Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The police station.
Yan Susu sat down. Her head was pounding like it was about to burst into pieces. She shuddered uncontrollably as alternating spasms of hot and cold shook her body. She looked an absolute wreck, unimaginably pale and fragile.
“Yan Susu, you can go now.”
Yan Susu stood up, unsteady on her feet.
With tears streaming down his face, Lu Xingguang ran towards her as soon as he saw her. He asked her a string of questions anxiously. “Pretty Wife, finally, you’re out! Are you OK? Did they hurt you?”
Sob, sob…It had not been easy for him to find himself a pretty wife. Yet no one had believed him and they’d proceeded to bully his pretty wife anyway. Meanies!
Yan Susu looked at the little sobbing man-child and forced herself to smile, saying, “I’m OK. However, don’t ever steal from others again, and more importantly, do not take dangerous items like that again. Do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand, Pretty Wife. I will not do it again.”
Gently, Yan Susu stroked Lu Xingguang’s soft hair.
For some unknown reason, she felt an affinity for this little kid, and she wanted to be nice to him every time she saw him. Perhaps it was because, over the past six years, she had not felt a lot of warmth, not like this kid was giving her.
“Xingguang, get going.”
At the sound of the icy voice, Yan Susu could feel Lu Xingguang tightening his grip on her hand, as though he was very scared.
Raising her head, she saw Lu Zhanxiu and instantly, her mind went blank.
She…she had just upset him earlier that day…
Noticing that his son had not responded to his order, Lu Zhanxiu frowned. “Lu Xingguang, move it!”
Lu Xingguang held on even more tightly to Yan Susu. “I want to stay with Pretty Wife…”
“Aunty Tang, take him away.”
The nanny rushed forward to pick up Lu Xingguang. “Young Master, come with me.”
“No, no! I want to stay with Pretty Wife. I don’t want to go home…” Lu Xingguang persisted, holding on to Yan Susu for dear life.
Once he was at home, he would be transformed into a totally different person, with no one to play with and no one to show him such gentle affection…
“Save me, Pretty Wife. I want to stay with you. I don’t want to go home!”
Yan Susu’s heart ached when she saw the look of terror on Lu Xingguang’s face. Even though she was very afraid of that cold man, she gathered all her courage to plead on the child’s behalf. “Don’t do this. He’s just a kid…”
Acting as though he had not heard her, Lu Zhanxiu shot her a chilly, indifferent look and said in a cold, flat tone, “Miss Yan, my servant’s mistake has caused you much inconvenience. What do you want as compensation?”
“There’s no need. It was just a misunderstanding…”
“Five hundred thousand?”
Yan Susu was stunned.
Obviously, Lu Zhanxiu had interpreted her silence as an indication that she was not satisfied with the amount. He continued, “A million?”
As she looked at his emotionless face, Yan Susu felt a sense of helplessness deep within her. She murmured, “Could you consider Ling Enterprises for the project in Southern Town?”
“Is that what you want as compensation?”
“No…I just…” Yan Susu shook her head in confusion.
Her impromptu escape earlier that day without having helped Ling Xiusi to close the deal with Mr. Li would most certainly have angered her fiance.
Ling Xiusi had always coveted that project at Southern Town but had not been able to find a way in. Now that she had been given the rare opportunity to speak with Young Mr. Lu, Yan Susu wanted to do what she could to help.
“If not, then take this million and leave,” Lu Zhanxiu said as he signed the check without hesitation and threw it to Yan Susu. His brow furrowed.
That bent head looked soft and probably felt comfortable and soothing.
He reached out, wanting to touch her head to see if he really had no aversion towards this woman…
Suddenly, however, Yan Susu raised her head and, looking at him calmly, declared, “A million is too small an amount. I want that project at Southern Town.”
It appeared that Young Mr. Lu had assumed that she had approached the kid with an agenda…
Whatever. In any case, she was not a good person, so what was the point in pretending to be moral and decent?