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

At the side, Chu Yue also stopped walking. She didn't expect Su Mubai to come over.

Things have come to this, what's the point of him coming here?

Chu Yue wasn't just making sarcastic remarks. She just wanted to say that if Lin Ai hadn't discovered Cheng Jian's existence and this matter, then that would have been it. She could have lived a happy and confused life.

But she has discovered this now, so in the days to come, no matter what Su Mubai does or says, Lin Ai will only think that Su Mubai treats her as Cheng Jian.

His kindness and tenderness are meant for another woman.

There is no way, their lives are so difficult. It is difficult to return to innocence and to regain trust in each other.

The only relief is to let go.

At least it was a relief for Lin Ai.

Seeing the car lights on behind him, Su Mubai turned around with his hands in his trouser pockets and looked to the side.

Then, Lin Ai came back and Chu Yue was beside her.

The moment Su Mubai looked at her, Lin Ai stopped walking.

Seeing this, Chu Yue did not follow him, but stepped back a little and went to the side to wait for Lin Ai.

Chu Yue is okay in this regard. She is not like those brainless girlfriends. She will not say bad things about Su Mubai behind his back. She will only evaluate things objectively. She will not scold Su Mubai without any reason when she sees him. She will not make a mess of things.

Because she knew that Lin Ai was a decent person and she cared about her reputation.

So she would not do anything that would damage Lin Ai's face or make her feel embarrassed.

On this side, when Lin Ai walked up to Su Mubai, she looked up at Su Mubai and explained, "You should have called me just now, but my phone was out of battery and I didn't hear it."

The moment she saw Su Mubai, Lin Ai thought that he should have called her, but the connection didn't work.

At this point, without waiting for Su Mubai to speak, Lin Ai said, "I'm fine. Nothing will happen to me. You don't have to worry."

When she saw Su Mubai again, Lin Ai was still as decent and calm as ever.

Lin Ai's two simple sentences blocked all the words Su Mubai wanted to say.

Looking down at Lin Ai, into her calm eyes, Su Mubai felt that no matter what he said, it seemed pale and powerless.

Finally, I could only look at her and say, "I'm glad you're okay."

"Ah."

Looking at Su Mubai, Lin Ai still felt distressed.

Su Mubai is such a good person, but it’s a pity that I am not the one in his heart.

It was very quiet around, so quiet that the only sound was the wind blowing through the trees. Su Mubai wanted to say something else to Lin Ai, but in the end he stopped himself.

Are you saying that he truly likes her, has never confused her with Cheng Jian, and has never thought of her as Cheng Jian?

Forget it, he doesn’t even believe this nonsense, it can’t even fool a three-year-old child.

The two of them just looked at each other, the atmosphere was very awkward.

Chu Yue just watched them from a distance.

Seeing this, Lin Ai was the first to speak. She said, "It's getting late. You should go back early. I'll go upstairs too."

"Yeah." Su Mubai agreed indifferently.

I originally wanted to talk to Lin Ai, but found that there was nothing to talk about.

After talking to Su Mubai, Lin Ai turned to look at Chu Yue and said, "Xiao Yue, I'm going upstairs. You should go back and rest early too."

Not far away, Chu Yue said loudly: "Okay, I'll be back soon, Xiao Ai, go back first."

"Okay." Lin Ai agreed to Chu Yue, looked at Su Mubai again, told him that she was going upstairs, then turned and left.

The moment of leaving, Lin Ai let out a long sigh, still feeling sad.

Just better than it was two hours ago.

Watching Lin Ai's leaving back, Su Mubai couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.

On the other side, Chu Yue just looked at Su Mubai. She did not help Lin Ai blame Su Mubai. If she had to blame Su Mubai, then she only blamed one thing: Su Mubai for not hiding the matter well, for letting Lin Ai know, and for making Lin Ai sad.

When he and Lin Ai proposed a formal relationship, he should have dealt with all the matters and he should have kept it a secret from Lin Ai for the rest of his life.

When Su Mubai withdrew his gaze from Lin Ai, he felt a pair of burning eyes staring at him. When he turned to look at Chu Yue, he saw Chu Yue looking straight at him.

Her eyes were complicated, showing blame, hatred, and seemingly sympathy.

