ABRWF Chapter 405.2

Lu Qingyan wasn’t particularly sad.

Because he knew Jiang Nanshu’s personality from the beginning. She might feel guilty toward him for waiting five years, or she might feel sympathy for him because of the hurt she caused at the birthday party.

But that wasn’t what Lu Qingyan wanted.

He wanted Jiang Nanshu’s sincerity, pure and genuine, without any deception, genuinely good to him, for his own good, not promises made to appease his feelings.

Because this kind of thing could be changed.

It could be changed if she were unhappy.

He’d always known that.

Seeing Lu Qingyan remain silent, Tao Tao’s gaze also fell on the ring—a very beautiful diamond ring.

She swallowed hard: “Jiang, Jiang Nanshu certainly wouldn’t want to see you like this. Now that she’s back, you can start over with her. I won’t stop you anymore. I’ll stay far away from you and promise I won’t appear in front of you. Please, please let me go. I won’t expose this.”

“She wants me to let you go.” Lu Qingyan suddenly said.

Tao Tao’s eyes lit up, her breathing becoming heavier.

“But I don’t want to.” Lu Qingyan smiled.

He threw his cigarette butt on the ground, leaned back lazily in his chair, and watched her emotional changes as if he were toying with a mouse.

How amusing.

The light in Tao Tao’s eyes instantly died.

Her wrists, chained, felt no pain.

Lu Qingyan chuckled softly.

Otherwise, why would he let Jiang Nanshu out?

It was just to make it easier to move the person in front of him around; he didn’t want Jiang Nanshu to see her.

He looked down at her fear with detached amusement.

There are many ways to torture someone.

He disliked physical torture, believing that dealing with someone should begin with their spirit.

Only when she suffered a mental breakdown would she truly know what it meant to admit her wrongdoing.

Lu Qingyan ignored her.

He turned and left.

Tao Tao became agitated: “Let me out! Let me go, Lu Qingyan, Brother Qingyan, please, woo, woo, I don’t want to stay here anymore!”

She reacted violently, and the chains chafed her wrists, causing them to bleed again.

“You’ll get used to it, Tao Tao. See you next time.”

Lu Qingyan stood in the doorway, smiling at her.

The basement door slowly closed under her desperate gaze, leaving her in complete darkness.

It was ten o’clock at night.

Lu Qingyan’s phone rang.

He quickly pulled out his phone; it was a message from Yang Jiashu, asking if he wanted to attend their high school reunion tomorrow.

A flash of disappointment crossed Lu Qingyan’s eyes. His slender fingers lightly tapped the screen to reply: [Not going.]

His phone only contained messages from his business partner and Ye Yuan.

There was also a message from his grandfather, asking him to bring Jiang Nanshu to the Lu family’s old house for dinner this weekend. His parents would be there; it would be a formal family gathering, and they could discuss his future with Jiang Nanshu.

He scrolled to the bottom but didn’t find the message he was looking for.

He gave a low scoff and deleted all the messages from his phone.

He slipped the ring into his pocket.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to go home.

The lights were already off; Jiang Nanshu was asleep.

Lu Qingyan stood at the guest bedroom door for a full five minutes before turning back to his own room.

He carefully placed the ring back into the box.

He had it custom-made before he went abroad.

At that time, he thought that whether Jiang Nanshu wanted it or not, he would marry her.

Even if he had to force her into the marriage, it didn’t matter.

 

 

 

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