Pampered By All In Different Planes

Chapter 61: Chapter 61 After Running Away, the Disabled Tycoon Stopped Pretending 23

Lu Peijin stood at the door, his expression stern, tall and straight like jade, even just standing there, he exuded an overwhelming presence, the kind only those in high positions possessed.

“Come here.”

He looked at Su Zhiruan and repeated, his tone much gentler.

Su Zhiruan stared blankly, chopsticks still in her hand, unmoved; she could distinctly feel the substantial emotional turbulence of the elder Lu by her side.

“Lu Peijin?” Su Zhiruan looked at him, “Aren’t you still on a business trip?”

Seeing that she hadn’t moved, Lu Peijin strode in determinedly; although the temperature outside was not low, he was dressed in a black coat and black leather shoes, his features cold and stark, as if a sharp, icy wind were blasting towards her, settling tumultuously in front of her.

The butler now entered the room, along with Aunt Zhang to the kitchen, witnessing the tense, drawn swords of this father and son confrontation.

“Peijin, what are you trying to do?” The old master Lu watched as he shielded Su Zhiruan behind him; without sadness or joy, expressionless, he simply set down his chopsticks lightly, “It’s just a meal, do you see your father in such a light in your heart?”

“Father? You?” Lu Peijin scoffed coldly, “Before you brought your illegitimate child here, did you even remember you had a son like me? Your son kidnapped my woman and brought her to the Lu Family, forcibly taking her for a pregnancy check, and you still remember I am your son?!”

“No need to hate me so much,” the old master Lu opened his mouth, feeling an infinite sadness in his heart, even casting pleading eyes on Su Zhiruan, “Zhiruan is pregnant now, let’s talk peacefully. After all, we will be family in the future, there’s no need to hold such a grudge against me, your father.”

Not until Lu Peijin saw that Su Zhiruan was safe and sound did he finally feel assured. He drove straight to the Lu Family as soon as he got off the plane. When he heard from his secretary that she had been kidnapped in a sack and brought here by bike by Lu Ming, he wanted to tear Lu Ming apart with his own hands. Until now, the rage in his heart had not subsided.

“Where is Lu Ming? Since you insist on protecting your bastard son, then don’t blame me for taking matters into my own hands and dealing with both him and his brother.” Lu Peijin did not want to talk with the old master Lu anymore, not wanting to stay here a moment longer, he held onto Su Zhiruan, intending to leave.

Seeing this, the old master Lu became even more anxious, calling out, “Peijin!” @@novelbin@@

Su Zhiruan gently tugged at Lu Peijin’s sleeve, which he reassuringly held in his hand.

Calmed by her, Lu Peijin turned back and spoke indifferently to the old master Lu, “If there are no other matters, then we will be leaving first.”

“Peijin! Back then, I wronged you, wronged your mother. I brought back the illegitimate child which drove her away and estranged our father-son relationship,” the old master Lu wept bitterly, looking nearly shattered, sinking deep into his chair, devoid of the vigor of his youth, and the tenderness and kindness he had shown while talking to Su Zhiruan earlier. Now he appeared like any other dejected old man, “For all these years, you’ve refused to enter into an arranged marriage, never even having a girl you liked. I know you have always borne a grudge because of the past. But now, Zhiruan is by your side, and you have a child. If you can still accept me as your father, we can go back to how things were!!”

As soon as Lu Peijin heard the old master Lu mention that Su Zhiruan was now by his side, a pain pierced his heart.

Everyone might think that because Su Zhiruan was pregnant with his child, she had slowly grown on him, perhaps this was what a happy family looked like.

But only Lu Peijin knew—Su Zhiruan, she wasn’t willing!

After thousands of words, the only thing that could penetrate his heart was the phrase: she wasn’t willing.

With this simple sentence, everything about him that appeared gentle and perfect on the surface would easily crumble to dust.

In this moment, all he could do was hold the girl beside him tightly, attempting to delay the inevitable.

She wanted to leave, to take her grandmother away to distant lands, away from Jinghua, away from this stranger tied to her by a contract, away from their child.

She had no lingering feelings, only thoughts of leaving.

But he was powerless, he didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of Old Master Lu and forcefully keep her just for the sake of his own interests.

“We should go now,” Lu Peijin didn’t want to continue speaking and led Su Zhiruan out.

Behind them, after Old Master Lu had expressed the deepest feelings in his heart, he still saw Lu Peijin leave. His heart instantly felt ice-cold, and he gradually made a decision.

“Butler, send someone to notify the shareholders to strip Lu Ming and his brother, Lu Yan, of all their company powers, and then expel them from Jinghua, never to return!” Old Master Lu made this decision.

The butler had thought he would be shocked, but it seemed he wasn’t surprised by this outcome. Considering the point these two brothers had reached, the Lu Family still being willing to keep them was already a gesture of extreme benevolence. Now, expelling them was simply normal.

Lu Peijin quickly received this news from his secretary.

However, he only glanced at it once, and all his attention was then focused on Su Zhiruan. He reached out his hand as if he wanted to gently touch her stomach but then drew his hand back.

“It’s okay,” Su Zhiruan knew his mood wasn’t too good, so she didn’t say much more, simply quietly taking his large hand and placing it on her not-yet-protruding belly.

She was still early in her pregnancy, and the child was not yet stirring, but when Lu Peijin touched it, he felt a strange warmth in his heart.

It was as if a lonely traveler, who had been wandering in the darkness for a long time without light, suddenly saw a beam of light.

He lowered his eyelashes, and unexpectedly felt like crying.

Even though he was a man, the man in charge of the Lu Group, and though those at the top are often isolated or lonely, meeting her, he had signed such a contract with her.

From the beginning, the relationship was set, and he thought he wouldn’t develop any feelings. Naturally, she too only ever regarded it as an exchange.

His heart felt as if it were being tightly squeezed by a giant hand.

Su Zhiruan noticed something was off with him, thinking he was worried about the child, so she took his hand, speaking softly, “The child is healthy, don’t worry.”

“Was it before I left… that time?” Lu Peijin touched her stomach again, then made sure her clothes were properly fixed before fully enveloping Su Zhiruan in his embrace.

“It was that time,” Su Zhiruan nodded. The child was unexpected. After she woke up that time, Lu Peijin had already left, and afterward, she hadn’t seen him again, only receiving messages that he was away on a month-long business trip.

It was only today, after being kidnapped by Lu Ming and brought to the hospital by Old Master Lu, that she discovered she was pregnant.

“I’m sorry…” Lu Peijin buried his head in her shoulder, his voice choked with emotion, “I’m sorry… I came back too late…”