Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 353 - 362: What Do You Want Me to Do

The wind continued to blow through the amusement park, mixed with the laughter of children.

But here he was, talking about life and death, as if in another world.

Su Xingyu turned her head: "What use is it for you to say these things now? How could I possibly come back? If I return, how would you explain Zhuang Heng’s matters to the outside world, even if she’s not really Mrs. Lu."

Beside her, Zhuang Heng wanted to say to her, you’d better never come back.

But in front of Lu Shifeng, she could only look pitiably, pleading, "Shifeng, even if you don’t think of me, you must consider Jue..." She knew Lu Shifeng’s soft spot very well. Even if Jue was a sick child, he was still precious to Lu Shifeng, who would sacrifice a lot for him.

This time, however, Lu Shifeng said, "Xingyu, come back. You are my legal wife from the beginning, even by order of arrival, it’s you. Explaining to the outside is simple. As long as I pretend to go through a divorce procedure with Zhuang Heng, a peaceful separation will suffice. Besides, given our special situation, not to mention I never truly married Zhuang Heng, even if I did, the marriage would likely be invalid."

Zhuang Heng’s face turned pale upon hearing this: "Shifeng, you can’t do this; I am Jue’s mother!"

But Lu Shifeng only said to her, "I told you four years ago; I can’t marry you. It was you who insisted on pleading with Grandfather, unwilling to leave Jue, waiting in vain till now. Zhuang Heng, what did I say back then? If you can’t have the child born and given to Xingyu to raise, then abort the child. My arrangements for the child, for Xingyu, and for you have never changed, but you never took my words seriously."

Tears welled up in Zhuang Heng’s eyes: "Shifeng... I thought Su Xingyu was already dead then, and couldn’t possibly come back..."

"What if Xingyu was still alive then?" Lu Shifeng asked, "What were you planning, to abort the child?"

"I..." Zhuang Heng was speechless, Lu Shifeng’s question placed her in a dilemma. Back then, when she claimed to be "pregnant," she insisted on giving birth to this child under the banner of mother’s love, pretending to be willing to sacrifice everything for Jue. How could she now say she regretted giving birth? But not saying would go against Lu Shifeng’s clear condition back then, which was to have the child born and given to Su Xingyu!

"Shifeng," Zhuang Heng turned her thoughts, saying, "If Jue were a healthy child, maybe I would have obeyed you and given him to someone else, but Jue is sick! How could I bear to leave him? Can you really be so cruel to let him leave his birth mother?" Lu Shifeng knew this would be cruel to the child.

But he had nearly lost Su Xingyu, no matter what, he had to keep her this time.

He told Zhuang Heng, "Jue has autism; every time you walk in front of him, he shows no reaction. Usually, it’s not you personally taking care of him; there are servants. Even if you and I part ways, you can visit every few days; it won’t have much impact on him."

Zhuang Heng was about to plead further, but Lu Shifeng had already turned to Su Xingyu and said, "Xingyu, come back to me."

Su Xingyu gave a slight cold laugh: "Lu Shifeng, what makes you think I would return to you? You don’t trust me at all, never believed the things I told you, yet you delude yourself into thinking you can give me someone else’s child!" Even though she felt sorry for Jue, it was entirely different from Lu Shifeng forcing another’s child upon her.

Lu Shifeng said, "Xingyu, it’s not that I don’t trust you. Everything needs logic and evidence. From the day you married, you deceived me, obeyed outwardly while opposing inwardly, you already had a record. And you want me to trust you without proof; how am I supposed to trust you?"

Su Xingyu was so furious she wanted to vomit blood: "I won’t live with someone who doesn’t trust me!"

Lu Shifeng lowered his head, looking deeply at her: "Yes, I don’t trust you. But I can do many things for you, there’s no need for you to fabricate lies to me for any purposes. Xingyu, I will make Zhuang Heng leave for you, so there’s no need for you to say that she set the fire that year to make me punish her."

Su Xingyu was stunned, not understanding this man’s logic.

She was so angry she was going mad. So, did he think that by helping her, he was already being benevolent?

"I don’t need you to do anything for me, I just want you to trust me!" she almost shouted, on the verge of collapse.

Lu Shifeng was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Xingyu, if I trust you, would you come back?"

Su Xingyu also fell silent, then said sadly: "But you don’t trust me, right?"

"If I trust you, would you come back?" he stubbornly asked.

She shook her head weakly: "Lu Shifeng, give up." She was tired, unwilling to experience any more stormy emotions; all she wanted now was to live a peaceful life.

Lu Shifeng was still persistent: "Xingyu, what will it take for you to return?"

"It’s impossible," Su Xingyu shook her head gently, "Lu Shifeng, no matter what, it’s impossible."

"Is it because of Ouyang Yi, and Han?"

"It has nothing to do with Han!" she reacted instinctively, afraid he might harm an innocent child.

Her guarded look made his heart sink, actually, it was because of Han, right? All these years, he missed her so much, but what about her? She had given birth to a child with another man behind his back!

At this thought, Lu Shifeng’s expression also turned cold: "You betrayed me."

Su Xingyu’s look became even more wary, but she defied and answered stubbornly: "Betray? Lu Shifeng, my life had already been returned to you in the fire; after the fire, from head to toe, not a hair belongs to you!"

"What should I do?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Please, don’t disturb my life with Han anymore."

But Lu Shifeng replied: "What else? Xingyu, I won’t give up on you, at least let me do something for you."

"What if I say no?"

"Maybe, I could figure out what I can do for you on my own."

At this point, the words already carried a hint of threat. Lu Shifeng himself wasn’t aware, but being long in a position of power, his words carried a strong sense of oppression; although just stating a fact, it was also an exposure of nature.

Su Xingyu’s mind was on high alert, afraid to push him to the point of losing it.

She hesitated for a long time and finally spoke: "Fine, then first help me with something, re-investigate the truth of the fire that year. She—" she raised a hand to point at Zhuang Heng, "is the perpetrator."

"Su Xingyu, what nonsense are you saying?" Zhuang Heng turned pale with shock, exclaiming.

Ouyang Yi’s face also slightly changed.

Su Xingyu only looked upwards at Lu Shifeng: "Back then, I was saved by Ouyang and didn’t give you a verbal testimony. Now, I am here and am the witness myself, you should at least re-investigate to show respect, right?"

The scene back then was too chaotic; several experts judged it as a natural short circuit fire, plus his mother said Zhuang Heng was with her, so Lu Shifeng never suspected Zhuang Heng.

Even now, he still didn’t think Zhuang Heng did it, but since Su Xingyu said this, he nodded: "Okay, I will re-investigate the fire’s truth." The first step was to question Du Shuxian again.