Chapter 103
“I’m not looking for you, I’m looking for Xiao Shu, she’s with you, isn’t she?” Mrs. Lu asked rhetorically.
Lu Qi looked to Rong Shu, “Yes.”
“Give the phone to Xiaoshu.”
Lu Qi let out a cry and handed the phone over to Rongshu, “Here, my mother.”
Rongshu took the phone, “Auntie.”
“Little Shu, auntie misses you so much.” Hearing Rongshu’s voice, Mrs. Lu smiled so much that her eyes were finished.
Rongshu also smiled, “Auntie mother, I miss you too.”
“You didn’t say you missed me and didn’t come to see me.” Mrs. Lu said in a mock grumble.
Rongshu spat out her tongue, “Sorry, auntie mother, I’ve been too busy lately, I haven’t had time.”
“So do you have time now, come to auntie’s house for dinner, auntie will cook you something delicious.” Mrs. Lu invited.
Rongshu was just about to speak when Lu Qi, who was eavesdropping at the side, couldn’t help but speak up, “Mom, I’m taking my baby to eat seafood.”
“What’s so delicious about the seafood outside, it’s not fresh, if you want to eat it, eat what I made.” Mrs. Lu returned.
Rongshu spoke, “Then I’ll trouble auntie mother.”
“No trouble, no trouble, then you guys come over early.” Mrs. Lu smiled happily when she heard that Rongshu had agreed to come to the house.
The phone then hung up, Lu Qi took the phone back and looked at Rong Shu helplessly, “It can’t be helped, I can’t eat the seafood outside.”
“It’s okay, let’s go next time, let’s go, let’s go buy a present for auntie and uncle first.” Rongshu took his arm and walked towards the car.
The two of them went to the mall and after looking around, they bought a cloak for Mrs. Lu and a tie for Mr. Lu, before driving to the Lu family.
The Lu family and the Rong family used to be family friends and were extremely close.
Mrs. Lu and her mother were even close friends.
Since her mother had died, Mrs. Lu had even raised her as her own daughter, so it could be said that in her heart, Mrs. Lu was her second mother.
Soon, the Lu family arrived.
This was the first time in six years that Rong Shu had been here, and it was still the same as before, without the slightest change.
As a result, Rong Shu did not feel any strangeness.
“Little Shu!” Mrs. Lu heard the sound of the car inside the house and rushed out to greet her, her eyes instantly lit up when she saw Rong Shu, and she opened her arms to embrace her.
“Auntie.” Rongshu smiled and stepped forward.
The two of them hugged each other.
Lu Qi looked on in disgust, “Mom, you just ignored me, didn’t you?”
Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes, “I’ve seen you every day, I’m tired of seeing you long ago, the one I want to see most when I leave first is Xiao Shu, come on Xiao Shu, let auntie take a good look.”
She took both of Rongshu’s hands and led her around, a little distressed, “You’ve lost weight.”
Rongshu cried and laughed, “Auntie mother, where have I lost weight.”
“You’ve lost weight everywhere, you used to have more flesh on your face.” Mrs. Lu said.
Rongshu said back, “That was baby fat, so it looked fleshier.” “Auntie, let’s go inside.”
“Yes, yes, yes, let’s go inside first.” Mrs. Lu took her hand and walked towards the villa.
When she entered the villa, Rongshu found no one else there and couldn’t help but ask, “Isn’t uncle here?”
“He’s out playing golf with someone, leave him alone, Xiao Shu, tell your aunt how the past six years have been.” Mrs. Lu had watched the launch and was desperate to know about her.
“Good.” Rongshu nodded, then told her about her life in the Fu family, as simply as she could, so as not to distress Mrs. Lu.
But after listening, Mrs. Lu was still very angry and couldn’t help but slap the coffee table, “The Fu family is really not good, Little Shu, they treated you so badly, why didn’t you tell your uncle and aunt, you told us, we backed you up, they definitely wouldn’t dare to bully you.”