In front of the car, Chu Yue saw Su Mubai looking at her, so she looked at Su Mubai and said, "Xiao Ai likes you very much." After a pause, she added, "More than you think."

After saying this, Chu Yue didn't stay downstairs for another minute. She turned around, opened the car door, got in, then stepped on the accelerator, turned a corner and went home.

She did not lie to Su Mubai. Lin Ai really liked him, much more than he could imagine.

She and Lin Ai have known each other since childhood, and the parents of the two families are also friends. When everyone was in junior high school and high school when they first fell in love, or in college when they could date without restraint, she had never seen Lin Ai like anyone.

But this time, Lin Ai just liked Su Mubai.

When you like someone, your eyes and feelings can't lie.

Chu Yue left after saying this, but Su Mubai stood there for a long time without coming back to his senses.

Chu Yue's words deeply touched Su Mubai's heart, making Su Mubai feel even more upset.

Later, after standing downstairs of Lin Ai's house for a long time, Su Mubai drove away.

……

upstairs.

When Lin Ai returned home, Lin Chen had just finished taking a shower and went back to his room to do homework. Her mother Yan Xiaoli had not slept yet and was waiting for her in the living room.

Seeing Lin Ai coming back, Yan Xiaoli quickly asked her: "Did you eat outside? If not, I'll cook some dumplings for you and get you something to eat."

Putting down her bag and bending down to change her shoes, Lin Ai said, "I just had dinner with Xiaoyue. Mom, don't be busy."

"Okay." Yan Xiaoli: "Xiao Ai, do you want to eat some fruit? I'll go wash it."

Lin Ai has been in a bad mood these days, and Yan Xiaoli has noticed it a long time ago.

So when she didn't come back tonight, she kept waiting for her to come back, and she probably guessed that there must be something wrong with her relationship and she must be having a conflict with her partner.

However, Lin Ai did not bring up the matter on her own initiative, so Yan Xiaoli did not ask any further questions.

I was afraid of putting psychological pressure on her and making her even sadder.

Listening to her mother's words, Lin Ai smiled and said, "Mom, I don't want to eat. It's getting late. You should go to bed first. I'll go to bed early later."

"Okay, then you can go to bed early after you finish cleaning up."

Looking at Lin Ai, Yan Xiaoli wanted to chat with her, but in the end she didn't pull her to talk, but went back to her room reluctantly.

Let’s wait and see in two days. If there is really something, my daughter will definitely tell her.

After Yan Xiaoli returned to the room, Chu Ai finally breathed a sigh of relief and put away the forced smile on her face.

Then, he took his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After a whole night of making a fuss and going to several places, she was already exhausted. She didn't want to say anything or think about anything. She just wanted to have a good rest.

……

In the master bedroom, just as Yan Xiaoli closed the door and went in, Lin Ai's father asked, "What's going on? Did Xiao Ai tell you something? Did she tell you why she was in a bad mood these days?"

Yan Xiaoli said with a sullen face: "How could she tell me anything? This child has been like this since she was young. Whenever she encounters something unhappy, she keeps it to herself. But I know without asking that it must be about her boyfriend. Otherwise, what else could she be unhappy about besides this?"

Hearing this, Lin Ai's father frowned and said, "We all have to go through this stage. After a few more talks, you will have experience. After a few more talks, you won't care about it anymore. Let her digest it slowly."

"What do you mean you'll gain experience after a few more talks? This kind of thing is stressful and time-consuming, why bother talking so much? It's best to meet the right person from the beginning and not go through all this from the beginning. What era is it now? Do you still say that suffering is a blessing?"

“Suffering and losing are never blessings. People with good fortune don’t have to endure these things.”

Lin Ai was unhappy, and Yan Xiaoli felt very aggrieved, so she simply took it out on Lin Ai's father.

Seeing this, Lin Ai's father quickly defended himself: "I was just talking casually. Why are you taking it out on me? Why are you talking to me so much? I never said that Xiao Ai would suffer. I just care about my daughter."

Lin Ai's father's explanation, her mother lifted the quilt and sat on the bed, saying impatiently: "Sleep, sleep."

After saying that, she turned off the lights in the old house, then lay down with her back to Lin Ai's father.

At the same time, Lin Ai had already laid down in the next room and fell asleep with her eyes closed.

