C5

(5) Confusion

When she called Shu Lan, Lu Xinpei bent over to pick up the fruit knife that had fallen on the ground. He walked to the opposite side of her and asked in a soft voice, "What are you going to do with the matter just now?"

Seeing his right hand behind his back, Lyi Qingqing shook her head. "Forget it. I'm not hurt either!"

Lu Xinpei nodded, extended his hand and made a "please" gesture. "Let's go, I'll send you home!"

Lyi Qingqing was stunned for two seconds. "There's no need to trouble yourself. I live very close to her."

Lu Xinpei smiled and said, "I can only send you up close, I don't drive."

After walking out of the school gate, he turned left. After walking for 500 meters, he turned left again. Both sides of Lin Yuan Road were filled with camphor trees, and they all year round looked like the crown of a tree was spreading its branches and leaves. She had been under the impression that the tree did not flower, and it was only during the last two years that she discovered that every spring, at the beginning of the summer, many new branches had small, greenish cones in their armpits.

After walking for some distance, Lyi Qingqing took the initiative to find a topic to talk to him. "Thank you, Professor Lu!"

Lu Xinpei thought for a moment. "Maybe we should apologize to you! The dinner last time brought you trouble today. "

Lyi Qingqing cast a sidelong glance at him, and for some reason, a sliver of displeasure appeared in her heart. However, I will directly tell him that Mu Shaoqi and I are not suitable for each other. "

After a while, Lu Xinpei said: "I thought you had already said that."

She was surprised, but she said: "Professor Lu, are you going home soon? It's hard to get a car down here in my neighborhood. "

Lu Xinpei glanced at her and said, "Go back to school." Every week, I have two days in the dorms arranged by the school. "However, we will move to a new residence nearby very soon."

Actually, there were some gossipy classmates who had dug up his background. Master's degree in architecture from Z University. Thirty-seven years old this year, a director and creative design director of one of the city's most famous architects' firms. Lu Xinpei was 25 years old and his wife was in love with him. He married at the age of 27 and was selected as one of the top ten outstanding architects in China in the same year. Five years ago, after a major car accident, when his wife's lower body had been paralyzed, he had left the construction industry to concentrate on his wife's daily life. Three years ago, the firm encountered an unprecedented bottleneck and credibility crisis. Lu Xinpei, persuaded by his friends and wife to return to the country, continued to participate in the firm's decision-making and management, not only reversing the situation in one fell swoop, but also led the entire firm to be transferred to real estate within two years. The company was successfully listed on the stock market last year.

It was said that Mrs. Lu had signed the divorce agreement unilaterally two years ago, and he had never agreed to it. At present, the couple are still living apart.

As for why he agreed to come to their school as a visiting professor, some said it was in return for his alma mater, some said it was for the fame of a successful person, while others said that he had been in the limelight for the past two years, taking advantage of the change in national circumstances. He took this opportunity to hide his strength, while others directly said it was to find the next Mrs Lu.

Once during class, Shu Lan had asked her which answer would be more reasonable, and let her think from the point of view of the rich.

Lyi Qingqing remembered what she had said: How should I know?

However, she did know that apart from the two of them, all the other girls in the department probably hoped that it was the last reason.

Shu Lan rolled her eyes at her. You're wrong, and maybe some boys, too, have heard that many countries recognize gay marriage as legal and are protected by the law.

When they arrived at the entrance of the district, Lu Xinpei stopped and said: "You have a friend at home, so I won't send you up. Goodbye! "

At that time, she was thinking about something and blurted out, "It's Shu Lan. She borrowed my kitchen to learn to cook. That's why I got lucky too!"

Lu Xinpei laughed, "That's right! "Since you've delayed it for so long, you should hurry up and go up!"

Lyi Qingqing also gave a faint smile. After some thought, she said, "Professor Lu, why don't you give that knife to me? I'll take it up and deal with it before throwing it away."

Lu Xinpei looked at her seriously and suddenly said, "It's not a good experience, but you are much calmer than I thought!"

For the first time she seemed to be looking him in the eye, except when he had been trying to persuade her. She looked him in the eye at such a close distance. It was a really nice man's face, with a clear forehead, deep eye sockets, and a nearly perfect curve in his nose and chin, and she suspected that his whole face was a paragon of gold.

She had always thought that handsome was used to describe young boys, and the term handsome was also too common. So it turned out that a man's true appearance could indeed be described as beautiful.

Lyi Qingqing lowered her head in a hurry. "Actually, I'm extremely scared in my heart as well. However, since I've already done that, I'm afraid it's useless."

Lu Xinpei raised his hand to look at his watch. It was the same one she wore the night she first met him.

"Hurry up. You don't have to worry about the saber. I will take care of it." "Your face is a bit swollen, let's get Shu Lan to boil an egg for you to rub, or put ice on it."

"Goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

When they were eating, Shu Lan kept saying she regretted it. If she hadn't insisted on going back to the dormitory to get the menu, perhaps she wouldn't have met with such misfortune. At that time, when she turned around, she saw that there seemed to be a lot of people standing by Plum Garden. However, she was in a hurry to call her and was also thinking about buying vegetables.

If she had known earlier, she would have squeezed in to take a look.

Lyi Qingqing couldn't help but laugh. That kind of situation wasn't something that could be helped by having a large number of people. It might even be counterproductive. Zhao Xiaoyue had indeed practiced the art of flexibility before. Her movements were agile, and her hand and arm strength were quite impressive. She even carried a fruit knife with her. She was already lucky that she hadn't seen any blood today.

That night, Mu Shaoqi called. When she saw the number, she immediately hung up in disgust. She didn't forget to set the phone to refuse to pick it up.

After Shu Lan left, she lay on the bed for a long time unable to sleep. When she closed her eyes, she could see Lu Xinpei's face moving back and forth in her mind.

Her heart might have been in disarray from that day onwards, or even earlier. And she did not know what his thoughts on her really began. However, it was definitely not as early as Shu Lan said. That was why Lu Xinpei didn't follow the usual punishment when she arrived late that day. It definitely had nothing to do with him.

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Lyi Qingqing slept soundly in the first class cabin. She only took off her blindfold, tidied up her blanket and sat up when the flight attendant came in to remind her that the plane was about to land.

She did not choose to go to Europe. The climate in the Asian countries was more comfortable this season, so she decided to go to Thailand's Samui Island.

He first went to Hong Kong and then took a direct flight to Samui Island, the journey taking about 3 hours. During the break, she didn't even turn on her phone.

By the time he arrived at the resort, it was already late at night. As he had an appointment in advance, everything went smoothly. She packed up her clothes simply, then went to the seaside cafeteria to eat and make the SPA.

The next day, she spent the whole day on the beach in Zaven, stepping on the fine sand as white as snow and smelling the aroma of coconut.

On the third day, she took a boat from Sumai Pier to Tau Island, where she enrolled in a diving class. Between the island of Tao and the island of Nanyuan, there was a place suitable for beginner divers. It was called the Japanese Garden. She rode the motorcycle to and fro every day, learning how to float for ten days in a row.

The night after she had just arrived at the island, she switched on her cell phone to contact Sheng Mingwei. Originally, she had wanted to tell her about her trip so that she could fly over to meet her if she was free.

No one answered the call from Vancouver Villa, nor did her cell phone connect. She turned on her computer and logged on to Facebook. Sure enough, she saw Sheng Mingwei's latest news. She went on a trip with her boyfriend a week ago.

Lyi Qingqing hung up the phone and walked leisurely on the beach outside the villa. Ever since she sent that leave message to him before she got on the plane, Lu Xinpei had been sending messages every day, asking her what she was doing, asking her when she was coming back, and once saying that he missed her a lot.

Sheng Mingwei left a message for her, "Sorry, mydaughter! Icanotmeetyouthistime! Wishyouicejourney! Takecare! Iloveyou!

After she finished her course, she went to Selly Beach, Mango Bay, White Rock, and finally directly from Meha Village to the Resort on the Quad. She had not retired from her hotel room, and some of her luggage had been left there.

On the last day, she went out to buy gifts for Shu Lan. She wandered around but didn't find anything special, so she gave up and returned to Hong Kong on her way back.

In the evening, she went to the spa for a swim. After just one swim back and forth, she felt bored for no reason, so she got out of the pool and turned around to do the SPA again.

Actually, if that ferocious man hadn't jumped down that morning to save her, she would have been fine. After all, it wasn't that easy for a swimmer to drown her.

The few mouthfuls of water she choked on were all because he had tugged at her, pulling and pulling. It made her angry and angry at the same time, causing her to momentarily forget about her actions.

After staying on the island by herself for the past few days, she still hadn't made up her mind how she would face Lu Xinpei when she returned. Not only that, she couldn't understand how he could pretend that nothing had happened in the past few days.

Didn't the fact that he didn't come that night mean that he would refuse her?

She quickly handed him the hotel room card. Didn't he understand what she meant?

Was he afraid that she would feel awkward when he did not say a word? Was it out of respect for her that he chose not to go?

It was as if the first time he hugged her, the first time she took the initiative to kiss him, he would just stand there with his hands folded, holding his breath and not daring to respond.

"Qingqing, I won't let you wait too long!"

Perhaps what she was afraid of was never waiting or time, but his heart. He had too much sense and restraint in front of her, and these physical restraints between them often made her feel as if he were so far away and unfathomable.

She couldn't seem to catch the true emotional direction in him.

As for Qiao Aishi, perhaps he had never known what kind of complicated feelings she held within her. No matter what their marriage had once been, objectively speaking, she was still an illegitimate existence. It was like stealing the most worthless thing in someone else's house. Once a stranger stretched his hand out to take it, it would be called stealing.

Stealing was immoral, and was not allowed!

Thus, her reportage came, and she was punished. Perhaps, there was simply no fate between them!