Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 261 - 274: We All Want to Meet Our Sister-in-Law

Su Xingyu blinked, satisfied?

Could he have come specifically to stand up for her?

She felt a warm current flowing through her heart, as if gentle feathers were softly caressing its core, a ticklish comfort.

She tilted her small palm-sized face up and smiled at him: "With you here, I’m very happy." Happy that someone came to help her in her moment of isolation, happy that she wasn’t alone in her struggle, happy that even if the whole world turned against her, she had him by her side, unwavering. For the first time, she felt that marrying him was truly a blessing.

Lu Shifeng also looked down at her, his sculptured handsome features softening slightly due to her words, under the slightly intoxicating afternoon autumn sun, making countless young women and wives blush and their hearts race.

But his tenderness was reserved for her alone. As he looked back up at the Qin Family, his expression returned to its usual sternness, rare to smile: "It’s wise of you to know your place this time. Smart people should know how to avoid bringing disaster to their family."

With that, he glanced meaningfully at Qin Mu.

Qin Mu turned pale as he met Lu Shifeng’s gaze.

All along, he had harbored a delusion, as if the man named Lu Shifeng before him was just slightly better than him, and if he truly made an effort, there might still be a chance to win. But now, when this man single-handedly walked into the Qin Family’s engagement banquet, among all the distinguished guests, with the calmness of a stroll, in just a few words, he obliterated one of the Qin Family’s chemical plants...

Qin Mu admitted to himself, he didn’t have such capabilities.

It was only now he understood what absolute strength and power meant.

The kind of silent yet thunderous presence that even his adored and relied upon father and elder brother were helpless to resist.

He uneasily lowered his head, not daring to meet Lu Shifeng’s cold eyes.

It was his brother Qin Zheng who stepped forward, frowning, to apologize on behalf of his brother: "Mr. Lu, rest assured, I will definitely discipline Qin Mu properly and ensure he doesn’t trouble Miss Su again."

Qin Zheng originally called her "Xingyu" when her status was low, a call that felt very intimate and warm. But now, she stood like a precious treasure beside Lu Shifeng, clearly being cherished by Mr. Lu; among everyone here, even his own, she had become most valuable. Calling her "Xingyu" was no longer appropriate.

Especially in front of Mr. Lu.

Qin Zheng wisely switched to the formal "Miss Su."

Lu Shifeng was pleased: "Be wise."

With those words, he pulled Su Xingyu’s hand and led her out of the banquet hall.

The surrounding guests in their sophisticated outfits parted into two groups, creating a path for them.

Countless gazes fell upon them; originally it was Qin Mu and Su Xingqi’s engagement ceremony, but Su Xingyu walked hand in hand with Lu Shifeng over the red carpet, through the flower arch and balloons, so gracefully, as if she was today’s real protagonist. Her white T-shirt was clean, her slender figure elegant, perfectly matching his well-tailored suit, natural and harmonious.

The vast lawn fell silent until they disappeared from sight.

Still standing on the engagement stage, Qin Mu’s face was ashen; his Xingyu, indeed was truly with another man...

It was he, it was he himself who pushed her away and destroyed their fate...

Qin Mu held his head painfully and squatted down.

Qin Zheng glanced at his brother with sympathy but did not comfort him, instead turned to his parents: "Dad, Mom, make sure to keep an eye on brother, don’t let him make any more foolish mistakes. Our Qin Family cannot afford to provoke Su Xingyu; if he stirs up Lu Shifeng again, it won’t be something a single or two chemical factories can solve."

Mr. Qin also understood the severity, nodded heavily.

And what of Mrs. Qin? Although she couldn’t stand Su Xingyu, at this moment she could only tolerate it; what else can she do when their youngest son wasn’t competent? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

An autumn breeze blew through, chilling to the bone.

Su Xingyu got into Lu Shifeng’s black Bentley, and finally had the chance to ask him: "Why did you suddenly come to find me?"

Lu Shifeng leaned his tall physique back on the leather seat before speaking: "There were a few people on site who have business with the Lu Family, and when they saw you being bullied, they sent a message to me." This is the benefit of having substantial power and wealth; everyone wants to curry favor with him, and any slight disturbance reaches him promptly, allowing him to appear and resolve the situation at once. As for the unsightly dirty affairs about Su Xingqi circulated in everyone’s mailboxes, they were uncovered when he earlier sent people to thoroughly investigate her. Initially, he promised Xingyu to let Su Xingqi fall heavily from the highest spot, thinking these evidence would be used later, but it turned out, today was as good a day as any unexpectedly.

Su Xingyu was a bit lost hearing this; this man, claiming not to love her, yet his actions were more reliable than many verbal vows.

She softly said, "Thank you."

He looked at her displeasingly, his sculptured features seemed cold within the quiet confines of the car.

Su Xingyu, feeling awkward, remembered how long ago he had warned her not to thank him between husband and wife, unconsciously touched her nose and switched the topic: "Coming over must have interrupted your work, right?"

"Not really," Lu Shifeng replied calmly. He had indeed been discussing business initially, but given his status and position today, leaving halfway wouldn’t provoke even the slightest dissent from anyone, instead they would fearfully reflect on whether they had done something wrong or unintentionally irritated him; that’s privilege.

He was about to instruct the driver to take her home, so he could continue the business agenda earlier, when his phone rang.

He glanced at it, the profile picture was a silly cute little leopard, making him feel a bit helpless.

"Hello, Lee Lei?" This family friend’s young master recently returned to the country, causing quite a commotion in S City, claiming to establish several companies for fun, frightening the entire commercial sector, everyone on edge, afraid their business might be targeted and become a sacrifice to capital purging. Lu Shifeng also dreaded facing him, not worried about his own business, but the fact that he’s too...

How to put it?

If Pei Ziheng was a formidable foe, strict with himself and whose actions can be traced;

Then Lee Lei was an unpredictable team player, not following rules and you never know when he’d go off track.

Now, Lu Shifeng had to deal with this unpredictable teammate: "Didn’t I help you secure that land last time? What is it now?"

"Can’t I contact you without a reason? Brother Shifeng," on the other end, Lee Lei sounded cheerful, "I heard today you helped your sister-in-law crash the Qin Family’s engagement party spectacularly? Wow, Brother Shifeng, you’re really getting more impressive, your legend is spreading everywhere in the circles! Yunfeng and the others missed your birthday party last time, never got to meet your sister-in-law, I said she’s beautiful and they didn’t believe me! Brother Shifeng, why don’t you bring her out and show her to everyone, satisfy their curiosity, and let them see I wasn’t lying."