Dominant CEO: Love Too Late

Lu Yudong lit a cigarette and sat on the sofa in the bedroom.

He observed Jiang Ci, who was lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, nothing," Jiang Ci replied, thinking to herself: Chu Shuo didn't seem to be lying, so who really bought the clothes?

Just as Jiang Ci was in a daze, the doorbell rang downstairs.

After the housekeeper opened the door, a voice came closer, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu..."

Jiang Ci was startled; it was actually Chu Shuo's voice. She felt suspicious and a bit uneasy, remembering the last time Chu Shuo had barged into her home.

"Should I avoid him?" Jiang Ci asked Lu Yudong with a troubled expression.

"Is there something between you two? Any reason to avoid him?" Lu Yudong said calmly, but his gaze was an unfathomable coldness.

"I..." But she really didn't know why Chu Shuo was here, or if it was related to the clothes.

Chu Shuo entered Lu Yudong's bedroom, glanced at Jiang Ci, and then suddenly knelt before Lu Yudong.

Jiang Ci, sitting to the side, was taken aback.

"Mr. Lu, please spare my father. He's over sixty, already in his twilight years. If you must act, take it out on me," Chu Shuo pleaded, holding onto Lu Yudong's knees.

Jiang Ci thought: Chu Linsheng, Chu Shuo's father? What on earth is going on?

"Father's debt repaid by the son? I'm not interested in that," Lu Yudong said slowly, his legs crossed, as he tormented the kneeling Chu Shuo.

"I know, your real target is me. I asked my father, and he's terrified, trembling all over. The prosecutor's office is questioning him, and if the charges stick, he could face twenty years in prison. His health is poor; he might not survive twenty years..." Chu Shuo held onto Lu Yudong's knees, head lowered, tears and snot streaming down his face.

"You're overthinking it," Lu Yudong said.

"It's my fault, Mr. Lu. I shouldn't have bought clothes for Jiang... Mrs. Lu. I really like her. I know it's because of this..." Chu Shuo confessed his wrongdoing.

"Clothes?" Lu Yudong seemed puzzled, "What clothes?"

"The ones Jiang Ci returned to Xinxing Mall last time. I bought them back for her and said you bought them, just to humiliate you..." With his father facing a twenty-year prison sentence, Chu Shuo confessed everything.

"Oh? Is that so?" Lu Yudong said, glancing at Jiang Ci.

Jiang Ci shrank back, thinking: Lu Yudong is acquiring the mall, so it's not surprising for the mall to send things over. He probably misunderstood that those clothes were also from the mall. Besides, the mall staff said they were from Jiang Ci's husband, so he misunderstood. It's not his fault.

"How much did it cost?" Lu Yudong asked again, "My wife's clothes shouldn't cost Designer Chu anything."

"It wasn't much. I don't want it. Just please let my father go, Mr. Lu. My mother passed away when I was young, and I've been dependent on my father..." Chu Shuo started crying, truly looking as if he were mourning.

"Seeing as Accountant Chu came to plead with me today, I'll withdraw the case from the prosecutor's office. But you will get your money back. How much was it?" Lu Yudong remained calm throughout.

"Two hundred ninety-eight thousand."

"I don't have your account number yet. I'll have Little Ci transfer it to you later." For the first time, Lu Yudong used "Little Ci," probably to show Chu Shuo how affectionate he and Jiang Ci were.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu. I'll be going now." With that, Chu Shuo stood up and left.

As he passed by Jiang Ci, he wanted to look at her but ultimately didn't dare.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Yudong's voice was never loud, very gentle, but Jiang Ci felt a chill all over, her breathing rapid, as if everything was under Lu Yudong's control, and she couldn't tell what was wrong.

It was a long time after Chu Shuo left that Jiang Ci managed to force a smile, which froze awkwardly on her face.

"Hus... husband, was it a misunderstanding?" Jiang Ci asked Lu Yudong.

"Yes, a misunderstanding. I didn't expect him to meddle," Lu Yudong said, lighting another cigarette. When he took out the lighter, Jiang Ci eagerly stepped forward and took it, "Let me."

As she lit the cigarette for Lu Yudong, her hands trembled. Subconsciously, she knew that Chu Shuo was a prominent figure in Jiangzhou, yet he knelt before Lu Yudong, confessing everything he had done. If she, a small, unknown Jiang Ci, tried to play tricks in front of Lu Yudong, wouldn't it be a death wish?

So, what was Lu Yudong's purpose today?

To make an example? To warn Jiang by punishing Chu?

If Jiang Ci and Chu Shuo ever had any relationship again, who knows who would be the one to suffer!