Perfect Fiancé Chapter 25

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When the group left Huang Ting, Su Chenghai and Su Yue headed back to the office, while Lu Xi took Su Jin back to the villa.

In Lu Xi's car, Su Jin was familiar enough with the car that she knew where to find a piece of chocolate from the Porsche's secret compartment. After she had removed the wrapper and stuffed the chocolate into her mouth, that familiar sweetness melted into a subtle hint of acerbity that diffused in the mouth. As she leaned back on the genuine leather seat, she heaved a sigh of relief as she finally came to grips with what Lu Xi had said earlier.

It was just that as she recovered her wits about her, she felt that something was still amiss.

Gazing out the car window, lo and behold, it was still the familiar Imperial Court Country club signage.

So this car had not even moved at all?

Her brows rose as she looked at the person sitting in the driver's seat.

The most appealing attribute of Lu Xi's appearance, when looked straight on, would be that pair of peach eyes, their ends tilting upwards, eyelashes long and thick. However, his eyes weren't like hers, with their distinctive black and white. Rather, from the depths of the pitch black pupils, the color gradually intertwined with the white of the iris into a layer of complexity. Because of this, those eyes seemed to be shrouded in mystery but should he lift his lips, those beautiful pupils would become alive and swirl like smokey mist, secretly permeating with laughter.

Still, Su Jin was well aware that he wasn't always like this.

At the school grounds under the dance stage, in front of her vill the depths of this man's eyes had reflected the brilliance of the starlight, clearly penetrating and resplendent beyond comprehension.

That pair of eyes were simply too beautiful and mesmerising, causing most people to neglect the rest of his facial features.

But when you look at his side profile, those peach eyes were not as obvious. Only those peak-like high and severe brows, long eyelashes, and a rather straight nose. Then, there was the tight lift of those lips…

Only when one was able to escape the temptation of those eyes, would one then truly be able to appreciate the perfection of this person's profile.

At the moment, Lu Xi was sitting in the driver's seat with his head leaning forward. Using his left hand, he released the black crystal cufflinks on his right wrist, then rolled back his sleeves layer upon layer to his elbow.

His actions were slow, and it seemed like he was straightening every crease in detail with each fold.

Those pair of hands- with ten long slender fingers, the well-formed joints, and tidy clean fingernails- bore a soft white color rather unlike hers.

An empty-handed girl was secretly infatuated with those pair of hairs before sensing that something was off-kilter.

This person, while he appeared to focus on rolling up his sleeves, it was obvious that his mind was preoccupied.

Have you ever encountered a person who took ten minutes to roll up their sleeves?

Su Jin swallowed the chocolate in her mouth, before reaching out her hand to jab at the arm of a very distracted man.

"Lu Xi," She called out softly, "what's up with you?"

When the warmth permeated his arm, he collected himself. Lu Xi turned his gaze towards the soft white hand and trailed upwards. In the next moment, his eyes collided with the eyes of the girl, and immediately he lowered his head.

With the slight lifting of a pained smile, he decided that he was unwilling to hide from her the fact that he was a despicable, ruthless and merciless person. He did not want her to find out later and be unable to accept this reality.

Even though he had repeatedly told himself this, he believed that this lady whom he had cherished in his heart all these years would not let him down. Yet at this very moment, he was still terrified.

Hence, he was too scared to look into her eyes.

What would he see in her beautiful phoenix eyes that carried truths in black and white? Would there be fear or repulsion? Would she be terrified of his despicable and ruthlessness, or despise him for reneging on his word to Han Xuelan.

Lu Xi, oh Lu Xi, when did you become so pretentious?

How true indeed, since the day he had met her, this covertly well armoured and p.r.i.c.kly hedgehog had involuntarily flipped over and exposed his most soft vulnerable belly.

After all these years, he still bared his tenderness to her. All because she mattered to him, and as such, he could not bear for even a sliver of unhappiness and displeasure to grace her eyes.

Any man that had developed feelings for her, even if a thousand swords were to come hacking and made mincemeat out of him, he would still face it all! Yet, he loathingly thought, but what if… what if because she feared him, despised him…. Then he…..

What could he do anyway?

He could only continue to stay close, keep her company and treat her well- treat her more than just well- in the hope that he could blot out the events of the day.

His exposed arm was suddenly held on to and enveloped by a soft touch.

Lu Xi blinked, looking at the hand on his arm. It seemed almost boneless, those slender long white fingers. Due to her work, she kept her nails short and had never applied any nail polish. Each one of those fingers on his arm had nails that were trimmed into smooth, cute and round ovals; each nail was painted with a lovely translucent pastel pink.

Those peach blossomed eyes finally had something to hone in on.

"Lu Xi." Su Jin furrowed her brows and asked once more, "really, what's wrong?"

Lu Xi shook his head and stared at the girl beside him.

Although she had pursed her lips slightly and her expression was filled with puzzlement, those pair of beautiful eyes of hers were filled with worry and annoyance.

She was not afraid.

She was not disgusted.

She… was worried about him.

As he comprehended this, Lu Xi was stunned and soon after, his heart suddenly swelled up with a flood of joy.

Leaning his body closer to hers with a little brilliant light lingering in his eyes, he asked worriedly, "Jin'er, you aren't afraid of me and you don't hate me either?"

"Afraid? Hate?" Su Jin was startled, "what are you talking about?"

"That I was so vicious and merciless and even went back on my promises to them…" Lu Xi replied lowly as his eyes darkened.

Su Jin blinked and was surprised.

