After speaking, he pulled Xiang Wan's hand and left the restroom in a huff.
Returning to the private room, he pushed Xiang Wan into a chair and poured her a glass of water with a cold expression.
"Drink your water and don't overthink it."
The two had entered in a hurry, their expressions odd, and with Xiang Wan's lipstick smudged and Lu Mingzhe's lips stained red.
Anyone could tell what had happened.
The atmosphere became a bit awkward.
Fortunately, Lu Qingxu was shamelessly persistent.
"What's wrong?"
He pointed to his own mouth, gesturing to Lu Mingzhe, "You, here."
Lu Mingzhe raised his hand and pursed his lips fiercely.
Then he bent down and wiped Xiang Wan's mouth as well.
He then looked at Jiang Nan Fang.
"Have you seen Chen Jiaojiao recently?"
Jiang Nan Fang understood.
Something dramatic had happened.
Seeing them like this, she feared Chen Jiaojiao had run into them.
"Jiaojiao is here too?"
"That's right. She's here. And I invited her, she'll be in shortly."
Lu Mingzhe nodded, adopting an accusatory stance.
"When you saw her recently, didn't she mention our situation? Not a word?"
Jiang Nan Fang didn't know how to answer his question.
As the saying goes, one shouldn't comment without knowing the full picture, and she really didn't know much about their affairs.
Chen Jiaojiao was indeed in the wrong initially, but the situation was now complicated.
She didn't even know who to side with.
"She didn't say anything. Everyone is incredibly busy, who has the time to care about your personal matters? Just say what you need to say."
"Then I'll be blunt. From the very second Xiang Wan entered, your attitude towards her was lukewarm. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."
Hey!
Caught by his wife after doing something wrong, he was in a bad mood and was taking it out on her?
Zhan Bei Jue shot him a cold glance.
"What does she mean?"
Lu Mingzhe was like a fighting cock, pecking at anyone.
"Disdain! She thinks Xiang Wan is of a certain status, and since she's a good friend of Chen Jiaojiao's, she's angry on Chen Jiaojiao's behalf, so she looks down on her!"
The thin veil of misunderstanding was torn open, and Jiang Nan Fang, rather than feeling awkward as he expected, revealed a candid smile.
"What else? What do you expect me to do?"
"To welcome her arrival with open arms? To praise Lu Mingzhe for his capabilities? To scold Chen Jiaojiao for deserving it? What kind of person am I? What can I do?"
"I didn't expect anything from you, which is why I didn't bring it up earlier, even though I knew what you were thinking," Lu Mingzhe said.
"Before, you didn't know the inside story, so your bad attitude was understandable. But now that I've laid out the facts, you're not allowed to look at her like that anymore!"
As he finished speaking, Zhou Jinbei, looking furious, dragged a pale Chen Jiaojiao in from outside.
Seeing Zhan Bei Jue, Jiang Nan Fang, and Lu Qingxu, Zhou Jinbei's mouth opened into an O shape in surprise.
"I thought they were sneaking around here having an affair, but you're all here too? What's going on? A private gathering? Have you become good friends?"
"How interesting. I don't even know when they got together, and you're already good friends! Have you considered Jiaojiao's feelings?"
"Sister-in-law, how could you do this!"
Jiang Nan Fang shrugged and held out her hands to Lu Mingzhe.
Her expression clearly conveyed, "See? I knew this would happen."
Lu Mingzhe turned and glared at Zhou Jinbei.
He roughly pulled out a chair for her.
"Do you know why I didn't invite you? It's because your mouth is so annoying!"
"As if you're the only one who knows how to speak, shut up and sit down!"
Then he looked past Zhou Jinbei at Chen Jiaojiao.
"You sit down too. We're going to clear the air completely today."
Xiang Wan became the most embarrassed person in the room.
Fortunately, Lu Mingzhe was doing his best to support her.
She sat awkwardly in her seat, staring at the water glass in front of her.
Lu Mingzhe stood beside her, holding one of her hands.
"I know that marrying Chen Jiaojiao was my own doing, so you all think I should be responsible for her."
"I admit I made mistakes in bringing about today's situation."
"But I don't accept full responsibility."
"Chen Jiaojiao, while engaged to me, was involved with Hu Jiasheng. I assume you all know about this, right?"
"If I hadn't intervened back then, they might already be married, and she would be the pregnant woman sitting here."
"Am I supposed to be the fool? To be bullied and have my feelings trampled on? Shouldn't I fight back? Shouldn't I express my dissatisfaction?"
Everyone sat and watched him, offering no opinions.
Lu Mingzhe continued.
"Therefore, I believe my marriage to her was merely a form of revenge, one for one. I don't owe her, and she doesn't owe me."
"Regarding Xiang Wan, I pursued her. And when I pursued her, I concealed the fact that I was married. She didn't know her situation."
"You don't know how hard she was to pursue. If she had known I was married, she would never have gotten to this point with me."
In reality, his words were overly biased towards Xiang Wan.
Not only did Xiang Wan know everything all along, but she had already been involved with him.
She was very easy to pursue and had willingly fallen into her current predicament.
So Xiang Wan asked herself inwardly, what was there to be embarrassed about?
Everything was the consequence she had foreseen.
Lu Mingzhe continued.
"Xiang Wan is a moral person. She has dignity, self-respect, independence, and self-reliance. She cares for me, looks after me, cherishes me, and is loyal to me."
"I don't think I'll ever meet a better person in this life besides her."
"So, a while ago, I mentioned divorce to Chen Jiaojiao. Chen Jiaojiao agreed at the time, and we would part ways peacefully after she got through this difficult period."
"But how did you go back on your word? Chen Jiaojiao, I am no longer the Lu Mingzhe I used to be. I've made myself very clear!"
"And I'm telling you now, Xiang Wan is pregnant, and I must marry her. Whether you delay it for a day or a month, we will still get divorced. Make your own decision."
In an instant, it seemed as if all the blame fell on Chen Jiaojiao.
She should have been the most embarrassed person in the room.
Zhou Jinbei looked at her with a worried expression.
Chen Jiaojiao trembled all over, her eyes filled with tears, as if her emotions were on the verge of collapse.
Finally, Lu Mingzhe fell silent.
Chen Jiaojiao suppressed the lump in her throat and looked at him with a distant gaze.
"Finished? Then it's my turn now."
"Lu Mingzhe, it will never be fair between us."
"When I loved Hu Jiasheng the most, you forced us apart. When I was lonely and helpless, you pretended to be kind and offered me warmth."
"Now that I don't love Hu Jiasheng anymore and think you're a good person, you heartlessly discard me. Do you think that's fair?"
"Fine. It was immoral of me back then, and I wronged you. I will endure the situation today. I agree to divorce you, and we'll divorce tomorrow."
"But I'll tell you this. I won't have a peaceful breakup with you. You are the enemy who destroyed my happiness, and I hate you."
"Where you are, I will not be, and where I am, you will not be. We are enemies for life!"