When they returned to the main house, Lu Qingfeng was suddenly called to talk in private with the rest of his elders. He wanted to bring Su Xiaofei with him and wasn't willing to leave her on her own with his other relatives, but his grandfather's assistant insisted that he was the only one being summoned.
"Go. I'll be here when you return." Su Xiaofei assured him, sensing that he wouldn't give up the idea of leaving her with the rest of his family members.
What could the others do to her other than engage in a verbal war.?They wouldn't dare to harm her physically, unless they wanted to offend both Lu Qingfeng and his grandfather. Also, if they dared to do something, she wouldn't be polite and would give them the beating they deserved.
Lu Qingfeng frowned and nodded. He gave Su Xiaofei one last look before leaving with his grandfather's assistant.
Su Xiaofei took a seat on a vacant couch and decided to check her phone for any messages. She had put it on silent earlier, not wanting to make a scene, just in case someone called her in the middle of her meeting with the rest of the Lu family.
She received a few chat messages from Xi Qian. Her best friend asked her when she and Lu Qingfeng would return to Qiying City. Xi Qian also let her know that she was staying with Yun Qingrong for the meantime, much to her relief.
'Thanks, Qian. You are the best~!' She replied to her best friend and promised that she and Lu Qingfeng would be back by Sunday afternoon.
Aside from her, she received an odd message from her mother's older brother, Yun Yuanzhi, asking if she heard any news about Yun Xiang. Apparently after her wedding with Lu Qingfeng, he suddenly disappeared without a word and weeks had passed and there still wasn't any news about his whereabouts.
'Not that I'm aware of what he's up to.' Su Xiaofei thought. She hadn't heard a single word from him ever since their little confrontation with Lu Qingfeng.
Based on what she knew from her previous life, Yun Xiang had connections with suspicious people and had been quite insistent about protecting Ye Mingyu using his own methods. Su Xiaofei had also noticed that Yun Xiang's attitude towards her had changed.
To her surprise, the one who sought her out as soon as her husband left wasn't his relatives, but Qin Ying herself.
"Miss Su, do you mind if I sit here with you?" The younger woman asked, looking nervous.
Su Xiaofei glanced up to see Qin Ying standing near her with an awkward smile on her face. It was obvious that the younger woman didn't come here just to sit next to her. Qin Ying wanted to confirm something.
"Sure. It's not like I could have all the space to myself." She answered casually.
She didn't think it was fair for her to be rude towards Qin Ying if the latter hadn't done anything against her and her husband. It would be a different matter though if she decided to come between them and cause them trouble.
Qin Ying hesitated for a moment, glancing at Su Xiaofei once in a while until her curiosity got the best of her.
"Miss Su, is it true? You and Lu Qingfeng…"
"Yes." Su Xiaofei didn't let her finish her question. "I still don't know why others are still surprised about it when they all know that A-Feng and I have known each other since we were kids."
"I see." Qin Ying had no words to retort. Just as Su Xiaofei said, she and Lu Qingfeng had a long history, and it shouldn't come as a surprise that they became lovers.
"What about you? What brings you here?" Su Xiaofei asked.
"I was invited for dinner by Uncle Lu." She was related to Lu Weisheng. "But I didn't expect that he would bring me here instead."
Su Xiaofei didn't know whether she should believe Qin Ying's answer or not. She didn't miss the younger woman's reaction when she confirmed her relationship with Lu Qingfeng earlier. She didn't know why, but she could see her previous self in Qin Ying.
Was this what she looked like when she was blindly chasing after Mo Yuchen in her previous life?
"Qin Ying, I'm sorry that I am not sorry."
"W-what?" Qin Ying looked at her with confusion written on her face.
"I know how you feel towards A-Feng, but I have no interest in letting him be with another woman." Su Xiaofei said, dead straight in Qin Ying's face.
Qin Ying swallowed the invisible lump in her throat and averted her gaze. She didn't even deny Su Xiaofei's claim about her feelings towards Lu Qingfeng.
"Miss Su… this…" Qin Ying looked like she wanted to get away from Su Xiaofei as soon as possible.
"There's no need to deny something we both know is the truth. I might be foolish and stupid at times, Qin Ying, but I'm not blind." Su Xiaofei didn't mince her words and confronted the other woman. She had to make it clear to Qin Ying now, blatantly warning her to back off from her husband because she wouldn't be this polite with her in the future if Qin Ying dared to cross the line.
Su Xiaofei would have given way if it was in the past. Actually, when she was a wandering ghost, trapped by Lu Qingfeng's side, she briefly thought that Qin Ying was a good candidate to become his wife. However, that selfish little tyrant defied everyone's suggestion to consider Qin Ying and shot her down on the spot.
"I will have no wife. There won't be any other woman who deserves to stay by my side." He insisted, subtly telling everyone that no one could replace Su Xiaofei, not in his heart, not in his life. It seemed that he had decided a long time ago that only she could be his wife.
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