Chapter 60: Counterattack Against Cheng Yi's Fiancée
Do you love me?
It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over my head, instantly clearing my mind.
like?
She used to yearn for love and even sacrificed herself wholeheartedly. Later, hearing that word only made her laugh.
The soft light of dawn illuminated the room, and particles floated quietly in the air. The light fell gently on Ke Yanchen's handsome features, but he stared at her silently, his gaze filled with an unfathomable complexity.
Yu Wu couldn't help but chuckle sarcastically, staring at Ke Yanchen with a mocking look in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Ke Yanchen looked at her intently, his handsome face cold, a sense of unease rising in his heart, feeling that she was a stranger to him at this moment.
Yu Wu squinted and stretched, "Ke Ke, of course I love you. You're the one I love most in the whole world!"
Ke Yanchen felt an indescribable tightness in his heart, and still felt apprehensive. He pulled her out of bed and held her tightly in his arms, as if he could truly possess her.
"Yuko, I love you too."
Yu Wu smiled and remained silent.
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Ke Yanchen first took Yu Wu home to change her clothes before going to the company.
She had just sat down at her desk when her computer popped up with the latest gossip and entertainment news. She intended to close it immediately, but the headline caught her eye.
— Cheng Yi and Xu Shuwan are engaged.
I just saw him last night, is he getting engaged?
Yu Wu clicked in to take a look. The gossip and entertainment articles were quite detailed and didn't seem fake. The Xu family was also a prominent family in Nanhai City, with a prosperous lineage and strong political background, no less than the Cheng family. A combination of government and business was truly a perfect match.
But it's been less than a month since she broke up with him, can he really jump into a new relationship right away?
......
This uncertain gossip dominated the headlines in Nanhai City for several days, and gradually spread within the industry. It was finally confirmed at a party held by Cheng Yi.
The location was the Cheng family's manor in Tanshan. The reason for the invitation was not mentioned as an engagement. The invitation was delivered personally by the Cheng family's butler, making it very formal.
Although the invitation didn't say anything, people in the industry were speculating that it was related to an engagement, and rumors started flying.
...
On the night of the banquet invited by Cheng Yi, Yu Wu and Ke Yanchen arrived on time.
The manor was already grand and magnificent, but now, with its elaborate decorations, it exudes sophistication and elegance, showcasing exceptional taste. Every visit to Cheng Family Manor allows me to clear my mind; the air is rich in oxygen and filled with the sweet scent of fresh flowers. Looking up, I can see a sky full of stars.
Ke Yanchen parked the car, and Yu Wu took his arm. They looked like a match made in heaven, and their appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people who came to chat with them.
The long table was laden with a dazzling array of drinks. Men in suits and women adorned with gold and jade clinked glasses, while waiters carrying trays of wine moved back and forth among the crowd.
Just as everyone was enjoying themselves and in high spirits, the magnificent crystal chandelier in the room suddenly went dark, interrupting their laughter and causing them to hold their breath and look towards the staircase, the only source of light.
A young couple, dressed in fine clothes, walked down slowly one after the other, their faces showing a calm and indifferent expression as they looked down on everyone under the gaze of all.
After waiting for a while, everyone looked puzzled. Shouldn't they have said a few polite words and taken the opportunity to tell everyone about their engagement?
Someone nearby joked, "Young Master Cheng is making quite a grand entrance today. Is something good coming up soon?"
For once, Cheng Yi's usually aloof face showed a slight upturn at the corners of his lips, a silent smile playing on his lips. This attitude was practically tantamount to acquiescence.
Once everyone realized what was happening, they all stepped forward to offer their congratulations.
Everyone was congratulating the golden couple.
At this moment, Cheng Yi's gaze passed over the crowd, meeting Yu Wu's with a provocative and mocking look.
Yu Wu felt icy cold all over. She stared at him quietly, as if something forcefully rushed into her heart and lungs, boiling and burning intensely.
A sudden, torrential downpour poured down from the depths of my heart, drowning out all the noise inside.
Cheng Yi was aware of any subtle changes in Yu Wu's expression. He lowered his eyes, deciding to add fuel to the fire, and put his arm around his new girlfriend's shoulder, once again meeting Yu Wu's gaze directly.
Yu Zi clenched her jaw tightly, her heart heaving rapidly.
Cheng Yi, damn Cheng Yi.
You're really something.
You're really something else.
Screw your hiatus.
......
Ke Yanchen wore a cold smile, having watched this dramatic show to his heart's content. He tilted his head, leaned close to Yu Wu's ear, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you cold?"
