Chapter 67

Yang Xiaoli hurriedly smiled and said, "When I faced Jiang Xueqing, the girl you've had a crush on for years, I felt inferior and said many foolish things. Please don't take it to heart!"

Lu Xin smiled faintly and said, "What do you want to do now?"

"Just like before, continue being your girlfriend. After I graduate from university, we'll get married!" This was the first time Yang Xiaoli had envisioned her future with Lu Xin.

Lu Xin had envisioned his future with Yang Xiaoli countless times in the past, but now he had no interest in it. He thought to himself, how could she even think about marrying him? What a dream!

Lu Xin said coolly, "I feel that I lack understanding of you. Let's start as ordinary friends first!"

"Start as ordinary friends?" Yang Xiaoli's eyes widened. "Are you breaking up with me?"

Lu Xin shook his head. "Not breaking up, but redefining our relationship!"

"Redefining the relationship?" Yang Xiaoli asked in a trembling voice, "What kind of relationship?"

"I have no interest in your feelings, your thoughts, or your mind right now," Lu Xin said coldly. "I only have a lingering affection for your body. What kind of relationship is that?"

"That kind of relationship!" Yang Xiaoli was both ashamed and angry, glaring at Lu Xin. "You're insulting me!"

Lu Xin stared at Yang Xiaoli coldly. "A person must first disgrace themselves before others will disgrace them!"

Yang Xiaoli understood what Lu Xin meant. She realized that if she hadn't acted foolishly, she wouldn't be in this passive situation now.

Lu Xin pointed to the door. "If you accept this relationship now, there's still hope for my forgiveness and for our relationship to return to the past. Of course, you can also leave now, as you said, never to see each other again!"

He had already guessed her thoughts from her expression, so he could propose this relationship, which would be humiliating to most girls with self-respect.

Yang Xiaoli lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said softly, "Okay, but you should know, it's not that I, Yang Xiaoli, have no sense of shame; it's just that I can't bear to leave you!"

Lu Xin smiled faintly. Everyone could say such things.

He took out 200 yuan from his pocket and threw it to Yang Xiaoli. "I'm going to have dinner at a leader's house. You go have dinner with Zhou Ya first. You were both very tired just now, so have a good meal!"

"What?" Yang Xiaoli couldn't believe her ears. "I, Yang Xiaoli, have already pretended to be stupid and not mentioned the dirty things you and that woman next door did just now, and you actually want me to have dinner with her? That's too much!"

Lu Xin glanced at her sharply. "You are less important to me now than she is. Do as you please. If you don't want to have dinner with her, you can pack your things and go home now. There are plenty of women who want to be my girlfriend!"

"Why should I leave?" Yang Xiaoli said unwillingly. "I'll have dinner with her. I want to see what's so good about this woman that you speak up for her like this!"

Lu Xin ignored her. Seeing that he was sweaty from the two battles earlier, he went to the bathroom to take another shower, trimmed his beard, and put on the 50,000 yuan suit that Shen Yafang had given him.

Yang Xiaoli's eyes lit up. Lu Xin was already handsome, and now in this suit, he looked even more handsome. Why hadn't she noticed how handsome he was before? Now that she had, the distance between them had grown. She was now less important to him than the woman who had cheated with him behind her boyfriend's back. Ah, if she hadn't acted foolishly, she wouldn't be in this situation!

She couldn't help but sneer. "Do you need to dress so handsomely to go to a leader's house? Is it a female leader?"

Lu Xin glared at her coldly. "It is a female leader. I'm going to be a gigolo. Are you satisfied?"

Yang Xiaoli thought Lu Xin was just saying it out of anger and laughed. "Are you joking? With your character, how could you bow to the powerful?"

Lu Xin smiled bitterly. He was lucky to have met beautiful female leaders like Shen Yafang and Song Chunyu. He was quite willing to have something with them. But if an ugly female leader had her eye on him, would he sell his body for his future? Being a handsome man born into poverty was truly tragic.

Lu Xin put a pair of necklaces and a pair of rings in his backpack and walked straight out of the single apartment, heading towards the leadership villa area of Sanjiang Group.

Yang Xiaoli watched Lu Xin's retreating back, hesitated for a moment, and then turned to the next room, gently knocking on the door.

Zhou Ya thought it was Lu Xin and opened the door happily, but saw Yang Xiaoli standing there, looking at her calmly.

Zhou Ya was startled and quickly picked up the broom behind the door, assuming a defensive posture. "Don't do anything rash. This isn't my fault; you were the one who didn't want him first!"

Yang Xiaoli sighed. "I don't blame you or him; I only blame myself. If I hadn't been blind and chosen the wrong person, I wouldn't be in this situation now!"

Hearing Yang Xiaoli's weak words, Zhou Ya's contempt turned into sympathy. Indeed, why should women make things difficult for each other? She said, "Come in, let's talk!"

The two women talked in the room for a while. After some time, they held hands and walked out of the room, having turned from rivals into close friends. The relationship between women always confounded men. The closest friends could instantly become rivals, and the most hated rivals could become friends. Perhaps it was because they both liked the same man, or perhaps it was because neither could have Lu Xin's full love.

When Lu Xin arrived at the leadership villa of Sanjiang Group, it was already 7:00 PM, and the sky was darkening with the lights just beginning to come on.

At the entrance to the villa area, he met Li Xiaoming and Li Qiming, who had just returned from outside. Li Xiaoming touched the beautiful platinum diamond necklace around her neck and smiled at Lu Xin. "Lu Xin, have you eaten? Why don't you come to my house for dinner?"

When she smiled, the dimples on her cheeks made her look a bit like Xu Qing, a very charming woman. But as soon as he thought of her father, Li Zhonggang, and her brother, Li Qiming, Lu Xin's good feelings towards her were limited.

Lu Xin glanced at Li Qiming, who looked very uncomfortable, and smiled slightly. "I would love to visit Director Li's house, but I'm worried that Director Li wouldn't welcome me."

Li Qiming thought to himself, if I welcome you, I'm a fool.

Li Xiaoming nudged Li Qiming with her elbow.

Li Qiming remembered what his sister had told him before. He was six or seven years older than Lu Xin and needed to show the maturity, magnanimity, and generosity of his age to change Jiang Xueqing's poor impression of him. If he continued to be petty and vengeful, Jiang Xueqing would only look down on him even more. So he forced himself to smile, a smile uglier than a cry. "You are a key talent introduced by our Special Alloy Materials Factory from Jiangke University. You have made contributions to our factory, and Professor Lin Tao has given you high praise. I would like to invite you to my house, but I'm worried you might feel uncomfortable. Why don't you come to my house today?"

Damn, from your ugly smile, I can tell you're not willing at all. Lu Xin smiled slightly. "Thank you for your kindness, Director Li, but I promised my godmother to tutor my god-sister."