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Su Manlin playfully pouted her lips and thought for a while. With an elegant smile, she said, "I want to go for French cuisine. I heard that there's a new French restaurant that's quite good recently. Shall we go together?"

"Alright." Chi Chengxuan replied indifferently. His mind was filled with Mu Yanfei's wounded look. He didn't know if she had misunderstood something or not.

The two of them went to eat French food together before leaving the restaurant.

After Su Manlin got into Chi Chengxuan's car, she asked with a slightly probing tone: "Xuan, do you have time later?"

"Yes." Chi Chengxuan replied indifferently. He originally wanted to spend today's time with Mu Yanfei, but unexpectedly, he got pestered by Su Manlin.

The reason why Chi Chengxuan was more polite to Su Manlin was because five years ago, when Chi Family's business was in trouble, Su Manlin begged her father to help Chi Family's company. That time, the crisis was resolved smoothly.

"My mom asked me to buy a bunch of lilies for her."

"Alright, I'll take you to the florist."

Su Manlin didn't know if it was intentional or just a coincidence, but she said that the florist she wanted to buy flowers was the one that Mu Yanfei worked for.

When the two of them walked into the flower shop, Mu Yanfei was in the middle of greeting customers while picking up flowers. When the evil light in her eyes inadvertently glanced at the pair of handsome men and beautiful women who had just entered the shop, they suddenly froze for a moment.

Chi Chengxuan didn't expect her to work here. Previously, she told him that it was because she prepared her thesis and had to go out often to search for information, so he didn't have any doubts.

He didn't expect that the little girl would actually lie to him!

'Let's see how he will deal with her when she returns! '

Chi Chengxuan's burning gaze followed Mu Yanfei's figure as if he wanted to stare into a hole.

Mu Yanfei felt a slight chill on her back, but she tried her best to maintain her original expression, treating Chi Chengxuan as if he was transparent.

Seeing that she turned a blind eye to him, Chi Chengxuan was filled with anger. He really wanted to drag her out of the shop and scold her.

Was this the attitude she should have towards a husband as a wife?

No, she didn't know she had registered the marriage with him.

However, as an emotional person, she seemed to have failed even more. She didn't have the mood to curry favor with him.

Su Manlin had been paying attention to Chi Chengxuan's reaction and the direction of his gaze. When she saw Mu Yanfei's pair of eyes that were clean and without any impurities and her delicate face, a hint of sternness flashed across her face.

It was she who had taken away all the thoughts and gazes of the man she liked.

With a smile, she intimately took Chi Chengxuan's arm and walked towards Mu Yanfei.

"Xuan, do you think that lilies should be bought with potted plants or a bunch?" Su Manlin's eyes brimmed with a smile, as if she was a blissful little woman.

"Call Auntie and ask her what she likes." Chi Chengxuan's tone was calm without any fluctuations.

It turned out that their relationship had developed to the point of meeting their parents.

Mu Yanfei's downcast expression darkened.

Su Manlin looked at Mu Yanfei with a gentle smile. Her every gesture exuded a delicate and touching air of nobility.

"Miss, why don't you help me choose? You can choose based on your mother's preferences."

Mu Yanfei's gaze froze when she heard her mother's words.

If only her mother were still there.

Unfortunately, the current her could only think about her forever.

"Pot it." She tried to smile gently.

Her mother loved to raise flowers, and almost every time her father sent flowers to her mother, they were potted.

Su Manlin smiled and nodded. She looked at Chi Chengxuan with eyes full of love, "Xuan, then let's buy potted plants."

Chi Chengxuan nodded expressionlessly. His deep gaze fell on Mu Yanfei's thin figure.

"Miss, may I trouble you to choose which pot you like?" Mu Yanfei politely asked for Su Manlin's opinion.

Su Manlin glanced back and forth at the pots of lilies. She pouted her lips slightly, as if she couldn't decide on which pot to take notice of. She then shifted her gaze to Chi Chengxuan. "Xuan, which one do you think is the best?"

Chi Chengxuan glanced around indifferently and pointed at one of the pots. His eyes fell on Mu Yanfei, "This one in the middle."

"Alright." Mu Yanfei replied politely.

She inadvertently raised her gaze, and in that instant when their gazes met, the enduring coldness in his eyes caused her to be dazed for a moment, before she quickly averted her gaze.

When Mu Yanfei was helping Su Manlin pack the potted plants, she casually asked, "Does your mother like lilies too?"

A hint of sadness appeared in Mu Yanfei's initially calm eyes. She replied softly, "My mom likes orange blossoms."

"Orange flower?" Su Manlin was still smiling elegantly. "It seems pretty good."

In the following time, Su Manlin didn't ask Mu Yanfei any other questions. Instead, she intentionally or unintentionally cast her loving gaze on Chi Chengxuan, intentionally creating a kind of bliss between her and Chi Chengxuan.

It was Chi Chengxuan who paid for the bill. He didn't look at Mu Yanfei again during this period, as if she was a stranger that couldn't be any stranger.

After the two of them left the flower shop, Mu Yanfei felt as if a century had passed, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.

After they walked out of the flower shop, Chi Chengxuan removed his hands from Su Manlin's. He brought her to the place where they stopped a taxi and helped her stop a car. Then, he helped her open the car door, "I have something to do later. Sorry to trouble you to take the car back."

"Getting busy is more important." Su Manlin pretended to understand the importance of the matter and had a gentle smile on her face. As she sat in the car and waited for Chi Chengxuan to close the door, her smile suddenly disappeared.

Mu Yanfei had been busy at the florist's until a colleague came to take over. Only then did she pack her things and get off work.

When she walked to the bus stop to wait for the bus, she was free. Suddenly, she remembered the intimate scene where Chi Chengxuan was with that beautiful and elegant woman. She felt a surge of uneasiness in her heart.

The backpack she was carrying on her back was tugged at by someone, causing her to uncontrollably take a few steps back, almost falling to the ground.

However, before she could regain her wits, she was violently pulled backwards, causing her to uncontrollably fall backwards …