Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Qian Xun froze up for a moment, not understanding what Shi Ze was up to. She was suspicious to the core. “Don’t worry… After the engagement, I will declare my identity. Those baseless rumors will not affect the stocks of your company.”
Clearly, Shi Ze had recognized the man in the rumors to be Lu Yanzhi. The grudge he had with the Lu Family should be the reason why he was so concerned.
Or perhaps, he thought that the rumors were for real, and she had some sort of feelings for Lu Yanzhi. He probably thought that if he were to turn their relationship into a real one, he would be able to get revenge on the Lus?
Would he go to that extent?
Shi Ze smiled out calmly. “Why must you feel as if the reason why I’m concerned is because of the stocks? Can’t we talk about feelings between us? Perhaps…”
Qian Xun cut him through his sentence. “Shi Ze…”
“Hmm?”
“Do you remember the rules we laid down before we confirmed this cooperation?”
Of course, he remembered.
Number 1: Be it during the relationship or the marriage after, everything was merely for appearances. Regardless of time, they would always be individual entities.
Number 2: Financially—be it during the relationship or the marriage after—their finances would not ever mix, and they would not have a part of the other’s money.
Number 3: They will not interfere in the personal lives of the other party, but at the same time, they not must stop the cooperation due to their personal lives.
“Of course, I remember! But, since we’ve already decided to get engaged and even married later on, why can’t we try to be a real couple? Perhaps, we might get along well and even fall in love with one another?”
Shi Ze spoke with an endearing tone that was doused in honey.
“Impossible for me!” Qian Xun replied affirmatively, enunciating every single word.
How could she fall in love with him? She was never ever going to fall in love with another man in this entire lifetime of hers!
“But, what if I fall in love with you?”
Her eyes narrowed as she spoke coldly, “If you fall in love with me right now, we’re going to call off the engagement. If you fall in love with me after marriage, we’ll get divorced right away.”
Shi Ze’s face turned somewhat dim for a moment before it returned to normalcy the next second, regaining that calm and polite demeanor of his.
He mused. “Seems like I’ve got to adjust my feelings then.”
Looking at that calm manner of his, Qian Xun truly did not know what he was up to. But, she was even warier of him right now.
“That’s your business… In any case, I’ve already made my words clear. Please do not make any promises to my father in the future or say anything that goes beyond your wishes. Anything between us will just be done for the sake of appearances, that’s all.” There was no polite smile on her face, and even though her tone was gentle, there was a sense of resolution in it that gave no room for negotiations.
Shi Ze smiled and said nothing.
His grudge with the Lus was something that nearly everyone within the circle knew about. Because of that, there was no one who would really dare to back him for fear of offending the Lus. The Sus were the only ones that did not have to care about the Lus—he needed them as his stepping stone, so that he would have the backing to go against the Lus.
It was especially at a critical period right now where he was rising prominently—not only did he require the network outreach of the Sus, he needed Qian Xun to advertise him out.
Qian Xun was merely two years older than him, yet she was extremely mature, and would not cling to him, much less make things real with him. A woman as such was extremely suitable to be his wife, helping his business move smoothly by the sides.
But, he would have never imagined that Su Qianxun would be involved with a man of the Lus as well.