“That’s right, I even said that about her before.” Lu Qi nodded his head in agreement as he nibbled on an apple.
He had always been angry at Rongshu for not telling him even when she was bullied during her marriage.
But he still felt more sorry for her than he did for her.
Looking at Madam Lu and Lu Qi’s concern, Rongshu’s heart was warm and her eyes gradually warmed up, “Because I don’t want to worry my aunts and uncles.”
Her parents were gone, and the people closest to her were Madame Lu and the others.
She could ask Madam Lu and the others to back her up a few times, but she couldn’t keep asking them to, they weren’t really her family after all, and they would get annoying after a while, so she might as well not look for them in the first place.
“You.” Madam Lu nodded at Rongshu’s forehead and sighed.
Knowing that she was angry with her, Rongshu smiled and hugged her arm affectionately to spoon her.
Madam Lu’s heart softened at once and stroked Rongshu’s hair.
Suddenly, Lu Qi frowned and sniffed twice in the air, “Mum, what have you cooked, what a big smell.”
Mrs. Lu’s eyes glared and she jerked up, “Ya, my seafood congee!”
After saying that, she quickly ran towards the kitchen to rescue her congee.
Luckily, she found it just in time and the congee was saved.
Mrs. Lu came over with two cups of juice and put them in front of Rong Shu, “Smile and drink it first, watch the TV for a while, auntie will go to the kitchen to fry two dishes, we can eat in a while.”
“Okay, auntie.” Rongshu smiled and nodded her head.
Mrs. Lu looked to Lu Qi, “You come with me to help.”
“Help?” Lu Qi couldn’t believe what he heard, blinked and pointed at his nose, “Mom, you’re not kidding, I can help ……”
“Are you going or not?” Mrs. Lu’s face was slack.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you want to do.
Then he followed Mrs. Lu to the kitchen with his head hanging in despair.
Looking at him like this, Rongshu giggled and laughed.
In the kitchen, Lu Qi looked left and right, “Mom, what do you want me to do?”
Mrs. Lu gave him a sidelong glance, “I don’t know how useless you are, I’m afraid you’ll blow up the kitchen.”
Lu Qi bristled aggressively, “Then why did you ask me to come over?”
“I asked you to come over because I want to ask you what you think of Xiao Shu, do you still like Xiao Shu?” Madam Lu looked at him.
Lu Qi’s expression changed, “Mom you ……”
“You want to ask, how do I know you like Xiao Shu right?” Mrs. Lu knew what he wanted and interrupted him directly.
Lu Qi’s lips twitched in acquiescence.
Yes, he liked Rong Shu, and had done so since he was a child.
But he knew that Rongshu didn’t like him and only saw him as her best friend, so he had never revealed his feelings for her, always thinking that he had come to hide it well enough that no one would find out, but he never thought that his own mother would still find out.
“I didn’t know it originally either, it was the night of Rong Shu’s wedding six years ago when you got drunk and said it yourself.”
If I had known that you liked Xiao Shu so much and didn’t treat her like a sister, I would have said anything to set you two up, but who told you to hide it so tightly, by the time I found out it was already too late.”
Lu Qi touched his nose, not daring to answer.
As Mrs. Lu chose the vegetables, she added, “You haven’t answered me yet, do you still like Xiao Shu?”
Lu Qi turned his head and looked through the kitchen door towards the living room, with a strong look of affection in his eyes, “My heart for her has never changed.”
“That’s just as well, now that Xiao Shu is also back to being single, you should be bold enough to chase after her and turn this fake boyfriend of yours, into a real one.” Mrs. Lu encouraged.
She really liked Xiao Shu.
So she couldn’t wait for Xiao Shu to marry her son.
Lu Qi shook his head, his eyes dimmed, “Still no, Baby doesn’t like me, if I suddenly chase her, it will only scare her, so that’s fine.”
