Chapter 40 - Fang Qiao is nowhere to be found.

The first day Fang Qiao left, Lu missed him.

Lu drank so much, but not to the point of getting drunk. When he lay on his big bed alone that night, his mind was somewhere in between sober and muddled.

He was confused. He had always thought Fang was the most obedient lover. When he gave Fang the cold shoulder before, Fang could minimize his own presence actively. And when he treated Fang well later, the guy didn’t get haughty either. Fang had never made unreasonable requests, which made Lu feel comfortable.

Then why couldn’t they keep getting along this way? Why had the guy just fallen out with him? Even if the guy had wanted to take the relationship between them seriously, it was OK. But why had the guy run away even before they could start? Lu just couldn’t understand it!

When it came to the affection, Lu had really wanted to treat Fang well when they were together. But he had never thought it over, and just felt very comfortable when he was with Fang. What’s more, they had been in great harmony when sleeping together. Fang’s body was so soft, and he would never get tired of kissing the guy…

Oh, my god! Now all I can think of is his merits! Damn it!

Lu kept thinking of Fang the whole night, and didn’t sleep well. He got up early the next day, and went out to see Fang. He thought it was necessary for him to have a talk with Fang. Whatever he was going to talk with Fang, love or life, he had to make everything clear.

When he arrived at Fang’s home, Fang had gone out. Lu rang the doorbell for quite a while, but there was no reply, so he had to go to Fang’s cake shop.

The cake shop had just opened, and when Lu rushed in, only a girl clerk was there.

Lu asked, “Where is Fang Qiao?”

“Boss is out.”

“Where?”

“I don’t know. Maybe he has gone to his new cake shop,” the girl replied ambiguously when noticing Lu’s gloomy look.

Lu didn’t expect it, and asked, “The new shop?”

“Yes, it was just opened at the end of last month. The boss said he will open twenty shops in the future.”

Lu suddenly thought of it. Twenty shops were just what he had promised Fang before. It seemed the guy didn’t need him anymore, which was why he got dumped?

How could it be! Even if his self-esteem allowed it to happen, his wallet wouldn’t. Therefore, he called his assistant, “Get me some information about storefronts in good locations.”

“Er… what for, Mr. Lu?”

“Buy them all to open cake shops.”

“…”

The assistant was aggrieved, feeling the work for an assistant was just too overloaded recently.

Lu followed the address given by the girl, and arrived at Fang’s new shop. It was in a college town, much larger and upscale than the first one.

Lu then realized Fang did like to open his shops around schools. It made sense! After all, cakes and desserts were attractive to young people.

As soon as Lu came in, he caught sight of Lin Yao first. He had had a deep impression of this cold pretty face, and he was still quite impressed when he saw the guy now. But the guy looked even colder than before.

“What’s up?” Lin asked, and looked as if he intended to kill Lu.

With a somewhat guilty conscience, Lu put his fist before his mouth and coughed unnaturally before asking, “Is Fang Qiao here?”

“No.”

“Do you know where he is?”

“No.”

A fruitless visit again. He didn’t want to stay any longer, and turned around to leave.

“Wait.” Lin called him from behind, “If you have no interest in him, don’t bother him anymore.”

As soon as Lu heard the words, he got pissed off and blurted out, “I never said that I have no interest in him.”

Lin raised his eyebrows, “Then tell me, Mr. Lu, what kind of ‘interest’ is it?”

Lu didn’t know what to say. He just slipped away before Lin Yao drove him out.

Having been in a rush for a whole day, Lu had brought shame on himself without finding Fang. He returned to his company, feeling very annoyed!

Tan Hao would always show up at such times to enjoy the fun without sympathy. After walking into Lu’s office, Tan went to sit on the sofa comfortably, and asked something he shouldn’t have mentioned, “What happened yesterday? Why did Fang Qiao run away?”

Controlling his anger to maintain calmness on the surface, Lu pretended to be uninterested, and said, “Just a trivial matter! Since his contract has expired, our relationship ends as well.”

“What?” Tan got confused, “Aren’t you guys dating each other now?”

Lu frowned, “I didn’t know that.”

“Oops, you still don’t want to admit it.” Tan didn’t believe a word Lu said, and gossiped, “Then who is responsible for the hickey on your neck? If you don’t want people to know it, just keep a low profile, OK?”

“I… It was bitten by mosquitoes!” Lu pulled his collar open directly, “Look at it carefully. You can still see the needle-eyed mark left by mosquitoes.”

Tan was still dubious, “Mosquitos in May?”

Lu gathered up his collar, and replied angrily, “How could I know it? I have been bitten for more than a week. I hired someone to catch mosquitoes for me today.”

Tan was surprised, sighing with feeling that the times had developed just so fast to even provide such kind of service.

At the moment, Lu got the phone call from his assistant who had been out with an agent for a whole morning, and finally found a storefront in the downtown area. The storefront enjoyed a good location with large space, and was in urgent need for sale, the price of which was pretty high.

Hearing the description, Lu was quite satisfied and immediately gave the order, “OK, just buy it.”