Chapter 32: Boyfriend
Ruan Ying was already waiting for her daughter on the sofa.
Regarding the absurd plan to dissolve the engagement, she was still somewhat worried.
But Little Yi hated Little Xun so much. If this engagement wasn’t dissolved, Little Yi wouldn’t let it go.
The Fu family heir, as the object of “shifting affection” required to formally dissolve the engagement, was indeed the optimal solution currently.
Ruan Yi took Fu Wang’s arm and walked into the house.
Ruan Ying’s eyes curved immediately upon seeing her daughter. When her gaze moved to the man’s arm her daughter was holding, surprise inevitably appeared in her eyes.
The two looked unexpectedly compatible.
Ruan Yi’s expression was relaxed and happy. It was just this Fu family young master who was still slightly stiff, but they already looked very much like a couple.
“This is Fu Wang, right?” Ruan Ying softened her voice a lot. This child looked quite pleasing to her eye.
Fu Wang felt sweat seeping out on the back of his shirt inside his suit. Seeing the parent so soon, of course, he would be flustered.
He displayed the standard posture from the “Guide to Meeting Mother-in-Law” he studied daily, extending his hand, fingertips trembling slightly.
“Hello, Auntie.” Fu Wang pressed his voice eight degrees lower than usual, carrying a deliberately disguised gentle tremolo. Even he got goosebumps himself.
Clearly just acting, but… isn’t it common to develop feelings through acting as time goes on?
Ruan Yi kissed and bit him; could it be she didn’t want to take responsibility for him?
She won’t get away with it!
Fu Wang glanced at the profile of Ruan Yi biting her lower lip to hold back laughter out of the corner of his eye, his ear tips instantly turning completely red.
“Pfft! Why are you pinching your voice at my mom? It’s not like she doesn’t know we are acting.”
Now it wasn’t holding back laughter; Ruan Yi laughed openly.
The more Ruan Yi looked at this Fu Wang, the funnier she found him. Same father, how was the difference with Fu Jingchen so big?
On the surface, he looked bad like a delinquent, but he turned out to be so silly and cute, with all his thoughts written on his face.
“Little Yi, stop teasing him.” Ruan Ying curved her eyes and brewed tea for the two.
Fu Wang was somewhat shy. His gaze moved to Ruan Yi’s small face, laughing without caring about her image, with reproach.
Bad woman… still laughing so happily.
The moment his vision focused, the background blurred completely. His heart beat like a drum, seeming to miss a beat.
The teacup Auntie handed over was hot in his palm, yet he was oblivious. His gaze stuck deadly to Ruan Yi’s eyelashes, slightly lowered from smiling, unable to look away as if under a binding spell.
Ruan Ying noticed the scorching gaze. The look she gave Fu Wang inevitably held some teasing.
When Lin Han called to discuss, she had already started investigating this Fu family second young master.
It was said that this child’s usual conduct was flamboyant and wild. She wondered at that time how such a character would agree to act with Little Yi.
But now it was clear. Looking at Fu Wang’s silly appearance staring at her daughter with reddened ears, it made her unable to suppress a smile.
Ruan Yi pulled Fu Wang to surround her mother, and the three muttered and discussed tomorrow’s plan.
The sound of leather shoes tapping on the marble floor came from the door.
The man’s knuckles gripping the briefcase turned suddenly white, and the cold scent of cedar rushed into the living room.
His voice seemed not much different from his usual gentleness, yet there was a dissonant difference.
“Fu Wang.” The pupils behind the man’s lenses contracted into sharp points, crushing the warm atmosphere in the space into powder.
“Brother, haven’t moved out yet?” Fu Wang suddenly laughed out loud, the trailing note carrying mockery, hostility floating unconcealed in his pupils.
The scene became increasingly grim. But regarding the brothers’ affairs, even as an elder, Ruan Ying was ultimately an outsider and couldn’t intervene easily.
Fu Jingchen ignored his low-level provocation. A certain emotion in his eyes, like a sharp blade soaked in cold, was cast toward Fu Wang.
“Why are you here?”
“Ah, forgot to say. My girlfriend is here, so naturally, I am here too.”
