A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Chapter 1288: Only One of Us

Wei Lingnan sneered. “Ms. Gu, just because I’m siding with Yingluo, I’m under a spell? Am I very stupid in your eyes?”

Gu Jinxiu was frantic and knew she had said the wrong thing. Which man would want to be seen as not having his own strong views? Furthermore, Wei Lingnan was such a prideful man. She anxiously tried to make it up. “How could it be? Lingnan, you’ve always been so outstanding. It’s just that a wise man has a thousand things to consider and might look over something important. After all, you were always so good to me before, but after you met Xia Yingluo, it’s like you turned into a different person. You don’t even admit that I’m your fiance… Lingnan, do you remember telling me that you’ll treat me well?”

Her eyes reddened.

Xia Yingluo watched as Gu Jinxiu performed in a tearful voice, then turned to look at Wei Lingnan’s indifferent expression. She knew there was going to be a brilliant show.

She deliberately took a few steps back to give Gu Jinxiu the space to perform more. She wanted to see how Gu Jinxiu would conclude.

Wei Lingnan looked down at Xia Yingluo, his long eyes narrowing in thought. This little girl, she was still so calm and unperturbed even when the fire was on her. Or could it be… she was simply watching the fire burn on the other river?

Wei Lingnan felt a little unhappy while thinking of this.

Hence, he said to Gu Jinxiu, “I remember.”

Gu Jinxiu’s expression turned from sorrow to joy with these two words. She didn’t dare believe it was real.

The crowd exchanged glances with each other. What on earth was going on? On one hand, this man refused to admit that Gu Jinxiu was his fiancee, but on the other hand, he still said he remembered his sweet words. What was he doing?

“I remember you were sixteen.” Wei Lingnan’s voice was unhurried as he said to Gu Jinxiu, “I went to your house to visit your Great Grandfather and met you in the tea room. You were wearing a camellia cheongsam and looked very beautiful pouring tea for me. Your Great Grandfather even joked that we would be the ideal couple. You smiled shyly back then and I complimented that your smile was like a gentle stream under the moonlight.” His voice was soft and gentle, unconsciously bringing the crowd back to that time. Time flowed backward to when the handsome man and the beautiful lady met by chance and brought about a story.

Xia Yingluo stood at the side and listened quietly. She felt like a kitten was clawing at her heart, and it felt painful and itchy.

It turned out that his first encounter with Gu Jinxiu was so beautiful, but what about herself? Xia Yingluo thought about the casino not long ago, when she had chased after Zhao Yixuan to criticize him, looking so miserable and sorry. Then, she had been lost to Wei Lingnan as a stake, and they had a whole night of chaos…

She felt a little inferior unconsciously. What were they?

Wei Lingnan gave her a glance quietly, but she didn’t notice it and was still in a daze.

Gu Jinxiu smiled happily. “Lingnan, your memory is so good. Back then, you complimented that the stitching on my camellia cheongsam was beautiful and asked me which shop made it.”

Xia Yingluo felt like a kitten was clawing at her heart again. What cheongsam? So Wei Lingnan liked that kind of look?

She really wanted to tear apart that woman’s mouth. Humph, and Wei Lingnan’s annoying face too.

She took a few steps back again unhappily.

Unexpectedly, her waist was caught by a powerful arm. It was Wei Lingnan. He looked down at her. “Are you uncomfortable?”

“No,” she said a little stiffly. She tried to struggle away from his arm but failed to.

“Someone is coveting your boyfriend and yet you’re not showing anything, eh?” He whispered in her ear, his voice low and flirtatious.

Xia Yingluo was furious. She looked up fiercely at him. “You seem very happy to be coveted? Mr. Wei, tell me properly what relationship you have with this Ms. Gu. I don’t want to be together with an unclean person.”

Wei Lingnan wasn’t angry and chuckled instead. “So you do have a temper.”

“My temper is very big.” She was even more furious. “Today, there’s only one of us!” Xia Yingluo didn’t really care much about Wei Lingnan and Gu Jinxiu’s relationship in the past, but that was because she wasn’t Wei Lingnan’s girlfriend yet. But it was different now. She couldn’t bear the grit in her eyes.

Wei Lingnan’s smile deepened.

Gu Jinxiu also heard Xia Yingluo’s words and felt anxious. She glanced at Wei Lingnan and pouted. “Lingnan, do you remember? Back then when you asked me where I bought the camellia cheongsam from, Great Grandfather teased you and said that the store’s main business was wedding costumes, and you said that you would consider getting your suit done there when you get married. Great Grandfather said we had very similar tastes, so we should settle an engagement. Now that Great Grandfather has passed, Lingnan, are you going to break our marriage? He doted on you so much back then, could you bear to?”

Doted?

Xia Yingluo felt a little horrified at this word choice. Who was Wei Lingnan? He was a perverted alien who had lived for countless years! Before Gu Jinxiu’s Great Grandfather was even born, Wei Lingnan had already lived through many changes, so the word “dote” was too strange to be used to them. Xia Yingluo couldn’t help but say, “A bunch of nonsense.”

Gu Jinxiu looked at her with her eyes full of hatred. “You don’t know about these old affairs, so please don’t destroy a marriage predestined by fate.”

“There’s really all sorts of people now, you can even make use of an elder’s will like this.” Xia Yingluo sneered.

Gu Jinxiu also sneered. “You’re just a shameless mistress.”

Xia Yingluo didn’t speak, she just looked up at Wei Lingnan. She couldn’t bother arguing with Gu Jinxiu. This trouble was started by Wei Lingnan, so he should be the one to resolve it. If she had to step in for such a thing herself, she might as well not want this man.

Wei Lingnan understood her meaning. Actually, when she said the sentence “there’s only one of us”, Wei Lingnan was already very satisfied.

He didn’t intend to make Xia Yingluo worry about the remaining things.

The lights in the crystal store were glorious and the crowd gradually thickened.

In front of everyone, Wei Lingnan smiled at Gu Jinxiu. “Your Great Grandfather was a good elder. Back then, he simply wanted to play matchmaker, but I never agreed. I did indeed ask you where you bought the cheongsam from, and I also said I would consider getting my wedding suit there, but I never said that… that the bride would be you. Ms. Gu, please stop having wishful thinking. I didn’t fuss over you proclaiming to be my fiancee back then because I didn’t have a girlfriend. But now that I have a girlfriend, I don’t want her to be upset, so please restrain yourself from now on.”

Gu Jinxiu was almost on the verge of collapse.

The crowd started discussing again. “So this is just Ms. Gu’s wishful thinking. This sir has never even agreed before. Girls nowadays are really thick-skinned…”