Chapter 252 Going on a Secret Love Alone
As the saying goes, a day without seeing you feels like three years. Lu Yiming had been in Hong Kong for several days, and the first thing he did when he came back was to talk to Shi Qingxue from the bottom of his heart.
In the evening, Lu Yiming called Shi Qingxue and asked her out. The two agreed to take a walk together in People's Park.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. You have become more beautiful again."
Lu Yiming openly held Shi Qingxue's soft and boneless little hand and played with it carefully.
Shi Qingxue's face flushed pink, and she smiled happily: "You, you're so smooth-talking, tell me the truth, did you pick up any girls from Hong Kong this time when you went out?"
Lu Yiming quickly raised three fingers and swore to the sky: "God is my witness, I didn't do anything! How can I have the time to flirt with little girls? The school I went to was just a Buddhist temple. The number of girls in the whole school can be counted on one hand. Besides, I'm busy with my own things and I don't have the energy for that."
Seeing Lu Yiming's nervous explanation, Shi Qingxue knew that Lu Yiming cared about her very much and was very pleased. After the two chatted for a while, she began to care about Lu Yiming again: "What have you been busy with? Now we are in the third year of high school, and studying alone is hard enough. Don't get too tired."
Lu Yiming raised his chin with some pride: "Hehe, this time I invested in two very promising companies. One is an Internet company in the United States called Google, and the other plans to develop in China. Although it is a startup, I invited King Liu to be the CEO and plan to enter the entertainment industry and make movies. Both investments have great potential and are a sure win for me."
Shi Qingxue's family was also in business, so she knew that there was no such thing as a guaranteed profit in this world. However, she did not argue out loud, but just listened very quietly, always with a smile on her face.
As long as Lu Yiming is happy, she will be happy too.
“Let me tell you, this Google company…”
Lu Yiming thought of the future development prospects of the two companies, and unconsciously said a lot of words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time. When he came to his senses, he quickly stopped talking and took Shi Qingxue's soft and delicate hand with a little apology: "I'm sorry, I was too happy, so I was a little long-winded."
Shi Qingxue gathered the hair beside her ears, shook her head, and then said softly, "It doesn't matter. I like listening to you."
Although she didn't quite understand what Lu Yiming was saying, she could tell that he seemed very excited, so her mood also became cheerful.
Happy things need to be shared with others.
Lu Yiming asked her to share his thoughts with her, and she was so happy that she naturally wouldn't object.
Lu Yiming, who noticed this affection, quietly looked at Shi Qingxue's pretty face and listened to her gentle words. His hands involuntarily clenched a little, for fear that this hard-earned happiness would slip through his fingers.
Before my rebirth, how blind was I to turn a blind eye to such a good girl and go and lick that green tea bitch Wu Qiuya?
When he thought of this, he wanted to slap himself twice.
Fortunately, time can be reversed and regrets can be made up for.
In this life, Lu Yiming just wants to stay with Shi Qingxue.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. We haven't had dinner together for a long time. How about we go eat steak tonight? I heard that there's a new Western restaurant opened on Shangxiajiu Street. The atmosphere is great."
"Yeah, okay."
Qingxue didn't care what she ate, as long as she ate it with Lu Yiming, even if it was just a small ice pack, it would sweeten her heart.
She had developed a crush on Lu Yiming a long time ago, when they were both in elementary school. But Lu Yiming might have forgotten that incident a long time ago, but she had always kept it in her heart.
The next time we met was at Baiyun No. 1 Middle School.
When she found out that she was in the same class as Lu Yiming, she was overjoyed. However, Lu Yiming always had his sights on Wu Qiuya.
So she could only stay by his side silently and carefully hide her feelings.
However, since the end of last semester, Lu Yiming took the initiative to chat with her, and she gradually saw more shining points in Lu Yiming: he was humorous, considerate, and sincere. He was much better than many of the sanctimonious rich second-generations she had met, which made her very happy and felt that she had not misjudged him.
Lu Yiming took out the gift he had prepared long ago.
"This time we happened to stay in the same hotel with King Liu, and he also took us to the film and television city. This is his autographed photo and limited edition record. We also met Fairy Zixia, took a photo with her, and asked for her autograph. I also bought a bunch of postcards and asked them to sign them. Here, they are all here, for you."
Whether it was King Liu or Fairy Zixia, they were both popular stars in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong in the late 1990s.
