Drunk on Marriage, Billionaire's Overindulgent Love-Chapter 862 - 329: Heartbroken Fairy Tale – Shadows in Passing Light (Part 4)

Chapter 862: Chapter 329: Heartbroken Fairy Tale – Shadows in Passing Light (Part 4)

After the vibrating sound disappeared, a man’s deep voice came to his ears, "I’m driving."

"..."

"Stay put, I’m coming over now."

It wasn’t clear what Shen Weiyi said on the other end of the line, but the call ended quickly.

Once the car stopped by the roadside, Lin Chu finally asked, "Does she need you for something?"

The sky had already darkened, and Lu Huai’an’s sharply defined features showed no sign of emotion, though his dark eyes, fixed on the girl’s calm face, seemed deeper and more unfathomable than usual.

He didn’t respond, nor did Lin Chu press him.

Their gazes met in the air, his profound and complex, hers clear and unblemished.

After a while, Lu Huai’an spoke, "Weiwei had an accident on set, someone’s causing trouble for her."

Lin Chu nodded, her delicate features remaining calm, "If something happened on set, shouldn’t it be Gu Shaozhi who goes?"

She asked casually, without the slightest hint of interference.

As she spoke, she had already started unbuckling her seatbelt and tidying her clothes.

Before the girl could open the car door, Lu Huai’an reached over from the steering wheel and grasped her wrist, "Shaozhi isn’t in An City. Come with me, it might take an hour, I’ll drive fast and we can get to the Lin Family before dinner."

He’s been very busy these past few days and should have taken her to visit her family much earlier.

Having stayed up last night to finish some work, he finally made some time.

Lin Chu pushed the man’s hand away, without looking back, got out of the car.

"I promised Dad I’d cook for him tonight. If I go with you, who knows what time we’ll be done. So, you go ahead, I’ll just take a cab." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Closing the car door inevitably made some noise.

Lin Chu thought Lu Huai’an must have misunderstood something, as he got out of the car when she’d barely taken three steps away.

"Lin Chu."

Her wrist was caught, forcing her to stop.

Under the flickering neon lights, she smiled at the man’s austere face, a light sparkle in her eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I’m not kicking up a fuss to stop you from going, I’m being very good, aren’t I? What more do you want from me?"

Miss Shen has been quite unlucky lately, with one issue after another.

Just having come out of a suicide scandal, now someone’s giving her trouble again.

Popular people attract trouble, that saying holds some truth.

Lu Huai’an’s brows furrowed, his dark eyes becoming colder and grim, the grip on the girl’s wrist tightening without him realizing.

His thin lips pressed into a line, the words came out indifferently, "Speak nicely."

Lin Chu couldn’t understand what she had said that was not nice, her tone and attitude were quite normal.

Was she brushing him off?

Or showing him a bad attitude?

The grip around her wrist grew tighter, almost to the point of pain, yet the smile on her face became even more radiant, "When I act up, you find me annoying. When I’m gentle and considerate, you pick at me, Lu Huai’an..."

She paused for a few seconds.

Her clear gaze grew somewhat absent, even her voice softened, "A person’s passion will eventually wear out one day, I only have so much, you can slowly use it up."

...

After the taxi turned the corner, it completely disappeared from Lu Huai’an’s sight.

Amidst the bustling street, the cacophony of sounds seemed isolated outside, with only her voice echoing in his ears, over and over.

[A person’s passion will eventually wear out one day, I only have so much, you can slowly use it up.]

Slowly use it up...

His right hand still maintained the position of being shaken off, his distinctly jointed fingers mechanically tightened, but in his grasp, there was nothing but emptiness.

The phone in his pocket rang again.

Pulling Lu Huai’an’s tense nerves back to reality, the brief emptiness in his chest faded too rapidly, if not for the lingering slight pain, he might have thought it was just his illusion.

"Xiao Chu, will you leave?"

"Passion, when ignored for too long, loses its vigor. So, Lu Huai’an, maybe one day I won’t like you anymore."

————

Lin Chu returned home alone again.

If she hadn’t called ahead, saying she would come back with Lu Huai’an, Lin Zongjun wouldn’t have thought anything of it.

"Quarreled?"

After hanging her coat on the rack, Lin Chu walked into the kitchen.

"No, he’s so busy, where would he find the time to argue with me. Besides, I’m not the type to create trouble for nothing, what’s the point of quarreling?"

She had only waited by the roadside for a few minutes, with people passing by, there really wasn’t any chance to argue.

Even if Lu Huai’an was in the mood, she didn’t have the energy to entertain it.

Lin Zongjun put down his teacup, following her into the kitchen with his hands behind his back.

Seeing the child who had snuggled in his arms in school uniform a few years ago, unknowingly already started to understand the complexities of life.

"Xiao Chu, you are my own daughter, whether you’re happy or not, you can’t hide it from me."

Everyone lies, and lies come in many forms.

Hearing her father’s words, Lin Chu paused while washing vegetables.

She turned her head, mimicking his tone exactly, "Old Lin, you’re my real dad, whether you have something on your mind, you can’t hide it from me either."

Though their meetings were infrequent, her father had been the one who spent the most time with her.

A cough, a sigh, she knew them well.

Though only fifty years old, he somehow had already developed white hair.

Lin Zongjun chuckled, helplessly yet fondly, "You cheeky girl, you’ve even learned this trick."

Lin Chu haughtily raised her chin, without wiping her wet hands, she pushed her father out of the kitchen, "Go have some tea, no smoking allowed. I’ll make lots and lots of delicious food for you."

...

Initially, Lin Chu thought that after Lu Huai’an finished his work, he would come to the Lin Family for dinner.

But she waited and waited, and he never showed up.

So she thought, maybe Shen Weiyi’s matter was too important.

She had indeed prepared a table full of dishes, not just for two or three people, almost all were Lin Zongjun’s favorites, while the rest were suited to Lu Huai’an’s taste.

Lu Huai’an arrived only as dinner was about to end.

No one asked him what he had been doing for the past two hours, Lin Chu reheated the cold dishes and sat at the dining table to keep him company while he ate.

She was very quiet, unusually so.

Even after saying goodbye to Lin Zongjun and getting into the car, she had nothing else to say to Lu Huai’an.

As the car stopped by the roadside, the moment Lin Chu turned her head, she found herself falling into a pair of deep, mysterious eyes.

She smiled gently and asked, "What’s up?"

Lu Huai’an just looked at her, his chiseled features showing no emotion.

Lin Chu withdrew her gaze and let out a deep sigh, "My dad has enough worries every day, I can’t add to his troubles, and you’re very busy too. Arguing affects the mood too much, and I don’t want to seek trouble for myself either."