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The two of them sat in silence for almost two minutes. An Qingruo's heart felt like it was filled with countless ants, and he had no idea what Lu Shijia was trying to do! Did he call her out on purpose so that she could smoke with him?!

It just so happened that An Qingruo could not express any of her emotions at this time! She simply could not predict what Lu Shijia was going to do, so she could only clench her teeth and endure how calm she looked on the surface.

It was only until half of the cigarette in Lu Shijia's hand had been burnt that Lu Shijia seemed to have remembered that he had An Qingruo sitting beside him. He raised his eyes and looked at An Qingruo, his voice filled with the cold, emotionless coldness, ”Do you mind if I smoke a cigarette?”

An Qingruo secretly clenched her teeth, forcing herself to appear calm on the surface, she shook her head at Lu Shijia, showing that she did not mind Lu Shijia smoking.

An Qingruo took a deep breath, endured it once again but in the end, wasn't able to hold it in anymore. She raised her eyes, looked at Lu Shijia, and spoke first, probing: ”Big Brother … What did you call me out for? ”

As soon as An Qingruo finished speaking, Lu Shijia's unfathomable gaze immediately fell on An Qingruo's body.

As their four eyes met, An Qingruo subconsciously felt weak in her heart. Her fingers which rested on her knees involuntarily grabbed hold of her pants, and she secretly bit on her lips to the point that she could taste the bloody rust-like smell. Only then was An Qingruo barely able to stabilize her mind.

The two of them didn't speak, and just like that, the atmosphere became strange as they looked at each other for nearly a minute. Only then did Lu Shijia pinch at the smoke that was still burning between his fingers, and looked at An Qingruo as she spoke slowly, word by word: ”You said that Daddy went to find An Xingchen because of you, why haven't I heard about this from you before?”

An Qingruo didn't think that Lu Shijia would be so direct, and went straight to the point the moment he arrived. Fortunately, An Qingruo had already thought about what she was going to say to her long ago, and she had also thought carefully about what she should answer.

So when An Qingruo reacted, her expression was still considered calm and collected as she replied: ”At that time, even I didn't know that father would actually go and find An Xingchen … …”

An Qingruo had not even finished speaking when Lu Shijia suddenly frowned, and directly interrupted him: ”Let's not talk about this for now, you said that Daddy saw you secretly crying in your room. When did this happen?”

An Qingruo was startled, she did not expect Lu Shijia to change the topic so quickly. Facing Lu Shijia's unfathomably deep and cold gaze that did not contain even the slightest bit of emotion, An Qingruo lightly bit her lips, turned her mind, and replied: ”Three days before father met with misfortune, on the night of the 17th …”

An Qingruo specially selected a day when Lu Shijia wasn't home based on his memories.

An Qingruo remembered very clearly that on the 17th, Lu Shijia went on a business trip outside the city and did not return home for the entire day. He only returned on the second night.

When Lu Shijia heard An Qingruo's reply, his slightly furrowed brows immediately furrowed even more. Clearly, he had also remembered that the day An Qingruo mentioned was the day he was not at home.

did not believe An Qingruo's answer just now.

He knew his own father the best, and he was very clear that Lu Yaozong did not intentionally ask An Xingchen out because he liked Gong Lingqian.

Moreover, the marriage between Lu Shiyuan and Gong Lingqian had already been dissolved. Now that Lu Shiyuan had nothing to do with her, how could Lu Yaozong still look for her?

It was just that these speculations were based on Lu Shijia's understanding of his father.