Chapter 413: Giving Up Everything for Love

Chapter 413: Giving Up Everything for Love

The Lu family.

Zhang Lei entered the room and reported to Old Master Lu, "Old Chief, Miss Lu has moved into a rented room in a hutong (alleyway)."

Is she alone?

Zhang Lei replied, "Yes, that man went to work at the factory, and he hadn't come back when I arrived."

Grandpa Lu nodded and instructed Zhang Lei, "Continue to supervise, and make sure that idiot doesn't get hurt."

He instructed, "Don't get involved in anything else."

"knew."

Zhang Lei left.

Lu Ya waited until dark, but Li Wei never showed up.

She guessed that Li Wei must have been working the night shift.

She was cold and hungry. She had a few dollars in her pocket, but she wasn't familiar with the area and was hesitant to go out.

Lu Ya paced back and forth in the house for a while. The aroma of the cooked food from her neighbors outside made her even hungrier.

In the end, she put on her cotton-padded coat and went out despite her fear. The restaurants outside the alley had already closed, and the weather was cold. The already quiet street was deserted.

There was only one person selling roasted sweet potatoes at the street corner, with his sleeves tucked in.

Lu Ya walked over, spent three cents to buy a roasted sweet potato, and quickly put it in her hands to warm them.

She dared not go any further, and after buying roasted sweet potatoes, she went straight back to the courtyard in the alley.

After entering the house, I quickly closed the door.

With Li Wei gone and no one in the area, she was terrified to be alone in this rented room.

With the warmth of the sweet potato, her hands were no longer so cold. She sat on the edge of the bed, picked up the sweet potato, and quickly started eating it.

She had never eaten such a sweet roasted sweet potato before.

Perhaps, this is the scent of freedom.

But as she ate, Lu Ya's tears suddenly started flowing uncontrollably.

.........

The next morning.

Lu Ya was awakened by the sound of the door being pushed open.

She opened her eyes and saw Li Wei enter the room, then quickly sat up in bed.

"Viagra, you're back?"

Li Wei was exhausted, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He looked unwell, as if he was in a bad mood.

He replied indifferently, "Yeah, just got off the night shift."

"Brother Wei, why is your job so tough? You work day and night shifts back and forth." Lu Ya looked at him with concern and heartache.

"Yes, that's how it is when I'm on shift. I'm still in my internship, and not only am I working consecutive shifts, but I also get yelled at like a grandson."

Li Wei felt angry when he thought about how he had been scolded by the workshop foreman today.

He asked Lu Ya impatiently, "So, what's going on between you and your family? Didn't you say last time that your family agreed to let me work at your dad's company? Did you explain that to them? I have no other relationship with Zhang Qiuhua, we're just from the same hometown."

Lu Ya said weakly, "I told her, but my mom doesn't believe me."

"Your mother doesn't believe your explanation? You can't even handle this simple thing? You keep saying you love me, but how exactly do you love me?" Li Wei was in a bad mood and didn't even bother to pretend.

"Brother Wei, if you can't get into my dad's company, if I sever ties with my family, will you still love me?" Lu Ya looked up at him and asked seriously.

"Are you kidding me? Sever ties? What child severs ties with their parents?"

Li Wei stepped forward, placed his hands on her shoulders, stared at her, and asked softly, "Are you talking nonsense?"

“I…” Lu Ya couldn’t bring herself to say that she had signed a letter severing ties with her family.

Seeing that she wouldn't speak or admit it, Li Wei stopped thinking about it. He was still owing money when drowsiness overcame him.

"Alright, I need to catch up on my sleep now. Wash my work clothes, they're sunny outside at noon, I need to dry them. I need to wear them for the night shift."

After Li Wei finished speaking, he took off his work clothes, then crawled into bed and started snoring within two minutes.

Lu Ya looked at Li Wei's work clothes that he had taken off and she was at a loss.

There is no washing machine in this house.

How do I wash clothes?

Should I make her wash it by hand?

She stood there, hesitating for a long time, before finally taking a basin out from under the bed.

I put the clothes inside.

Then take it outside to find water.

There is a tap water tank in this yard.

But it's cold water.

How can anyone stand washing clothes with cold water in the dead of winter?

You can't avoid getting frostbite on your hands.

She carried the basin outside and happened to see a middle-aged man with messy hair filling up with water.

She walked over to the man and asked, "Excuse me, sir, is there hot water in this yard?"

"You have to boil the water yourself, little girl."

The middle-aged man sizing her up from head to toe with a lewd look, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Don't you have a kettle at home?"

Lu Ya shook her head. "No."

The man smiled warmly, "You're new here, right? I have a kettle at my place, why don't you come over and boil some water for me?"

Lu Ya met the middle-aged man's malicious gaze and hurriedly shook her head in refusal, "No need, I'll wash with cold water."

She filled the basin with cold water, then gritted her teeth and shoved her hand into it.

A bone-chilling cold instantly spread from my palm...

She took the laundry detergent from inside the house, poured it into a basin, and finally washed the clothes before her hands froze.

They were left to dry in the yard.

Her hands were taken out of the cold water; they were red and tingling, and her palms and the backs of her hands felt like they were burning.

She was breathing out air, feeling very hungry.

She ate a roasted sweet potato last night.

I've held on until now.

At this time of day, they would have already had their hearty breakfast.

She hasn't seen any sign of breakfast yet today.

Li Wei didn't even bring her breakfast when he got home from get off work.

Lu Ya looked at the man snoring on the bed, a hint of disappointment flashing across her face.

She touched her pocket; she had two yuan left.

That's enough for a meal.

She breathed warm air into her palms and went out again.

I bought a steaming bowl of beef noodles and added some meat, spending a total of two yuan.

After finishing my meal, I returned to my rented room, completely satisfied.

It was already around 11 a.m., and Li Wei was still not awake, so she squeezed onto the bed and lay down next to him.

Looking at his sleeping face, a complex emotion flickered across her face.

Then, I squeezed him there and drifted off to sleep.

In the afternoon, Li Wei woke up because he was hungry.

He turned over and looked at the girl squeezed on the edge of the bed; a dark glint flashed in his eyes.

Then, with a quick roll, he pinned the person beneath him.

Lu Ya was startled awake, but was still groggy. "Brother Wei, what... what are you going to do?"

Li Wei's hand slipped inside her waist, his tone suggestive, "Xiaoya, didn't you say you loved me the most? Then give yourself to me, okay?"

Once you sleep with her, how can you not take down her family?

If he can't win over Lu Ya and get the company from Jincheng Coal Mine Company, he'll only be able to earn a meager salary at the factory, with no hope of ever getting ahead.

Zhang Qiuhua has left him; now he only has Lu Ya.

Only with money can you get everything you want.

Thinking of this, he grabbed her and kissed her.

After realizing what Li Wei was about to do, Lu Ya recoiled from his touch in alarm, saying, "Brother Wei, we're not married yet."

Li Wei, in his eagerness, tried to shove her at him, panting as he kissed her lips. "As long as we love each other, that's enough. Why do we care about getting married? I'll marry you someday."

Lu Ya tilted her head to avoid his kiss and pushed him away forcefully. "Let's talk about it after we get married, not now."

Lu Ya, who always granted his every request, actually defied him on this matter.

This made Li Wei feel very uncomfortable.

There was a sense of crisis that she was about to slip out of her control.