Chapter 38.1

Shen Qingruo was helping Luo Tianyuan’s company translate some documents. She didn’t quit her job at the piano store. After all, she still had two or three students. Luo Shuyan was also learning piano from her.

So, she had a discussion with Luo Tianyuan. She would quit her job at the piano store and devote herself to translating files and teaching Luo Shuyan the piano.

Now that Shen Qingruo’s salary was quite substantial, she was confident that if this trend continues, she would be able to pay off the money owed to Luo Tianyuan in less than two years.

She also acknowledged that it was Luo Tianyuan who gave her this well-paid job, and it was Luo Tianyuan who gave her a place to live.

To her, Luo Tianyuan was the biggest benefactor she met after she left the Lu family and Beijing. She had nothing to repay him, and she couldn’t think of any other way to repay him except to take care of Luo Shuyan wholeheartedly.

At night, after Luo Shuyan went home, and Shen Yan went to bed early, Shen Qingruo was going through the bilingual dictionary under the lamp.

She cherished her hard-earned life now, and looked forward to giving her son a better future with riches, through her own hard work.

It was not difficult to pick up English again, but she wanted to do better so that she could live up to Luo Tianyuan’s expectations.

The hour hand pointed to ten, and Shen Qingruo heard a knock on the door. She thought she had misheard it, because the knock was very light. After listening carefully to confirm, she got up and went to the door.

She saw someone through the peephole. It was Luo Tianyuan, and she opened the door with a sigh of relief.

Luo Tianyuan was busy with work, she knew it.

It was common to work overtime until past ten o’clock, but he rarely came to her so late.

Could it be because of Shuyan?

Luo Tianyuan’s expression was solemn. “Qingruo, are you free? Can we go out and have a talk.”

Seeing the expression on his face, Shen Qingruo was stunned for a while, “Going out to have a talk?”

It was already late.

She was worried about whether something had happened, much more than whether this was appropriate.

Luo Tianyuan usually cared more about maintaining an appropriate distance with her than she did.

Luo Tianyuan nodded seriously. “It’s very important. I don’t think Shen Yan should hear about this. Although he is sleeping, if he gets up and goes to the bathroom, he might accidentally overhear the conversation. Everyone is asleep at this point, let’s talk in my car. ”

Shen Qingruo was startled, nodded her head lightly, picked up her thick padded jacket on the clothing rail, and followed Luo Tianyuan out.

It was past ten o’clock. Almost none of the lights in the community were still on, and it was freezing outside. After Shen Qingruo got into the car, she felt a little less cold.

“Tianyuan, did something happen?” Shen Qingruo asked cautiously.

Luo Tianyuan took out a photo from his briefcase, hesitated for a moment and handed it to her. “Look at this.”

Shen Qingruo took the photo cautiously. The light in the car was dim. She took a closer look, and when she saw the person in the photo clearly, her pupils focused and her hands trembled uncontrollably.

“This……”

Her throat was dry, and she felt a chill rising from the soles of her feet.

Seeing her like this, Luo Tianyuan kinda had an idea about what had happened.

He sighed, he didn’t intend to scare her, so he slowed down and said as calmly as possible, “I went out for dinner with Qianjin today, and I happened to meet an acquaintance of his that he met in Hong Kong. His name was Liu Zhongtong. He said he was the assistant of President Lu of the Shengyuan Group. He came to Ning City to buy some local products for his relatives, and he was just looking for someone. The person he was looking for was Mrs. Lu, who was said to have disappeared several years ago. They’d found her belongings at the beach, and everyone concluded that she died by accident.” He paused before continuing, “Only her husband, Mr. Lu, is unwilling to accept it, and has spent a lot of manpower and resources looking for her over the years.”

According to Liu Zhongtong, Mr. Lu didn’t dare to look for her openly. First, his parents at home objected and were unwilling to make this matter public, and for this matter to become a topic for others to gossip about. Secondly, if Mrs. Lu were still alive, it wouldn’t be the best for her safety if others knew that they were trying to find her.

Shen Qingruo lowered her head. Luo Tianyuan couldn’t see her expression clearly.

“I didn’t tell Liu Zhongtong that I had seen the person in the photo. Fortunately, Qianjing also went along with me. I borrowed this photo. Without this photo, I believe Liu Zhongtong wouldn’t go around asking others about the woman in the photo. We told him that we’ll help him ask around.”

Luo Tianyuan looked at her and continued with a serious tone, “Qingruo, what do you plan to do about this matter. Do you want him to find you, or do you not want him to find you?”

Shen Qingruo raised her head when she heard the words, but Luo Tianyuan was taken aback for a moment. She was already in tears, unable to hide her grief and pain.

“Can I please not be found by him?” Shen Qingruo pleaded, “I have been hiding and running away for so many years. I just don’t want to see those people again, and I don’t want to be Mrs. Lu anymore.”

Why couldn’t he let her go?

She’d faked her own death and left Beijing to leave him. She thought that she would finally be able to live a peaceful and stable life.

Luo Tianyuan didn’t speak.

After a moment of silence, he said, “You have been through a lot of hardships these past few years, and I have seen it all. At that time, I could see that you are different from others. Qingruo, I heard that he never gave up looking for you. He also refused to accept the fact that you’ve passed away, and even collapsed after finding your belongings at the beach. I don’t know what happened between you two, but from what I know, I think has you in his heart. You are his wife, and you two have a child together…”

From Luo Tianyuan’s point of view, Shen Qingruo didn’t have to live such a difficult life.

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