Rebirth from the Ashes - Chapter 615

Chapter 615: So It Was Not Fu Qingli’s Seat

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Jiang Yin gave Shen Xi a dressing-down before realizing that Fu Qingli was sitting right next to them. She politely smiled at Fu Qingli. “Pardon me, Young Master Qingli. My student doesn’t know better. Please ignore us.”

Without a word, Fu Qingli nodded at Jiang Yin.

Shen Xi peered at Fu Qingli from the corner of the eye, but the latter caught her looking and turned to her. Averting her gaze, she shoved Jiang Yin to hurry her on her way. “Ms. Jiang, you should get back to work. Don’t tire my mom too much.”

Despite Jiang Yin’s urge to give Shen Xi a noogie, she decided to spare the girl from being humiliated in the presence of the media. “Sisi’s around.”

At first, Jiang Yin thought Shen Xi accepted an annoying student. However, Jiang Yin soon discovered that Ruan Sisi was pretty hands-on and most importantly, would do as she was told, unlike her own student here. The elusive Shen Xi robbed Jiang Yin of the joy of being a teacher.

Jiang Yin took off.

On Shen Xi’s left was Fu Qingli. Shen Xi gave him the cold shoulder since coming over and refused to engage in any sort of interaction with him in case he took it the wrong way again. On her right was one of the finest talents in China’s movie scene. Since she was not close with the movie star, she did not go further than exchanging pleasantries.

The movie star would stare at her every once in a while as if trying to chat Shen Xi up. Nevertheless, Shen Xi was not in the mood for talk as she was on her phone texting Li Yuan.

Still, the piercing gaze coming from Fu Qingli was hard to dismiss. Even his fleeting glance seemed to suck all the air out of the room.

The tension between those two was so thick that it would have to be cut with a knife.

In the end, Fu Qingli broke the silence. “Did Fu Qingxuan meet you?”

Wincing her poker face, Shen Xi shook her head and bluntly answered, “No.”

“Is that so?” Fu Qingli gazed at her.

“He’s your brother. Why ask me?” While burying her fury, Shen Xi tauntingly and critically responded. “I said no.”

“Please let me know if you see him.” Fu Qingli then got up to leave.

With a frown, Shen Xi watched his receding figure. She thought it was odd that he came all this way to ask her about Fu Qingxuan. Why did he wait for so long before he raised the question?

Fu Qingli walked a distance before stealing another glance at Shen Xi. As his eyes grew deep, he took out his phone and dialed a number. “Come and pick me up.”

He ordered an investigation on Shen Xi’s past, but the inquiry came back empty. Fu Qingli had no choice but to start from Li Jingran by cross-examining the hospital she gave birth at and the medical staff during her labor along with anyone who crossed paths with her.

However, since the incident dated back nearly eighteen years ago, the search had not gone smoothly. Fortunately, he was able to uncover some leads from a cleaner in the hospital.

Fu Qingli needed to clear away that bit of doubt and be certain that she was indeed Li Jingran’s daughter!

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His purpose in China was not to look for Xuan. Even he was puzzled why he came up with a lame excuse just to chat with her just now.

He came here to figure out what happened that year and get to the bottom of her real identity. Fu Qingli only believed in proof and the truth, not some illusory intuition.

Fu Qingli’s figure quickly disappeared out of sight.

Taking one last glance, Shen Xi furrowed her brows in a knot.

Li Yuan sent her a message. [Li Yuan: What did he say to you?]

[Shen Xi: He asked whether Fu Qingxuan came and saw me.”

[Li Yuan: ?]

[Shen Xi: Weird, right? I find him strange today.]

Yet, she could not put her finger on what it was, albeit his attitude was not as bad as compared with before.

[Li Yuan: I see.]

Li Yuan noticed that Fu Qingli had been observing his fair lady. The latter was clearly not here for Fu Qingxuan, but her.

Displeased, Shen Xi typed violently on her phone. [Shen Xi: He kept looking at me. He’s a perv!]

Li Yuan broke into a grin. So it turned out that his fair lady caught that too. Well, it made sense. She was smart and witty, to begin with. He replied to her text message. [Li Yuan: I’ll stick it to him for you.”

[Shen Xi: Brother, do you think he came over just to talk to me?]

She had a sneaking suspicion, yet it did not feel right. Fu Qingli would not have time to do such a thing.

Whatever. She was not going to waste more brain cells on the matter. Who cares what he was up to? He was gone anyway.

She was about to hit on the send button when a voice was heard on her left. “Hi!”

Shen Xi lifted her chin to meet Yu Qiubai’s smiling foxy eyes. She leaned forward and glanced at the name pasted on the chair. Yu Qiubai’s name was written in bold!

F*ck!

So it was not Fu Qingli’s seat!

She completely missed that and thought Fu Qingli was here to watch the fashion show. It never occurred to her that he would sit on someone else’s seat.

Yu Qiubai smiled at her and said, “I told Mrs. Shen that I’m good with whichever seat. Mrs. Shen adores me so much that she gave me one of the best seats.”

Shen Xi gave him a killer glare. “You’re one to talk. Why are you late?”

Had he arrived sooner, his seat would not have been taken by Fu Qingli. She, for one, was curious if Young Master Fu Qingli would have the cheek to steal someone else’s seat.

“What? Do you miss me that much?” Yu Qiubai joked. Judging by her surprised expression, she must not know that he was sitting next to her.

That did not sound right though. Was she blind to the large name tag on the seat? He spotted his name a mile away.

“Get lost!” Shen Xi darted at him with a stank eye.

Yu Qiubai retorted, “Can’t you play nice? No matter what, I’m still your future cousin-in-law.”

“Get lost!” Shen Xi yelled and gave him another look. Oh, if only looks could kill.

The prospect was very much in the air. Had he no shame to call himself her cousin-in-law?

“It’s only a matter of time.” Yu Qiubai had the utmost confidence in himself.

Turning her back on him, Shen Xi continued to text Li Yuan.

Yu Qiubai handed Shen Xi a cup of bubble tea to make nice, but his senses picked up on a dangerous chill coming from behind.

He abruptly turned his head to the source and saw a dignified, aloof, and handsome man who did not fit among the audience. What surprised him more was the man’s face.

That was right.

The man’s face shared similar features with a person in a family photo of the Fifth family that Yu Qiubai had seen once. The only difference is that the man had a chillingly commanding presence like an almighty king and was without overwhelming aggression.

He was looking at the man, and vice versa.

Despite the distance and dim lighting, Yu Qiubai believed he caught the fleeting astonishment in the man’s eyes.