Shen Kuo calmly listened to every word Lu Zhen said, with no expression on his face, and his dark eyes became darker and deeper under the dim light.

While Lu Zhen was narrating, Liang Ting couldn't hold back and would interrupt to add a few words from time to time——

"Lu Yan didn't hide it from you from the beginning. She always called you Uncle Shen, didn't she?"

So Ye Jiaqi added jealousy: "She does not belong to this era. Speaking of which, Shen Kuo, she is really your daughter."

Liang Ting said angrily: "Speaking of which, you are also her uncle. Why haven't I seen you treating her as your niece?"

"Xiaoyan didn't call me uncle in the first place. She called me Brother Jiaqi. Are you deaf and didn't hear me? You're still jealous, Uncle Liang Ting."

"You're so fucking disgusting."

Lu Zhen slammed the table: "Can you two go out and quarrel? Come back in after you've had enough quarrels!"

The two of them immediately shut up and looked at Shen Kuo at the same time.

Shen Kuo sat on the sofa with an expressionless face, saying nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lu Zhen poured him a glass of wine and calmed down his shock. He suddenly remembered that Lu Yan had told him not to let Shen Kuo drink. He would collapse after just a few drinks.

He silently put away the wine glass again.

Shen Kuo didn't speak. He didn't speak. Naturally, Lu Zhen didn't dare to speak and looked at him anxiously.

Shen Kuo clenched and unclenched his hands, and what kept echoing in his mind... was Ye Jiaqi's words, "She approached you just to help Lu Zhen."

Yes, at that time, he was down and out, lonely, and all his classmates, both male and female, avoided him.

How could anyone really like a guy like him?

Lu Yan is the first girl who doesn't mind his personality and background. He is grateful to her from the bottom of his heart, until now.

So even if her surname is Lu, he can fall in love with her without hesitation, and he can reconcile with Lu Zhen forever because of her not disliking her at the beginning.

So now, has the goal finally been achieved?

Shen Kuo clenched his fists, he couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe it, he only felt it was ironic...

Lu Zhen looked at the back of his hand with veins and said worriedly: "It's really incredible. I never thought that I would have a daughter as old as myself. It also took me several months to... Really accept it, so I understand your mood."

Do you understand, how can he understand, a guy who has grown up with love and care since childhood, how can he understand everything he has experienced.

How does he understand betrayal?

Shen Kuo's eyes were distant and cold. He stood up and was about to leave. Lu Zhen immediately reached out to persuade him to stay: "Shen Kuo, it's about my sister..."

"What does it have to do with me?"

Shen Kuo read these four words coldly, pulled Lu Zhen's hand away with force, and left the private room without looking back.

After Shen Kuo left, Ye Jiaqi turned around to leave. Liang Ting rushed forward and kicked him on the waist. Ye Jiaqi was on guard and dodged perfectly.

"Fuck you!"

Liang Ting couldn't bear it anymore and rushed up to beat him. Lu Zhen, with quick eyes and quick hands, hugged him lazily: "Don't be impulsive!"

Liang Ting looked at Ye Jiaqi angrily and said word by word: "You have expected it a long time ago. All this is your plan. You are not trying to get back Xiaomei Lu, you are just trying to make Shen Kuo crazy!"

Lu Zhen let go of Liang Ting and looked at Ye Jiaqi in disbelief: "Is he serious?"

Ye Jiaqi grinned: "My dad taught me from a young age that anything that doesn't belong to me... can be taken away."

Liang Ting gasped, with deep hatred in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Even if it hurts her, I won't hesitate, right?"

Ye Jiaqi did not answer, and the two looked at each other with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Lu Zhen rushed over, grabbed Ye Jiaqi's collar, and asked fiercely: "Ye Jiaqi, what the hell do you want to do!"

Liang Ting really didn't want to see this bastard for a minute. He turned around and walked out of the private room: "This bastard wants to be your son."

Shen Kuo didn't know how he got home. When he opened the door, he forgot to turn on the light and stood alone in the darkness for an unknown length of time.

Suddenly I felt so tired.

Dragging his exhausted body, he walked into the room and took out an iron box from the bottom of the cabinet.

