Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Indifference

After returning home, Lu Xiao went to find Lu Huan.

Lu Huan was in her room, chatting with her best female friends. Just as Lu Xiao pushed the door open, she heard Lu Huan say, “You know, that Noah guy messages me every day. It’s so annoying. If I’d known he was this clingy, I never would have flirted with him in the first place. Now I can’t shake him off, and who knows when my sister will deal with it for me!”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao knocked on the door with a cold smile. Lu Huan turned at the sound, saw her, and instinctively cut off the communication. Then, she flashed an obsequious smile at Lu Xiao. “Sis, you’re back!”

“Mm. Done chatting with your friends?” Lu Xiao asked, tilting her chin up slightly.

“Done, all done! I was just venting a little. I didn’t mean anything by it.”

Lu Xiao paid no mind to Lu Huan’s attempt to explain.

“Good, as long as you’re done. Get ready. I’ve already spoken with Earl Hua An and arranged for you to clear things up with Noah. You will go apologize to him, and once you have his forgiveness, this matter will be settled.”

Lu Xiao’s tone was casual, as if asking Lu Huan to apologize to Noah was the most normal, trivial thing in the world.

But Lu Huan’s expression changed instantly. She stared at Lu Xiao in disbelief. “Are you crazy? You’re actually making me apologize to a male? How am I supposed to live with myself after this?”

“Shouldn’t you apologize when you’ve done something wrong?” Lu Xiao looked at her. Her tone wasn’t harsh, but it was exceptionally firm. “Instead of solving the problem you created, you just run away, push the blame onto others, or expect someone else to clean up your mess. Is that what you have to be so proud of, Lu Huan? Don’t you find that ridiculous? I don’t care if you can live with yourself or not. You have two days to prepare. I’ll go with you this weekend.”

With that, Lu Xiao turned to leave, not even glancing at Lu Huan’s pitiful, on-the-verge-of-tears expression. ’Just crocodile tears,’ she thought. As she reached the door, she remembered something. “I’ve already spoken with Mother. She has no objections.”

That single sentence completely crushed any thought Lu Huan had of running to Lu Ge Wei to complain.

After Lu Xiao left, Lu Huan sat on her bed in a huff and punched her pillow repeatedly to vent her frustration.

’If my friends find out I apologized to Noah, how am I ever going to face anyone at school!’

’How could Lu Xiao do this? She’s not thinking about me at all!’

’If I’d known this would happen, why did I even ask Lu Xiao for help in the first place!’

’What’s the point of staying here, just to be tormented by Lu Xiao!’

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved Lu Huan felt.

She couldn’t stand it for another second. She had to leave. Fine, she wouldn’t ask Lu Xiao for help anymore!

The moment Lu Huan left, Ares informed Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao wasn’t surprised to hear it. ’It would be stranger if Lu Huan actually listened obediently!’

She glanced at the time. There weren’t many places Lu Huan could go this late. She was on leave from school, and with the nightly curfew, she couldn’t go back there.

The only places she could really go were Count Ge Wei’s Mansion or a hotel.

But to Lu Xiao’s surprise, after leaving her place, Lu Huan didn’t go to Count Ge Wei’s Mansion or a hotel. She went straight to a bar.

’Hmph. She really never learns!’

She had Ares send someone to follow her. As long as nothing serious happened, they were to leave her be.

’If she wants to act up, let her. As long as she can guarantee she won’t cause any more trouble for me.’

Lu Xiao wouldn’t waste too much energy on unimportant people.

That evening, she performed the Spiritual Soothing for Ares as usual. His mental recovery was progressing remarkably well.

Ever since his danger assessment value reached B-level, Ares hadn’t had a single headache. He felt he no longer needed Spiritual Soothing, but Lu Xiao insisted it wasn’t enough because the Dark Matter in his Spirit Sea hadn’t been completely cleared out.

They could only stop the daily Spiritual Soothing once all the Dark Matter was gone.

For this, Ares was filled with gratitude.

But unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Ares received a report from his subordinate: Lu Huan was being harassed by two males at the bar.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiao immediately sent Lu Huan a voice call request.

Lu Huan, who was being harassed by two drunk males and didn’t know what to do, suddenly received the voice call from Lu Xiao. She answered without a second thought. “Sis, hurry! Two males are bullying me!”

“Are you going to apologize to Noah or not?” Lu Xiao’s voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority.

“Instead of saving me, you’re still talking about making me apologize to him? Are you crazy? If something happens to me…”

“If something happens to you, it has nothing to do with me. You have your own two feet. Did I tell you to go to a bar? Did I not tell you to stay away from places like that? Did you listen? Even if something happens, you brought it on yourself. Since you don’t want to apologize, then fine. You don’t have to come back.”

Just as Lu Xiao was about to end the call, Lu Huan seemed to sense her intention and started wailing, “I’ll do it! I’ll do it! I’ll apologize! Just send someone to get me, please! SOB, SOB… Get away! Don’t touch me! You monsters!”

“Then wait,” Lu Xiao said. After hanging up, she had Ares’s men bring Lu Huan back.

By the time Lu Huan returned, Lu Xiao was already back in her room, resting. ’As if I’d stay up waiting like a fool to comfort her. Impossible!’

’Waking up to save her once was already a massive act of conscience.’

Terrified, cold, hungry, and with no one to comfort her, Lu Huan returned home to find no one waiting for her.

There was only a dark, cold living room. At that moment, Lu Huan truly felt like she had been abandoned by the world.

’Did I really do something wrong? Do I really deserve this cold treatment?’

Overwhelmed with self-pity, Lu Huan could no longer hold it in and burst into loud sobs.

But no matter how loudly or desperately she cried, Lu Xiao didn’t come out to check on her even once.

Lu Huan, who had fallen asleep at some point, was woken the next morning by Lu Xiao’s voice. “Go clean yourself up. You’re coming with me. Be quick about it. I have to go to work soon; I don’t have much time to spare for you.”

Lu Huan looked at Lu Xiao in a daze. “Do you have any idea what I went through last night?”

“I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. What you went through has nothing to do with me. You don’t listen to what I say, so when you get into trouble, you have to bear the consequences yourself. I could save you this time, but next time…” Lu Xiao let out a cold laugh. “Go upstairs and wash your face. I’ll give you fifteen minutes. You’d better hurry, while I still have some patience left.”

Sensing the complete shift in Lu Xiao’s attitude toward her, Lu Huan grew uneasy.

She felt that Lu Xiao’s current attitude was even worse than when they first met. It was as if she wanted nothing more to do with her at all.

For some reason, even though this was what she had originally wanted, she suddenly felt a sense of panic.

It was as if without Lu Xiao looking out for her, she had lost her anchor.

With that thought, Lu Huan didn’t dare delay any longer. She rushed upstairs, washed her face, and made it back down to the hovercar within the fifteen-minute deadline. Seeing Ares, she obediently said, “Brother-in-law, thank you for sending someone to save me yesterday.”

After saying that, she couldn’t help but steal a quick glance at the expressionless Lu Xiao.

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