Although Shi Qingxue is not a crazy fan of any star, she still likes these big stars very much. Now she received their autographed peripherals, which were given by Lu Yiming. Naturally, she was very happy to accept this gift.
For her, the gift Lu Yiming brought back for her this time was more meaningful than the Patek Philippe last time, and it made her happier.
Just when the two of them walked out of the park, a person walking towards them made Shi Qingxue's face change drastically.
The person walking towards him was Shi Qingxue's father, Shi Caijiang.
He had just driven past here and suddenly saw Shi Qingxue and Lu Yiming holding hands. Without saying a word, he stopped the car on the side of the road and ran over to bring justice.
"dad……"
Shi Qingxue was very nervous and hid behind Lu Yiming involuntarily.
Shi Caijiang has been in a very bad mood recently, especially when he saw his daughter hiding behind Lu Yiming and looking at him with fear and resistance.
What is going on?
He has recently hit a bottleneck in his career, and now if he wants to move to the next level, he needs to launch a big project.
But the problem is that the company's funding gap is a bit large. He has contacted a lot of people these days and even invited the presidents of various banks to dinner, but the result cannot be said to be completely useless. However, a loan of several million cannot solve the problem at all.
A business partner was willing to lend a helping hand, but the conditions he proposed made him feel very embarrassed. He had been tossing and turning for several days because of this condition.
Under such circumstances, when he went out to relax, he could still run into Shi Qingxue holding hands with another boy. You can imagine how angry he would be.
The key is that he still recognized Lu Yiming.
"You again!"
Although Lu Yiming didn't expect to meet , he held Shi Qingxue's hand tightly and did not let go.
There was no fear on his face. Instead, he smiled politely at General Shi Cai and greeted him warmly and politely, "Hello, uncle."
He had had a brief meeting with Shi Caijiang in front of the Xinhua Bookstore. At that time, he had just been reborn, and both he and his family were in the worst condition.
But one should always look at someone with new eyes after three days of absence. Now, several months have passed, and Lu Yiming has grown into a billionaire. Naturally, he has the confidence to face Shi Caijiang, the future old man.
No matter how you look at it, I can be considered a son-in-law of the emperor, right?
So I wasn't really panicking and my expression was a little calm.
Shi Caijiang ignored Lu Yiming and looked at his daughter expressionlessly. He said coldly, "Xiaoxue, why are you here? Come on, come home with me for dinner. Your mother has cooked a lot of dishes that you like."
Shi Qingxue turned her face away stubbornly: "I won't go back."
Lu Yiming was very observant and could of course see that there was a lot of tension between the father and daughter.
He could guess what Shi Caijiang was thinking. He didn't want to further deepen the conflict between father and daughter, so he whispered to Shi Qingxue: "You should go back and eat. Auntie specially prepared so many dishes for you. It would be a pity not to eat. See you at school tomorrow."
Shi Qingxue glared at Lu Yiming in dissatisfaction, as if she was very dissatisfied with Lu Yiming's position, but thinking that they would meet again tomorrow, she did not insist.
She just snorted and walked towards Shi Cai's Mercedes-Benz parked on the side of the road in a huff.
Lu Yi knew that Shi Qingxue must be angry, but he also knew that he had to do this. After all, he didn't want his sweetheart to have a conflict with his future father-in-law.
On the way back, Shi Caijiang drove the car and Shi Qingxue sat in the back seat. Neither the father nor the daughter spoke.
Finally, it was Shi Caijiang who broke the silence and asked, "That guy just now, is he the classmate who accompanied you to buy books in Xinhua Bookstore last time?"
Shi Qingxue hummed softly.
"If I remember correctly, his name seems to be Lu Yiming?"
"Um."
Shi Qingxue was obviously still in a bad mood and didn't react to what Shi Caijiang said.
The cabbages that he had grown with great difficulty were almost eaten by the pigs. Shi Caijiang was naturally in a bad mood at the moment.
But seeing that his daughter seemed to not want to say anything to him, Shi Caijiang felt extremely heartbroken. He didn't know since when, his caring little daughter had become not caring at all.
There seemed to be an inexplicable rift between father and daughter.
Shi Caijiang had no choice but to bite the bullet and talk about another matter: "By the way, I remember you seemed to know a young man named Godqiu, right?"
Shi Qingxue didn't know why General Shi Cai suddenly mentioned Ge Deqiu, but she still nodded.
"What do you think of this young man Ge Deqiu? Compared to Lu Yiming, he seems to be better."
Shi Qingxue seemed to understand something all of a sudden. She raised her head abruptly and glanced at Shi Caijiang in the rearview mirror.