Yu Wu lowered her eyes, took Ke Yanchen's arm, and said softly, "Let's go. Their secretive copying is not fun at all."
Ke Yanchen hummed in agreement, put his arm around her shoulder, and turned to walk out. "Cheng Yi is a cunning and ruthless man. Avoid him."
That's right, Yuwu nodded in agreement.
But she was still unwilling to give up.
Tormented by the bloating, sour, and bitter taste, she turned her head and glanced at it again.
Cheng Yi understood perfectly the inner turmoil and struggle in Yu Wu's heart, and he knew the blood and gore she was inflicting on herself. A desperate, almost ecstatic, pleasure welled up within him. "I'm in so much pain, why aren't you?" So he remained silent, raising an eyebrow slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips, silently conveying two words.
—Serves them right.
...
On the other side.
Ke Yanchen and Yu Wu sat down on the sofa.
Ke Yanchen suppressed the strange emotions rising in his heart and gently touched Yu Wu's cheek with his fingertips. "Are you feeling unwell? You don't look well."
His roguish and unruly features were right in front of me, and his deep, dark eyes held genuine concern.
Yu Wu smiled, her face utterly innocent, and gave a few perfunctory replies, saying that she had been too tired from work lately, before quietly sitting down next to Ke Yanchen.
While talking to his friend, Ke Yanchen gently patted Yu Wu's back and whispered in her ear, "I'll take you home early later."
Yu Wu hummed in agreement.
The area was mostly quiet with only a few guests chatting when Cheng Yi arrived with his fiancée, surrounded by admirers, bringing laughter and creating a lively atmosphere.
Yu Wu, feeling lonely and detached from the laughter and chatter, occasionally glanced at him, her mind filled with only two words.
—Serves them right.
She deserved to have revealed that little bit of her true feelings again, she deserved to have provoked Cheng Yi, and she deserved to have backed down and chosen Ke Yanchen instead of giving her heart.
So he got a fiancée.
So he seamlessly transitioned again, extricating himself from their state of mind without a second's delay.
His fiancée was strikingly beautiful and poised, with the grace and poise of a well-bred lady. She was clearly a well-protected girl who had never been hurt.
So, this is the kind of girl he likes.
It turns out she hadn't lost the ability to love. Her repeated deliberate distancing, her repeated insincere denials, and her endless cycle of suspicion and doubt, like a bottomless pit, finally caused her to lose him.
Although she knew from the beginning that this was destined to be a fleeting relationship, and had built an unbreakable defense around her heart, she was suddenly heartbroken to find that she would still feel a deep sense of regret when he actually withdrew from her.
This time, she really lost him.
......
Cheng Yi knew Yu Wu was secretly watching him. While chatting, he picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and then snatched the wine that his girlfriend was being offered. He replied in a low voice, "She doesn't drink."
Yu Wu watched him relax casually on the sofa, accepting everyone's congratulations with a slight upturn of his lips; watched his throat rise and fall as he toasted with his friends; watched him gently hand his girlfriend a clean tissue; watched him hastily stub out his cigarette because his girlfriend frowned slightly, and then casually offered a few words of explanation...
He declared his love for her in the most blatant way, and openly acknowledged her identity—so considerate, yet so cruel.
A bitter, astringent feeling spread from my heart to my eyes.
Those passionate, intimate moments in her memory now seem like a distant memory. Like someone adrift in the surging waves, struggling helplessly, her soul ascends to heights never before reached. Gradually, she's pulled back to shore, every pore breathing freely and comfortably. And there he is, whispering sweet nothings in her ear, lingering in tender, slick embraces, whispering about takeout...
Fool Yuwu.
Unfortunately, every man she falls in love with is cold-blooded. Unfortunately, she hasn't developed a heart of stone yet still takes risks. Unfortunately, they leave without any pain or reservation, and even trample on the last dignity and vulnerability of their admirers. Unfortunately, she is the only one who gets trapped like an idiot and can't get out!
In the twisted world of desire and passion, it seems she's the only fool who's given her heart.
Ke Yanchen, who was standing nearby, seemed to finally sense the subtle undercurrent between Yu Wu and Cheng Yi. He forcefully turned Yu Wu by the back of her neck and sneered menacingly in her ear: "Try looking at him again, you fucking bastard."
Yu Wu didn't speak, but leaned obediently on Ke Yanchen's shoulder and whispered in defense, "I'm just tired."
...
bathroom.
When Xu Shuwan walked out of the cubicle, she happened to see Yu Wu washing her hands.
