“Let me take you to school,” Lu Jingchen said after a moment of hesitation.
As for his elder brother, he wouldn’t bother with him.
“Thank you, Brother Jingchen,” Gu Ningning said. She had been brought to the Public Security Bureau from school and hadn’t ridden her bicycle, so she didn’t refuse.
“Don’t listen to Big Brother. Since you have the opportunity, study hard,” Lu Jingchen said, looking straight ahead as he drove. “I’ve gathered some more review materials from Chief’s house. You can take them later.”
He truly wished Gu Ningning well.
He didn’t want her to focus all her attention on Lu Xueshi.
“Okay,” Gu Ningning agreed readily. “But Brother Xueshi said that I’m just going to get a bit of polish, and I won’t need to work in the future; he’ll support me.”
“His salary probably isn’t enough for you,” Lu Jingchen felt a pang of discomfort. They were clearly together, yet Gu Ningning was talking about marrying someone else in front of him.
“I’ll be more frugal in the future,” Gu Ningning said softly, her face full of anticipation for the future.
This made Lu Jingchen, who wanted to persuade her further, feel even more choked up.
He could only shut up.
Seeing his even more serious face, Gu Ningning quickly lowered her head.
She hadn’t yet obtained everything she wanted, so she could only continue with this act.
“And Shen Xiuxiu won’t bother Brother Xueshi anymore,” Gu Ningning added in a low voice. “Yesterday, she and Xiao Hongshi were already hugging each other.”
The Xiao Family would definitely make an issue of this.
Having already lost power and wealth, how could the Xiao Family let it go?
Lu Jingchen gave a bitter smile. He had originally guided her to see Lu Xueshi and Shen Xiuxiu together, hoping she would see Lu Xueshi’s true colors and give up.
Unexpectedly, she didn’t care at all.
Now that something had happened to Shen Xiuxiu, she was very happy.
She must think that Lu Xueshi would cut ties with Shen Xiuxiu from now on.
He felt even more bitter inside.
“Ningning, do you like Big Brother that much?” Lu Jingchen was extremely conflicted.
“Of course! We’re going to get engaged,” Gu Ningning said with a sweet smile.
Lu Jingchen was looking straight ahead and didn’t see her expression. If he had looked closely, he would have noticed that her sweetness was mostly an act.
At the Public Security Bureau.
Shen Xiuxiu glared at Mother Xiao, her face ashen.
Of course, she wouldn’t marry someone like Xiao Hongshi.
She was Chief Shen’s daughter.
Even if Lu Xueshi didn’t want her, there were plenty of excellent young men lining up to marry her.
“You tell me, what would Gu Ningning do if I exposed your relationship with Lu Xueshi?” Mother Xiao was desperate. She didn’t want to live miserably for the rest of her life.
“How dare you!” Shen Xiuxiu felt a surge of blood rush to her head.
“The barefoot aren’t afraid of those wearing shoes,” Mother Xiao didn’t care about anything else. “Either you marry Hongshi, or you wait to be ruined. Even if your father is the Chief of the Military Region, our Xiao Family isn’t afraid.”
Shen Xiuxiu’s face was deathly pale.
She was trembling with anger.
She wished she could kill Mother Xiao.
But she couldn’t.
Actually, she really wanted to see Lu Xueshi right now.
To ask him for advice.
“If you don’t agree, I’ll go find Gu Ningning right now. Although that little girl is a bit foolish and simple, she definitely won’t tolerate her sister getting involved with her boyfriend,” Mother Xiao was emboldened.
She had come prepared.
With that, Mother Xiao stood up.
Shen Xiuxiu’s mind was in a mess, so angry she wanted to kill someone.
She had actually been forced to this point.
Thinking of her parents, she felt utterly disheartened.
She could only grit her teeth and agree: “Fine, but I don’t want this matter to be publicized.”
Mother Xiao didn’t respond. She, of course, knew that Shen Xiuxiu was no easy opponent.
