Chapter 12 The Follow-Up Post
The Lawyer kept failing to reach Lu Huaichuan.
So the money I wanted to give him stayed with me.
I didn't dwell on it anymore because I had done everything I could.
I never expected to see the follow-up of that Post again.
At first, Lu Huaichuan pinned under the original Post.
Follow-up: Already Break Up. Didn't expect it to be so easy to Break Up.
I held my forehead and sighed. This guy's smug tone. Wasn't he asking for scolding?
I saw his line-by-line replies to people in the comments like a primary school student.
As if he had to prove that his choice to separate from me was correct.
The Post's popularity grew higher and higher. More and more people knew.
Someone even tentatively forwarded it to me, saying this looks like your family haha.
I sighed and shook my head. I felt Lu Huaichuan seemed possessed.
Where had his usual smart and rational self gone?
To avoid doxxing, I thought about it and sent a WeChat message to Lu Huaichuan.
"Delete that Post."
Lu Huaichuan replied almost instantly.
"No need for you to meddle!"
I looked at the exclamation mark. It was as if I saw the twenty-something Lu Huaichuan who liked to argue with me.
But this time, who was he arguing with?
Before I could figure it out, Zhao Yu came out carrying a pot of claypot rice.
"Hurry, give me a placemat!"
I rushed to the dining table and set one down for him.
Zhao Yu lifted the lid. Steam rose at once.
Red glossy sausages rested on crystal-clear rice.
Green vegetables dotted between them.
Zhao Yu unhurriedly poured in the prepared sauce.
He flipped and stirred, then scooped a bowl and placed it in front of me.
Smiling, he said, "Dig in."
During the time after the Break Up with Lu Huaichuan, Zhao Yu fed me with different varieties every day.
He even made me gain three pounds.
While eating, I asked him, "Aren't you busy lately? Always here."
"What, kill the donkey after unloading the mill? Ready to kick me out?" Zhao Yu paused his chopsticks and raised an eyebrow at me.
"What nonsense. I'm just concerned about you. Afraid of delaying your work."
"I know you're worried about me, but I'm really fine now."
Zhao Yu slowly chewed the rice crust and lowered his eyes casually.
"Recently the old man inspects the stores himself. My focus is the new store near Guojin Center."
"You're close to Guojin. It's convenient for me to stay here. I might bother you a bit longer."
"Zhao Yu, please take back the word bother. Stay as long as you want. Stay forever if you like!"
Zhao Yu lifted his eyelids. "Oh? Then can I stay for a lifetime?"
Here we go again.
Zhao Yu was good in everything.
But occasionally when his young master temper flared, he liked to test friendship.
Like before when I introduced Zhao Yu to Lu Huaichuan as my best friend.
Zhao Yu asked back, "Then if best friend and lover conflict, who do you help?"
I...
"Help reason not kin?"
Zhao Yu sneered. "Wrong answer. The best friend would never put you in such a dilemma."
"Your answer clearly shows you don't understand me and don't trust me!"
I thought he was joking and punched him. "Stop reading novels. Look at your resentful wife face now."
Who knew he really got angry. I painfully gave him my treasured whiskey to calm him down.
So this time I answered quickly.
"No problem! As long as your future wife agrees, of course I'd love it."
"With your great cooking, I'm even willing to partner with you for pay!"
Zhao Yu looked pleased. "Alright, remember what you said today."