After Divorce: Pursued by Cohabiting Boss

Chapter 145

Lu Yanming turned around and bumped into Xu Yu, the general manager of the administration department, at the door.

Xu Yu stood at the door like a statue, stunned and unable to recover her senses, having obviously seen the whole thing.

Lu Yanming nodded slightly, his tone indifferent. "Manager Xu."

"Mr. Lu...Lu...Lu...!" Xu Yu stammered.

Lu Yanming passed by her with an unchanged expression, brushing shoulders.

Only then did Xu Yu come to life, reacting from the earlier shock.

The CP she had been rooting for got together!

What's more, they had kissed right before her eyes!

Xu Yu was sweetened to the point of dizzy ecstasy, and merrily made her way into the dining room with a big appetite today!

It took Zhang Xiya quite a while to recover her senses. She grabbed Li Zhen's hand and said, "Little Zhen Zhen! You got married without telling us!"

Meng Yuanjie's voice pitch subconsciously went up in surprise. "That's right! More importantly, that man turned out to be Mr. Lu! It's actually Mr. Lu!"

Qiao Yi calmed down and suddenly said, "Zhen Zhen! So, you took the whole hot pot of Studs Gala?"

One ex-husband.

One current partner!

Li Zhen quickly steadied herself. "I didn't mean to hide it from you guys. Mr. Lu and I aren't what you think. Don't come tomorrow..."

Meng Yuanjie interrupted and asked directly, "Have you two gotten a marriage certificate?"

Li Zhen: ...

Qiao Yi: "Are you two living together?"

Li Zhen: ...

Zhang Xiya rubbed her hands excitedly, "Did you sleep with Mr. Lu?"

Li Zhen: ...

Seeing Li Zhen's expression, Meng Yuanjie nodded. "Looks like it's just as we thought! Li Zhen, well done!"

Zhang Xiya was overjoyed to the point of taking flight. "You actually got together with Mr. Lu! My god! Then we must come tomorrow!"

Li Zhen was at a complete loss.

If her little white lie about borrowing Lu's seed hadn't been exposed prematurely, she would have told them the truth directly.

What's more difficult was that Lu Yanming had decided to invite them over to his place, and she couldn't refute him at all, otherwise he had a hundred ways to force her to agree, and things would get more complicated.

What had gotten into Lu Yanming!

After work, Li Zhen went shopping with Zhang Xiya until late evening before heading home in light rain.

She took a taxi to the entrance of Huayang Famous Residence.

Just as she got out of the car.

A high-grade black umbrella was held over her head.

She looked up in surprise.

Behind the gold-rimmed glasses in the dark night were a pair of warm, shallow eyes.

Lu Yanming gave a faint chuckle, his tone complaining but exceptionally relaxed. "Angry with me? Deliberately coming home so late."

Her little calculation was seen through in one line, and Li Zhen didn't bother to hide it either. She simply said, "Mr. Lu, we aren't what you think. It wasn't right for you to..."

"Wasn't right for me to what?" Lu Yanming gently interrupted, his expression still calm. "Zhen Zhen, you wouldn't have taken me as a man, yet be unwilling to give me the status..."

Li Zhen's eyes widened. The sudden accusation flustered her. "Mr. Lu, that marriage certificate was only to help you..."

"Then you taking my first time, was that also to help me? And pestering me for it every night after we married, was that to help me too?" Lu Yanming's low voice was deep and unhurried. "Zhen Zhen, a night's husband and wife, a hundred days' grace. You ask it of me every day, yet in the end you say we're unrelated. You aren't PUAing me, are you..."

A huge hat dropped from the sky.

Li Zhen was so shocked she couldn't close her mouth.

The next second, Lu Yanming's eyes darkened briefly again as he sighed softly, "I just wanted your best friends to know of my existence today, yet you gave me the cold shoulder and came home late..."

The rain grew heavier.

Raindrops pattered onto the umbrella surface, making crisp tapping sounds.

Lu Yanming's voice sounded nicer than the rain, but his words left Li Zhen unable to digest them.

The refuting words circled a few times in her mind, but his logic was simply irrefutable.

Li Zhen suddenly started doubting herself.

She was done for. Was she really PUAing Lu Yanming!

Lu Yanming softened his tone, gently persuading amidst the rain at night, his voice low and shallow. "Taking responsibility after sleeping with someone, that makes sense, doesn't it, Zhen Zhen?"

Li Zhen was speechless for a long time before nodding. "It does make sense, but..."

"It makes sense, and that's the logic." Lu Yanming took her hand and led her into the residential area.

The light rain continued to fall. Originally a bit cool, but Li Zhen's hand was firmly held in Lu Yanming's, and warmth slowly seeped into her.

Li Zhen's mind short-circuited for a bit.

But after walking a few steps, she suddenly felt something was off.

She stopped abruptly, frowning. "Mr. Lu! You've been strange these two days. I feel you're implicitly PUAing me."

Asking about having a child together.

Publicly announcing to her friends.

And now insinuating she should take responsibility after sleeping with someone.

Li Zhen's heart thumped wildly. "Mr. Lu, don't tell me you've taken a liking to me and want to seduce me into becoming your wife!"

Lu Yanming chuckled. "I've been so obvious, yet you just noticed?"

"Mr. Lu, I don't have any such thoughts..." Li Zhen was shocked, her bright eyes lacking confidence as she subconsciously took two steps back, exposing herself to the rain.

It was a defensive, instinctive movement.

Lu Yanming's eyes darkened for a fleeting moment.

He reached out his arm to hold the umbrella over her head. Raindrops instantly drenched his neat, crisp bangs. "Just joking..."

Li Zhen's heart suddenly relaxed in an instant.

But the next second, Lu Yanming stepped forward under the umbrella to lean closer to her and kissed her.

It was a long, gentle kiss.

Beneath the sound of rain, it seemed even more tender and clingy.

Lu Yanming felt indescribably sour in his heart. Sincere words dismissed as a joke when spoken aloud.

His other hand clasped her wrist, still red from Yu Sheng squeezing it today, and gently caressed it.

Lu Yanming released the breathless Li Zhen and embraced her. He murmured, "Zhen Zhen, what should I do? Can you take even one step towards me?"

His voice was too soft, blending into the rain.

But Li Zhen's thoughts had wandered far away.

She had only taken that half step back because she was too shocked.

Shocked that she actually didn't dislike Lu Yanming's words, and for a brief moment, even entertained the possibility of spending their whole lives together.

Could it be that after living together day and night for so long, she had already grown accustomed to his existence?

The next day, Lu Yanming didn't ask the chefs to come over.

In the afternoon, he took Li Zhen in the car to the supermarket to buy groceries.

At home, Lu Yanming pushed Li Zhen out of the kitchen. "The kitchen fumes are too heavy, unsuitable for girls."

Li Zhen could only sit at the dining table outside the door and watch him. "Fine, since it was you who asked them to come, you should be the one to tire yourself out anyway."

Lu Yanming laughed lightly, not bothering to refute.

He was skilled in the kitchen, as if he could do anything innately. Cool and collected at the company, and neat and tidy at home.

Li Zhen leaned her head on one hand, watching him intently for a time, unexpectedly enthralled.