Mrs. Lu, Mr. Lu will come back and spend the night tonight.

Since they had approached her in the first place to have a child and had signed an agreement with her, they should go back more than a month and proceed according to the agreement.

Maybe, her stomach is already moving.

After all, the two of them have been together quite a few times.

After thinking and pondering for a week, this is the idea Lin Ai finally came up with, and he felt it was the best solution.

He gave Su Mubai what he wanted, and she just returned the favor.

This week, Lin Ai thought about Su Mubai's feelings. He probably didn't think about the future. He just regarded her as a substitute. Maybe he would be pushed forward by his family in the future, but there was no point in being together like this.

This is not the life she wants. Every time she thinks about being a substitute, she will feel sad.

She may never get over this hurdle, and may be depressed for the rest of her life.

So, let’s go back to the beginning!

Lin Ai said to follow the agreement. Su Mubai's eyes dimmed significantly. Holding Lin Ai's hand, he said, "Lin Ai, Cheng Jian has been gone for many years. He left sixteen years ago."

Looking into Su Mubai's eyes, Lin Ai said, "I know. I heard it last time."

It is precisely because he has not let go even after Cheng Jian left for sixteen years that people are even more afraid to approach him or try.

He is so affectionate.

So affectionate that she dared not imagine making him like her or occupying a small corner in his heart.

His heart cannot be opened to others, and she cannot allow herself to have a relationship with such a person. This would make her very sad and make her feel very pitiful.

She doesn't want this.

If Cheng Jian had passed away in the past two years, Lin Ai might still feel that there was a chance for redemption, but sixteen years, sixteen years.

Which woman dares to be so sure?

This made her feel like a tool.

No one can enter his heart, and no one can replace the girl named Cheng Jian.

Looking at Su Mubai, Lin Ai said, "It's because she's been gone for so long."

After a pause, Lin Ai continued, "So let's just follow the agreement. If you think I'm being willful, you can ask Zhou Yang to take the money back. We can handle our family affairs ourselves."

"Zhou Yang should be able to get the money back."

He spent the money, if I can't give him what he wants or do what he wants her to do, then let her return the money to him.

I originally thought about writing her an IOU, but she might not have that much money to pay him back in her lifetime, so writing an IOU would be a bit of a rip-off, and I didn't want to get entangled in it, so I thought of asking others to return the money.

At this moment, Lin Ai was really moved and really liked Su Mubai, so she was so serious and didn't want to owe him anything.

In front of the person you like, you always have a stronger sense of dignity and always want not to be looked down upon.

Especially when the other person doesn't care about you.

At least, that's who she is.

Lin Ai said that because they had been gone for so long, Su Mubai immediately understood what she meant. She felt that he was too affectionate and could not let go of Cheng Jian.

Holding Lin Ai's hand, Su Mubai gently kneaded it and said, "I'm just a little obsessed, it will be fine after a while."

Su Mubai's hand was soft and warm. Lin Ai pulled her hand out of his and shook her head: "It's hard to get out of this dilemma."

He wanted to come out, and if he could come out, he would have come out long ago.

Lin Ai clenched her hands into fists and said, "I will follow your instructions for what happens next. I will take care of my family's affairs myself..."

Before Lin Ai finished her words, Su Mubai interrupted her: "You solve it yourself? How do you solve it yourself? Are you threatened by that group of people and let them bully you?"

At this moment, Su Mubai's voice was very sharp, so sharp that Lin Ai looked up at him.

Although Lin Ai had known Su Mubai for quite some time, it was the first time she heard Su Mubai speak to her so loudly.

In her impression, Su Mubai has always been a good-tempered person, at least towards her.

But she only now realized that Su Mubai's kindness and tolerance towards her all came from the girl named Cheng Jian.

After staring at Su Mubai for a long while, Lin Ai finally said, "I don't want to be another girl's substitute... If it's just to fulfill the agreement, I can keep my promise."

"But if you want to talk to me about feelings, I can't. It's also unfair to me."

Lin Ai has always felt that love is a two-way thing and the liking has to be mutual, otherwise the relationship would be too pitiful.

Besides, if they had only discussed the agreement, the body and the child from the beginning, she would have had no objection.

Because such a deal is fair.

Su Mubai should never have talked about love with her, shouldn't have given her hope, and then let her fall from a high place.

He couldn't have it all, and he couldn't want her heart anymore.

Looking at Su Mubai, Lin Ai understood in her heart that she had thought too simply and had taken this game seriously.

But Su Mubai's kindness to her made her think that he liked her. How could she have imagined that she was a substitute?

She was just sad.

She also didn't want to be with Su Mubai in the future even though she really liked him, but he was always thinking about another girl.

She couldn't accept this.

She is a normal person. She hopes that her love will be reciprocated and that the person she likes can like her back.

Lin Ai said that this thing was unfair to her, and Su Mubai's brows were tightly knitted together.

He had nothing to say.

He knew very well that when he saw Lin Ai for the first time, he thought of Cheng Jian, and everything that happened afterwards was because she looked like Cheng Jian.

