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Lu Fangning kept repeating a sentence painfully:

"Really sorry……"

Xin Shangzhi lit a cigarette and took a sharp puff. He hadn't smoked for a long time, and he coughed hard.

Lu Fangning wanted to go forward to extinguish the cigarette for him, but before he even moved his feet, he found that Xin Shangzhi had already extinguished the cigarette by himself.

Lu Fangning has never seen Xin Shangzhi quit smoking for anyone. Although he has never been a big smoker, he has been smoking for so many years.

"Don't be like this, I..." I'm really sorry for you... Lu Fangning almost choked up and said this sentence, but in the end, he found that the three words "sorry" were really useless.

What's the use of asking for forgiveness after you've already done something that hurt others?

How about doing something realistic...

After Xin Shangzhi put out the cigarette, he took off his coat and put it on his hand, and turned around and closed the glass door on the balcony to prevent the smell of smoke from spreading into the living room.

The two fell into silence for a long time, and neither of them spoke.

Lu Fangning wanted to light a cigarette, but after seeing the look in Xin Shangzhi's hand, he consciously put it away.

"I……"

"Actually, I..." Lu Fangting hesitated and didn't know how to speak, but Xin Shangzhi was obviously very impatient, and said:

"Say anything!"

"I don't have time to spend with you!"

At this time, Lu Fangning stopped making rounds, and said to Xin Shangzhi with the mentality of begging for death:

"It's already such a time, and I won't beg you to forgive me anymore!"

"You and Ah Song must have a good time. It would be even better if you could treat me to a wedding wine when we get married!"

Xin Shangzhi sneered, and replied: "With this skill, why not think about how to avoid being killed by Lu Cong!"

"You don't really think he'll let you go, do you?"

Lu Fang said with a smile: "I know, he never planned to let me go since he was a child. I can live well in his Lu family because of you!"

"So as much as he hates me now, he will hate you as much..."

"The reason why he can let Wang Chongyang go is because he is like Wang Chongyang, just like you think, they don't want you to live..."

"Ayi, I won't hurt you again, so you must..."

Xin Shangzhi let out a dissatisfied "tsk" and urged: "If you have something to say, finish it at once!"

Lu Fangning then said with a worried face: "I doubt he will use Wang Chongyang to attack you!"

Xin Shangzhi frowned and thought for a while, thinking that this matter was quite risky, but it would indeed be something that Lu Cong and Wang Chongyang would do!

And Wang Chongyang will obediently cooperate with him, Lu Cong. Another possibility is that Wang Chongyang has something in his hands.

Xin Shangzhi fiddled with the lighter in his hand for a while, and with a "pop", flames shot out from the lighter at his fingertips.

He looked at Lu Fangning, and asked expressionlessly, "Do you know his whereabouts now?"

Lu Fangning's downcast eyes suddenly lifted up, and he looked into Xin Shangzhi's dark and alluring eyes, and said, "I'm not sure where he is!"

"But I found out that Lu Cong was investigating Ah Song!"

"So, they might start with Ah Song..."

"I doubt they'll take the opportunity to threaten you with him..."

Xin Shangzhi nodded and did not give Lu Fangning an extra look, but asked directly:

"What is he investigating?"

Lu Fangling paused, and told Xin Shangzhi the answer he dared not say:

"He's investigating Ah Song's life experience..."

"That's all you know!"

Xin Shangzhi stopped playing with the things in his hands, and asked indifferently, "What else?"

"When will you tell me the part I don't know!"

Lu Fangning lowered his head in pain, and whispered, "They are investigating Ah Song's family in a small village in City D..."

"That's why I'm here to tell you today, I'm not sure how harmful this matter is..."

Xin Shangzhi twitched fiercely after hearing Lu Fangning's words.

Waves of panic hit him.

But he still pretended to be calm, stuffed the cigarette case and lighter into his trouser pocket, and said plainly:

"Wang Chongyang, what is he threatening to cooperate with him!"

"You know, it's impossible not to alert the police!"

"You come to tell me that you want to send Lu Cong in, so what do you have against him?"

Lu Fangning was momentarily speechless when asked, he thought that he had always underestimated Xin Shangzhi's ability.

Lu Fang said in a hoarse voice: "I will never lie to you about this again anyway, and I didn't intend to use you to get rid of Lu Cong, I just..."

Xin Shangzhi sneered, and interrupted: "Don't tell me it's for the good of Ah Song!"

"If you are really good for him, you won't pester him again and again!"

"Even less will I tell Mu Zixi this fact that could have been covered up in such a cruel way!"

Lu Fangning knew he was wrong, so he didn't say anything more.

After a long time, he asked sullenly, "Can I have a cigarette?"

Xin Shangzhi's eyes darkened, but he didn't stop Lu Fangning from lighting his cigarette.

Lu Fangning held the cigarette between his slender fingers, and took a deep breath until it was about to go out.

The cigarette ash fell to the ground with the movement of his hand. Xin Shangzhi also took out the cigarette case, but he never took out the cigarette to light it.

After pondering for a long time, he took out his mobile phone and called his assistant to arrange a few reliable bodyguards to go to D City to guard him in advance.

The moment he was about to turn off the screen, Xin Shangzhi saw that there were still a few unread emails in his mailbox. He opened the email casually, and his face darkened instantly.

He turned his gaze to Lu Fangning who was still smoking, but saw Lu Fangning squinting at him.

Xin Shangzhi didn't want to go around the bush, so he asked directly, "What do you and Mu Zixi want?"

"Does it have to be done this way?"

Lu Fangning put out the short cigarette butt in his hand, and said, "He must want you!"

"But you and Ah Song irritated him when you were in the hospital, and he might be thinking about how to separate you now!"

Xin Shangzhi waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "Clean it up!"

Then leaving Lu Fangning behind, he left the balcony.

Lu Fangning chased him out, and Xin Shangzhi threw him a rag with a backhand, and said coldly:

"Go wipe it up before I smell smoke tomorrow morning!"

Lu Fangning wailed, and humiliatingly wiped off the soot with a rag, the movement was astonishingly fast.

Xin Shangzhi sat on the sofa with Erlang's legs crossed and chased the guests up and down, "Go back and tell Mu Zixi to stop using these dirty tricks!"

"It's the same with you, I don't care what kind of cooperation you have, but! Don't think about Ah Song!"

Lu Fangning's face turned pale for a moment, and before leaving, he reminded: "I won't!"

"But Mu Zixi and Lu Cong will definitely not let him go!"

"You'd better not take him to City D, I'm afraid they will target his grandpa!"

Xin Shang was sweating in his heart as he held his hand, and after sending Lu Fangning away coldly, he got up and went to the bathroom.