administrative management, and if so, she could first serve as the head of a department.

Rong Zheng knew that taking this path meant gradually accumulating experience, rising through the ranks, and eventually becoming the dean. This meant that her focus would shift to administration rather than medical skills, which was not her original intention. "Thank you for your high regard, dean, but I only want to delve into professional academics."

While she was at the orphanage, she saw many kind-hearted people donating supplies and money to the orphanage. It was because of their help that her orphans were able to have a place to live and grow up healthily.

She has no grand ambitions; she simply wants to do her best to give back to society and use her medical skills to help patients escape the torment of illness and experience fewer separations and deaths.

She wanted to see the patients recover and return to normal life with her own eyes, so that she wouldn't have wasted her time wearing the white coat.