Chapter 67: Childhood Friends Become Disloyal
The way Fu Xingyan looked at her was no different from the way he looked at other people.
Not only that, his temperament changed from frivolous and evil to calm and gentle, as if he had unexpectedly entered the warm early spring from the refreshing autumn.
If the favorability level wasn't full, Shao Leyan would really believe that Fu Xingyan no longer had any feelings for her.
Shao Leyan greeted him with a smile, "Long time no see."
Fu Xingyan nodded slightly, "Long time no see, how are you?"
Fu Xingchen hugged Shao Leyan tightly, his tone showing no trace of boasting and happiness.
"Of course, you see we both gained a lot of weight."
Shao Leyan smiled without saying a word, nestling in Fu Xingchen's arms and secretly observing Fu Xingyan's reaction.
He just smiled slightly, as if his greeting was just a polite compliment.
Because Shao Leyan wanted to take a sightseeing trip, the space-powered person specially sent by the central city to greet him was useless and could only return in disgrace to report.
Four people were riding in the same car. Fu Xingchen was afraid that Shao Leyan would feel uncomfortable sitting all the time, so they drove very slowly, stopping for half an hour to rest every two hours.
The journey, which originally took two or three days, was stretched to twice its original duration, and the people in the central city who were ready to welcome them were becoming increasingly impatient.
Lu Chuchen slammed the table hard, and a palm-length crack appeared on the mahogany tabletop.
"Is Fu Xingchen treating our Central City like a resort? He came all the way here even though his wife is pregnant. If something happens to her like last time, won't the responsibility be entirely on us?"
Mu Sheng waved his hand. "No one values Shao Leyan more than Fu Xingchen. He won't use his child as a bargaining chip."
"Oh," Lu Chuchen sneered, "He
What can't such a heartless person do? Not to mention he brought his brother along with him. If you're not on guard, if the two of them join forces, you and Jin Sheng won't be a match for them. Besides, there are plenty of women in the world, but there aren't many opportunities to legitimately compete for power and territory. If you put Central City and Shao Leyan before Fu Xingchen, what will he choose?"
"Chu Chen," Mu Jinsheng couldn't bear to listen any longer and retorted, "I know you don't trust City Lord Fu, but from my observation, he truly loves his wife. And even after that unpleasant incident last time, he was willing to come again, which shows that he doesn't take it seriously at all."
Lu Chuchen snorted coldly, "I've never heard of any pregnant woman in this world who wouldn't stay somewhere safe to take care of her pregnancy, but instead travel all the way to someone else's place to have fun."
The three of them had different opinions, and they fell silent when they heard the knock on the door.
Seeing the space ability user who was sent out come back, Mu Sheng immediately stood up and stretched his neck to look back.
"Have you brought everyone back?"
“They refused my pick-up.”
Not only Mu Sheng, but Mu Jinsheng and Lu Chuchen also looked surprised.
Mu Sheng asked: "Why?"
"Mrs. Fu said she wanted to come by car, so City Lord Fu and the others drove with her."
Lu Chuchen half-closed his eyes, and imagined countless possibilities in his mind.
"Did you see anything unusual in their car?"
"I was in a hurry to come back and report, so I didn't see anything."
Lu Chuchen's face looked even worse, and Mu Sheng also lowered his head and didn't speak for a long time.
Mu Jinsheng: "Thank you for your hard work, you can go back now."
After the space-ability user left, Lu Chuchen was so angry that veins popped on his forehead. He clenched his fists and slammed the table so hard that it made a creaking sound.
"Could they have some lethal weapons in the car?"
Mu Jinsheng frowned speechlessly, "Why do you think so?"
Lu Chuchen added, "Maybe Shao Leyan didn't even get on the car, and this was all Fu Xingchen's excuse."
"How can Sister Le Yan be an excuse? She was really bored to death and that's why she wanted to come and play with me."
The three of them looked towards the source of the voice. Mu Jiaojiao came trotting over and sat down next to Lu Chuchen, hugging his arm and trying to persuade him in a coquettish manner.
"Brother Chuchen, I won't say anything if you have a problem with Brother Xingchen, but Sister Leyan has never offended you, so why are you so malicious towards her?"
"I...have great ill will towards her?"
Lu Chuchen simply couldn't believe that the little girl he raised would actually blame him because of a misunderstanding from an outsider!
Jiaojiao is kind and innocent. Shao Leyan must have said something to her before that deceived her.
Lu Chuchen rubbed Mu Jiaojiao's head and said earnestly, "Jiaojiao, don't you understand? No one in the dungeon is worthy of your trust. Besides, Shao Leyan was picked up by Fu Xingyan after he fell in love with her. She is a person of unknown origin. You are not on guard against her at all. What if she has bad intentions towards you? What will you do?"
Mu Jiaojiao stared with her clear rabbit eyes, her little face flushed red with anxiety.
Mu Jinsheng couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he waved to Mu Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, come here, brother."
Mu Jiaojiao responded, shook off Lu Chuchen's hand without any reluctance, turned around and ran into Mu Jinsheng's arms.
Although Lu Chuchen was dissatisfied, he couldn't get angry, so he could only complain sarcastically: "Jinsheng, Jiaojiao is simple, but you can't."
"Thanks for the reminder, but I will protect her."
Lu Chuchen sneered disdainfully.
Seeing that Lu Chuchen was really angry, Mu Sheng hurried out to smooth things over.
"Oh! Chu Chen is just kindly reminding you, why are you two so stubborn? Even if Shao Leyan is pretty, she's still an outsider. How can you confront one of us for a stranger whose background you don't know?"
Lu Chuchen curled his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"The city lord is Guo Yu, and my last name is not Mu, so I am naturally an outsider in your words."
Mu Jiaojiao was stunned. Thinking of how good Lu Chuchen had been to her over the past ten years, she felt a surge of guilt.
"I'm sorry, I..."
Lu Chuchen raised his hand, signaling Mu Jiaojiao not to say anything more.
He pushed his chair aside and stood up, casually adjusting the hem of his coat. "Since there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."
Mu Sheng hurriedly tried to stop her: "Hey! Chuchen, Jiaojiao didn't mean it, why are you doing this?"
Lu Chuchen didn't even glance at Mu Sheng. He glanced at Mu Jiaojiao who seemed to be hesitant to speak, then turned and left.
Three days later, Shao Leyan and his three companions' car drove into the city smoothly. From afar, they saw Mu Jinsheng waiting for them at the checkpoint.
The five people exchanged a few simple greetings, but they were all very awkward and had little to say.
Although Shao Leyan was eager to see Mu Jiaojiao, Fu Xingchen was present, so she couldn't say it directly and could only secretly wink at Mu Jinsheng.
However, this welcoming person was undoubtedly a slap in the face to Fu Xingchen. As soon as they entered the door, it showed that the Central City did not value them.
So even though Mu Jinsheng received Shao Leyan's hint, Fu Xingchen stood there with a cold face, motionless, and no one else dared to leave.
Mu Jinsheng: "City Lord Fu, aren't you going in?"
"Why haven't I seen City Lord Mu? Is the city so busy?"
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