The Substitute

Chapter 73

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When I woke up again, it was already bright outside.

My body was wet and sore, and I climbed up weakly. The warmth of being hugged still remained in my body, but the man who had made love with me all night last night was no longer by my side.

I couldn’t tell whether I was disappointed or melancholy. I sighed and slowly got out of bed with my sore body.

"Are you awake?"

Speak of the devil, he shall appear. I looked up and saw Zhuo Yang standing in front of me, neatly dressed and looking refreshed.

Suddenly—

There is only one feeling in my heart.

Damn, my girlfriend cheated on me.

When I came out of the shower, Zhuo Yang had already baked bread for me and poured me a cup of steaming black coffee.

I glanced at the suitcase at his feet and understood something. It turned out that we both regarded last night as our final farewell.

I don’t know why the melancholy I felt at the beginning had disappeared at this moment. I took a sip of coffee and felt my spirit slowly returning to my body.

I raised my eyes and looked at the man opposite me who was enjoying his breakfast seriously. I thought, this is it.

That's it, isn't it great

Zhuoyang offered to take me home. I didn't refuse, but when we got to the street in front of the apartment, I suddenly asked, "Are you going back to live in the mountains now?"

Zhuo Yang nodded, "After all, it's closer to Zhuoyue. Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you."

The implication is that Zhuo Yang will no longer be my neighbor. Naturally, he will not bother me any more.

Speaking of ruthlessness, who can compare to the man in front of me

I felt that I was a bit self-destructive, and I was reluctant to leave at the last moment. I suppressed the emotion that did not belong to me, smiled, and said to Zhuo Yang: "That's good... Then you go first... I think I can go back alone."

"I insist on seeing you off on the last leg of your journey."

Zhuoyang ignored my refusal and drove me upstairs.

Before leaving, he told me that although the environment here was okay, the security was bad, and asked me to move.

I smiled and thanked him for his kindness, then picked up my luggage and prepared to go upstairs.

Seeing that I didn't seem to listen to good advice, Zhuo Yang shrugged his shoulders, but in the end he didn't say anything and just drove away.

I was upstairs watching his car leave and finally disappear in the rolling traffic. Suddenly, something dropped in my heart, feeling empty, and not as good as I had imagined.

I comforted myself that this was probably because I wasn't used to it at the beginning. No one would really be unable to live without someone. I was just a little uncomfortable now.

After taking a shower, I took out all my luggage and put it in the locker.

But finally, at the bottom of the suitcase, I saw a certificate of ownership.

Zhuoyang...

He gave me the house by the sea. He once said that it was a gift from his friends, but now he left it to me.

I had no idea what he meant, and just as I was about to call him, I suddenly received a call from my former lawyer.

"Congratulations, Miss An Yue. Mr. Zhuo is now going to transfer 50% of the shares of Excellence Culture to you..."

After hanging up the phone, I was still a little overwhelmed.

When I divorced Zhuo Yang, he even wanted to take back the jewelry he had given me, and only gave me 3,000 yuan in alimony every month. I was very angry at the time, wondering how could this man I liked be so stingy...

But now, not only did he give me a small villa for free, he also gave me a share of his hard-earned excellence.

It was a bit strange, so I asked the lawyer why.

The lawyer just congratulated me and said lightly that Excellence was actually established after our marriage and could be considered our marital property and should be divided equally.

I don't believe it.

I have not made any contribution to Excellence, so how could I have the audacity to take over half of Excellence's shares

During this period, Zhuo Yang and I tried to contact each other.

But he is such a heartless man. He never answered my calls after he left.

Slowly, I understood.

Zhuo Yang treated me like that before, because he thought that I was just playing around with him when I divorced him, just like every time I ran away from home, so he deliberately used money to make demands on me...

But this time it was different, he knew it and followed the rules and really sent me away.

I got everything I wanted, and a lot of property, but why...

Why don’t I have the same relaxed feeling I had at the beginning

Why is that

Ding Wei said that I was self-abusive. Now that I had money and finally regained my freedom, I could play however I wanted from now on and didn't care about anything else.

Let me think about it, life is short and there are so many things to worry about, why should I do that

Moreover, I have been busy since my first day at work.

I still work in Ding Wei's studio. Even though I'm rich now, I can live a good life for the rest of my life without having to work and just sitting at home counting money. But I think people should not be isolated from society. It's more normal to go out to work.

Ding Wei was not polite either. I had been on leave for such a long time, and she said that the work had piled up like a mountain.

