Ms. Lu Jianan was extraordinarily beautiful. At her age, she could no longer be described with simple words like “pretty.”
In any case, she was someone who made you want to prostrate yourself before her charm just by looking at her.
Compared to her, even Lan Yue seemed to fall short by three points.
“Finally meeting Lu Sui’s little girl. Very pleased to meet you, Mangmang,” Lu Jianan smiled.
“I’m also very pleased to meet you, Ms. Lu,” Wu Mangmang said, suppressing her excitement.
Lu Jianan’s brow moved slightly, her gaze sweeping toward Lu Sui. It was “Ms. Lu” rather than “Aunt.”
“There are quite a few guests today. Tomorrow my husband and I will host a dinner specifically for you two. You must come,” Lu Jianan smiled at Wu Mangmang.
“It would be my honor,” Wu Mangmang replied.
Though it was an honor, it wasn’t necessarily a pleasure.
“Let’s go upstairs,” Lu Sui squeezed Wu Mangmang’s hand and said softly.
Wu Mangmang nodded. She was so desperate to explode that she was going crazy.
The two walked hand in hand up the staircase in the corner. Those in the know watching the couple below were probably all sighing in their hearts.
What a fucked-up situation.
As soon as the door closed, Wu Mangmang’s proper smile immediately collapsed.
There was nothing more embarrassing than thinking yourself clever, being smug yet being played for a fool, and getting slapped in the face in person.
“Playing with me is fun, isn’t it?” Wu Mangmang couldn’t manage Lu Sui’s casual indifference. She was so angry she was pacing around the room.
Lu Sui stepped forward to hold Wu Mangmang’s shoulders, forcing her to sit down on the sofa.
“This was a last resort. But if I had invited you directly, you definitely wouldn’t have agreed, right?” Lu Sui said.
Wu Mangmang looked into Lu Sui’s eyes, thinking in her heart how terrifying this person was.
His control over people’s hearts was so precise, calculating that she, Wu Mangmang, was a fool who would definitely walk into his trap.
He only cared about achieving his goal, but didn’t care about her inner thoughts.
Wu Mangmang could even guess Lu Sui’s thoughts—he felt she was being unreasonable and pretentious.
At such a formal banquet, for him, Lu Sui, to invite her, Wu Mangmang, as his date—what great respect was that?
This represented his seriousness about their relationship, represented the Lu family’s recognition, and even meant everyone could almost anticipate her and Lu Sui’s engagement.
So for such a banquet, even if Wu Mangmang hadn’t confirmed her own feelings, in Lu Sui’s view, all internal conflicts could be resolved later, but she, Wu Mangmang, had to first come out and face the current situation maturely.
Otherwise, if they made up later, others would speculate wildly that Wu Mangmang couldn’t be Lu Sui’s date at this banquet, meaning their relationship was just playing around.
If Wu Mangmang weren’t the person involved, she could understand this logic.
Unfortunately, she was, and she was now just a trapped person who couldn’t find a way out.
Women in love couldn’t be so rational.
In Wu Mangmang’s view, Lu Sui had completely reversed the logical relationship—he simply didn’t care about her feelings.
She only saw that Lu Sui was certain she would inevitably compromise, certain she couldn’t escape from his grasp.
It could only be whatever he said went—when he wanted to be calm, he could be calm; when he said they wouldn’t break up, they couldn’t break up.
In that rushed moment, Wu Mangmang instinctively hated this kind of relationship, hated Lu Sui’s dominance.
She had briefly realized they weren’t suitable for each other.
But unfortunately, the time was too brief, so that Wu Mangmang’s intuition was quickly drowned by Lu Sui’s “tenderness.”
Though Lu Sui’s manner was domineering, his breath was unusually gentle and soft.
Wu Mangmang felt her brows and eyes being lightly traced by Lu Sui’s nose tip. Such tender treatment was what she had most longed for in her childhood.
The missing touches of childhood could never be recovered.
After growing up, the person who would hold your face so intimately and gently kiss your eyes and lips would no longer be your parents, but another person with no blood relation.
He had no obligation to love you, so this kind of relationship made you more anxious about gains and losses, made you lack the confidence to be pretentious.
Wu Mangmang’s hands rested on Lu Sui’s wrists, as if wanting to push his hands away.
But she craved his kisses too much. This gentle breath seemed to seep into her skin, firmly wrapping around her heart.
