Su Xiaofei used the whole afternoon to catch up with the current events and the trends on social media. As she expected, her little stunt with Ye Mingyu had made the news and the latter was seriously criticized by the public for not being enough.
Su Xiaofei scoffed and shook her head. For someone who needed to make a living based on the public's perception of her like Ye Mingyu, she would take this criticism personally. However, what Ye Mingyu would never understand was that whatever she did, people would always have something to say about her.
'Damn if you do, damn if you don't.'
This was why she kept her online presence to the bare minimum. Even if people talk about her, she wouldn't make any statements and didn't entertain any issues thrown against her. It was why even now, people were still hesitating Ye Mingyu's claims that they were siblings from the same father, because she had never denied nor confirmed Ye Mingyu's claims officially.
Surprisingly, Top Tier Entertainment weren't doing anything to reduce the damage on Ye Mingyu's reputation. President Ouyang had assured her that they would only tolerate Ye Mingyu to the extent allowed by the law, but can only warn her not to use Su Xiaofei to get people to talk about her.
What surprised her was that instead of Xiao Rufeng being ridiculed over the news, it was the younger Xiao sister being scrutinized by the public. Su Xiaofei was certain that she wasn't the one behind the demolition job against Xiao Yunyao, but she had to admit that whoever did it, he was giving Xiao Yunyao a taste of her own medicine.
Wasn't this what she had been doing over the past five years? Xiao Yunyao was sabotaging her older sister at any given chance, not wanting Xiao Rufeng to succeed.
Lu Qingfeng found her laying on her stomach on their bed as she browsed on her phone. He had just finished his work and was wondering if she had plans that night. A small smile gracing his lip as he leaned on the doorframe and watched her silently.
Even now, elation filled him, knowing that she had chosen him and had loved him in this lifetime. Su Xiaofei didn't seem to notice, but many men admired her even when they were younger. When she hit her adolescent years, he had seen the way boys checked her out and he didn't like it one bit.
He knew right then that he wanted her all to himself. It was then he became impatient to grow up and be old enough to pursue her himself.
"Hey. Are you done for today?" Su Xiaofei called him out as she spotted him at the door.
Something flickered in his eyes and vanished as quickly as it appeared. He came over to her, joined her on the bed and dipped his head to cover her rosy lips with his.
The scent of her shampoo tickling his nose in the morning, letting him know that she was still with him, the softness of her skin as he touched her and the expression she had on her face when he made love with her. Lu Qingfeng wondered if she loved him because she had no other choice or because he had somehow grown on her.
Regardless of her reason for marrying him, Lu Qingfeng loved every single minute spent with her. He wrapped her long hair around his hand and deepened their kiss, aware of how her nails were now digging unto his forearm, leaving half moon marks on him.
Before he lost his mind and took her right there and there, Lu Qingfeng pulled away, his breathing rough and fast.
"I came to ask if you still have matters to deal with here in Shenjing. I need to adjust my schedule to accommodate your father's invitation and my meeting with my brothers."
"No. Everything is settled now." Su Xiaofei replied, her gaze on his mouth.
Lu Qingfeng swore at the surge of desire that came through him in response to her blatant wanton look. If there weren't any pressing matters he was dealing with at this moment, he wouldn't mind spending the rest of the night with her on their bed.
"Don't worry about me. Zhang Ling would just bring me the work I needed and the meetings could still be held through video conference. But I would appreciate it if we could go back to Qiying City as soon as possible."
He nodded in agreement. Certainly, neither of them were comfortable leaving Yun Qingrong on her own, despite the private nurses they hired to take care of her.
"Then, do you think you can come with me to pay respects to the Lu family? Aside from Grandpa, the rest of our clan still have no idea that we already got married." He explained.
Lu Qingfeng exhaled and ran a hand over his face as he thought about it. He knew what his relatives' intentions were and they were merely acting curtly towards him recently because he managed to inflict a massive dent on their resources after their failed attempt to kill him months ago.
Su Xiaofei laced her fingers with his and noticed how larger his hand was compared to hers. She was aware of the implications of her attendance at this family dinner and was sure that none of his relatives would easily accept and approve of her as Madam Lu.
"Should I dress up then? Let them know that they have no other choice but to grant us their blessings." She asked. "They won't force me to divorce you, would they?"
In her previous life, the Lu family had forced Lu Qingfeng to marry Qin Ying, but he never succumbed to their wishes. Lu Qingfeng decided to be a bachelor for the rest of his life because of her.
Lu Qingfeng's eyes darkened at that, his jaws tightening.
"They wouldn't do such a stupid thing, unless they are ready to suffer more loses than they already have."
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