Pampered By All In Different Planes

Chapter 69: Chapter 69 After Running Away, the Disabled Tycoon Stopped Pretending 31

Lu Peijin’s heart thumped heavily, a sudden ominous premonition rising within him.

He swiftly pushed open the door, and what he saw first was the tidy room.

Su Zhiruan always liked cleanliness, and normally this room was kept very clean, but today, although the room was also clean, it was clearly empty.

He had the room renovated, turning the adjacent small room into her dressing room, where he added many new outfits and expensive jewelry—all piled up there.

However, when he opened the wardrobe, he found it very full.

The jewelry on the dressing table was neatly placed in velvet boxes, some of which had never been opened.

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The things he had bought for her, she hadn’t taken any of them with her; she had only taken her own.

On the desk near the windowsill lay a contract.

The handwriting on it was elegant, with both their names at the bottom—this was the contract they had previously signed.

With just one glance, Lu Peijin could understand her message.

She had left.

Silently, without leaving a trace.

What she should have taken with her, she left none; those liabilities not stated in the contract to be taken, she didn’t touch at all.

Indeed, it was Su Zhiruan.

That was just her character, overly distant, clear-minded, never wanting to owe anyone, even her goodbyes silent and unspoken.

Lu Peijin reached into his pocket, feeling the ring box inside.

He opened the carefully selected little box—inside was a diamond ring.

The diamond wasn’t overly large or flashy; on the contrary, its design was exquisite, the diamond crystal clear without a single impurity, refracting beautifully in the morning sunlight from every facet.

He took out the ring and studied it for a long time. @@novelbin@@

Then, he tossed the ring into the trash can with a flick of his wrist.

He leaned against the door frame for a long time, watching.

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In the following days, the maternal and child health specialists, as well as the two nannies, could all distinctly feel that something was off.

Ever since Su Zhiruan left in the middle of the night, the triplets kept crying for her, Lu Peijin became increasingly silent, and he gradually reverted to his original cold demeanor at the company.

The employees and shareholders had been relieved to see his change but hadn’t expected that in just a few short days, Lu Peijin would become cold again.

This time, however, he seemed even more withdrawn. Sometimes the secretary would catch him staring into space with a look of paranoia and madness in his eyes, but in the end, it all returned to calm.

As Lu Peijin’s secretary, nobody understood the situation better than he did. He carried a cup of coffee over to Lu Peijin and, after deliberating his words, still asked, “President Lu, your recent changes… Are they because of Miss Su?”

Lu Peijin said nothing. He did not even glance at the secretary as if he was a soulless zombie.

The secretary knew about his contract with Su Zhiruan but was unaware of the specifics, only that Su Zhiruan had given birth to triplets.

“President Lu… Is it because Miss Su has been pestering you? Not wanting to leave the Lu Family?” The secretary couldn’t think of any other reason why Lu Peijin would suddenly become so haggard. In an attempt to cheer him up, he added, “Is she not satisfied with the money? Does she want more? Or does she want to take the children?”

Finally, Lu Peijin spared him an extra glance, but it was a glance of utter desolation, the dead stillness that follows despair.

The secretary, in this moment, didn’t even dare to move; his gaze was too intimidating. Just watching someone calmly, yet it felt almost crazed.

“Get out.”

Lu Peijin’s headache worsened. So, if she was with him, was this the kind of gossip people would talk about?

So, she thought of leaving, thought of bidding farewell to him and the child?

No, there wasn’t even a goodbye!

The secretary didn’t know why, but it was clear that Lu Peijin was in a bad mood, so he decided to leave first.

However, as his hand had just touched the doorknob, he heard Lu Peijin speak again, “Her, what do you think?”

By “her,” in Lu Peijin’s words, he meant Su Zhiruan.

Having learned his lesson from speaking out of turn earlier, the secretary didn’t say much more.

Lu Peijin got up from his chair and casually pulled out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer.

In the secretary’s shocked gaze, he simply glanced at him and then walked toward the floor-to-ceiling window, slowly lighting a cigarette.

The smoke curled around him, and in that moment, the secretary seemed to see him standing there, his form hazy, as if he was about to ascend to immortality the next moment.

“What, surprised?” Lu Peijin spoke indifferently, “Staying up all night, if it weren’t for this stuff, who could endure it!”

Without waiting for the secretary to speak again, Lu Peijin continued to puff away, “She left, and did so very decisively.”

“Miss Su, she—” the secretary was shocked. He originally thought that Su Zhiruan would rely on the fact that she had given birth to his child, and then find a way to stay in the Lu Family.

“She didn’t take anything with her, on a night, utterly still…” Lu Peijin seemed to be explaining to the secretary, yet also talking to himself. He stretched out a hand, opened it, then clenched it again; his eyes complex with a mixture of madness, frenzy, and red veins, “She didn’t take anything with her, including my, engagement ring.”

When he said this, the secretary was utterly shocked.

Engagement ring!!?

So, it was not Lu Peijin who abandoned Su Zhiruan! It was Miss Su who decisively left their CEO Lu?!?

The secretary felt as if his understanding of the situation had turned into fantasy, his entire being felt as though he was soaked in some medicinal solution, bobbing up and down, in incessant waves.

“When did you have this idea?” the secretary didn’t even know he had planned to propose to Su Zhiruan, hearing this news for the first time left his mind struggling to catch up.

“To commission a design, to find someone to design it, to buy Shining Starlight at an auction, it took a month,” Lu Peijin said in a detached tone, as if he was talking about someone else’s business.

Shining Starlight!

This was no ordinary diamond, only the most rare and exorbitantly expensive items would make it to an auction in his social circle.

And Lu Peijin had bought it, just to craft a diamond ring to propose to Su Zhiruan!

That wasn’t the most shocking part; the most shocking was that the very person, Miss Su, left first, leaving behind their CEO Lu, now seemingly in bad shape.

“Miss Su… where did she go?” After hearing all this, the secretary realized he had really misunderstood Su Zhiruan and was now somewhat remorseful. He thought that if he could find out where Su Zhiruan was and ask her to come back in person, perhaps CEO Lu might feel better too.

“There’s no need to know now.”

At this moment, Lu Peijin looked very bad.

He extinguished the cigarette butt and returned to his seat. His eyelashes drooped, and the secretary could see that his face was—sad.

It was a silent despair.