Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 248 - 260: Impatient

(This Chapter is actually two Chapters released together, which is why it requires the book value of two Chapters. I mistakenly combined them, and the system is unable to separate them... However, the price is actually the same; all books use the unified pricing calculated by word count, this Chapter has over 4000 words)

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This silent and reserved chief secretary attracts attention wherever he goes, just like his boss.

The meticulously dressed figure had just stepped into the photography center’s territory when someone exclaimed, "Miss Xie!"

No wonder someone cried out in surprise; the photography center is not considered a very important department at Fengren, and this chief secretary seldom sets foot here. Many photographers who have been working here for years have never seen the real person.

This exclamation immediately drew everyone’s attention, and people began to speculate in their hearts, is something big going to happen today? After Su Xingyu’s identity was just exposed, Zhuang Heng fought with her, and now even the chief secretary who hasn’t been here for almost a century has arrived? The smart ones have already turned their gaze towards Su Xingyu.

Su Xingyu felt a bit of a headache, watching Xie Jian walking straight towards her.

She stood up from her seat, showing great respect to Lu Shifeng’s chief secretary, and then asked, "Xie Jian, are you looking for me?"

The onlookers gasped——

What did she just call him?

Xie Jian?!

Know that although Xie Jian is just a secretary, he is Lu Shifeng’s chief secretary! Trusted among the trusted! His status in the company is even higher than many vice-presidents!

Such a person, wherever he goes, is addressed politely as "Xie the Chief Secretary," but Su Xingyu, she directly called him by name!

Summer Ranran, sitting beside Su Xingyu, changed her expression, feeling fortunate for her quick adaptability. It seems that Su Xingyu is really favored by Mr. Lu, she isn’t even afraid of his confidant!

Looks like it would be beneficial to maintain a good relationship with Su Xingyu in the future...

Summer Ranran pondered her little schemes.

Over there, Xie Jian nodded slightly at Su Xingyu and said, "Mr. Lu happens to be going out right now and said he could drop you off on the way, asked me to come over to help you with your things to the garage."

Perhaps there’s been too much excitement today, the people in the office didn’t know how to react anymore; Lu Shifeng sent his personal chief secretary over to act as a porter for his girlfriend?

...Yes, they now believe Su Xingyu is Lu Shifeng’s girlfriend. If she were just a mistress, could she receive such high treatment?

Everyone looked at Su Xingyu differently.

But Su Xingyu felt even more agitated, it seems Lu Shifeng knew about the photo exposure, yet his first reaction wasn’t to suppress things, but rather send his chief secretary to make a show? Did he have to publicize their relationship to everyone? She was somewhat displeased and said, "I’m not riding in his car."

"Please don’t make it difficult for me," Xie Jian stood still, "If I can’t handle this matter, the BOSS will be unhappy."

Damn his unhappiness!

Su Xingyu just wanted to curse; who was the pervert who kept stressing to her that work is work and personal is personal?

She ground her teeth and looked at Xie Jian with a fake smile, "Isn’t your BOSS known for separating work and personal matters? If he makes things difficult for you over such personal issues, you should go to the labor board to report him."

Eavesdropping comes with hissing sounds of inhalation; this girl... usually seems quiet, but in reality, her fighting power is off the charts! They find it unsurprising that she dared to fight Zhuang Heng, she even dared to confront Lu Shifeng’s chief secretary and indirectly Lu Shifeng himself!

How much does Mr. Lu spoil her usually?!

Actually, if Su Xingyu knew what they thought inside, she might cry.

This wasn’t brought out by Lu Shifeng’s indulgence, rather due to Lu Shifeng’s constant pressure and abuse towards her, leaving her no choice but to fight back!

She looked up at Xie Jian, "I’m not going anyway."

Xie Jian’s face showed no expression, his voice still polite, "You don’t have to go with me, BOSS said he can come and invite you himself."

"!!" Everyone’s minds roared, Mr. Lu! The young, successful, stunningly handsome Mr. Lu wants to come here himself! This obscure little office in an obscure little wing! It’s been years, they hadn’t seen Mr. Lu setting foot here, thanks to Su Xingyu he’s coming?!

This is a treatment even Zhuang Heng never had!

