Su Changxin"s palms were so itchy that she could barely endure.
She looked at Lin Chu"s expressionless face, and suddenly she felt like there was something different about her.
She did not know that Lin Chu was together with Yan Beicheng for quite some time, and one would take the behavior of one"s company.
Two persons would influence one another if they spent too much time together.
The aloofness in Lin Chu"s eyes had a trace of condescending that Yan Beicheng had towards other people. Due to Yan Beicheng"s imposing manner, she was more or less influenced by him.
"I don"t need to respect you," Lin Chu said unkindly.
"You ——," Su Changxin could not hold it in any longer. Her hand that was placed on her knee initially was already on the table.
She heard Lin Chu said coldly, "I attended the wedding so that we can still look like we"re on good terms. I don"t wish to cause any disruption or make all of you misunderstand that I"m trying to cause any trouble. I don"t think you want to make a scene here either, Aunt Su."
"You!" Su Changxin gnashed her teeth. She was filled with hatred. Her palms that were initially clenched into a fist were forcefully put back on the knee.
Yang Zhiyuan tried to suppress his long face, then said calmly," Lin Chu, why do you have to make things ugly? I genuinely think that you"re great, that"s why I"m here again. I"ve seen your boyfriend, he is younger than me and quite good-looking as well. So what? Age and looks can"t pay the bills. You might feel love for now, but what about the future? Aunt Su is doing this for your good. You"re still young and naïve, we don"t blame you. However, you shouldn"t misunderstand the good intentions of a person, and be wasting the efforts of the Lin family for nothing. You don"t have to firmly decline the idea of being with me, there"s no harm in leaving some leeway for it in case you change your mind."
Yang Zhiyuan straightened his back, the corners of his mouth showed a conceited faint smile," This is the difference between me and the younger generation. I"m old, but I can always remind you and guide you on the right path if you"re with me. The Lin family wouldn"t set you up, you"ve gone too far just now."
"President Yang, why are you forcing someone to do something against their will? I"m ungrateful. If I get married to you, I"ll be an ungrateful burden to you. That"s who I am. You said that there are a lot of young women out there who want to get married to you, you don"t have to humiliate yourself by coming to me. It"s my choice to be with my boyfriend, even if I would suffer from poverty in the future. You can come to me in the futurenand tell me that you"ve warned me but I didn"t listen to you. It doesn"t matter what the future holds, but I"m with my boyfriend now and I won"t accept you. I"m willing to admit if I"m really poor in the future."
"From what I think, you"ve got nothing to be proud of about yourself. I"m aware of my status, so I"ve never thought of dating someone out of my league. I hope President Yang is the same as well. If you think that you"re out of my league, then so be it. We"re not suitable for each other. The Lin family has no rights to decide for me, so you don"t have to talk to me about it anymore. Besides, I don"t have anything to say to you. I don"t need your money, and I don"t need you to be my life coach. I"m ungrateful, and you don"t need to waste any efforts on an ungrateful person like me. You can say that I"m insensible and unappreciative. Suit yourself. I just hope that I won"t see you again in private," Lin Chu was getting infuriated. She opened the mineral water bottle in front of her and poured into a cup. Then, she held the cup and gulped everything into her stomach.
Yang Zhiyuan almost wanted to yell at her but he held his anger in, he even wanted to slap her in the face. He had never seen such an ungrateful person!
Was everything she said not insinuating that he did not know his place?!
She had no rights!
Yang Zhiyuan sat at the main table, he had not given up on Lin Chu. It was because he could not forego the relations.h.i.+p with the Lin family, and he was also not willing to accept the rejection.
There were so many young models wanting to approach him, what was so great about Lin Chu that she turned up her nose at him?
Lin Chu did not want to bother with him. She did not even want to look at him, let alone talking to him to know him further. Compared to Yang Zhiyuan, she would rather face Su Changxin. At least she would feel better if Su Changxin was disconsolated.
Some guests wanted to greet Su Changxin. However, they saw that she was so mad that she could not hide her reddened face. It was apparent that something was going on between her and her foster daughter. So, they stopped and turned around to walk back to their seats.
The Lin family had a benevolent image to the public, they were always using Lin Chu"s ident.i.ty as a foster daughter to flaunt their kindness. They did it just for show to the commoners, to contribute a little towards the performance of the Lin family on the stock market. However, the rest of them knew that the Lin family was not that kind to Lin Chu, their relations.h.i.+p was not great.
