Chapter 260: A Public Display of Affection
Chapter 260: Chapter 260: A Public Display of Affection
Su Zhaozhao smiled. "Yes, a few days ago, Huai Zheng mentioned that you came here looking for him."
As she spoke, Su Zhaozhao began to prepare tea.
She boiled the water, washed the cups, and steeped the tea. Her technique was fluid and graceful, her movements elegant and lovely to watch.
Shu Xue found it a beautiful sight.
The more she watched, the more she felt it was completely normal for Xie Huaizheng to have fallen for Su Zhaozhao. She was beautiful, had a pleasant voice, and such a good personality...
If she were a man, she would fall for Su Zhaozhao too.
’No, no, that’s not right. Su Zhaozhao stole my identity. I’m here to settle the score with her!’
But in the next moment, Su Zhaozhao placed a cup of tea before her, its fragrance wafting to her nose.
Shu Xue’s family also loved tea. Her grandfather, especially, would get up first thing every morning to brew a pot.
She had tried many different kinds of tea.
The tea before her now seemed to be a green tea, but it carried a special aroma. One could tell at a glance that it was of superior quality.
Moreover, the person who brewed it was highly skilled; just the scent alone told her it was something special.
"This is Huangshan Maofeng. Please, Miss Shu, have a taste," Su Zhaozhao said.
Hearing the girl’s sweet, pleasant voice, Shu Xue subconsciously lifted the cup and began to drink in small sips.
’It really does taste wonderful.’
Shu Xue couldn’t help but narrow her eyes in pleasure.
Setting down the teacup, Shu Xue remembered her purpose for being here, and her expression grew serious.
"I came today to talk to you about why you’re impersonating me."
Su Zhaozhao hadn’t known Shu Xue for long, but she could tell Shu Xue wasn’t a bad person at heart. So, she figured she didn’t need to treat her like an enemy.
So she sighed. "This was indeed my oversight. I’m sorry."
Shu Xue hadn’t expected Su Zhaozhao to apologize so directly. She was caught off guard. Plus, Su Zhaozhao’s eyes were downcast, making her look a little pitiful.
"It was actually a coincidence. As it happens, my fiancé’s name is very similar to Huai Zheng’s, and I misheard. Huai Zheng also mistook me for his wife..."
Su Zhaozhao calmly explained everything to Shu Xue.
"But can something really be that coincidental?" Shu Xue frowned. She still found it hard to believe. How could they both have been mistaken?
’Someone must have deliberately concealed the truth, right?’
"It’s the truth. My former fiancé is also here now. If you don’t believe me, Miss Shu, I can introduce you to him."
Her relationship with Xie Huaizhen wasn’t so strained anymore. Su Zhaozhao thought he probably wouldn’t be against meeting her.
Shu Xue finished her cup of tea, and Su Zhaozhao immediately refilled it for her.
She even placed a plate of pastries in front of Shu Xue. "These are store-bought, freshly made. Would you like to try some?"
In reality, she had taken them from her pocket dimension. Their quality was impeccable, no different from freshly made ones.
Shu Xue picked up a piece of mung bean cake, took a bite, and her eyes narrowed in delight.
’This is delicious!’
’How does this taste even better than the cakes from those amazing pastry chefs in Jiang City?’
Crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, with the fresh fragrance of mung beans. It wasn’t too sweet, which suited her palate perfectly.
After finishing one piece, Shu Xue couldn’t resist having a second.
When she came to her senses and remembered what she was supposed to be saying, she immediately stopped eating.
"No! Even if you say all that, I won’t believe you so easily." Shu Xue looked at Su Zhaozhao with a stern expression.
"In any case, I’m here now, and I want you to give Xie Huaizheng back to me."
Although Su Zhaozhao was beautiful, had a great personality, and spoke pleasantly, the moment Shu Xue thought about how such an outstanding fiancé like Xie Huaizheng had been snatched away by her, she suddenly found Su Zhaozhao’s face a bit repulsive.
Su Zhaozhao hadn’t expected Shu Xue to be so insistent.
In the novel, she had never even heard of Shu Xue. But Xie Huaizheng was so handsome and outstanding, and Shu Xue seemed quite innocent and charming herself.
’She doesn’t seem like the kind of cannon fodder character the author would just write in casually.’
Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.
’If that’s really the case, does it mean they might be important characters who appear later in the story?’
’Maybe the two of them really do get together.’
’Could they be a secondary couple in this book?’
’But because I showed up, did I make Xie Huaizheng’s part of the story happen earlier?’
’But... give up Xie Huaizheng?’
The smile vanished from Su Zhaozhao’s face. She stared at Shu Xue and said, "I’m sorry, but that’s something I can’t do."
Just as she finished speaking, the door was flung open.
"Shu Xue, get the hell out of here." Xie Huaizheng’s icy voice rang out, laced with a hint of anxiety.
When he had just returned, he’d heard someone downstairs say that his sister had come looking for him.
But where would he get a sister from?
He immediately thought of Shu Xue. With her youthful looks, she certainly appeared very young.
They also told him that they had run into Su Zhaozhao, who had then brought her home.
Xie Huaizheng immediately rushed upstairs. The moment he walked through the door and saw Su Zhaozhao sitting face-to-face with Shu Xue, he blurted out those words without a second thought.
He had always had a wild and arrogant personality, and he didn’t treat women any differently than men.
Yesterday, he felt he had been quite polite to Shu Xue. At least he had asked her to leave nicely.
Not only did she refuse to leave, but she even came to their door to bother his Zhaozhao. He himself couldn’t even bear to tell Su Zhaozhao about this vexing matter.
But here she was, showing up in person?
So Xie Huaizheng immediately told her to get lost.
Hearing Xie Huaizheng’s words, Shu Xue’s face instantly turned pale. "Xie Huaizheng, you’re being too harsh!"
Yesterday, Xie Huaizheng had been relatively good-tempered. How could he be so rude today, telling her to get lost?
"Good, as long as you know." Xie Huaizheng’s expression was cold. "You can go tattle to my grandfather, or you can go tattle to your grandfather. But if you keep making a scene here, don’t blame me for not being polite!"
He really did look fierce, his expression filled with an unconcealable sinister and hostile energy.
Shu Xue immediately looked at Su Zhaozhao. "Su Zhaozhao, look at him! He’s so fierce. How can you stand him?"
’I would never want a man that fierce.’
Xie Huaizheng froze. He never imagined that Shu Xue would actually complain to Su Zhaozhao!
Su Zhaozhao hadn’t expected it either. But right now, with Shu Xue looking so aggrieved, she knew that this was, in fact, their fault.
Shu Xue was the real victim here. They were the beneficiaries of the situation, so they shouldn’t be so intimidating and imposing.
She stood up, walked over to Xie Huaizheng, and took his arm as if to soothe him.
"Xie Huaizheng, don’t be like that. You’re scaring her."
"But she won’t leave. I don’t know what else to do."
Being soothed by Su Zhaozhao, Xie Huaizheng’s expression softened, but he still looked unconvinced.
"Alright, stop it. I’ll talk to her properly," Su Zhaozhao said, squeezing his hand with a smile.
The man took the opportunity to grasp her hand. "Just don’t be mad that I hid this from you. I just didn’t want to upset you. I thought she would have left yesterday."
Watching their interaction, Shu Xue felt like she was getting a faceful of their public display of affection.
She shot to her feet. "Fine, I’ll leave then!"
She really couldn’t take it anymore. She could see how good their relationship was.
She knew she wouldn’t find happiness by forcing the issue.