Chapter 148: She also has a temper
In the study, it was silent except for the sound of crying and beating.
Until the girl got tired of crying and beating, and her hands were weak, Feng Qingbai remained ramrod straight and motionless, his eyes trembling to the point of breaking.
Shengsheng, she…recognized him.
He reached out and took hold of her exhausted wrist. He took her slowly and gently into his arms, then choked, “I can’t pick the moon in the sky. Can I make one for you?”
Liu Yusheng’s tears, which had just subsided, raged again.
She bared her teeth and bit down on the man.
He didn’t even tremble, but she almost knocked her teeth out.
Even his flesh bullied her!
His front lapel was wet, but felt warm. However, it burrowed blisteringly hot in Feng Qingbai’s heart, making him feel scorched and pained.
“Don’t cry,” he put his forehead against the young woman’s forehead, and a trembling voice, called out the name that had haunted his tongue for a thousand times, “Shengsheng.”
Beneath the palm of her hand was his heart beating wildly, then his voice rang like the morning breeze.
Liu Yusheng closed her eyes, then pushed him away forcibly. She snapped, “Who’s Shengsheng? Who permitted you to call me Shengsheng? That’s how my Brother Axiu called me. Don’t you dare call me that!”
“…So what should I call you?”
“Miss Liu, isn’t that what you called me before?”
“…Shengsheng.”
“Call me that again, and believe it or not, I’ll drug you!” She took out a pill and shook it in front of the man, and turned away with a wipe of her eyes.
Hmph, Miss Liu. I’ll let you call it to your heart’s content. Don’t call me Shengsheng from now on!
“Shengsheng,” that voice followed her like a shadow.
Liu Yusheng turned and raised her fist menacingly and continued walking.
The person behind her continued to follow, “Shengsheng.”
“I said don’t call me that, yet you’re still doing it!” Liu Yusheng turned her head again. Her heart was on fire! Now, you’re calling me Shengsheng. Too late!
“Shengsheng,” Feng Qingbai stared at her, his voice soft, “I can’t say it enough.”
In his eyes, the tide of emotions were no longer hidden. They were so intense that it could drown a person.
Liu Yusheng’s heart skipped a beat. She turned her head quickly, not daring to look into his eyes, and walked faster and faster.
The heartbeat in her chest went bump-bump-bump, pounding riotously.
She didn’t even know why she felt so flustered.
When she reached the entrance of the inner courtyard, Liu Yusheng forced to calm down the heat on her cheeks and spoke steadily, “You’re not allowed to follow me anymore, and you’re not allowed to call me Shengsheng, or I’ll ignore you in the future.”
The sound of footsteps finally stopped.
Liu Yusheng almost ran back to the guest house, not daring to look back for fear of going soft if she did.
She thought he refused to recognize her. Didn’t he call her Miss Liu?
If so, why chase after her? Why look at her with such eyes?
Did he expect her to forgive him after saying a few kind words, regardless of his transgressions in the past?
In your dreams! I, Liu Yusheng, have a temper too!
In the courtyard, Qian Wanjin and Da Huang have returned. When they didn’t find her, they anxiously waited in front of her room.
As soon as he saw her, Qian Wanjin welcomed her, “Lucky Nannan…”
When his eyes fell on her swollen eyes and reddened nose, Qian Wanjin paused and his eyes suddenly sank. “Who bullied you?”
“Who can bully me? It’s the onions that smothered my eyes.” Liu Yusheng forced a smile, but couldn’t hide her nasal voice. “Did you just get back? How did the venue turn out?”
“Nobody really bullied you?” Qian Wanjin didn’t go along with the change of topic as usual, but looked at her closely and suspiciously.
This was obviously the appearance of crying. Onion irritation? How long did it take to irritate her eyes into walnuts? Even her voice has changed!
When was he so easy to fool?
“I really wasn’t. I’m not that easy to bully. If someone beats me, I still have a magic weapon.” Liu Yusheng patted the small perfume pouch on her waist.
The suspicion in Qian Wanjin’s eyes dissipated a bit, but he didn’t forget to advise her, “If you’re bullied, tell me. I’ll avenge you.”
The guy who was usually always cuddly and poking jokes around suddenly got all serious, and was quite imposing.
