Chapter 10: Are You Begging Me?

Lu Yunting，dressed in a suit designed by world-renowned designer Susan, stood there with one hand in his pocket.

He was still so handsome, noble, and imposing, drawing attention from everyone in the crowd.

Over the years, Su Yiren had secretly looked at him countless times.

On TV, in the company, at business banquets, in outdoor venues…

Whenever she had the chance, she focused all her attention on him.

Because she didn’t want to miss a single moment of him, and he was so dazzling that it was hard to look away.

But she never received a single glance or look from him.

She felt like she was standing outside the spotlight.

The brighter the spotlight, the darker the surroundings, and the easier she was to ignore.

Unlike now, he was walking towards her, his eyes only on her.

Although there was no love in that gaze, it still made her heart tremble, and she froze for two seconds.

“Ms. Su, this gentleman wants to see you, but he doesn’t have an appointment,” the receptionist hurried over and whispered.

Su Yiren looked at Lu Yunting expressionlessly for a few seconds, then turned to the receptionist and said:

“No appointments, I won’t see anyone.”

Then she turned and walked away.

Lu Yunting frowned and called out, “Su Yiren，wait, I need to talk to you.”

The receptionist quickly stepped forward to stop him,

“Sir, our Ms. Su is very busy now, you can make an appointment in advance next time.”

Lu Yunting ignored her and strode after Su Yiren，grabbing her arm,

“Su Yiren！I said I want to talk to you!”

“Are you deaf, Mr. Lu?” Su Yiren turned to look at him, her eyes cold,

“I’ll say it again, no appointment, no meeting.”

Lu Yunting was taken aback. He had never seen Su Yiren look at him like this.

Cold, ruthless, irritated, disdainful.

The Su Yiren he remembered always had a smile on her face, her eyes curved.

He didn’t know if she was naturally cheerful or if she was deliberately trying to please him.

Whenever she saw him, she would speak softly and smile brightly.

Even if he didn’t like talking to her much, she would still show him her happiest face every time she saw him.

Unlike now, she was like a different person.

Seeing his dazed expression, Su Yiren felt inexplicably amused and shook his arm off.

“Su Yiren.”

Perhaps because of the past fragments flashing through his mind, Lu Yunting’s anger subsided slightly.

His voice softened slightly, but his tone was still impatient,

“How long are you going to make a fuss about this?”

“Making a fuss?” Su Yiren turned her head, amused by his confident tone,

“Mr. Lu, you’re so naive. You think I paid your company tens of millions in breach of contract just to make a fuss with you?”

“But I paid more.” Lu Yunting blurted out subconsciously, but it was met with a disdainful laugh from Su Yiren.

“That’s your own problem, it has nothing to do with me.”

Lu Yunting took a deep breath, barely suppressing the anger that was reaching his head, and asked in a good voice:

“What can I do to talk to you about the cooperation?”

Seeing his humble appearance, Su Yiren inexplicably felt a sense of satisfaction and asked back:

“Are you begging me?”

Lu Yunting’s thin lips were tightly pursed, his brow furrowed, and his anger was already reaching its peak, but he had nowhere to vent it.

He didn’t want to answer her sharp question, and said coldly:

“It will not do you any good to cut off ties with the Lu Group.”

“That’s ridiculous.” Su Yiren snorted coldly, shaking her head helplessly.

Even now, this man was still so confident.

She raised her face, a self-mocking curve at the corner of her lips,

“If I wanted benefits, I wouldn’t have signed a contract with Lu.”

“You!” Lu Yunting wanted to say something in rebuttal, but seeing the mockery in her eyes, his rebuttals seemed to be stuck in his throat, unable to be spoken.

As she said, Susan was a hot commodity back then, with countless companies throwing olive branches at her, offering her high salaries to collaborate.

Some companies hadn’t even signed the contract yet, and they were already offering her luxury cars and mansions, even offering a nine-one split, such a tempting condition, even if they only earned one point of profit, they wanted to keep Susan.

Because anyone with eyes could see that Susan’s creativity and design were among the best in the world.

She was a walking treasure trove.

Wherever she was, wealth followed.

Collaborating with her could only lead to profits.

But this world-renowned designer didn’t want any benefits, she only signed with Lu.

The contract was also a fifty-fifty split, very fair.

Lu Yunting was also puzzled at the time, but the contract in black and white couldn’t be fake.

He only thought that this designer was too whimsical and capricious, but he didn’t know that the genius designer was the woman who lived under the same roof as him.

A woman he had ignored for five years.

Lu Yunting’s voice was heavy, “Lu can return your previous breach of contract payment in full.”

Seeing Su Yiren silent, he frowned and said again:

“Including the losses from the initial signing, we can compensate you for everything.”

Su Yiren looked at him expressionlessly, still silent.

Lu Yunting clenched his fist secretly, “Lu can sign a new contract with you, the terms are up to you.”

“Sorry, I disagree.” Su Yiren’s voice was firm, her emotionless gaze pierced into the other person’s heart, like a sharp and cold ice knife.

Lu Yunting couldn’t suppress his anger and shouted,

“The terms are up to you, what else do you want? Su Yiren，don’t push it too far!”

Seeing that he was already burning with anger, Su Yiren’s heart calmed down, and she asked coldly:

“Lu Yunting，who are you talking to about cooperation right now? Su Yiren or Susan?”

“What’s the difference? It’s all you!”

“Of course it’s different,” Su Yiren crossed her arms, her voice slow and firm,

“Su Yiren is your wife who is going through a divorce with you, you can freely get angry at her, ignore her, mock her, be cold to her, trample on her at will, ignore her, just like every day for the past five years; but Susan, is a woman you can’t afford, she wants to talk to you, she talks to you, she doesn’t want to talk to you, even if you’re the CEO of Lu，you have to get lost!”

Lu Yunting’s pupils constricted, his lips turned white with anger, but his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, he couldn’t swallow, and he couldn’t spit it out.

“In my eyes, Su Yiren is Susan, there’s no difference between you.”

“Alright,” Su Yiren’s expression became even colder,

“Since that’s the case, now you want to cooperate with me, then I can also talk terms with you.”

Lu Yunting felt a sense of relief in his heart, secretly sneered, and made a “please” gesture,

“The terms are up to you.”

Su Yiren stared at his arrogant face, no different from before.

She wanted to tear off this cold mask and see if there was anything normal underneath, if he was also flowing with the same hot blood.

The cold WeChat message from this morning flashed through her mind, and Su Yiren calmly said:

“There’s only one condition, go to the Civil Affairs Bureau.”

Lu Yunting’s brow instantly tightened, the hand hanging by his side suddenly clenched into a fist,

“Su Yiren，don’t joke around.”

Su Yiren raised an eyebrow, her gaze more determined than ever,

“I don’t have time to joke around.”

Lu Yunting gritted his teeth secretly, his clenched fist opened and closed, his eyes were swollen with anger.

“Okay, very good…” He nodded slowly, his emotions churning and surging in his eyes,

“Tomorrow morning at 10:00. See you at the Civil Affairs Bureau.”