Night Rose

"Su Jin!" Lu Mingzhou caught up, not daring to pull her back again, afraid she would shake him off. "Fine! No matter what you think of me, I hope you won't act impulsively. You'll be staying in New York for a while, right? Where will you be staying these days?"

Su Jin wanted to say she was staying at a hotel, but she hadn't brought any clothes with her, while she had clothes and supplies readily available at her home in New York.

She bought the New York apartment outright; it's near Topchain, making commuting convenient.

Lu Mingzhou has always lived in the employee dormitory provided by Topchain, which is definitely not as good as an apartment.

After Su Jin's house was renovated, he moved in with her.

After Lu Mingzhou reminded her, Su Jin finally remembered her house.

She patted her pockets; she hadn't brought her keys to New York, leaving all the keys with Zhou Zheng.

"Of course I live in my own home. You've moved out, haven't you? Give me back the keys."

She reached out her hand to take the keys, but instead of receiving them, Lu Mingzhou looked at her somewhat awkwardly. "Su Jin, I'll go back with you."

"Okay, you can pack your things and move out while you're at it." Su Jin didn't pay attention to his expression, assuming that he just hadn't moved out yet and was still staying at her place, so he felt apologetic.

However, when she returned to her apartment, she found that another woman was living there, acting as if she were the lady of the house. She threw away the ornaments that Su Jin had spent a long time searching for and replaced them with a bouquet of flowers.

Su Jin pointed to the crystal ornament, "Lu Mingzhou, where did this ornament that I bought for 30,000 yuan go?!"

Lu Mingzhou bent down to tidy up the personal clothes scattered on the sofa, not caring at all. "Junior sister said that the crystal was too dazzling, and she prefers fresh flowers, so she threw it away."

"A 30,000 yuan ornament, just thrown away like that? She's really generous with money, even if it's not hers," Su Jin mocked.

Lu Mingzhou couldn't stand Su Jin saying that to her, so he frowned and said, "I'll compensate you on her behalf."

"Fine, then you have to pay me the rent for these past few months too. I'll calculate it for both of you!" Su Jin said firmly.

Lu Mingzhou's lips parted slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Su Jin paced around the living room, the place almost too dirty for her to step in. "Lu Mingzhou, I'm telling you! Get someone to clean this place up right now. I'm not moving in until it's thoroughly disinfected!"

"Su Jin, aren't you going too far?" Lu Mingzhou couldn't help but say.

Su Jin picked up the bra strap from the sofa and threw it in front of him. "I'm being unreasonable? You brought another woman back to your ex-girlfriend's house, and you think I'm being unreasonable? Have you lost your mind?"

She pushed open the master bedroom door, but the scene that had made her blood pressure spike didn't happen. Everything in the master bedroom was still in its original place; no one had ever lived there.

"How could I let her sleep in the master bedroom, Su Jin? You really misunderstood me and Xu Jingyi." Lu Mingzhou softened his voice. "She's just starting her internship, and the company hasn't assigned her a dormitory yet, so I let her move in. I thought we would never be separated in this lifetime."

If Lu Mingzhou had boldly admitted it, Su Jin would have thought he was a man. But he had already let others into her house and was still trying to argue that they had no relationship!

Su Jin turned around and found the person so close to her. She pushed him aside and changed the door code.

"She threw away all my decorative items. Adding the rent to the total, and considering our five years of friendship, let's give you a discount and give you 120,000."

Lu Mingzhou didn't dwell on the money issue with her; he picked up his phone and transferred 128,000 yuan to her.

Su Jin smiled when she saw the amount.

"See, we're just so incompatible, we can't talk to each other, we'll never get along. Get someone to clean the room right now, you two move out today, and give me back the keys."

Lu Mingzhou's eyes shifted slightly, a mixture of clarity and pain in them. "Su Jin, I'll make her move out right away. Can you... please stop treating me like this?"

"Lu Mingzhou, do you know? We've been together for five years, and you've always been the model boyfriend in other people's eyes. I used to be so naive and thought it was because you were good, but actually it was because I was good, you know? A flower looks beautiful no matter where it's placed. And you, you're a perfect match for your junior sister, you two are a perfect couple." Su Jin forced a smile.

When the topic of their five-year relationship comes up again, it's hard for either of them to accept it.

Su Jin felt like she had fed dogs for those five years. Lu Mingzhou and his good junior sister had been flirting right under her nose, and she just felt disgusted.

When Lu Mingzhou was about to face the consequences, he realized how good Su Jin was. But his junior sister needed him too, so why couldn't they get along peacefully?

If Su Jin were willing to reconcile, he would help her settle the matter as he promised, but Su Jin was extremely unwilling.

Su Jin was too lazy to waste words with him and reached out for the key.

Lu Mingzhou raised his heavy hand and returned the key that he once possessed to her.

The last thread connecting the two broke, and only then did Lu Mingzhou realize that Su Jin was truly leaving him.

"Are you with him?" Lu Mingzhou suddenly asked.

Su Jin paused for a moment as she left, but she didn't turn around; her tone remained indifferent.

"It's none of your business."

Lu Mingzhou roared like a madman, "He's not right for you at all! Su Jin, come back! Come back!"

Su Jin acted as if she hadn't heard, and closed the heavy door, shutting Lu Mingzhou's powerless roar inside.

Forget it, I'll just arrange for someone to clean it myself.

Su Jin finally booked a room and lay down on the hotel bed. Only then did she realize how tired she was, and a deep sense of exhaustion overwhelmed her.

The fatigue from the long flight and the mental exhaustion combined made her fall asleep as soon as she lay down.

The person who had booked dinner for 6 p.m. arrived on time and knocked on the door, waking her up.

Su Jin finally understood why people are grumpy when they wake up. She was so tired, yet she still had to get up to eat and adjust to the time difference. She really wanted to destroy the world.

While fighting off sleepiness, I ate my meal and turned on the TV to watch the news to stay awake.

Suddenly, my phone rang.

Su Jin thought it was Ling Keke calling, but when she picked it up, she found it was Zhou Zheng.

"Feed".

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Zhou Zheng's languid voice rang out, carrying a hint of barely perceptible resentment.

Su Jin laughed, lay down on the bed, turned over and lay face down while talking to him on the phone, "After dinner, it was such a terrible white meal, I really miss Chef Zhou's cooking."

"When are you coming back?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"I don't know yet, it's not over yet." Su Jin sighed. She really didn't know when this matter would be over.

Zhou Zheng paused, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied, and remained silent for a long while.

Su Jin had no choice but to change the subject. She glanced at the time and asked, "It's only six in the morning where you are, how come you're awake already?"

Of course, Zhou Zheng wouldn't tell her that he had been thinking about her going to New York and hadn't slept well at all. He was also worried that she might have run off with someone else, so he called her as soon as he woke up in the morning to make sure she was still his.

"I slept too much yesterday."

"It must be tiring, Brother Zhou," Su Jin said ambiguously, noticing Zhou Zheng's breathing becoming heavy.

Zhou Zheng lowered his voice, as if he were speaking to someone in secret, speaking as if he were whispering in her ear.

"When you come back, I'll show you how tired Brother Zhou is."