The servants and doctor left, busy with their own tasks, and only the two of them remained in the living room. Fu Jingshu pulled Shen Qingqing to sit on the sofa. "There's something I want to tell you."
Shen Qingqing nodded slightly. "Go ahead."
"It's about Lu Wanying." He slowly began to recount the events of the past.
It was similar to what Madam Fu had said, but more detailed. Told from his perspective, Shen Qingqing heard more of his guilt towards Lu Wanying.
And his anger and helplessness at the time.
She felt a pang of sadness and couldn't help but hold his hand. "Don't say any more, I understand."
Fu Jingshu pursed his lips. "I..."
"It's not that I felt you were siding with Lu Wanying, but rather that the emotional entanglement between you two was too complicated, and I didn't want to get involved."
Shen Qingqing explained softly, but before she could finish, her hand was held.
His gaze was filled with nervousness, as if he was afraid she would leave again.
"Don't worry, I've already agreed to the additions you requested, and I'm not going anywhere." She explained with a hint of helplessness, "But when did you order the wedding invitations?"
She had kept it a secret until now!
Fu Jingshu coughed lightly. "I had someone order them long ago, but they were only recently completed."
"A while ago, we were in such a state, I thought..."
There would be no wedding.
Fu Jingshu disliked hearing that sentence, feeling it foreshadowed ill fortune. He said slowly, "There will be one, because I never planned to give up."
Shen Qingqing lowered her eyes and said softly, "I haven't given up either."
Even at her angriest, she had only thought of not interacting anymore, but had never considered a real breakup. It was probably more out of pique.
Fu Jingshu put his arm around her shoulder, his voice low and gentle. "I plan to have the invitations made and sent out."
"Okay."
Now that everything was out in the open, Shen Qingqing became remarkably agreeable.
The next day, he had several invitation cards custom-made. When these invitations were sent out, many people were surprised that Fu Jingshu was actually getting married!
Especially when they saw Shen Qingqing's name on them, everyone felt it was expected.
King, who was abroad, also received notification from Shen Qingqing and was very surprised. "You're really going to get married just like that? Without even discussing it with me?"
Shen Qingqing paused. "What is there to discuss with you..."
Isn't marriage something she decides for herself?
King tutted. "How about this, I'll come back now. Even if I can't stop you, I must be present at your wedding!"
"...If I can't make it back..."
Before she could finish, King interrupted her with a gruff tone. "I will definitely make it back. I'm your teacher. There's an old saying: 'Once a teacher, always a father.' I'm basically your dad. You get married without consulting me and only tell me when the wedding is about to happen. That's too much, isn't it?!"
...Utter nonsense!
A teacher is like a father based on age. How could he, looking so young, possibly be a father?
But Shen Qingqing couldn't refute him. "As you wish."
King was finally satisfied. After hanging up, he immediately arranged for a flight and began his journey back home. After two hours of flying, the plane finally landed at the airport.
He grabbed his luggage and hurried out.
Walking too quickly, he ran into someone who suddenly appeared around a corner. He was fine, but the other person seemed to fall to the ground like a piece of paper.
"Are you alright?" He wore sunglasses and could only see that it was a young woman, but he didn't look closely, nor did he have the time.
"N-no, I'm fine..."
Lu Wanying felt a shadow fall before her eyes. Her first thought upon looking up was that this person was so tall, probably about the same height as Fu Jingshu.
Secondly, he was so handsome!
He was a completely different type from Fu Jingshu. If Fu Jingshu was like the perpetually unmelted ice and frost on a mountain, cold and imposing, yet alluring to touch, but one hesitated to do so, feeling it would be an offense.
Then this man before her was like a demon.
Even with sunglasses, only his nose bridge and mouth were visible, but his charm was already apparent. Especially when he raised his hand and took off his sunglasses.
His narrow, elongated eyes, brimming with charm.
Lu Wanying's heart suddenly skipped a beat. She quickly got up from the ground, clutching her arm. "I used my hand to support myself on the ground just now, I don't know if I hit a bone, it hurts a bit."
"You just said you were fine."
King's eyes narrowed behind his sunglasses. This person was contradictory and didn't seem normal.
Lu Wanying clutched her arm, tears welling up in her eyes instantly. Biting her lip, she looked pitiful. "You bumped into me, shouldn't you take me to the hospital?"
"You seem fine to me." King's gaze was sharp, and he could tell at a glance that she was not seriously injured. "I have urgent matters and cannot stay here too long. I can give you a phone number, and if you feel unwell later, contact me."
He casually reached into his pocket and actually found a business card that a boss had given him earlier.
It had the company address, his name, and phone number.
He wrote a number on the back.
"Here you go. Contact me if anything comes up."
King strode away. Lu Wanying, however, followed him, no longer complaining about her arm hurting. Her gaze was fixed on his face.
"You're just leaving like this?"
"I have things to do." King didn't look back, not even a glance at her. In fact, he walked fast, making Lu Wanying breathless.
But she was unwilling to give up. "Where are you going? You don't look like you're from here, and you probably don't know this place well. Why don't you tell me? If it's a place you don't know, I can take you."
King was annoyed by her persistent chase. He suddenly stopped and turned to look at her, his beautiful, charming eyes now showing some impatience. "What exactly do you want?"
He stopped abruptly, and Lu Wanying almost ran into him. She managed to steady herself, her face flushed from running, breathing slightly heavily. "I just want to be friends with you."
"Do friends chase after people like this?" He thought women abroad were passionate enough, but he didn't expect women in his country to be so bold.
He glanced at his watch. It had been almost 20 minutes since he landed. He didn't want to waste any more time on this strange woman, so he asked directly, "Do you like me?"
Lu Wanying froze, then her face turned redder. "Actually, I'm not... I just, I just feel like we have a connection, we can be friends..."
If his expression weren't so coy, King might have believed her a little. "Let me tell you the truth, I already have a girlfriend."
Lu Wanying's eyes widened. "I don't believe you."
A handsome man of such quality would be extremely selective when looking for a girlfriend. How could he have one so quickly?
"I really do have a girlfriend," King said seriously.
"I don't believe you, unless you show me proof."
King rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses and took out his phone, pulling up a photo. It was a picture of Shen Qingqing sleeping, taken secretly last time.
As soon as she saw the photo, Lu Wanying's face turned cold. When she saw King about to put his phone away, she quickly stopped him. "Can I look at it again, more closely?"
To make her give up, King actually handed her his phone.
Lu Wanying's eyes flickered. She sent the photo to her own phone and then, with her left hand, quickly operated it, sending the photo to Fu Jingshu.