Su Mubai was in a dilemma about the choice Lin Ai asked him to make.

It was simply impossible for Zhou Yang to get the money back. According to the agreement, he had never considered the agreement after he and Lin Ai proposed to be officially together.

And right now, he was actually very depressed thinking that their relationship would end once the child was born.

He used Lin Ai as a substitute, projecting his unfinished feelings for Cheng Jian onto her, but weren't those also feelings?

Su Mubai frowned and didn't finish his words. Lin Ai exhaled softly and continued, "I can understand that you like Cheng Jian and haven't let go of your feelings for her, but Su Mubai, you have to know that I'm not Cheng Jian. I just look like Cheng Jian."

"I don't know how similar Cheng Jian and I look, and what I'm most unsure of is, if you meet a girl who looks more like Cheng Jian than I do and has a personality more similar to hers, what will you do?"

After not seeing Su Mubai for a week, Lin Ai thought about a lot of things.

If they can be substitutes for Cheng Jian, then in the future, as long as there are people who are similar to Cheng Jian, they can all be substitutes for Cheng Jian.

That night, when she thought of this, Lin Ai's scalp went numb.

Therefore, if she were to stay with Su Mubai like this, she would be tormented and panic. She would often wonder, did Su Mubai meet another girl who looks like Cheng Jian today?

I read on the Internet before that being in a relationship with an insecurity can make a person become mentally ill and lose their personality.

Lin Ai now has some understanding of this.

So, not long after the game started, she surrendered. She couldn't afford to play it, so she quit.

She doesn't want a life with no end in sight, a life full of complications.

After hearing Lin Ai's words, Su Mubai suddenly looked up at Lin Ai. Their eyes met, and her gaze was firm.

From childhood to adulthood, Lin Ai has always been a relatively sober girl. Even though her relationship with Su Mubai some time ago made her briefly obsessed, she quickly adjusted herself after realizing that something was wrong.

Although it was difficult to take back the true love she had given, she still took it back little by little.

Su Mubai had not thought about the question that Lin Ai had just raised. After all, Lin Ai was the first girl he had met who looked like Cheng Jian in all these years.

Su Mubai looked at her without saying anything, and Lin Ai knew that this question made him feel embarrassed.

She did not question Su Mubai further and did not make things difficult for him.

She just stood up from the sofa and said to him softly, "Then I'll go back first."

From the moment she met Su Mubai until now, Lin Ai's emotions have been very stable. She did not break down because of this incident, and did not say a harsh word to Su Mubai. She just put everything on the table and talked to him frankly.

No matter how sad she was, Lin Ai managed it on her own.

If she and Su Mubai had feelings for each other, and Su Mubai liked her, then if they really had a fight, she might cry to him, make a scene with him, and ask him, "What's the big deal? How could you do this to me?"

However, their relationship was not a two-way street.

She clearly knew that she was just a substitute, and a substitute that could be replaced at any time. If she quarreled with Su Mubai, asked Su Mubai what she was, and tried to reason with Su Mubai, then she would be a living clown.

She had no qualifications or identity to ask such questions.

She is nothing and nothing at all.

Moreover, from childhood to adulthood, except for the issue of her father's debt, Lin Ai has never had any disputes or quarrels with anyone. She has always been a decent person who can solve all problems calmly.

When leaving Su Mubai, Lin Ai felt a tightness in her chest and felt uncomfortable. She was so uncomfortable that she almost couldn't breathe.

She looked at Su Mubai's house, and her mind flashed back to the time they had spent together here a few days ago. She couldn't help but recall all the care Su Mubai had given her and how close they were.

Unfortunately, all of this is just a short-lived dream.

Her eyes turned red, but she didn't cry in the end.

She had dealt with all of her emotions during the week she hadn't met Su Mubai. She had gone through everything she could think of, everything that had made her sad, in her mind.

So at this moment, no matter how sad she was, she didn't cry.

When Lin Ai stood up and left him, Su Mubai's mind was still on what she had just said. He didn't seem to realize that Lin Ai was about to get up and leave. He clasped his hands together and frowned tightly.

When Lin Ai withdrew her gaze from the bedroom, she looked at Su Mubai again.

Seeing him sitting there motionless with a serious expression, Lin Ai retracted her red eyes, then opened the door and left.

She left quietly, as if she had never been there.

She closed the door, walked to the elevator, pressed the elevator button, and the moment she entered the elevator, Lin Ai burst into tears.

She thought she had figured it out, thought she had figured it out, thought she had accepted it, thought she could face everything calmly, could talk to Su Mubai calmly about anything, but after talking to Su Mubai about this matter, when she left Su Mubai's house.

She couldn't hold back her emotions after all and finally burst into tears.

This person, most of the time, either overestimates himself or underestimates himself.

At this moment, Lin Ai overestimated her ability to keep her promise and underestimated her love for Su Mubai.

After all, this was her first time to like someone. She liked Su Mubai very much, and even often felt that it was a blessing from God that she met Su Mubai.

As it turned out, her luck was only superficial.