I felt apologetic, so I naturally worked harder.

No, I just got to work and I received a case that concerned me.

Hu Ling is going to have a concert.

We need to assist her with her costume design.

I still don't like Hu Ling.

But it was work, so I went anyway.

However, I was a little surprised by Hu Ling's appearance this time. She was once so pretty, but now she looked like a flower that was about to wither, exuding deathly air at all times.

When she saw me, her dull eyes lit up, bursting with deep hatred for me.

I was fully prepared to deal with her, but I didn't expect that she could kill me with just a look, but didn't cause me any trouble.

On the contrary, they are very cooperative.

I was puzzled, but later I thought that it was probably Zhuo Yang who did something. Since the other party didn't cause trouble for me, why should I cause trouble for myself

Before finishing work, I met Li Ruobing.

When she saw me, she immediately rushed over and greeted me as if we hadn't seen each other for a long time.

It turns out that we haven't seen each other for a long time.

I was planning to talk to her about Wen Li and her recent melodrama, but Li Ruobing quickly changed the subject.

"Where have you been all this time? Did you know that A Yu is back... and has been looking for you for a long time?"

When I mention the little ice crystal prince in my memory, I now have a strange feeling in my mind.

"Is he all right?"

"What's good about that... I don't know what kind of agreement he reached with his family... He actually said he wants to join the government when he returned..."

This is good. Song Yu once said that he would go back to the path arranged by his parents. Now everything is on the right track, which is good.

"What's good about that! Ah Yu loves freedom all his life. He told me before that he would never compromise for others. He hates the officialdom at home so much, how could he possibly go back..." Li Ruobing said, while glaring at me with a look of disappointment, "Humph, I knew it was your fault. You decide, be nice to Ah Yu in the future, or I'll be rude to you."

"… "

Well, it seems that it was because of me that Song Yu accepted a path that was not originally his...

Although I must have said before that Song Yu's compromise might have something to do with me, but we had been out of relationship for almost half a year, and the boy was very unstable. Perhaps, he had long forgotten that there was a woman like me named An Yue in the world.

To be honest, I didn’t take Song Yu’s matter to heart. I packed my things and prepared to go home trembling with fear after hearing Li Ruobing’s warning.

But, I'm not very lucky.

As soon as I went out, a black Audi stopped in front of me.

The car door opened and a familiar face appeared in front of me.

"Second Miss, Madam is looking for you."

In this world, there is only one person who calls me "Second Miss", and that is Aunt Ying, the old servant of the An family. She is An Ran's mother and the person brought by Mrs. An from her natal family. She has never been married in her life and treats Mrs. An as her own daughter.

At that time, An Ran died and Mrs. An went crazy. She hated me to the core and had been rude to me before. After this incident, she tried every means to kill me.

I am very afraid of Aunt Ying, but I am even more afraid of Mrs. An.

Especially in the past five years, Mrs. An has never looked for me, so why did she suddenly look for me this time

I didn't want to go, and I shook my head to refuse.

Aunt Ying's face, which looked like a stepmother, showed a fake smile.

"That's not up to you, Second Miss."

As he spoke, a tall man came down from the driver's seat, walked straight to me and opened the car door for me.

"Second Miss, please don't make things difficult for us."

What this means is that I have to go today whether I want to or not.

He comes with bad intentions. It seems I can't hide today.

Sighing secretly, I clenched the bag in my hand and nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."

After An Ran's death, Mrs. An lived in the An family's old house for a short time before moving to the high-end private nursing home here.

Because it is said that her mental state is very unstable and she has a tendency to hurt others.

I can prove this because she was the one who broke into my room with a knife in the middle of the night.

It's only five years since I last saw her, but Mrs. An has improved a lot. She is wearing a lake green dress, and she is holding a snow-white Persian cat in her well-maintained hands.

When he saw me coming, he smiled at me faintly.

"An Yue, you are here."

In my memory, Mrs. An has always been so noble and elegant. Even if she occasionally becomes mentally unstable, it is because of An Ran's death.

However, I haven't seen her for five years. When I see her occasionally now and then, it seems that her mental state has improved a lot.

like-

It's normal now.

I thought about this in my mind and carefully looked at the elegant lady in front of me. I thought it would be better to be careful.

In this world, the more normal a person appears on the surface, the more abnormal he or she is at heart.

Especially for someone like Mrs. An who already has a criminal record, we must be more careful.

Thinking of this, I became more alert and spoke cautiously, "Madam, how are you these days?"