Chapter 120 - Chapter 120: Really Can’t Refuse (1/2)

Chapter 120: Really Can’t Refuse

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Her expression was perfectly calm when she said it, as if she was simply talking about what she had eaten in the morning. That was why Lu Zhuo knew in his heart that what Xu Jiaojiao said was true.

“Jiaojiao…” He frowned, wanting to say something.

However, Xu Jiaojiao interrupted him. “Lu Huan is already an adult. She has to take responsibility for what she did. If you’ve said everything you want to say, I’ll take my leave first.”

She could not and would not be an all-forgiving saintess. Everything that Lu Huan had done was her own choice, and she deserved to pay the price for it.

Lu Zhuo would not give up. “Jiaojiao…”

Xu Jiaojiao stopped in her tracks and looked down at him, still sitting in the seat opposite hers.

The anger on Lu Zhuo’s face disappeared, replaced by a look of loneliness. The corners of his mouth twitched. “The company hasn’t been doing well recently. There was a project that we had worked on for a long time, but your brother won it in the end…”

He paused for a moment and laughed self-deprecatingly. “Now the project is gone, and Huanhuan might have to drop out of school…”

His eyes were filled with fatigue.

Xu Jiaojiao had an innocent expression on her face, as if she did not understand what he meant. In fact, she was a little happy. “Really? Then I’ll have to call my brother to congratulate him.”

There should be a commission if he managed to snag the project. She could go for a nice meal on his dime.

Lu Zhuo bit his lip.”…”

Xu Jiaojiao did not specifically ask Qi Shenbai about what happened to Lu Huan. If he said that he would handle it, then she would leave it to him. Later on, she would cook a table full of sumptuous dishes as thanks.

However, Xu Jiaojiao did not expect to receive a phone call that night. It was from her grandmother, and naturally, it was about Lu Huan.

Her grandmother sounded helpless over the phone. “Your Granny Lu called me. She said that their family wronged you. She said that Lu Huan lost her mind and did something to hurt you. She wanted to apologize to you on behalf of Lu Huan. Jiaojiao, our families are old friends. She asked me to… 1 really can’t refuse…”