Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 481: Your Deal is Not at a Loss

Chapter 481: Chapter 481: Your Deal is Not at a Loss

"Not at all," Su Cheng, though he always considered He Xing a rival in love, was raised to seek truth from facts, "It should be my parents who first bribed the staff of He Group to get the tender document. Then He Xing found out that Huangpu Group’s project was violating regulations and reported it. After that, other companies probably thought He Group was going after Huangpu Group and started to kick them while they were down. With the higher-ups opening investigations and unraveling the threads, we ended up in the current situation."

Su Cheng sighed deeply, "At the end of the day, it was my parents who did the wrong thing. Their downfall isn’t unjust."

After hearing what he had said, Fu Han felt much calmer. She would have been disappointed if it were true that He Xing had kicked them while they were down, but He Xing had merely given a small reprimand as a big lesson. It was just too bad that Huangpu Group had made too many enemies in the past, which led them to this point.

She thought for a moment and then tentatively asked, "Is there any other way to deal with this situation?"

"Other ways?" After some thought, Su Cheng said quietly, "Maybe I’ll find an answer after I go back and talk to the lawyers. I don’t know right now."

Fu Han knew Su Cheng was telling the truth. When she finished her coffee, she slowly stood up, "We’ve been out for quite a long time. Let’s head back."

The two made their way back along the path they had come, passing a supermarket, a record store, a fruit shop, and a store selling various small trinkets.

Throughout their walk, Su Cheng remained half a step behind Fu Han. This distance allowed him to watch her more without being noticed and to more comfortably take in the scenery around him. Perhaps these peaceful moments would not be found again in the rest of his life.

Their studio was now in view, just around the corner ahead. Fu Han stopped and turned to look at Su Cheng, "If... if you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me. I’ll definitely help if I can; and even if I can’t, at least I can be a big trumpet that only listens without talking."

Su Cheng looked at Fu Han intently, his eyes reddening as he watched her. He awkwardly turned his head away and said softly, "I know."

Fu Han nodded with a smile and did not linger any longer, heading for the street corner step by step.

Just as she was about to reach the corner, Su Cheng suddenly called out to Fu Han, "Fu Han, I have something to say to you."

When Fu Han stopped, he cautiously came up to her, looked around, and said in a low voice, "This matter has nothing to do with He Xing. He just did what any businessman would do. Moreover, he promised he won’t take any further action on this issue. Don’t be angry with him."

Fu Han looked at Su Cheng somewhat surprised. After thinking for a moment, she countered with a question, "So, when did you two make a deal?"

Su Cheng looked at her in surprise. She was always a bit smarter than he expected. If she wanted, probably no one in the world could keep a secret from her.

Now that it had come to this point, there was no sense in Su Cheng pretending nothing had happened. He gave a bitter smile, a mixture of sorrow, helplessness, and resignation, "The condition is that I must never harbor any inappropriate thoughts towards you again."

After saying this, Su Cheng looked at Fu Han with eyes like someone in hell looking up to heaven, his desperate expression as if saying, "Give me a bit of hope, please, give me a bit of hope."

Unexpectedly, Fu Han burst into laughter, bright as a dazzling rose.

She patted Su Cheng’s shoulder forcefully, "So you’re saying you didn’t make any deal with He Xing at all, because I’ve always regarded you as my brother."

"Are you trying to comfort me?" Su Cheng burst out laughing too, the first time in days. His smile was sunny, but a closer look would reveal the bitterness in his eyes.

Fu Han smiled and patted Su Cheng’s shoulder again, as if she saw nothing, "Don’t worry too much. I’m sure you’ll find a way to handle these things."

"I hope so," Su Cheng smiled.

...

Fu Family Villa.

Luo Qinghe and Bai Wei went straight from the airport to the Fu Family Villa to pick up Li Huazhi and Luo Qiluo.

For well-known reasons, even though Luo Qiluo was fully aware that the temperature in M Country was quite cold around negative ten degrees Celsius this season, she still refused to wear a down jacket for the sake of beauty.

Dressed only in a Cheongsam with a wool coat over it, Luo Qiluo almost froze when she got off the plane. It was not until she was inside the car, warmed by the ample heating, that her body finally regained some temperature.

During the flight, Luo Qiluo had resolved not to agree too easily to go to Bai Wei’s house. She was determined to give Bai Wei a hard time.

But after being chilled by M Country’s cold wind, she lost all courage to leave the car again. Hence, she was exceptionally compliant with the arrangement this time.

Finally outside the Fu Family villa, Luo Qinghe suggested again, "Mom, there’s a down jacket of Bai Wei’s in the car. Why don’t you wear it first? I can go out and buy you clothes this afternoon."

Bai Wei eagerly seconded the suggestion, "Auntie, I never wore that down jacket, it was just there to use as a blanket in the car when it got cold."

On the way there, Luo Qinghe had already mentioned twice that Luo Qiluo was not dressed warmly enough and should wear Bai Wei’s clothes, but Luo Qiluo had refused each time.

"I have said that I am not cold." Luo Qiluo said coldly, while straightening her clothes and hair, she blatantly refused again.

What a joke, she made it all the way to Bai Wei’s front door, and was about to meet Bai Qian – it was time for a showdown, and she wasn’t about to undermine herself by entering in a bulky, shapeless down jacket.

The car was parked, and Luo Qiluo took out her makeup mirror to meticulously check her makeup. After looking from left to right, she carefully applied a layer of lipstick, "Alright, let’s get out of the car."

After stepping out of the car, Li Huazhi walked ahead of her. She trotted and caught his arm in hers amidst his puzzled look, smiling more radiantly than ever, "It’s better for us to enter together."

Li Huazhi had a look of barely suppressed eagerness in his eyes. He glanced at Luo Qiluo and gave a smile, though internally he felt a trace of contempt.

This couple that had been together for years was quite the farce. For decades, they had portrayed the image of a loving couple in A City’s Upper-Class Society, earning them much admiration.

But a pretense was just that, and like paper, it can be easily ripped apart.

The arrival of Bai Qian was like a hand tearing through the paper; she hadn’t done anything, but she was the woman of Li Huazhi’s dreams. That alone was enough, more impactful than anything else.