Fu Wang’s fingers hovered half an inch over Ruan Yi’s waist. Facing the man’s questioning, he raised his eyebrows and tilted his head, deliberately turning sideways to half-protect Ruan Yi in his arms. The arc of his raised chin was like a proud peacock.
In reality, he didn’t dare to touch.
Fu Wang’s movement was too deliberate. Ruan Yi noticed his tense arm trembling because it was suspended in the air.
Ruan Yi looked down to suppress a smile. Her fingers suddenly clasped his stiff wrist, gently pulling it toward her waist.
The man instantly tensed all over. The moment his knuckles touched the soft waist, blood rushed to his ear tips rapidly, and the arrogant smile at the corner of his mouth almost cracked.
“Don’t shake.” Ruan Yi used a voice only the two could hear, warm breath sweeping past his reddened earlobe.
A short muffled hum spilled from his throat. He tightened his arm in panic but was afraid of using too much force, finally only able to circle the person in his arms with a stiff arm.
Clearly wanting to show off high-profile, the movement at this moment was stiff to the point of being comical.
But unfortunately, the man opposite, blinded by negative emotions, didn’t notice the awkwardness of his movements.
The figure that was usually noble and decent was wrapped in chilling hostility at this moment. Usually polite, now incredibly silent without even a basic courteous response—this was the first time.
Ruan Yi naturally had to cooperate well with Fu Wang. After all, her plan to dissolve the engagement couldn’t be known by Fu Jingchen.
What if he harbored retaliation and wanted to cause trouble?
Ruan Ying saw the atmosphere wasn’t quite right and wanted to smooth things over.
“Little Chen, don’t mind. Little Wang is just Little Yi’s boyfriend; it doesn’t represent anything else and won’t affect you.”
Ruan Ying thought Fu Jingchen was just worried about the credit for the Fu Corporation cooperation project being stolen, or worried that the promise to let him stay in the Ruan family would be violated.
After all, Fu Jingchen often received such unfair treatment in the Fu family.
Before Fu Jingchen could respond, another voice demanding an explanation appeared first.
“How did I not know Sister had a boyfriend?”
Gu Zhi was still holding the dessert packaging box Ruan Yi liked most.
The English store name on the package came from a new dessert shop famously hard to queue for and with limited quantities, one Ruan Yi had mentioned wanting to taste before.
The familiar voice, sandwiched with cold tones, smashed toward Ruan Yi.
It’s over. Now it’s her turn.
Ruan Yi hurriedly pushed Fu Wang’s hand away. She didn’t know what she was panicking about, but she was panicking to death.
Fu Wang frowned, casting his gaze toward Gu Zhi.
Why did the bad woman suddenly react so greatly? This is her brother? Doesn’t look alike at all.
Ruan Yi opened her mouth. Seeing Fu Jingchen still standing there, the explanation in her throat was forcibly swallowed back.
She desperately blinked her eyes at Gu Zhi, forcing the corners of her mouth to squeeze out a soothing smile, hoping Gu Zhi would understand her.
But not only did he not understand, his eyes were filled with danger signals Ruan Yi had never seen before.
“You come with me.” She got up anxiously, pulling Gu Zhi’s cuff and dragging him casually into a room.
As soon as they entered the room, Ruan Yi reached out to cover his mouth.
“Listen to me first! It’s fake, acting, there’s a reason!”
She looked up at the man’s tight jawline, anxious until her voice went out of tune.
“He is the Fu family heir, just cooperating with me to act. It’s all to dissolve the engagement. Shen Xun won’t let go, so I can only use this method. It’s all acting! I didn’t explain outside because Fu Jing… Mmph!”
The voice came to an abrupt halt. The man’s fingers with well-defined knuckles suddenly pinched her soft cheek. His warm palm supported the back of her head, blocking all those panicked explanations back.
She was pulled to crash into the embrace that still retained the scent of bread from the dessert shop, listening to the suppressed panting coming from above her head.
“No next time. If this kind of situation happens again, I must be the first to know.”
The protrusion of his Adam’s apple scraped past Ruan Yi’s hot forehead. The strength of the man’s tightening arms was so great she felt a bit of pain.
“Don’t make me worry… there are many bad people outside.”
It seemed he wanted to knead her into his bone and blood, until her pupils uncontrollably dilated and scattered.
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