Wu Mangmang couldn’t help but start making excuses for Lu Sui.
He must truly like her, right?
What he was doing was actually for her own good.
He took her hand in front of everyone—this showed he was extremely serious, right?
He was just used to being domineering, temporarily unaccustomed to being gentle.
Maybe in future interactions, she could change him?
Training a scumbag into a warm man seemed quite fulfilling.
Whether it was Lu Sui’s kiss that hypnotized Wu Mangmang or she hypnotized herself, her hands weakly rested on Lu Sui’s hands, letting him take what he wanted.
So as philosophers say, a woman’s eyes shed tears for this man, but her heart holds an umbrella for him.
Lu Sui seemed unusually sensitive to Wu Mangmang’s softening attitude.
Wu Mangmang felt him release his hands and bite her lips hard. “Not angry anymore? Let’s go down.”
Wu Mangmang remained silent. Her pretentious mood hadn’t completely passed.
“After today, you can make trouble with me however you want. Tonight, just be good, okay?” Lu Sui pinched Wu Mangmang’s cheek. His voice was low and rich, with a texture like oil.
It sealed Wu Mangmang’s ears and also sealed her eyes.
“Can you tell me what you hadn’t figured out back then?” Wu Mangmang looked at Lu Sui seriously.
Fortunately, her rationality hadn’t been completely eroded, and she hadn’t prostrated herself under Lu Sui’s suit pants.
She still remembered to ask this crucial question.
Lu Sui was silent for a full three minutes.
Wu Mangmang thought the story was probably too difficult to make up, so Mr. Lu was still organizing his language.
In the end, Lu Sui still didn’t explain, just stood up and said, “Wait here for me.”
Wu Mangmang nodded.
After Lu Sui left, she took out a small mirror from her bag to check her makeup—still presentable.
Since sitting there was boring anyway, Wu Mangmang felt it would be a shame not to show off the dress she was wearing.
When Lu Lin entered, she saw Wu Mangmang struggling to pose for selfies.
“Sister Lu Lin!” Wu Mangmang was thrilled to see Lu Lin, immediately putting her phone in Lu Lin’s hands. “Thank you, thank you, please, please.”
Wu Mangmang quickly lay down on the red velvet vintage sofa, indicating that Lu Lin could start photographing.
Lu Lin thought of the seriousness on Lu Sui’s face just now, and her shock after hearing his words, then compared it to Wu Mangmang’s current relaxed state. Wu Mangmang’s image in Lu Lin’s eyes instantly rose tenfold.
Wu Mangmang was very satisfied with the photos Lu Lin took—she photographed her exceptionally perfectly.
“You’re naturally beautiful,” Lu Lin said modestly, though this was also the truth. Wu Mangmang’s features were stunning enough to grace magazine covers with just a little makeup.
If not for this, she wouldn’t have been able to ruin her younger brother.
But relying on just this face definitely wouldn’t be enough. Lu Lin was now filled with enormous curiosity about Wu Mangmang.
“Sister Lu Lin, why did you come over?” Wu Mangmang asked after posting on Weibo, finally remembering the real business.
“Lu Sui asked me to come talk with you,” Lu Lin said.
Wu Mangmang was slightly confused, quietly waiting for Lu Lin to continue.
To be honest, when Lu Lin heard from Lu Sui that Wu Mangmang was still a virgin, her surprise was no less than Lu Sui’s at the time.
In this day and age, for a great beauty like Wu Mangmang to still be a virgin after countless boyfriends—the probability was infinitesimally small. No wonder even Lu Sui got trapped by Wu Mangmang.
Thinking of Lu Sui’s expression just now, Lu Lin wanted to laugh. She’d never seen such an embarrassed and awkward expression on Lu Sui’s face in her life.
Serves him right—evil people need evil people to grind them down.
Lu Lin propped one hand on the sofa back, leaning sideways in a lazy, leisurely manner to look at Wu Mangmang. Really beautiful, more beautiful the more you looked.
Wu Mangmang blinked. Say something!
“Actually, Lu Sui has a problem—he’s a natural eunuch. He felt he shouldn’t harm you since you’re still a virgin, but later he really couldn’t let go, so he asked me to talk to you and ask if you’re still willing to be with him,” Lu Lin said.
“Sister Lu Lin, don’t tease me,” Wu Mangmang looked helplessly at Lu Lin, who clearly hoped Lu Sui really was a eunuch.