In the following days, Su Mubai did not look for her, and she did not contact Su Mubai either.

Overnight, the two seemed to have returned to two months ago when they didn't know each other yet.

After the failure in her relationship, Lin Ai devoted all her heart and soul to her work. As her work was going more and more smoothly, she had to work overtime less frequently recently.

When I got off work, I left with my colleagues in the office, so I never met Su Mubai again.

Life returned to normal and seemed no different from before, but Lin Ai felt empty inside. She always felt like something was missing and that she had lost something.

On the other hand, after talking it out with Lin Ai that night, Su Mubai went on a business trip the next day.

Lin Ai was feeling confused, and Su Mubai's mood wasn't much better.

Su Mubai had been pondering and thinking about what Lin Ai said that night.

It was not until half a month later that he returned from abroad.

There was a dinner with Gu Nanyue and the others in the evening. Seeing that he came alone this time, and appeared alone after being on a business trip for half a month, everyone couldn't help but be curious.

Zhou Bei asked: "Mu Bai, why did you come here alone today? Where is Xiao Ai?"

Sitting next to Lu Jingyang, Su Mubai said, "She is busy with something."

When Zhou Bei mentioned Lin Ai, everyone noticed the slight change in Su Mubai's expression. Without asking, everyone knew that the two had probably had an argument.

Who among the people at this table is not an experienced person? Who among them is not a thousand-year-old fox?

However, no one exposed Su Mubai and no one mentioned Lin Ai again.

At around nine o'clock, when the meal was over and the party was over, Su Mubai took Xiaobao to the parking lot, and Gu Nanyue walked beside them.

Strictly speaking, it was Xiaobao who insisted on holding Su Mubai's hand.

On the side, Gu Nanyue looked at Mu Bai's thoughtful expression and she found it funny.

How old is he? He is still ten years older than Da Lin. How did he get into this relationship?

As for Su Mubai, she was in a good mood during the half month she was busy working abroad and didn't think too much. But when she came back to City A and saw everyone with their families, she subconsciously thought of Lin Ai.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for only half a month, he felt like they had been apart for years. The time he spent with Lin Ai seemed like it was a long, long time ago.

When his eyes met Gu Nanyue's, seeing that she was laughing at him, Su Mubai said, "Third sister-in-law, do you have any problem with me?"

The way she looked was typical of her dislike for him.

Listening to Su Mubai's words, Gu Nanyan said directly: "Women need to be coaxed. Besides, good women are afraid of clinging men. If you don't want it to end, take the initiative. If you just leave it alone, then you and Lin Ai may really end."

"It took a lot of effort to start this relationship. No matter what the circumstances were, your feelings for her are definitely different from others. Since they are different, then cherish them a little more and get to know them better."

Although she had not investigated the matter between Lin Ai and Su Mubai, Gu Nanyue, as a lawyer, had a sixth sense and felt that there must be a story between them.

So he advised Su Mubai.

After all, it is not easy for him to start a relationship, so he should cherish it.

Su Mubai felt a sinking feeling in his heart after hearing Gu Nanyue's casual words. A person who has been through this is a person who can see how vicious things are. He guessed that everyone had seen it at the dinner table just now.

After a while, when the group arrived at the parking lot, everyone got in their cars and went home. Su Mubai also drove away from the hotel.

Holding the steering wheel with both hands, he glanced towards the passenger seat, but Lin Ai was not there.

He let out a long sigh, and the car drove towards Lin Ai's home unknowingly.

When the car stopped downstairs of Lin Ai's house, Su Mubai suddenly realized that he had come to Lin Ai's house.

Turning to look at the building outside the window on the right, I thought, here it comes.

He withdrew his gaze, opened the car door, and got out.

They hadn't seen each other for half a month, and there had been no contact for half a month. Lin Ai was also stubborn, so she didn't contact him either.

With his hands in his trouser pockets and looking up at the building, Su Mubai remembered what Lin Ai said that night. She said it was unfair to her.

I don’t know how long he stared at the building like this, Su Mubai suddenly felt someone was looking at him not far away.

So he turned to look to the left, and saw Lin Ai holding something in her hand, standing thirty meters away, staring at him.

For a moment, Su Mubai's eyes froze.