CHAPTER 58: CHAPTER 59: TREASURED SECRETS

She secretly adjusted her clothes, trying hard to make her proud chest more prominent, and threw a flirty glance at Lu Shifeng.

Lu Shifeng ignored her, walked straight to the counter, and said to the clerk, "The cashier just told me that your jewelry here can be engraved. Don’t pack this bracelet yet—engrave a few words on it for me: ’To Xingyu, my wife.’

To Xingyu... my wife?

The clerk was stunned and asked in surprise, "Are you this lady’s husband?"

The surrounding crowd also froze. They had just been looking down on this girl for shamelessly clinging to a rich guy, but it turned out they were actually married! This was quite a twist. Nearby, Liang Kexin and Ye Xiang also heard the words, their expressions very interesting; Lu Shifeng’s words were like a hard slap to their faces. They had just been mocking Su Xingyu more fiercely than anyone else!

Su Xingyu raised her head to look at him, her gaze also somewhat complicated.

With just one simple sentence, he had resolved the situation for her. All the humiliation and awkwardness vanished, replaced by the envy in the eyes of the onlookers. He... was it unintentional, or did he intentionally help her?

She dazedly watched him write the dedication with the pen and paper handed over by the clerk, then turned around, looking coldly at the two delinquent girls who had just been loudly proclaiming: "Who do you think you are to speak rudely to my wife?"

Liang Kexin and Ye Xiang were at a loss for words.

Even if they had a thousand things to say, at that moment his aura left them so stunned that they could only feel cold sweat about to trickle down.

It was Su Xingyu who softly said, "They’re my college classmates, of course, they’re not now." She had already been expelled, and those carefree campus days were far behind her, not to mention they weren’t particularly pleasant memories anyway.

Lu Shifeng understood.

Just now, while at the cashier, he had heard the commotion over here and hurried back, only catching the part where the two delinquent girls bitterly insulted Su Xingyu, but missing their initial greeting.

He looked at the two girls even colder: "Get lost."

Get lost?

The two girls didn’t expect such a well-dressed man to swear, and their faces turned pale. The anger emanating from him was evident, making people tremble just under his gaze.

However, they were unwilling to leave just like that. Being unable to humiliate others and instead being humiliated was too damaging to their pride! Besides, why should Su Xingyu get to marry such an outstanding husband? Were they really married? Even if they were, they wanted to take such an accomplished man away, why shouldn’t they be able to do what Su Xingyu, someone so insignificant, could?

With this thought, Ye Xiang mustered the courage: "Why do you have the right to tell us to get lost?"

She tried hard to stand very straight and, imitating Liang Kexin, surreptitiously puffed out her proud chest. Her heavily made-up eyes met Lu Shifeng’s gaze. She had seen a lot of romance dramas on TV, didn’t they all say that men who looked rich and powerful liked rebellious girls? Surely she would leave a deep impression on him this way!

"Very good, you have guts," Lu Shifeng said coldly.

Ye Xiang felt a burst of joy, it seemed the TV dramas weren’t wrong! If she tried even harder, maybe she really could develop a romantic relationship with this man! But before she could be happy for a second, she heard Lu Shifeng coldly add—

"Former classmate of Xingyu, right? You can go home and wait for your expulsion notice. Anyway, your school doesn’t have any principles, expelling an outstanding student like Xingyu without understanding the situation. I bet expelling you will be a piece of cake."

The two delinquent girls were stupefied.

Su Xingyu and the onlooking crowd were also stunned, this was an unambiguous threat!

"No, you can’t do this..." Ye Xiang and Liang Kexin were genuinely scared this time. Even if they attended a third-rate college, they must at least get a diploma according to their parents’ wishes! If they were really expelled, their parents would break their legs! "No way, you’re just scaring us. It’s not that simple to expel someone, right?" Liang Kexin tried to sound confident but lacked conviction.

"You are welcome to try," Lu Shifeng said with a face as cold as water, "still not getting lost?"

The two delinquent girls exchanged glances and quickly ran away in a panic.

The man in front clearly looked wealthy and powerful, what he said didn’t seem like a joke, they really didn’t want to get expelled!

The crowd had enjoyed the spectacle, but gradually dispersed.

Su Xingyu then quietly said to Lu Shifeng, "Thank you."

"Thank you?" His voice was low, displeased.

She didn’t know how she had upset him again, so she kept silent.

Lu Shifeng looked down at her for a while, seemingly waiting for her to say something, but when she remained unresponsive, the two of them stood face to face in the bustling jewelry store, wide eyes staring at smaller ones.

For a long time.

Lu Shifeng: "...Do you know what you did wrong?"

She was baffled. Was he standing there all that time waiting for her to admit fault?

Although she was grateful for his help, she still shook her head.

Lu Shifeng’s eyes became even more ominous, more so than when he looked at the two delinquent girls, making Su Xingyu’s scalp tingle. She was fed up with his inexplicable thinking and, unwilling to guess further, directly asked: "What did I do wrong?"

Her slightly provocative tone made him frown again.

But, seeing that she had just suffered such humiliation, he patiently explained: "You are my wife, why do you need to thank me?" Protecting her was his duty, and it was natural for her to rely on him.

Su Xingyu was stunned again, not expecting him to be upset over this.

But, wife? How did they resemble a normal married couple at all? Anyone else randomly pulled from this store as a couple or even a pair of lovers would be more harmonious than them, wouldn’t they? She never was used to relying on him as a husband.

She turned her head slightly, not wanting to argue with him.

But Lu Shifeng didn’t let her go: "What exactly are you dissatisfied with? I’ve already taken you out shopping, what more do you want? Wasn’t that bracelet nice? Why can’t you be a little happier like other women?"

She looked up at him: "Lu Shifeng, you know why."

He said: "Apart from photography, I can give you everything."

"But I only want photography."

The two of them were at an impasse, surrounded by a bustling crowd sneakily watching. After all, the man was too handsome and eye-catching, and their postures subtly suggested they were arguing. Su Xingyu didn’t want to be watched like a monkey by the crowd here. After deliberating for a long time, she sighed: "Lu Shifeng, I have something I want to show you."

She took Lu Shifeng home, to the second-floor bedroom of their villa they shared.

She rummaged through the depths of her walk-in closet, finding a small box wrapped tightly, gently stroking the lock with her hand. After a long time, as if making up her mind, she opened it.