Chapter 45
He Minglun also hadn\'t expected Gu Wan to leave without saying goodbye.
The manager beside him, hearing this, couldn\'t help but say softly, "After all, you two didn\'t really have any relationship, did you?"
At that moment, He Minglun felt as if struck by lightning.
That\'s right, she had come because she was a fan, but in reality, the two of them had no relationship at all. If she didn\'t want to, of course she didn\'t need to say goodbye when leaving.
But why wouldn\'t she want to?
He Minglun couldn\'t understand, until he soon learned that on the day he had encountered his ex-girlfriend, Gu Wan had actually gone in the same direction.
He Minglun guessed she must have seen that scene.
He Minglun\'s mind was in chaos, so he didn\'t notice the fleeting strange look in the eyes of the crew member who told him about this.
He Minglun felt he could explain, all he needed to do was find a way to get Gu Wan\'s contact information.
He Minglun suppressed the indescribable anxiety in his heart. Years of stage experience meant he rarely felt so urgent, so he approached the other two employees who had come with Gu Wan.
But how could these two employees possibly sell out their boss\'s contact information to a male celebrity? The key point being, a male celebrity. If Mr. Lu found out, they would surely be done for.
Moreover, the person opposite was being too unrealistic.
Thinking this, the two looked at each other and simultaneously shook their heads firmly.
After being rejected, He Minglun sought out some other people. It was then that he discovered Gu Wan was truly low-key. Although she had attended this shareholders\' meeting, it was only this once. She was like a shooting star in the sky - if you weren\'t paying attention, she\'d disappear in the blink of an eye, never to be found again.
You see, relationships between people are so fragile. Once broken, there may never be a day to meet again.
He Minglun felt a moment of bewilderment.
Afterwards, he even went to that mall from before, the parking garage and the riverbank, even Gu Wan\'s company, but he couldn\'t see her again.
What He Minglun didn\'t know was that because of his series of actions, Lu Yu almost withdrew his endorsement.
Lu Yu had been waiting in the shadows for He Minglun to make a move, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to He Minglun. However, what Lu Yu didn\'t expect was that the other party couldn\'t even contact Gu Wan again.
Like two parallel lines, after a brief intersection, there was permanent separation.
This made Lu Yu involuntarily think of himself. He suddenly realized that the things that could connect him and Gu Wan were equally pitifully few.
Their circles were completely different, and their relationships with each other\'s friends were only superficial. Gu Wan\'s most important friend, Xia Qianqian, hardly ever appeared in front of him and didn\'t like to deal with him. As for his side, Shen An, there was no need to even mention.
Apart from two marriage certificates and those few shares, Lu Yu could find nothing else that could connect them.
Lu Yu felt that if they were to divorce one day, they might not see each other again in this lifetime.
Other couples at least still had property disputes, but they didn\'t even have that. Gu Wan had long since stopped touching his things and spending his money.
Everything was so clearly delineated, yes, clearly delineated.
And this point was confirmed by Gu Wan\'s answer when Lu Yu casually asked, simultaneously shattering his remaining hope.
Gu Wan felt that ever since that day when Lu Yu, as if having a fit, asked her what she would do if they divorced, and she answered, he started to act strange.
How did Gu Wan answer at that time?
She remembered that she had just told the truth as always.
Since they were divorced, of course they would have no relationship, so when Lu Yu asked her "If I get sick, very seriously ill, won\'t you come to see me?", Gu Wan very firmly said "Yes."
At that time, Gu Wan even added, "Of course, similarly, if I get sick, I won\'t trouble you to come see me either."
Then Gu Wan saw Lu Yu\'s expression suddenly become very strange.
Of course, no matter how strange his expression was, it wasn\'t as strange as his question.
Then he asked again: "Why? Does divorce necessarily mean cutting off all contact?"
Gu Wan replied without hesitation: "Of course!"
"Marriage is just binding two people without blood relations together. When such a contract disappears, the two people are at most strangers who once had a relationship. Moreover, precisely because they had a relationship, they can\'t interact like they would with other strangers. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate, and your wife and children would be very hurt."
Although Gu Wan felt that love and emotions were not a big deal, Lu Yu was different from her. Lu Yu still had the ability to love her now, and of course would have the ability to love someone else later.
Considering that he was a good person, Gu Wan ultimately wished him well.
If one day they really parted amicably, and then he found a wife he loved and who loved him, got married and had children, that would be good too.
