Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2698 - 2634: The Engagement Has Already Been Broken Off

Suddenly, Lu Junyou voiced, "Old Master, Miss Lu has endured a great deal over these past few days. I believe it might be best if we take her back to Pingzhou first. Perhaps removing her from this environment could aid her recovery upon waking."

His current concern was that Lu Shuangshuang might collapse upon awakening to her present circumstances and to his own appearance.

She carried a child within her womb, a child that had not come easily, and he absolutely could not permit any harm to befall it.

Old Master Lu drew a deep breath.

"Very well..."

While Chen Yiping had no initial intention of speaking, his medical ethics compelled him to interject. "That is not advisable. Miss Lu is currently quite frail, and the fetus is extremely unstable. Her utmost priority now is bed rest to safeguard the pregnancy. Travel is not an option."

Lu Junyou's brow furrowed. "Then for how long must she remain immobile?"

"At the very least, one month."

This was preposterous; how could they possibly remain here for another month?

Who knew what might transpire during that intervening period?

A throbbing sensation began in Lu Junyou's temple.

However, Jiang Shiheng interjected with a cold tone, "Actually, Old Master Lu, if my memory serves me correctly, doesn't the Lu Family possess a vacation residence in State D?"

"Jiang Liu, what exactly are you implying?" Old Master Lu's expression darkened considerably.

Jiang Shiheng's face was even more somber than his.

"Old Master, I must admit, I wouldn't normally raise this matter at such a time. However, given Miss Lu's current condition of pregnancy, for the sake of her reputation and the unborn child, I believe I can no longer uphold the title of Miss Lu's fiancé. It would be unjust to Miss Lu, to her child, and to the child's biological father."

"Jiang Liu!" Old Master Lu roared, his fury evident. "Whether Shuangshuang is pregnant or not is a separate issue. Are you truly so eager to disassociate yourself from her, lacking the courage of a man?"

"It is precisely *because* I am a man," Jiang Shiheng replied with a chilling smile. "Old Lu, being a man yourself, you should comprehend that a man cannot accept such a predicament. Furthermore, I am merely considering Miss Lu and the child's true father. What fault is there in that? Most crucially, Miss Lu and I actually terminated our engagement twenty years ago."

At this declaration, the other members of the Jiang Family were left utterly astonished.

"Youngest Sixth, what did you just say? You and Lu Shuangshuang broke off your engagement long ago?" Fourth Master Jiang inquired, his voice laced with shock.

Jiang Shiheng nodded affirmatively. "Precisely, our engagement was dissolved twenty years ago, and Miss Lu consented to it, even returning the betrothal token from that time."

"The betrothal token? Wasn't Lu Shuangshuang perpetually wearing it?" Fourth Madam Jiang, with her keen eye for adornments, had long noticed the ruby pendant adorning Lu Shuangshuang's neck, which she had always claimed to be the engagement token from Jiang Liu.

"I too am perplexed as to why Miss Lu consistently wore a pendant resembling the token we presented back then. However, the quality of Miss Lu's ruby is discernibly inferior to that of the Jiang Family's original piece. Moreover, the Jiang Family's pendant possessed a mechanism to separate, revealing a gemstone ring within. Miss Lu's pendant likely lacks such a feature, am I correct?"

"Let me see!"

Jiang Qiuyan declared, moving towards the bed and reaching for the necklace around Lu Shuangshuang's neck.

Initially, Chiang Xiao had retrieved the necklace and presented it to Jiang Shiheng.

Their underlying intention was simply to prevent Lu Shuangshuang from producing a comparable pendant, to have it considered as if she had indeed returned the token at the time.