Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 255 - 268: An Old Friend Comes to the Rescue

"Yes, we agreed," Jiang Zhenzhen looked like she was about to cry and pleaded with Su Xingyu, "Xingyu, please don’t make things difficult for me. You’ve promised to be Miss Su Xingqi’s photographer, and backing out now would put me in a tough spot! Moreover, if you escape at the last minute, there won’t be a photographer for the engagement party. You can’t be so irresponsible!"

Her pitiful performance aroused sympathy among many guests around her.

One of the guests said, "Su Xingyu, we’ve heard a bit about your conflicts with Su Xingqi and Qin Mu, but even if you’re now with Lu Shifeng, you shouldn’t mess around with Su Xingqi like this. You agreed to be their photographer, and changing your mind at the last minute is really unethical, isn’t it?"

"Exactly, exactly, it’s just unethical," many people chimed in.

Most of those attending were relatives and friends of the Qin Family and the Su Family, as well as some business partners with vested interests.

Naturally, these people sided with Su Xingqi and Qin Mu. Moreover, they didn’t believe that someone as high up as Lu Shifeng would have true feelings for the girl in a t-shirt and jeans before them, especially given reports about her having a promiscuous past in college. How could such a person marry into the Lu Family? Lu Shifeng was probably just looking for a fresh fling and would break up soon enough, right? 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Therefore, they didn’t take Su Xingyu seriously.

Instead, they tried their best to defend Su Xingqi, as after today’s engagement party, Su Xingqi would be halfway into the Qin Family!

Su Xingyu saw this scene and was almost exploding with anger. She knew that dealing with Su Xingqi’s family would never lead to anything good. Sure enough, there came Su Xingqi and Qin Mu.

Today, Su Xingqi looked stunning, with her hair styled meticulously into a fairy-like updo, her long black hair arranged beautifully and adorned with lovely small flowers. She wore a long dress, a complete set of diamond jewelry, and happiness gleamed in her eyes and eyebrows as she affectionately held Qin Mu’s hand beside her, like the most enviable woman in the world.

As for Qin Mu, dressed in a pure white tuxedo, he looked vigorous and elegant, like a noble young gentleman.

"What’s happening?" The two parted the crowd and walked in, with Qin Mu speaking first.

As soon as he saw Su Xingyu, he brightened up and blurted out, "Xingyu, you’re here too?"

Perhaps his voice was too filled with surprise; people around him turned to look at him, causing him to cough a bit awkwardly. He didn’t know that Su Xingyu was tricked to come here, nor did he know it was all part of Su Xingqi and Liu Meizhi’s plan. Su Xingqi wouldn’t tell him the truth because she wanted to maintain a "kind and innocent" image in Qin Mu’s eyes.

Moreover, tricking Su Xingyu to come had a very important purpose—

"Zhenzhen, it turns out the photographer you found is Su Xingyu?" Su Xingqi feigned surprise and asked Jiang Zhenzhen in front of everyone.

Jiang Zhenzhen understood her intent; the two had coordinated their script in advance and were now performing it: "Sorry, Qiqi, when you asked me to help find a photographer for the engagement party, I didn’t think much about it and just asked around in the circle. Xingyu heard about it and came to find me, saying she wanted to be your photographer as an opportunity to reconcile with you. I thought, since she is your sister, family shouldn’t hold grudges overnight, so I wanted to help her out. But I didn’t expect her to take the photographer’s spot and then intentionally cause a scene at your engagement party."

Jiang Zhenzhen stomped anxiously, "What should we do? If Xingyu refuses at the last minute, how can we find a photographer quickly?"

The surrounding guests nodded understandingly, feeling that Su Xingyu was being excessive. She couldn’t possibly be intentionally trying to ruin the engagement party’s photography, right?

"Su Xingyu, I can’t believe you’d deliberately come to ruin my engagement party." Su Xingqi, dressed in a luxurious gown, said with a hurt expression, appearing as innocent as a fairy.

She looked up at Qin Mu beside her and said, "Qin Mu, this woman is really too frightening."

Qin Mu’s expression changed repeatedly; he didn’t expect Su Xingyu to use such tactics and said painfully, "Xingyu, you’ve really disappointed me."

Su Xingyu coldly watched them act, seriously considering that she should have a driver and bodyguards escort her in the future. Otherwise, it was really difficult to escape when being set up.

As she was pondering whether to tear faces and leave directly or pretend and find a chance to get away, she saw another person outside the guest crowd, making their way through.

This man seemed vaguely familiar.

He wore a light-colored suit, and his features bore some resemblance to Qin Mu, yet he was more mature and had more masculine appeal.

She remembered—

He was the eldest son of the Qin Family, Qin Mu’s brother, Qin Zheng.

Long time no see.

Qin Zheng’s gaze fell directly on Su Xingyu, and he greeted her very gentlemanly, "Xingyu, you’ve come? It’s been a while."

Su Xingyu always had a good impression of this eldest son of the Qin Family. She remembered that after her mother’s passing, when she was fostered by the Qin Family as a child, besides Qin Mu, only this quiet elder brother never looked at her with pity or disdain. Qin Zheng was several years older than Qin Mu, and while Qin Mu was still playing childish games with her, Qin Zheng was already an adolescent with the qualification to attend family meetings. Although he seldom played with them, whenever they met, his gaze was always gentle, as if she was still the little princess of the Mu Family, unchanged.

Including now.

Qin Zheng was someone who made people feel respected from the depth of their bones.

Hence, Su Xingyu managed to squeeze out a sincere smile, "Brother Qin Zheng."

"Since you’ve come, you’re a guest," Qin Zheng spoke. Although he was talking to Su Xingyu, he was also addressing everyone around them, "Xingyu, there’s no need for you to take the photos. Qin Mu was just joking with you; you’re always a distinguished guest of our Qin Family." Then, he instructed the nearby butler, "Mr. Tian, please help Xingyu store these two equipment bags in the room and arrange an extra seat for the luncheon."

Silence enveloped the surroundings.

No one expected the eldest son of the Qin Family to say such things.

However, this eldest son of the Qin Family was highly authoritative and had already taken on important roles in his own company, unlike the second son Qin Mu, who merely held a nice-sounding title.

Therefore, what he said wouldn’t cause objections not only from the guests but even from Qin Mu himself, who dared not breathe heavily.

Yet, Liu Meizhi still couldn’t see the situation clearly and protested, "That’s not right! This Su Xingyu is deliberately trying to ruin our Qiqi’s engagement party! Qin Mu’s brother, you can’t..."

Qin Zheng gave her a glance, which startled Liu Meizhi, making her fall silent uncontrollably.