Lu Chengwen looked around, saw no one, then pulled Jiang Yuanshu over and cupped her face in both hands before kissing her.
After kissing for several minutes, Jiang Yuanshu shoved Lu Chengwen away. "Let go of me!"
Lu Chengwen wiped his mouth. "If you were going to push me away, you should've done it earlier! You waited until after you enjoyed yourself—what do you take me for?"
"What do you take me for?"
Tears welled in Jiang Yuanshu's eyes as she looked at Lu Chengwen. "Aren't you going to marry Little Monkey? Why did you come looking for me?"
Lu Chengwen looked at her. "Did I come looking for you? Wasn't I dragged here by you?"
Jiang Yuanshu's eyes were full of disappointment. "Lu Chengwen, if I hadn't grabbed you, would you have never come to see me?"
"Of course not!"
"What did you say?"
"I meant... with my current situation, how could I come see you?"
Lu Chengwen nervously glanced outside, shut the window properly, and lowered his voice.
"What happened between us was a mess from the very beginning. It never should have happened! With things like this now, what do you expect me to do?"
"Your Fourth Uncle has his eye on my status and my ability to make money. Your father is determined to pull me into this—does he really want me? He wants my master, Ming Disha, Old Man Wu... He wants to drag everyone in. Do you really think he likes me, thinks I'm some young talent, the Ideal Son-in-law? He's using Little Monkey to push me out and force Old Man Wu into this! He's using our Yan Zhao Sect as a cover, trying to mobilize Old Man Wu to work for him!"
"And your eldest uncle—do you really think he likes me