Chapter 104: Barrier
It seems that there would be nothing wrong if my younger brother could be a flower in a greenhouse for the rest of his life.
She will do her best to protect him and prevent him from being hurt by the outside world.
The news of Yan Xisui's interview is still fermenting on the Internet, and gossipy netizens are speculating about who is behind Xu Qingsui.
Soon, a photo of Xu Qingsui and Lu Jingyu together when they were in school was spread on the Internet.
"This is Lu Jingyu, the young master of the Lu family!"
"What is the relationship between Xu Qingsui and Lu Jingyu? No wonder Yan Xisui is so afraid of her. I didn't expect that she actually has this kind of relationship."
"I know this. Xu Qingsui and I are from the same school. When I was in school, I heard that her family was poor and she had to work part-time to pay for her studies. How else could she have climbed up to Master Lu's high position except through unspoken rules?"
"Ah, no wonder, this kind of woman is the best at taking advantage of her power to bully others..."
Public opinion became increasingly uncontrollable. However, after one night, all news about Xu Qingsui seemed to have disappeared into thin air and could not be found on the Internet.
Everyone just thought that the Lu family stepped in and resolved the matter, and the matter was left unresolved.
Xu Qingsui handled the discharge procedures for her brother. When Huo Xilin came to pick her up, she still expressed her concerns: "I want to change my brother's class. Can you do this?"
"I've taken care of it. Don't worry, he will still be taught by Teacher Jack, but he won't have any contact with Brother Yan Xisui." Huo Xilin gave Xu Qingsui a reassuring look.
It seems that as long as it does not directly involve Yan Xisui's affairs, Huo Xilin really takes good care of her.
Xu Qingsui also told herself that she should be content, but the knot in her heart from that incident tormented her day and night.
If only she didn't like him that much, if only she was a woman who only cared about interests as people said on the Internet, or in other words, even if their relationship was not made public, they were only in a contractual relationship, and she regarded herself as an employee, she wouldn't think too much about it.
But she chose to be with him just because she liked him purely, and the love she pursued was as pure as a blank piece of paper.
Xu Qingsui couldn't help but laugh at her own naivety in her heart. How could it be possible? The kind of love she was pursuing was like a fairy tale and would never happen.
So she eventually has to return to reality and accept the cruelty that reality may bring.
Anyway, Huo Xilin did help her and her brother, and she thanked him sincerely: "Thank you."
"Do you have to be so distant to me?" Huo Xilin said angrily.
Ever since he told her not to target Yan Xisui that day, he clearly felt that Xu Qingsui was deliberately distancing himself from him.
This feeling made Huo Xilin very uncomfortable.
"I'm not being intentional. I really want to thank you. You've really helped me and my brother a lot," Xu Qingsui explained.
In fact, she herself knows that once there is a gap in the heart, there will be a distance between the two of them.
But only this distance can make her grateful to him. Once she takes it for granted, she will feel resentment.
Rather than hating him, Xu Qingsui would rather be grateful to him. After all, apart from what happened to Yan Xisui, Huo Xilin had done nothing wrong to her.
Looking at Xu Qingsui's stubborn look, Huo Xilin felt as powerless as if he was punching cotton.
He sighed slightly. There were some things that were inconvenient to say to her now, but what he did that day was indeed unkind, so it was normal for her to feel resentful.
"You should go back to Bishui Hua Ting and live there during this period of time. I will stay with my brother for a few more days." Xu Qingsui thought about it and finally expressed his decision.
Huo Xilin was so angry that he laughed: "Xu Qingsui, are you quarreling with me?"
"No." Xu Qingsui said calmly: "I am the focus of attention now. I am just worried that someone will take a photo of you and me and post it online, which will have a bad impact on you."
Huo Xilin drove the car to the side of the road and stopped, saying coldly: "Do you think I care about that?"
"I don't know what you care about. I don't really know you that well." Xu Qingsui lowered his head, recalling every moment he had with Huo Xilin.
He is a low-key person. Apart from cooperating businesses and some bigwigs, only the employees who work with him day and night in the company know his true identity.
No matter how the matter between her and Yan Xisui fermented on the Internet, no word about him had ever been leaked. Xu Qingsui was also very curious. When they were in the hospital, Huo Xilin was standing with her. Why did the media only photograph her, while Huo Xilin was protected so well?
"What do you mean?" Huo Xilin suddenly felt a little flustered and asked Xu Qingsui.
Xu Qingsui raised his head, looked at Huo Xilin seriously, and asked, "You really don't know anything about Yan Xisui's plot against me?"
Huo Xilin sighed and said helplessly: "I didn't know it at first, but I found out later."
"So she can plot against me, but I can't fight back against her, right?" Xu Qingsui asked somewhat disappointedly.
Although she already had the answer in her heart, she still felt sad the moment she asked the question.
She suddenly regretted why she agreed to be with him in the first place. If they were still in a contractual relationship, she wouldn't be so sad.
This feeling of betrayal made it difficult for her to trust him wholeheartedly in the future.
"Believe me, I promise that I will never let her hurt you again. This time...just consider it as my own fault for letting you down." Huo Xilin lowered his head and said self-reproachfully.
He was a noble and proud man who never lowered his head to anyone, but this time he was willing to lower it for Xu Qingsui.
But was it for her or for Yan Xisui?
Xu Qingsui felt her heart bleeding, but she had to smile and pretend nothing happened: "It's okay, I understand you."
Only she herself knows that when she shows magnanimity, she is actually the most timid.
From now on, she will put away her ridiculous dependence and trust and return to where she belongs.
She is like a turtle. When she is hurt, she will instinctively retract her head into her shell, because only in this way can she avoid getting hurt.
Huo Xilin only felt that Xu Qingsui in front of him seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him. He hugged her tightly. Only when he felt her body temperature did he truly feel that she was by his side.
Xu Qingsui obediently let him hug her, but this time, she did not give him a firm hug back as usual.
She just dropped her hands to his sides.
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