Hearing that, Zhang Liling instantly felt the feeling of relief wash over her.
Initially, she was feeling hot, but as he spoke, she felt as if a bucket of cold water was down over her to ease her discomfort.
"Ha..." Exhaling deeply as she patted her chest gently, she offered him a smile.
"I can see that there is something you are actually afraid of." Mr. Fang commented.
If there was something she was actually afraid of, then she was still human.
*******
At the same time at the Shu mansion, a young lady was busy turning the place upside down.
After recovering from her illness, Shu Rushi seemed energetic at the moment to be able to turn the table in the living room upside down.
"Aarrgh!" She screamed as she glared at the maids trying to stop her from venting her anger.
The feeling of learning that her enemy was now a part of the family was unbearable.
Shu Rushi couldn't believe how she missed out on this news.
During Old Lady Fang's birthday celebration, she was bedridden, and then when she was all better, her parents did not allow her to step out of the house to attend the Black L'Intense launch.
Se had been full of regret that she snubbed her parents the entitled day.
Her only regret was not attending one of these events that could have ratted Zhang Liling out.
She even called her friends foolish for not recognizing Zhang Liling before, and then had to wait for a second time to be able to tell that she was the one.
"Those fools!" She cursed for the umpteenth time as she ran her hands through her messy head of hair.
Just the thought of her enemy marrying her favorite cousin who didn't care about her existence, caused her chest to hurt.
This one hit hard on her because she hated Zhang Liling so much. After all the fights with her in college, now, her spirit was going to get so riled up by seeing her next to Mr. Fang.
At the thought of several blogs and TV, carrying their faces about and shipping them together, Shu Rushi felt like tearing them apart.
The worst part of all of this was that Fang Bingwen had to admit to dating Zhang Liling after the rumor about her being his mistress blew up.
Maybe if she had actually been his mistress, she wouldn't have been this angry.
"Miss, your father is going to scold you for breaking the glass table." One of the servants tried to remind her, while sta the same time staying out of her way.
Truly, Shu Rushi was going to get scolded for the mess in the living room.
Everywhere next to her feet had shards of glass from the table turned over.
The crazy young lady was truly delusional, fortunately, her madness was out in check when her parents returned from a board meeting.
"Is this the first time you are learning of this news? Why do you have to act like you have lost your mind?" Mrs. Shu scolded while pointing her index finger at her.
"Why does everyone keep asking when they are going to tie the knot?" Shu Rushi retorted.
"And how is that your business??" Mrs. Shu retorted angrily.
She was almost on the verge of slapping her. How was that any of her concern if Fang Bingwen chose to marry any woman of his choice, or if the public talked about his new relationship?
On the other hand, Mr. Shu who was not in the mood to have any form of conversation with his spoilt princess tapped a few buttons on his phone before glancing over at the mother and daughter.
"Rushi, I just sent a contact to you. That is the number of the company that shipped orders and shipped the pieces of furniture in the living room."
Before Shi Rushi and her mother could wonder the reason he was suddenly mentioning that matter, they heard him continue.
"I need you to replace that table in a week."
Although this was unexpected, Shu Rushi could not refute it, and could only bow her head as anger clouded her mind.
'This is all because of that bitch!' she cursed under her breath.
Mrs. Shu thought her husband was through with his punishment and had just turned around to go over to his side when she heard him say,
"I can see that you are all grown up now. There is no need to rely on my money anymore."
"What? Dad, are you trying to cut me off?" Shu Rushi exclaimed as she immediately adjusted her sitting position on the bed.
She hurriedly knelt on the pink sheets as her eyes widened in shock.
Was all this because she threw a little tantrum?
"Do you even need to ask?" Mr. Shu retorted and before his wife could give him that pleading gaze, he shifted his sight away from her.
Gazing at their daughter, he continued, "I can see that you are becoming more irresponsible as the day goes by. Maybe you're too relaxed and have no need to suffer for anything before it's served before you on a platter of gold."
Saying to this point, he turned around to leave without waiting for his wife.
"Dad!" Shu Rushi called out as she watched him open the door to her room and leave through it. Before she could fully register his verdict in her head, she saw her mother following after him and quickly called out to her, but again, she received no response.
Feeling like an abandoned cat with suddenly a lot of responsibility to take care of, Shu Rushi cursed under her breath as she threw her pillows off the bed.
Finally, when she was tired, she made a promise through gritted teeth.
"Zhang Liling, just wait till I catch you!"
*******
From the time Shi Wenqian found out about Zhang Liling's presence in the big City, to the time Mr. Fang admitted their relationship to the public, she had been feeling unwell.
Even after her face was smacked by the angry and prideful Zhang Renshu who couldn't stand anyone going against him, nothing changed.
Zhang Liling remained with Fang Bingwen with no plans to break up with him.
Somehow, Shi Wenqian had concluded to herself that he wasn't going to do anything about it...
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