Chapter 114: Side Story 10 – A Goodbye Without Looking Back

Lu Zijin’s brow furrowed slightly.

She stood up and looked behind her, only to see that Wei Lan had already run far away.

She turned and asked, “When did she come back?”

The few people across from Lu Zijin averted their eyes and didn’t dare speak.

Lu Zijin’s heart skipped a beat.

Had her little dog heard everything she just said?

She didn’t have time to ask anything else.

She turned and chased after her.

But by the time she reached the bar entrance, she saw that Wei Lan had already gotten into a taxi.

Lu Zijin called out anxiously several times, “Wei Lan!

Wei Lan, where are you going?”

No one answered.

Before she could run over, the taxi had already driven off.

Lu Zijin frowned and took out her phone to call Wei Lan.

But when she opened her contacts, she realized she had never saved Wei Lan’s phone number.

She took a deep breath and frowned as she called Wei Ting.

“Send me Wei Lan’s contact information.

Quickly.

I need it now.”

Lu Zijin herself didn’t notice that her voice was trembling slightly.

Wei Ting was startled for a moment.

She didn’t dare ask questions and quickly found her work phone.

“CEO Lu, I’ve sent Miss Wei’s phone number to your WeChat.

Is there anything else you need me to handle?”

“Not for now.

Thank you.”

Lu Zijin hung up quickly, then opened WeChat, found Wei Lan’s number, and called her.

Wei Lan, still sitting in the taxi, was crying.

She wiped her tears with tissues from time to time, but her tears fell like a broken string — completely unstoppable.

Hearing the ringing from her phone, Wei Lan had no intention of answering.

Whoever was calling, she didn’t want to talk right now.

The taxi drove on and soon arrived downstairs at Wei Lan’s apartment.

Wei Lan got out, paid, and trudged upstairs in a daze.

She didn’t want to go anywhere else right now.

She just wanted to go back to her little home and be alone for a while.

Lu Zijin called more than a dozen times, but no one answered.

Frustrated, she got back into the car.

Zhou Xiao saw that Wei Lan hadn’t come up and that Lu Zijin’s expression was terrible, so he didn’t dare drive off immediately.

Instead, he asked, “CEO Lu, are we going back to the villa now?”

Lu Zijin took several deep breaths.

She thought about where Wei Lan usually went — either school or home.

Finally, she said, “Go to Wei Lan’s place.”

“Yes, CEO Lu.”

Zhou Xiao didn’t dare ask anything else.

Their CEO’s face was frighteningly dark.

He’d better just drive.

Lu Zijin rubbed her temples in irritation.

She didn’t like it when things spiraled out of her control.

And what she had just said wasn’t wrong anyway.

She really had no intention of getting a girlfriend or marrying Wei Lan.

It was just spending money on something both parties wanted — why was Wei Lan being so dramatic?

She hadn’t answered more than a dozen calls.

Did she really think Lu Zijin couldn’t live without her?

Was she really supposed to go crawling to her?

Thinking this, Lu Zijin started to get a little angry herself.

She said coldly, “Back to the villa.”

They had already driven halfway there.

Hearing the cold voice from the back seat, Zhou Xiao quickly said, “Yes, CEO Lu.”

Lu Zijin tossed her phone aside.

She didn’t believe it.

Her little dog liked her so much, couldn’t live without her — would she really be willing to break things off?

Maybe her words had just hurt her.

After a while, once she apologized, Wei Lan would cool down and obediently come back to her.

With this thought, Lu Zijin felt a little better.

If Wei Lan wouldn’t answer her calls, then she could just send her a text.

She tapped away on her phone.

[I was just talking casually with them.

Don’t take it to heart.]

[They were just jokes.

Don’t believe them.

Are you really mad at me?]

[I’m sorry.

How about I come pick you up tonight?

Didn’t you like that private kitchen?

I’ll take you there again.]

[Or how about I take you to buy some jewelry?

I saw a few watches the other day that would suit you perfectly.

I’ll take you to get one tomorrow, okay?]

Lu Zijin sent a few texts but only felt more irritated.

She wasn’t the type to beg.

This was already her limit.

If Wei Lan still ignored her, then Wei Lan was the one being ungrateful.

After all, there were plenty of alphas chasing after her, and none of them had ever ignored her like this.

Lu Zijin threw her phone aside and stared out the window, frowning, lost in thought.

Meanwhile, after returning home, Wei Lan curled up on the sofa and cried silently.

Her mind kept replaying the words Lu Zijin had said at the bar.

“Just spending some money to play around.

Treating it like keeping a pet.”

She had thought that calling her little dog was just a playful thing between them.

But Lu Zijin truly saw her as a dog to be ordered around.

All Lu Zijin had ever needed was her pheromones.

She had never liked her.

Thinking this, Wei Lan felt all the sweet moments she had shared with Lu Zijin begin to shatter.

It had all been her imagination.

It had all been a dream.

Cinderella, after midnight, was still an unloved scullery maid.

And wasn’t she the same?

Now that the dream had shattered, she was still just a poor college student with nothing.

If before Wei Lan could tell herself that at least Lu Zijin cared about her, now those hurtful words had come straight from Lu Zijin’s own mouth.

