Ah Feng was pushed and stumbled, his elbow hitting the cold edge of the coffee table, sending a dull pain through him.

Looking at Qin Shu's face, contorted with resentment and tears, and hearing her still calling out the name "Fu Ciyan," the jealousy and anger in his heart burned even more fiercely.

"Shushu! Wake up!" He raised his voice, grabbing Qin Shu's arm. "That bastard Fu Ciyan is gone! He's not worth you doing this for! He doesn't care about you at all, why do you insist on having him?"

"What do you know?" Qin Shu abruptly shook off his hand, her voice shrill. "He wasn't like this before! It's all because of Lu Yao! That bitch has bewitched him with some kind of trick! Ah Feng, help me, help me get that bitch away! As long as she disappears, Brother Ciyan will definitely change his mind!"

She clung to Ah Feng like a last straw, her eyes filled with desperate hope and ruthless rage: "If you're willing to help me, I'll agree to be matched with you!"

Ah Feng's hand froze in mid-air.

"Do you know what will happen to me if I'm caught harming women?"

"What, you're afraid?"

Looking at the resolute expression on Qin Shu's face, Ah Feng suddenly smiled. He grabbed Qin Shu and kissed her lips fiercely, as if to make up for the regret of chasing after her for so many years. He kissed her fiercely until he tasted blood, and then slowly released Qin Shu: "Remember what you said."

*

Fu Ciyan returned to his car and, unsurprisingly, was bombarded with voice messages from Fu Hongyi. He casually started the car and answered the call.

Immediately, Fu Hongyi roared, "Fu Ciyan, are you crazy? You're warning Qin Shu for a woman with no background? What were you thinking?"

Fu Ciyan steered the hovercar smoothly into the traffic flow with one hand.

Fu Hongyi's voice, distorted with anger, echoed through the quiet car via the in-car communicator.

He didn't answer immediately, but simply turned down the volume of the communicator and stared calmly ahead.

Only after Fu Hongyi's roar subsided slightly did he slowly speak, his voice calm and utterly unwavering: "I was merely warning those who overstepped their bounds. What's wrong with that? What exactly is Father favoring? And why has Madam Qin come to see you again?"

On the other end of the communicator, Fu Hongyi's breathing visibly paused, and his anger just now deflated like a punctured balloon.

He was silent for a few seconds, and when he spoke again, his tone was indeed much gentler.

"No, we haven't been in touch for a long time." Fu Hongyi's voice lowered. "I just feel that the Qin family is not an ordinary family after all. Isn't what you're doing a bit too rash? Can't you be a little gentler? Qin Shu brought up the child..."

"Stop speaking up for her, Father," Fu Ciyan interrupted him. "This is the only thing that's not open to discussion. If there's nothing else, I need to prepare the ingredients for tonight. Yaoyao really enjoys my cooking."

In his last sentence, Fu Ciyan's tone was full of undisguised tenderness.

Fu Hongyi's heart skipped a beat. It was the first time he had ever heard Fu Ciyan speak in such a tone. But before he could react, Fu Ciyan had already cut off the communication.

It felt as if talking to him for even a minute longer would interfere with his care of his match.

Looking at Su Qian, who had just finished two shoots and was in great shape, Lu Yao couldn't help but smile: "You're doing great, you're in very good shape right now."

Hearing Lu Yao's praise, Su Qian couldn't help but smile: "It's all thanks to Sister Lu Yao and everyone else for teaching me so well. I feel like I've really improved a lot during this time, thanks to everyone."

"Shouldn't you do something about it?" Xie Linyu asked jokingly as he walked over.

Su Qian was slightly taken aback, then smiled shyly and said, "It is appropriate to express my gratitude. So, after the filming of the 10 episodes is finished, during the short break, I'll treat everyone to dinner."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yao was about to say something when Xie Linyu spoke up first: "Speaking of which, we were saying we'd have dinner together last time, but something came up and we missed it. Teacher Lu Yao, would you do us the honor of having dinner with us this time? I'll treat you, and Su Qian will extend the invitation."

Su Qian's eyes lit up, and she looked at Xie Linyu excitedly: "Is it okay, Brother Xie?"

"Okay, remember to invite Teacher Chen Yu."

"I will!" Su Qian immediately replied and turned to coordinate.

After everyone left, Xie Linyu looked at Lu Yao: "You're not going to refuse again, are you?"

Looking at Xie Linyu's probing look, Lu Yao was somewhat amused and exasperated: "It's just a meal, I wouldn't go that far. I didn't do it on purpose last time either. It was mainly because Fu Ciyan had just returned from a business trip, and I didn't want to leave him behind."

Upon hearing this, Xie Linyu felt a pang of sorrow. He couldn't bear to abandon him, yet he left him behind.

Of course, he only dared to think these words in his heart now, and dared not say them out loud.

"So, you're not going to bring him along for dinner again this time, are you?"

"May I?"

Xie Linyu felt a lump in his throat. He had only meant to tease her, but when he met Lu Yao's slightly expectant gaze, he felt the resentment in his heart intensify!

"No, why do you insist on bringing him along to our private gathering? Is he so domineering that he won't allow you to make friends?"

Lu Yao was both amused and exasperated to see that he had misunderstood her. It was clearly her own idea, but Xie Linyu had somehow managed to twist it and attribute it to Fu Ciyan.

Should he apologize to Fu Ciyan? This huge burden has fallen on him.

"No, he didn't restrict me from making friends, but since you don't want him to participate, then forget it. He probably won't have time anyway. I'll go this time."

Lu Yao didn't take the matter to heart, so she didn't realize that her unintentional remark had soothed Xie Linyu's agitation.

If he doesn't want Fu Ciyan to participate, does that mean she won't bring him?

Xie Linyu couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips. He liked Lu Yao to talk like that, but he didn't say it.

She smiled demurely and said, "Then you should talk to him about it, so he won't rush you back later."

"I understand, he's really not that petty." Lu Yao felt she still needed to prove Fu Ciyan's innocence.

Xie Linyu turned his head away, looking as if he wasn't really interested in knowing.

Su Qian, having already informed everyone, excitedly ran back: "I've also spoken with Teacher Chen Yu; she'll make time for that day!"

Although there were still a few days until the end of filming, Su Qian felt that she could no longer contain her excitement.

When Fu Ciyan came to pick up Lu Yao that evening, Lu Yao took the opportunity to mention the dinner party.

Fu Ciyan didn't say anything, but simply reminded him, "Don't drink too much alcohol then."

Lu Yao looked up at him and asked, "Besides this, don't you have anything else to say?"

"What did you say?" Fu Ciyan looked down at her, seemingly puzzled.

"For example, you don't want to participate with me?"

Fu Ciyan shook his head: "It's inconvenient for me to join your team's dinner."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yao thought to herself, "See? I told you Fu Ciyan wasn't that petty."

"But I'll come pick you up, so you probably can't stay out too late."

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