Gu Wan thought she was already being very generous, and strictly adhering to the unwritten rule that "a qualified ex should be like they\'re dead." But as soon as she finished speaking, Lu Yu\'s expression suddenly became even stranger.
For a moment, Gu Wan even thought he would cry the next second.
But Lu Yu didn\'t cry in the end.
At first, when he mentioned the word divorce, Gu Wan thought he had come to his senses and finally decided to give up after persisting for so many months.
Gu Wan\'s attitude towards this had always been not insisting, not refusing, indifferent. Although she felt it was a bit sudden, she quickly prepared herself mentally.
But when he asked those questions later, she felt it didn\'t seem like that, so Gu Wan just treated it as casual talk.
Until that night, when Lu Yu\'s sweat dripped from his back onto her body, Gu Wan looked up and accidentally glimpsed threads of frenzy in his eyes.
But before she could look closely, he covered her eyes.
Gu Wan thought for a moment, and finally obediently closed her eyes.
Gu Wan always felt that Lu Yu had been a bit moody recently, and the rate of updating and replacing some things in the study at home was much higher than before.
The most typical example was the printer that had always been in the study. At first, it just mysteriously broke down and couldn\'t be used, but later one day it suddenly became fragmented and was cleaned up by the housekeeper.
Gu Wan secretly guessed that Lu Yu must have been secretly smashing things in the study, but she had never heard any noise. Plus, those things seemed to have indeed been accidentally broken. Gu Wan thought about it for a full three seconds, then quickly put it out of her mind.
The frequency with which the housekeeper at home wanted to say something but held back became higher and higher, accompanied by Lu Yu being increasingly good to her, sending more and more things. Things like clothes, shoes, and bags were not worth mentioning, their prices although expensive, were not as much as the gems, jade, and jadeite from auction houses, as well as limited edition sports cars worth tens of millions.
Gu Wan didn\'t understand why he still wanted to send gifts after she had clearly expressed that she didn\'t need them. She was just one person, she couldn\'t drive so many cars or wear so many clothes, but he insisted, so Gu Wan just let him be.
Gu Wan had no doubt that everything before her eyes was a sugar-coated bullet, but undeniably, he had succeeded.
Although Gu Wan still never used them and was clear in her heart, he had still succeeded.
Gu Wan was already quite disappointed with men outside, and now, with Lu Yu doing this, she became even less interested.
Comparing Lu Yu with someone like He Minglun, who was seen as the ideal lover in the public eye, the result was simply miserable.
No one could resist someone they didn\'t dislike at all being consistently good to them, and Gu Wan was no exception. She really had to thank him for letting her know her own greed.
Gu Wan couldn\'t help but sigh.
But Gu Wan quickly forgave herself.
There was nothing wrong with admitting that she too had an ugly side to her humanity.
Gu Wan gradually began to enjoy Lu Yu\'s kindness towards her, and slowly started to like the version of him that was good to her.
Sensing that she seemed to be softening towards him, for a moment, Lu Yu even thought they had returned to how they were before, as if the car accident and memory loss had never happened.
Gu Wan even reduced the frequency of her travels, a discovery that made Lu Yu feel overjoyed. Even the poisonous sores constantly spreading in his heart began to be soothed and healed.
Until a phone call came to Gu Wan\'s mobile.
It was from the temple they had visited before.
A whole year had passed since Gu Wan had accompanied Xia Qianqian to burn incense at the temple. Because Gu Wan had been donating a large sum of money to the temple every year at this time for several years running, the temple specifically called her.
The two eternal lamps that Gu Wan had enshrined in the temple were about to expire, and the monk responsible for this area asked Gu Wan if she wanted to renew them.
Gu Wan thought for a moment and ultimately decided to keep one lit and extinguish the other. As for which one to keep and which to extinguish, the answer was obvious.
Lu Yu, who had been standing outside the bedroom door listening to the entire conversation, felt his hopes shatter once again, his expression suddenly becoming hollow.
He thought, he believed that this time would be different, but the result was no different at all.
She liked his kindness, not him. Once that kindness was gone, everything would revert to how it was before.
She wasn\'t kind or good; her kindness and goodness only manifested when she loved someone.
In an instant, Lu Yu felt sharp thorns crawling all over his body, from head to toe.
At this moment, this second, Lu Yu couldn\'t feel the warm, bright love. Every part of his heart was filled with intense hatred.
He felt hate.
He began to hate her.