There are rust stains left by time on the surface of the iron box, and inside it contains her father's watch, Lu Yan's graduation photo, and all the beautiful and precious memories of the past.

At the bottom of these miscellaneous items, there is a new version of RMB banknote.

Shen Kuo still remembered the first time they met. He and Lu Zhen were fighting in the billiards room. The little girl had been following Lu Zhen. The police came and the scene was chaotic. Shen Kuo saw her falling in the chaos and didn't care.

Thinking too much, he carried her like a chicken and left the billiards room.

Later, the little girl said she was Lu Zhen's sister, apologized on his behalf, and gave him a handful of small change bills, among which... mixed with this new one hundred dollar bill.

Shen Kuo took the banknotes under the desk lamp and saw the embossed watermark on them with the date and serial number engraved on it, 2025.

This is a banknote from 2025, which confirms that everything Lu Zhen said is true.

The truth is actually around him, but he has never discovered it.

Suddenly there was a rage in his heart that had nowhere to vent. Shen Kuo crumpled the coin into a ball and threw it violently!

The ball of paper hit the wall, bounced back, and finally rolled to the corner of the room.

He knew that Lu Yan was hiding something from him, and he had asked several times, but she always ignored him.

In fact, with their relationship, there is no need to hide anything, and he can forgive her for anything. His love for her is the kind of love without principles and rationality. Even if she wants to kill someone, he can go to jail for her.

..

Only deception is something Shen Kuo will never forgive in his life.

Shen Kuo slammed his fist on the table. The iron box was shaken so much that it buzzed and his whole arm went numb.

It was at this time that the phone suddenly rang. Without looking at the screen, just listening to the ringtone made it clear that the caller was Lu Yan.

Lu Yan would always call him at night, and the two would chat in bed till late at night. Sometimes when she fell asleep, Shen Kuo would not hang up the phone. He liked to listen to her breathing.

Calm and long, as if she were sleeping next to him.

Shen Kuo looked at her name flashing on the phone screen and finally answered the call.

Lu Yan didn't seem to know anything. The first thing she asked was: "What are you doing? It took you so long to answer the phone."

Shen Kuo pursed his lips and said nothing. He clenched his fists tightly and his breathing was dull and heavy.

A trace of worry arose in Lu Yan's heart: "Shen Kuo, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Kuo finally took a breath and finally said: "It's late at night, and I'm thinking of some things from the past."

He picked up her graduation certificate photo from the iron box with his fingertips.

He accidentally saw this on the commendation wall on campus, and without hesitation he tore it off and kept it for himself.

The girl in the photo is wearing a blue and white school uniform, showing a green and sweet smile with teeth, her eyebrows are slightly curved, and her eyes are clear, like a gust of summer wind passing by his life, turning all his youth into summer.

Mint green background.

She was the collection of all the good things in his life.

But if all of this has a certain purpose, it will completely change the color, making him tremble and make him...

anger.

"It's very late now, Lu Yan." His voice was slightly hoarse and he could not distinguish his emotions.

Lu Yan lay on the window sill and said to him: "Come to the window."

Shen Kuo walked to the window lattice obediently.

"look up."

He raised his head and saw a cold full moon. There was no cloud tonight and the moonlight was particularly clear.

"Shen Kuo, can you see the moon from your window?"

"Can."

Lu Yan smiled: "The moon is so beautiful tonight."

Shen Kuo looked at the moon, and he suddenly wanted to ask her if she would still be close to him in those years if she couldn't predict the future.

He was as humble as an insect.

"Shen Kuo, do you love me?"

The girl suddenly felt uneasy for some reason. She blushed and asked him this embarrassing question.

Shen Kuo narrowed his eyes and held the window frame tightly with his hands until the veins on the back of his hands popped out.

"Love." His voice was hoarse, and he almost used all his strength to say this word.

No one loves you as much as I do, and I will never fall in love with anyone else in this life.

"Shen Kuo, I'll come find you tomorrow. Auntie has steamed a particularly delicious red date cake. I'll bring it to you tomorrow. It's really delicious."

Shen Kuo could see the girl's smiling eyes from her words.

"What time will it be tomorrow?" he asked in a deep voice.

"Well, let me think about it. Let's do it tomorrow morning. I'll come as soon as I get up."
To be continued...