Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 260 - 273: You Pay for What You Owe

His nonchalant remark made the hearts of all the Qin Family members present tremble.

Just as Mr. Qin was about to ask him what he meant, he saw a high-ranking manager from Qin Corporation hurriedly come over and whisper something in his ear.

Mr. Qin’s face changed drastically, "Really?"

The manager nodded heavily.

"Honey, what’s wrong?" Mrs. Qin, seeing him so anxious, couldn’t help but ask.

Qin Zheng, Qin Mu, and several others turned their gaze towards Mr. Qin, wanting to hear what had happened yet afraid to hear it.

Mr. Qin’s face turned pale as he looked at Lu Shifeng, "Mr. Lu, is the trouble Qin Family’s business in Fenghuai City is facing your doing?"

"My doing? Such an unpleasant way to put it." Lu Shifeng’s voice remained icy and superior, as though he held mastery over all life, "Are you referring to the chemical plant in Fenghuai City that was shut down? Severe pollution causing the deaths of three children over two years and the public outrage that ensued, if not shut down, what else could be done? How could you call that my doing?"

A buzz erupted among the guests.

But this time the discussions didn’t last long, as most present were businesspeople, several of whom collaborated with the Qin Family. Now, everyone was quickly checking their phones to communicate with their staff to see if this had affected their business, assessing the potential losses or advising caution in dealing with Qin Corporation.

Witnessing this scene, Mr. Qin felt as if his heart was bleeding profusely, contemplating the potential profit losses from this storm!

"Mr. Lu, what do you want!" Mr. Qin asked angrily.

"I don’t want anything," Lu Shifeng still held Su Xingyu’s hand, the small hand obediently resting in his palm, which pleased him greatly, "just a small engagement gift for Mr. Qin and Su Xingqi. Mr. Qin, don’t thank me, it’s merely an appetizer. Wait until their wedding, there will be a grander gift presented."

"Lu Shifeng, don’t go too far!" Qin Mu’s face was flushed with anger, itching to charge at him, but inexplicably hesitated.

Lu Shifeng raised an eyebrow slightly, "Too far? Did you feel you went too far treating Xingyu the way you did in the first place? Oh, I haven’t finished. Not only for the engagement and wedding, but also for when you have a child, the child’s full moon celebration, anniversary, birthdays, ancestor memorial days... Every occasion will be greeted with a grand gift."

This was an unmistakable threat.

The Qin Family collectively looked grim, but everyone knew inside that even if Lu Shifeng really went through with it, they had no power to stop him.

This way, three years, no, two years, not even two years; the Qin Corporation would be completely ruined!

The scene plunged into a terrifying silence.

After a while, it was Qin Zheng who spoke, "Mr. Lu, what exactly do you want us to do? Tell us."

"You’re a smart person," Lu Shifeng looked at him and said, "Don’t you understand?"

Of course, Qin Zheng understood.

He looked deeply at Su Xingyu, lamenting internally that beauty is always a curse, whether the family’s or someone else’s.

Lu’s anger today was undeniably for someone, and it was obvious for whom.

Turning to Mr. Qin, he said, "Father, this lady Su Xingqi has behaved improperly, deceived my brother, it’s a fraudulent marriage. Our Qin Family cannot let such a woman in."

Mr. Qin, seasoned in the business world, understood his son’s meaning, and the given situation was already tough to retreat from. Moreover, after seeing Su Xingqi’s numerous faults and the dreadful quality of Liu Meizhi, the alleged "in-law," he also felt very reluctant to let such a daughter-in-law into his home. With firm decisiveness, he turned to his second son saying, "We will not uphold this marriage."

Qin Mu’s face changed slightly.

Beside him, Su Xingqi already screamed sharply, "How could you?! Mr. Qin, Qin Mu, I’m truly wronged! Qin Mu, I love you!"

Everyone looked at Qin Mu, including Su Xingyu.

She wished to see him, to see if he would abandon his girlfriend in front of everyone for the second time. And indeed, he did not disappoint her—

He slowly stepped back, distancing himself from the tearful Su Xingqi, and said painfully, "Qiqi, it’s not that I don’t want to be with you, but because of all the unspeakable things you’ve done, you cannot be admitted into our Qin Family. This is the end of it; going forward, let’s pretend we have never been together."

"No—!" Su Xingqi screamed in agony, her stunning face drained of color, desperately lunging forward to embrace Qin Mu, "Qin Mu! You can’t discard me! Can’t discard me—!"

But Qin Mu hurriedly retreated behind his family members, leaving Su Xingqi to lunge into empty space.

"Drag that crazy woman out!" The same approach used by Mr. Qin earlier on Su Xingyu was now used on Su Xingqi.

"No—! Qin Mu! I’m not leaving! Qin Mu—!" Su Xingqi’s heart-wrenching cries echoed. Originally today was meant to be her happiest day, fulfilling her wish of getting engaged to a handsome wealthy boyfriend, only to be cruelly stripped of all her illusions in front of everyone, shown in her bloodied and ugly true form, then mercilessly discarded by her soon-to-be fiancé...

Plummeting from the divine cloud to the abyss, nothing could compare.

Her eyes frenzied, wildly flailing her arms to grab at Qin Mu as the security guards pulled her away.

Qin Mu, startled by her madness, unwittingly took several more steps back.

Liu Meizhi screamed, trying to seize her daughter, "You can’t drag her away! She is Qin Mu’s fiancée! The Qin Family’s future daughter-in-law!"

"Drag this crazy woman out too." This time, it was Mrs. Qin who disdainfully ordered. She had long found Liu Meizhi unpleasant, humph, a mistress reaching a higher status wanting to be her equal in forming familial ties? Pah! She should look in the mirror to see what she’s worth! Thinking she could replace Mu Yun because she married Su Zhongxiao? The Mu Family is an enduring wealthy family!

Thinking thus, Mrs. Qin’s eyes complicatedly glanced at Su Xingyu standing beside Lu Shifeng.

The girl stood quietly, without showing any smugness or arrogance even after her resounding victory.

She was naturally led by Lu Shifeng’s hand, as if she was born to be beside him, resembling a pair of phoenix trees growing symbiotically, harmoniously.

This is the innate aura of a true family girl, never losing composure even amidst the mud, nor showing a trace of instability upon regaining immense fortune.

Mrs. Qin felt some regret; perhaps she shouldn’t have obstructed Qin Mu’s marriage to Su Xingyu?

But the thought was fleeting, a girl who lost her mother and whose family went bankrupt, what right does she have to marry into the Qin Family?

Mr. Lu must be crazy to marry her!

Even if he wanted to marry her, the stubborn elders of the Lu Family would never agree!

With such a thought, Mrs. Qin reassured herself that her past decision was correct.

The cries and screams of Su Xingqi and Liu Meizhi grew increasingly distant, Lu Shifeng lowered his head to look at the quiet and obedient girl beside him, "Satisfied?"