Chapter 29: Living Meat Pad

That night, the couple moved into the presidential suite of Yu Jing Zun Di.

Xie Wantang generously ordered a table of extremely luxurious seafood feast, all imported varieties from abroad; she was in a good mood and even drank a small glass of white wine.

Lu Yanshen cooperated throughout.

Just that opened bottle of wine was worth six figures.

A sip cost several thousand.

Xie Wantang rarely indulges so extravagantly.

Lu Yanshen is actually the same.

"Are you done eating?" Xie Wantang had just pulled out a tissue to wipe her mouth when Lu Yanshen's questions came one after another.

"Hmm, not bad."

"Is this still okay tonight?" Lu Yanshen's deep eyes blinked.

He had thought that tonight's things were something Xie Wantang had never seen or eaten before, a fresh novelty.

As it turned out, during the meal, he found her poised and generous, not at all like someone who had never seen the world.

It gave the impression that she often came into contact with such high-end cuisine.

"Mr. Lu, are you trying to see my unsophisticated side? If you want, I can perform." Xie Wantang tossed the tissue in her hand and prepared an after-dinner entertainment.

"No need for that, after all, vigorous exercise after a meal is not recommended for health."

"..."

"Intense?"

Xie Wantang always felt that Lu Yanshen's mouth never had a kind word.

Madam Lu and they all thought she had changed, but she actually hadn't; she had merely revealed her true nature.

On the contrary, it was Lu Yanshen that she felt had recently changed dramatically.

You should know that over the past three years, how passionate she was toward him, he was just as cold toward her.

This made her think that Lu Yanshen was heartless.

Or perhaps his true heart had been completely given to his first love, never to be taken back.

If that's the case, if there is never a day to rise above, why should she continue to torment herself?

She grew up in a family full of love and warmth, having experienced fervent affection; therefore, someone like her could endure Lu Yanshen's three years of coldness, which for her was already the limit.

Not obtaining Lu Yanshen's love, she would not die.

Lu Yanshen's sudden change of this magnitude indeed shocked Xie Wantang greatly.

She had thought about it, but couldn't figure out the reason; it was the appearance of that divorce agreement that suddenly knocked sense into Lu Yanshen's emotional center, making him feel that this wife of his was actually not bad, and he couldn't just lose her like that.

Otherwise, she really couldn't understand: if he doesn't love her, even dislikes her, why can't he just sign happily?

"Would you like to accompany me for a walk downstairs? The landscaping downstairs is well done." Lu Yanshen called the presidential suite's private butler to have him clean up the leftovers.

"No thanks, there's no surveillance here; I need to take a comfortable bath. I heard bathing lets you see the starry sky, so I want to experience that."

Xie Wantang eventually still satisfied Lu Yanshen's vulgar taste, letting him see her unsophisticated side.

"Alright, I have an online meeting to attend later tonight; you go to sleep early, no need to wait for me."

"Mr. Lu, let's each have our own room; when I finally forget that disgusting photo Xia Meng posted on her social media, we can share a room again."

"... Whatever you say." Lu Yanshen acquiesced, also not explaining further about Xia Meng's social media post.

Afterward, Xie Wantang went to take a bath, while Lu Yanshen took his laptop and entered a room resembling a study.

Just as Xie Wantang had taken out the clothes to change and entered the bathroom, Madam Qin Xie Ningmeng made a video call, saying, "Tang Bao, what are you doing?"

"Mom, I'm getting ready to take a bath." Xie Wantang replied with a smile.

Seeing someone one likes makes a person become very happy; that's instinct.

"You'd better not take a bath now; if you really like bathing, ten minutes is enough." Xie Ningmeng said.

"Mm, okay, Mom."

"Has your older brother returned from your place?" Xie Ningmeng asked tonight at a friend's gathering, having heard friends mention it.

"Yes, he went back for some matters; he'll come over after finishing them."

"Oh, I see; I thought he wasn't helping you with things anymore—do you still live at the Lu family's residence?"

Xie Wantang shook her head: "No, I've moved to a hotel tonight to stay, a five-star presidential suite, with the Lu surname footing the bill."

"Mom doesn't mean that; she means, could you write a letter of authorization so your older brother can handle the divorce there on your behalf, you come back home, your dad's friend has a son who just returned from abroad and will be staying only a short while, Mom wants to set up a meeting between you two."

With a "bang," like a cup hitting the sink, Xie Wantang instinctively became alert: "Who?"

"Who is it? Tang Bao." Xie Ningmeng said anxiously.

"Mom, it's nobody; I just forgot to close the window, the wind blew and knocked over the cup I had placed by the sink; I'll take care of it and call you back later."

"Alright, go handle it first."

After hanging up the video call, Xie Wantang frowned at the inexplicably intruding Lu Yanshen, relieved that her mother had made the video call before she took off her clothes; otherwise, she wouldn't have known Lu Yanshen had voyeuristic tendencies.

"Mr. Lu, what do you mean? Why didn't you knock on the door?"

"I came in from the study side; I didn't know it was the same bathroom." Lu Yanshen calmly explained.

"Huh?"

Xie Wantang glanced and indeed, there were two doors; the one connecting to the study was more concealed—if Lu Yanshen hadn't pushed it open, she would have thought it was just a smooth wall, seamlessly blended with the surrounding panels.

"Does your mother know you want to divorce me and still support you?" Lu Yanshen had just heard Xie Ningmeng say she would introduce her to a new match.

"Yes, not only my mother, but my father and older brother also support me." Xie Wantang said, looking up.

Lu Yanshen's usually calm eyes suddenly turned much colder: "Then don't blame me for not warning Madam Lu—in our country, bigamy is a crime."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lu; before I divorce you, I will absolutely not do anything that would ruin my reputation."

"I'm not like Mr. Lu, who, before even divorcing, rushes into ambiguous relationships with other women."

Xie Wantang retorted sharply.

Even if she had just agreed to her mother's suggestion to meet another man, that was only a thought, but Lu Yanshen has already put infidelity into action—what right does he have to criticize her?

"Impatient? Not clear?" Lu Yanshen set down the water cup in his hand, turned and took a step toward Xie Wantang.

Xie Wantang reacted quickly and took a big step back, but, not paying attention, there was a large bathtub full of water behind her, and due to inertia she fell straight backward.

Xie Wantang instinctively reached out to grab something to steady herself, and Lu Yanshen quickly extended his hand.

A little too late.

Thus, Lu Yanshen was pulled by Xie Wantang, and both fell together toward the bathtub full of water.

Lu Yanshen reacted with lightning speed; in mid‑air, somehow he managed to shift his posture, holding Xie Wantang steady and snug in his arms, preventing her body from hitting the tub wall.

He used his own body to serve as a solid, living meat cushion for Xie Wantang.