Chapter 386: Chapter 386

"Uh," Su Lu tasted her words, "there’s some truth to that."

Chen Yaxi, feeling helpless, held her forehead, "Are you staying in Feng City for now?"

"I am, Xiao Le’s summer vacation," said Su Lu.

"Alright, when I have some time, I’ll bring Xiao Mo over to play with your Xiao Le. We can meet up again and not let these kids part with such sadness," Chen Yaxi picked up her daughter.

Gu Yimo seemed about to cry, but after Chen Yaxi whispered something in her ear, the little girl held back her tears, her teary eyes glistening and looking indescribably pitiful.

So, they went their separate ways.

On the way back to the city center, Su Lu felt Zhao Xiaole had become much quieter.

Holding the steering wheel, Su Lu glanced at Zhao Xiaole through the rearview mirror and saw him playing with a Rubik’s cube in a gloomy mood.

Su Lu whispered to Bo Jingshen, "I feel like... he doesn’t seem to remember Jin Xiaokui anymore."

But in the confined space of the car, Zhao Xiaole, of course, heard her.

He frowned, "Who says I don’t remember Jin Xiaokui? I certainly do remember her."

Su Lu laughed, "Then you don’t like Jin Xiaokui?"

Su Lu thought about it and added, "But indeed, Jin Xiaokui isn’t as pretty as Xiao Mo."

If Gu Xin was simply above average in looks, then Chen Yaxi was definitely a rare beauty, elegant not flamboyant, with a certain charm. Her daughter couldn’t be anything but lovely, like a porcelain doll.

Zhao Xiaole stared at Su Lu incredulously, "Mom! Don’t make it sound like I only care about looks! I never liked Jin Xiaokui anyway!"

Su Lu thought for a moment and realized it was true, "Oh right, it’s Jin Xiaokui who likes you."

Su Lu felt somewhat helpless. He was just like his father, a real heartbreaker.

She glanced at Zhao Xiaole again in the rearview mirror. Bo Jingshen was sitting in the passenger seat, looking at a few important documents on his tablet. He didn’t even look up when he heard the conversation between mother and son, just said with a smile in his voice, "Stop teasing the kid."

But before Su Lu could respond, Bo Jingshen turned his head to see Su Lu glancing in the rearview mirror again.

Thinking she was worried about Zhao Xiaole, Bo Jingshen turned to look at the boy.

The child was still playing with the Rubik’s cube, seemingly fine, with only a pout of displeasure at most.

Su Lu wasn’t looking at him.

Just as Bo Jingshen was about to ask, he heard Su Lu say with some confusion, "Why does that car behind us seem to have been following us the whole time?"

Bo Jingshen felt a sudden sense of dread, his affable expression freezing.

His long, piercing eyes narrowed, a chill emanating from his gaze as he looked back through the mirror, where a black business car was trailing them. Through the mirror, it was impossible to discern the faces of the people in the driver’s and passenger seats.

"Are you sure it has been following us all along?" Bo Jingshen asked seriously.

Su Lu thought for a moment, "It’s been a while, but this is also a main road back to the city. It could be a coincidence."

Having said that, Su Lu didn’t give it further thought, her sense of crisis wasn’t that severe.

But Bo Jingshen was different. He immediately closed the files on the tablet and pulled up the map to check their current route. "There’s a roundabout with an overpass coming up; take that and head towards East Ring..."

Bo Jingshen planned a relatively complex route, aware that if the car behind could keep up all the way, it was no coincidence—they were definitely being followed.

It was worth considering what those following them intended to do.

Bo Jingshen reached over and gently held Su Lu’s hand, "Don’t be afraid."

Su Lu started, then smiled, "I’m not scared."

She really wasn’t afraid, so... it must have been him who was scared.

Su Lu now also realized, the storm that her words just now had stirred up in the man’s heart.

Perhaps, perhaps it had always been the worry for her safety that made him push her away time after time.

Pushing her away from his side, he believed it was also pushing her away from danger.

Bo Jingshen smiled, and though the curve was gentle, it could also be seen that his smile was somewhat forced.

He took out his phone and sent a message.

Then he pulled up the route, which Su Lu obediently followed according to his plan. The car behind them still trailed along, and Bo Jingshen’s gaze grew increasingly dark.

Until they were nearly back to the urban area.

Su Lu took the elevated expressway off-ramp, but the other party did not follow her down the ramp.

Su Lu raised an eyebrow, exhaling with relief, "It seems like they’re not following us. It must just be a coincidence, right?"

Bo Jingshen offered a strained smile, "Yeah, probably so."

While he said this outwardly, inwardly his heart was icy.

There couldn’t be such coincidences, on every single stretch of the road? He never believed in so many coincidences.

He simply didn’t want Su Lu to worry, nor did he want her to be afraid.

Indeed, they were being followed, it’s just that the other party had no plans to tail them to the end.

Su Lu drove the car back home, arriving at the building where she lived.

"Well... I’ll head back first then," Bo Jingshen said.

He hadn’t completely won over Su Lu yet, so of course, he couldn’t just boldly move into her house.

Actually, it wasn’t that he couldn’t be brazen, but Bo Jingshen had things to do today, so even if he had to shamelessly plead or play pitiful, today wasn’t the day.

"Okay, be careful on your way," Su Lu said after a moment, then handed him her car keys, "You take my car back."

Bo Jingshen blinked, "And what about when you need a car?"

Su Lu nodded her chin towards a direction, "Isn’t there another one over there?"

Bo Jingshen looked and smiled with understanding.

That one was his car, the one covered in flowers that he sent, and the trunk was filled with Princess Flower he had bought; a week had passed, and of course, the property management personnel had picked it clean by now.

Yet, Su Lu didn’t let him take his own car back, she gave him the keys to hers instead.

Bo Jingshen smiled warmly, "Alright, then you use that one."

He kissed his son’s little face before settling into the driver’s seat, looking at Su Lu, "Don’t ignore my messages."

Su Lu nodded, "Got it. Get some rest."

Su Lu knew, these past days at Three Gardens, though he spent the day playing with their son and, after playtime, taking care of the child’s meals and bath in the evening, as soon as she and the boy rested for the night, he would get up and get busy with work.

Busy till the late hours, then off to sleep for a few rushed hours before waking up early to join his early-sleeping, early-rising son for breakfast downstairs.

So now that he was back, Su Lu still hoped he would get some proper rest.

Bo Jingshen smiled and agreed, "Alright, I know. I’ll behave."

He drove out of the community, but he didn’t go straight home; instead, he stopped by the roadside, turned on the hazard lights, and then made a chillingly cold phone call.

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