Chapter 1361 - 195, Hatred to the Bone (second update)
Lu Chong gave a self-deprecating smile. His brows, which hadn’t relaxed for many years, were faintly marked with signs of worry. "Indeed, Madam Cheng, you are no longer the Pan Zhen I once knew, just as I am no longer the spirited Lu Chong of those days."
Those simple sentences transported Madam Cheng and Lu Chong back twenty years, to when they were the best of friends—not just the two of them, but there was also a man Madam Cheng would never forget. The man who used to call her "Zhen’er" with such tenderness every time they met.
Unfortunately, they could never return to the past, and that man would never be seen again.
Madam Cheng snapped back to the present, and from the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the Embroidery ladies of Red Smoke Pavilion, not focusing on their work, all peering over curiously.
"Is there something you need? If not, I’ll be going back. The store is very busy." Madam Cheng straightened her back and with her left hand subtly hooked the sleeve of her right.
This subconscious little gesture caught Lu Chong’s attention, and a raspy chuckle escaped his throat. "After all these years, you’re still the same as when you were younger. When you’re nervous, you like to hook your sleeve."
Madam Cheng’s hands stiffened, and she abruptly returned her hands in front of her abdomen, but this motion made her uncomfortable, so she eventually let her arms hang by her sides.
"Lu Chong, what is it that you want from me?"