Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 514 - 263: Plotting a Return Home

"Don’t say it!" Su Qing’er gently covered his mouth, her eyes blinking softly, shimmering like the surface of a pond, her voice as tender as a feather, "You will protect me, won’t you?"

"Mmm," Shi Fengming held her hand and kissed it, looking at the girl before him as if she were the world’s most precious treasure, "But I’m afraid I won’t be able to protect you and you’ll suffer..."

Su Qing’er’s eyebrows lifted slightly as she giggled, "Even a tiger does not eat its cubs. If you threaten them with death, they will surely accept me for the sake of our mutual affection! If they look down on my background, no matter how, just give me a new identity and all will be well, as long as they can accept me, I’m willing to do anything!"

"This—" Shi Fengming hesitated.

The hand which Shi Fengju had at his side couldn’t help but clench tightly into a fist; this woman truly was shameless, inciting this foolish boy to pressure his parents with a threat of death? How could she even say such things!

"Second Brother!" Su Qing’er saw his hesitation and immediately started acting spoiled and foolish, shaking him and refusing to relent, "After all is said and done, you just look down on me, thinking I’m not worthy to step into the Shi family’s door! You say you will only like me in this lifetime, only cherish me alone, I see it’s all a lie! The moment you grow tired of me, you’ll secretly pack your bags and run away, then even if I cry my eyes blind, what can I do to you!"

The more Su Qing’er thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and she couldn’t help bursting into tears.

Seeing her cry, Shi Fengming’s heart ached terribly; he kept coaxing her in a low voice, but Su Qing’er wasn’t easily consoled, making even more of a fuss.

Shi Fengju could no longer bear it and stomped his foot heavily before knocking on the door forcefully.

The crying, the commotion, and the coaxing inside the house came to an abrupt halt.

"Who is it?" Shi Fengming exclaimed in alarm.

Since Shi Fengming had eloped with Su Qing’er, it was naturally impossible for them to visit relatives and friends. They had been staying here for over ten days, and no visitor had ever come. Besides, it was nighttime, and the knocking was rather impolite.

Shi Fengming had a bad premonition, stopped Xiaolian from opening the door himself, and as he opened the door and saw Shi Fengju standing there, he was dumbstruck.

Shi Fengju offered a faint smile, "What? Aren’t you going to invite me in to sit?"

"Big, Big Brother!" Shi Fengming was completely flustered, offering a stiff smile and stepping aside.

Shi Fengju glanced at him and stepped inside.

"Isn’t this—the young master? Qing’er has seen the young master!" Su Qing’er and Xiaolian also came over, and upon spotting Shi Fengju, Su Qing’er was unexpectedly delighted, she quickly made an obeisant greeting with a smile. She then hurriedly said with a chuckle: "I didn’t expect the young master to honor my humble abode, with nothing prepared for such an occasion, and the place is simplistic, please pardon us, young master!"

With her words, Su Qing’er cast herself as the lady of the house.

Shi Fengju sidestepped to avoid her courtesy, casting a cold glance at her, "Honor your humble abode? I’m here to see my brother; what does that have to do with you? Is this courtyard rented or bought by you? Quite a large claim to make!"

Su Qing’er’s complexion turned unsightly at once, she forced a smile and glanced at Shi Fengming with a look of grievance.

How could Shi Fengming bear to see her wronged? A trace of displeasure immediately rose in his heart, "Big Brother—"

Shi Fengju coldly interrupted: "Let her leave, I have something to say to you!"

"Big Brother, Qing’er is the person I like, whatever you have to say can be said in front of her without any issue!"

Seeing the two brothers on the verge of squabbling, Su Qing’er, eager to curry favor with Shi Fengju to speak on her behalf, quickly smiled and said: "You guys talk, you talk! I’ll go brew some tea!"

Having said that, she curtsied again and, taking Xiaolian with her, left the room.

The two brothers sat down in the house, and for a moment, there was an awkward silence.

"How did Big Brother find this place?" Shi Fengming absentmindedly brushed his robe and asked with a forced smile.

Shi Fengju said with a mocking smile, "Don’t you want me to find this place? You clearly know I’d be in Hangzhou at this time, and our family has quite some business in Hangzhou, yet you also came at this time; I thought you were waiting for me to come looking!"

Shi Fengming was momentarily stunned, a thought seemingly on the cusp of emerging from his mind, but oddly enough, he subconsciously didn’t want to ponder it too deeply.

Yet it was as if Shi Fengju could see through his thoughts better than he could himself, he lifted an eyebrow with a light smile, "I guess, following your wishes, you wouldn’t have come to Hangzhou at this time, right? It was Su Qing’er’s idea, wasn’t it?"

Shi Fengming felt a slight unnaturality in his heart and could only nod, "Qing’er said she wanted to see how bustling the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is and what new and interesting products there are, so we came..."

Shi Fengju continued, "Really? I thought she’d hope to run into me, so you could both conveniently return to Qingzhou with me. No need to deny it, I heard everything at the door just now!"