Although they were just rumors, they heard that Lin Yuwen stole her husband from Lin Chu. The Lin family had no intention to console Lin Chu, they did not feel sorry at all, nor did they feel guilty. They were so happy they wanted the whole world to know that their daughter was getting married. From that, they could already tell that the relations.h.i.+p between Lin Chu and the Lin family was not close.
They saw the old man sitting beside Lin Chu, all of them were observant and saw the displeasure in Lin Chu"s eyes. Besides, they saw that Su Changxin was infuriated, she must be up to something. Some of them guessed that Su Changxin was trying to set her foster daughter up by introducing her to the old man.
Admittedly, they were right.
It was hard to keep things like these in secret. All the families in the circle were interconnected, and rumors spread out fast because of that. Therefore, they were aware of the relations.h.i.+p between the Lin family and Lin Chu.
Now that they looked at it, it seemed like Su Changxin was lazy to even fake it anymore.
The corners of Lin Chu"s mouth were pulled down, then she showed a fake smile, "I hope Aunt Su won"t worry about my matter in the future. Don"t introduce any men to me. Your kindness is a privilege I can"t afford."
Aunt Su almost pounded the table and jumped to her feet. Lin Chu stood up, "There are many guests today, they are waiting for Aunt Su to greet them. I"ll excuse myself for a moment and go to the washroom to get out of your way."
Su Changxin looked up and was stunned, Lin Chu did not bother about her. She walked out of the hall and went to the bathroom.
She was just furious. She was not blaming or censuring herself. She did not want to go to the washroom.
The washroom was empty, so she simply strolled back and forth in front of the sink, fanning her face with her hands until she calmed down. She looked at the time, it was 11:50 p.m. and the wedding was about to start.
Lin Chu came out of the washroom, then she was blocked by someone.
She was feeling a little under the weather today. She frowned and looked up while panting, and she b.u.mped her forehead on someone.
Lin Chu blinked, then she saw the person in front. She looked a little silly asking, "Aren"t you working overtime?"
"I"m done with my work, so I came knowing you"re here. The manager said that you went to the washroom, so I didn"t enter the hall yet," Yan Beicheng said with a warm smile accompanied by his pleasant deep voice.
He purposely lowered his voice. His voice was a bit unclear, and it drifted faintly into her ears. Lin Chu was extra attentive so that she could hear him. The enduring effect of his voice was magnified, his hoa.r.s.e and magnetic voice was making her ears red like she was intoxicated.
His breath blew out from between the nose while he was smiling, and it sprinkled on the tip of her nose and lips.
She was flus.h.i.+ng, a tinge of red slowly expanding from the top of her head to her toe. She felt a bit wobbly on her legs.
Yan Beicheng held her waist with both of his hands, and then he suddenly lifted her. Her eyes almost met his, and she was struggling to reach the ground with the tip of her toes. Her back was pressed against the wall firmly, she could not move.
She was entirely caught in his arms that she could not move freely.
"I was afraid that something unpleasant will happen to you, that"s why I finished my job as soon as possible and came here," Yan Beicheng said with his hoa.r.s.e voice. His lips were close to hers. When he talked, it felt like his lips were almost touching hers, but they did not. The intimacy and proximity made her heart fluttered.
Her anger vanished when she saw him. It seemed like when she was in his arms, with him, nothing seemed to matter anymore.
Involuntarily, her hands wrapped around his waist. Seeing that Yan Beicheng"s lips were approaching hers, she whispered, "The wedding is about to start."
"It"s all right, there are a few more minutes," Yan Beicheng smiled faintly. Then, he kissed on the soft lips that were just inches away from him.
She was covered by him, so she could not see anything else. It was as if his embrace became the whole world.
Lin Chu also forgot that they were in the corridor, and he kissed her so hard that she could barely breathe.
w.a.n.g Jinglin wanted to go to the washroom quickly before the wedding started. Otherwise, she would not have the chance to do so once they invite the parents of the newlyweds to join the bride and the groom on stage.
While she was walking, her feet came to a sudden halt. She widened her eyes and saw that a man was smooching Lin Chu.
