Chapter 42: Mr. Lu! Something’s wrong…

Lu Yunting was in a bad mood. Jiang Jinyun’s call came in, and he had to suppress his anger, walking aside to answer it with a calm voice.

“Mom, what’s the matter?”

Jiang Jinyun’s voice was indifferent.

“Yunxi just sent a message saying she made a dress for me and mailed it to your company. Remember to bring it back when you have time. She asked me to try it on and see if it fits.”

Lu Yunting vaguely remembered something like that, so he casually replied,

“It seems like it’s already been sent back. I’ll have Zhou Tong confirm it.”

After ending the call, he turned his head and found that Su Yiren was no longer standing there.

Lu Yunting was furious.

She wouldn’t even wait for him for the duration of the phone call?

Looking around, he couldn’t find Su Yiren’s shadow, not knowing where she had gone.

Feeling stifled, he left the hall, holding a wine glass and walking to the balcony for some fresh air.

Not long after, a graceful figure in wine red appeared before him.

“Ating～Why are you drinking alone here?” Ouyang Shasha, wearing ten-centimeter high heels, walked gracefully to his side.

Lu Yunting glanced at her and then looked away.

However, his mind flashed back to the night Su Yiren was wearing a wine-red silk nightgown.

The same color, but Su Yiren looked even better wearing it.

Lu Yunting was startled: Why was he thinking of that woman again?

The next second, he frowned, annoyed, and took a sip of red wine, suddenly feeling even more upset.

“Just getting some fresh air.” He replied without any emotion.

His attitude was undeniably cold. How could Ouyang Shasha stand for this?

She pouted and said coquettishly:

“You guys are really bullying me today.”

Thinking about the 4.5 million she lost for no reason, she felt both heartache and pain, and she hated Su Yiren even more.

Lu Yunting didn’t care,

“If you hadn’t been so eager to compete, you wouldn’t have been bullied.”

“So you’re deliberately making fun of me?”

Ouyang Shasha’s voice had a hint of anger, her affected mannerisms perfectly executed.

Unfortunately, Lu Yunting was very upset at the moment and didn’t have the energy to appease her,

“Didn’t you deliberately want to go against her?”

“But I just like that calligraphy!” Ouyang Shasha continued to act coquettishly,

“I already said I wanted to give it to your grandfather. His birthday is coming up soon.”

Lu Yunting put down his wine glass and said helplessly,

“My grandfather, like you, doesn’t understand calligraphy. What’s the point of giving it to him? You’re just causing trouble.”

His words made Ouyang Shasha’s face flush red and white, and after a while, she asked sweetly,

“So does Su Yiren understand it then? Why can she take a picture? Is it just causing trouble if I take a picture?”

If it were before, Lu Yunting might not have refuted her.

But after learning that Su Yiren was the genius painter “Bu Yu,” his thoughts completely changed.

Seeing Ouyang Shasha’s furious appearance, Lu Yunting had to admit,

“She does know more than you.”

“You’re bullying me!” Ouyang Shasha was truly angry, tears welling up in her eyes.

How did she feel that Lu Yunting was now taking Su Yiren’s side?

In the past, even if Lu Yunting didn’t appease her, he would never go against her.

But from the moment she saw him in the hall, she could feel that Lu Yunting’s attitude towards Su Yiren had changed.

This wasn’t a good sign.

She had to nip it in the bud.

So, she complained pitifully,

“I knew I shouldn’t have come back to China. I can’t even get something I like, and I’m being ridiculed for not understanding calligraphy… You don’t care about me anymore. You weren’t like this before…”

When she brought up the past, Lu Yunting was helpless.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the annoyance in his heart, and could only comfort her with kind words,

“It’s just a painting. What’s the big deal… What else do you want? I’ll buy it for you.”

Ouyang Shasha’s cunning lay in knowing when to stop. She knew that Lu Yunting was a decisive person, and once he made up his mind, nothing could change it.

If she argued with him about this Hundred-Year-Old Longevity scroll, it would undoubtedly cause him to dislike her.

She didn’t want to leave an impression of being “spoiled and domineering” in front of him, so she could only nod pitifully,

“Okay, then I’ll forgive you.”

Lu Yunting forced a smile, “You’re like a child.”

“It’s because of your wife!” She said with a blush and a pout.

The two words “wife” felt like a stab to Lu Yunting’s heart, making him uncomfortable.

The smile on his lips faded, and a layer of annoyance gathered between his brows.

“When are you two going to get the paperwork done?” Ouyang Shasha cautiously probed.

Lu Yunting remained silent for a moment before speaking,

“In the next couple of days.”

He had to get the paperwork done while she was in Jiangcheng.

After all, she kept mentioning divorce and was secretly flirting with young men, so it seemed like she didn’t want to be with him anymore.

Ouyang Shasha tried her best to hide the excitement in her eyes and asked,

“Then how will you tell your family? I think your mother likes Yiren.”

“We’ll talk about it later.”

Lu Yunting was also worried about this. With his mother’s temperament, if she found out about their divorce, she would definitely be furious, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

But no matter what, he was her son, and she could still tell the difference between close and distant.

When the time came, the divorce would be done, what else could she do?

She would calm down after a while, right?

Lu Yunting could only comfort himself with this thought.

Ouyang Shasha remembered something and said,

“Oh, Ating，there’s a painting exhibition tomorrow. Will you go with me?”

Lu Yunting glanced at her and decisively refused,

“Go with someone else.”

Ouyang Shasha wouldn’t give up, actively tugging at his sleeve,

“Why? I just want to go with you!”

Lu Yunting suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he gently broke free from her hand and reminded her in a roundabout way,

“You’ve been close to Yunxi since you were young, and I treat you both the same. So, I’m not suitable to accompany you to these kinds of events. You should find another companion.”

His implication was clear: I only see you as a sister.

Ouyang Shasha was stunned. Although she was unhappy, she pretended to be innocent,

“I know! But who says brothers can’t accompany their sisters to art exhibitions?”

Seeing that Lu Yunting’s expression remained unchanged, she had to take out her phone and mutter softly,

“Did you not accompany Yunxi to exhibitions before? Let me ask Yunxi.”

Hearing that she was going to call Lu Yunxi, the girl who had given him a headache since childhood, Lu Yunting had to raise his hand to interrupt her,

“Forget it, I’ll go with you.”

Ouyang Shasha smiled contentedly, sweetly saying,

“Ating，you’re so kind!”

As she spoke, a figure ran from the balcony door. As it got closer, they realized it was Sheng Jia’er.

She saw Lu Yunting at a glance, ran towards him in her high heels, panting, and called out,

“Mr. Lu! Something’s wrong… Yiren… she…”

Lu Yunting’s face instantly changed, he strode towards her, asking in a deep voice,

“What happened to her?”

“…She fell down the stairs!”