The Outcast Heiress’s Secret Identities
Chapter 743: She is shy

Chapter 743: She is shy

"I like it," Su Ran answered, but the next second, she frowned unhappily.

"You call Ah Yuan ’Big Brother Fu’, why do you call me Miss Su?"

Yan Shuming just paused for a second, then smiled faintly.

"Otherwise, what do you think I should call you, Miss Su?"

Su Ran’s brows were tightly knitted, showing her discontent. She glanced at Chu Xiyao beside her and huffed,

"Forget it, call me whatever you please. After all, we won’t have too much contact in the future.

It’s you, Mr. Yan, who seem so in tune with Miss Chu, always saying ’Miss Su’ even though you clearly know my relationship with Ah Yuan!"

Chu Xiyao’s face stiffened, and Yan Shuming’s expression suddenly darkened.

Since Fu Qiyuan was beside him, he naturally couldn’t say much, but his gaze toward Su Ran cooled noticeably.

"Miss Su really loves to joke!"

Su Ran retorted in a spoiled manner, "I never joke!"

At those words, Yan Shuming’s gaze grew even colder!

At this time, Chu Xiyao also spoke up,

"Since Sister-in-law Su likes archery too, let’s all play together?"

"Yes, yes, yes, let’s continue!"

"Come on, the competition isn’t over yet!"

Su Ran hugged Fu Qiyuan’s arm, her face full of possessiveness as she said,

"I don’t want to!"

"..."

"..."

The people on the scene looked somewhat awkward, their gazes quietly drifting to Chu Xiyao.

Having been so publicly humiliated by Su Ran, Chu Xiyao’s face struggled to maintain composure.

But she knew the occasion and still managed to keep an appearance of tolerance and grace, yet within that grace, there was an added pinch of repressed resentment and sorrow.

With hands tightly clasped, his knuckles turning a bit pale, Yan Shuming said gravely, "Miss Su, we are all friends here, aren’t you being a bit..."

"Ah Yuan, I don’t want to play with them."

Su Ran looked up at the man, her gaze deliberately landing on Chu Xiyao.

Her attitude made it clear she was talking about her.

The intention to target was especially obvious!

"Big Brother Fu..."

Fu Qiyuan looked down at the girl in his arms, "You guys play, she’s shy!"

"..."

"..."

Yan Shuming’s expression slightly tightened, his gaze sharp as he watched Su Ran in Fu Qiyuan’s arms, smiling happily.

Su Ran, however, paid them no mind and directly pulled Fu Qiyuan to pick out bows and arrows.

Behind them, everyone seemed a bit dumbfounded, their expressions confused.

Not a girlfriend, but a fiancée!

For the seemingly cold and heartless ascetic who shunned the company of women, to actually have a fiancée?

Everyone had assumed Fu Qiyuan would favor someone like Chu Xiyao, who was just as disdainful of the business world as he was.

Yet unexpectedly, it turned out to be a delicate and capricious woman who had ended up in his hands.

The key point was that she was now Fu Qiyuan’s fiancée, legitimate and official.

Furthermore, she especially didn’t like Chu Xiyao!

"This is Fu Qiyuan’s fiancée? Is this the type he likes?"

"What kind of taste does Fu Qiyuan have? To like such a petulant, unreasonably stubborn woman, she’s absolutely not worthy of him!"

"Indeed! She’s supposed to be the future mistress of the Fu family, yet they choose someone with no quality, no background, no talent. What is Fu Qiyuan thinking?"

"Xiyao outshines her by miles in every aspect! What does she have that even comes close to matching a single finger of Xiyao’s?"

"Exactly, Fu Qiyuan can even be tempted by this all-show-no-substance woman, it’s truly disappointing!"

"I don’t think so. That woman is the famous R. I watched that global broadcast too, and she didn’t look like a simple person! Moreover, a woman Fu Qiyuan fancies—how could she be simple?"

Regarding this, the others scoffed, with Yan Shuming showing the strongest disdain.

"Xiyao, are you okay?"

Chu Xiyao shook her head, but her brows betrayed her sadness.

"I’m fine, don’t worry! She’s just a spoiled young mistress, am I really going to make a fuss over her?"

Yan Shuming maintained a stern countenance, "Just because you don’t mind doesn’t mean she doesn’t either. She is clearly targeting you! Those people are right, she’s not even worth one of your fingers!"

"So what?!"

Chu Xiyao suddenly looked up, her emotions seemingly on the verge of collapse.

"Do you think I don’t know that? She lacks a family background, has no backing, and is inferior to me in every way, but even so, what can I do? She is Qi Yuan’s fiancée by right, his future wife, and what can I, an outsider, do about it?!"

Seeing Chu Xiyao on the brink of breaking down, Yan Shuming felt a pang of pain in his heart!

"Sorry, I just lost my composure, let’s go choose bows and arrows as well!"

Chu Xiyao took a deep breath and turned to leave.

Behind her, Yan Shuming’s expression was cold.

The future wife?

Isn’t it the future?

Who knows what the next second might bring?

-

Meanwhile, Fu Qiyuan and Su Ran were choosing bows.

"You don’t like Yan Shuming?" Fu Qiyuan asked.

"Mhm."

The man arched an eyebrow, "Why?"

Hearing this, Su Ran turned her head, glanced at the man following behind Chu Xiyao not far away, and then curving her lips said:

"Because I smell a scent."

"What scent?"

Su Ran’s lips curved, "The scent of a jerk!"

Hearing this, Fu Qiyuan couldn’t help but laugh.

Su Ran glanced at him, "Am I wrong?"

"Right, very right!"

Su Ran arched an eyebrow, and the two continued to choose bows. Midway, she suddenly thought of something.

"Fu Qiyuan, why don’t you ever ask me?"

Today, she had been especially capricious and unreasonable,

a complete departure from her usual character!

Even Fu Qixiu and Qin Feng had noticed, he couldn’t possibly be unaware.

Fu Qiyuan stroked her head, his breath long as he chuckled.

"No need to ask, as long as you’re happy, that’s good!"

"As long as you’re not hurt, you can do whatever you want!"

Su Ran’s brows bent, "Are you treating me like a child?"

Fu Qiyuan heard this, his inked eyebrows raised, then he stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek, his deep voice following.

"Like an ancestor!"

Su Ran shivered slightly, her earlobes turning faintly warm.

She turned away and continued selecting bows and arrows, missing the upward curve of the man’s lips and the doting that was emerging in his eyes.

He saw every move of the girl, how could he not feel the change in her character?

But to him, it wasn’t important!

He liked every side of her.

Even this "willful and unreasonable" nature fascinated him particularly!

Especially when she clung to his arm with an obedient and adorable demeanor, her occasional acts of cute obstinacy made him damnably enjoy the sensation!

He liked it when she focused her attention only on him!

-

On the other side, Chu Xiyao and the others had chosen their bows and arrows.

"Xiyao, come on, let’s have a face-off!"

"You? Compete with Xiyao?"

"Indeed, Xiyao is an archery expert. Besides Fu Qiyuan, no one can beat her!"

Speaking of Fu Qiyuan, everyone couldn’t help but turn their gaze towards the two people who were sickeningly sweet with each other not far away.

Seeing Chu Xiyao’s troubled expression, someone hastily changed the subject.

"Aside from Xiyao, Yan Shuming is the most impressive here. How about you two have a match?"

"Yes, yes, have a match!"