Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 171 - 172: Who Is the Mistress

She looked at Zhuang Heng, her voice somewhat cold, "I don’t need your help."

Zhuang Heng just smiled generously and said to Xia Ranran, "Let’s go." She turned, bringing with her a whiff of fragrant breeze.

The few people in the office watched Zhuang Heng gracefully walk away, all silently praising her elegant demeanor, worthy of a socialite’s style. And that little newcomer? Clearly, she didn’t know her place, so rude.

On her first day at work, Su Xingyu was already fuming with anger.

Dragging her exhausted body home at night, during dinner, Lu Shifeng asked, "How was the first day at work, did you get used to it?"

He still had the nerve to ask if she was used to it! Su Xingyu really wanted to dump her bowl of food on his cold, handsome face, but after comparing their strengths, she reluctantly gave up this unrealistic impulse. She fiercely tore at the sizzling beef in her mouth, mumbling, "It’s okay."

Lu Shifeng frowned at her, "Don’t talk with your mouth full."

She vented her frustration by biting a few more pieces of beef, finally swallowing with difficulty, then glared at him with a bit of emotion, "What, you think my manners are poor? Then why marry me? You might as well have married Zhuang Heng in the first place, saving us both the misery."

An indescribable pain welled up from the depths of her heart again.

Lu Shifeng narrowed his eyes, "Su Xingyu, don’t always speak with thorns in your words. Not everyone has as good a temper as I do."

Good... temper?!

Su Xingyu was choked, literally choked, coughing for a long time before she managed to swallow the lump of food stuck in her throat, unable to help but pat her chest to catch her breath. Good temper? Mr. Lu, are you sure those three words really describe you? Is there anyone in this world with a worse temper than yours? She gave a cold laugh, saying nothing, but her face clearly showed disagreement.

Lu Shifeng simply put down his chopsticks and earnestly lectured her about this issue, "You with your prickly demeanor probably offended Zhuang Heng first. She’s such a kind person, only then would she have issues with you."

Is Zhuang Heng kind too?!

This was the second time Su Xingyu was about to be choked by him, daring to imply Zhuang Heng wasn’t repulsive in his eyes, he just couldn’t feel it!

Su Xingyu angrily slammed her chopsticks down, her small face flushed crimson, "Lu Shifeng, how dare you say she’s acting against me because I provoked her! Can’t it be that she has a problem with me, so I reacted? Is it always my fault no matter what happened?!"

"A kind person like her..."

"Yes, yes, yes, she’s kind, and my temper is the worst, is that okay?" Su Xingyu retorted angrily, her chest heaving, not caring about anything anymore, she pushed her chair and stood up, "If you like her, go marry her, what’s the point of keeping me! Obviously, she likes you, don’t you know? Standing beside you at the birthday party yesterday, anyone who didn’t know might have thought she was the hostess!"

She said all this in one breath, then turned and ran upstairs. She didn’t want to stay in this dining room for another second, afraid that the next moment she wouldn’t be able to resist flipping the table and smashing things. Clearly, she was the one who suffered such grievances at the company, yet everyone thought Zhuang Heng was accommodating her, but even Lu Shifeng thought so! It’s just... intolerable!

Su Xingyu lowered her head and rushed up the stairs, but before she got far, a powerful hand from behind pulled her back.

Lu Shifeng effortlessly pulled her into his embrace, turned around, and trapped her in the narrow space between his body and the staircase railing. "Talk this out, why are you running," Lu Shifeng looked at her displeased, his significant height advantage allowed him to look down at her, "Being emotional like this won’t solve problems. You need to be reasonable."

"How am I not being reasonable!" Su Xingyu was so angry she was about to cry.

"It’s you who didn’t want to reveal your identity publicly," Lu Shifeng said, "and you never told me you were willing to handle my birthday party. All these years, my birthday celebrations have been organized by Zhuang Heng, and there’s nothing wrong with that."

Nothing wrong with that!

Su Xingyu widened her eyes, almost in a reproach, "What right does she have to take charge of your birthday celebration, in what capacity! As your wife? Girlfriend? How can such an important day be entrusted to an outsider?"

"She’s not an outsider," Lu Shifeng said.

Su Xingyu pushed him hard, "Get away from me!"

Lu Shifeng didn’t let her go, still trapping her within the railing, "Zhuang Heng is not an outsider. She’s an outstanding employee of Blade Group. You know my secretary Xie Jian is a man, and such birthday events are always handled more attentively and considerately by women. Zhuang Heng organized the event on behalf of Blade Group, using Blade Group’s funds, nothing to do with her personal status."

Hearing him say this, Su Xingyu’s anger slightly calmed. Earlier, she thought it was a private party!

Turns out it was public funding, which fundamentally changes the nature of it. It can be seen as a company event.

And Zhuang Heng was not acting as some sort of hostess, just as an executor.

Just like Xie Jian, exactly the same.

But Lu Shifeng’s remark "Zhuang Heng is not an outsider" still left her perturbed, she said, "Under Xie Jian, there’s a team of secretaries, why not just have him get some women to handle it, why does it have to be Zhuang Heng?"

"Zhuang Heng is the most suitable candidate," Lu Shifeng said, "She is the eldest daughter of the Zhuang Family, familiar with the rules of high society. She knows which families have good relations and which have unspoken animosities, who to invite and not to invite, how to arrange seating—it’s all an art. How can ordinary women handle it well?"

"Anyway, I don’t like her!" Su Xingyu said.

"That’s your prejudice against her," Lu Shifeng frowned again, "Xingyu, you’re the young mistress of Blade Group, I hope you won’t act unreasonably or make things difficult for Blade Group’s employees."

"That’s not how it is at all!" Su Xingyu pushed him again in anger, "It’s obviously her always giving me trouble!"

Lu Shifeng held her hand tightly to his chest, "How is she giving you trouble?"

"She..." Suddenly, Su Xingyu couldn’t articulate it, like today’s incident, she bumped into someone, and then Zhuang Heng "kindly" took her to change clothes. If she says Zhuang Heng did anything wrong, there really wasn’t anything.

Except her, everyone thought Zhuang Heng was gentle...

Seeing her not speaking, Lu Shifeng added, "Don’t be unreasonable. If you don’t like her organizing my birthday parties, then learn to do it yourself. Next year, at the same time, you can stand by my side as the young mistress of the Lu Family and oversee everything."

Su Xingyu bit her lip, lowered her head, speechless.

Yes, she indeed disliked the way Zhuang Heng subtly or overtly displayed a hostess demeanor, but she also didn’t want to expose her identity as the young mistress. Ultimately, it was her refusal to embrace that identity, not yet prepared to accept all this.

Lu Shifeng gazed into her eyes, under the gentle light, her long lashes fluttered like wings.

He said, "Give me a son and announce it to the world, then no one would dare question your position."