Bigoted Mr. Fu Lets Me Do Whatever I Want

Chapter 425: There was a Girl That a Man Liked in The PastAfter dinner.

Fu Tingyu accompanied his grandmother on a walk around the garden.

Qin Shu strode by his side.

To the old matriarch’s left was Xu Wei.

The lamps in the garden were brighter than those in Sheng Yuan. Each lamp was only a few metres apart from the last. This was to reduce the risk of the old woman falling because of poor lighting.

Turning towards a pavilion nearby, the old lady said, “Little Yu, walk with me for a bit. We haven’t had a good chat in a long time.”

“Okay.” Fu Tingyu responded. Seeing that Grandma wanted some time alone with Fu Tingyu, Qin Shu offered her husband a brief smile, indicating that she would be fine by herself. Nodding to his wife, Fu Tingyu helped the old woman to the pavilion not a distance away.

Quietly, Qin Shu slowed her steps and made for an adjacent garden.

Xu Wei followed her.

“Qin Shu.”

Qin Shu heard Xu Wei call out to her. She turned back and saw Xu Wei stalking over on her seven-inch heels.

The path cutting through the garden was paved with cobblestone. It was not as easy or as comfortable to walk on as an ordinary cement road.

Xu Wei stopped in front of Qin Shu and asked, “When did you meet Fu Tingyu? Why hasn’t he ever mentioned you before?”

“I met him two years ago” Qin Shu laughed. “All of Tingyu’s friends know me. Aren’t you a friend of Tingyu’s, Miss Xu? I’m not sure why you wouldn’t have heard of me before.”

Xu Wei felt stifled by Qin Shu’s words. Chewing on her lips, she fought to regain her composure. “Tingyu and I have known each other for many years. I know everything about him. I also know that he used to have someone he liked.”

Fu Tingyu used to have someone he liked? Qin Shu stopped in her tracks. Was Xu Wei saying this to sow discord between them?

Playing along, Qin Shu replied tepidly, “Even if he used to have someone he liked, that’s in the past. The person he loves now is me.”

“I didn’t realize that you were so magnanimous. Aren’t you bothered that he used to have someone he liked?” Smirking, Xu Wei murmured, “I’ve heard that Fu Tingyu has been cultivating ginkgo trees for that special girl for at least six years. I wonder how many he’s managed to cultivate already…”

Under the light of the moon, Xu Wei peered at Qin Shu hoping to glean some sort of response in her expression.

No sooner had Xu Wei mentioned ginkgo trees than the image of Fu Tingyu presenting her with one came to mind. Fu Tingyu had cultivated it for several years before giving it to her as a present.

She had not known Fu Tingyu some six or seven years ago.

Was the ginkgo tree he had given her meant for someone else?

Qin Shu sent Xu Wei a questioning look. How did she know these things?

“The ginkgo tree you mentioned… Does it have golden leaves all year round? If so, then the one you saw in Sheng Yuan was it.”

“Was it now? I didn’t expect it to be the one I was thinking of. Indeed, it’s very beautiful.”

Xu Wei feigned surprise.

Curling her lips into a sweet smile she agreed. “Yes, it is very beautiful. I like it very much.”

A figure approached them from the direction of the gazebo. Catching sight of who it was, Xu Wei needled Qin Shu deliberately. “I have heard that you once had a boyfriend – a boyfriend whom you loved so much that you did anything and everything he asked of you. Did you ever… kiss him?”

Xu Wei heaved a long, dramatic sigh. “It is said that one’s first love is unforgettable. I’ve never had a boyfriend before so I don’t know how true the saying is.”

“I was young and ignorant, then. I thought he was different… He always spoke to me kindly, knowing just the right words to comfort me whenever I felt down. I thought he liked me, in the same way, I liked him but I was wrong. What we shared was not love. It was just my selfish belief that he would reciprocate my feelings for him. When he rejected me, I understood – I understood that he never thought of me in that way. It made me rethink my love for him, and I realized I never really loved him in the way I thought I did…” Qin Shu whispered faintly, her words weighing heavily in the cool night air.

Hearing Qin Shu’s answer, Xu Wei frowned and probed further, “Then, didn’t the two of you hold hands, hug or kiss? It’s something lovers do all the time.”