Capítulo 512: Chapter 512 Will You Choose Me?
“Fu Tian and Fu Yue are both afraid of you, seeing you like a mouse sees a cat.”
“Perhaps I was too strict with them. Fu Tian has liked to cause trouble since he was young, and I had to take time out every month to clean up his messes. Sometimes, I was too busy with military duties outside and couldn’t come back, so I had to ask friends for help.”
Fu Xing reminisced about the past, tapped Lin Fu’s nose affectionately, and said, “I used to be a frequent visitor to the Royal Guard at the Capital Star, always going there to bail someone out. The trouble you’re causing now is nothing big in comparison.”
“Really? No way?” Lin Fu was amazed. “I can’t tell that Fu Tian is like that at all.”
Fu Xing’s expression turned a bit odd, “Not Fu Tian, it’s Fu Yue.”
“Ah? It’s Fu Yue?” Although she didn’t interact much with Fu Yue, the cool demeanor of Fu Yue had left a deep impression on her. She heard that Fu Yue worked in the logistics department and performed excellently without showing any of the fragility expected from a noble daughter.
Just from her behavior, one wouldn’t guess she’s the biological sister of Duke Imoles.
As a brother, he shouldn’t talk about his sister’s dark past, but when his little wife was curious, Fu Xing didn’t hesitate to spill it, “She used to drink heavily, fight, and even jilted someone, making quite a name for herself across the Empire.”
Lin Fu heard and was astounded, not expecting her sister-in-law to have been so fierce during her youth.
“Jilted someone?”
“Yes! It was a young master from a Marquis Family, young and handsome, talented, with a good reputation.”
Every time he remembered that he had carefully chosen a husband for his sister and then she simply let him go, Fu Xing’s anger flared.
“It wasn’t you who chose the man, was it?”
“Correct.”
“And in the interstellar era, there are still arranged marriages? Are you sure you’re acting as a brother? Shouldn’t this be something the old-fashioned elders handle?”
Mentioning the elders made Fu Xing’s mouth twitch involuntarily. “The elders would have led her astray.”
“So why did she jilt him?” Lin Fu realized something amiss as soon as she asked, and seeing Fu Xing’s expression, she burst into schadenfreude laughter, “Hahaha… She didn’t elope with someone, did she? You, an authoritarian family head must have felt so defeated, so angry, so embarrassed. Now I finally understand why they are afraid of you.”
“I did it for her good, and of course, part of it was to protect our family’s reputation.”
“What if it were you? Say Meng Keqin was your arranged partner, but then you met me. What would you do?” Lin Fu had spoken casually, but after she finished talking, she somewhat regretted it.
She shouldn’t have asked such a question.
Life simply doesn’t have what-ifs.
Feelings also can’t withstand tests and choices.
She looked nervously at Fu Xing, wanting to take back her words or divert this silence-inducing topic, yet she was truly curious about his answer.
Fu Xing’s expression grew serious, the softness in his eyes fading, as he just stared at her. It took a long while before he asked, “If you were Prince Clive, what would you choose? True love? Or fiancée?”
True love? Freedom?
Throne? Prison?
The stakes involved made it incredibly difficult to choose.
Lin Fu’s heart skipped a beat, and she slowly lowered her eyes.
She looked down on Clive for his irresponsible behavior.
Lin Fu looked up, meeting Fu Xing’s deep and bottomless eyes, and when she grasped the meaning in his gaze, it felt like a bucket of ice water had been poured over her, chilling her to the core.
“Would you leave me?” Fu Xing asked in a deep voice.