When his eyes fell on her swollen eyes and reddened nose, Qian Wanjin paused and his eyes suddenly sank. “Who bullied you?”
“Who can bully me? It’s the onions that smothered my eyes.” Liu Yusheng forced a smile, but couldn’t hide her nasal voice. “Did you just get back? How did the venue turn out?”
“Nobody really bullied you?” Qian Wanjin didn’t go along with the change of topic as usual, but looked at her closely and suspiciously.
This was obviously the appearance of crying. Onion irritation? How long did it take to irritate her eyes into walnuts? Even her voice has changed!
When was he so easy to fool?
“I really wasn’t. I’m not that easy to bully. If someone beats me, I still have a magic weapon.” Liu Yusheng patted the small perfume pouch on her waist.
The suspicion in Qian Wanjin’s eyes dissipated a bit, but he didn’t forget to advise her, “If you’re bullied, tell me. I’ll avenge you.”
The guy who was usually always cuddly and poking jokes around suddenly got all serious, and was quite imposing.
Liu Yusheng didn’t want to worry him, so she maintained her forced smile. “I really wasn’t. By the way, where is Auntie Hong?”
Auntie Hong, who was always hanging around her and barely went out of her sight, was nowhere to be seen.
Hmph, hiding your guilty conscience!
“Lucky Nannan, you’re acting strange today. Are you hiding something from me?” Qian Wanjin took in all the young girl’s emotional changes, and again suspiciously narrowed his eyes.
He wasn’t really as simple and scatter-brained as he looked, and he only looked that way in front of the Liu family.
There was obviously something wrong with Lucky Nannan, but she refused to talk to him. Did she not trust him?
Qian Wanjin’s face turned gloomy. “Even if I’m not your brother, I’ve treated you the same as my own sister all these years. No matter what you think of me, I should always be worthy of your trust. Lucky Nannan, I brought you out, so if you were to suffer any grievances beside me, I wouldn’t be able to explain to the family. I can’t get over it in my own
mind either!”
As a businessman, he would have lived on dirt if he was true to his guts.
He just didn’t want to use his shrewdness on the Liu family.
Also, the thought someone wronged her somewhere made his entire body want to explode.
Liu Yusheng’s heart shook slightly.
She knew that Qian Wanjin had been very good to her and to her family. He almost treated the Liu family as his own, and it wasn’t that she didn’t want to tell him about it.
She still didn’t know the reason behind Feng Qingbai’s refusal to acknowledge her. The implications or consequences if she did tell him the truth would be beyond her control.
She had to understand the whole thing before she could decide what to do.
This had nothing to do with trust, but her attitude seemed to have really hurt Qian Wanjin.
Qian Wanjin saw the hesitation in the young woman’s eyes, and his heart inexplicably felt suffocated. “I won’t force you if you don’t want to say it. I’m just asking, because I care. I only hope that you can tell me when you’re really wronged. I may not be too capable, but at least, I’m enough for you to rely on.”
“Young Boss, it’s not that I don’t trust you, nor that I don’t want to say it.” Liu Yusheng raised her eyes and looked at Qian Wanjin calmly. “I’m not going to tell you because I don’t know if I’m allowed to. It’s because it’s not my business. If it’s something I can tell, I promise I won’t hide it from you, okay?”
People treated her with sincerity, so she should reciprocate.
She didn’t want to hurt people who truly cared about her because of these things.
If she could explain, she wouldn’t be stingy.
Qian Wanjin’s face slowly eased up. Although Lucky Nannan’s explanation wasn’t very satisfactory, she wasn’t
perfunctory. She seriously explained the reason.
Fine, he would let her off the hook.
He coughed lightly and relaxed his facial expression.
He was so serious just now that it felt so damn uncomfortable. That wasn’t his style, uhm.
“Auntie Hong just went out. She said she would be back in the evening, and we don’t have to wait for her to eat
dinner,” Qian Wanjin explained Wei Hong’s whereabouts and raised his chin. Then the derring-do paradigm made a comeback, “Lucky Nannan, come with me. I’ll show you what we’ve accomplished in one day!”
Looking at the transformed young man, Liu Yusheng cooperated with him and waved her small hand, “Let’s go. Let’s see how much money our Master Qian has made today.”