Free Web NovelChapter 925: Chapter 345: [Heartbroken Fairy Tale] The Sea Is an Upside-Down Sky (Part 5)_4
Shen Weiyi thought Lin Chu couldn’t wait for her to die.
Lin Chu seemed to have heard a funny joke, the arc at the corner of her lips deepening, her exquisite and bright features more dazzling than sunlight.
"Die?"
Lin Chu’s heart was small, that heart could only hold one person when alive, and when it decayed, it could only bury one person.
To Shen Weiyi, she was just an indifferent spectator.
Just like those other characters, no special treatment.
"Miss Shen is doing well, why always think about dying?"
Shen Weiyi smiled elegantly, "After all, my mind is small, always thinking on the bad side. I even thought you quite hated me."
After all, everything started with that incident.
"Why would I hate you?" Lin Chu’s eyes were filled with laughter, but her voice was extremely indifferent, "You can’t wrap fire in paper, one day Lu Huai’an will know the angel he so lovingly protected is actually a murderer. Tsk, tsk, tsk, just thinking about that scene is thrilling."
She watched Shen Weiyi’s face change and suddenly felt it was meaningless.
"Even if living, Lu Huai’an couldn’t fix his blindness, once dead and meeting Aunt Song, he will learn the truth. I hope you meet in hell."
How could someone like Lu Huai’an tolerate deception?
If there was a soft spot in his otherwise icy heart, it would only be for his mother Song Jingyuan.
Lin Chu remembered how anxious he truly was during Song Jingyuan’s illness.
Every night he spent late in the study, going to bed reeking of alcohol and tobacco, seemingly only able to forget temporarily through passionate intimacy.
Shen Weiyi looked at Lin Chu, much more mature than five years ago, raising a faint arc at her lips, "Lin Chu, you’ve grown up, quite impressive."
"Stop it!" Lin Chu hurriedly stopped her, "Please don’t, it’s revolting."
Shen Weiyi suddenly remembered Xia Qian, who had passed three years ago.
If back then, Xia Qian and Lin Chu only shared similar looks, with a completely different temperament and character, now Lin Chu resembled Xia Qian more because... of the worldly weariness in her eyes.
Laughing lightly, she said, "With your father forced to jump by your husband, someone like you shouldn’t have come back, what, couldn’t live outside?"
Implicitly suggesting Lin Chu couldn’t adjust to living poorly, having grown used to wealth, so she came back to An City in frustration.
Lin Chu wasn’t upset, slightly furrowing her brows as if bothered.
"Isn’t it because your allure has faded, can’t charm Lu Huai’an to remember me? Even if they think I caused Aunt Song’s death, instead of jailing me, they pamper me. Strange, right?"
Shen Weiyi’s eyes held self-mocking laughter.
From Lu Huai’an’s open pursuit of Xia Qian, who resembled Lin Chu, when she first felt humiliated, she already saw through it.
So, Lu Huai’an bringing Lin Chu back isn’t surprising.
"With you gone, An City is quite dull."
’You’ referred to Lin Chu and Ji Wanxia.
Lin Chu shrugged and laughed lightly in reply, "Like fetching water with a bamboo basket, truly dull."
Whether Lu Huai’an or Gu Shaozhi, she held neither.
Isn’t it empty indeed?
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When Lun Jun arrived, Shen Weiyi’s assistant also returned with the medicine, just standing afar, not daring to approach.
"Madam, Mr. Lu called, asking what you’d like for dinner?"
Madam...
When those two words entered Shen Weiyi’s ears, her nails almost dug into the tender flesh of her palm.
Eyes filled with self-mocking ridicule, she walked past Lin Chu as if not seeing her presence.
Shen Weiyi, indeed quite pitiable.
The assistant standing a short distance away hurriedly followed, glancing twice at Lin Chu, only to meet Lun Jun’s warning cold eyes.
A shiver inexplicably ran through the assistant’s body, not daring to look again, quickly following Shen Weiyi’s steps.
Lin Chu didn’t answer, and Lun Jun asked again, his tone unchanged, polite and respectful.
The piercing sound of high heels striking the floor faded, restoring the corridor’s atmosphere to normal.
Lin Chu’s phone vibrated three times in her pocket, none of which she answered, so it’s understandable why driver Lun Jun came inside.
She spoke in a light tone, "If I’m not eating, will he starve to death too?"
Lun Jun’s composure exceeded that of a typical assistant, remaining after three days with Lin Chu without complaints or retreating was solely him.
Unfazed, he replied, "Mr. Lu should already be on his way. He said if you’d like to eat outside, he’ll pick you up directly."
Lin Chu wasn’t in the mood.
Not because she met Shen Weiyi, but because of her friend Xu Qiubai.
The current inability to do anything felt like when she could only watch helplessly as bucket after bucket of dirt was thrown at her father.
Her exquisite features were now devoid of warmth, "Let’s go back."
In that cage, at least there were Qi Ming and the maids present, if she had to eat alone with him outside, she feared she’d choke.
A wordless silence, quite awkward.
Lun Jun nodded respectfully, following behind Lin Chu, "Alright."
...
Halfway through the journey, Lin Chu’s phone vibrated again, though unmarked, it wasn’t unfamiliar.
She glanced at the focused driving Lun Jun, then naturally answered.
"Brother Jiang?"
A familiar voice caught by radio waves sounded in her ear, Jiang Yichen’s eyes unconsciously softened, "It’s me."
This was the first phone call from Jiang Yichen since Lin Chu was brought to An City by Lu Huai’an. She didn’t lack freedom to call, just didn’t know how to start.
That night, her words were actually quite clear, yet she vanished the next day.
Recalling those years, Lu Huai’an to Lin Chu was like a latent illness, not fatal but constantly tormenting her.
When trapped in the grief of losing her father, about to collapse, when morning sickness was so severe, eating anything led to vomiting, her body growing heavier day by day, when lying on the operating table in unbearable pain...
Many moments.
At her side, it was always Jiang Yichen.
The car interior was silent, Lin Chu clearly hearing the voices coming from the phone, Jiang Jiang’s and Jiang Yichen’s. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Until Jiang Yichen soothingly placated Jiang Jiang, Lin Chu’s ear returned to quiet, seemingly able to hear the breathing.
She bit her lip lightly, speaking softly, "Sorry, for worrying you."
The night Lin Chu was forcibly brought back to Riverfront Apartment by Lu Huai’an, Jiang Yichen arrived, though she didn’t know it.
All this time, she considered calling him.
But... words seemed hollow.
Who would have thought, after five years, she fell back into the bottomless quagmire.
When will she climb out?
No idea.
"Still alright, just knowing you’re safe eased much of my worry," Jiang Yichen chuckled, his voice deep and warm, "Jiang Jiang’s eager to see you and Qi Ming, so I brought her to An City. Are you available now?"