The man was facing her with his back, and only his straight back could be seen. A pair of long legs appeared under his knee-length woolen coat, his legs were straight and masculine. He was taller than her son. Even though she could only see his back, she could sense that he was a suave man. w.a.n.g Jinglin was not willing to admit that he was better than Chen Ziming, even though just a little.
However, it was just his back, and it did not show much about him.
Although she could not see the appearance of the man, she could recognize Lin Chu. Her eyes were closed and she was held in the arms of the man. They were inseparable.
Lin Chu was too shameless!
w.a.n.g Jinglin was enraged. She did not even want to go to the washroom anymore. She turned around and stomped her feet in anger back to the hall.
Chen Ziming"s father Chen Jingdong saw w.a.n.g Jinglin came back, but she did not look right. He pulled her over and asked in a soft voice, "Didn"t you go to the washroom? Why did you return so soon?"
"Don"t even mention it. I didn"t go," w.a.n.g Jinglin said with a long face.
Chen Jindong was curious," What happened?"
w.a.n.g Jinglin glanced at Chen Jindong, and then she looked around. The bride and groom had not entered the hall, only some melodious piano music was playing. The music was so loud that others would not be able to hear her words clearly.
Only then w.a.n.g Jinglin let Cheng Jingdong leaned in and then she said into his ear, "Just…just now when I was going to the washroom, I saw Lin Chu kissing and hugging with a man. How shameless! Today is Ziming and Yuwen"s wedding, what is she doing outside? If people saw, we would surely be a laughing stock! Ziming"s ex-girlfriend did something shameless during his wedding with an unidentified man. It"s a public place. How could she... How could she act like that with the man? How unscrupulous!"
w.a.n.g Jinglin enunciated every word. She looked at the table opposite the red carpet, Yang Zhiyuan was still sitting there.
"Our daughter-in-law"s mother was so thoughtful that she introduced a suitable partner for her. However, President Yang"s still sitting there, and she"s doing something indecent with an unknown man. It"s a good thing Ziming broke up with her, if not he would be two-timed by her. Besides, how would our in-laws handle this if other people saw it? How are they going to face President Yang? She"s not even considering the inappropriateness of her behavior in this occasion or other people"s feelings in this. I think she"s doing this on purpose to disgrace the Lin family, and to turn the Lin family and President Yang against each other. She"s ill-intentioned even though our in-laws are treating her well. She"s an ungrateful wench!"
"Were you mistaken? Lin Chu is an honest lady, she does not seem like this kind of person," Chen Jindong said softly in a hesitant manner.
"I would never mistake her for someone else! For the past four years, she came to our house almost every day. She was nice, but she might have changed. After she was exposed to the realities of society in work, it"s hard for her to stay innocent. You can"t judge a book by its cover. She looks innocent, but how would we know what she"s really like on the inside? Especially the ones who work in public relations, they are devious and unprincipled! Who knows what she actually does? You saw it just now in the doorway, she seemed close with the manager that they looked like sisters. She only came to Sheng Yue a few times, but she was already that close with the manager. Who would believe if you say that she"s not cunning?"
Cheng Jindong was silent and did not speak. He somehow agreed with w.a.n.g Jinglin"s words.
"She kept holding Ziming"s mistakes against us and kept saying that it was Ziming who wronged her so that we would feel guilty for her for the rest of our lives. Now I"m wondering who"s right and who"s wrong in this matter? How was she not responsible for Ziming breaking up with her? Maybe there was some infidelity that we did not know about, she might have betrayed him first secretly," w.a.n.g Jinglin was burning up. Her eyes were narrow, rigid, and cold. Her usual gentle expression became extra ruthless and mean.
"She broke up with Ziming only a few months ago, and now she has found a boyfriend? That"s too fast! It"s not like she looks like an angel or something, I don"t think men would swarm around her like flies," the more w.a.n.g Jinglin thought about it, the more she was convinced. She clicked her tongue and said, "I"m pretty sure she found someone else and has been two-timing all the while. After that, she let Ziming broke up with her first so that he would owe her forever."
Chen Jindong looked at the opposite table. Seeing that the seat of Lin Chu was still empty, he started believing in the words of w.a.n.g Jinglin more.
"The wedding"s about to start but she"s still not back yet. That"s inappropriate," Chen Jindong said with a deep voice.
w.a.n.g Jinglin sighed, then she consoled Chen Jindong," Don"t be mad. Isn"t it a good thing that Ziming is married to Yuwen? Lin Chu didn"t gain any benefits. I just feel sorry for her. When she was still in school, she was such an innocent and decent girl."