Those words were like sharp knives stabbing straight into her heart, even twisting inside, cutting her so deeply.

Wei Lan bent over, curled up on the sofa, and cried hard.

She was nearly completely drained.

Half an hour later, Wei Lan finally managed to compose herself.

She was weak and exhausted.

She got up, picked up her cup, and drank some water.

Then she picked up her phone and looked at it.

Wei Lan saw the dozen or so missed calls but didn’t call back.

Then she saw the four text messages from Lu Zijin.

Tears welled up in her eyes again.

So in her heart, she was just an alpha who could be appeased with a few purchases.

That was right — after all, she had accepted the five hundred thousand a month.

Their relationship had never been equal from the start.

Wei Lan wiped her tears with a tissue and took a few deep breaths.

Then she picked up her phone and sent a text to Lu Zijin.

[Dear CEO Lu, I will transfer the one million yuan you gave me over the past two months back to your account shortly.

As for the money you spent on clothes and meals during this time, I will also slowly pay you back in the future.

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to continue this anymore.]

The tears Wei Lan had just wiped away now spilled out again.

She couldn’t bring herself to say anything harsh to Lu Zijin.

But she didn’t want to continue anymore.

Before, she had been willing to be Lu Zijin’s little dog because she thought it was a playful thing between them.

But now she understood — only she had seen it as playful.

Lu Zijin had always truly seen her as just a dog.

Sniffling, Wei Lan took off the little dog necklace from her neck.

Along with the unopened clothes, she packed everything into a box.

It was already late tonight.

Tomorrow morning, she would send these things back to Lu Zijin via same-city courier.

Then this would all be over.

She hadn’t spent the million yuan Lu Zijin had given her, so she could transfer it directly back.

Wei Lan tapped away on her phone and transferred the money back to the account it had come from.

Then she got up and started packing things.

Lu Zijin had bought her several outfits, and she had brought a few back with her.

But two of them were still new.

She neatly folded the new clothes and placed them in a box.

Then she found a small box from her drawer, put the little dog necklace inside, and sealed the box with wide tape.

After doing all this, Wei Lan collapsed onto the sofa as if she had been drained of all strength.

Back at the villa, Lu Zijin had been waiting for Wei Lan’s reply.

But after waiting quite a while, her phone remained silent.

She wasn’t the type to wrong herself, and she thought this whole thing could be resolved by coaxing Wei Lan a little.

It wasn’t a big deal.

So she went to take a shower.

As she was drying her hair in the bathroom, she heard her phone ringing from the bedroom.

Lu Zijin hurried to the bed and picked up her phone.

But the call wasn’t from Wei Lan’s number — it was from Wei Ting.

Lu Zijin’s brow furrowed, but she still answered.

“What is it?”

“CEO Lu, the account we used to send money to Miss Wei just received a transfer of one million yuan.

I checked the sender’s account number, and it was Miss Wei’s account.

So I thought I should call and ask you about it.”

Lu Zijin’s already furrowed brow tightened even more.

The hand holding her phone trembled slightly.

“Are you saying Wei Lan sent the million yuan back?”

“Yes, CEO Lu.”

Wei Ting said cautiously.

“Alright.

I understand.

Don’t worry about this for now.”

With that, Lu Zijin hung up.

What did Wei Lan mean by this?

Sending the money back — was she trying to cut ties with her?

As she thought this, her chest felt even more constricted and uncomfortable.

She opened her phone and saw that a new text message had arrived.

Lu Zijin quickly opened the text.

Seeing that it was from Wei Lan, a flicker of joy appeared on her face — one she didn’t even notice herself.

But when she read the content of the message, Lu Zijin’s expression turned completely cold.

Impossible.

Her little dog said she didn’t want to continue anymore, and that she would return everything?

Lu Zijin’s chest ached with a bitter, suffocating pain.

She typed and deleted, typed and deleted again, writing several sentences of apology.

But in the end, she gritted her teeth and deleted them all.

She couldn’t believe that Wei Lan would truly leave her.

She thought Wei Lan was just throwing a tantrum.

Lu Zijin felt she couldn’t indulge Wei Lan like this.

Maybe in a few days, Wei Lan would regret it and call her to make up.

Then she could coax her little dog properly.

After all, her little dog liked her so much.

Thinking this, Lu Zijin still didn’t send any reply to Wei Lan.

Lu Zijin lay back down on the bed.

The scent of Wei Lan’s pheromones still lingered in the sheets.

Lu Zijin buried herself in the blanket, but she missed Wei Lan even more.

Her lips pressed tightly together, and her expression was very grim.

***

On Wei Lan’s side, she had already started looking for a new job.

She had quit her previous jobs.

But luckily, she was efficient and quick.

The milk tea shop still needed people, she still had her health certificate, and the boss was willing to hire her again.

Wei Lan wasn’t in a position to be picky.

She was still in college, so she could only work during times when she didn’t have class.

Finding a job with flexible hours was already pretty good.

The only pity was the part-time job she’d had at the cafeteria — that one had included a free dinner.

Those on-campus jobs were extremely competitive.

Since she had voluntarily given it up, someone had probably already filled the spot.

She would have to find other ways to get more work, because the milk tea shop job alone would barely cover her monthly living expenses.

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