Perfect Fiancé - Chapter 43
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Chapter 43: Bewitched How I imagined Su Jin to feel inside~
The filming with the cast and crew gradually got on the right track. Su Jin would rush over to the production crew practically every day. As she witnessed the work she had poured her heart into being expressed through another medium, her heart overflowed with satisfaction.
A week later, when the paternity test came out, the emotions of the whole Ming family were once again ignited.
Even at this moment, Xue Kai – no, he ought to be called Ming Kai – even at this very moment, he was still sick. However, as long as the illness was curable, that was inevitably the best news the Ming Family had received.
In the hospital ward.
Ming Xuan’s eyes were full of tenderness as she gazed towards the man lying on the bed with his eyes shut and whose complexion was wan. Even her usual beautiful, imposing facial features softened to reveal a tinge of gentleness.
As her fingertips traced the man’s handsome face in the air, she smiled.
This was her younger brother, her brother from the same mother, her blood-related little brother.
Two days earlier, he was finally transferred out of the intensive care unit into the regular ward. He had undergone ten days of treatment prior and his medical condition had taken a turn for the better. Dr Sun had said that M3 leukemia treatment had 3 stages- remission induction, consolidation, and maintenance[1]. The first stage of treatment would take about 2 months to complete and at that time, Xiao Kai’s condition ought to stabilize before they would be able to proceed with the consolidation treatment.
[1] APL M3 subtype is an actual type of the terminal illness, leukemia. Here are more details on its treatment:
Hope… …There will always be hope.
“Ming Xuan jie… …” Ji Min quietly called out as she pushed open the door and looked towards the woman who was looking at the slumbering man.
“Hm?” At this, Ming Xuan reacted, raised her head and nodded to the person standing at the door, “Has Wen Sen arrived?”
“Mm, Special a.s.sistant Xu said that there were some matters to deal with at the company.”
“I got it.” She stood whilst speaking, bending over to help tuck the quilt of the person lying on the bed, and softly said, “Xiao Kai, do rest well. Jiejie will come again to see you tomorrow.”
When she straightened up, her demeanor had returned to the severity of the brilliant, power-wielding Ming head. With a polite farewell directed towards Ji Min, she pulled open the door and strode out.
The sound of high heels tapping on the floors receded into the distance.
Ji Min gazed towards the familiar male lying on the hospital bed, then turned back to look at the imposing figure that had already disappeared into the corridor, before she took a seat by the bed and let out a gentle sigh.
She had grown up together with Xue Kai, and since being an actor had been his dream, she very naturally had become his manager. Originally, she had thought that they would struggle together, strive together, brave the storms together; it was their conviction and promise to go the distance without any regrets.
But the Ming family….
Ming Xuan had clearly recounted the story of the past to her. However, fate had thrown everything into chaos and many circ.u.mstances had led to this point. Whilst Father Ming had his faults and was in the wrong, it can be credited to him for the effort and years he had spent finding his missing son. She was also aware that Xue Kai had always wanted to find his family, so she couldn’t find it in herself to be selfish and prevent him from being reunited with his kinsmen. But… Ming Kai…. Will he still be the same childhood love? And the Ming Family, would they allow their long lost son and successor to marry an orphan?
The warmth from the sun shone in through the window and landed on her body, gently making one drowsy. However, Ji Min’s brows furrowed as she showed a dazed expression.
Shenhai University
Today’s shoot location was in a cla.s.sroom, and Su Jin stood by the door sensing that something was off with the scene.
It was obvious that filming was not in progress, but the whole area was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The actors buried their heads in their scripts, while the staff were silently going about their business. An oppressive aura seemed to permeate across the set and the source… She turned her head slightly and spotted a man with his back facing her by the window.
What’s with this?
She was flummoxed and blinked her eyes before raising her line of sight up towards the podium where Mu Qing stood with her head down like an ostrich.
A few others had spotted her and their eyes lit up.
With a cat-like gait, she stepped forward and lightly poked Mu Qing in the arm as she called her with a whisper, “Qing Qing.”
Hearing the voice, Mu Qing immediately raised her head.
Su Jin was abruptly startled; in her eyes, the rims of the eyes of the girl before her had slightly reddened and in those phoenix eyes that were extremely similar to hers, a shimmer of moistness flashed through.
“This, what’s wrong?” Her mouth was agape as she recorrected the way she asked, “have you gotten a scolding?”
Mu Qing shook her head and raised her chin towards the man in the corner.
Following in the direction she had pointed, Su Jin looked over and just happened to see Bai Haoqi with his brows furrowed staring intensely at his script. Then, she instantly came to her senses, oh, so it was her sweetheart who had been scolded.
Helplessly, she shook her head and reached out to poke Mu Qing’s forehead lightly.
As these two were regulars at fooling around, it was very natural for Mu Qing to ever so slightly shift her body to dodge. However, her arm happened to sweep across the table in front of her, in turn knocking over the microphone that was on it.
Bang!
The crashing sound resounded audibly across the quiet hall, and in a split second, the atmosphere seemed to have escalated with nervous tension.
“What’s with the ruckus! I’ve let you…” A cold sharp voice came from the man standing by the window. He turned around as he spoke, but then it was as if a sharp blade had cut off his words and his rebuke stopped mid-sentence
Su Jin held her breath slightly.
The man had a handsome appearance, and his peach blossoms eyes usually bore a smile in them which was why he was bestowed with the t.i.tle of being warm and gentle like jade. However, his current demeanor was cold and serious, and those intoxicating peach blossom eyes were frosted like the Arctic. His body seemed to be surrounded by this unrelenting aura that even the warm sun rays spilling in from the window were not able to dispel nor bring warmth to his countenance. Instead, those rays were like golden swords protecting the emperor, thus elevating him higher to a pedestal of respectability and n.o.bility.
