Chapter 188 You Owe Me an Explanation
Chapter 188 You Owe Me an Explanation
"He's your cousin?"
"She's your best friend?"
Fu Ze and Jiang Lu looked at each other, both filled with shock and surprise.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and time seemed to stand still.
Huo Ruilin looked at the two people's strange reactions and asked in confusion: "Do you... know each other?"
Jiang Lu was the first to come back to her senses. She lowered her eyes slightly and said calmly, "I don't know him."
Fu Ze stared at Jiang Lu closely, with a sneer on his face: "Miss Jiang is really a forgetful person. I just saw her yesterday, but you don't recognize her today?"
Jiang Lu's face looked a little ugly. She didn't want to conflict with Fu Ze in front of Huo Ruilin, so she forced a smile: "We just met by chance yesterday. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that you are Ruilin's cousin!"
Huo Ruilin looked at Jiang Lu, then at Fu Ze, and felt that the atmosphere between them was a little weird. "What's wrong with you? Can you stop being so weird?"
Fu Ze retracted his gaze and sat down beside him. "Nothing, since you are Ruilin's best friend, then sit together!"
Jiang Lu hesitated for a moment and sat down as well.
"No, why do I feel like there's a story between you two?" Huo Ruilin looked at Jiang Lu on the left, and then at Fu Ze on the right.
"Really? Linlin, you're overthinking it." Jiang Lu smiled awkwardly.
Fu Ze just crossed his legs, clasped his hands together, and didn't say anything.
Huo Ruilin seemed to understand something, and suddenly realized, "Lulu, the ex-boyfriend you mentioned who went abroad, could he be my cousin?"
Jiang Lu's face turned pale instantly. She didn't expect Huo Ruilin to ask this suddenly.
She opened her mouth and wanted to deny it, but found that her throat seemed to be choked by something and she couldn't utter a word.
A hint of barely perceptible panic flashed across Fu Ze's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. He snorted, "Linlin, don't guess. How could I be her ex-boyfriend?"
Huo Ruilin frowned. She looked at Jiang Lu and then at Fu Ze, and her suspicion grew. "Cousin, don't hide it from me. Lulu's ex-boyfriend is also abroad. You two are acting so strangely. There must be something going on."
Jiang Lu took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. "Linlin, it's not what you think. We have only met a few times and we don't have any special relationship."
"Really?" Huo Ruilin was obviously unconvinced. "So what did you talk about when you met yesterday?"
Jiang Lu was speechless for a moment, she didn't know how to answer this question. At this time, Fu Ze suddenly spoke up, "We just said hello and didn't say anything."
Huo Ruilin still felt something was wrong, "Then why did you react so strongly just now?"
"I'm just surprised to meet you here. After all, the world is so small." Fu Ze said calmly.
Jiang Lu nodded silently. She just hoped that this topic could end as soon as possible.
Huo Ruilin seemed to be certain that there was a story between them and decided to find out. Suddenly, the door of the private room was pushed open.
Song Zekai walked in and said, "Aze, you asked me out so late at night, don't tell me you want to drink with me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that in addition to Fu Ze, there were also Huo Ruilin and her best friend Jiang Lu in the private room.
"Rui Lin, you are here too!" Song Zekai touched the back of his head in embarrassment.
Seeing Song Zekai appear, Huo Ruilin frowned, "Why are you here?"
Song Zekai smiled a little uncomfortably, "I made an appointment with Fu Ze, I didn't expect you to be here too." As he said that, his gaze lingered on Jiang Lu's face for a moment, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly looked away.
Fu Ze glanced at Song Zekai and said, "Since you are here, sit down. Don't stand."
Huo Ruilin glanced at Song Zekai, then at Fu Ze, "Why are you two meeting up so late at night? You seem so secretive."
Song Zekai sat down next to Fu Ze, "We just haven't met for a long time, just chatting."
Jiang Lu breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Song Zekai's appearance temporarily diverted Huo Ruilin's attention.
But she was still a little worried that Huo Ruilin would continue to ask about her and Fu Ze.
"Cousin, you didn't do this on purpose, did you?" Huo Ruilin seriously suspected that he had imitated Song Zekai on purpose.
After all, they are good brothers and it is impossible for them not to know what happened between her and Song Zekai.
Fu Ze sat up, picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, and said casually: "I just think that you two need to communicate."
Huo Ruilin turned her face away. "It's all in the past. I don't think it's necessary."
Song Zekai's heart was stung, and he looked at Huo Ruilin with a hurt look in his eyes, "Ruilin, are you still blaming me?"
Huo Ruilin bit her lip and said nothing. The atmosphere in the private room became tense again. Jiang Lu looked at the awkward scene, not knowing whether she should say something to persuade them.
Fu Ze frowned slightly and looked at Huo Ruilin and Song Zekai, "It's not a good idea for you to continue like this. If there is any misunderstanding, explain it face to face. It will be better for everyone."
"No misunderstanding, I just don't like it." After saying that, Huo Ruilin took a deep breath and said to Fu Ze and Jiang Lu: "Cousin, Lulu, excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom."
As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Ruilin stood up and left.
"Rui Lin, I'll go with you." Jiang Lu felt the depressing atmosphere and pretended to run away.
The next second, Fu Ze grabbed her wrist and ordered in an irresistible tone: "Don't go!"
"I'll go take a look." Song Zekai was worried about Huo Ruilin, so he immediately chased after her.
Seeing that they had all left, Jiang Lu panicked and wanted to pull her hand back, "Fu Ze, let me go!"
Unexpectedly, Fu Ze not only did not let her go, but instead held her in his arms, and locked her chin with his other hand, his eyes full of anger: "Jiang Lu, don't you think you owe me an explanation for what happened three years ago?"
Jiang Lu's body trembled slightly. She looked at Fu Ze's face, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. "What's there to say about the past? We can't go back."
Fu Ze sneered, "Can't go back? You broke up with me when we had a disagreement, but now you tell me you can't go back?" He increased the strength in his hand, "Do you know how I have been living these past three years?"
Jiang Lu turned her head away, not looking into his eyes. "I've said everything I need to say. I don't love you anymore. Why did you come back? Why do you still pester me?"
Fu Ze's eyes became colder and colder. "You said you loved me, and you said you would always be with me, but what happened in the end?"
"In the end, you just said you didn't love me anymore and sent me away? Jiang Lu, what do you think of me, Fu Ze?"
The reason why Fu Ze was so angry was that Jiang Lu sent him away with just one word: she didn't love him anymore. She didn't want to see him and even deleted all the good memories about them.
No matter how he tried to keep her, she remained indifferent.
Sometimes, he really wanted to know whether Jiang Lu had any heart or not. Was she playing him for a fool? Could she just abandon him with a simple "no love"?
It's been three years, and he just wants a reasonable explanation.
Jiang Lu's eyes were red. "Aze, some things are beyond our control. It's better for both of us to separate."
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