Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 370 - 276. Break through her heart

Chapter 370: 276. Break through her heart

"Alright."

The beauty had invited him, so naturally, Lu Jincheng wouldn’t refuse.

Outside the suite’s living room, there was a secluded scenic balcony.

There were two wicker armchairs and a small wicker tea table on the balcony, perfect for a natural wine-drinking location.

"Take a seat, I’ll open the wine."

The man squinted, leading Guan Yongyi to the balcony and pointed to the chairs.

From the living room’s wine cabinet, he took out a bottle of red wine with an off-white label and used a corkscrew to open the bottle.

Then he casually changed into slippers, took two glass cups from the rack, with one hand holding the two glasses and the other supporting the wine bottle, and sat down on the chair opposite Guan Yongyi on the balcony.

Love is like a battlefield, and identifying a girl’s signals is also a form of intuition.

Guan Yongyi seemed different tonight.

Lu Jincheng tilted the bottle and poured half a glass of red wine into each of the two glasses, then handed one to her.

Clink~

They both raised their glasses and lightly touched them together.

Guan Yongyi symbolically sipped the wine, her eyes widening at the man’s actions.

"You’ve already drunk it all..."

Aromatic, smooth, tart, velvety—she didn’t actually know much about tasting red wine.

For a girl just entering her first year of university, unless her family took her to some social functions, she rarely had the chance to taste such drinks.

She only lightly sipped a small amount at the edge of her lips.

But Lu Jincheng beside her poured the warm red liquid from his glass into his mouth without missing a drop.

Watching him drink like this, his sharply contoured face bathed in moonlight, the top of his shirt slightly open revealing two undone buttons, and the movement of his Adam’s apple, Guan Yongyi couldn’t help but blush.

Actually, without discussing those common interests, manners, taste...

Even just looking at his appearance, Lu Jincheng was indeed a very charismatic man.

"Where are you planning to go for fun?"

Lu Jincheng didn’t seem to force her to drink more but simply poured himself another half cup and started a casual conversation as if they were close friends.

Tonight, there seemed to be some unspoken agreement between him and her.

Tactfully not mentioning the continuation of the concert.

"Europe, I guess, after exams I’ll stay at home for two days, then fly to Shanghai to meet them, and we’ll start from Paris."

Guan Yongyi blinked and reached out her arm to clink her glass against his again.

She imitated Lu Jincheng’s manner, no longer sipping the wine elegantly. With a gulp, she let the alcohol and her emotions both sink.

After all, they had just fulfilled their wish of attending the idol’s concert, and now they were drinking on a hotel balcony where the night was growing thicker.

This doubly romantic scene was like a dream, something you could encounter but not seek.

"You won’t return to the country for almost a month then, right?"

"About that."

"When you two families go out, will you stay by yourself, or will you stay with her?"

"Why ask all this? What, are you afraid you won’t be able to stop thinking of me?"

Guan Yongyi’s charming eyes danced, the warm red from the wine glass seemingly reflecting onto her flushed cheeks, exceptionally beautiful.

"Of course, I will."

Lu Jincheng nodded and downed another half glass of wine.

"One month is too long... I’ll get unused to it."

"I’ll video call you then, oh wait, we’ll have a time difference, heh~"

Guan Yongyi leaned back on the wicker chair, lifted her chin, and gazed at the evening stars.

"It depends on my mood. Anyway, she’ll also share photos and videos with you, and you might even see me in them, so it’s not like you’re lacking my presence."

"That’s not the same."

Lu Jincheng shook his head.

"What’s not the same? The angle? The hairstyle? Or the height?"

Alcohol is indeed a magnifier for unlocking genetics.

Guan Yongyi was really different tonight.

After a few glasses of red wine, it was as if she shed her usual mask.

Every small movement, expression, and gaze, including the tone she used when asking questions, all seemed somewhat...

Aggressive.

Even when searching for an excuse to be jealous, she became straightforward.

Seeing Lu Jincheng squinting in hesitation, the short-haired girl shook her glass and continued the next sentence on her own.

"If you’re silent, you actually feel the same, right?"

"Lu Jincheng, having two girlfriends who are both close friends and both like you, all getting along so merrily, you must be quite pleased, right?"

"..."

The man took a sip of wine and slowly raised his head, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Getting along merrily, huh?"

"If this could really continue forever, then I suppose I should be quite pleased..."

"Shameless."

Guan Yongyi glared at him fiercely, her eyebrows furrowing, turning her head away.

"I knew you’d say that."

