CHAPTER 614: CHAPTER 614: ENTANGLING

Mrs. Lu was virtually driven to the brink of withdrawal by Yu Xia’s retorts. She glared at Yu Xia with a venomous look, like a viper lurking in the shadows flicking its venomous tongue.

Tang Zhongwei saw this look in Mrs. Lu’s eyes, and there was a hidden sense of excitement in her own eyes.

Ever since she came to this household, she was constantly overshadowed by Yu Xia. She had to guard against Yu Xia in everything, and many of her own good deeds were sabotaged by Yu Xia, making her life dreary and tasteless. Now that someone had appeared seeing Yu Xia as the enemy, wanting to give Yu Xia a hard time, how could Tang Zhongwei not be excited?

"You better take back that look. If Xiaxia gets hurt outside, I’ll hold you accountable," Xu Ke said in a cold voice.

"Hold me accountable? Haha, fine, go ahead, the more the better, you should even blame me if she trips walking on the road," Mrs. Lu said bitterly.

She said this while getting up from the ground, her face full of bruises, looking at Yu Xia, "You can be arrogant for now, I’m waiting for the day you cry."

This time, Mrs. Lu didn’t linger much; she left immediately after saying this.

"What’s wrong with their family, they’re all abnormal one way or another." Lin Mengyao, pulling Yu Xia into her embrace, said discontentedly, "Bah, bah, bah, what crying, our Xiaxia is so well-behaved and lovely, in the future she will surely have joyful days without any worries."

"Came over early in the morning claiming to apologize, but look at their family, do any of them look like they’re here to apologize? Rather, they seem like they’re here to make trouble for us." Lin Mengyao’s gaze fell on Yu Xia’s slightly pale face, and she couldn’t help but mutter again after just having closed her mouth.

Yu Xia was not in good health and tended to get low blood sugar if she didn’t sleep enough in the morning, putting her into a wilted state for the entire day, which made them all concerned. This was why their dislike for Mrs. Lu quickly equaled that for Lu Chenyu. Truly, this couple was united in being equally annoying. It’s a wonder how this pair grew up without someone teaching them a lesson,

probably because everyone they encountered was too kind," Xu Ke thought.

This incident was like a small interlude that no one paid attention to, yet little did they expect that just as everyone had nearly forgotten about it, Lu Chenyu showed up.

Although he hadn’t appeared in front of Yu Xia over those days, it didn’t mean he had given up on her. On the contrary, he had hired a private detective to investigate Yu Xia. After understanding her sufficiently, he came to see her.

He wore a formal suit with a red rose tucked in the pocket, his hair meticulously groomed and heavily gelled, wearing a gaudy cologne, ensuring he was polished from head to toe.

When he appeared before Yu Xia, he startled her.

"What do you want?" Yu Xia placed her backpack between them, looking coldly at Lu Chenyu as she asked.

Lu Chenyu seemed oblivious to Yu Xia’s rejection, his eyes greedily set on her, making her feel entirely uncomfortable.

"I came to see you," Lu Chenyu said as he removed the rose pinned to his chest, offering it to Yu Xia. Yu Xia glanced at the vibrant rose but didn’t reach out to accept it. Instead, she took a step back, her expression wary as she looked at Lu Chenyu.

"Don’t be afraid; I don’t mean any harm. I just came over to see you and wanted to invite you to dinner with me," Lu Chenyu finally realized he might have scared Yu Xia, spoke with a hint of nervousness.

"There’s no need; my family’s waiting for me for dinner. I don’t dine out," Yu Xia refused again, now with a hint of impatience in her expression.

Lu Chenyu was a bit saddened by Yu Xia’s look, "Don’t be afraid of me. I really don’t have any other intentions. I just genuinely want to invite you for dinner and have a chat. From the first moment I saw you, I felt a sense of familiarity with you, as if we knew each other from somewhere before, like a feeling of instant connection," Lu Chenyu explained.

"But I don’t have such feelings about you. I’d appreciate it if you could stay away from me," Yu Xia interrupted Lu Chenyu’s words, speaking coldly.

Lu Chenyu’s face showed a wounded expression, "But I don’t want to stay away from you. Seeing you makes me happy, even if your attitude toward me isn’t nice, I’m still happy. You might be too young to understand this feeling, but I’m confident that as long as we interact a few more times, you’ll realize this feeling and know that I don’t have ill intentions towards you, I sincerely came to be friends with you," Lu Chenyu wouldn’t give up.

He blocked Yu Xia’s way, not letting her leave, wearing an expression he somehow learned to feign, making Yu Xia feel nauseous.

Lu Chenyu wasn’t unattractive, and he had dressed up specifically to see Yu Xia today. Even the car he drove over wasn’t cheap, its sleek Rolls-Royce body glinting silver under the sunlight.

Lu Chenyu’s ostentatiousness already caught the attention of quite a few people subtly glancing in Yu Xia’s direction, chattering to those around them, and Yu Xia didn’t even need to listen to guess what they were discussing. Yu Xia didn’t think Lu Chenyu could be unaware of what kind of spectacle he was making. If he knew yet still chose to do this, then it was utterly disgusting. The old saying perfectly applied to him: "playing the whore while setting up a chastity arch."

"You’re old enough to be my father, coming over to make friends with me? Is it you or me who’s out of their mind? Get out of my sight while I still have a bit of patience, or I’ll have my brother-in-law find something for you to do," Yu Xia sneered, threateningly.

Lu Chenyu felt no anger at being threatened; instead, he seemed more enchanted by Yu Xia.

Despite his age and many encounters with all sorts of people and women who came and went around him, no one ever ignored his efforts as Yu Xia did, much less dared to insult him. The last woman who dared to behave like that became Mrs. Lu. Thinking of his neurotic and aging wife at home, Lu Chenyu’s expression darkened for a moment, but he quickly refocused all his attention back on Yu Xia.

"I understand you’re upset that I just came to find you without prior notice. But I hope you can see my point: I didn’t have your contact info. Although I could have found it, I decided to respect your privacy rather than using underhanded means to obtain something inappropriate."

"You might find my desire to be friends with you absurd, but I don’t. I regard us as having an intergenerational friendship, don’t you think so?" Lu Chenyu asked.

"What do I think? I think you’re gross and I hope you can stay away from me. Your current behavior can be classified as harassment, you know?" Lin Mengyao said to the man lost in his self-created world.