Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 305 - 318: She’s Not His Girlfriend
Su Xingyu stood elegantly on the stage, a slight smile at the corner of her pale cherry lips, her gaze confidently directed toward Zhuang Heng below the stage.
Zhuang Heng’s expression couldn’t hold, her face as icy as frost, gripping a wine glass tightly, her knuckles pale as if she might crush it.
Seeing her burning with rage, Su Xingyu smiled again: "The field of photography is like rowing upstream, not advancing is retreating. There are always more people, always higher skies. Thank you to Mr. Yang and all my colleagues for your affirmation. I will continue to maintain a diligent work attitude and never become complacent and inactive because of a little achievement."
Her words had a hidden barb, and many people caught it, secretly admiring her boldness, no wonder she was Lu Shifeng’s girlfriend.
At the photography center’s table, Yun Xi was indignant: "Hah, bitch, who is she cursing?"
But she didn’t have a microphone, so few people heard her indignation.
Zhuang Heng’s lips were tightly shut, saying nothing. Victorious kings, defeated bandits, she knew that the more she said, the more mistakes there would be, so better to say less. Many eyes were on her, a thorn in her back, but she could only bear it.
Su Xingyu’s few barbs released some of her anger. After thanking the host, the company leaders, and colleagues again, she prepared to walk off the stage.
But at that moment, Lu Shifeng from the main table stood up.
Under everyone’s gaze, this tall, stern man strode onto the stage, stopping in front of Su Xingyu.
Su Xingyu looked up at him, he was very tall, still so dazzling, like a perfect god under the stage’s dazzling lights. She didn’t know why he was there, but the faint fiery intensity in his eyes made her heart skip a beat, a dizzying enchantment overwhelmed her.
"Lu Shifeng?" she softly asked him.
He took the microphone from the host, looking down at her: "You did very well."
After speaking, he turned to face the Blade Group employees below the stage: "Today, standing here, I’m very proud of Xingyu. In less than a year since joining Blade, she has achieved so much, overcoming hardships unimaginable to you all."
As he spoke, Su Xingyu was slightly stunned.
A bittersweet feeling spread in her heart, recalling how when she first married him, he had those bans on photography, remembered how she fought step by step to earn permission to touch a camera, from being a completely broke assistant who couldn’t even afford equipment to standing here today...
It really wasn’t easy.
Turns out he noticed everything silently.
She looked up at his profile, handsome like an ice sculpture, this was her man, the one to spend a lifetime with. Just thinking lightly like this made her heart melt.
Below the stage, many were stirred.
Lu Shifeng had taken over Blade many years ago, been the CEO for a long time, everyone knew his style — strong, cold, strict, his word was law. Never had they heard him use such praise for someone, not even for an important executive, nor for his right-hand man, secretary Xie Jian, at most they received an approving glance, a slightly cold "not bad," everyone thought Lu Shifeng never complimented anyone. But now, at this annual meeting, in front of so many Blade Group employees, he broke precedent for Su Xingyu.
"True love..." someone sighed.
"Why does this Su Xingyu deserve such high praise from the BOSS? I’m not convinced!" an important tech lead was enviously jealous.
"Save it, he’s complimenting his girlfriend, do you want to be Mr. Lu’s boyfriend?" his companion mocked.
"Get lost, get lost..."
Amidst the chatter, Lu Shifeng’s tone shifted —
"Thank Xingyu for her contributions to our Blade. But here, I must clarify one thing, Xingyu has deceived everyone, she is not my girlfriend at all."
This stirred a huge uproar across the venue!
What? Mr. Lu said Su Xingyu is not his girlfriend?! What’s going on? Did Su Xingyu deceive everyone?!
In an instant, all eyes focused on Su Xingyu.
And Su Xingyu, slightly opened her mouth in surprise, looking at Lu Shifeng, a sudden ominous feeling rose in her heart.
Mr. Lu at the main table showed no expressions. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
At the photography center’s table, Zhuang Heng was stunned, then a huge rush of joy exploded inside her. It must be because Su Xingyu became arrogant and domineering, battled her for the lead position at the beginning of the event and later was aggressive towards her while receiving the award, such an attitude must have angered Lu Shifeng? The relationship between the Zhuang Family and the Lu Family has always been good, how could Shifeng let her be wronged?
It must be...
It must be this!
Zhuang Heng could not help but smile, if she had known such a soft-hearted tactic would make Shifeng abandon Su Xingyu, she would have done it long ago!
As long as they can break up, what does it matter if she, Zhuang Heng, suffers a little?
At this moment, Zhuang Heng was ecstatic.
Beside her, Yun Xi was also overjoyed, feeling like she had bet on the right horse, haha, as they said, with Mr. Lu’s identity and status, he must have been just playing around with Su Xingyu, how could he be serious at all?!
Only a distinguished lady like Miss Zhuang could be the future mistress of the Lu Family!
Yun Xi, excited, exclaimed to Zhuang Heng: "Miss Zhuang, Miss Zhuang! That vixen finally got dumped!"
While excited, she eagerly waved at the host on stage.
The host was also stunned by Lu Shifeng’s sudden announcement; having been a Blade employee for many years, she’d heard and seen much about the gossip between Lu Shifeng, Su Xingyu, and Zhuang Heng. Seeing Yun Xi waving, a sudden intuition hit her, guessing this might be Mr. Lu finally ditching Su Xingyu and reconciling with Zhuang Heng?
Quickly, she gestured to her colleague to pass a microphone to Zhuang Heng’s side.
After thinking it over, she also smiled and asked Lu Shifeng: "Mr. Lu, these words are truly surprising, can you tell us what exactly is going on?"
Lu Shifeng said: "Xingyu is very career-oriented, she sincerely hopes to create a world of her own and doesn’t want issues like identity to hold her back."
Su Xingyu’s feeling of vertigo intensified, wishing she could rush over and grab Lu Shifeng’s microphone, she had a particularly bad premonition...
"Lu Shifeng, stop talking!" she couldn’t help but try to stop him.
However, her anxious appearance and her plea to stop fell into the audience’s eyes with a different interpretation —
"Su Xingyu, doesn’t she want Mr. Lu to clarify the truth? She still wants the identity of being Mr. Lu’s girlfriend."
"Really, although she’s amazing, being too greedy isn’t good, is it? Marrying into a wealthy family with her status is asking too much."
Over there, the host’s colleague had already handed the microphone to Zhuang Heng, smiling at her: "Miss Zhuang, you are also one of the parties involved, is there anything you’d like to say?"
