People will deceive themselves.

Song Junzhu couldn’t agree more with this sentence.

She couldn’t admit that it was because she had fallen in love with Lu Xing at first sight, so she could only come up with a ridiculous reason.

She kept telling herself this reason, and eventually, she herself believed it.

“So cheap.”

Song Junzhu stared at the cold and indifferent face in the mirror.

If it weren’t for Zhang Yue directly pointing out her problem, she didn’t know how much longer she would have deceived herself.

Those little actions of Lu Xing, did she really not see them?

Of course, she saw them.

But she chose not to see them.

‘Drinking poison to quench thirst.’ Even if it’s poison, it quenches thirst.

Regardless of whether Lu Xing’s confession that night was sincere or not, at least it gave her a reason to feel at ease.

‘See.’

You were the one who confessed first, so I can be good to you openly.

“So cheap.”

Song Junzhu repeated it again, a cool smile on her lips.

She knew that Lu Xing had the habit of looking at the trending topics. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have seen Chi Yueshan’s botched performance that day.

On the day of the yacht and fireworks, it had directly reached the top of the city’s trending topics.

The magnificent fireworks lit up the sky. Countless netizens discovered that they had really become the exploded NPCs in a novel.

She didn’t believe that Lu Xing hadn’t seen it.

But Lu Xing played dumb.

“Let him play dumb.”

Song Junzhu lowered her head and laughed self-deprecatingly.

Let him play dumb.

“As long as you’re still by my side, anything is fine.”

…

After Zhang Yue sent a message saying she had entered, Song Junzhu took Lu Xing downstairs.

The two of them sat on the sofa, with a delicate and sweet afternoon tea on the table.

Song Junzhu was still giving instructions.

“My friend is a very good person. You don’t need to be afraid of her. If she’s not satisfied with you, you can tell me…”

Lu Xing listened while nodding sincerely.

‘Fuck.’

Is this like entrusting an orphan?

“Junzhu!”

Zhang Yue tried her best not to show any abnormality, calling Song Junzhu’s name as usual.

The moment Lu Xing heard this voice, the smile on his lips froze, and a chill went down his back.

Zhang Yue chatted with Song Junzhu for a few sentences, her gaze falling on the person behind her.

The one percent hope in her heart that it was a coincidence was completely shattered.

It really was Lu Xing.

Zhang Yue forced a smile and extended her hand.

“Hello, Lu Xing. My name is Zhang Yue. I’m Junzhu’s good friend.”

“Hello, Dr. Zhang. I’m Lu Xing.”

Lu Xing stood up, a perfect smile on his face, his eyes showing no fluctuation, as gentle as usual.

Two people who had known each other for many years…

At this moment, finally got a formal opportunity to introduce themselves.

Zhang Yue’s heart went cold. This was the first time she had seen such a look in Lu Xing’s eyes.

Under the gentleness was a layer of indifference that kept people at a thousand miles’ distance.

“Alright, sit down and have something to eat. We’ll go to the airport in a bit.”

Song Junzhu interrupted the two’s handshake, her expression a little unnatural.

Do you have to hold hands for so long?

Lu Xing appropriately withdrew his hand and sat down obediently beside Song Junzhu.

Zhang Yue sat opposite the two of them, looking at Lu Xing pouring tea for Song Junzhu with a complicated expression.

She wanted to speak, but she couldn’t say anything.

If Song Junzhu’s duck was a greedy little man, then Zhang Yue could let Song Junzhu keep him without any burden.

But that person just had to be Lu Xing.

Why is it Lu Xing?

How can it be Lu Xing?

At this moment, Zhang Yue only felt that fate was unpredictable. The pervert she had cursed so many times was actually her best friend.

“Dr. Zhang, have some tea.”

Lu Xing poured tea for Song Junzhu, then poured a cup for Zhang Yue as well.

Zhang Yue looked at the smile on Lu Xing’s lips and nodded.