She walked over and curiously examined herself through the mirror.
Yu Wu noticed her intense gaze, paused for a moment, and returned a friendly smile.
Her skin was snow-white, her figure slender, and her eyes clear.
She is so beautiful and gentle.
No wonder he could break Cheng Yi's defenses.
Xu Shuwan returned the smile, suppressing the mocking sneer that was about to burst from Cheng Yi's lips.
As Yu Wu stepped outside, a soft and alluring fragrance wafted by.
Xu Shuwan couldn't help but turn her head to look. She had a great figure, with a slim waist and long legs. Watching her walk was a pleasure.
......
Yu Wu walked out of the restroom and found Cheng Yi leaning casually against the wall in the corridor. Soft light and shadow covered his superior brow bone, and he was smoking with his eyes drooping.
They should be waiting for Xu Shuwan here.
The moment I saw him, I felt a suffocating sense of oppression.
She lowered her eyelashes, intending to walk past—
"I don't want her to know about our past."
The toes stopped.
Yu Wu didn't turn around; her voice was a little hoarse.
"……good."
He clicked his tongue dismissively: "We must have been blind back then."
Her heart clenched violently, and she turned to look at him.
His expression was indifferent, still looking nonchalant, as he lifted his thin eyelids with a malicious sneer.
"Isn't that so?"
"...Is this really necessary?"
What can you do?
Each cut pierces the heart.
Yu Wu didn't speak, she just looked at him quietly and breathed.
"I'm all better," Xu Shuwan said to Cheng Yi as she walked out. Then she saw Yu Wu and curiously looked them over. "Do you know each other?"
Cheng Yi smirked, his tone indifferent: "I don't know him."
He casually flicked his cigarette ash, walked to Xu Shuwan's side, and looked at Yu Wu again, "This kind of person isn't worth my acquaintance."
Their eyes met.
There was a hint of anger in Yu Wu's eyes as she stared into his dark, deep pupils, almost bursting out.
He instantly understood what she meant, that she was warning him: believe it or not, she would tell Xu Shuwan their story right away.
But Cheng Yi wasn't afraid.
He calmly lifted a strand of Xu Shuwan's hair and twirled it between his fingers, giving Yu Wu a frank yet provocative smile.
It means, if you have the guts, then say it.
If you have the guts, then declare our shameful "friends with benefits" relationship and see if his and Xu Shuwan's unbreakable family interest chain breaks down, or if she becomes the target of everyone's gossip in the industry.
She was like a mute eating bitter melon, unable to say a word.
Once things fall apart, her goal of breaking up with Cheng Yi will truly be in vain.
Once Ke Yanchen learns the truth, she will realize that all her efforts were a joke she herself despised.
...
Yu Wu said nothing more, lowered her eyelashes, and slowly drifted away.
When she reached Ke Yanchen's side, she tugged at his sleeve, indicating that she wanted to go back first.
Cheng Yi and Xu Shuwan also came over. Cheng Yi chatted with his friend and said he would take Xu Shuwan home first.
Someone then jokingly asked if they were living together.
Cheng Yi glanced at Yu Wu with a calm expression, deciding to add fuel to the fire and definitively define Yu Wu's ambiguous attitude during his practice tonight. He said in a low voice, "We're already engaged, and it will soon be official."
How cleverly you put it!
The crowd erupted in cheers.
Yu Wu's eyes were red and her pupils were moist. She glanced at him and quickly looked away.
Amidst the clamor and noise, that fleeting glance made Cheng Yi's heart clench tightly, a mixture of sourness and bitterness. Those eyes beneath him, twisted and trembling with pain and allure, brimming with unspeakable emotions, caused a sharp, painful tug at his supposedly invulnerable heart. His thoughts drifted away, and he desperately suppressed his surging desire, even daring not to look in her direction.
She was the one who dumped him first. She broke up with him so decisively, so cleanly, slapping him in the face in front of everyone, shattering his heart into pieces. Why should she and that scumbag Ke Yanchen live happily ever after, leaving him alone in despair, on the verge of suicide?
Amidst the surrounding clamor, Cheng Yi and Xu Shuwan turned and left together. The news of their engagement was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, reigniting the discussion about the powerful alliance between the Cheng and Xu families. A new and dramatic change was about to occur in the core landscape of Nanhai City, but Yu Wu, who had changed his mind, showed no reaction whatsoever.
It was as if he were a complete stranger who didn't care about anything.
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Author's note: My fiancée is fake; she's an imposter!
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