"Uncle Wu, Uncle Wu! Stop making me listen to that disgusting word!" "Calm down first, okay?" Elizabeth Liang sighed slightly. "I admit that I should have told you in advance, but I did it because I felt guilty that I embarrassed you and made you lose the deal, didn't I? So ..." James Lu was incensed at this point, so he began ridiculing her without thought, "So you made use of your body?" "What ... what are you saying?" Elizabeth held back her anger. "I did go and find him because of that piece of land, but it wasn't like what you thought." "Like what? Tell me." James walked to the sofa and plopped down. He lit a cigarette in frustration and exasperation. Elizabeth followed and sat beside him. "We only chatted for a bit, and nothing else happened." "You guys chatted for thirty minutes?" James raised his eyebrows sarcastically. "If I hadn't gone there, what would have happened after you finished chatting?" "You..." Elizabeth's face turned
At the Grand Dynasty Hotel. Isaac Bai couldn't help but interrupt as he watched James Lu recklessly drink one glass after another, "Hey, hey, hey, dude, are you sure you can handle that?" Having already heard the entire story, Isaac snorted. "You should let your wife see you, maybe she'll be moved to tears and forgive you then." James ignored him and continued to drink. Benjamin Cheng held down his glass and said, "Stop drinking." Not being able to drink, James turned to light a cigarette. After taking two deep puffs, he looked at Benjamin and said, "That damn woman did it on purpose, didn't she? How am I supposed to react to that?" Benjamin swirled the wine in his glass and said, "I'm sure she meant well, but you," he glanced at James and said. "You went a bit too far." Isaac concurred, "Exactly! She's such a sweet and kind girl. Imagine how upset she is right now after you misunderstood her like that!" "Don't I know that I went too far?
"Why do you look so sad today, Elizabeth?" Evelyn Wu asked with concern after she finished answering a phone call and looked at Elizabeth Liang's gloomy face. Elizabeth smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing. Maybe I didn't sleep well last night." "Are you sure?" Evelyn carefully examined her for a while. The bags under her eyes were dark and heavy, which seemed to confirm that she had a bad night's sleep. "Yeah." "I don't believe you!" Evelyn shook her head and disagreed. "This is more than just not getting a good sleep!" "..." "Did you have a quarrel with your husband?" Elizabeth was lost for words. She forced a smile and complained, "It's really a pity that you're not a psychic, Evelyn." "Haha, I was right!" Evelyn then asked Elizabeth curiously, "Tell me, what happened?" "It's really no big deal." Elizabeth was still feeling depressed. Just thinking about his expression and attitude yesterday, she would be upset, so sh
There was only one class in the afternoon. As soon as class was over, Elizabeth Liang packed up her books and went to find Evelyn Wu's senior friend. At Kuture. It was a medium-sized private fashion design studio and had gained a solid reputation in A City in the past few years. Not only did many famous socialites seek out their designs, but many celebrities also came to have their clothes custom-made. Elizabeth talked to the receptionist when she arrived. After a while, a fashionably dressed young lady came out to meet her. "You're Elizabeth Liang, right?" The lady had long and wavy chestnut hair and looked very chic and stylish. She was not remarkably pretty, but had a charming aura to her. "Yes, and you're Evelyn's senior?" Evelyn's senior friend was not actually an A University student. They used to attend the same high school, but the senior later went abroad to study fashion design for two years. "Yes," the woman nodded and added. "
The phone call was made, but nobody picked it up until it finished ringing. James Lu furrowed his eyebrows and called again! But still, nobody answered! "Well, well, well, Elizabeth, it looks like you've got quite a temper!" James grunted and tried again. He was determined to hear her answer the call. But Elizabeth Liang, who was entirely focused on cleaning the bathroom, had no idea that her cellphone had been vibrating in her changing room locker. After the 37th unanswered call, James finally gave up and miserably hurled his cellphone onto the couch. The phone bounced off the couch and fell onto the floor. James became even more infuriated. He wanted to kick it away, out of sight and out of mind, but he suddenly stopped and bent down to pick it up. James dialed Isaac Bai's number. He roared into the phone as soon as the call connected, "What kind of bullsh*t advice did you give me last night? Worked like crap!" Not only did
"Yes, yes, of course!" President Fang nodded repeatedly with a smile. "No wonder you're such an outstanding entrepreneur in A City, Mr. Lu! You could have easily sent a trusted agent to inspect the place for you, but you took the hands-on approach! You are a role model to the people of the whole A City, Mr. Lu!" President Fang was an impressively bootlicker when he was happy. James Lu secretly grunted in his heart, but his face was waveless. "You flatter me, President Fang." "Since you are already here, why don't we discuss this at my office?" Hearing this, James coughed softly and refused him, "There's no need!" "Um ..." the smile on President Fang's face flickered as he felt his dream of building a grand library crumbling away again. "Ahem!" James managed a smile. "I am only here today to inspect the campus on my own. How about discussing the specifics on another day?" He remembered a certain person and then added, "How about tomorrow?"
"..." Elizabeth Liang glanced at James Lu and chose to ignore him. She took out her slippers from the cabinet, put them on, and then headed inside. James bellowed at her back, "Are you ignoring me, Elizabeth Liang?" Elizabeth turned around, looked at him, and shook her head. "Have you eaten? I'll make dinner right away." James was even more infuriated by that. "Don't you think that it's a little too late to ask if I've had dinner NOW?" He walked to her in a few steps. "Do you know how many god damn calls I made, Elizabeth? And you didn't answer any of them! What were you thinking?" "I didn't have my phone on me because I was busy with something else." "Then couldn't you have called me back? Don't you know ..." James was going to say, "Don't you know how worried I was?" But he stopped halfway through because it felt too embarrassing and uncharacteristic of him. "Don't you know how hungry I was?" He said instead after a pause. "My pho
"..." "You don't love me, and I ..." Elizabeth Liang paused and then slowly saying. "I don't love you either. I know you're in love with someone else, and if that person ever came back, you'd probably want to divorce me as fast as possible ..." She felt a pang of pain in her heart, but she tried her best to smile calmly and peacefully. "If I become used to taking what you give me and relying on you for everything, what should I do when you're gone?" "..." James Lu's imposing figure trembled slightly. He didn't know whether it was because she said that they didn't love each other, or because she said that he would divorce her as fast as possible. "After what happened with Uncle Wu, I've truly realized that just studying is not enough. It took me some time to understand that, but it's not too late yet, is it? I need to learn more than what my college can offer me. I have to go out and face the challenges of society." James moved his lips. After a while, he s