Although she had known since the beginning that he was a heartless, wasteful man.

If someone’s persona is already in ruins, it’ll never collapse.

That’s just how Lu Jincheng is. Although the conversation had reached this point, he didn’t even wish to deceive her.

But inevitably, I was still a moth drawn to the flame, seduced by the devil into stealing away my heart.

"Actually, I knew."

Lu Jincheng finished the half glass of wine in one gulp and poured another half for both of them.

"If you had asked me this question before, then I would have answered you, ’You and her are different.’"

"You are the first girl I ever confessed to, more like the soul mate I dream of, willing to tolerate my willfulness and my philandering, and of course, I was not the slightest bit proud."

"What do I have to be proud about?"

"I would only feel guilty, guilty for wanting too much and being too greedy, and I would only feel heartache, heartache for your choice to put yourself through this."

"So to the best of my ability, I just wanted to spend more time with you, to make it up to you a little, to give you a better love experience."

"But..."

Lu Jincheng rambled on as if talking to himself, saying words that warmed Guan Yongyi’s heart.

At this point, he suddenly paused.

His gaze was distant as he looked at Guan Yongyi.

The short-haired girl could feel that gaze flickering over her body.

"But what? Keep talking~"

Guan Yongyi leaned her head on one hand, biting her lip; this was the rhythm she was most comfortable with.

In front of Lu Jincheng, with him taking the initiative to control the conversation and atmosphere, she felt more at ease.

Although she had made up her mind about something today, and was slightly emboldened by the wine, she still wanted to hear more from the man.

To understand more about his heart.

"But when you finished singing ’Heroine’, I realized that I am actually very selfish."

"You originally... could have."

Lu Jincheng downed the remainder of his drink and muttered something that seemed out of the blue.

Before them, the bottle of red wine on the table was now empty.

"Could have... what?"

Guan Yongyi vaguely understood but didn’t know how to respond.

"Actually, you could have confronted her."

"Why put yourself through all this? Just clear things up, right?"

Lu Jincheng, like revealing the Emperor’s new clothes, spoke without restraint, his voice filled with a touch of tenderness and haziness.

He reached out his hand and gently caressed Guan Yongyi’s cheek.

"I..."

The short-haired girl’s voice caught as she felt his fingers glide over her snow-white cheeks, even tracing the curve of her brow.

Some words, when spoken by different people, lead to completely different outcomes.

When a man says them, it means consideration, tenderness, fairness; he won’t tolerate her being wronged even a bit.

But if a girl says them, then she is seen as the third party trying to ascend.

"How did you find out?"

He actually noticed?

She hadn’t said anything, maintaining a cheerful demeanor throughout and never once mentioning Zhou Sinin.

Is he the devil?

How on earth did he figure it out?

Her innermost feelings were pointed out so directly, she wanted to dodge, she wanted to shake her head, she wanted to refuse, she wanted to say no.

But the romantic atmosphere under the moonlight, perfect for heart-to-heart conversations, or perhaps Lu Jincheng’s sincere words just moments ago, had somehow stripped her of the power to deny.

She ended up blurting out the question.

"You don’t think that ’soul mate’ was just something I casually said, do you?"

Lu Jincheng chuckled, the drunkenness seeming to spread between them, and that expression looked as though he was genuinely trying to remember.

"Every song you sing keeps repeating the story of your heart."

"Don’t think that just because I’m from the north, I’m any different from you. I’ve listened to her songs for many, many years."

"I understand."

"’Prayer of the Girl’, you sing of eloping with me in love along the way."

"’Courage’, you sing of yearning for the one you love to love bravely."

"’The Legend of the Flying Woman’, you sing of only wishing to spend tonight with me."

"’Heroine’, you sing of..."

"Enough!"

Guan Yongyi waved her hand, her eyes quickly reddening within seconds, her nose tingling, her voice choked as if something was constricting her throat.

"Don’t say anymore..."

"No, I have to."

Rejection was futile.

Lu Jincheng moved the wine glass in front of her to himself, tilted his head back and drained it, continuing to speak with a smile.

"Continuing like this is indeed unfair to you."

"The moment you stood on that stage, my heart almost melted."

"Whether it’s confronting her directly or finding a subtler way, one day I will take your hand, accept everyone’s blessings openly and proudly."

"These times of hardship for you have really pained my heart."

"Is it just heartache..."

Tears fell like pearls off a string, trailing down the edges of the wicker chair and the table.

The short-haired girl looked down, hands protecting her cheeks, as if she didn’t want the man to see her expression at that moment.

"I love you."