Chen Jindong sighed as well. w.a.n.g Jinglin said, "That"s why it"s really important to have the guidance of parents. Look at Ziming and Yuwen, they are the perfect example. Lin Chu was a decent girl, but she did not have parents restraining her so that"s why she has gone on a wrong path."
Yan Beicheng lowered his head and looked at Lin Chu who was in his arms and blus.h.i.+ng. Her big eyes, her moist lips, and her blur face made him laughed in spite of himself.
His thick and masculine palms touched the top of her head, and messed up her hair a little, "You go first, I"ll go later."
After quite some time, then only she recovered from her thoughts. She saw the attractive curve of his thin lips, his lips were slightly swollen, it seemed like it got more luscious. She thought of the reason behind that, and she could not look at him straight in his eyes
She sucked in her lips and gulped. She was captivated by him.
His clean chin had a trace of green stubbles, hidden under his skin. It was not p.r.i.c.kly, and it did not mask his manliness at the same time. Lin Chu thought he looked s.e.xy this way.
Sometimes when he picked her up after work, his stubbles would grow a little after a day. They were not long but she could slightly feel it when he kissed her. The subtle p.r.i.c.kly and itchy feeling was rather amusing.
Lin Chu was embarra.s.sed so she held her urge in, she wanted to kiss his chin. She wanted to feel his stumbles p.r.i.c.kling her lips.
Her blurry eyes fell slowly on his protruding throat. His Adam"s apple was moving along with his jerky breathing. It was manly. All these small details about him made Lin Chu feel that he was powerful and masculine.
She heard Yan Beicheng"s words and did not know what got into her. She was driven by impulse, she looked up and lightly pecked him on his chin. It seemed like his chin was shaved, but she could still feel the existence of his stubbles. They were not p.r.i.c.kly, but they did not feel as smooth as his cheeks. She was fascinated by the rough sensation she felt on his chin.
Yanbeicheng only felt a soft touch on his chin. It was just for a brief moment, but the soft feeling was very comfortable. It was like wet feathers, or suet, tickling his heart.
"You"re not coming with me?" Lin Chu asked, then she lowered her head and grabbed his tie. She pinched her fingers on his tie and pulled it unknowingly. Yan Beicheng saw that the back of her neck was red, he almost wanted to kiss her again but he held back.
"I wasn"t planning to keep this a secret," Lin Chu said softly.
Yan Beicheng suddenly squeezed her, "I"m going to have to settle this first."
Lin Chu gasped, she did not notice just now. However, after Yan Beicheng had mentioned, she looked down subconsciously and saw the huge bulge.
Yan Beicheng lowered his head and went close to her burning red ears, his thin and warm lips were touching her ears intermittently. His deep and s.e.xy voice traveled to her ears, "You can help me out. We can go in together later."
Lin Chu"s face flushed red, she pushed him away without any hesitant. She thought to herself, "I only helped you out once, and this man is acting like he"s addicted and cannot stop bringing it up!"
"You…you can do it yourself!" Lin Chu said. The image of him settling it on his own appeared on her mind and made her face burned.
Yan Beicheng could not hold himself back that night, he did not want her to do so initially. So when she pushed him away, he let loose of her.
He pinched her soft hands and said softly, "You can go in first."
Only if Yan Beicheng had not said that, now Lin Chu could not even look at her own hands.
They were burning like mad after he pinched them, she wanted to grab a few pieces of ice
cubes in her hands so bad.
She turned around and looked at Yan Beicheng, he was still looking at her. It seemed like he wanted to see her enter the hall. Both of his hands were placed in the pockets of his coat. His coat was slightly oversized, it did not seem odd as his hands were gathered towards one another.
Lin Chu was sheepish due to Yan Beicheng"s keen sparkling eyes. She quickly turned around and ran back into the hall.
Fortunately, the venue was dark, leaving only spotlights s.h.i.+ning on the red carpet. Lin Chu walked around un.o.btrusively, no one could tell that there was anything unusual about her.
She wanted to use going to the bathroom as an excuse to sit somewhere further away from Yang Zhiyuan when she returned. However, there were only three empty seats. Two beside Yang Zhiyuan, and one beside Su Changxin that was meant for Lin Zhenghe.