Chapter 353 - She was Missing (2/2)

Stop bothering him; otherwise, he would murder someone… or kill himself.

Li Manni hung up the phone and looked once again at the dishes on the table. He had never stood her up before, but why now? Yesterday… today as well. Was he really that busy?

She placed her hand on the small of her stomach. The baby was so important to them. Without it, the relationship between them would be gone, too.

At that moment, there was a noise from the door. She hurried over immediately, almost excitedly. He came back. She knew he wouldn't leave her alone.

”Lui, you're back.” She opened the door in a hurry. It was indeed Chu Lui. She said as she threw herself into his arms.

Chu Lui just used a hand to block her body. His tired voice revealed a hint of coldness. ”I'm tired. I'll take a short rest.” Then he walked past her. He did not even want to pretend to be intimate with her. She was really tired. He needed some time to think about things.

”Lui, what's wrong with you today?” Li Manni stood rooted to the ground, stunned. She turned around to his back and asked, stammering. He seemed different today, but she couldn't put her finger on what changed.

The dishes on the table were still there, untouched.

Chu Lui walked into his study room and placed his briefcase at one side. He really felt extremely stressed and repressed. He sunk into the chair. It was hurting in between his brows so he massaged for a while, but it didn't subside. He took out a key and unlocked the drawer he had always kept locked.

He opened the drawer. It was full of pearls, pearls that he had torn apart with his own hands; but the woman had picked them back up one by one. He had not allowed her to bring anything with her from the Chu house, including these pearls he had stowed away in the drawer for four years.

Under the soft lighting of the warm room, the pearls were glimmered brightly. Every pearl was of equal size and shone with perfect luster, but it was a pity they were separate, not strung together.

He locked the drawer and walked into a small suite, lying down directly onto the bed. He did not want to go to the master bedroom today. He did not want to lie beside a woman, much less say force himself to make a baby with a woman.

He was tired. If they couldn't give birth to a child, then so be it. Perhaps it was retribution for his many wrongdoings.

He lied on the bed, his hand still on his chest. He shut his eyes which had a tinge of red. On the other side of the door, Li Manni placed her hand on the door tentatively but chose to put down her hand in the end. At this moment, she only felt that the distance between them had increased.

Perhaps that distance was never shortened,

”I've said before that I will make you pay.” The man said, taking out a stick from behind him. His eyes narrowed as he swung ruthlessly at the woman's arm.

The woman wailed out in pain as he turned away coldly without looking at her body writhing on the floor.

His hand squeezed tightly around her neck as he wished he could strangle her to death. ”You're nothing but a cheap slut, a deplorable prostitute.” The merciless words poured out of his mouth.

He didn't know pain nor sadness, but others knew.