Chapter 73 Chapter 73 I'm a fool
Yu Heya's eyes suddenly turned cold. She felt that Yu Wan, who said this with a smile, had become hideous. When she lowered her eyes, her long, black eyelashes looked like the antennae of a flying insect. She felt disgusted if she looked at him for even a second.
She clearly enjoyed the care and favor given by Lu Juefeng, but pretended to be noble and pure, just like the mother of Song Zhengxiong's illegitimate child.
He wanted money, power, and status, and tried every means to bring his child to appear in front of her, highlighting his presence in various ways, with a clear goal of taking her daughter Chuchu's property. He was extremely greedy, but in front of Song Zhengxiong, he could only shed tears weakly, and argued that he did not want to break up their family, but the child just missed her father.
Looking at Yu Wan in front of her, Yu Heya inexplicably recalled her failed love before she married Song Zhengxiong.
Her boyfriend was seduced by his mistress, and when she was off guard, he transferred all the money in her account, intending to take the mistress away.
She questioned him hysterically, grabbing her boyfriend's hand frantically, forcing him to give an answer, but all she got was a condescending remark: "You're like a lunatic, you're not even close to Xiaoni."
Do all men like this type of woman? She's keen on performing acts of self-sacrifice, loves to play the victim, and after getting everything, she'll casually say, "I don't know why he treats me so well."
It's really disgusting!
Yu Heya's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and her words were icy: "Have you ever considered that because you're the third party, the other person can't like you, and therefore you two can't be together, because your love is essentially stolen and can't be seen in public?"
"What?"
Yu Wan didn't react and was unable to process the information in the conversation for a moment, with a confused expression.
Yu Heya didn't give up. She approached Yu Wan and suddenly grabbed her arm, staring at her intently. Her voice was filled with gritted teeth and anger: "Don't you have any parental education? As a woman, you are so wanton and shameless. You seduce other people's fiancés and interfere in other people's love relationships. Speak up! Don't stare at me stupidly and act innocent. You don't have a mirror at home? You can't compare to my daughter in appearance, and you have a bad character and no bottom line. How dare you live like this?!"
Yu Heya became more and more excited as she spoke, her facial expression distorted, no longer as gentle and kind as before. The strength in her hands grew stronger and stronger, as if she was pinching Yu Wan's neck, her nails digging into the flesh, leaving five deep fingerprints.
"Auntie, calm down."
Yu Wan took a few steps back, trying to shake her off. The pain in her arm clearly reminded her that she was not dreaming. She had no idea why the other person's expression suddenly changed.
She turned her head and looked around, wanting to ask for help, but the shop assistants seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, leaving only her and the aunt in the entire store.
"Yu Wan!"
A familiar voice came from behind. Before Yu Wan could respond, the woman in front of him suddenly let go of her hand and took two steps back.
Without the power of the shackles, Yu Wan lost her balance and fell backwards uncontrollably. She closed her eyes tightly. Instead of the intimate contact with the ground as she had imagined, Yu Wan fell into a hard embrace with the scent of absinthe, and was held steadily by the person behind her.
The arm was still raised in the air and not retracted. Fu Zhiyao took the opportunity to grasp it and held it in his palm. Warmth came from the place where their skin touched. Yu Wan suddenly realized how cold her fingers were.
Fu Zhiyao looked down at her: "Are you hurt?"
Yu Wan was stunned for two seconds, "No..."
The positions of the two did not change. She was almost completely held in Fu Zhiyao's arms, her shoulder blades pressed against his chest, her palms were held tightly by his warm and strong hands, and she could even feel his rhythmic heartbeat at the back of her head. The distance was too close, and Yu Wan was extremely uncomfortable.
She should have let go, but like a puppet, she craved the gaze and touch of humans who were carefully crafting her.