However, all that melted away almost instantly.
Just as he laid eyes on the girl standing behind him with her beautiful engaging smile, all the arctic coldness seemed to quickly melt away like ice a.s.similating into water.
In an instant, all that remained was a person shrouded with warmth and gentleness.
“Jin’er?” He was somewhat taken by surprise. Those mesmerising peach blossom eyes were once again saturated with a distinct smiling expression. Even his voice softened, totally devoid of the earlier biting chillness. The sun’s rays seemed to surround and spiral around him, and its refraction spanned out like wings of a golden b.u.t.terfly.
The oppressive intense atmosphere seemed to vanish instantly.
The entire crew was finally able to sigh a breath of relief, and their disposition gradually relaxed.
Lu Xi took a few steps forward and dragged the person who had suddenly appeared before him out.
The cla.s.sroom next door.
“Didn’t we say that cla.s.ses begin tomorrow, and that you would take today to rest?” He leaned partially against the door, his lips curved in a smile as he looked at the young lady standing before him.
Tomorrow would be the 1st of September and Su Jin would be in her 4th year aka senior year. This meant that she would be starting her final year at Shenhai University.
“I’ve come looking for you to ask you about something.” Su Jin moved backward to look up at the man who was a head taller than her. “Did you meddle with my cla.s.s timetable/schedule?”
“Huh?” Lu Xi was initially taken aback, and when he had recovered himself, he outrightly nodded his head.
“You….” Su Jin opened her mouth, yet was speechless.
She just knew it had to be him. For her cla.s.s schedule to mysteriously include an additional course, other than for this expert hacker, who else could it be. Furthermore, as he had so nonchalantly admitted to the deed, what more could she say?
Their eyes met for a brief moment, and subsequently, Su Jin surrendered.
“I’ve already completed all my electives credits last semester.” She let out a sigh, and then grudgingly continued, “moreover, you are still filming. While the filming is done at school, it is still doable, but once the filming location moves outside of the school, then at that time, where would there be time for you to conduct cla.s.ses?”
“Jin’er.” Lu Xi raised his eyebrows and said, “We were taught by our teachers to walk the talk.”
“Then go walk the talk by yourself!” An aggrieved Su Jin glared at him, “Let’s not talk about those extra credits. Our relationship has now spread throughout Shenhai University, and won’t I be the focus of everyone’s attention when I attend your cla.s.ses?”
Initially, this had not posed any issue. Even with Lu Xi present, their photos were blurred to begin with. Furthermore, her face was not a secret to begin with.
The main issue here was that some random medical school gossip had collated all these details and posted it on the school’s internal web forum. On top of that, the person had managed to dig up Lu Xi’s alternate ident.i.ty, —- Shenhai University visiting lecturer.
The medical school beauty; also, one of the top ten university beauties, along with a famous movie director and university lecturer, wow, what an attractive combo. The main point wasn’t their courtship, but rather their confirmed engagement.
Although it was unknown if it was due to their respective status or that Shenhai’s students were of higher caliber; in any case, with regards to the post, most comments revolved around them being a talented man paired with a beautiful woman, the ideal couple, a match made in heaven. Occasionally there would be a few ‘sour grapes’ comments but those were hardly noticed. Still, the fact remained that their news was the hottest topic on the school’s website.
For her to attend his lectures at this crucial moment, wasn’t that confirming that the current news wasn’t hot enough?
And to go as far as the option of asking Deity Lu to hack into the forum post…
Hehe, without further consideration, she had immediately abandoned the idea.
Hack into it? If this man does not add more fuel to the fire, that would already be for the best. He would much rather imprint LU XI on her body if he had his way.
“We’re….”
The person before him had raised her phoenix eyes, her usual white complexion was slightly tinged red with fury and as she glared at him, her eyes glistened. It was obvious that she was indignant, yet with her quirked up eyes, she seemed even more enchanting.
A fire ignited in Lu Xi’s heart, and he took a step forward with a low voice, “….in what kind of relationship?
What was our relationship?
Su Jin was flabbergasted as a familiar scent encircled her.
“The girlfriend, boyfriend kind of relationship?”
“No.” Lu Xi shook his head and moved forward another step. Su Jin began to retreat a step with his advance before her back encountered a desk but her body still arched backward.
Suddenly Su Jin’s waist was encompa.s.sed by a warm arm and in her moment of stupefaction, her whole person was pulled into a warm embrace.
“We are an engaged couple.” He slightly bent over, leaning close to her ear lobes.
“And you, Su Jin, will soon become my, Lu Xi’s, wife.”
“For better or worse, for richer or poorer, till we are old, we will never part.”
Su Jin was somewhat overwhelmed.
For better or worse, for richer or poorer, till we are old, we will never part.
These 16 words, neither frivolous nor overly complicated.
Each word, each sentence, it was as distinct as pledging a vow.
Just how much does he truly understand her?
He knew her bone deep-seated pride that wouldn’t allow herself to live under his wings, that was why he had said for better or worse, for richer or poorer.
He knew the apathetic, desolate loneliness she had buried behind her outward facade and had used the most direct way to move her heart. Therefore, by saying that he would be with her until they grew old, he had given her a promise; to never leave her.
Each word was like the right medicine, slowly prying open into all that had been locked up deep in her heart.
Her stupor continued until they had walked out of Shenhai university’s front gate. Su Jin, who had been so engrossed by a certain person’s romantic dialogue, finally reacted, stopping in her tracks.
Didn’t she come here with the purpose of grilling him about his unsanctioned addition of another subject to her course selection?
Then how… was she bewitched?
Translated by Minodayz/Geeky
Edited by Ely
TLC-ed by Minopaz/Iris
