Kyoto Night Kiss

Qu Yun felt as if her wrist bones were about to be crushed.

Lu Junhe pulled her so hard that she stumbled forward several steps.

The surrounding whispers were dense and numerous, and everyone's gaze was filled with inquiry and disdain, as if she were a heinous criminal.

Lu Junhe remained silent, wanting only to drag her outside into the living room.

"Let me go!" Qu Yun's pent-up grievances surged up, and she struggled desperately despite the pain in her wrists: "Lu Junhe, you are the one who knows the truth best."

Why did you do this to me!

Lu Junhe's eyes were cold and devoid of any warmth. He forcefully dragged Qu Yun outside, through the corridor and garden, and finally to the deserted backyard.

He finally stopped and abruptly released her wrist.

Qu Yun was thrown back two steps, and a clear red mark immediately appeared on her skin.

She feels pain even with the slightest movement.

The man in front of her turned around, his eyes filled with a chilling coldness. He said with exasperation, "Qu Yun, if you had any sense at all, you shouldn't have rashly appeared in this kind of situation and embarrassed yourself."

"Then try to imagine what it feels like to be kept in the dark for seven years, thinking that your own flesh and blood is long gone!"

Qu Yun roared out, and the sharpness she had been holding onto crumbled in an instant.

Her eyes were red at the corners, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly as she tried to hold back her tears.

Lu Junhe was stunned for a moment.

Qu Yun just stared at him, her voice trembling with helpless sobs: "Why are you doing this to me?"

Her shoulders trembled slightly, and after biting her lip, she finally burst into tears: "Lu Junhe, what did I do wrong?"

"Just because I fell in love with you, do I have to suffer such a cruel punishment?"

But she didn't regret it.

She complained about her initial attraction, about why she chose to continue down a path that had no future from the start, and about her greed for happiness.

But she couldn't bear to part with Lu Junhe's kindness.

She couldn't bear to see Lu Junhe so bad.

During the seven years they were separated, she knew every bit of the pain this man had caused her.

Qu Yun's tears finally rolled down her cheeks and landed on the dusty ground.

She reached out and wiped her eyes, trying to stop the tears, but instead, they flowed even more freely.

Only then did she realize in despair.

Every tear she shed wasn't for this man, but for a love she herself couldn't even offer.

If only she were a little better, better enough to be worthy of this man.

Lu Junhe froze, his gaze falling on the wet ground.

He tried to lift his fingertips several times, but each time he forced them back down.

Suddenly, Qu Yun knelt down in front of him.

The person who had never bowed her head even after suffering countless grievances had now abandoned all dignity. Her hair was loose and mostly fell down, covering her pale cheeks.

Her voice was broken and humble as she said to him, "It was my fault."

I shouldn't have fallen in love with you.

"I apologize for all the old grudges between us, Lu Junhe. I beg you, please give me back my child."

Qu Yun even considered bending down and kowtowing, but she was already so numb that she felt nothing at all.

Lu Junhe glanced at the surveillance camera hidden in the corner, his throat tightening. "Have you made enough of a scene?"

Qu Yun opened her mouth as if to say that she wasn't joking, but after meeting the man's cold gaze, she fell silent.

She let Lu Junhe talk.

"The Lu family is not a place where you can run wild. Your child was born and raised in the Lu family, and has nothing to do with you."

Lu Junhe's breath hitched. "Not handing you over to the police today is my final line."

These words made Qu Yun want to laugh.

But when she laughed, it was both tragic and absurd.

She stared at the man in front of her silently for a long while before finally accepting the truth. "Lu Junhe, since when did you start bullying me with your mother?"

Perhaps it was before that so-called abortion surgery.

He helped his mother lie to her that her child was dead.

She even said that it wouldn't matter if she died.

Qu Yun stopped the torrent of tears, all the grievances faded away, leaving only cold hatred.

She said, "I carried this child for ten months and gave birth to him. I will definitely bring him back to my side."

Lu Junhe didn't say anything more.

He bent down slightly, intending to pull Qu Yun up from the ground. Taking advantage of the few seconds her face was obscured, he whispered, "Give me some time, hmm?"

Qu Yun's eyes were vacant. She pushed away the man in front of her and stood up on her own.

She said in a flat tone, "You should just go die."

"If you die, I can rightfully regain custody of the children."

Qu Yun turned and left after she finished speaking.

This time, she was truly sincere.

Go to hell.

Whether it's him or his mother, everyone who tries to stop her from taking her child back should die.

Qu Yun dragged her tired body back to the hotel, where everyone around her pointed and whispered.

Even the receptionist, who used to be able to exchange a few words with her, now looked at her with disdain.

They didn't mince words and discussed it directly in front of her: "I never thought someone would actually use a child to blackmail her into being a wealthy wife."

"Exactly! Using a child as a stepping stone to climb higher—that's utterly despicable and shameless! They've ruined our hotel's reputation!"

Qu Yun pretended not to hear and tidied up the things on her desk.

Some people even wrote colorful sticky notes and stuck them on her computer, all containing obscene words.

Gold digger, scheming bitch, get out of Lanting...

Qu Yun tore off the strips of paper without expression, crumpled them into balls, and threw them into the trash can.

She knew that Yan Suling must have had a falling out over her 60th birthday, so she deliberately spread rumors in the hotel to retaliate against her.

But it doesn't matter, she won't be defeated by such methods.

Two colleagues took out their phones and whispered, "Wow, they're so shameless! Quick, take a picture and show it to the others."

Qu Yun arrived at the school gate more than ten minutes early to wait for her child to finish school.

She wasn't nervous at all during the birthday banquet, but now she's starting to feel scared.

Will Lu Jinxing accept her as a mother who is so terrible that he can't even recognize his own child at first glance?

Furthermore, she once said that the child was withdrawn and even heard him say that she would hate Lu Junhe's offspring as well.

It turns out that she was the one who caused everything.

The school bell rang shrill and piercingly.

Groups of children gradually emerged from the school gate.

Qu Yun stared intently at the crowd, her heart clenching as if it were being squeezed.

She first saw Cheng Chongchong carrying his schoolbag, but Lu Jinxing was not by his side.

"Mom!" Cheng Chongchong called out as she walked over.

He said, feeling wronged, "My deskmate didn't even finish the last class today before his grandma picked him up."

"He...he seems to be going abroad to study, waaaaah, my best friend is leaving, will I ever see Lu Buxing again?!"