Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 356 - 369: Her Heart Is Very Small

A large bouquet of white roses still covered with dewdrops.

The silky petals quivered gently in the night breeze, forced into her arms, their fragrance overwhelming.

She instinctively held them, remembering how years ago she used to think his villa was too plain, so she planted the courtyard full of white roses, swaying brightly when in bloom.

How many years have flown by...

Does he still remember she likes these flowers?

In the enchanting fragrance, she just heard him say, "You left, and no one took care of the flowers. Come back, won’t you?"

Startled out of her reverie, she looked at the tall, aloof man: "Flowers? Zhuang Heng can take care of them. I need to take care of Han, lest someone unwittingly takes him again and tries to take his heart." As she spoke, she casually placed the flowers on the railing beside the road, without a trace of attachment.

In the depths of Lu Shifeng’s eyes, a flicker of pain appeared: "I’m sorry."

"What use is saying sorry? If I had been a little later, I would never have seen Han again."

"Is Ouyang Yi’s child really that important to you?" His voice was slightly cold.

"Is Zhuang Heng’s child just as important to you?" Her voice also cooled, staring at him with sarcasm, "At least I was already disheartened with you before I went to Ouyang Yi, but you? Lu Shifeng, you had already slept with Zhuang Heng behind my back, and Jue is already so grown up! Why should I go back, and on what grounds should I return—to watch your shameless face with Zhuang Heng?"

She cursed with abandon, and he remained silent.

Since childhood, he had been the Crown Prince born with a silver spoon, and besides Mr. Lu, no one dared to scold him like this.

The black Bentley parked by the roadside was ostentatious even in the night, drawing the gazes of passers-by to the quarreling couple. The bouquet of white roses on the railing was brushed away by the wind, rolling onto the street, crushed by passing cars, shattered petals flying up, one small piece landing on the tip of her hair.

Her hair was messy, and her crystalline eyes were filled with anger as her chest heaved.

He finally admitted his wrongdoing to her in a low voice: "It was my mistake years ago that caused you grievance. Xingyu, I’ve already reinvestigated the fire incident as per your request. It was indeed my mother who lied—Zhuang Heng wasn’t even there when the fire started. I’ve discovered that it was the Zhuang Family who set the fire, and I will exact a lesson they’ll never forget." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

The Zhuang Family set the fire?

Su Xingyu hesitated, asking for confirmation: "Zhuang Heng?"

Lu Shifeng replied, "No. It was her second brother, wanting to avenge his sister and also to kill you so she could marry into the Lu Family. Zhuang Heng found out about his plan and hurried to save you. Although she didn’t like you, she wasn’t cruel enough to want your life. Unfortunately, she was already too late to save you when she arrived at the scene. She was panicked and afraid I’d misunderstand her, so she asked my mother to provide a false alibi. As for the real culprit—her second brother—she didn’t tell me because of family loyalty. Xingyu, that’s the rough sequence of events."

The more Su Xingyu listened, the more her heart grew cold, unsure whether to say Lu Shifeng was incompetent in his investigation or too trusting of Zhuang Heng.

She removed the mask from her face, looking at him coldly: "Lu Shifeng, look carefully at this scar on my face. I’ll only say this once—this was made when Zhuang Heng herself walked into the room while I was tied to the bed, burning me with a lighter on my face! I remember the smile on her face and every curse she spoke. Zhuang Heng’s second brother? Absolutely laughable."

Lu Shifeng looked deeply at the scar on her face, which under the night looked menacing and horrifying.

He’d always thought that the scar was from when she escaped the fire, not that it was inflicted?

"Xingyu..." he murmured her name with tenderness, reaching out to touch her scar, only to have her turn aside to avoid him.

She put the mask back on: "Lu Shifeng, it was Zhuang Heng who started the fire, I saw it with my own eyes."

He frowned tightly, every investigative result pointed towards Zhuang Heng’s second brother and not Zhuang Heng herself. That woman was certainly guilty, but her crimes were of concealment and shielding, not actual arson.

Why would Xingyu say this? Could it be that in her despair back then, she conjured an illusion?

The law doesn’t trust solitary testimony.

Her lone testimony is meaningless.

In his heart, he didn’t believe her words. She had deceived him too many times; it wasn’t something he hadn’t encountered before.

But he didn’t want to provoke her, so he said, "I will punish the Zhuang Family, and her too."

"How will you punish?" she asked with a cold laugh, seeing his expression knew he didn’t believe her at all, "Lu Shifeng, I’ve long since not expected you to bring me justice. Please, do this one last thing for me—stay away from me and stop interfering in my life!"

After speaking, she turned to leave.

Lu Shifeng pulled her back into his arms: "Xingyu, don’t go."

"Let go of me!"

He didn’t let her go, instead lowering his head to capture her lips dominantly.

She struggled, trying to hit him, but he easily subdued her, rendering her powerless.

In the bustling streets of the city, he was audacious, unconcerned with anyone around, separating from her lips only after a long while.

"Come back, Xingyu." He said hoarsely, "Return home with me, we can move back to our old place, replant your beloved roses, and live a good life. After the Zhuang Family treated you like that, I can no longer be with Zhuang Heng—not even as a couple in appearance. I’ve already asked Xie Jian to draft a statement, and once the time is right, I’ll publicize my ’divorce’ with her, and then complete the wedding we never got to have."

She looked at him in anger, rubbing hard at her lips as if trying to erase all traces of him.

She said, "The right time to announce it? Lu Shifeng, if you were truly sincere, why not announce it now?"

"I have to consider the Lu Family..."

Before he finished, she laughed coldly again: "The Lu Family, the Lu Family, in your heart, the Lu Family is always put before me! But of course, you’re the heir of the Blade Group, aren’t you? Grandma once told me that the ’Feng’ in your name refers to the Blade Group, picked by grandpa with high expectations. Why would someone like you sacrifice your glory and status for a woman, only asking the woman to sacrifice with you? I’m sorry, Lu Shifeng, I’m not that kind of woman. My heart is too small to endure grievances and betrayal, you... give up."

She turned once more and walked away without looking back.

Instinctively, he reached out to catch her, but this time, he failed.

The shattered white rose petals scattered in the wind, like ashes from a calamity, pale, ethereal, desolate, boundless.

"Sir." The driver stepped out of the car, calling to him with concern.

He remained still, watching longingly in the direction she disappeared, neither speaking nor moving.