There wasn't a need to describe this scene intentionally for the passersby to come up with heart-wrenching love stories.

  Lu Qili could feel the vibration from under the hood. Her heart was shaken so much that it turned numb, and she clenched her teeth tightly. She anxiously circled around the front of the car, then knocked on the car window to the driver's seat.

  Fu Huai'an's eyes were intense. He rolled down the car window and turned to look in Lu Qili's direction. With one look, Lu Qili's countenance had already become extremely pale.

  "Believe me, Huai'an! I really have no intention of harming you guys! If I did, why wouldn't I tell the truth when I know that Tuan Tuan is Lu Xiangsi and Jiang Ming'an's child? I only said that Tuan Tuan isn't your child! I haven't been able to see you, and I'm unable to see Lin Nuan as well. You guys have people around you, and I'd be driven away before I even got close! I could only use this method to meet the two of you!"

  Lu Qili's voice was choked. She raised her head and looked in Lin Nuan's direction, her face filled with anxiety. "I never wanted to meet Huai'an. I only wanted to meet you. I wanted to tell you that Fu Tianci's mother is plotting something against Huai'an. She has already found out about the undercover mission Huai'an took back then. Due to the matter with the Kaide Corporation, she is enraged and wants to use this matter to threaten the two of you, wanting to purchase the shares from Huai'an at a low price! I only wanted to tell you this!"

  Lin Nuan only smiled and listened quietly to Lu Qili's explanation amidst her panicking and the sincere look on her face.

  "I only feel that I've done too many wrong things in the past, and I want to make up for it… I want to ask you guys to forgive me. I only came up with this plan because I was all out of ideas. I didn't deal any real damage to you guys, right?" Lu Qili couldn't hide her grief or the fact that she blamed Lin Nuan. "Why didn't you listen to my explanation before you let Huai'an come and wrong me like this?"

  Fu Huai'an's gaze turned dark. He was about to push open the car door when Lin Nuan grabbed his big hand…


  "I finally understand what it means to make a false counter-charge!" Lin Nuan laughed softly, resting one elbow on the dashboard. She smiled as she looked at Lu Qili. "If things were really as you said, that you only wanted to make amends, wanting to tell us that Fu Tianci's mother wants to use the matter about Huai'an having gone undercover in the past to threaten us, couldn't you have made a call? Even if we don't pick up your calls, won't we read the messages that you send? Yet, you used such threatening means to force me to come and meet you. Would you believe it… if you were to say that you didn't harbor any other thoughts?"

  "Why wouldn't I believe it? I don't get anything from doing this! Moreover, I was the one who told you that this matter was done by me! It's true that I like Huai'an! But would I be able to break you and Huai'an apart just by doing this? Would I? By doing this… Huai'an would feel even more repugnant toward me! What was my intention for doing this? It was just so that I could meet you guys! I wanted to tell you guys this matter so that you'd take it seriously!"

  Lu Qili made it sound as if this was the truth, and tears trickled down her face. "I don't want to see that not only do I not get your understanding for my kind intentions but that your misunderstanding toward me deepens. I'm Tuan Tuan's aunt… In the future, I'll want to visit him frequently. Without your forgiveness, how will I be able to meet Tuan Tuan? I won't even be able to get within 50 meters of Tuan Tuan!"

  Lin Nuan smiled. "You said that… all that you've done is for Tuan Tuan's sake?"

  Lu Qili nodded solemnly.

  Lin Nuan nodded as well. "Alright, if it was really for Tuan Tuan, then you could have used a method that harmed Huai'an or me to get our attention. However, you had to choose a method that would hurt Tuan Tuan to get our attention…"

  "It's because I only have this on hand…" Lu Qili rebutted before Lin Nuan finished her words.

  Lin Nuan looked at Lu Qili and smiled. "So… are you truly concerned about Tuan Tuan? If you really were, then would you not have realized that what you've done today will leave a trauma in Tuan Tuan's heart? Tuan Tuan is my and Huai'an's child. We care about him the most. You know this well, so you held onto this, wanting to hurt us, or maybe just me. You only thought about revenge and hurting. You've never… considered Tuan Tuan's plight before!"

  "Lu Qili, stop saying that you're concerned about Tuan Tuan! Think about the additional one million that suddenly appeared in your bank account four days ago, then think about what you said about being concerned about Tuan Tuan. Even I feel embarrassed for you…" Lin Nuan looked at Lu Qili with a harsh expression.

  Lin Nuan, who was always gentle, would only be tough for Tuan Tuan's sake.

  Lu Qili's eyes trembled slightly, and her expression stiffened up a little, as if she had frozen up from the cold wind. She calmed down very quickly. "The money in my account is from the sale of my house! Don't be trying to confuse things! Moreover… if it wasn't because the people around you keep on stopping me, preventing me from seeing you, would I have to resort to this? Huai'an aside… since we should be keeping our distance considering that we're of the opposite sex, it should be fine for you to meet me for Huai'an's sake, right? What can I do when I can't meet you?"

  Lin Nuan blew up when she heard this. She restrained her temper, and her eyes narrowed slightly…


  "Lu Qili…" The moment Fu Huai'an spoke up, Lin Nuan held his hand tightly.

  Lin Nuan didn't plan on getting Fu Huai'an involved in a matter between women. It'd lower his status, especially when it was toward someone like Lu Qili!

  "Miss Lu thinks too highly of yourself! Just because you want to meet me… means that I must meet you? What kind of reasoning is that? If I wish to meet the president, but the president doesn't wish to meet me… should I use underhanded methods to force the president to meet me?"

  Who gave Lu Qili the guts to dare say something like that?

  Who did she think she was?

  Lu Qili's heart tightened when she heard Lin Nuan's words, but she didn't dare act up when she was in front of Fu Huai'an. She bit her lower lip, appearing pitiful as she said, "I'm doing this for Huai'an. You're Huai'an's wife. Aren't you concerned about him at all?"

  "Miss Lu still remembers that I'm Huai'an's wife?" Lin Nuan was smiling, but her smile didn't reach her eyes. "There's me to handle Huai'an's matters. If Miss Lu shows too much concern, you'll be overstepping your bounds!"

  Lu Qili bit down on her lower lip. "But, I never saw you show much concern toward Huai'an's matters!"

  "Do we have to tell you everything between us as a married couple?" Fu Huai'an's dark gaze looked toward Lu Qili. He frowned slightly, appearing a little impatient. "You think too highly of yourself!"

  Fu Huai'an's mature and deep voice spoke out slowly, not intentionally belittling the other party. However, every time he spoke, he could cause other's hearts to tremor. It wasn't hard to tell that there was anger slowly accumulating in his heart, and his disposition as a man in power made it hard for others to speak up.

  Lu Qili's fingers, which were resting on the car window, were trembling. She wanted to call out Fu Huai'an's name, but she didn't dare to do so…


  "Your hand…" Fu Huai'an's low voice rang out.

  Lu Qili almost unconsciously raised her hand and backed off a step. She watched as Fu Huai'an's car disappeared from sight, and she felt so cold that even her spine was trembling.