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Lu Zhao sent Xia Yu back.
Lu Zhao was silent throughout the drive.
Xia Yu was in a good mood. He opened the car window a crack, and the cold wind outside blew his hair. The USB flash drive containing the evidence of Xu Zhan's "cheating" was in his pocket.
He even hummed a few lines of a song, looking very carefree.
Lu Zhao tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
When turning a corner, he suddenly said, "You divorce Xu Zhan, and I won't force you to marry me. I will give you all the benefits of your family's cooperation with the Xu family. You don't have to pay anything. You can stay if you want to, and you can leave if you want to. Is that okay?"
Xia Yu was a little surprised.
Lu Zhao always keeps his word and does what he says. This really sounds like a proposal to him.
Xia Yu stopped smiling, but still shook his head.
"no."
He went limp again, leaning back in his chair like a boneless kitten, and whispered, "I don't accept bargaining."
If he really gets divorced, he will no longer be able to control how the relationship between him and Lu Zhao will develop.
He is living a good life now and doesn't want to get involved in any more messy water.
"I don't really want you to be my lover," Xia Yu looked out the window with a calm look in his eyes. "I just want to try and see if I'll be happier without any responsibility. Xu and Zhan both have lovers, so there's no need for me to restrict myself. If you don't agree to me, I'll just find someone else."
He used to want a result too much.
But he can't do that now. He still feels moved when he sees Lu Zhao, but he doesn't want Lu Zhao's love anymore, and he doesn't want to give Lu Zhao love either.
Lu Zhao didn't say anything. His profile was extremely cold and his gray-blue eyes were frighteningly gloomy.
Xia Yu looked at Lu Zhao for a few seconds. Seeing that Lu Zhao did not respond to him, he felt a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.
He stopped talking and quietly let Lu Zhao take him home.
When he arrived at the door of his house and opened the car door to get out, he heard Lu Zhao calling him.
He paused and looked back.
In the dim car, only the light on the roof cast a small ball of light.
And Lu Zhao was inside this ball of light.
His face looked very pale in such light and shadow, and even a bit gloomy when he was silent, but his features were deep and sharp, without a trace of softness. The two contradictory temperaments blended into one in him, like a statue of a lofty god, perfect and cold.
"Good night." He said to Xia Yu.
Xia Yu didn't respond, but turned and walked towards the villa.
Xia Yu entered the house in a good mood.
He didn't think Lu Zhao would agree to his request.
He proposed this condition only on a whim, and it even had the effect of angering Lu Zhao.
Lu Zhao has always been proud and conceited. He is the only one who looks down on others in this life. How could he degenerate and become someone else's lover? Not everyone is as stupid as Xia Yu.
So he didn't plan to tell Xu Zhan about having dinner with Lu Zhao.
Xu Zhan has no date today and is writing a paper in his study.
Xia Yu knocked on the door and walked in, holding a plate of fruit in his hand. He sat on the chair next to Xu Zhan and gave the USB drive to Xu Zhan. "Lu Zhao returned this thing to me today. It contains your dating records that he asked someone to check."