Lu Mingzhe spent a long time outside, checking Xiang Wan's assets and only then did he find out.
It turned out her leaving him wasn't an impulse, but something she had planned for a long time.
She had actually sold off all her assets without him knowing, quietly and without a trace…
Recalling the sweet times they spent together every day not long ago.
Recalling the gentle look in her eyes every time she looked at him.
Recalling their excitement when they learned she was pregnant, Lu Mingzhe felt like a fool.
It seemed she had never been sincere, and he had been completely played by her, while he was still wholeheartedly planning a life with her.
What was all this about!
He didn't understand what he had done wrong to Xiang Wan to deserve such heartlessness and self-abasement from her!
He had people investigate, wanting to find Xiang Wan and make her give him an explanation.
As a result, he had underestimated Xiang Wan.
This woman was very meticulous in her thoughts.
He couldn't find any travel records for her on trains, cars, or ships.
In the last two days, she hadn't eaten out, ordered takeout, or booked a room.
It was as if she had evaporated from the earth, and no information that could expose her location could be found.
With his anger nowhere to vent, Lu Mingzhe could only go find Xiang Yang again.
"Why? Why would you do this to me? You were already making plans, did you and your sister conspire to trick me? Are you even human, Xiang Yang?"
"I've practically ripped my heart out to give to you, are you even human, Xiang Yang?"
Xiang Yang had just returned from his hometown by train, and Lu Mingzhe was waiting for him at the school gate.
At this moment, with people coming and going, he grabbed Xiang Yang by the neck and shouted, attracting the frequent glances of passersby. Xiang Yang didn't care.
"Actually, when my sister first told me she planned to leave you, I was quite shocked."
"I thought she had wronged you, that she was heartless… but now, it seems her choice was the right one."
"You know perfectly well what your mother did to her, you know how much pressure she endured, and now you're here questioning me for reasons, Mingzhe Ge, does my sister have no self-respect in your heart?"
"Just because we come from humble backgrounds, are we supposed to be trampled on by your mother again and again?"
"If it were you, and someone constantly said you weren't good enough for my sister, would you feel comfortable?"
"My mother is my mother, and I am me! Haven't I made my stance clear enough? For your sister, I even severed ties with her…"
"Can a mother-son relationship be severed just like that? Don't be ridiculous. If you truly severed ties, your mother wouldn't continue to pester my sister."
Xiang Yang sneered, "You still don't know, do you? She didn't even spare me, nor my sister's friends."
"She had people try to run me over with a car, and sent people to cause trouble at my sister's friends' company, causing the company to go bankrupt… If my sister hadn't left, who knows what would have happened."
Lu Mingzhe was shocked again.
He didn't know his mother could be so despicable.
"This happened? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"My sister didn't want me to say. At first, she was afraid of putting you in a difficult position, but later, she felt there was no point in telling you."
Xiang Yang sighed.
"Your thoughts are your thoughts, and Auntie's thoughts are Auntie's thoughts. She just won't stop, and you can't do anything about her."
"Since that's the case, it's better for my sister to just withdraw. At least everyone can be at peace."
The current Lu Mingzhe was like a patient poisoned by the love flower, and Xiang Wan was his antidote.
He had to find her, no matter what.
So after Xiang Yang finished speaking, he finally calmed his anger.
He changed his expression to one of seriousness, so serious it was almost pitiful, and said to him.
"I'm going back to find my mother right now. If you think severing ties isn't enough, I'll go back and argue with her, make a scene, and make her never bother me again."
"You call your sister and tell her to come back. I don't want my mother, I just want her, alright?"
Seeing him like this, Xiang Yang felt an unspeakable sadness and conflict.
But that was all he could do.
"I really don't have my sister's number, I've truly lost contact with her. You don't know how stubborn my sister is."
"Mingzhe Ge, it doesn't matter now whether you sever ties with your mother or not, really. My sister doesn't care anymore."
Lu Mingzhe didn't believe him.
He had been wrong before, he hadn't handled the relationship with his mother well, and he would correct it now, going back to talk to his mother.
Xiang Wan would definitely come back in a couple of days.
The car screeched to a halt outside the door.
Lu Mingzhe rang the doorbell frantically, and the nanny opened the door.
Seeing him, her surprise was undisguised.
"Mingzhe is back? The madam has been mentioning you these past two days…"
Lu Mingzhe didn't greet the nanny and strode towards the living room.
Hearing the nanny's words, his mother had already come to greet him.
As a result, Lu Mingzhe walked over, his eyes red like a rabbit, his lips trembling slightly, and looked at her with an expression of great pain.
"Xiang Wan is gone, she left without a trace, and I can't find her anywhere. Are you satisfied now?"
Lu Mingzhe's mother already knew.
She had prepared a whole speech for him, but seeing his expression, she didn't know what to say.
Lu Mingzhe met her gaze with red eyes. After more than ten seconds, he suddenly knelt on the ground with a look of disgust.
"I beg you, stop harming me under the guise of doing what's best for me, I'm begging you."
"I never imagined that my own mother would do so many dirty deeds behind my back, targeting her son's lover. It's utterly absurd."
"Xiang Wan is carrying my flesh and blood, Lu Mingzhe. You've pushed her to the brink time and time again. If she's alright, fine, but if something happens…"
Growing up, Lu Mingzhe had never been made to kneel by his mother, not even for red envelopes on holidays.
Now, nearing thirty, he was kneeling to her for a woman?
She had done something wrong and wanted to say some soft words to appease him.
But now, she couldn't say anything.
"...Lu Mingzhe, is this all the capability you have?"
Lu Mingzhe knelt there dejectedly. m..oΓg
"This is all the capability I have. I love Xiang Wan so much that I can't live without her."
"I wasn't finished speaking. If she's alright, fine. But if something happens, you can wait to collect both our bodies."
"You!"
"Don't think I'm lying. If you think that giving birth to me means you have the right to control me, then control me as much as you want."
After saying that, Lu Mingzhe left home without looking back.
A sour feeling surged up his nose, and tears blurred his eyes again and again.
His hands trembled so much he couldn't grip the steering wheel, and the car drove erratically.
His throat felt as if it were blocked by a large wad of cotton, preventing him from breathing.
He slumped in the car, feeling miserable for a long time, and could only find Zhan Bei Jue.
Zhan Bei Jue was working from home with Jiang Nan Fang and thought Lu Mingzhe was joking about not working properly when he saw his call, so he hung up directly.
Lu Mingzhe had to call again.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but choke up.
"Lao Zhan, come out and find me. I'm so upset."