Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 104 Leaving? Li Li, don't even think about it.

"Li Li."

Zhou Jinghuai then interrupted Li Wu, his tone as unhurried and composed as ever, "I have no intention of letting go, nor will I let you leave."

"You're about to get engaged to someone else, and you still won't let me leave? What do you take me for?" Li Wu couldn't help but say.

Zhou Jinghuai looked at Li Wu with his deep black eyes and said calmly, "Li Li, our relationship will not change, and you will always be the mistress of this courtyard."

Li Wu was stunned for a moment, unable to react.

After a long while, Li Wu finally spoke in disbelief, as if she were meeting Zhou Jinghuai for the first time, "What do you mean? Are you going to keep me here and hide me away?"

After a long silence.

Zhou Jinghuai stood up, his tall figure looming over Li Wu like a mountain. He placed his hands on either side of her body, completely imprisoning her. "Li Li, what were you like when you were with me before? What will you be like in the future?"

Zhou Jinghuai looked into Li Wu's eyes, his voice extremely slow, each word clear, "From now on, when we attend major banquets and events, the person standing beside me will only be you."

“I can even assure you that she will never show up in your presence.”

After listening.

Li Wu felt a gust of cold wind blowing into her body. The biting cold made her limbs tremble.

Li Wu didn't know how much self-control she had to use to slap Zhou Jinghuai across the face.

She laughed, a laugh that almost brought tears to her eyes. "So you had this all planned out all along, didn't you?"

He was engaged to someone else while refusing to let her go. He always knew his place and what he should want.

When he cannot have both, he will have both.

"Zhou Jinghuai, you can't have it all."

A tear finally fell from the corner of Li Wu's eye.

……

In the study.

Zhou Jinghuai watched as Li Wu sat on the chair with her knees bent, her hands wrapped around her knees, her gaze somewhat vacant as she stared into the distance.

Like a Ragdoll cat abandoned by its owner, it has an indescribable pitifulness.

Zhou Jinghuai's eyes darkened.

Then, he walked over to Li Wu, his tall figure almost completely enveloping her. "Uncle Zhong said you haven't eaten anything all day?"

"Let's go eat," Zhou Jinghuai said calmly.

"I do not want to eat."

"What would you like to eat? I'll have someone make it for you."

Li Wu looked up at Zhou Jinghuai, her tone laced with barely suppressed sarcasm, "Do you think I can eat right now?"

"why not?"

Zhou Jinghuai bent down and picked Li Wu up from the chair, then walked towards the restaurant. "Didn't you used to say that eating is a big deal, and you can't mistreat yourself, no matter who else you are?"

Li Wu raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Jinghuai's handsome face, which was as gentle and elegant as ever.

When I held her, it seemed no different from before.

A wave of bitterness welled up in Li Wu's heart, a subtle, persistent ache. She bit her lip. "When I said I wanted to leave, why did you pretend not to hear me?"

Zhou Jinghuai placed her on a chair in the restaurant, raised his hand to tuck the stray hairs that had fallen across her face behind her ear, and said in a calm voice.

"Don't even think about leaving this place, Lili."

As he spoke, Zhou Jinghuai fed Li Wu a spoonful of cooled porridge, saying, "Drink some porridge first."

Li Wu looked at him.

Didn't move.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Jinghuai placed the spoon into the white porcelain bowl. His voice was calm and indifferent, "Lili, are you sure you want to argue with me?"

"I said I can't eat, and that's it. Are you going to force me to eat it?" Li Wu said coldly.

Hear the words.

Zhou Jinghuai smiled, not angry at all, and his tone remained calm. "Of course I wouldn't want to treat you like that. Are you bored eating alone? Do you want me to find someone else to keep you company?"

"How's your agent? Haven't you seen her in a while?"

"do not want!"

Before Zhou Jinghuai could finish speaking, Li Wu abruptly interrupted him, "Don't do anything to her..."

She was somewhat aware of Zhou Jinghuai's methods.

Ye Fei, a top-tier celebrity, disappeared from the public eye just like that, and later became completely untraceable. Not to mention someone like Sister Xin, who was just a behind-the-scenes agent.

Li Wu silently finished the bowl of porridge in the end.

She would always lose when facing Zhou Jinghuai.

"I need to go back to school to take the exam."

After finishing her meal, Li Wu said calmly.

When Zhou Jinghuai raised his hand to tuck Li Wu's stray hair behind her ear, Li Wu turned her head away and dodged.

Zhou Jinghuai's hand froze in mid-air.

After a pause, Zhou Jinghuai withdrew his hand and said naturally, "I did not restrict your freedom."

"Then don't let those two bodyguards follow me."

Ever since Li Wu said goodbye that day, she has had two bodyguards behind her.

Judging from their demeanor, the two men had clearly served in the military.

Even though Li Wuren was in Yuqing Garden, the two bodyguards would still be watching her from a short distance away.

Hear the words.

Zhou Jinghuai didn't say anything, just looked at Li Wu with a leisurely air.

It seems to be saying, "Do you think that's possible?"

Zhou Jinghuai has deep-colored eyes, prominent brow bones, and a strong, perfect profile, giving him a captivating and mesmerizing quality.

In the past, when Li Wu was looked at like that by him, she would have long wanted to get closer to him.

But now, Li Wu only feels unfamiliar.

There was even a chilling sensation that seeped into her limbs and bones little by little.

There was silence for quite a while.

Li Wu spoke softly, with a sense of unreality, "I'm only now realizing that I don't understand you at all."

"You'll understand eventually."

Zhou Jinghuai said gently, "Lili, we still have a lifetime ahead of us."