Drunk on Marriage, Billionaire's Overindulgent Love-Chapter 826 - 320: Heartbreaking Fairy Tale—The Whale That Became an Isolated Island (Part 1)

Chapter 826: Chapter 320: Heartbreaking Fairy Tale—The Whale That Became an Isolated Island (Part 1)

Marriage is not a one-person affair. If one-sided efforts and compromises aren’t reciprocated, she has slowly started to feel exhausted.

The girl’s voice was low, as if outside, a slight breeze could disperse it. Jiang Yichen’s craving for a cigarette arose, and he wanted to smoke.

But when he took out the lighter from his pocket, he suddenly remembered this was a public place, so he didn’t put it back, just held it between his fingers, slowly turning it.

In the depths of his dark eyes, there was a layer of complex and indistinct emotion. "If two people together aren’t as comfortable as one person alone, then they might as well separate."

When Lin Chu heard these words, her action of stirring the soup paused.

She looked up at Jiang Yichen with surprise. Why would he say such a thing?

After a while, she explained with a smile, "Brother Jiang, you’ve misunderstood. It’s not marriage that makes me unhappy. Apart from my dad, the person I love most in this world is Lu Huai’an. If I were to separate from him, I’d be devastated."

She didn’t hide her feelings at all, seeming not to consider Jiang Yichen as an outsider.

The deep pool returned to its calm, his voice gentle and low, "Seeing you so downcast, I was just joking. Don’t take it seriously."

Lin Chu also seemed to not notice anything, nodded, and no longer continued this topic.

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The dinner between Lin Chu and Jiang Yichen didn’t last long. By the time it ended, it was about 9:30 PM. Since she drove herself, Jiang Yichen didn’t see her off.

She had already reached her car and was about to drive home when Jiang Yichen, standing under the street lamp, called her name, "Xiao Chu."

Although his voice was low and deep, the distance between the two wasn’t too far, and there wasn’t much noise around, Lin Chu heard it.

She stopped, turned to look in his direction, "Hmm?"

Jiang Yichen, shrouded in the dim light of the street lamp, exuded a gentle aura, the curve of his lips purely sincere, "You haven’t said goodbye to me yet."

Lin Chu was stunned for a moment, then waved at him with a smile and said, "Goodbye."

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The phone remained silent.

After saying goodbye to Jiang Yichen, Lin Chu didn’t drive to the Riverfront Villa but returned to the Lin Family.

The entire villa was very quiet, without any extraneous sounds, empty.

Lin Chu stood in the living room for a long time; a servant came out of a room to get water and saw she had returned, surprised yet joyful, which was entirely different from being at the Lu Family.

She smiled and asked softly, "Where’s my dad? Is he already asleep?"

"Not yet, he’s in the study."

"You guys go rest, I’ve already eaten."

Lin Chu walked upstairs, gently pushed open the door to the study.

The room was not brightly lit, only a desk lamp was on, and Lin Zongjun, sitting at the desk, frowned as if dealing with a challenging task.

A pang of sourness hit Lin Chu’s heart; she hadn’t been home in a long time, and her father seemed to have aged a bit more.

When she went to hug Lin Zongjun, he got a big fright, dropping the pen he held onto the carpet.

Seeing it was his beloved daughter, he patted his chest to calm down, his steady face bearing a smile, "So late, why did you come back alone?"

"Because I missed you," Lin Chu stood behind the chair, bending down to hug her father’s neck, pretending to be angry, "Dad, didn’t you promise me not to stay up late? Do you forget when I’m not at home?"

Nobody knows his daughter better than Lin Zongjun. She was deflecting again.

"I couldn’t sleep after drinking tea, so I came to see the proposal submitted by the design department."

He turned the direction of the swivel chair with a push, bringing her close to him. His eyes bore deep wrinkles due to the work stress he had just been under.

Lin Zongjun looked at his daughter with gentle affection, "What’s going on, who made our Lin Family’s sweetheart feel wronged?"

Before her most beloved father, Lin Chu shed all pretense, the light smile on her face slowly faded until it completely disappeared.

She lowered her head, answered softly, "I had an argument with Lu Huai’an."

The reason for the cold war was quite laughable.

Lin Zongjun’s heart sank a bit, but his gentle face did not display any strange emotions, asking, "Was it your fault or his?"

This wasn’t the first time his daughter came home alone at night.

Since she got married, every time she came home, her mood wasn’t great. The girl who used to smile more beautifully than a peony was less and less often happy.

Is it... a mistake?

Lin Chu was also wondering whether the problem lay with her or with Lu Huai’an.

But there was no answer. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

He never initiated a conflict, most of the time it was her chattering away, and only when annoyed by her would he scold her a bit, but it was all superficial talk, never hitting the mark.

She didn’t know what was wrong with her today.

Clearly, it was the first day for the two to move out and live alone, she originally felt good but ended up like this.

Lin Chu snuggled into her father’s embrace, seeking warmth and support, "Dad, in the year at the Lu Family, I always felt isolated, although Lu Huai’an’s parents were never unkind to me, I still felt like an outsider in that house."

Some things are easier to express after they’ve been bottled up for too long.

"Especially during the time Mrs. Song was sick, I could distinctly feel I hadn’t integrated into that family at all. I was petty, jealous."

One day, both Lu Huai’an and Lu Zhengmao were in Song Jingyuan’s room, and not long after, Weiwei came upstairs after work. They seemed to be discussing something, but when Lin Chu knocked and entered, their conversation naturally stopped.

The feeling of being isolated started accumulating from that day.

She always felt there was no need to mind Weiwei’s presence, but indeed, her disappointments were because of Weiwei.

"Xiao Chu, the person you married is Lu Huai’an, and now most of the Lu Family’s voice is in his hands. Even veterans who have battled for years in business give him some courtesy. The Lu Family is complex inside, but everyone behaves according to appearances. How others see you is quite based on Huai’an’s attitude towards you."

Lin Zongjun patted his daughter’s shoulder, earnest and sincere.

"Xiao Chu, you should mature. Constantly lowering your stance means others won’t take you seriously, and things won’t go in the direction you hope."

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The next morning, when Lin Chu woke up, she instinctively checked her phone.

She didn’t see any calls or messages from Lu Huai’an; instead, there was a trending news alert from Weibo.

She wasn’t the type to gossip; ordinarily, she would ignore it, but this time she didn’t delete it.

Because the news headline read: [Up-and-coming singer Mr. Shen was sent to the hospital in the middle of the night, suspected suicide.]