Vicious and merciless… Hm, it seemed like he was and to go back on his promises… Hm, that did happen too.

However, to think that she would be afraid of him and hate him because he was so vicious and merciless to some people who wanted to harm her? To think she would think badly of him for reneging on his word with them?

This man, what outrageous and silly things could he be thinking of?

Limply, Su Jin rubbed her forehead.

She was not the original Su Jin who had been spoilt silly and was unworldly; she was Su Jiner.

Without parents ever since she was young, all her memories had begun from when she lived and grew up in the orphanage. She was Su Jiner who had single-handedly raised herself.

How much darkness there was in this world, this she knew all too clearly.

To have someone to protect her like this now; that particular someone even mentioned that he would never permit anyone who even had the thought to harm her in his immediate range. Even if it was only a thought, he would not allow it.

So what if he was truly vicious and merciless? So what if he would renege on his word, what then? The one who had the least right to be afraid of him and to hate him was the person who was protected under his wing: her.

Her startled expression awhile ago, truthfully, wasn't because it was hard to accept. It was merely her response of surprise.

Growing up alone as a child, she had never, never ever had anyone who had clearly told her about safeguarding her for her sake.

So she was merely shocked.

Seeing the girl being silent for a short while, Lu Xi's gaze gradually misted over. So, it wasn't because she was scared or hated him, actually she hadn't thought of that at all? Therefore, he had personally brought all of these on himself by pointing it out?

"Heh…" He lightly laughed and his pair of misted over eyes were intensely pitch-black.

Immersed in her own thoughts, Su Jin was quickly roused and noticed that the man before her was leaning against the seat with slightly closed eyes. His alabaster fingers were crossed and placed on his abdomen. At a closer glance, they were still faintly trembling.

Su Jin blinked and vaguely felt that the current Lu Xi before her had a vibe of misery and pity to him.

As she thought of this, her eyes crinkled and she reached out to place a hand over his.

"Hey, I'm neither afraid of you nor do I hate you, okay?"

Her last word was slightly playful, seemingly hiding a faint trace of laughter.

Her tone… It had a vague sense of coaxing a child.

His long lashes fluttered and his hand immediately flipped to hold onto the small hand that covered his. Turning his body over, he looked at the young woman before him.

Inky eyes that were pure and clear; they were filled with merriment.

She truly was not.

The joy in his heart finally surged once more and slowly clambered up to his eyes. Those alluring peach blossom eyes were filled with obvious joy and his see-saw upheaval of emotions steadily settled down. All of that uneasiness had changed into warmth and contentment that filled his heart.

"Jin'er…" Reaching out to pat her ebony long tresses, his smile was warm and gentle.

"I'll send you home."

Su Jin tried to withdraw her right hand that was held in his but failed. Glancing at him starting his car, her lips twitched, "how are you going to drive with only one hand?"

"I have good skills." Lu Xi arched an eyebrow and turned to give her a glance. His tone was relaxed and was unlike the depressed and frustrated individual from before.

Dumbstruck, Su Jin stared at this fellow who had changed his expressions
so quickly. Out of the blue, she thought of a proverb, "the weather in June fluctuates and changes like a child's emotions, it changes at a drop of a hat."

Although her original intention was to comfort him with a pat, her hand had been held tightly in the palm of that person. Su Jin sighed and secretly mumbled, "you behave like a three-year-old, Lu Xi."

"What did you say?" The man who was driving could only faintly hear her talking but could not hear her clearly. Therefore, he decided to ask.

"Nothing, just drive carefully." Su Jin blinked and tried to pull her hand free. She remained unsuccessful and simply gave up.

Outside of Su Jin's family villa, a black Porsche stopped at the gate for five minutes.

"Hey!" Su Jin glared at the man beside her, "I've reached home already!"

Lu Xi blinked and finally loosened his grip on her hand under the girl's gaze that was filled with murderous intentions.

Rubbing her sore wrist, a flush of red suddenly flooded Su Jin's cheeks.

"Lu Xi, I think…" She bit her lip and spoke lowly, "I may be, perhaps, just a little, starting to…"

"Hm?" His eyebrow arched.

"Like you."

The girl's voice was as thin as a mosquito's buzz but Lu Xi, unfortunately, heard it clearly.

Since he could hear it clearly enough, his body froze.

"See you tomorrow!" Seeing his dumbfounded expression, Su Jin's face was filled with laughter as she pulled the door open and left the car.

A short while later, the man in the car finally snapped back to reality.

Huge and irrepressible delight slowly burst forth from his heart. Previously, when she had mentioned that she neither hated nor was afraid of him, he thought that he was already satisfied with that alone. However, at this moment, he finally understood what it meant to be greedy.

Su Jin, you are my poppy flower; that would make me feel yearning day and night, that would make me always desire for you, that would make me become more and more greedy.(1)

(1) Poppy flower here refers to the opium flower, unlike the other kinds that are used as a symbol of remembrance. Here, Lu Xi refers to her as his drug, his only weakness.

Still, even if he was dissatisfied, the joy in his heart still came in constant spells. He could not suppress the curl of his thin lips as he revealed a row of white and neat teeth. That pair of peach blossom eyes of his were filled with so much merriment that it seemed like it was about to flow out.

"Did you hear that? She said she was starting to like me…" With a grin, he spoke. Yet, it was unclear who was he asking.

A long time later, he finally cooled off.

"See you tomorrow." Raising his head to look at the east-side window on the second floor of the villa, his peach blossom eyes were filled with gentle and bright happiness.

Translated by Minodayz and Irisu

Edited by Ely and Th.o.r.n.yan