Shi Caijiang was completely unaware of Shi Qingxue's reaction, and instead spoke to himself, "I think Ge Deqiu is a good guy. He's not worse looking than Lu Yiming. The key is that his family is rich, and he's very motivated. He's an excellent and promising young man."
After hearing this, Shi Qingxue bit her lip and tears welled up in her eyes: "Dad, what do you mean by this?"
When Shi Caijiang saw his daughter crying, he panicked and said quickly, "My dear daughter, I don't mean anything else. I just..."
Having said this, Shi Caijiang suddenly stopped talking.
He really couldn't ask Shi Qingxue about some business matters. Especially the matter of using his daughter as a bargaining chip in business, which made him feel caught between a rock and a hard place.
In order to ease the atmosphere, Shi Caijiang talked about Lu Yiming again: "Have you confirmed your relationship with that Lu Yiming?"
"No."
Shi Qingxue pursed her lips and turned away again, obviously still angry about what had just been said.
She didn't lie. After all, they were not officially dating, and as long as they didn't confess their feelings, they were not in a relationship.
After hearing what Shi Qingxue said, Shi Caijiang felt inexplicably relieved.
When they got home, Shi Qingxue's mother Su Yunjin had already put the food on the table. Seeing Shi Qingxue coming back, she smiled and said, "My daughter is back. Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. Hey, why are your eyes red? Did you cry just now?"
Suddenly, a puzzled look fell on Shi Caijiang: "What happened to our Xiaoxue?"
Shi Caijiang did not hide it: "When I passed by the park just now, I saw her holding hands with a boy in the park, so I brought her back."
When Su Yunjin heard that her daughter was holding hands with a boy, she became extremely nervous and anxiously pulled Shi Qingxue to ask, "What's going on? Didn't you promise mom that you wouldn't date before the college entrance examination?"
Shi Qingxue shook her head firmly and said in defense: "We are just friends."
Su Yunjin was unwilling to believe it. They were holding hands, how could they be just friends?
If it’s a little later, maybe you’ll have grandchildren.
So her attitude was very tough: "That won't work either, you are still a child."
Shi Qingxue was very unconvinced after hearing this: "Then why did Dad let me be friends with that Ge Deqiu?"
"God Qiu?"
Su Yunjin had no idea about Shi Caijiang's business affairs. When she heard Shi Qingxue say that Shi Caijiang actually wanted her to be friends with Ge Deqiu, she immediately glared at her husband angrily and asked loudly: "Shi Caijiang, explain to me clearly, what is going on?"
Shi Caijiang knew that he was in the wrong. After all, he had not had time to discuss this business matter with Su Yunjin.
However, he was unwilling to reveal more details in front of Shi Qingxue, and only said vaguely: "I do this for the sake of this family. Besides, Ge Deqiu is a good guy. It's okay for young people to make more friends."
Of course Su Yunjin knew who Ge Deqiu was. In fact, their two companies had cooperated in business before. Shi Caijiang and Ge Youcai had a good personal relationship. Su Yunjin had even attended several parties at Ge's house.
Seeing Shi Cai avoiding her gaze, Su Yunjin was not stupid and immediately understood something, which made her even angrier: "Okay, Shi, you are crazy. Have you reached some agreement with the Ge family? Are you going to sell your daughter for fame? Are you going to sell me out one day too?"
Shi Caijiang, who was a male chauvinist, was furious when he heard this. He argued with his eyes wide open: "You are talking nonsense! My daughter is still standing here, what nonsense are you talking about? I would like to ask you, I work hard outside all day, have you taught your daughter well at home? If I hadn't come across this incident by chance when I went out today, I don't know who would have kidnapped your daughter!"
Su Yunjin was already very angry because Shi Qingxue had fallen in love too early and Shi Caijiang had hidden something from her. Now that Shi Caijiang was blaming her, she was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. She stood on tiptoes and said loudly, "What do you mean by my daughter? This daughter is not yours?"
As the dispute started, Shi Caijiang became even more annoyed: "I'm being reasonable with you, but you're being unreasonable with me? I'm already worried enough about the company's affairs, can you let me worry less about this family?"
"Oh, are you busy with company matters? Do you think I don't know that you're fooling around with other women?"
When General Shi Cai heard this, he immediately felt guilty and his momentum weakened, but he still said stubbornly: "You...what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Shi Qingxue, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said, "Dad, my little brother should be ten years old now, right?"
