Ludwig tried a few more words against his mother, and then he walked back to Vivi, leaning back in distress. "Sorry Vivi, you must feel wronged!"
He reached out his hand to touch her cheek, but Vivi immediately turned her head away, avoiding his movement.
Ludwig's hand went up and stopped in midair.
At this time, Vivi, who always kept her head down, slowly raised her head. Her eyes were black, and there was no wave of calm in her gaze.
She put her hand over her cheek, and a red palm imprint caught her attention. "Just now, your mother has made it very clear. After we broke up, you have to pay back the money I invested in your company, and I don't want to lose a single penny!"
Ludwig was surprised. "Vivi, what are you talking about? Why did you suddenly want to break up?"
Vivi glared at him. "Go and ask your mother!"
When the words fell, Ludwig turned and walked towards his mother without a word.
Lilia stared at his back, condensing her brows but didn't step forward to interrupt.
At least, what she just said seemed to make Ludwig defend Vivi.
Nadine's anger had subsided. But when she heard Vivi's words, she jumped again. "Look at her, take a look at her! That impudent attitude, She..."
"Mom, can you tell me what happened?" Ludwig growled earnestly, traces of anger etched between his brows.
This is his third girlfriend who demanded to break up because of his mother.
When he left his hometown and came to Surabaya, he wanted to get away from his mother's influence.
Unexpectedly, his mother followed him again and almost ruined everything he had set for his own future!
Nadine was horrified by Ludwig's roar for a few seconds, and she covered her mouth in anger, her face was ugly.
In less than a minute, Vivi returned to Ludwig Technology's office.
Apart from holding the file bag in her hand, she also took the bamboo decoration given by Lilia.
She didn't even look at Ludwig and walked to Lilia's side and smiled widely. "Let's go."
"Okay."
Lilia's eyes were full of admiration, not to mention a joyful heart, at least it could give Nadine a hard slap.
Ludwig stared blankly at her figure walking towards Lilia's studio. He rushed forward, and said in an anxious tone, "Vivi, you really want to go? There might be a misunderstanding. If my mother said something unpleasant, then I apologize to you on her behalf, you..."
Vivi turned around while holding her bamboo ornament, seeing Ludwig's worried expression, and said calmly, "Since you think it's a misunderstanding, then treat it as a misunderstanding. But my decision to ask for a break up wasn't a misunderstanding. This ornament was given to me by Lilia, and even if I die, I won't let outsiders take it."
"Besides, here is the company's business license and relevant tax certificate. If you don't return my money then these two things will always be in my hands. Auntie, if you want to slap me now, just slap me!I won't ask you to pay the medical bills, but if you don't pay back my invested money, then we will meet again in court."
Vivi has a rare stubbornness. After speaking, she turned around and walked briskly to Lilia's studio's door.
But Nadine couldn't give up.
She shouted and wanted to rush after her, but Harold stood at the door and blocked her like the great Chinese wall, and said calmly, "This is not your family's office. I can consider this trespassing and can report it to the police. At the lightest level, this would require seven days of administrative detention!"
As those words came out, Nadine suddenly stopped in front of him.
Upon seeing this, Harold smiled, and glanced at Ludwig who was stunned in place. "I am an outsider, I have no right to opinion. Since you listen to your mother in everything, my advice is not to find a girlfriend, so as not to burden another woman's life again!"
Harold's words were a bit harsh.
Ludwig's face was very simple.
He saw the figure of Harold entering the office, lowered his eyelids, and looked confused.
"Ludwig, how can you let them go like this! That girl took our stuff, she..."
"Mom, when will you stop making trouble? Vivi and I finally managed to set up a company, why did you come and have to make trouble with her? Now that we both broke up, are you satisfied? This isn't the first time you've had problems with my girlfriend, what's your problem?"
"She is my girlfriend, I want her to stay with me for the rest of my life. Harold was right, someone like me isn't cut out for a girlfriend. Because my mother thinks she can do anything she wishes with the people around me, I couldn't find a partner in my life in the future. With a mother-in-law like you, no matter how well the woman is, you will scare her and she will run away from my life again."
It's supposed to be the first time Ludwig spoke loudly to her mother since he was an adult.
He really could not stand it.
After he said it, he took off his glasses and rubbed his painful face. "Now that you think this office belongs to you, take all the things you want! No one will stop you"
Ludwig turned and walked towards the elevator.
Nadine didn't know what to do with him, she just stood still watching her son leave, and forgot to react.
...
After Vivi came to Lilia's place, she walked into Harold's office, and she was already crying when she sat down.
She was still holding the bamboo ornament in her arms, crying out loud.
Lilia and Harold stood at the table. She turned her head and asked, "Did you really call the police?"
Harold licked his lips. "No, I just wanted to scare her."
At this moment, Vivi opened her mouth. "I... I really have tried my best to maintain this relationship, why is it so difficult?"
She continued to cry, her tears falling on the ornament she was hugging.
Lilia sighed, took the bamboo ornament from her arms, and placed it on the table.
She took some tissues and wiped her tears. "Maybe you're really not destined for him!"
Vivi lowered her head sadly, and said in a choked voice, "I've always thought that we both have the same family background, so we're already considered a perfect match. Ludwig was so nice to me, but... I really couldn't stand his mother anymore."
"Her mother had been like this, and today, she came to the company and slapped me in front of you! Every time I was asked to give in to her, I really couldn't stand her mother's attitude! Was my sacrifice completely useless?"
The more she continued to speak, the sadder her heart became, and her tears couldn't stop falling.
Seeing this, Harold pressed the corners of his mouth, coughed lightly, and walked out of the office.
He still shouldn't participate in this kind of family drama.
When Lilia saw him leave, she sat down next to Vivi and said softly and comfortably.
"Don't cry, marriage is not just a matter of two people. There are as many conflicts as your spouse's family members. Thank goodness you found out quickly. If you really got married in the future, how would you live if you found out it was too late?"
Actually, she could clearly see that Ludwig's character wasn't bad, but… his real family, especially his mother, was the real trouble.
Lilia could almost guess that if Vivi and Ludwig got married, Nadine would definitely treat her as if Vivi wasn't a human!
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