Hearing the familiar voice, Lu Jinyan frowned, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes.
He looked calmly at Gu Mingsi as she walked in, her face filled with intense joy.
Gu Mingsi walked up to Lu Jinyan and excitedly handed him a prenatal check-up report.
She said shyly, "Jinyan, I'm pregnant."
Lu Jinyan glanced at her carelessly, not taking the report from her hand.
He simply asked with a smile, "That's good."
Gu Mingsi looked at him excitedly and said, "Jinyan, does that mean you agree to us being together?"
Gu Mingsi had waited for this day for a full month.
She had gotten pregnant as she wished.
Lu Jinyan looked at her with a hint of surprise. "I don't think I ever promised that if you got pregnant, I'd be with you."
Gu Mingsi's face suddenly turned pale. "Jinyan, what do you mean by that?"
She asked through gritted teeth.
Lu Jinyan was not in a good mood, and in this kind of weather, his mood was even worse.
"Gu Mingsi, I gave you a month to think things through, but you're still so obstinate?"
"Do you think you're worthy? My family requires us to be well-matched. Do you think you're worthy of me in any way?"
Lu Jinyan asked carelessly, his words and questions dictated by his mood.
He wasn't such a superficial person, but he spoke according to whom he was facing.
Gu Mingsi opened her red lips, unable to utter a single word.
Her family background wasn't good. To climb onto the Lu family's great tree, she had tried very hard to get close to Lu Jinyan over the past year.
She finally managed to become a trainee, and then an eighteen-line artist under his company.
Only then did she have the opportunity to get close to him and seduce him.
However, Lu Jinyan's words, "Are you worthy?"
pierced the pain in her heart.
She had worked so hard for a life of luxury.
Lu Jinyan's words, "Are you worthy?"
had completely trampled her dignity into the ground.
But she didn't realize that it was she herself who had devalued herself, which was why she was in such a sorry state at this moment.
Lu Jinyan looked at her pale face, a faint smile appearing on his lips, but it was inscrutable.
"Gu Mingsi, didn't you know that hotel is owned by our Lu family? There's surveillance footage in the penthouse suite. Whether or not I touched you, the footage can record everything."
"If you insist on saying that the child in your womb is mine, then you can give birth to it. I can conduct a paternity test throughout the city."
Gu Mingsi: "..."
This Lu Jinyan was simply a madman.
There was surveillance footage in the penthouse suite; why didn't she know?
"Lu Jinyan, you..."
Gu Mingsi was indignant but speechless.
Seeing Gu Mingsi on the verge of a breakdown from anger, he smiled mischievously, tilted his head, revealing his smooth, sexy jawline, which held a fatal allure. "Gu Mingsi, do you think I'm easy to bully? That if you drive away the woman I love, you can enter my Lu family's door?"
Gu Mingsi, whose thoughts had been exposed, stood rooted to the spot, filled with shame and anger.
As happy as she was when she arrived, she was now filled with despair.
She had been living in a dream, and when the dream shattered, everything became hideous and terrifying.
The man before her was not as kind as she had imagined. His gentle exterior was merely a facade. How many men who navigated the business world were not ruthless?
"Lu Jinyan, I just love you. What did I do wrong?" Gu Mingsi cried, unwilling to let go.
Lu Jinyan picked up the milk coffee from the table, brought it to his sensual lips, and took a sip before speaking, "You know in your heart whether you're sincere. Get lost. You're pregnant, and your uterus is preserved, but your family's business may not be so fortunate."
Lu Jinyan took out a recording and played it for her.
"Ziyang, you must make me pregnant this month. Lu Jinyan said that if I can conceive his child, he will let me marry him, and we'll enjoy endless wealth and status."
"Ah..." Gu Mingsi looked at the phone in his hand in shock.
"This is..."
A cold glint suddenly flashed in Lu Jinyan's eyes. "Because he betrayed you."
"Ahhh..." Gu Mingsi hugged her head with both hands and let out a roar. Everything was ruined.
Her scream attracted the attention of others in the coffee shop.
Lu Jinyan, however, sat there as if nothing had happened.
He preferred milk coffee and would have a cup when he was in a bad mood.
When he was in a good mood, he could drink two cups, like now, when he was in a genuinely good mood.
Lu Jinyan tapped on his phone a few times. Two bodyguards entered and dragged away the now frantic Gu Mingsi.
Lu Jinyan then stood up and walked towards the door.
In the light drizzle, his refined back was also eye-catching.
Sycamore trees were planted along the sidewalk.
The beautiful sycamore leaves, after the rain, lay in a thick layer, soft underfoot.
Lu Jinyan walked for a long time. He didn't like exercising, preferring to walk or jog.
During holidays, when Kuo Bao and the others came, he would take the siblings for morning runs.
After the siblings started school, he rarely went for morning runs, mostly walking.
He strolled while admiring the scenery by the roadside; life was quite interesting.
Lu Jinyan walked from noon until evening, only spending an hour in a coffee shop in between.
His phone showed that he had walked thirty thousand steps that day.
Before it got dark, he reached the Modu River.
On both sides of the river were snack streets and small pubs. As the lights came on, it was bustling and lively.
The lights along the river were also colorful.
The Mid-Autumn Festival had already passed, but the riverbanks were decorated with many Mid-Autumn Festival themed potted landscapes, which were still retained.
Lu Jinyan had no interest in the scenery. He walked along the river, wanting to go home and rest.
There was a little girl selling roses by the river. The third day after he and Hua Ying confirmed their relationship, they had come here. At that time, he had bought a rose for Hua Ying.
She had been very happy, her smile sweet and radiant.
It turned out that his one-sided love had only lasted a few months.
Lu Jinyan had no regrets; those few months had been fulfilling and happy.
The little girl selling roses was still the same little girl, but they were no longer the same people they were back then.
He walked past the little girl, then suddenly stopped and bought all her roses.
The little girl smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, Uncle! You'll meet the person you like most tonight. Goodbye, Uncle!" The little girl happily went home.
Lu Jinyan, holding the roses, smiled with a good mood.
He no longer had a girlfriend. He gave the roses to a couple watching nearby and said, "I wish you a hundred years of happiness," before leaving.
When he reached under the bridge, he suddenly remembered that night, under the lights of the bridge, he had kissed Hua Ying passionately.
Her lips were soft, and her youthful innocence made his heart flutter.
Lu Jinyan took a deep breath. He had unknowingly walked here tonight.
"Yo! Miss, you're so beautiful. Don't you have a boyfriend to accompany you?"
A lewd voice came. Lu Jinyan found such people very annoying.
"Get lost."
The two angry words made Lu Jinyan pause, his gaze turning icy.
He strode over and, as expected, saw a familiar back.