Chapter 297

It must of been someone from the Qiao family who tended to the cleaning . The rubbish bin was filled with all types of gift boxes, empty bottles, and fruit peelings . Among the rubbish, he honed in on one place – a bouquet of fresh flowers and an unopened cake with the Black Swan packaging that was probably just thrown out .

From the part of the packaging, you could clearly see that the cake had fallen out of shape . Also, the petals of the beautiful fresh flowers, received in the morning, were scattered on the floor . Some petals were trodden on, and the bronze card was ripped in two, casually thrown on top of the battered flowers .

In that split second, it was like Lu Jinnian’s pressure points were pressed . He stood on the spot without moving an inch . Just like that, the happiness and wonderful image in his heart dissipated in a puff of smoke . No, it was like someone had cruelly slapped him across the face .

He stood on the spot for a long time before striding forward, bending down to pick up the bouquet of flowers .

Indeed, the bouquet of flowers was worthless to Qiao Anhao, and to him now, it wasn’t worth much either . But, back then, it cost him the pay from several episodes of filming .

The drizzling rain grew heavier . He wanted to fix up the flowers, as if something like this could calm his scattered heart . But it was no use . The beautiful flowers were far too trampled on . His finger touched the flowers, and the petals fluttered down to the ground . In the end, all that was left in his hand were a bunch of bare stems .

His fingertips trembled for a long while, before picked up the ripped up card and put the pieces together . The words he wrote, “I am happy only with you”, fell into his eyes, as the rain smudged the ink .

He didn’t know how long he was there, spaced out, but suddenly there was the sound of a car stopping behind him . Following this came the sound of a car opening, and footsteps stopping behind him . “Sorry to disturb you . “

Lu Jinnian composed himself and slowly got up with a hand full of bare stems . He turned around to find the Xu family housekeeper .

The housekeeper didn’t bother to wait for him to speak, but pointed at the car behind him . “Please follow me . Madam would like to see you . “

Naturally, he knew that the ‘Madam’ the housekeeper referred to was Han Ruchu . Han Ruchu had always hated him to death . What good could there be to see her; he stood on the spot without moving .

The housekeeper wasn’t in a rush, and continued to say, “Madam says, she has something to tell you about Miss Anhao . “

“Miss Anhao”, the two words were like his weakness that brutally clutched onto his life force . He lowered his eyes and got in the car .

The housekeeper drove him to a private clubhouse, but he was actually brought to the monitoring room .

Only Han Ruchu was in there, dressed very luxuriously . In front of her was a screen showing an enlarged party room . He only needed one look to recognize all of the people there: Xu Jiamu, Qiao Anhao, Qiao Anxia, Zhao Meng, and some other friends he knew .

The housekeeper waited for him to enter before closing the door .

There were only the two of them, he and Han Ruchu, in the monitoring room . He didn’t greet her, but Han Ruchu didn’t mind . She wore an elegant yet arrogant smile, not even bothering to look at him . She shot out the words, “You like Qiao Qiao . “

Her words were an affirmative sentence . There wasn’t a even a hint of doubt .