Lu Lin leaned closer to Wu Mangmang. “So you’ve already tested his body? I heard his size is above standard—is that true?”
Wu Mangmang looked at the gossipy Lu Lin and couldn’t help lighting a candle for Lu Sui.
Unfortunately, Wu Mangmang was also someone who loved chaos. She nodded very definitively at Lu Lin and even made a size gesture with her fingers.
“O-M-G.” Lu Lin covered her mouth with her hand, eyes wider than copper bells. “No wonder.”
Wu Mangmang tilted her ear, wanting to hear the continuation of “no wonder.”
Lu Lin returned to her smiling expression, even tossing her hair, then said, “Let me tell you, never have any expectations of men. Though Lu Sui asked me to be a peacemaker, I really can’t bear to watch you jump into a fire pit.”
Wu Mangmang nodded, but her heart was so anxious she wanted to grab Lu Lin’s throat and make her speak quickly.
“Want to know when Lu Sui lost his virginity?” Lu Lin asked.
Such an explosive topic—was this really the time to discuss it? Wu Mangmang decisively answered with one word: “Yes.”
“When he was sixteen,” Lu Lin burst into laughter, remembering something funny.
“Let me tell you, don’t look at Lu Sui’s current dignified appearance—he’s had moments of being utterly pathetic too,” Lu Lin laughed again.
“That girl was their school beauty. Both were first-timers. As you know, though they’d watched plenty of videos, actual action is different from watching. That girl’s membrane structure was rather unique, so there was a lot of blood. You can imagine how stupid Lu Sui looked then,” Lu Lin laughed again.
Wu Mangmang couldn’t quite laugh.
Seeing her expression, Lu Lin gradually became serious too. “Later he saw a psychiatrist for a while. From then on, all his girlfriends were mature women. He has a serious complex about virgins.”
Wu Mangmang never expected it would be this reason. No wonder Lu Sui couldn’t say it himself.
Lu Lin patted Wu Mangmang’s shoulder. “Don’t feel bad for him. He still sleeps around and plays with women—he just doesn’t touch young girls.”
That seemed to make some sense.
Lu Lin touched her chin, as if thinking of something. “But since then Lu Sui has been very particular. I guess Wang Yuan got dumped because she violated his taboos in bed.”
Wu Mangmang thought, your thinking really jumps around—you instantly thought of Wang Yuan.
But Wu Mangmang couldn’t help thinking of William too.
Lu Sui had shown too much indifference to William’s existence, making Wu Mangmang feel his emotions weren’t real. Anyone else would be jealous, wouldn’t they?
Thinking about it now, she understood—Lu Sui might privately be thanking William for deflowering her.
Of course, that was what he thought.
“There, I’ve delivered my message. But I still want to advise you—that foreign fresh meat of yours is quite handsome. When he gets older, he’ll definitely be no worse than Lu Sui. Why must you fight to the death with Lu Sui?” Lu Lin said with deep sincerity (and ulterior motives).
“But you’re quite something too. Lu Sui actually told you about such things,” Lu Lin clicked her tongue twice. “You probably can’t escape for now.”
Wu Mangmang’s frequency was completely different from Lu Lin’s. She felt Lu Lin was both woman and man, and was very willing to ask her for advice. “Sister Lu Lin, given that William and I… how could Lu Sui…”
Lu Lin laughed. “Little girl, why are your thoughts so old-fashioned? What’s the big deal? Who doesn’t have romantic encounters during long trips? Besides, as long as everyone still has feelings, why care about the past?”
Lu Lin stood up and patted Wu Mangmang’s head. “People must be true to their own feelings above all. I realized my feelings for women quite early, but I kept refusing to admit it, hurting others and myself. Now it’s actually more relaxed.”
“Little girl, Lu Sui sees much more clearly than you. What hasn’t he experienced?” Lu Lin said.
Wu Mangmang finally understood what Lu Lin meant.
She was saying Lu Sui was interested in her, so he didn’t care whether she’d had William or whiskey.
Wu Mangmang instantly guessed Lu Sui’s thinking—because he was still interested in her, caring about William would be harmful without benefit, so Lu Sui could set aside the displeasure William brought.
But this rationality made her feel cold all over.
Wu Mangmang’s first reaction was that relationships shouldn’t be like this.