She moved her fingers, as if trying to break free. Fu Zhiyao, who was holding Yu Wan's hand, naturally noticed it first. After making sure that Yu Wan was standing firmly, he restrained himself and let go of her hand. He pulled her behind him, blocking Yu Wan and the woman.
Yu Heya's eyes were still fixed on Yu Wan, her chest heaving violently from overbreathing. Disbelief filled her face, and her voice was sharp: "Your name is Yu Wan? Which Yu, which Wan?"
Fu Zhiyao frowned impatiently.
The woman looked familiar, and he must have seen her somewhere before. However, when he saw Yu Wan being questioned by the woman with bloodshot eyes, he had no time to think about it carefully, and he was not polite at all when speaking to He Ya.
Fu Zhiyao: "Does it have anything to do with you? You deliberately poured water on her, cleared the clothing store of employees, yelled at her and physically assaulted her. You should first clarify your own identity so that you can introduce yourself in court when you are prosecuted."
Yu Heya was speechless after hearing this. She could only stare at Fu Zhiyao: "You——!"
Fu Zhiyao didn't respond to Yu Heya. He turned around and asked Yu Wan, his voice slowing down a bit: "Do you know her?"
Yu Wan shook her head: "I don't know him."
She was sure that she had never seen Yu Heya before, let alone the things she said about stealing other people's fiancés and interfering in other people's love lives.
"Yu Wan."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard another call from behind, and the three people in the store looked in the direction of the voice at the same time.
Lu Sui's figure appeared at the door.
Hearing Lu Sui's voice, Yu Heya seemed to have finally confirmed something. Her expression was as if struck by lightning. Her body swayed and she staggered back a few steps, but her eyes seemed to be fixed on Yu Wan, filled with shock, dullness and helplessness.
Finally, she grabbed the bag on the sofa, lowered her head, and walked hurriedly past Lu Sui.
Lu Sui did not stop Yu Heya. Under the gaze of a man that was so strong that it seemed real, he walked into the clothing store slowly.
Fu Zhiyao's whole body was tense, and there was a heavy gloom in his eyes.
Even though the reason why Yu Wan and Lu Juefeng knew each other had already popped up in his mind, he still hoped in his heart that Yu Wan would deny her relationship with Lu Juefeng.
"Brother Lu Sui."
This sound completely shattered Fu Zhiyao's fantasy.
Yu Wan walked closer to Lu Sui, and the distance between them and Fu Zhiyao widened instantly. Fu Zhiyao stared at the touching sleeves of Yu Wan and Lu Juefeng, feeling an extremely glaring and burning pain, so glaring that his throat became dry and sour, and he couldn't help wanting to cough. He could only clench his fists to endure the discomfort in order to maintain his self-esteem.
Across from him, Lu Sui lowered his head and looked Yu Wan over carefully. He said softly, "Are you hurt?"
Yu Wan raised her hand and touched her arm: "...No, she just pulled me aside and said some incomprehensible words."
Lu Sui said calmly: "Since you don't know her, you don't have to listen to what she says."
Yu Wan nodded.
Just as he was about to say thank you and goodbye to Fu Zhiyao, he heard Lu Sui speak in a cold and polite tone: "Mr. Fu, long time no see."
The two men's eyes met in mid-air, and undercurrents surged.
Fu Zhiyao read the subtle provocation and casual contempt in Lu Suiqian's words, which made him extremely unhappy.
He didn't have time to play out the "hello, I'm fine, everyone's fine" family reunion scene with Lu Sui. He just stared at Yu Wan, his voice so soft, like a gust of wind muffled by a tree, "Yu Wan, are you referring to him when you say you have an appointment? Do you know who he is?"
Yu Wan's heart trembled inexplicably.
Yes, even if Lu Sui was an adopted child of the Lu family, he had an inseparable relationship with the Lu family's industry, Yufeng Group. In Fu Zhiyao's eyes, as the secretary of the president of the Fu Group, he had close contacts with the adopted son of a rival company in private, which greatly increased the possibility that he was a commercial spy.