It wasn’t that he hadn’t seen male girlfriends pursue girls, but the ones that got together were really rare, basically the girls were scared away and thus stayed away from their male girlfriends, after all, not everyone could accept their male girlfriends becoming boyfriends.
He didn’t want to be like that with Rong Shu as well, and he didn’t dare to take the risk, he would rather have been her BFF, at least this way, he could stay by his side.
Chapter 104
When Mrs. Lu saw how Lu Qi was clearly somewhat impressed but finally gave up, she couldn’t help but poke him in the head, “You, it’s because you are too scrupulous and too timid that you always miss out with Xiao Shu.”
“How can you blame me for that.” Lu Qi was a little aggrieved.
Mrs. Lu gave him a blank look, “Why not blame you? If you had pursued Xiaoshu directly before, she might have accepted you.”
“It’s not that simple.” Lu Qi lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly, “Not all girls can accept male best friends.”
“You haven’t even asked Xiaoshu, how do you know that Xiaoshu can’t accept it?” Mrs. Lu bristled.
Lu Qi choked for a moment.
Mrs. Lu waved her hand in an unpleasant manner, “Alright, alright, hurry up and go out, standing here in the way is annoying to watch.”
“It’s obvious that you let me in.” Lu Qi’s eyes widened.
Mrs Lu didn’t bother to pay attention to him and pushed him out of the kitchen.
“This boy, he’s hopeless, afraid of this and that, afraid of his hands and feet, he’s really too uncompetitive!” Mrs. Lu shook her head helplessly, “It seems that I, as a mother, still have to step in and create opportunities for him.”
With this in mind, Mrs. Lu took out her mobile phone and dialed a number, “Hey, Old Chen, I heard you have a horse farm, right?”
“Yes, what’s up?” A loud, middle-aged male voice came over the phone.
Mrs Lu smiled, “Lend me a couple of days for the weekend, I’m going to use it to set up my son and future daughter-in-law.”
She planned to trick Ah Qi and Xiao Shu into going horse riding for two days, and then arrange some little scares and excitement for them.
Maybe their relationship would soar.
However, Mr Chen replied apologetically, “I’m afraid I can’t do that, someone has already booked.”
Mrs. Lu frowned, her heart a little unhappy.
Who was so unethical.
Who was so unethical as to jump ahead of her?
“How many people are there?” Mrs. Lu asked.
Mr. Chen smilingly replied, “Two, it seems that they are also there to cultivate their relationship.”
“Only two people.” Mrs. Lu’s eyes lit up, “Then why don’t you talk to them and arrange for two more people to go over, I’ll make sure my son and future daughter-in-law won’t disturb them.”
“This ……” Mr Chen had some difficulty.
Mrs. Lu crossed her arms, “Old Chen, have you forgotten how I helped you before?”
Chen immediately laughed brightly, “Okay, okay, I’ll give up this old face and go talk to them, it’s okay, right?”
“That’s right.” Mrs. Lu hung up the phone with satisfaction, and then greeted the meal.
After the meal, Rong Shu rubbed her slightly bulging stomach and sat down on the sofa to eat, “Auntie, your cooking is still as good as ever.”
Mrs. Lu’s eyes curled with a smile, “Since you think auntie mother’s cooking is good, then come back with Ah Qi more often in the future and I’ll cook for you.”
“Good.” Rongshu nodded, “Then I won’t be polite to you, auntie.”
“I love to cook, but when Ah Qi and your uncle are always away, no one eats my cooking.” Mrs Lu complained.
When Lu Qi, who was peeling an apple, heard this, he rolled his eyes, “Mum, you’re talking out of turn, it’s obvious that you’re the one who’s always away on shopping trips and don’t have time to cook, why are you blaming me and my dad?”
“What are you talking about, you’re just asking for a beating!” Mrs. Lu huffed and threw her fist.
Lu Qi stopped peeling apples and jumped up to dodge.
As he dodged, his mouth was still full of b*tchiness, “I can’t hit you, I can’t hit you.”