“I… I’ll just say that Hongshi and I are dating,” Shen Xiuxiu was afraid of the matter getting out and couldn’t face her parents’ disappointment, nor did she want to be reprimanded by them.
Shen Zhengshan’s words were always official, full of political ideology and talk of society and the people.
She had long had enough of it.
Moreover, if this matter reached Shen Zhengshan, she would not only have to marry Xiao Hongshi but also undergo ideological education.
Mother Xiao’s face showed a hint of a smile when she heard this: “Good, I’ll listen to you.”
Then she happily went to withdraw the case.
Although they suffered heavy losses, with Shen Xiuxiu as their daughter-in-law, the Xiao Family could still try to advance their careers.
After all, the Shen Family’s status was undeniable.
No. 3 Middle School campus.
Lu Jingchen dropped Gu Ningning off at the school gate and then left.
“Gu Ningning, is that your partner?” Yu Lili walked up to Gu Ningning, smiling as she asked, “He’s a military officer!”
Yu Lili was not a stranger to her. In her previous life, to curry favor with the Shen Family, she had helped Shen Xiuxiu a lot.
She even infiltrated her company and sabotaged the accounts.
Allowing Lu Xueshi to successfully transfer the company’s assets.
“No,” Gu Ningning waved her hand. “That’s my partner’s younger brother.”
She couldn’t harm Lu Jingchen again.
If Lu Xueshi made an issue of this, Lu Jingchen would likely suffer.
“He’s so handsome!” Yu Lili’s eyes lit up. “Does he have a partner? Can you introduce us?”
She was instantly smitten.
This made Gu Ningning feel a little uncomfortable. She waved her hand: “I’m not too sure.”
Yu Lili was a little disappointed: “Ask your partner!”
“Okay, I’ll ask him tomorrow,” Gu Ningning thought of Lu Xueshi, and the hatred in her eyes was almost impossible to hide.
But she was more curious about what would happen to the Xiao Family after what occurred yesterday.
Actually, she had already guessed the general outcome.
How could the Xiao Family possibly let go of a big fish like Shen Xiuxiu?
No matter what means they used, they had to succeed.
In this life, she would absolutely not let Lu Xueshi and Shen Xiuxiu have an easy time.
Yesterday, she had personally arranged for Shen Xiuxiu and Xiao Hongshi to embrace and kiss like that.
The Xiao Family withdrew the case.
Without the Lu Family and Shen Family needing to intervene, Lu Xueshi and Shen Xiuxiu were released from the Public Security Bureau.
Both of them looked a bit disheveled.
“Brother Xueshi, the Xiao Family wants me to marry Xiao Hongshi, what should I do?” Shen Xiuxiu was filled with hatred. It should have been that bitch Gu Ningning who was in trouble.
“You agreed?” Lu Xueshi’s eyes were a little red.
Shen Xiuxiu was his ‘white moonlight’, it was true, but also because her surname was Shen.
“If I don’t agree, it’s a hooligan charge,” Shen Xiuxiu said with red eyes, full of resentment. “Do you think that little bitch Gu Ningning would speak up for me?”
Gu Ningning was clearly angry yesterday.
“Gu Ningning,” Lu Xueshi mused. “She was jealous yesterday. A little coaxing and she’ll be fine.”
He felt that Gu Ningning couldn’t live without him.
Loved him to her bones.
Afterward, he also analyzed the incident at the guesthouse, fearing that if it came out, he wouldn’t want her.
This kind of psychology from Gu Ningning made Lu Xueshi very pleased.
Jealousy was good; it showed she cared about him.
Shen Xiuxiu gritted her teeth: “Brother Xueshi, quickly deal with the Xiao Family. I don’t want to marry that good-for-nothing Xiao Hongshi.”
Having grown up together, she knew exactly what kind of person Xiao Hongshi was.
In her eyes, Xiao Hongshi wasn’t even fit to carry her shoes.
“Don’t worry, I’ll handle it,” Lu Xueshi checked his watch. “At noon, I’ll go to the school to pick up Gu Ningning. I’ll start with her. If it didn’t work last time, we’ll try again.”