How can she make the other party believe in her?
Fu Zhiyao saw all of Yu Wan's hesitation and indecision. His cheeks tightened again and again, and his brain seemed to have been hammered thousands of times, completely losing the ability to think.
The shop assistants who were sent away by Yu Heya returned to the store and saw the three people standing there. They looked at each other with gossipy gleams in their eyes.
Fu Zhiyao didn't want Yu Wan to be at the center of this storm of gossip. His feelings shouldn't become a source of trouble for Yu Wan, and he didn't dare to listen to Yu Wan's answer. In this silence, he was the first to give in: "No need to answer. I have an appointment with a friend. I'm leaving now."
Yu Wan followed Fu Zhiyao's receding figure with her eyes, and her legs subconsciously wanted to move forward, but Lu Sui stopped her with a word.
"He seems to have misunderstood something. Yu Wan, do you want to explain?"
Yu Wan's body stiffened, and she thought of something. She retracted her steps and looked at Lu Sui: "I will explain to him when I go to work tomorrow."
"Brother Lu Sui, your business is more important now."
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"I'm an idiot."
Zhou Quyang paused chewing for a moment, and seeing that Fu Zhiyao had no intention of continuing, he slowly stuffed the steak cut into small pieces into his mouth. The medium-rare steak was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and full of juice.
"I should have known."
Zhou Quyang silently ate a bite of the sweet vegetable salad. The romaine lettuce was drizzled with the chef's secret sauce and topped with cool cherry tomatoes, which alleviated the greasiness of the steak very well.
"But I'm good at self-deception."
Zhou Quyang wiped his hands, picked up the fish roe beef tart and took a bite. The small bowl containing the beef cubes was made of puff pastry and had a rich buttery aroma. However, it made a crunching sound when eaten, which seemed to affect the performance of Fu Zhiyao on the opposite side.
“…”
"Sorry, go on."
Fu Zhiyao was in no mood to continue. It took all his energy to say these words in front of Zhou Quyang.
It’s a pity that Zhou Quyang doesn’t have anyone he likes, so he doesn’t understand why he tosses and turns.
Zhou Quyang put down the knife and fork in his hand, wiped his mouth with a tissue, looked at Fu Zhiyao across from him and said, "Zhiyao, if you don't really like Secretary Yu, I suggest you give up as soon as possible."
Fu Zhiyao looked confused and puzzled: "What?"
"Because it's not fair to her."
Is this fair to him?
Fu Zhiyao wanted to ask back, but suddenly remembered what Xiao Cheng said, love is not a competition, there is no need to distinguish between winners and losers, and naturally, there is no need to prove fairness.
So he asked, “Why?”
Could his love be some kind of monster?
Zhou Quyang patiently answered, "Because of your status. You can break up at will, but she can't. The natural imbalance in status will also cause inner deviations in a relationship. Over time, one party will always be dissatisfied. How do you and Secretary Yu get along on a daily basis?"
Fu Zhiyao recalled the time before the quarrel, "It was fine. We would joke around occasionally, and I felt comfortable getting along with each other."
"That's right."
"You think so too, we are a good match."
Zhou Quyang: “…”
"What I mean is, she's accommodating you," Zhou Quyang said calmly. "It's impossible for one party to completely satisfy the other in a relationship. If you and Secretary Yu are comfortable and can say and do anything without restraint, it doesn't mean you're compatible or that you're soulmates. It's likely that she's been accommodating and giving in, and you haven't noticed, or maybe you've just gotten used to it."
In just a few words, Fu Zhiyao's self-confidence, which he had been proud of, was shattered into pieces. His mind replayed and replayed the scenes of his interactions with Yu Wan, from the time Yu Wan joined the President's Office to the present. He found that he had no confidence to refute Zhou Quyang at all.
Fu Zhiyao was silent for a while, then spoke again, his throat dry: "Qu Yang, was my temper really that bad before?"
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