Lu Xue shook her head and said, "Don't ask. I'm not angry with him. I just..."
After a moment of silence, Lu Xue gathered her thoughts. "I just might not have ever thought about getting married."
The thing Mu Ziyue told her had put too much pressure on her. It had even scared her a little.
When Lu Xue found the hint of panic welling up in her heart, her instinct was to escape.
Mu Ziyue was a bit panicked and wanted to persuade Lu Xue, but saw that Lu Xue had already dragged her suitcase and walked out the door resolutely.
She walked out expressionlessly. No matter how Mu Ziyue tried to persuade her, it was no use. In the end, it was Lu Xue who turned around and gently patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.
"It's not your fault. I just need some time to calm down and think this through. The old master's will hopes that I'll have an engagement with Mu Yuze. If I resist this engagement and don't want to get married, will I no longer be able to be with Mu Yuze? If I reject his proposal, will it make him feel ashamed in front of the old master's will and go against his long - held intention of being filial to the elders?"
Lu Xue looked up at the sky. Her heart was in a mess. She only said to Mu Ziyue, "This matter might be too complicated. I need to think it over. Maybe Mu Yuze also needs some time to think about whether he decided to marry me because of the old master's will or because of his own... true feelings."
On this day, Mu Yuze was extremely busy at the company. He had two consecutive meetings in the morning and had to entertain a client at noon. The documents on his desk were piled up, and his schedule for the whole day left him no time to catch his breath.
Finally, in the evening, he managed to take a break from his busy work. He leaned against the floor - to - ceiling window and drank a cup of coffee to regain his composure.
Yan Hua came over to report a few daily matters and checked the time.
"Boss, there are still two hours until our appointment with the other side. We need to prepare for the upcoming meeting."
Mu Yuze nodded and asked, "Is everything ready?"
Yan Hua nodded. "Don't worry. Everything is ready. Although this meeting will only last for 15 minutes, it's the most important part of our day. If we can make a good impression and secure the cooperation in this first meeting, there's a good chance that this curation project will succeed."
Mu Yuze nodded, flipped through the documents Yan Hua had brought, and signed them after confirming everything was in order.
Yan Hua left the room, leaving Mu Yuze alone.
Mu Yuze sat silently on the single - person sofa and finished half a cup of coffee. Then he let out a long sigh and took out his private phone from the drawer and casually flipped through it.
Only then did he notice that there were dozens of missed calls on his phone, and every single one was from Mu Ziyue.
His eyebrows furrowed. He wondered what trouble his younger sister had caused this time that required her to call him. So he immediately called her back.
On the other end of the line, Mu Ziyue answered the phone in a hurry. "Brother, something's wrong! Lu Xue has left again!"
Mu Yuze felt his heart sink to the bottom. His voice was calm and methodical as he said word by word, "Tell me what happened slowly. How did she leave? Why did she leave? Where did she go?"
...
Half an hour later, Mu Yuze's car screeched to a halt in front of the old mansion.
He slammed the car door shut and strode out. His black windbreaker fluttered in the night.
Mu Ziyue had been waiting at the door for a long time. When she saw her brother coming back, she immediately rushed up to him.
"Lu Xue has packed most of her things in her room. She left with a suitcase. I don't know where she's gone now. Did I say something wrong and make her unhappy?"
Mu Yuze quickly entered the old mansion, went up to the second floor, and pushed open Lu Xue's door. The room was empty, and the things were indeed packed up.
He felt his fingertips turn cold, and the fear of losing her that had been lurking in his heart resurfaced.
The thing he feared most was Lu Xue's leaving, and this time she had left without saying goodbye.
"What did you say to her?" he asked Mu Ziyue, turning his head.
Mu Ziyue counted on her fingers all the things she had said to Lu Xue today.
"I asked her this morning if breakfast was delicious and if the soup was too salty. Then I asked if she was really dating you and how far your relationship had progressed..."
Mu Yuze said coldly, "Get to the point."
Frightened by her brother's harsh tone, Mu Ziyue had no choice but to tell the truth. "Later I asked about the engagement between you two. She seemed a bit unhappy and then went upstairs to pack her luggage... Brother, if I had known that these words would make her unhappy, I wouldn't have said them!"
"What did you say to her?"
"I mentioned the engagement in the will and said that you two were supposed to be together and that she was your fiancée! As soon as Lu Xue heard this, her face darkened, and she packed her luggage and left right away..."