She was laying on her stomach with her legs dangling in the air. She was leaning on a furniture catalogue. From time to time she would mark or highlight a thing or two before flipping to the other page. 

She was preparing for her first-ever apartment. She did own one studio apartment before but that was too small for accomodating and was close to her father's office means 'anti-privacy'.

He Zheng had been efficient in showing her the places and the agent was cooperative. He guided her about all the options and showed her about 32 different apartments and condo.

At last, she settled on a condo above He Zheng in the same complex. Her place was neither too big nor too congested. It was a two-storey cosy apartment.

Neither it had a dark and brooding vibe like her father's nor was it regal and dominating like Yu Youhan's.

Her step-mother had returned her all her cards and bank details and surprisingly not a lot was spent. Her imposter had the decency to spend about only a measly 100 dollars that too on beer bottles or sweets.

At once she fell in love with her imposter's stingy nature even with others money. Sometimes she wished she could meet her and see for herself if she was really that much of doppelganger or not.

Lu Xinyi was a painter and she had a degree in literature. Though she never utilized her professional literature degree, she had spent a great deal of time of her youth relis.h.i.+ng in her hobby, painting. 

Her paintings were sold in millions in big galleries, thanks to her father's support. She signed her paintings with her English name, Rachel Lu so no one really knew of her.

All her earned money along with her monthly allowance was stored in her account as all her necessities were taken care of. Her allowance was more than Lu Sheng or Lu Han as she was the eldest. Then the red packets she received on occasion as the only daughter and the profit she gained from her shares from the Lu Corporation that was in her name so money wasn't an issue. 

The Lu Corporation was one of the biggest conglomerates in the country and Master Lu owned 40 % shares as the CEO. He had gifted his each child 2 % on their 18th birthday. Lu Han hadn't received his share yet.

When she was in her Mansion she only had access to 5% of that money as her evil step-mother had suggested her father to keep it in safekeeping for when she is married and mature. Lu Xinyi rolled her eyes at the thought of the obnoxious woman.

The money was for enjoyment and leisure but Lu Xinyi was always cramped up in her Mansion so only her best friend, Shen Chen helped her spend her money in good dresses that she bought from different places. At her thought, she missed her instantly.

Shen Chen was the one who told her fiance's, Li Yuan's reality and also helped her escape him. Lu Xinyi smiled, took a wistful sigh remembering her and decided she was going to go see her soon. n.o.body did but Shen Chen surely would have missed her!

Now all the money was handed to her. She had bought her condo with her own money and was planning to furnish it on her own too. She will make it into her private cave! A kind of home that she always wanted instead of that princess room that they a.s.sumed she loved!

Although now she wasn't a beggar princess, she still didn't own enough money to pay back Yu Youhan. Her father was going to contact him about the expenses soon too. But it was more than that he had spent on her.

The most generous he had been to her was when he had saved her from the forest instead of leaving her to die then he called for best doctors from overseas to treat her. Not only that then he helped her recover, gave her colourful memories when her own was a blank canvas.

He was her superman, her rabbit she blindly followed to wonderland, he was her prince that woke her up from her dead slumber and the one she owed her life to. It was resources and time, companions.h.i.+p, friends.h.i.+p of a Billionaire, that she owed him and there was no way she could return that...

But she will find a way!

Her father had updated her about the security protocol that would follow her in her condo. It was nerving to be followed and your everyday activity being reported but she understood the threat after almost dying.

She didn't grow into a mature woman overnight but she understood her father predicament once she stopped being childish. till everything worked in her favour and no one was being a hindrance to her, she would a.s.sume the watchful eyes weren't there.

As her imposter was soon to get married she had packed all Lu Xinyi's stuff so the s.h.i.+fting processing was more smoothened than ever. There were things she was going to discard and things she was going to buy.

Everything was set. Now she just had to break the news to Yu Youhan and she had a feeling it wasn't going to end well. Lu Xinyi heard the chorus of his servants greeting him and realized he was home already. 

He would be coming to greet her any minute now. He always did that the first when he came back from work and every time it warmed her heart. He was her only friend that cared about her enough to bother her.

She stood up from the bed and looked at the painting covered in papers sitting in all its glory on the couch in her room. She had drawn it for him.

It was the first painting she had drawn since she woke and knew nothing but him when he was the only thing in her life worth waking up for. He hadn't seen it, she hadn't let him.

She never wanted to show it to him but it was the best parting gift she could offer him.

His behaviour from a couple of days or specifically since the hospital incident when Su Qing attempted suicide had been pa.s.sive. He would nod at things she said and sometimes hum. 

Lu Xinyi wasn't an idiot, she knew it was calm before the raging storm. His men had been tailing her so it wasn't possible he was unaware of the endeavours lately. And then she wasn't using his cards anymore too.

He just wasn't saying it out loud and avoiding talking about it. Typical male psychology! They think if they don't talk about an issue it would disappear or won't bother them.

Like an inferno, he was reigning his anger in the walls-reasoning of his mind but nirvana was fueling his rage. It wasn't going to be long before he would erupt.

It was not a right att.i.tude for a friend and not a way you treated a friend but it was just how it was. She felt like she was selfish and insensible to act like that to him but she just couldn't stay! Her step-mother told her so, no matter how she despised the lady, the woman was intelligent and sound in her arguments.

Li Yuan was her fiance and Yu Youhan was his first cousin and if it was to be known that she was residing in his Mansion and also using his money, it was going to be scandalous and this would ruin her character and life forever.

Her door was knocked then and she gave permission to enter, knowing well who was on the door.

Yu Youhan opened the door and glanced inside still holding the doork.n.o.b. He wasn't faking a smile, just scrutinizing her with his eyes

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