Falling For The Contract Bride

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 155

Chapter 155 I No Longer Love You

Xiao Qingqing was sitting on the couch, looking at ten different wedding gowns neatly laid before her. She merely took a glance before turning away, waggling her hand at the designers, “Enough, take them away, I don’t want to see them.”

Hearing her words, the designers hurriedly set the gowns aside.

She was waiting for the manicurist to do her nails. After finishing with her nails and drying them, she nonchalantly put on her slippers and headed toward the windows.

The window glass was squeaky clean. The footmen were busy putting up the decorations outside.

Through the window, she extended her gaze along the yard and stopped at where the gate was. There was a footman currently standing on the top of the ladder, meticulously hanging up the red lanterns.

At the sight of the lanterns, Xiao Qingqing became upset. She burst out of the room, striding all the way to the gate, and yelled at the footmen, “Who told you to put the red lanterns on? They’re as ugly as your faces, take it off, take it off, I don’t like these lanterns.”

The footmen were troubled.

All they did was responding to her in cowardice, “Miss Xiao, the lanterns brighten up the atmosphere for your wedding.”

“What do you mean by brightening up the atmosphere?!”

“Change them all to Christmas lights, I want the colorful lights to extend from the yard all the way to the house. The more dazzling, the better.”

The footmen were distressed. They stood still without moving a finger.

At this moment, Lu Jinye’s car started moving toward them from afar and came to a halt by the gate.

He stepped off the car, and asked listlessly, “What’s going on?”

Xiao Qingqing immediately took on a coquettish expression when she saw Lu Jinye. She said, “I don’t like red lanterns, I prefer the little Christmas lights, they look more fashionable.”

Lu Jinye did not bother listening to her description and reasoning before uttering to the footmen, “Just do what she says.”

Hearing what he said, a contented beam appeared on Xiao Qingqing’s face.

She held Lu Jinye’s arm and headed into the house jovially.

Lu Jinye did not take off his shoes and coat when he entered the house. He casually circled the compound and looked like he was ready to leave.

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Lu Jinye glimpsed at her coolly, “I have some business to take care of at work, not today. I only came to see you because I heard that you’ve been lashing out at home. Now that you’re fine, I need to get going.”

“Jinye…”

Xiao Qingqing grabbed his arm flirtatiously, “D-don’t you care about our big day at all?”

Lu Jinye wore a smile, and said to her, “It’s your wedding, just plan it like how you’d like it to be. I trust you. Thanks for your effort.”

Finishing what he had to say, Lu Jinye promptly wheeled around, made a beeline to his car, and took off.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qingqing was clenching her fists fiercely.

Lu Jinye’s sarcastic smile and ingenuity combined with the mocking words ‘thanks for your effort’ almost drove her mad!

She paced the room peevishly but refused to lash out. It was pointless to vent her frustrations!

She earned everything with her own hands.

Even if she was upset, she insisted to be Lu Jinye’s bride.

There was a point when she thought it was over between them. But the gods were watching over her, lending her a hand. Thus… She should learn to be grateful, to cherish what she had.

She could vividly remember the pain she felt when Lu Jinye told her that it was over between the two of them!

That night…

After learning of Shen Mobo and Lu Jinye’s brawling, Xiao Qingqing rushed to Xu Se’s bar as soon as she could.

Lu Jinye did not end up going to the hospital. He did not spare an extra glance at Xiao Qingqing. Instead, he got into his car and set off towards his villa.

Xiao Qingqing had no clue of what led to their fight. After ascertaining that Shen Mobo did not leak what happened between the two of them to the public, she went after Lu Jinye like nothing had happened.

At the time, after letting Xiao Qingqing into his villa, Lu Jinye handed a cheque to her right away.

It was a 50 million cheque.

Following that, Lu Jinye handed her a few house ownership certificates, saying, “This is my compensation to you, there’re two villas, two apartments in the city center, and a sea-view apartment in City S.”

Xiao Qingqing was flummoxed by Lu Jinye’s actions.

She blinked a few times. Looking at Lu Jinye, she put up an ignorant front while asking, “Jinye, what is this?”

Lu Jinye’s eyes were gleaming with affirmation. There was no trace of tenderness. He responded softly, “Sorry.”

The word ‘sorry’ knocked every bit of strength out of Xiao Qingqing. She fell and slumped on the couch, looking up at Lu Jinye powerlessly.

Lu Jinye added, “I can’t be married to you. The houses and money should set you up for life. If you don’t want to keep the child, you can get an abortion. It’s still early, which means the side effect should be lesser. If you choose to get an abortion, I will make sure you get the best care to nurse you back to health, but if you choose to keep the child…”

Lu Jinye paused and pondered before continuing, “If you choose to keep the child, I will compensate you with 100 million in cash. The child will be raised by the Lu Family. But if you want custody of the child, I will continue to provide alimony which includes your daily expenses and any extravagant expenses. I will be accountable to support you financially until you get married to a man you love.”

Amid listening to his words, Xiao Qingqing stared at him with tear-brimming eyes.

She hesitated for a long moment before asking, “Jinye, what is all this? I don’t understand.”

“Look, I’m pregnant with your child, you love me, and I love you. We can be together!”

“Qingqing, you know what I meant. Stop pretending like you don’t. I no longer love you.”

Xiao Qingqing had intentions to keep up the act, but when Lu Jinye said those last words, she could no longer hold it in.

She rose to her feet in shock, caressed the bruise at the corner of his mouth, and said, “Jinye, have I been giving you too much stress? Do you need some time before marrying me? That’s fine. I don’t need you to marry me right away, I can wait.”

“I can retire as a celebrity. After all, I haven’t been in touch with people from the circle anyway. The paparazzi won’t find out about my pregnancy before marriage. Or I can just lock myself up at home.”

Xiao Qingqing was perturbed. She did not know what else she could do to salvage the relationship.

But Lu Jinye merely stared at her coldly.

His gaze was unyielding as he said, “Qingqing, you know that I don’t love you anymore. There’s no need to salvage our relationship. Our relationship had ended five years ago.”

“No!”

Xiao Qingqing bellowed at him, “It’s not over! Why is it over?! I have repented. I know I used to blindly chase after career progress five years ago, but I’ve learned my mistakes. Jinye, I only returned to the country for you, you know that…”

“What did I do wrong? Or what can I do better?”

Tears started streaming down Xiao Qingqing’s cheeks.

However, Lu Jinye did not say another word to her. He left the assets behind and headed out the door.

Xiao Qingqing scrambled to chase after him, but… She got tangled up in her own feet and tripped over herself.