Chapter 48: Life is a Play, Full of Acting
Translated By: Green Tea
Edited By: Ocelot
“Have you held on long enough?” The man’s cold voice rang out, and his gaze that was falling on the face of Tang Xin Luo did not look friendly.
Tang Xin Luo’s upturned lips evolved into an even deeper smile, “Dear, you are mad at me?” She originally was much more passive than him, but now, she suddenly became much more active.
The heart of Tang Xin Luo was soft and delicate. Although she had been married twice, in the end, she was only in her early twenties. Not only was the sound of her voice delicate, her whole person was also like a flower bud just in full bloom, charming and attractive.
When Lu Yu Chen’s chilled heart accidentally laid eyes on her for a clear moment he was slightly swayed. His far-reaching eyes swept across her features. Her peach eyes were glassy, filled with unshed tears, abe her lips slightly trembled. Even though he knew she was acting, when looking at her wronged appearance, it could not help pulling up a person’s pity.
He reached for her head and rubbed her hair, “No.”
He had wanted to adjust his mood and then talk to her, but he did not think this young woman would be so sensitive. He was just a little cold, but she was suddenly upset.
“But I think … in the few days that you’ve been gone, you seem to have gone out to eat.” Her head was still buried in his chest as her voice sobbed out.
Lu Yu Chen’s dark eyes suddenly flashed a touch of sophistry, his face becoming chilled lines.
“Why? Are you asking me where I was, or are you asking me why I neglected you?”
“No,” Tang Xin Luo denied without hesitation, her voice still muffled.
Lu Yu Chen brought her little face up, forcing her gaze to meet his own.
“Mrs. Lu, I hope you understand that…” His mouth was cold and cramped, “…when I married you, it was just a business transaction, and in this year you will get what you deserve, from you I’ll get what I want, we both do not owe each other, and both do not interfere with each other’s business.”
“Do you understand?” At his last word his voice rose slightly. It sounded a little sultry, but it no longer hooked onto Tang Xin Luo’s heart and caused ripples.
“Got it.” She nodded, wondering if the feeling in her heart was happiness or loss. Her temptation was successful. At least this one temptation let her understand what Lu Yu Chen wanted in the end. The marriage contract between them would not be affected by any other woman during this year.
She could do what she wanted to do with the title of Mrs. Lu, but otherwise she had no right to interfere with Lu Yu Chen.
Of course, he did not sound prepared to interfere in her private affairs.
This is very good, and the contract they signed said the same thing, but …why is it that inside her heart, there is a strange feeling?
Tang Xin Luo forced herself not to think it and looked at Lu Yu Chen with a forced smile.
“Mr Lu rest assured. Between taking your money versus having all my troubles disappear, I choose the latter. Since we have signed the contract, of course, I will not let Mr. Lu be embarrassed. I had thought that Mr. Lu was previously fond of Mrs. Lu.”
(TN: By Mrs. Lu she means herself. This sentence was so hard to translate.) “But now I know, Mr Lu did not originally like me. I have asked too much. Do not worry, I promise there will be no next time.”
Tang Xin Luo propped herself up and left Lu Yu Chen’s arms.
She firmly sat back in her seat as if nothing happened, her hands together as she continued watching movies.
Lu Yu Chen’s dark look faded, his face returning to its normal complexion as the small woman left his arms.
Clearly this is exactly what he wanted the Lu family’s lady to be like, but just a moment ago, when her soft and fragrant body backed away from his arms, why did it give birth to a sense of loss?
Kneading and rubbing the joints of his fingers, he thought he was probably too busy with work, and that this is what caused his thoughts to become unclear.
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This brief episode quickly passed. After the plane landed back in A City, Lu Yu Chen’s attitude with Tang Xin Luo returned to a normal spoiled warmth as they entered A City.
But Tang Xin Luo would not be misled, because she knows life is like a play, full of acting. From now on, the tests coming Tang Xin Luo’s way have just begun.