Chapter 124: Not Living with Them After Marriage
When she and Fu Chuji appeared in the restaurant together, she clearly noticed that the smile on Mr. Fu's face deepened, while Mrs. Fu's face looked unhappy. Compared with her previous enthusiasm, she was particularly cold at this time.
"Now that you're here, please sit down." Mr. Fu invited them to sit down.
Shen Nuo glanced calmly at where the others were sitting. Just as she was considering where to sit, the person next to her put her arm around her shoulders, helped her sit in an empty seat, and sat next to her very naturally.
Mr. Fu looked at her with a smile and said, "Just treat it as your own home. Don't be too restrained."
Shen Nuo responded with an "OK", lowered his head and said nothing.
She didn't say anything, but Mr. Fu spoke again: "I wanted to introduce you to Xiaoji before, but he was not here every time you came. I didn't expect that you two had known each other for a long time. It seems that things like fate are really hard to explain."
He looked at them both with a smile and a kind tone.
How could Shen Nuo not understand what he meant? She smiled and said, "After all, Jiangcheng is so small, we will meet each other sooner or later."
Old Master Fu sighed and said, "You may not remember, but when your father was alive, he joked that if he had a daughter, he would marry into our Fu family. Who could have imagined such an accident would happen..."
Shen Nuo lowered his eyes, a gloomy look on his face.
"If it weren't for this, maybe you and Xiaoji would have already..."
Before Mr. Fu finished speaking, Fu Chuji suddenly put down the spoon, and the porcelain collided with each other with a crisp sound.
"Grandpa, the soup is cold." He said in a cold tone, with a hint of impatience.
"You kid, you're not shy anymore, are you?"
Mr. Fu seemed not to notice his displeasure and continued to jokingly say, "If you hadn't seen those rumors on the Internet, how long would you have kept the matter between you and Nuo Yatou secret from me?"
Shen Nuo raised his head: "..."
She swallowed the food in her mouth: "No, you may be mistaken..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, the person next to her grabbed her hand under the table and squeezed her palm, almost choking her.
His expression remained unchanged, and he just said coldly, "Don't worry about this matter."
Old Master Fu frowned. He wanted to say something else, but he met Fu Chuji's dark and cold eyes.
"Ahem, never mind. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, but..."
He coughed and waved his hands, then said earnestly:
"I don't know how much time is left. My only regret now is that you and Congzhang haven't started a family yet."
He sighed softly, and a trace of worry and loneliness appeared on his wrinkled face.
Fu Wenxuan spoke first: "Dad, what are you talking about? You will definitely live a hundred years."
Mrs. Fu and Fu Congzhang then said a few words of comfort, but Fu Chuji was the only one who lowered his head and drank the soup slowly with a spoon, looking particularly cold and heartless.
Shen Nuo looked at the family over there, then looked at him. Her expression didn't change, and her hand under the table held his hand silently.
Noticing her movements, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
"Alright, alright, stop talking. I know my own health. Besides, Nuo Yatou is still here. Please don't neglect the guests."
Shen Nuo smiled and said, "What kind of guest am I? I even called you grandpa, but you treat me as an outsider."
Mr. Fu laughed heartily and said meaningfully, "Then I'll wait for you to remove the word 'Fu' in front of your name."
Shen Nuo remained calm, she blinked and said, “If you want, I can remove it now, Grandpa.”
"You girl...cough cough cough."
Old Master Fu laughed, and then started coughing violently again. The housekeeper next to him quickly called a private doctor.
After a checkup, fortunately there was nothing serious, just some old ailments, but it still made Fu Wenxuan very nervous.
Of course, he was not worried about Mr. Fu's health, but was worried about what he should do after his death.
As it was getting dark, Shen Nuo found an excuse to leave. Mr. Fu originally wanted to keep her for one night, but she refused.
He could only compromise: "Then let Xiaoji take you there."
"No, I'm driving."
Mr. Fu smiled and said, "It's okay. Just let him walk back by himself when the time comes."
“…”
"It's so late. If I really let you go back by yourself, your brother will be so worried and I won't be at ease either."
Shen Nuo glanced at Fu Chuji and reluctantly responded, “…Okay.”
Perhaps because he was afraid that she would change her mind, Mr. Fu asked the butler to see them both out and watched them get into the car.
After getting in the car, Shen Nuo's face fell.
She complained, "Your family is such a hassle."
They are obviously calculating and harboring shameful thoughts behind the scenes, yet they still manage to put on a family drama.
Fu Chuji didn't refute her words. He said calmly, "You won't live with them after marriage."
Shen Nuo: “…”
There's not even a hint of an engagement, yet he's already thinking about getting married.
She rolled her eyes and ignored him.
On the way back, neither of them spoke much, but before getting off the car, Shen Nuo still said to him: "It's so late and there's no way to get a taxi, you drive away."
She couldn't really let him go back.
"Okay, I'll pick you up tomorrow." He looked calm.
"...Is that what I meant?"
Shen Nuo frowned and looked at him: “Why didn’t I realize you were so domineering before.”
He glanced at her lightly: "So now you've discovered it."
“…”
Shen Nuo was a little annoyed: “Anyway, if you are not allowed to come, I can drive my brother’s car.”
He lowered his eyes, his expression gloomy: "Okay."
“…” He put it on again, bah, she would not be fooled.
She turned and walked away, but after taking two steps, she turned back.
She said in a firm tone: "Although you don't have to pick me up, but remember to return my car."
She tried to keep a straight face, trying to show him her tough attitude.
It’s not that she still wants to see him, but her car is worth a lot of money, and she can’t just give it up.
Fu Chuji stared at her, suddenly opened the car door, got out and hugged her in his arms.
"Thanks."
He held her face and pressed his forehead against hers, a faint smile blooming in the depths of his black eyes.
Shen Nuo deliberately said with a stern face: "Let me go first."
This time he obediently let her go, but the smile on his delicate and beautiful face became even wider.
He rarely smiled like this, and his originally cold and deep eyebrows softened.
Shen Nuo was dazed by what she saw. She cleared her throat and was about to tell him not to be too happy too soon, but Shen Huai's voice suddenly rang out from behind:
"It's so cold, what are you doing standing there? Do you want to freeze into an ice sculpture?"
Shen Huai stood behind her, looking at her sharply.
To be precise, she was looking at Fu Chuji in front of her with vigilance in her eyes.
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