Chapter 697: Chapter 697: Chi Yue, You Really Impress Me

Behind the curtains, Fu Xingchuan emerged.

Chi Yue sighed with relief but didn’t let go of the doorknob.

“Why are you here?”

“I came here specifically to wait for you. It seems like you’re not very welcoming, are you?”

As Fu Xingchuan spoke, he lay down on the sofa, as casual as if it were his own home.

Chi Yue frowned, “It’s so late, what do you want?”

“I heard you had a confrontation with Lady Fan. Do you know what her purpose is for being here?”

“I don’t know.”

“Good, I know. Let’s have a proper talk,” he said.

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Chi Yue couldn’t help but issue an eviction notice, “I’m not really interested in her affairs. If there’s nothing else, you can leave; I’m going to rest.”

“Resting alone is so boring. The people next door are whispering sweet nothings, and here you are all alone in this room. Does it sit well with you?”

Chi Yue held her breath, “What exactly do you want?”

Fu Xingchuan fiddled with the small ornament she had placed on the table, “What do I want? Haven’t you always known?”

“I don’t have time to play games with you,” Chi Yue said, turning the doorknob.

Before she could step out of the room, Fu Xingchuan’s voice came again.

“Chi Yue, what is so good about Fu Rongyin that makes you repeatedly give up better choices for him? While he has forgotten you, wouldn’t it be better to free yourself from him? As far as I know, my cousin is about to divorce Zhan Qing, and if nothing unexpected happens, you will marry him.”

“I don’t want to marry him,” Chi Yue said.

“Ha, you’re the first woman I’ve met who doesn’t want to marry Zhan Qing. Don’t speak too soon, your fortunes might soon change.”

Chi Yue was on guard, “What exactly are you trying to say?”

Fu Xingchuan sat up straight and adjusted his tie, “Or, perhaps, consider me? The Qin Family is mine, and the Fu Family will be mine too. You could live a better life than you do now.”

Chi Yue then understood.

Fu Xingchuan still hadn’t given up on her.

She glanced at him lightly, “So, in your eyes, I’m the kind of woman who’s just after power and wealth. According to you, if I were ambitious, why wouldn’t I cling to Fu Rongyin? After all, he’s now the prime candidate to inherit the Qi Family.”

Fu Xingchuan stared at her for a long moment, making sure she wasn’t joking, and then he burst out laughing.

“Chi Yue, you really make me see you in a new light.”

He stood up and walked toward her. Chi Yue instinctively backed out of the room.

There were people coming and going in the hallway. Fu Xingchuan looked at her deeply, then turned and left.

Chi Yue breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her room.

It seemed this place wasn’t safe either. She needed to find somewhere else to live.

The next day, Jiang Ruan came to the hotel personally to find her, this time without bringing Lin Wanyun.

Jiang Ruan placed a set of keys on the table, “This should have been returned to its rightful owner a long time ago.”

Chi Yue was puzzled.

Jiang Ruan said, “These keys were left with me by your mother for safekeeping. They’re a spare set. She had a house in Beijing, said it was purchased for vacations. However, over a decade has passed, and she never went back.”

Chi Yue was shocked.

Before she could figure out why, she heard Jiang Ruan continue, “I had always been trying to find her, even went to Hai City, but I never expected Lu Xuhui to go mad. The Bai Family cut ties with her, and no one knew where she went… If I had gone to find you ten years earlier, wouldn’t things have been different…”

“There’s nothing you could have controlled, ma’am. I thank you on my mother’s behalf. Thank you for remembering her,” Chi Yue responded.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ruan’s eyes immediately filled with tears.

“Chi Yue, your mom was a very good person. How could she just… in the end, it was all because of Lu Xuhui. If it hadn’t been for him, why would Bai Qing have… Fortunately, he got what he deserved in the end.”