"We're here." They arrived at an old villa district with nice greenery. "Thank you." Elizabeth Liang came to herself, then opened the door and went out before he could say anything. James Lu looked at Elizabeth's dejected figure from behind. He frowned, then lit a cigarette, and started the car. Elizabeth entered the living room, and to her surprise her paternal uncle August Liang and aunt Charlotte Dong were both present, sitting on the sofa in the living room and looking at something. Aunt Charlotte seemed particularly excited, overjoyed at something in her hand. She wanted to go upstairs without being noticed, but her cousin Josephine Liang came down the stairs after only two steps. "Elizabeth, where were you?" She asked in a displeased tone. Elizabeth stopped and frowned. Where was she? Didn't her cousin know? Sure, Elizabeth entered the wrong room, but it was Josephine who deliberately gave her the wrong room card! Could it be... tha
"Because you're a drag." Theodore Chao looked at her, expressionless. "Ha..." Elizabeth Liang couldn't help but laugh softly. He had been engaged to her since she was a child. Through all these years, no one was as gentle and caring to her as he was. She really thought that he was the one. He told her a month ago that he needed to go abroad for official business. She sent him off at the airport, and he told her to wait for him to come back... Wait for him, so he could be with her cousin, and tell her that she's a drag? A drag? "Just because I didn't sleep with you?" Drowned in sadness, she stared into his eyes, hoping to find a trace of dishonesty. But there was none. "Elizabeth, we've known each other for so long. Leave before things get ugly." Elizabeth felt like she had just heard a joke. "You want me to leave this place? This is Liang estate! It's mine! My parents left it to me!" "Yours?" Like a smug villain, Charlotte Don
Looking at the tightly shut metal gate, Elizabeth Liang felt numb. This house was left to her by her parents, but she has now become an unrelated outsider. How could she have lost, over one night: her virginity, the caring people she always thought of as her family, her home, the company that her parents worked so hard to build, and her boyfriend whom she thought would be her last love... And now, she only had a suitcase by her side. See, they had already packed up everything that belonged to her. She told them that she was going to take back the Liang Mansion and the Liang Company. But with what? "Haha..." She couldn't help but laugh. Looked at her now, shouldn't she worth laughing? ****** James Lu was waiting for the traffic light to turn green. He turned his head for a second and caught sight of something stuck between the gap in the passenger seat. He took it out and saw that it was a library card from A University. It loo
Elizabeth Liang eventually went to the hospital with James Lu, she didn't even know why she followed him. Perhaps she simply had nothing left to worry about anymore. The doctor was a woman in her forties. She looked at Elizabeth's forehead and swollen eyes, and then she looked at James in front of her. She asked Elizabeth, "He hit you?" Elizabeth opened her mouth but said nothing. She just shook her head. James's face twisted upon hearing this. "Do you think it's the appropriate time for this?" The doctor glanced at him with scornful eyes, "Hey, are you roaring at me? After hitting your girlfriend?" "No doctor, you misunderstood." "You..." James wanted to say something else, but his phone rang at the same time. When he took it out and saw the name on the screen, his expression changed. Then he said to Elizabeth, "I have to answer the phone." and walked out. "Is he having an affair outside? He doesn't answer the phone in front of you." The docto
The floor was littered with cigarette butts. When the cigarette case was empty, James Lu finally took a deep breath. As soon as he walked out of the stairwell, he saw Elizabeth Liang with her wound bandaged and curled up in a ball, sitting on a hallway bench with her thin arms wrapped tightly around herself. People walked in and out of the hallway, but she just sat there quietly, like an abandoned child. He walked over and stood beside her. "Are you done?" Elizabeth looked up and saw that it was him. "Yeah." "Where are you going? Should I give you a ride?" She shook her head. She once had her uncle's family. But now, she had no one, not even a place to live. Elizabeth didn't mention on the way here why she was standing outside of the gate with her luggage. James only assumed that the marks on her body had angered her family. She didn't speak, but he couldn't be bothered to care at the moment. "Well then, Miss Liang, take care.
A Maybach stopped in front of a house in the South Lake Villa District. James Lu parked the car and got out first. It only took a few long strides for him to arrive in front of the door. Elizabeth Liang dragged her suitcase and quickly followed. "Wear these for now." James found a pair of brand new men's slippers from the shoe cabinet, handed them to her, and turned to enter the living room. "Oh." She changed her shoes, followed him to the sofa, and saw him lying on it with his eyes closed. She didn't want to disturb him, but she was a little nervous because of the unfamiliar environment. "Mr. Lu... this is..." He opened his eyes and said, "My home. From now on, you will live here." She nodded and looked around the house. The interior design was modern and minimalistic, simple yet stately, which suits him well. "Right now I only have a part-timer. I will hire an attentive domestic in a few days. So, you'll just have to make do for now. Are ther
Elizabeth Liang stood outside the door. "Is anyone there?" No answer. "I'm going in." It was only her first day here, but she couldn't help but worry about the loud noise. They say that curiosity killed the cat, but after thinking about it, she still decided to open the door. The light inside was very dim, she could only vaguely see a staircase leading down. There was a faint glow at the bottom of the stairs. Elizabeth slowly descended the stairs one step at a time. Halfway down, she became certain that this was a wine cellar. The deeper she went, the stronger the wine smell was. "Mr. Lu?" The moment Elizabeth reached the wine cellar, she saw James Lu leaning and sitting on a wine cabinet. He held a bottle of wine in one hand and was surrounded by broken pieces of wine bottles, while he laid his other hand on the shattered fragments. It was apparent that the noise just now was him knocking over the bottles. She took a few step
Elizabeth Liang finished paying with James Lu's wallet and returned. As soon as she walked to the door, she heard a joking voice coming from inside— "You really are a miracle. How do people even end up in a hospital for banging someone? You amuse me, dude." As he said this, the man couldn't help but burst into laughter. Elizabeth recognized that it was Isaac Bai, the doctor who had just treated James's wound. She wasn't able to take a good look at him in her panicked state, but she vaguely recalled that he was wearing a white coat, tall, and was somewhat sage-like. Was he really the one laughing like a maniac? "Shut up!" This voice came from James. It sounded a little angry, but also a little embarrassed, adding to that his injury, he didn't sound very intimidating. "Okay, okay, okay, I'll stop now... Haha..." "Do you want to get your a*s beat, Isaac? Should I tell your old man that you've got a fake antique in your living room?" "Ahem... you'r