Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 237 - 239: Island Vacation

Sure enough, she was asking her to go on a vacation together. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Su Xingyu stood at the bustling intersection with her phone, smiling slightly, "You and Pei Ziheng are on a vacation for two, why bring along a third wheel like me."

On the other end of the line, Xia Ling’s voice was crystal clear and cheerful, "It’s simple! Just bring that tyrant of yours along! Although I don’t like him, I can barely tolerate it for your sake." She spoke as if she was making some enormous sacrifice.

Su Xingyu turned lightly to avoid a passing car by the roadside, "Him? He’s very busy." Besides, he doesn’t seem to like Xia Ling much either.

"Is he busier than Ziheng? Ziheng can still find the time!" Xia Ling was displeased, "If he doesn’t come, it means he doesn’t love you enough! Hmph, I’ll go talk to him."

"Don’t!" Su Xingyu quickly stopped her, recalling vividly how Xia Ling was brought to tears by Lu Shifeng last time, "I’ll ask him first."

Reluctantly, she resorted to a delaying tactic.

The girl hung up the phone, satisfied.

A few days later, when Lu Shifeng returned from a business trip, Su Xingyu welcomed him in the living room, giving him a hug and thoughtfully helping him take off his coat. As the suit slipped off his shoulders, she discreetly touched his injured shoulder blade. Hmm, there was no reaction, seemed like it was mostly healed? But they say it takes a hundred days for bones and tendons to heal...

While she was lost in thought, Lu Shifeng had already turned to embrace her, giving her a light peck on her lips, "What’s wrong?"

"Huh? Nothing." She suddenly realized she was spacing out, collected her thoughts, "Lu Shifeng... Xia Ling asked a few days ago if you and I wanted to join her and Pei Ziheng on a vacation?"

Lu Shifeng made no comment, gesturing for her to continue.

Su Xingyu gathered her courage to continue, "They’ve rented a private island in Southeast Asia, very private, no external disturbances. Do you like islands? I... want to go."

After saying that, she looked up at him expectantly.

"You want to go?" Lu Shifeng asked.

Su Xingyu quickly nodded. In fact, she didn’t really want to go, but when helping him take off his coat, she remembered he had just recovered from his injury. No matter what, it would be better for him to rest on an island than to let him work tirelessly every day. But she didn’t dare to say it was for his sake, as that would definitely lead to rejection, so she had to feign wanting to go.

"If you want to go, find a female colleague to go with you," Lu Shifeng said, "Don’t go with Xia Ling and the others. I have work and can’t get away."

It was the expected answer.

Her face fell, "What female colleague can go with me? I’m not familiar with any of them! Lu Shifeng, if you don’t accompany me, then no one will."

Lu Shifeng narrowed his eyes slightly at her, "You’ve been in the company so long, and you’re still not familiar with your female colleagues?"

"They all worship Zhuang Heng like crazy, and Zhuang Heng is so good at winning people over. How could I be familiar with them? It’s enough that they’re not excluding me!" Su Xingyu began to talk nonsense, though it wasn’t all lies. When she first joined the company, she was indeed collectively excluded. Though things had improved now, there were still several die-hard fans of Zhuang Heng who looked down on her.

"You..." Lu Shifeng initially intended to advise her to get along well with people in the company. As the young madam of the Lu Family, she should be considerate of her subordinates and be magnanimous. But on second thought, she had already done quite well. Considering all the unexpected situations she’d been through recently, it seemed pointless to keep demanding more from her. It would be better to let her relax first and then teach her how to get along with the employees when she returns.

Besides, hearing about her being ostracized somehow felt unsettling to him.

"Do you really want to go that much?" Lu Shifeng suppressed his thoughts and asked her.

"Really, really!" Su Xingyu quickly said, "Will you come with me? Pei Ziheng is going with Xia Ling."

"Fine, we can go," Lu Shifeng decided, "I’ll arrange for us to have an island, not with Pei Ziheng and the others."

Su Xingyu’s face fell with disappointment again.

However, his agreeing to go on vacation together was already a pleasant surprise.

She called Xia Ling to reassure her, "He likes tranquility, so we won’t be going with you guys this time..." and said a lot more.

But the girl on the other end couldn’t be comforted no matter what. She hung up the phone tearfully and ran to Pei Ziheng, barging into his office on the top floor of the empire, directly throwing herself into his arms, "Boo hoo hoo, Ziheng... Xingyu doesn’t want to go on vacation with us! How could this be, I really want to have fun with her, boo hoo hoo hoo..."

Pei Ziheng chuckled as he wiped her tears, "You just want a photographer, right?"

"No! I just want to have fun with her, boo hoo hoo..." the girl cried again, "I don’t care, make her and Lu Shifeng come along, will you? Ziheng, I know you’re the best..."

Pei Ziheng was pestered to no end, so he called Lu Shifeng the same day, "What, scared to come with us?"

Rage flared up in Lu Shifeng, and he coldly replied, "Who do you think you are?"

These two never got along since they were kids, and they weren’t polite to each other when they met either. Pei Ziheng didn’t back down, "If you don’t come, it means you’re afraid."

An obvious attempt to provoke.

Lu Shifeng gripped the phone so tightly he almost crushed it, constantly telling himself to stay calm, but he couldn’t help retorting, "Fine, I’ll come."

...Facing an old rival, he really couldn’t stay calm!

So, Su Xingyu and Xia Ling happily packed their things and embarked on the vacation trip together with the two men.

The island they rented was exceptionally beautiful, with clear waters and white sands. Vibrant tropical fish and coral reefs were like a dream, and the coconut breeze left one feeling refreshed and delighted.

The two girls, in their bikinis, happily played in the water, their laughter ringing like silver bells.

The two men, however, didn’t get into the water—or rather, seeing each other left them in no mood.

The two of them set up lounge chairs and a table on the beach, holding iced drinks, leisurely sunbathing.

Lu Shifeng’s gaze fell on Su Xingyu in the shallow waters not far away. It was his first time seeing her in a bikini, and she was beautiful. Her fair skin contrasted with the brightly patterned fabric, like a mermaid emerging from the sunlight. He didn’t know she could laugh so freely, not her usual faint smile or grin, but a carefree, pure laugh. He really liked how she looked now.

Yet an unwelcome voice interrupted, "What are you looking at?"

Lu Shifeng turned his head, glancing at Pei Ziheng indifferently, "I’m looking at my wife, what’s it to you?"

An undercurrent of menace glinted in Pei Ziheng’s eyes, "You’d better not look at Xia Ling."

The two girls were playing so close they seemed about to hug each other, and Lu Shifeng, provoked by Pei Ziheng’s words, was also unhappy, "If you keep looking at Xingyu, I’ll gouge your eyes out."