Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 259 - 272: Fish Eyes and Pearls

This sentence left everyone dumbfounded.

What... "goods"? This sounds like an ill-intended term.

Qin Mu already felt a bit repelled by Lu Shifeng, especially seeing Su Xingyu standing beside him like a delicate bird, his anger flaring up: "Mr. Lu, are you here to sow discord, to drive a wedge between Qiqi and Xingyu, making Xingyu hate the Su Family and me?"

Lu Shifeng’s beautifully shaped thin lips lightly parted to utter three words: "Are you worthy?"

These three words were a slap in the face, making Qin Mu’s expression turn ugly, his emotions stirred up: "Mr. Lu, what do you mean?!"

"Qin Mu!" It was Qin Zheng, who harshly tugged on his brother. Wasn’t offending Mr. Lu already bad enough? Mr. Lu’s care for Su Xingyu was clearly like that of a precious gem! 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Mr. Lu, my brother is young and ignorant, please don’t judge him too harshly." Qin Zheng said sincerely, looking directly into Lu Shifeng’s eyes, "Xingyu came over this time because the Qin Family’s hospitality was lacking, I will certainly come to offer my apologies another day. But today is my brother and Miss Su Xingqi’s engagement ceremony, I ask Mr. Lu to please be lenient and leave some space for both parties."

Lu Shifeng glanced at the Qin Family’s eldest son, understanding his tact, which explained why the Qin Family’s business had been steadily progressing over the past few years.

However, what a pity, who asked him to be born into the Qin Family?

Lu Shifeng remained expressionless, raising his voice slightly, sounding very cold: "Everyone present can open their mobile email inbox, you’ll receive a remarkable email that records all of Miss Su Xingqi’s misconducts from childhood, with novel motives and incredible methods—it’s quite interesting."

Su Xingqi trembled all over, disregarding her champagne-soaked clothes and face, quickly grabbed Liu Meizhi beside her, and searched for her phone in Liu Meizhi’s small handbag.

Sure enough, there was an email filled with pictures and text, documenting how she had framed Su Xingyu since they were children—like pushing a pretty girl down in kindergarten to have her face injured, pinning it on Su Xingyu; secretly cutting Su Xingyu’s dress before a spring outing; starting rumors from middle school about Su Xingyu being kept by wealthy older men; tampering with Su Xingyu’s food before college entrance exams, causing her food poisoning, forcing her to enter the exam halls while ill, missing two exams, leading to her only being admitted to a low-tier university despite having simulation test results to get into prestigious schools like Peking University and Tsinghua University...

A series of startling revelations.

A guest gasped: "Are these true? This Su Xingqi is too terrifying!"

"You really can’t know a person by their face!"

"This isn’t true, this isn’t true!" Su Xingqi went mad, shakily dropping her phone, looking up at Lu Shifeng, "You’re slandering me!"

But Lu Shifeng only returned her gaze with a cold stare.

Over there, guests were murmuring: "It should be true. I used to work in criminal investigation, these witness testimonies and evidence seem irrefutable, verifying the truth would be easy."

Su Xingqi was panic-stricken: "No... this really isn’t true! You have to believe me!"

She shouted, looking helplessly around, trying to grab Qin Mu’s hand: "Qin Mu, you have to believe me, I didn’t do anything! You’re the only one who can trust me now!"

"Yes, our Qiqi is so sweet, how could she do such terrible things?" Liu Meizhi also said anxiously, "Qin Mu, my dear in-laws, you must believe her!"

But Qin Mu suddenly remembered something: "Xingyu! I once went to pick you up at the school gate in high school, and some delinquent youths harassed you, talking filthy... was it because of the things mentioned in that email?" Back then, he had driven away those youths, but their mocking and jeering still echoed in his ears: [Isn’t she just some trash, anyone can have her! Who knows how many old men have kept her, ha ha, pretty boy, what’s there to feel sorry about?]

Such incidents occurred several times later.

He asked Su Xingyu about it, but no matter what, Su Xingyu wouldn’t admit it, yet a doubt lingered in his heart.

Later, on her 18th birthday, when he found her, she was covered in bruises...

She cried, saying she was forced, she didn’t know that man, but he still had reservations in his heart.

Afterwards, she was expelled from university for misconduct.

His accumulated doubts finally erupted into rage, pushed by Su Xingqi’s words, condemning her publicly, ruthlessly abandoning her.

If...

If none of this was her fault...?

He couldn’t imagine how deeply he had hurt her.

"Xingyu," he looked at her full of bitterness, not knowing what answer he hoped she would give, "were those things back then really true?"

Su Xingyu saw the pain in his eyes, recalling the storms of the past, but now her heart was calm with no emotion. "It’s all past, what’s the point of bringing it up?" she replied softly, turning her head to look at Lu Shifeng beside her, gently holding his hand. He was her man, the one she would spend her life with.

Lu Shifeng was clearly pleased with her gesture, his large hand tightening around hers, warning Qin Mu: "Stay away from my woman."

Qin Mu shook his head sadly: "No, I don’t believe... Xingyu, I don’t believe..."

He couldn’t even understand what he didn’t believe—was it that Su Xingqi would deceive him? Or that Su Xingyu had never deceived him?

Looking back, he had unwittingly abandoned the truly precious girl, trampling her, while treating a mere fish eye like Su Xingqi as a pearl.

"Qin Mu, Qin Mu listen to me," Su Xingqi said urgently with a pale face, "Have you forgotten our vows? You said you’d take care of me for life! I really didn’t do anything wrong, those emails are all lies! Qin Mu, you love me, don’t you? You’ll keep loving me in the future!"

But no matter how much Su Xingqi pressed on, Qin Mu simply held his head, remaining silent.

Watching the farce spiral out of control, Mr. Qin had to step up again: "Mr. Lu, I call you Mr. Lu out of respect for the Lu Family, but the Lu Family shouldn’t push us around. Today’s a joyous day for my son’s engagement, you came, and we treated you as an honored guest, but if you want to cause trouble here, though the Qin Family is small, we’re not that easy to bully!"

He had to speak firmly, having been bullied at his doorstep, with the Qin Family’s face trampled on; if he continued to endure, how would he survive in the business world?

But Lu Shifeng completely disregarded his outwardly intimidating words, remaining calm: "A joyous engagement day? Very well, I have a grand gift to give you as well."