Teacher, let's keep each other's secrets

  At that time, he had just started teaching them English. On weekends, he drove his Range Rover to run errands and inadvertently caught a glimpse of her when passing by a coffee shop on the street.

  She sat on the outdoor seat of the cafe, lowering her head to play with her phone. The sun was shining brightly that day, and she wore a very eye-catching green long-sleeved shirt, a kind of dense and vibrant green that matched her seaweed-like black hair, making her look even more serene and mysterious.

  Her profile was quiet and indifferent, her breath seemed to be wandering outside the surrounding noise, perhaps in others' eyes she didn't have anything special, just an ordinary girl on the street, but he felt that she made his heart skip a beat.

  If it was absurd and laughable that he fell in love with her at first sight in Zhuo Tingfeng's office, then as they spent more time together and his understanding of her deepened, he found that he hadn't gotten over the initial infatuation and become bored with her. Instead, he became more and more deeply entrenched. So finally, he could confirm that he loved this girl, she was the rib in front of his chest, without her, he would be incomplete.

  He quietly made his way through the crowd, watching her, and his mouth gradually curved up, even forgetting to move forward, until the car stuck behind him protested with a honk.

  He came to his senses and was about to drive away, not wanting to disturb her tranquility by approaching her abruptly. Being able to see her from afar would give him a good mood for the whole day. However, when he saw the boy walking over with coffee and sitting across from her, his face suddenly darkened.

  It turned out she was waiting for him, the boy she loved recklessly, and it turned out they were on a date.

  He suddenly had the unkind thought of ruining their date, so he made a sharp turn and stopped his car in the parking lot outside the coffee shop. He got out of the car and walked towards them without making a sound. His car was too eye-catching, and he himself was too outstanding, so the two recognized him at first glance.

  She seemed to have not expected to run into her teacher here, and a look of surprise filled her delicate face. She then reluctantly stood up and exchanged greetings with him in a somewhat perfunctory manner.

  "Hello, Teacher Lu!"

  In fact, he didn't know that at that time, Xu Liu had no good impression of him as a teacher, and even felt some disgust, because in the first class, he made her write 30 definitions, so it was inevitable to feel resistant when seeing him.

  "Mr. Lu, what a coincidence! You're also here drinking coffee?"

  It was Chen Qingchu who was still quite friendly and enthusiastic in chatting with him, a young and knowledgeable teacher like him was very popular among the boys, and at that time Chen Qingchu had not yet realized his intentions towards her, so they also got along well.

  He was chatting politely with Chen Qingchu while secretly sizing her up, she had retreated to the side and quietly sipped her coffee after greeting him. He could tell that at that time, she simply regarded their relationship as a student-teacher one, always respectful and polite to the teacher, maintaining a distant attitude, which pained him deeply. In fact, she was ignoring him.

  At that time, he really wanted to rush up and turn her head around so she could take a look at him. Although he wasn't as charismatic as those stars, he was still quite handsome, right? Was she too stingy to even give him a glance? But thinking about it, that was just the behavior of a young kid, how could Lu Zhou be so childish?

  They were all dressed in sporty attire, Chen Qingchu mentioned that they had a volleyball match later and enthusiastically invited him to join them. She listened with a frown on her face, he didn't want to go because he had another meeting to attend afterwards, but seeing her disapproving expression, he agreed to go anyway. Chen Qingchu was taken aback for a moment before recovering naturally.

  Three people sat in his car together, she was unwilling, but because of Chen Qingchu's face, she had to follow him and get on the bus. Along the way, Chen Qingchu chatted with him with admiration, talking about his struggle history, his luxury car and company, while she sat in the back wearing headphones listening to music, looking disinterested.

  He glared at her through the rearview mirror, gritting his teeth: how could he be so unimpressive that she would lose interest like this?

  When he arrived at the playground, a group of students were excited to see him and insisted on pulling him along. Fortunately, he had sports clothes in his car, so he took them out and changed into them, joining in the excitement with everyone else.

  She was originally supposed to go on stage, but for some reason she didn't show up at the last minute. No matter how others called her, she just stood still outside the venue, not moving an inch. From what others said, it seemed that she was actually quite good at playing volleyball. He furrowed his brow and looked at her with a thoughtful expression.

