Chapter 37

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lu Mingxiu looked down at her and lifted her chin with his right hand. He gently rubbed her red lips with his fingers.

“You’re too cruel.”

This was the first time he had seen such a woman. She was so calm that she was almost heartless. It was as if all the feelings in the world had nothing to do with her. However, she made his heart burn for her.

At this moment, her phone rang. It swept through the quiet room and disrupted the strange atmosphere between the two of them.

She pushed away the hand that was holding her, took out her phone from her pocket, and looked at the caller ID.

It was Sikong Jin.

She walked out of the room and answered the call.

“What’s up?”

“Qian Qian, you promised me you would attend the branch company’s dinner party, right?”

She thought for a moment and remembered that there was such a thing.

“Yea,” she replied softly.

“I’ve promised you, so I won’t go back on my word. ”

Seeing that she had agreed, Sikong Jin’s tone unconsciously became much more cheerful, “The date for the banquet has been confirmed. Where are you staying now? I’ll send you the invitation.”

Su Qian was speechless.

Of course, she could not say that she was living in Dijing Manor now.

She gave him an address, and the two of them agreed to meet at Yun Shui.

After hanging up the phone, she was about to return to her room when she turned around and saw Lu Mingxiu leaning against the door, looking at her with a calm expression. However, she suddenly felt a chill in her feet and subconsciously wanted to leave. Before she could leave, he suddenly approached her and grabbed her waist.

“Who were you on the phone with just now?”

Looking at the man’s deep, whirlpool-like eyes, she went numb.

Su Qian wanted to break free from his grip, but his hand was like an iron clamp that wouldn’t allow her to move an inch. She angrily said,

“Let go!”

Lu Mingxiu repeated his words, “Tell me, who were you on the phone with just now?”

Seeing Lu Mingxiu’s unyielding look, Su Qian helplessly said a name, “Sikong Jin.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Mingxiu let go of her slightly. Suddenly, he held the back of her neck with one hand and searched for her lips to kiss.

The taste of alcohol lingered around her lips. She couldn’t tell if it was the wine or the man who made her drunk. Her heart was beating wildly.

She didn’t like the way she lost control, so she bit his lips hard, and the two of them tasted blood.

Lu Mingxiu winced in pain and unconsciously let go of his hand to cover his mouth.

After regaining her freedom, Su Qian immediately took a few steps back.

“You’re drunk. I don’t want to do this with someone drunk.”

Looking at her, who seemed to be a little desperate to escape, Lu Mingxiu wiped the blood from his lips with his thumb unconcernedly.

He remembered that Sikong Jin had sent someone to deliver an invitation to the Lu family to celebrate Aisha Group’s official establishment in the capital. He wasn’t interested in the invitation at first, but he changed his mind.

Su Qian returned to her room and took a cold shower to calm herself down.

She had never believed that there would be any sincerity in this world.

It was fine to play games, but if she really had to fall in love with someone, she would definitely not allow it.

One painful lesson was enough.

At this moment, the moonlight in the night sky seemed to have dimmed a lot, hiding in the clouds and covering its face with a thin fog.

…

The next day, when Su Qian came downstairs, she saw Feng Tanjiu, who had not appeared in the manor for a long time.

At this moment, he was telling Lu Mingxiu, “Mingxiu, I’ve restored the surveillance video of the accident, but the only problem now is that the driver who caused the accident has long gone abroad, and Raven can’t catch him for the time being.”

Lu Mingxiu’s expression didn’t change at all after he heard the whole story. He said indifferently, “Is that so?”

“To be able to prepare this well in advance means that this was a planned scheme.”

After that, he glanced at the driver’s information and put it aside without much care.

“He’s just a chess piece. Since he wanted to kill me, the person behind him will show up sooner or later.”

At this moment, he caught sight of Su Qian, who was standing not too far away, and his gaze was locked onto her.

At the same time, he looked at Su Qian. Su Qian also looked at him for a moment before quickly looking away.

His expression turned cold for a moment, but he didn’t show it. He just asked casually, “Are you coming back tonight?”

Feng Tanjiu was speechless.

He had only been at Raven for a few days, but he felt that the atmosphere between the two of them had changed.

It was like a very ordinary husband asking his wife about going out.

An ordinary husband…

Why did he feel that it was a little strange? This word didn’t really match Lu Mingxiu’s personality, but the strange thing was that at this moment, he seemed to think that it was natural. It even made him yearn for it, but he quickly threw it to the back of his mind.

At this moment, Lu Mingxiu’s tone sounded extremely gentle, but Su Qian inexplicably thought of a saying – a gentle knife can cut the intestines and break the bones. It made her shudder.

She didn’t really want to answer, but she didn’t want to cause any trouble.

“I’ll be back.”

Hearing that she planned to return, his expression seemed to soften a little.

“Then go and come back early.”

Su Qian was speechless.

She didn’t say anything more and just turned to leave.

Feng Tanjiu sat at the side and watched their reactions. He remained still and looked at Lu Mingxiu with a complicated expression.

His behavior was a little too obvious.

After Su Qian left, Feng Tanjiu finally spoke, “Mingxiu, you’ve decided not to get a divorce?”

“Of course.”

“Since you’re not planning to get a divorce, are you planning to make it public?”

“When the time is right, I’ll make it public.”

After hearing her answer, Feng Tanjiu had a grim expression on his face.

“Mingxiu, if you insist on being with Su Qian, have you ever thought about what you’ll have to face? The old man won’t agree, and he might even cause trouble for Su Qian. In fact, you might not even get anything from the Lu family.”

Among his descendants, the one thing that the old man could not tolerate the most was Lu Mingxiu leaving his control.

No matter who Su Qian was, she clearly didn’t meet the old master’s standards.

Before he met Su Qian, Mingxiu had always been indifferent.

However, after meeting Su Qian, he felt that everything had gone off track.

Lu Mingxiu’s eyes were filled with disdain.

“So what if I can’t get it? I’ve never taken the Lu family seriously…”

Feng Tanjiu’s eyes were dazed, but his answer seemed to be reasonable.

Amazingly talented and insufferably arrogant: that was Lu Mingxiu!