Fu Shinian pulled up a video on his phone and showed it to Su Mu, where she saw President Huang adding so white powder into the wine bottle in his hand, and after doing so, he walked over to Su Mu with that bottle.
The mories from last night returned, and Su Mu recalled how President Huang had spoken so much to her, suggesting they bury the hatchet over a drink. Since Su Mu had been to the restroom earlier, she didn’t trust that the drink in front of her was the sa one as before, so she poured it out and asked President Huang to pour her a new one. At that ti, she felt smug seeing his disappointed reaction, thinking it was all an act to make her feel completely safe.
After the video finished playing, Fu Shinian put his phone back casually on the nightstand and said to Su Mu, who was still sowhat dazed:
"What are you thinking about?"
Su Mu shook her head, "Just feeling a bit scared after the fact. President Huang predicted too accurately, even the fact that I wouldn’t drink that particular glass."
"Maybe it wasn’t that he predicted it, but it was just coincidence. If you weren’t so cautious and had drunk it directly, he would have naturally found another reason to drink with you. But when you straightforwardly drank the wine he brought, it actually saved him so effort."
"Yeah, I thought I was being cautious enough, yet it turned out there’s nothing evil that those with malicious intentions wouldn’t do."
"You don’t need to worry about this, I’ll handle it."
Upon hearing this, Su Mu glanced at him:
"How are you planning to handle it?"
"What do you think?" Fu Shinian didn’t answer the question directly, but just smiled faintly, "Instead of this, there’s sothing I’m more curious about. Why don’t you tell ?"
"What?"
"Why did you call last night?" Fu Shinian looked at Su Mu, gently playing with her hand. "Given your current attitude towards , you seed like you’d rather ask anyone else for help than have any involvent with . I must say, I was quite surprised when I saw your call last night."
Su Mu glanced at him, and gave a faint smile:
"So, you’ve been following ?"
"Yeah, it was unsafe for you to not return so late. Luckily, I was there, wasn’t I?"
Su Mu was silent for a few seconds, then responded:
"Actually, I didn’t an to call you. It’s just that Lin Ning was drunk, and even if I called her, she wouldn’t have been able to co back."
Fu Shinian "..."
Shortly before noon, Lin Ning called, worried because she didn’t see a ssage from Su Mu ensuring her safety. After Su Mu assured her she was fine, Lin Ning was relieved.
After lunch, Fu Shinian asked Su Mu when she planned to return to Shen City. Su Mu said tomorrow, her work here was done, and if it weren’t for last night’s incident, she might have chosen to go back today. Fu Shinian responded lightly, then brought up:
"So, shouldn’t we also talk about the issues between us?"
At the mont Fu Shinian spoke these words, Su Mu was looking at the endless sea. Hearing this, she turned around, smiled lightly, and the soft sunlight shone through the dense foliage onto her face, creating twinkling spots of light. She looked at Fu Shinian:
"Talk about what?"
"What do you think? You’ve already broken up with Wen Han and have no more connections with the Wen Family. Your previous distance from was partly due to considering Wen Han. Now not only is that constraint gone, but Qiqi for the first ti showed her desire for a family. Don’t you want to seriously consider it?"
Fu Shinian’s words made Su Mu silent for quite a long ti. Indeed, this issue had been discussed on the night Fu Shinian arrived in the Maldives, ending without agreent. Fu Shinian completely rejected her suggestions, and now, days later, there had been a mont of intimacy between her and Fu Shinian, almost as if there wasn’t any difference from before their divorce.
Sadly, Su Mu’s mind had not changed; she indeed could do everything for Qiqi, but compromise is one thing, total acceptance is another.
"You still want to play act with ?" Seeing her thoughts, Fu Shinian chuckled lightly, "Alright, let’s go with what you said. We can’t rush things between us, now the most important thing is Qiqi. As long as she’s happy and satisfied, we’ll take it slow, there’s plenty of ti."
Su Mu was completely surprised by Fu Shinian’s compromise. She looked at him, inevitably with a hint of suspicion in her eyes. Fu Shinian lightly sipped so red wine, smiling faintly:
"Don’t believe this is a decision I would make?"
"Indeed." Su Mu confessed, "You don’t seem like soone who would consider issues from another’s perspective."
Fu Shinian glanced at her, "I’ll take that as a complint."
The next day returning to Shen City, Su Mu and Lin Ning were together, and though they were on the sa flight, she still chose not to travel with Fu Shinian. Fu Shinian was sowhat critical of this, but ultimately said nothing. She had her reservations, and to have her truly return to her side, he feared there would still be countless compromises waiting for him.
Lin Ning was the only one aware of the relationship between Su Mu and Fu Shinian, and also knew that Fu Shinian was in the Maldives specifically for Su Mu. Seeing Su Mu appearing alone, Lin Ning couldn’t help but comnt:
"Isn’t Mr. Fu leaving?"
"He is." Su Mu was indifferent, "Sa flight."
"Then why aren’t you walking with Mr. Fu?"
Su Mu glanced at Lin Ning faintly, "I’m on the sa flight as you guys, if I went to pair up with Mr. Fu, once we get back to the studio, you lot of little demons won’t let off the hook, right? Besides, my current connection with him is just Qiqi, nothing else."
Lin Ning pouted slightly, muttering quietly:
"You’re staying in the sa room and there’s nothing else?"
Su Mu was looking at emails on her phone and didn’t hear Lin Ning clearly, so she asked, "What did you say?"
Lin Ning, who had rely spoken without thinking, was lucky Su Mu hadn’t heard clearly. When asked again, she just laughed and said:
"Nothing, just that I haven’t seen Qiqi in a long ti and miss her quite a bit."
Su Mu smiled:
"When we get back, I’ll bring her to the studio."
Although Su Mu and Fu Shinian boarded separately, soone from the studio still spotted him. When Su Mu settled in her seat, she overheard Sun Le saying:
"I think I just saw Mr. Fu a mont ago, also on our flight."
"Which Mr. Fu?"
"Which Mr. Fu could it be? In Shen City, the only person who can be addressed as Mr. Fu is probably him."
The girl realized, surprised, "Fu Shinian? Are you sure? He’s my idol. Where is he? I want to chat with him, he just recently beca single, maybe he’ll take a liking to , and then I could marry into a wealthy family."
"Go quickly, my social circle has never included wealthy people. If you marry him, don’t forget about ."
The two chattered away, but seated in front, Su Mu calmly read a book she had bought at the airport, seemingly unaffected by their conversation.
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