  Just then, he saw Chen Qingchu walk over and affectionately put his arm around her shoulder, softly asking her something. It seemed like he was asking if she was okay. She lowered her head and eyes, being held in Chen Qingchu's arms, speaking softly. The scene of the handsome man and beautiful woman should have been a pleasure to behold, but it made his heart ache.

  She didn't know what she said, Chen Qingchu looked up at his direction and let go of her, running over to say that she wasn't feeling well and calling for the competition to begin.

  Lu Zhouyu looked at her disgusted expression and understood that she was probably not going on stage because of him. Chen Qingchu knew that she didn't like to get too close to the teachers, so he indulged her spoiled behavior.

  His handsome and elegant figure made the many girls watching the game outside scream, but her eyes only had Chen Qingchu. The girls all shouted with hoarse voices

  "Come on, Teacher Lu!"

  She alone persisted in shouting

  "Go, China!"

  He turned around and gave her a deep glance, she was stunned.

  He opened his eyes again, but didn't cheer loudly for Chen Qingchu anymore. He only played one game and felt completely uninterested, so he bid farewell to them and left early.

  The phone kept ringing, displaying Lin Shanni's incoming call. He must be asking why he didn't attend the meeting without saying hello. Irritated, he hung up and walked into the bathroom to wash up. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have come. Her disregard made him extremely annoyed.

  Lu Zhou dragged Xu Liu'er out of the room, throwing her against the wall in the outer corridor and roaring with rage, not caring if he had hurt her.

  "Xu Liu'ou, you're so bold! How dare you flirt with him in public like that? Are you trying to force me to reveal your identity right now? Are you trying to let everyone see how the wife of Lu is having an affair?"

  "You——"

  Xu Liu rubbed her sore shoulder blade, glaring at him with anger, big tears rolling in her eye sockets, not knowing whether she was hurt by the collision or his words.

  Seeing her like this, the anger on his face dissipated a bit, he turned away and walked to the window, pulled out a cigarette and took big puffs, he didn't speak and Xu Liu'er also remained silent, hugging herself and leaning against the wall, letting tears fall silently.

  Chen Qingchu's words of blame made her sad, she hated her own helplessness, why didn't she persist a little longer at the time, so she wouldn't have missed Chen Qingchu.

  It was just that she and Chen Qingchu didn't know, it wasn't because she hadn't waited for him to miss each other, but precisely because Chen Qingchu was about to return home, which forced him to use his means to get her.

  "Don't go!"

  He had been smoking for half a day when he suddenly blurted out such a sentence, she didn't react, he fiercely extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and turned around to pinch her chin, the pungent smell of smoke rushed towards her face.

  "I told him just now that he said you can't go back to Wen City to design, did you hear?"

  She continued to remain silent, resisting his fury in this way, and the force of his hand involuntarily increased.

  "If you like design so much, I can buy the entire city of N or even the whole city of Wen for you!"

  She looked at him calmly,

  "I won't go, and neither do I want what you're giving me!"

  "Why?"

  He was delighted by her first half sentence but hurt by her second half sentence.

  "There's no reason why, it's just not what I wanted from the person I wanted it from, so I don't want it, that's all!"

  She finished speaking and coldly slapped his hand away, wiping away a tear as she turned and walked towards the restroom.

  Lu Zhouyue's face was gloomy and frightening, as if he wanted to tear her heart out. She always had the ability to infuriate him, hurt him, and pierce his heart. The anger in his eyes instantly changed to indifference and arrogance when he glanced at the people walking out of the banquet hall.

  In the corridor, two men stood facing each other in silence. One was calm and wise, with a peaceful look in his eyes, while the other was young and arrogant, with intense hatred burning in his gaze.

  Chen Qingchu spoke first, smiling sarcastically and triumphantly.

  "Mr. Lu, you said if I told her about what you did to get her by framing her dad, how would she react?"

  Lu Zhouyue's face slightly darkened, this was the only secret he had hidden from her, and also the only dishonorable thing he had done to her. He didn't know how Chen Qingchu knew about it, but Lu Zhouyue wasn't someone who could be controlled by others. His eyes flashed with a hint of calmness as he faintly asked Chen Qingchu back

  "What would she react if I also told her you are already married in the US?"

  Kneeling down to beg for all kinds of support, waaahhh.