Chapter 404 - You Actually Slapped Me

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Master Yan, An’an still has a chance to get out of this. Since she hasn’t dwelled too deep into her infatuation, you should be a little harsher and push her away. She’s still young, she can’t afford to spend all her time and effort on you. If things continue like that, she’ll be ruined by you!”

Lu Yan handsome face was impassive, not showing the slightest hint of angry. He nodded.

“Alright.”

Stretching out his long legs, he left.

Lu Yan left.

He agreed to it.

Huo Yanmei heaved a sigh of relief. As a mother, she could not accept the fact that her daughter was together with a man like Lu Yan.

On the surface, Lu Yan looked very prim and proper. However, his career was very risky. He did not come from a wealthy background and did not receive much education. He was already 35. In a few years time he would be in his 40s. As he was a playboy during his younger days, he already had a frivolous reputation, and men like him were never sincere.

How could she hand her daughter over to such a man?

At this moment, heavy footsteps could be heard. Huo Yanmei looked up and was shocked to see Lu Jinwen.

Huo Yanmei immediately straightened up as she was wary of this man.

Lu Jinwen was clad in black from head to toe, sporting a black shirt and black trousers. This cold-blooded man was extremely suited for such a dull colour. He was still as handsome as ever and his perfectly deep facial features remained youthful and mostly untouched by the ravages of time, with the only addition of some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. Heaven was extremely gracious towards this man as the fine wrinkles encapsulated the experience and the passing of time this man had experienced. He looked extremely charming despite being in his 50s.

With his hands shoved into his trouser pocket, Lu Jinwen cast a deep gaze onto Huo Yanmei. He mocked in a sarcastic tone, “Why are you bullying Ah Yan?”

Huo Yanmei straightened her body, in hopes to challenge the man’s powerful aura. She stared daggers at him. “Your Ah Yan has humiliated my daughter, my daughter is only 18 years old. He’s just an old man preying on younger girls!”

“Ah.” Lu Jinwen chuckled. “If Ah Yan wanted to prey on young girls, your daughter won’t even get a chance to be preyed on.”

Hearing his dismissive words, Huo Yanmei got extremely angry. “Because of your Ah Yan, my daughter is still lying in the ICU! To think you’d still be here making snide comments!”

“Madam Gu, you’re not stupid. Stop treating everyone as a fool. Your daughter saved Ah Yan only because Ah Yan was worthy of being saved. All these years, where have you been? Only Ah Yan has truly doted on your daughter as if she was a treasure.”

“You!”

Lu Jinwen gave Huo Yanmei a cold look and left.

...

Back at the corridor, Lu Yan did not sit down but had both his hands shoved into his trouser pockets. He leaned against the wall and appeared to be extremely indifferent.

As always, he was cold and filled with apathy. When he was young, he strived hard for power, but as the years went by, he had only become more uncaring.

Of course, apart from that time in the old factory when he had hugged the girl, he had almost gone crazy.

However, he was especially cold today. Faced with Huo Yanmei’s accusations, he didn’t even say a word. No one could see through what was going through his mind.

Lu Jinwen’s gaze darkened. No one could be harsher on Ah Yan than Ah Yan himself. However, Ah Yan’s weakness was not being able to toy with others’ emotions.

At the age of 35, he had not been in a relationship before. As such, he did not know what to expect.

There needed to be tried and tested methods in a relationship before their young love would learn from the process and work out eventually. However, he did not have much time anymore.

“Uncle Jin.” Lu Yan looked at Lu Jinwen.

Lu Jinwen nodded his head and muttered, “Ah Yan, you’re not young anymore. It’s time you get married. The Wang family of the Capital have a daughter, Wang Yingying, and she’s not bad. She’s here in Karghalik for the next two days. Do you have time to meet her?”

Lu Jinwen’s inquiring tone sounded more like he was speaking with a brother rather than his own son.

Lu Yan stretched out one of his legs, while the other one remained bent and his eyes sank. The corner of his lips twisted into a wry smile. “Sure, I’m frー”

“Daddy.” called Lu Qi’er, interrupting their conversation.

Fu Qinglun had left her alone in the wilderness of the country. Luckily enough, a car had passed by and sent her to the hospital.

Seeing Lu Jinwen, Lu Qi’er’s eyes lit up.

Hearing Lu Qi’er’s voice, Lu Yan looked up slowly. As his let his red eyes fall on Lu Qi’er, he gave her a foul look.

Lu Qi’er stopped short and stiffened when she saw him, realizing she had been exposed. After all, it was her fault that An’an had landed in hospital.

She hid behind Lu Jinwen.

Lu Yan retracted his gaze.

Lu Qi’er’s mouth twitched. She knew that Lu Yan was not able to do anything to her as her father was the one who had saved him!

At this moment, Lu Jinwen gave her a cold stare. “Come with me.”

...

Lu Qi’er entered an office and whined, “Daddy, you have to help me. There’s a woman who’s always bullying me, she stole Gu Mohan away from me. Her name is Tang Mo’er, can you just make her disappear?”

Slap! The moment she said that, Lu Jinwen gave her a tight slap across the face.

Lu Qi’er was stunned. All of these years, Lu Jinwen had never slapped her.

“D-Daddy, why did you slap me?” She whimpered as she covered her red, swollen cheeks with a trembling hand.

Lu Jinwen’s pupils exuded only a dark coldness, his lips forming an indifferent arch. “Do you need me to remind you why I slapped you? Ah Yan risked his life to save you, and what did you do in return?”

Daddy knew everything?

Lu Qi’er knew that her father would eventually find out, there was no way she could hide things from him. But she didn’t expect him to know so quickly.

“Daddy, Lu Yan is just an outsider, an adopted child! How could you actually slap me because of him. I’m your flesh and blood...!”

Slap! Lu Jinwen slapped her once again.

At this moment, Lu Qi’er stepped back and collapsed onto the floor. The corner of her mouth was bleeding.

“Ah Yan treats life as if he’s playing games, so many people take him for granted. He cares and takes care of you very well because of your status as my daughter. For all these years, since when did he ever reject you whenever you needed help? When did he not help when you wanted something? You still had the cheek to harm Ah Yan!”

Lu Qi’er covered her face and looked towards Lu Jinwen. This was her first time seeing her father getting angry.

She sat there pitifully and wailed, “Daddy, don’t think I don’t know, you’re treating me like this because you don’t even like me in the first place. That’s because you don’t like my mommy!”

At the mention of the word ‘mommy’, Lu Jinwen flinched. It had been more than 20 years, he could hardly remember what that woman looked like anymore.

Lin Xuanyin was lying in his basement he could see her everyday. Although Lin Xuanyin and that woman were identical twins, they were different, despite having the same appearance.