Late at night, in the Lu Group.
The moonlight poured down. In the huge office, only a dim light was left on. A tall and slender figure stood in front of the window.
The man was extremely handsome. His tough facial features were sharp as ice in the moonlight. With a cold expression, his powerful aura made the temperature drop a few degrees.
He was Lu Luochen, the head of the Lu Group.
A once - in - a - century business genius who, at a young age, had outshone the Gu family and independently built a business empire.
"Knock, knock, knock." The secretary, Anna, rushed over and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Lu Luochen turned around and walked to the desk. His magnetic voice was full of indifference.
"Mr. Lu, the old master is looking for you." Anna carefully handed the connected phone to Lu Luochen.
Lu Luochen motioned for her to go out first. As soon as he put the phone to his ear, the old master's dissatisfied voice came through.
"Even if you hide at the ends of the earth, I still have the means to find you. I'll give you at most two days. No matter how busy you are, you must come home!"
Before he could answer, the old man had already hung up the phone.
Lu Luochen frowned slightly, raised his hand to rub his temples, then lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.
Since the old master had mentioned the childhood betrothal he had arranged for him, Lu Luochen had never been home. Now that the old master had issued his final ultimatum, there was no way to avoid it.
...
Jiang Ruanqing took Wen Sining to buy a lot of clothes, all of them knock - offs.
Even if she had money, she wouldn't spend it on Wen Sining. Buying her new clothes was just to deal with the Lu family.
Just as they got home that day, they ran into Wen Minhao, who had just come back from gambling. Judging from his gloomy look, it was obvious that he had lost again.
"Idiot girl, go pour me a glass of water!"
As soon as he entered the door, he slumped onto the sofa, put his feet on the table and kept swinging them, looking like a complete hooligan.
Wen Sining pretended to be scared and quickly went to pour him a glass of water.
Wen Minhao just touched the glass and then threw it directly at Wen Sining. He raised his hand and slapped her.
"Do you want to freeze me with such cold water?! I want hot water!"
He took out all his anger on Wen Sining. He used all his strength in that slap. She was slapped backward and her head hit the table directly. Her head buzzed and her vision went dark.
Seeing this, Jiang Ruanqing quickly grabbed Wen Sining up, carefully checked the place where she had hit to see if there was any bleeding. After seeing that there was no major problem, she glared at Wen Minhao.
"She's going to the Lu family in a couple of days. If they find out she has an injury, it won't be good for us."
Wen Minhao shook his numb hand and snorted disdainfully.
"She's just a jinx. She killed her own parents and now she's ruining our family. If our family hadn't been kind enough to adopt her, she'd be a stray dog now! Do you think she's going to be a rich young mistress in the Lu family? She's just a servant girl. Is she so precious that she can't even be hit?"
Wen Sining gritted her teeth tightly and her hands beside her body clenched into fists.
She could endure their humiliation of herself, but they dared to mention her parents!
If it weren't for the fact that the time wasn't right yet, she would definitely make Wen Minhao kneel in front of her and kowtow to apologize!
Jiang Ruanqing saw her standing there stunned, frowned and kicked her.
"Hurry up and find some ice to apply. Do you want to leave a mark and go to the Lu family to complain?"
"N, no."
Wen Sining lowered her head timidly and quickly turned around to get some ice from the refrigerator to treat the red mark on her face.
Her fingers holding the ice tightened slightly. The cold touch stimulated her nerves and suppressed her anger.
The good days of the Wen family would be over in just two days!
...
As soon as the two days were up, the Lu family sent a car to pick up Wen Sining. The car was simply decorated. No one cared whether her marriage was a grand one. All the Wen family cared about was when the remaining five million would be transferred to their account.
When sending Wen Sining into the car, Jiang Ruanqing even pretended to shed a couple of tears, acting like she was reluctant to part. As soon as the car drove away, she quickly wiped her eyes and the corners of her mouth couldn't help showing her joy.
"Husband, quickly check if the money has arrived!"
The journey was silent. When the car arrived at the Lu family mansion, only two maids came to help Wen Sining get out of the car.
After passing through the main hall, Uncle Bai, the butler of the Lu family, came up. He nodded kindly at Wen Sining and said, "Young mistress."
Wen Sining tightly pursed her lips and didn't say a word. She looked around the environment at a loss.
"With that ugly appearance, how can she be worthy of the young master?"
"Not only is she ugly, but I think there's something wrong with her brain. She's always smiling stupidly. I don't know what the old master is thinking. I'd be a better match for the young master than her. At least I'm prettier than her!"
The two maids behind her whispered. Uncle Bai gave them a look upon hearing this, and they quickly lowered their heads and shut up.
After a while, an old man with white hair on his temples came downstairs. As soon as he saw Wen Sining, his originally serious face immediately showed a gentle smile. He waved for Wen Sining to come to him.
Wen Sining tightly clasped her hands and carefully glanced at Uncle Bai. Only after seeing him nod did she slowly walk up to the old master.
The old master held her hand and sized her up and down, nodding constantly.
"You look like her. Your eyes are exactly the same as your grandma's when she was young!"
Although Wen Sining didn't know what the relationship between the Lu family's old master and her grandma was, she could feel the old master's friendliness towards her, so she lowered her guard.
"I've said I won't marry her."
Just as she was about to speak, an unhappy male voice broke the harmonious atmosphere. Wen Sining turned her head and saw a man in a black suit slowly coming downstairs.
It was the first time she had seen such a good - looking man. He had a noble and elegant demeanor, but there was a slight chill in his ink - like eyes.
"Don't forget the agreement between you and me. If you want her to come back here, this is my condition."
The old master's face immediately changed. Wen Sining felt that the atmosphere between the father and son seemed to be tense. But obviously, after the old master said this, the silent air seemed to announce that he had won this confrontation against Lu Luochen.
But who was the "her" the old master of the Lu family was talking about?
Wen Sining stood aside, feeling a bit awkward.
After a while, the maid brought tea for her and Lu Luochen. Uncle Bai led her to Lu Luochen's side and then took the two of them to the old master.
"The ceremony begins."
Was this extremely handsome man going to be her husband? Wen Sining actually felt a bit nervous.
"Grandpa, please have some tea."
When she handed over the tea, she felt the man beside her looking at her as if with a knife stabbing at her. Looking up, she saw Lu Luochen's long and narrow phoenix eyes slightly raised, full of contempt for her.
Wen Sining awkwardly forced a smile at him and swallowed hard because her throat was dry.
From Lu Luochen's perspective, her expression just now was extremely vulgar. Especially that charming smile, it was extremely unpleasant!