Rongshu watched the fight between mother and son, holding her stomach and laughing out loud.
The atmosphere in the living room was warm and happy.
Soon, it was dark.
Rongshu looked at the time, it was almost eight o’clock, so she said goodbye.
Mrs. Lu tried to retain her to stay here, but she refused.
“Ah Qi, send Xiao Shu back.” Madam Lu gave Lu Qi a push.
“I’ll do it without you saying so.” Lu Qi grabbed the car keys on the coffee table, “Let’s go baby.”
“Mmm.” Rongshu nodded her head, then waved at Madam Lu, “Bye auntie!”
“Bye.” Mrs. Lu waved back.
Rongshu followed Lu Qi out of the villa, got into her car and left.
An hour later, Repulse Bay arrived.
Rongshu unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the car door, “I’ll leave first then.”
“Good. ” Lu Qi answered.
Rongshu closed the car door and walked around the front of the car, towards the building.
At this time, Lu Qi received a text message from Mrs. Lu son, go on a date with Xiao Shu at your Uncle Chen’s horse farm on the weekend, mum has talked to your Uncle Chen and the rooms in the big villa are all ready for you, mum believes you will be able to catch Xiao Shu, go for it!
The corners of Lu Qi’s mouth twitched.
His mother was setting him up with his baby.
But dating is ……
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into.
“What’s wrong?” Rongshu stopped in her tracks and turned around.
Lu Qi took a deep breath and tried to raise his face with his usual dopey smile to keep her from seeing that he was nervous, “My mum just sent a message saying that she wants us to go to Uncle Chen’s horse farm for the weekend.”
“Huh?”
He said it so quickly that she had somewhat missed it.
Lu Qi scratched his hair and simply opened the car door and got out, walking towards her, stopping in front of her and repeating what he had just said, “My mum had booked Uncle Chen’s horse farm earlier and was going to go horse riding, but she just happened to be going to Europe for the weekend for shopping, so she asked us both to go horse riding on her behalf, so as not to waste any money.”
As he spoke, he was a little afraid to look her in the eye, just in case she could see that he was lying.
But Rongshu wasn’t paying attention to him either, her attention was all caught by the word horse riding, and her eyes glowed as she nodded, “Yes.”
It had been a long time since she had ridden a horse, not since she had married Fu Jingting.
Now that she thought about it, she had really been too stupid to give up so much entertainment for a man who didn’t love her.
“That’s great, I’ll pick you up at the weekend then.” Lu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
Rongshu gave a hint, “I’ll go back first.”
“Go on.” Lu nodded his head.
Rongshu was just about to turn around.
A thought suddenly rose up in his mind and he immediately called out to her, “Wait.”
“Is there anything else?” Rongshu looked at him suspiciously.
Lu Qi’s eyes averted, “There’s something on your head.”
“Something?” Rongshu raised her hand to her hair, “There’s nothing there.”
“It’s not there, don’t move, I’ll get it for you.” Lu Qi said.
“Oh.” Rongshu obeyed and stood still.
Lu Qi reached out his hand towards her head, and his body slowly leaned towards her, then lowered his head and his lips slowly approached her forehead.
Just as Lu Qi’s lips were about to touch Rongshu’s forehead, Rongshu suddenly asked, “Still not ready?”
Lu Qi stopped the car in time and squeezed out a far-fetched smile on his face, “I’m fine.”
He put his hand down and took a step back, retreating to where he was standing just now, sighing bitterly in his heart, full of regret.
Just now, he had almost kissed her.
But that was fine, what if his kiss had scared her and she wouldn’t go riding this weekend?
In the black business car across the road, Fu Jingting’s face was gloomy as he looked at the two men standing under the building, his hand on his lap clenched up tightly, a hint of nameless anger rising in his heart.
I don’t know why, the moment he saw Lu Qi kissing Rong Shu, he really wanted to kill Lu Qi.
“Go!” Fu Jingting pursed his lips, his voice cold as he ordered.