"I think, maybe Xingyu’s right," Fang Luohua said carefree, eavesdropping while whispering to someone nearby, "Miss Zhuang might really not be Mr. Lu’s fiancée."

His companion appeared dumbfounded, murmuring as if sleepwalking, "Is what I’ve heard true? Did I end up in the wrong scene?"

Su Xingyu glared at Xie Jian, "You’re threatening me!"

Xie Jian bowed his head to her again, very courteously, "I am merely conveying BOSS’s words."

Just this annoying attitude!!

Su Xingyu’s feelings now were identical to Zhuang Heng’s; seeing Xie Jian’s unyielding face made her want to explode! Explode!

Ah ah ah! She really was about to explode!!

But as the saying goes, when tolerance reaches the limit, endure once more; no matter how she wanted to explode, she couldn’t let Lu Shifeng come over for real, lest Lu Shifeng possibly carried her out in front of all these people...

He’s done such things before.

She suddenly recalled the last time during the island vacation, being carried on his shoulder, the large hand that slapped her bottom.

Her face started burning uncontrollably, afraid someone might notice the signs, she hurriedly said, "Let’s go."

She lowered her head and preceded out of the photography center.

Xie Jian picked up the equipment bag for her and followed her out.

Once thoughts began, they couldn’t be stopped, all the way, Su Xingyu was filled with memories of that island trip, the water games between them, lying side by side on the beach stargazing, the soft sheets in the private villa...

Her face burned hotter, desperately commanding herself not to think, but this trick didn’t work at all, so she accelerated her pace, trotting towards the garage.

All the way, she had no idea how many people she bumped into, how many tables she hit.

Nor did she know that because of her commotion, all the people passing by and those at their desks were drawn to this direction, so many departments of Fengren witnessed this shocking scene—seeing the always mysterious, expressionless high-up Xie the Chief Secretary resembling a bodyguard, professionally dressed, carrying a female equipment bag, following behind a girl, without complaint.

"Who is that girl? Haven’t heard of Xie Secretary having a girlfriend?" someone gossiping in the office area asked a colleague.

"You fool," the colleague responded, "Didn’t you see this morning’s news? It’s everywhere! That girl is Su Xingyu, Mr. Lu’s girlfriend, just exposed by the paparazzi!"

Then came another round of collective gasps, people started paying close attention to her.

Su Xingyu hurriedly arrived at the president’s office floor in the main building, and extended her slender fingers to press the elevator for the president’s exclusive lift, her face still flushed; pressing several times, yet it hadn’t come, she became slightly annoyed and pressed several more times.

She felt someone grab her hand.

From behind, Lu Shifeng’s voice came: "Can’t wait to see me, can you?"

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[Chapter 261]Candlelit Dinner

Su Xingyu was still caught up in thoughts of all the things he did to her on the island, when she was suddenly grabbed by the hand and nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Ah!" She let out a small scream, her face full of panic and confusion, "What are you doing?!"

He looked at her, amused by her startled bunny-like demeanor and her flushed cheeks, and asked, "What’s wrong, why such a big reaction?"

She didn’t dare tell him.

So she just shook her head in panic and went to press the elevator button.

The elevator arrived, and she quickly jumped in, pressing her body tightly against the smooth, cold metal wall, trying to distance herself from him and cool herself down...

Lu Shifeng couldn’t understand her; sometimes women’s thoughts are really unfathomable.

He accompanied her all the way down the elevator to the garage, where Xie Jian was already waiting, handing her equipment bag over intact.

"Young Madam." In the empty underground garage, the chief secretary still maintained proper etiquette, bowing to her.

Su Xingyu took the equipment bag, the slightly coarse feel of the strap slowly brought her rationality back to her mind. Hadn’t Xie Jian been following her all along? She didn’t even know when he took a detour.

But that’s not the point, the point is——

"Lu Shifeng," she turned to look at the man beside her, very angry, "Why did you send Xie Jian to the office to find me? Aren’t you done making me the center of attention?!"

"How is this making you the center of attention?" Lu Shifeng replied calmly and without guilt, "Look at Xia Ling, that crazy woman, that’s what you call being in the spotlight. Your level of exposure right now is just normal life." He had already planned for her to slowly get used to being the focus of attention, which was a step she had to face as his wife.

Does she feel like she’s getting a lot of attention now?

