Chapter 345 - I Just Wanted to Know if You Were Dead (1/2)

Chu Lui was true to his words. He did not speak of or pursue the matter anymore, but a layer of fog seemed to have lowered down on the couple. No matter how much Li Manni tried to close the distance between them, it seemed Chu Lui's heart was no longer hers to hold onto. They still slept together and ate together, but it felt like something had waned. Something had changed.

”Lui, are you coming back for lunch? I asked them to make your favorite food.” Li Manni followed Chu Lui to the door and raised her head, her eyes filled with too much anticipation. They had not spent quality time with each other recently. He was getting busier and busier and would even occasionally spend the night at the company. At this rate, she would not be able to have a child. Her period had come this month, and she was in her safe period now.

Chu Lui glanced at his watch, said indifferently, and slightly superficially, ”I'll make some time.” He turned around and left, his body exuding excessive coldness and distance that made Li Manni uncomfortable. She closed the door and sat weakly o the sofa, hugging herself tightly. Things were still the same, but why did she feel so cold?

At the company, everyone was walking on eggshells. They even watched their timing in the bathroom. This was because now, their CEO had surpassed even a work machine. All he did was work and sign contracts. His butt never left the chair at all.

His cold face was even scarier now. He showed no expression at all, much less say smile. They might be rendered silent with just a look from him. He was just like the cold wind in December, so cold that it made people shudder uncontrollably.

Du Jingtang raised his head to observe Chu Lui once in a while. ”Cousin, do you regret it?” he asked suddenly. Only he dared to talk to Chu Lui normally in the entire company.

”Regret?” Chu Lui raised his head up from the pile of documents. ”Say, can regret do anything? Can it salvage anything? Or does it just make you feel better? It's just an excuse for failure.”

His thin lips lifted. For him, there was no such thing as regret, and it would never appear. However, why was it that he felt like he would regret, really, even though it was not supposed to exist in his dictionary?

Du Jingtang just shrugged. Forget it. He had no common language with heartless people like him.

”I'm heading out,” he said and took a quick look at CEO. His head was buried in the pile of documents again, and he was treating him like air as always. So, the great CEO Chu would not care much without the bit of air that he was. He needed to get some air for the atmosphere was too tense here.

He closed the door, separating the outside world from inside. Chu Lui straightened his back slightly, his black eyes gleaming slightly with fatigue. He raised his wrist which showed the time now, and he suddenly remembered that he promised to go back and eat with Li Manni.

He stood up, but he felt a little woozy and unsteady on his feet. He massaged his forehead gently and then walked out. Everyone in the company stayed away from him like a mouse running away from a cat.

Chu Lui strode away and sat in his car. He had time to go back, but he did not want to. He sat in the car, took out a cigarette, and lit it. It had been a long time, but he had fallen in love with days of smoking all over again. He was getting used to smoking sticks followed by sticks. His cold eyes narrowed slightly. The hazy smoke in his car dimmed his vision. It was clear for a moment, and then it grew fuzzy.

Suddenly, he put the cigarette out and turned the car around. He did not want to say that he missed the woman. He also did not feel like he had done anything wrong. He wasn't going for an apology. He just wanted to know if she was dead.

He drove swiftly. He had never been so eager to see someone, an enemy at that.