CHAPTER 29: CHAPTER 29: YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE ME, HUH?

By afternoon, the rain had cleared, and a rainbow appeared on the horizon.

Su Lingzhi woke up from her nap and saw this scene. She took out her phone, snapped a picture of the sky, and sent it to Fu Yinli.

[There’s a rainbow in the sky]

After waiting for a while without a reply, she was called to prepare for the interview.

The British fashion magazine Emma had sent only one person, who was sitting in the guest room waiting.

As soon as Su Lingzhi entered, the person stood up immediately, showed a polite smile, shook hands with her, and warmly greeted her as "Lindie."

"Hi~"

The reporter was a local from England, and the interview was conducted entirely in English.

Su Lingzhi sat down opposite him, waiting for him to start.

He opened his laptop and then took out a recording pen, informing her, "To ensure the accuracy of the content, we’ll be recording this interview. Is that acceptable?"

Su Lingzhi nodded, "That’s fine."

"Great." The reporter took a gentle breath, looked at the computer screen, and started with the first question, "I hear that you are still a student at London College of Art and are interning at the fashion brand Lyrae. How does that feel?"

"I am very honored to have the opportunity to learn at Lyrae, and I am very grateful to my boss Rika for giving me such a valuable opportunity."

...

For the subsequent professional questions, Su Lingzhi answered fluently.

However, when the conversation turned to her personal questions, the tone slightly changed.

The reporter asked, "There is a viral image online about you and the current director of Ving, James. Our readers are very curious, what is your relationship with James in real life?"

Su Lingzhi replied, "James and I are just friends."

"Is the man in the black suit on the trending list your official boyfriend?"

Su Lingzhi looked at him, puzzled, "What trending list?"

Seeing her confusion, the reporter took out his phone, opened today’s entertainment trending list, and handed it to her.

After viewing the pictures and videos, Su Lingzhi bit her lip, suppressing a wave of resentment.

Su Lingzhi endured it, handed the phone back to him, and answered politely, "He’s my boyfriend. I hope people can focus more on my work rather than my private life. Spreading my photos online without permission is very unethical."

Though her voice was soft, the reporter still noticed the slight edge in her eyes.

He took back the phone, smiled, and said, "It is indeed an unethical action."

Su Lingzhi said, "I think there aren’t any more questions, is the interview over?"

"Wait, there’s one last question."

Surprise flashed in Su Lingzhi’s eyes, and she calmly sat back down, "What question?"

"It’s heard that your internship is about to end. It seems Mrs. Rika likes you a lot. Will you choose to stay at Lyrae in the future or do you have other plans?"

"The plan is to return to Beijing."

"If you had to stay in England, what would be your necessary condition?"

Su Lingzhi lowered her gaze, thought carefully about the question, and replied, "Family."

"Your family is also in England?"

Su Lingzhi nodded.

She didn’t understand why he suddenly asked this question, but it seemed unlikely to happen; her family wouldn’t move to England.

Even though she studied in England for two years, she has no emotional attachment to this place.

The interview ended there. After bidding farewell to the reporter, Su Lingzhi returned to her desk, recalling the content of the interview.

To be honest, facing the interview, she couldn’t be completely composed and still felt a moment of daze.

She lifted her eyes to glance at her phone and happened to see the message from Fu Yinli.

[I saw it]

Three words, nothing more.

Su Lingzhi opened the keyboard and asked, [Are you at work?]

The reply came quickly, [Yes]

[I’ve seen you work pretty hard, but I haven’t asked you, where do you work?]

After sending the message, there was no reply.

Is that question so difficult to answer...

Su Lingzhi set the phone aside, picked up her water cup, went into the pantry to make a cup of coffee, and sat by the window of the company, quietly enjoying the street view.

This was the most leisurely day since she started her internship here, leaving her a bit at a loss.

Previously, she was always busy drafting and editing drawings, with her mind occupied by various creative ideas, leaving no room for other thoughts.

But thinking about it, maybe it was because she had been too busy, leaving no time to overthink things.

It wouldn’t be to the extent that she now has so much dissatisfaction with Fu Yinli.

After work, she went downstairs holding her phone.

As soon as she walked out, she saw Housekeeper Zhao.

Su Lingzhi walked over to him and naturally sat in the back seat of the car.

Halfway through, Su Lingzhi finally couldn’t help but ask, "Uncle Zhao, what relation is Yinli to Fu Rongzeng?"

Upon hearing the name Fu Rongzeng, Housekeeper Zhao’s expression visibly changed, and he asked in surprise, "Miss, it might be better for you to ask him about the gentleman’s affairs personally."

Su Lingzhi frowned and looked out the window, "If I ask him, he’ll definitely get mad at me again."

Saying this, she sighed and mumbled, "Forget it, I won’t make it difficult for you."

Then she glanced at the driver, "After the company finishes the show, I’ve been pretty free lately. I might as well look into what Yinli is keeping from me."

Housekeeper Zhao listened, glanced at the rearview mirror, and remained silent.

He knew these words were said deliberately for him to hear.

But since the gentleman took a liking to this young girl, anything related to her was hard to predict about the gentleman’s thoughts. He didn’t know whether this girl would touch the gentleman’s sensitive spots.

After sending Su Lingzhi back, Housekeeper Zhao made a call to Fu Yinli, repeating everything Su Lingzhi said in the car verbatim.

At ten o’clock that night, Fu Yinli appeared at the entrance of her apartment building.

He lit a cigarette, smoking silently.

The smoke mingled with the night air, making his face look deep and mysterious.

When Su Lingzhi came downstairs, she happened upon this scene.

She didn’t know what to make of his smoking, but in her mind, a man smoking gave a sense of suppressed emotions.

Su Lingzhi’s footsteps became cautiously light as she approached him, stopping about two meters away.

Fu Yinli looked at her through the shadows and stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, speaking with command, "Come here."

Hearing his deep voice, Su Lingzhi’s heart tightened a bit. She clutched a corner of her clothing, hesitating to move.

Fu Yinli frowned, stepped toward her.

The dark shadow loomed with an intense pressure. Su Lingzhi instinctively took a small step back, looking at him with a trace of panic in her eyes.

Fu Yinli stood in front of her, less than half a step away, "You want to investigate me, huh?"

His tone was very calm, but to Su Lingzhi, it sounded like the calm before a storm.