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"I don't understand what you mean."
Wei Qingyu lowered her eyes, her heart tightening, her face as calm as ever.
Wei Wenhai laughed inwardly.
He had hired so many private tutors for Wei Qingyu: music, dance, painting, calligraphy, etiquette, tea ceremony, and so on.
Before all the teachers left, the evaluation they left for Wei Qingyu was surprisingly consistent.
That is, her learning ability is extremely strong.
But now, Wei Qingyu, who had always been evaluated as smart, said she didn't understand.
Did she really not understand?
Wei Wenhai suddenly felt that the few million he had paid Lu Xing over the past two years were actually quite worth it.
Click.
The bottom drawer was pulled open. A contract was placed neatly on the desk.
Wei Wenhai flipped to the last page.
He had asked a master to calculate it. Wei Qingyu's and Lu Xing's BaZi were the most compatible.
But the master had also said that the prerequisite for the two to have the greatest effect was that they truly loved each other.
If the two of them couldn't like each other, then forcing them together, with resentment soaring and endless fighting, would only weaken the effect of his plan. It would be better not to.
Wei Wenhai could control some situations.
For example, forcing the two of them to be in the same space, forcing the two of them to have a close connection, and even forcing the two of them to have a relationship.
But, he could not control whether the two of them truly loved each other.
And in such a situation, a business person like Wei Wenhai would have to prepare two plans.
Wei Wenhai had calculated that there could only be two situations.
【1. If Lu Xing and Wei Qingyu got together, then it would naturally be the best. Lu Xing would definitely not dare to mention this contract.】
【2. If Lu Xing and Wei Qingyu did not get together, then it would be divided into two situations.】
【2.1 Lu Xing has a one-sided love for Wei Qingyu, then just deal with it directly.】
【2.2 Wei Qingyu has a one-sided love for Lu Xing, then this contract is a sharp weapon to shatter all of Wei Qingyu's illusions about Lu Xing.】
Wei Wenhai knew all too well what kind of personality this daughter of his had.
Too stubborn, really too stubborn.
If something goes wrong at the beginning of a task, even if it's done very well later, she will definitely do it all over again.
Everything needs a reason, everything needs a cause.
Only children would think that the world runs on reason and logic.
The stupidest time for a person is when they ask "why."
There is no "why."
"This is his signature and handprint."
Wei Wenhai turned the contract around and pushed it forward, until Wei Qingyu could see it.
Doesn't everything need a reason?
Now, I will tell you the reason why Lu Xing was chasing you.
Wei Wenhai, like a real old father, sighed.
"I had originally thought that if you really liked him and you two could be together, I wouldn't mention this matter."
"With me around, I will watch him. He wouldn't dare to be bad to you."
"But now, since he already has another good match, then I think you have the right to know about this matter."
"Perhaps the person you think is very good is not as good as you think."
Wei Qingyu stared blankly at the strong and powerful signature at the signature line of the contract, and a bright red handprint.
Wei Qingyu rarely smiled. She had always been able to control her emotions.
But now.
She couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity, almost forcing her to laugh, almost making her eyes sting.
She seemed to know.
She knew why a person would laugh sheepishly when they were very embarrassed.
Lu Xing, you said that to understand the sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy of life, you have to experience it yourself.
Now I understand.
But you never said that the personal experience would be so sad.
Wei Qingyu did not cry, just asked stiffly.
"Father, can I take this contract back to look at?"
"Of course you can."
Click.
The study door was gently closed.
Wei Qingyu stood in the long corridor, holding the light contract in her hand, and looked around at the exquisitely decorated and simple surroundings in a daze.
But after only a few seconds of being lost in thought, she quickly returned to her own room.
Almost at the instant the door closed, she trembled and uncontrollably flipped to the last page.
It's Lu Xing.
The signature on it was Lu Xing's handwriting.
She had seen the name Lu Xing had signed on the cover of his textbook. It was just like this.
It's not fake.
Wei Wenhai dared to say it so openly, which proves that he is not afraid of her going to Lu Xing to verify.
It's real.
This contract is real.
Wei Qingyu leaned against the back of the door, her legs losing all strength. She softly slid to the floor, the hem of her skirt falling to the floor like a magnificent flower.
Her inky black long hair fell as she lowered her head, scattering by the side of her face, hiding her expression.
Regarding her feelings for Lu Xing, Wei Qingyu's logic was very simple.
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Lu Xing has always been good to me, accompanying me for a long time.
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I felt his sincerity and was gradually moved, but I didn't know how to express it.
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He got tired of being good to me and left because of my coldness.
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I felt unaccustomed to it and suddenly realized that I had also fallen for him.
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But he has already fallen for someone else.
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So I will wait. This is my punishment for my slow emotional reaction.
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This was Wei Qingyu's thought process about her feelings. She had always been acting this way.
But now she was suddenly told...
That the first step was wrong from the very beginning.
When doing a big problem, if you write the numbers given in the question wrong, then no matter how correct the following process is, it's a zero.
Lu Xing's kindness to her was not because he really thought she was worthy, but because of this contract.
"So it was wrong from the very beginning."
Wei Qingyu had never known that she could laugh so sarcastically. She covered her face, but tears overflowed from between her fingers.
She had thought...
She had thought that there really would be someone in this world who would be good to her without reservation, who would cross difficult obstacles to embrace her, who would feel that her thoughts were worthy of attention.
She had thought that she had already grabbed the vine to escape the abyss.
Yes.
Lu Xing didn't treat her as a robot.
But Lu Xing treated her as a money-making tool, didn't he?
It doesn't matter if she is Wei Qingyu or not.
It doesn't matter if she is cold or passionate, bright or aloof.
It doesn't matter who she is. As long as she can pay Lu Xing, anything is fine, right?
Even if she were a little more cheerful, she could even reduce some of Lu Xing's work burden, right?
Wei Qingyu had ridiculously thought that the starlight had shone on her, even if it was for a short time.
But now, she had suddenly understood.
It turned out that the starlight that had shone on her was also shining on others at the same time.
She had thought that Lu Xing really understood her, but that was just him fulfilling his professional integrity.
She could guess that Wei Wenhai had let her get close to Lu Xing because there was some ridiculous metaphysical thing about him.
In order not to let Lu Xing be harmed by Wei Wenhai, she had even reduced her communication with him.
In order to have a future that was free and not arranged, in every sleepless night, she had endured it by imagining that she could communicate with Lu Xing openly in the future.
And now.
She was suddenly told...
Lu Xing and Wei Wenhai had known each other from the beginning.
Then what do these thoughts of hers count as?
Then the words Lu Xing had used to encourage her before, were they from the bottom of his heart, or were they said at Wei Wenhai's instruction?
The angry resistance of the weak will always seem very cute to the strong.
Then did Lu Xing and Wei Wenhai deliberately want to see her resist, and then finally give her the final blow, telling her that all her resistance was useless?
Wei Qingyu had never cried out loud before. In the face of any difficulties and setbacks, she had always just endured them silently and numbly.
But now, she couldn't control it.
From a soft sob to crying until she lost her voice, large teardrops hung on the tip of her chin, then gathered into a stream and dripped down, wetting the contract she was clutching in her hand.
Before, she had her life arranged by Wei Wenhai, pushed forward. She would only occasionally feel empty.
But now.
She felt pain.
Wei Qingyu lowered her head, her feathered eyelashes wet, her voice trembling.
"My name is not mine, my personality is not mine, my path is not mine, my life is not mine."
"And now... even the few years of memories that have supported me are not mine."
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