CHAPTER 146: CHAPTER 146 REJECTED CONFESSION

Lu Yun was hesitating about how to respond to her.

Then he saw his second uncle walking over.

"You brat, what message is it that I can’t see?"

He noticed that as soon as he approached, Lu Yun put his phone in his pocket.

"Nothing much," he replied indifferently.

Lu Guansheng chuckled and said, "Could it be a message from the girl you like?"

This action reminded him of his younger days when he was pursuing his wife.

Lu Yun paused.

A hint of surprise flickered in his calm eyes.

Lu Guansheng patted his shoulder, smiling, "You think you can hide this from me, your second uncle who’s been there and done that?"

"Come on, which family’s girl do you fancy? Want me to help set you up?"

"No need."

Lu Guansheng clicked his tongue.

"Alright then, I’ll wait for your good news."

After he left, Lu Yun took out his phone again and typed a message in WeChat, sending it over.

Su Xingwan waited a long time and finally saw him reply.

[Miss Su, are you suspecting something about me? Our company is fine, you don’t have to worry.]

Su Xingwan realized he misunderstood.

She quickly started typing to explain.

The other party sent another message.

[Miss Su, should we meet? I’ll personally take you to see my company.]

Su Xingwan’s heart skipped when she saw this message.

She really had overthought it.

If he was really Mr. Lu, how could he dare to suggest such a meeting?

[No need, no need. I misunderstood you, no worries now, no need to see the company.]

Standing on the balcony, Lu Yun: ??

He actually quite wanted to meet her.

He didn’t want to approach her under a different identity anymore.

If she knew he was Lu Yun, would she have any affection for him?

However, Su Xingwan had no idea of his thoughts.

She was feeling a bit embarrassed and ashamed from her own overthinking.

After she calmed down for a while, she sent another message.

There were some things she still wanted to clarify.

[Mr. Lu, the clothes you sent me earlier, was it really just for advertising to wear for free?]

Lu Yun saw her message...

Su Xingwan was about to check if there was a reply when the three little ones ran out from the bedroom.

"Auntie, you’re not asleep yet?"

"No, why are you up?"

"We couldn’t sleep, wanted to chat with Little Uncle."

Su Xingwan: "Didn’t your Uncle Ye tell you today that Little Uncle wasn’t available to call tonight?"

The two little ones pouted.

"Then we want to sleep with Auntie tonight!"

They tugged at her, looking at her with pitiful eyes.

Su Xingwan felt soft-hearted and helpless, taking their hands and leading them to her bedroom.

"Alright, Auntie will sleep with you."

After a while, Little Su Yan ran over too.

This time they slept with Auntie at the head of the bed.

Though cramped, it wasn’t completely unmanageable to sleep.

Su Xingwan tucked them in, and after settling them, she remembered her phone had not been checked.

Over there, Lu Yun had sent the message and hadn’t received a reply back.

He wondered if he’d scared her.

He was already prepared to be rejected.

Su Xingwan leaned against the bedhead, flicking through her phone while the three little ones nestled against her, blinking up at her.

"Auntie, so late, who are you chatting with?"

Su Xingwan’s breath caught suddenly.

Her eyes were fixed intently on her phone screen.

Looking at the message from the other party.

[Not entirely.]

[Miss Su, truth be told, I have quite a fondness for you. Would you mind if I pursue you?]

"Auntie, what’s wrong? Who’s messaging you?"

Su Xingwan snapped out of her shock.

Tang Muya had really guessed right after all.

The two little ones tilted their heads, puzzled as to why Auntie wasn’t paying attention to them.

"Auntie, is it Little Uncle messaging you?"

"No."

"Then it must be Uncle Ye!"

"Also no."

The two little ones were puzzled.

Who else could Auntie be chatting with?

"Is it Aunt Tang or Aunt Zhang?"

Su Xingwan finally moved her gaze from her phone to the three little ones.

"None of them. Auntie is chatting with someone you don’t know."

Saying this, she was thinking hard about how to reply to him.

Typed a line, then deleted it, over and over.

Little Su Yan: "Auntie, what kind of message is making it so hard for you to reply?"

Su Xingwan then showed him the phone.

"It’s the man from the advertising. He’s always been nice, Auntie doesn’t know how to reject him."

Little Su Yan glanced at it.

"Just reject directly? Is it difficult?"

Su Xingwan paused.

Yanbao made a good point.

She shouldn’t let the fact that this man, who was nice, hinder her from refusing his pursuit.

Lu Yun had already been pulled back to the banquet center by Ye Yixing. While chatting with others, he repeatedly checked his phone but hadn’t seen her reply.

Just then, his phone buzzed.

He quickly flicked the screen open.

[Mr. Lu, thank you for your fondness. I cannot reciprocate your feelings; we’re more suited to being friends.]

Even though he expected her rejection, seeing those words, he couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed.

Lu Anguo walked over: "Lu Yun, your Uncle Jiang has arrived. Go greet him."

Outside the door, Jiang Zhen walked in with his younger daughter, Jiang Mengqi.

Lu Yun looked up, and his gaze suddenly turned cold.

Lu Anguo hurried to greet them with a smile: "Old Jiang, who’d have thought that after a few years, Mengqi has grown even more striking than her sister."

Jiang Mengqi sweetly called out Uncle Lu.

Jiang Zhen smiled, but his eyes wandered to Lu Yun.

"Old Lu, your younger son is quite something, huh? Even more capable than your elder son was, managing things on his own at such a young age."

He greatly admired Lu Zhichen years ago, eager to marry off his eldest daughter to him.

Yet he hadn’t anticipated Lu Zhichen publicly refusing the marriage for an ordinary woman, causing the Jiang Family to become a laughing stock in Beijing.

He was furious and severed all ties with the Lu Family after the incident.

Relations between the two families only started easing recently.

A few months ago, Lu Anguo suggested to him about his younger son marrying his younger daughter, which is why today he specially brought Mengqi along to see Lu Yun’s attitude.

If this young man was as reckless as his older brother, unappreciative, he would never consent to his precious daughter marrying him.

Jiang Zhen set his gaze on Lu Yun, now as outstanding as his brother, possessing even greater courage and scheming.

Previously, Lu Yun hadn’t been in his sight. Him having his brother’s shine ahead made Lu Yun seem less remarkable.

When Lu Zhichen died, all of Beijing’s prestigious families thought the Lu Family was finished.

Only to find out that Lu Yun emerged like a dark horse, with cold-blooded, iron-fisted measures surpassing his brother, suppressing those Lu Family descendants who coveted power.

From that day, he finally started acknowledging this Lu Yun whom he had consistently overlooked.