Sinorama contributing editor Wang Jia-fong, who has delved into the history of this era, is of the opinion that Lu Xiaoman may have spent her last days smoking opium with Weng Ruiwu because of bitterness about her fate in life. She may have been bitter because she did not obtain the love and approval of Xu's parents, or because Xu was still thinking about Lin Huiyin.
王美娟揣測，陸小曼後來終日與翁瑞午吸鴉片，恐怕也是因為心中有怨──不管是因為始終不獲徐家二老喜愛的怨，或是對徐志摩仍繫念林徽因、抓不住徐的飄忽情感之怨。總之，從結果來論，徐陸這段因緣似乎也未得善終。