Chapter 14: Life Was Like a Play. It All Depended on One’s Acting

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lu Jingnan exited the car and waited for Song Ruyi but realized that she was sitting without moving an inch.

The grumpy man was unhappy again. “Why are you sitting there? I’m buying them for your family. Don’t you want to come down and pick the fruits?”

Song Ruyi responded, “I…”

“What are you doing? Our country values courtesy. If you treat me to dinner, I’ll treat you to some fruits. Hurry up,” Lu Jingnan urged her unhappily.

Song Ruyi felt sad internally, but how could she refuse?

Lu Jingnan insisted on buying, so she naturally could not say no.

After Song Ruyi got out of the car, the two of them walked toward the fruit store one after the other.

The taxi driver who was waiting for them could not help but smile. This was his first time seeing such an awkward couple in his life.

Even so, they were so cute.

Lu Jingnan did not know how to pick fruits. He rarely came into these stores.

Someone always prepared what he wanted to eat at home, or he could order someone to buy them back.

The last time he went into a fruit store was when he bought fruits to visit his nominal mother-in-law. Now, she was his ex-mother-in-law.

He did not know if that sensible mother-in-law still remembered him. He remembered her quite clearly, though.

Although she had cancer, Song Ruyi’s mother was still living calmly. It was rare for a woman to be able to face a terminal illness so calmly.

Thinking of this, Lu Jingnan planned to visit Song Ruyi’s home to chat with her mom.

The last time they met, they greeted each other politely. Lu Jingnan had always felt it was a pity that they did not have a deep conversation.

He also wanted to see what kind of family environment Song Ruyi grew up in.

Song Ruyi was always acting so weirdly!

She could provoke his bad temper countless times.

Lu Jingnan did not know what to buy, so he asked Song Ruyi to give him some advice. She stuttered as if she was not willing to buy them.

These fruits cost only a few yuan in the market, but here, the prices were doubled. There were also imported high-end fruits, so Song Ruyi was indeed not willing to buy them.

After all, these fruits were just a little more glamorous. They were so expensive that they made people click their tongues.

Seeing Song Ruyi’s way of doing things made Lu Jingnan angry.

‘Did I not make it clear enough just now?

‘I’m treating her family to some fruits, and I’ll be paying for them.

‘Why is she being so awkward?’

If Lu Jingnan had known that Song Ruyi was so stubborn, he would not have forced her out of the car just now.

That said, he was not willing to let her stay alone in the taxi with an old man.

In the end, Lu Jingnan asked the staff to get him a decent fruit basket. He also bought a durian, strawberries, imported navel oranges, and a big bag of bananas and apples.

Such a big spending made the fruit shop owner very happy.

He even gave them a 15% discount, which was a huge discount.

Lu Jingnan did not care about this. He carried the things out and did not ask Song Ruyi for help.

Song Ruyi followed beside him. She was a little confused. “It’s so late at night. Are you still going to visit someone at the hospital?”

From Song Ruyi’s point of view, this kind of fruit basket was usually bought for a sick patient.

However, it was probably long past the visiting time for most hospitals. If Lu Jingnan was going to visit a patient tomorrow, would it not be better for him to buy the fruits tomorrow?

“What kind of logic is that? I’m going to visit your mother, so I’m buying a fruit basket. Isn’t that right? She should still be in the hospital, right?” Lu Jingnan retorted. Suddenly, he thought of something.

Some cancers could not be cured even if they were not severe. They could not be cured even if the person died.

Back then, Song Ruyi insisted on divorcing Lu Jingnan. Did she not say that she wanted to bring her mother to another place for treatment?

At that time, given Cloud City’s high-end and advanced medical facilities, Song Ruyi’s mother still could not be cured. Lu Jingnan thought that shifting her to another place would be the same as waiting for death?

Despite that, he did not say it at that time.

The woman insisted on divorcing him, and he almost wanted to vomit to death.

Song Ruyi was a little surprised when Lu Jingnan suddenly mentioned her mother. ‘He bought so many fruits to give to my mom? She had passed away a long time ago and left before Wanwan was born.

‘She didn’t even have time to look at Wanwan. It has been more than three years.

‘Time passes so quickly.’

It was normal for Lu Jingnan not to know.

Song Ruyi was still very grateful to him for his kindness toward her mother.

“My mother is no longer around. She passed away in less than three months after I brought her back. Thank you.” Though so much time had passed, Song Ruyi’s eyes could not help but turn red every time she thought about it.

She wanted to cry.

Lu Jingnan: “…”

He did not expect this, but he felt that it was within his expectations.

Back then, was Song Ruyi not willing to marry him just to raise enough money for the surgery and treatments?

She had paid such a huge sum of money to the hospital, but her mother insisted on finding out the source of the money. Song Ruyi had no choice but to thicken her skin and ask Lu Jingnan to visit her mother in the hospital.

Lu Jingnan acted as the boss of a company and helped Song Ruyi prove to her mother that she had indeed won the one million yuan from the lottery.

Originally, Lu Jingnan was going to deduct 20% of her personal income tax. Seeing that Song Ruyi was filial, he personally paid using his money to make up for the 200,000 yuan.

Perhaps it was because he was sincere and the situation was reasonable, at that time, Song Ruyi’s mother believed him.

Seeing how mournful Song Ruyi was, Lu Jingnan wanted to apologize, but the words were stuck in his throat. In the end, he did not say them out loud.

“Then let the little girl eat these. Consider this compensation for snatching her mom away from her tonight,” Lu Jingnan said.

Song Ruyi raised her head to look at him.

“Are you doing it on purpose? You clearly heard my sister call and say that she won’t be coming home today.” Song Ruyi smiled helplessly.

“Then put them aside first. They’ll still be good to be eaten when she goes home tomorrow.”

Song Ruyi. “…”

It would be a ten-minute walk from the fruit shop to her neighborhood, but it took less than five minutes by car.

Song Ruyi got out of the car with the fruits. It was a little strenuous, but she was used to doing this kind of work, so it was still okay.

Lu Jingnan had planned to help her carry it upstairs, but before he could do anything, his phone rang.

Song Ruyi was also tactful. She quickly got out of the car. Before she got out, she even sincerely bid Lu Jingnan farewell. “Mr. Lu, thank you. Goodbye.”

Lu Jingnan glanced at the caller ID and could only nod at Song Ruyi.

After Song Ruyi entered the residential area, Lu Jingnan picked up the phone. Bai Yunfei’s cry for help was heard. “Cousin, come back quickly. Are you on a date with a girl? Grandma saw it. She said that you have to come back within half an hour. Otherwise, my blood will be splattered on the spot, and you can only collect my corpse then. Help—”

Lu Jingnan. “…”