“Oh, okay.”

She didn’t know what to say. She had never experienced such a scene before.

This afternoon tea was so uncomfortable for Zhang Yue. On the contrary, Lu Xing was as calm as if he didn’t know her.

Mainly, Lu Xing was the one talking.

He was both concerned about Song Junzhu’s health and afraid that Zhang Yue would be bored, so he also threw topics to her.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yue was absent-minded and only responded occasionally.

Until it was time, Song Junzhu drove the two of them to the airport.

“Goodbye, Professor Song.”

Lu Xing stood there with a smile, watching Song Junzhu leave.

Zhang Yue stood beside him, forced a smile, and waved goodbye to Song Junzhu.

After Song Junzhu had completely disappeared from their sight, the already precarious atmosphere between Lu Xing and Zhang Yue instantly dropped to a freezing point.

The car was parked in the parking lot. The car was silent.

Zhang Yue sat in the driver’s seat, Lu Xing sat in the passenger seat. Both of them were silent.

After a long while.

Zhang Yue spoke. “I didn’t know you were doing this.”

“Now you know.”

Lu Xing was expressionless, only feeling that he had been a little too unlucky recently.

Zhang Yue choked for a moment.

She had never heard Lu Xing speak in such a cold tone before.

“I asked you. Why didn’t you tell me you were doing this?”

“Is it so glorious?”

Lu Xing replied calmly.

Zhang Yue leaned against the steering wheel in despair. “Do you know what Junzhu’s feelings for you are?”

“I know.”

Lu Xing, like a sculpture, suddenly said.

“You’ve asked me so many questions. Then let me ask you one.”

“When did you know it was me?”

When the two of them met, he had noticed that Zhang Yue’s eyes were not surprised, but sad.

Which meant…

Zhang Yue should have known it was him earlier.

But.

Since Zhang Yue knew it was him, yet she hadn’t told Song Junzhu about this…

What does this mean?

Lu Xing felt that things had completely taken a turn. It seemed he didn’t need such an extreme method to leave.

Zhang Yue was silent for a moment and said.

“Junzhu only told me your name on the phone today. I only knew there was such a person before.”

It was precisely because she didn’t know that person was Lu Xing that she had advised Song Junzhu to seize the opportunity.

But now, facing Lu Xing, she suddenly found that the words she had used to persuade Song Junzhu were as if she were committing a sin.

Lu Xing nodded. He found that it was indeed as he had speculated. Then there was something he could use.

A dead game of chess, sometimes it’s not impossible to revive it.

“Thank you for not telling Professor Song about my affairs.”

Zhang Yue looked at him from the side, surprised. She hadn’t expected Lu Xing to say this first. Her heart suddenly turned sour.

“It’s nothing. This is your privacy. I won’t tell anyone else.”

“Thank you.”

Lu Xing, like a robot, thanked her word for word.

Zhang Yue completely collapsed.

She had seen the most sincere smile of Lu Xing at the hospital. Now, seeing Lu Xing’s gloomy and lifeless look, how could she not feel sad?

“Junzhu likes you. Do you know?”

“She doesn’t like me. She likes the way I take care of her. Isn’t that so? Is that also called ‘like’?”

Lu Xing was unprecedentedly direct.

Zhang Yue was stunned.

After a long while.

Although she admitted that what Lu Xing said made sense, she still said.

“Junzhu is a person who never gives up until she achieves her goal. As long as she wants it, she will definitely get it.”

Lu Xing quietly shifted his angle, hiding half of his face in the darkness, and said with a very lonely tone.

“What can I do?”

Zhang Yue looked at him from the side.

Half of Lu Xing’s body was hidden in the darkness, leaving only a slender jawline.

And then.

Zhang Yue saw a teardrop slide down Lu Xing’s cheek.

“What can I do?”

Zhang Yue was stunned.

At the hospital, even at Lu Xing’s most difficult times, she had never seen him shed a tear.

…

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