A Warm Wedding and A New Bride of Young Master Lu

o she knew what must have caused it: alcohol.

But that time, she had woken up in Lu Boyan ’s arms.
This time…
the only thing on this huge bed was emptiness.

She recalled the events from the previous night: Lu Boyan ’s kiss after they got to her room, and after that, his sudden change of behavior from warmth to coldness.
Was it just a dream, or did it happen?

She parted the beige curtains of her bedroom.
Bright sunlight pierced in, bringing a considerable amount of alertness back into her mind.
She noted the time and realized that it was no longer early.
She did not have much time left to wallow in her thoughts.
She slipped into the bathroom to wash up.

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When she got downstairs, Lu Boyan was already seated in the dining hall.
The Chinese style breakfast served before him was still steaming.
He sat there, flipping through the business section of the newspaper.

Su Jianan headed over and took a seat at the table.
She noticed a bowl of white congee already there for her.
In the past, whenever Lu Boyan had had too much to drink during a work function, she would always ask the kitchen to prepare a bowl of this congee for him the next day.

She tested out the congee ’s temperature, which was just right.
”Thank you, ” she told Lu Boyan.

”The person you should be thanking is Uncle Xu, ” he said, flipping the newspapers expressionlessly.
”He was the one who asked the kitchen to prepare the congee. ”

”Oh, so it isn ’t him, ” she thought.
Su Jianan masked the disappointment in her heart with an ”oh ”.
Then she said, ”Last night, I— ”

”Must be fun, sharing drinks with a bunch of people, ” Lu Boyan said, cutting her off.
”You must be very happy now, aren ’t you? ” Lu Boyan set down the newspaper.
His cold gaze was now focused on her.
”Have you forgotten who you are? ”

Su Jianan was not a weakling.
”I merely had a bit more to drink.
I didn ’t do anything that will bring you embarrassment, ” she said, defending herself reasonably.

”You better not have done anything shameful. ” Lu Boyan slammed the newspaper onto the desk.
He took two sips of congee and then frowned as he set down his spoon.
He stood up to leave.

”Hold it right there! ” Su Jianan stood up and walked over.
When she was standing in front of him, she said, ”Lu Boyan, who are you so mad at? Why are you acting so strangely? ”

Lu Boyan stared at Su Jianan deeply.
He smirked.
”Jianan, haven ’t I been acting like this from the start? ”

He turned around and left Su Jianan there in a stupor.
She felt as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water on her.

She had stubbornly assumed that there was an underlying reason behind Lu Boyan ’s strange behavior.
How could she forget the fact this was exactly how Lu Boyan had acted from the beginning: cold, aloof, and seeing her only as a nominal wife.

Perhaps he was tired, tired of playing the lovey-dovey married couple with her.
That must be why he was reverting everything to the way it was in the beginning.

A sudden wave of sadness hit Su Jianan.
It was like someone was squeezing her heart, and there was a feeling of intense heaviness pressing down upon it.
Her hand went to her chest, trying desperately to find where the wound was, where it hurt the most.
She found none; there was no wound.
Just like that, every fiber of her being was seized by that strange bitterness and sadness.

She pounded her chest again and again.
All she wanted was to find a place where nobody could see her and then cry her heart out.

In the end, she grabbed her keys, dashed out the villa, and drove to the police office.

She had to work.
Work would be able to calm her down.
She could not afford to fall apart, nor could she allow Lu Boyan to see just how heartbroken she was.

Having been utterly humiliated, she did not want to lose the final shred of her dignity to him.

Today ’s work did not go smoothly at all; she had been careless, forgetting things here and there.
She had always been flawless in her work, never making any mistakes at all.
Today, however, it was like she was cramming all the tiny mistakes she would be making in her entire life into the span of a single day.

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Not even Captain Yan could bear the sight of her any longer.
”Jianan, ” he said, ”why don ’t you take the rest of the day off? ”

Su Jianan snapped out of her daze and shook her head.
”No need, Captain Yan.
I ’m sorry.
I won ’t let personal matters interfere with my work from now on. ”

She took a deep breath and poured everything into her work.
Although her mind would still wander off from time to time, she no longer made any silly mistakes.

Near the end of her shift, Captain Yan called everyone for an emergency meeting.

”There ’s been a homicide in a small town in City Z.
The local and town police aren ’t able to crack it.
Our superiors had assigned us to the case.
Chief Tang had decided to let me lead the task force.
Now I need a medical examiner to join the task force.
Jianan, Shaokai, both of you decide between yourselves who will go. ”

”I ’ll go, ” Su Jianan said without hesitation.
”Captain Yan, I ’ll go with you guys. ”

Jiang Shaokai gave Su Jianan ’s arm a few tugs.
”What do you think you ’re doing? Do you think this is some kind party you can gate-crash? Didn ’t you hear what Captain Yan just said? The place is a small town.
The conditions and facilities there are probably so primitive that even air-conditioners are considered luxuries.
Do you think you can handle it? No.
I don ’t think so.
I ’ll go! ”

Captain Yan nodded his agreement.
”Also, Jianan, the emotional state you ’re in right now… ”

”My emotions are fine, ” Su Jianan pledged, crossing her heart.
”I know psychology, so I know how to adjust my own emotions.
Also, I can handle it regardless of the town ’s conditions. ”

Jiang Shaokai released a hiss and suddenly pressed a hand over Su Jianan ’s mouth.
”Captain Yan, ” he said, ”when are we set to leave? ”

”Tomorrow morning, ” said Captain Yan.

Jiang Shaokai gave him an ”OK ” gesture.
”I ’ll hash things out with Jianan and give you an answer tonight.
Is that alright? ”

”No problem. ”

Jiang Shaokai nodded.
Then he dragged Su Jianan back into their office and shut the door.
”You ’re sulking! ” He yelled.

Su Jianan lowered her head.
”Just let me go, okay? I don ’t want to see Lu Boyan these days. ”

”What you need to do right now is to calm yourself down, ” Jiang Shaokai said, putting a hand on Su Jianan ’s shoulder.
”Listen to me and don ’t do anything rash right now.
Go home and think things through calmly.
Maybe there ’s some misunderstanding between you and Lu Boyan.
If you go and leave things unresolved like this, the misunderstanding between you two will just become worse.
Just call me tonight, okay? ”

For a moment, Su Jianan was quiet, pressing her lips together as she chewed over his words.
She nodded in the end.
”Okay. ”

Jiang Shaokai heaved a sigh, ”Good girl. ”

At that moment, neither of them could guess what Su Jianan was about to see when she got home.