This is really just daily life; there will be even more in the future.

Su Xingyu was very angry, how could he compare her to Xia Ling? How is that the same, why not compare her to the President of the United States?!

Hmph, shameless!

She knew she couldn’t argue with him, so she glared at him fiercely and turned to get into the Bentley.

Leaving Xie Jian and Lu Shifeng standing outside the car.

"Boss," Xie Jian said cautiously, "Madam seems to be angry."

Lu Shifeng said, "She’ll calm down. Everything is taken care of with the newspapers, right?"

Xie Jian said, "I found the most reliable people, no one will find out that this event was arranged by you."

Lu Shifeng nodded: "Good."

Indeed, this news event was orchestrated by him, it was by no means a mere coincidence of a candid shot.

He was now grateful that Su Xingyu insisted on dragging him to the island to vacation with Pei Ziheng and Xia Ling. While the two girls were having carefree fun, he received a lot of insights from Pei Ziheng. For instance, Pei Ziheng told him that many years ago, when Xia Ling was still a small trainee at the Emperor Training Camp, she didn’t want to expose her identity either, so Pei Ziheng found a journalist...

So on and so forth...

Now Lu Shifeng emulated the approach, and it worked extraordinarily well.

Lu Shifeng got into the car with a good mood, where Su Xingyu was still pouting angrily.

He couldn’t help but smile, turned her delicate body towards him, and gently kissed her forehead, thinking, if this girl realized she was the one who caused her own trouble, would she be even angrier?

Unfortunately, Su Xingyu didn’t know anything.

Lu Shifeng’s disguise was too good; she hadn’t even suspected that he had manipulated things behind the scenes.

This time, Lu Shifeng also left her some space by not directly exposing that they were married, since Su Xingyu wasn’t too naive. If it were made public, it might arouse her suspicion. Besides, he had promised her to conceal their marriage, understanding her ambition and pride in her career, the determination not to rely on others to reach the top, which was why he married her.

In some sense, they were the same kind of people.

But nevertheless, when he saw her with Ouyang Yi in the coffee shop yesterday, the flame of jealousy inside him could not be extinguished. He had to do something to declare his sovereignty, at least keep those annoying butterflies away from her. Therefore, he arranged this news event, letting her face the world as his girlfriend.

The girlfriend status is good, offensively defensive.

It declares to everyone that she’s his, yet it’s not too overbearing, affecting her career minimally.

Though, it would somewhat influence her, but who could she blame for being disobedient first?

Lu Shifeng was in high spirits, leaned over and kissed her a few times.

The little bunny in his arms grumbled unhappily, still angry.

Lu Shifeng rarely soothed people: "No one likes being exposed like that, hungry? Tonight I’ll take you out for a feast."

"Didn’t you say you had important matters tonight?" He often went out for meals, not accompanying her for dinner many times.

Lu Shifeng said: "Considering today’s accident, you don’t seem in a good mood, so I’m giving you special treatment."

His superior tone made the little bunny in his arms bristle: "You...who needs you to accompany them! Hmph!"

But ultimately, she couldn’t resist his dominance, and Mr. Boss directly instructed the driver to turn into a specialty restaurant, ignoring her opinion, taking her for a candlelight dinner.

Hmm, at the island, Pei Ziheng also said, aren’t women easy to coax? No problem can’t be solved with dining and gifting, if one meal isn’t enough, then two.

Indeed, his little bunny was still sulking at the beginning upon entering the restaurant, but as she ate, under the allure of delicious food, she forgot her anger, immersed in food and romance...

Looking at her slightly flushed face from drinking, with an intoxicated smile, Lu Shifeng deeply felt that he had misunderstood Pei Ziheng all these years, actually, Pei Ziheng was such a good person, worthy of being around more in the future...

Drunken rabbit Su Xingyu ultimately was carried home by Mr. Boss.

Half-asleep, she felt her body being placed in warm water, someone carefully washing her body.

She hummed comfortably, hugged something seemingly an arm, rubbed her little face against it, and fell back asleep.

This sleep lasted till morning, it was rare for Lu Shifeng not to bother her, feeling refreshed.

She hummed a tune, changed clothes ready to go to the office, but when her fingers touched the equipment bag, she changed her mind.