Page 408 of Entangled with My Ex’s Uncle

Chi Yue lifted her gaze, "Would making a move now be inappropriate?"

Nan Yuan said in a deep voice, "I know the right measure."

He looked down, gazing at the photographs scattered on the ground, "These... How do you plan to deal with your relationship with him?"

Chi Yue pondered for a long while before she said, "He and I... it’s impossible for us to get back together."

Nan Yuan looked at her deeply, "There’s still a month left until the wedding, you still have time to think it over, don’t rush to give me an answer."

As soon as Nan Yuan left, Chi Yue lost all motivation to work.

She examined the angles of those photos carefully and suddenly spotted a clue.

In the office of Fu Rongyin, Gu Qingyu was playing with Fu Mianmian.

Seeing that Fu Rongyin was not too busy with work, Gu Qingyu asked, "I’m about to leave, what are you planning to do?"

"What do you mean, ’planning to do’?"

"About Chi Yue, do you plan to just let things go on like this?"

"Otherwise?"

Gu Qingyu said, "I’ve heard that they’re going to have their wedding ceremony next month. By then, even if they are husband and wife in name only, they’ll be officially recognized as such. If you get back together with her then, the public pressure she’ll have to endure will be immense."

Fu Rongyin spoke without a hint of happiness or anger, "And the public pressure you’re under is any less?"

Gu Qingyu suddenly laughed, "If you truly had my interests at heart, you wouldn’t have let me stand by your side without a proper status, taking me for your daughter’s mother."

"You want a status?" His gaze was dark and obscure.

"I can’t afford the status you’re offering. When I wanted it, you wouldn’t give it to me. Now I don’t want it, and it’s useless to force it on me. However, I am serious about Chi Yue’s matter."

"When are you leaving?" Fu Rongyin changed the subject.

"In the next few days, once Mianmian’s mood stabilizes a bit, then I’ll go. For now, I just hope this little girl won’t forget me after I leave."

Fu Rongyin considered for a moment, "I’ll see you off."

"No need. I want to go alone."

On the day Gu Qingyu left, Fu Rongyin didn’t see her off but instead attended a banquet.

He could have declined the invitation to the banquet, but he went because Chi Yue was there.

Chi Yue had no choice but to attend because Nan Yuan had left and couldn’t return anytime soon.

It was only at the banquet that she realized not only was Fu Rongyin present, but so was Xi Yihang.

Xi Yihang, with a female companion by his side, approached her, and only then did she recognize that the person with Xi Yihang was none other than Ling Jiayu.

Seeing her, Ling Jiayu smiled as she always did, "Chi Yue, everyone said you didn’t die, and I didn’t believe it, but to think we could actually meet again."

Chi Yue nodded faintly, "You seem to be living even better than before."

Ling Jiayu instinctively tightened her hold on Xi Yihang’s arm, "Yes, when you’re with the right person, things naturally start to get better."

Chi Yue had no intention of chatting with her, and after a few words, she found an excuse to step outside for some fresh air.

There were small groups of people chatting here and there on the lawn.

As Chi Yue walked by, she overheard her name.

"So that woman is Chi Yue? No wonder she looks like that; it’s no surprise these men have been thinking about her for so long."

"They say her private life is messy. Just look at that face that can’t stay still; with women like her, how many are actually well-behaved?"

"Lower your voice, Master is here too. If he heard this, the cooperation with your family would be over."

"Psh, it’s just a rumor. I want to see if he’d really go so far for a woman, to the point where he’d turn away money knocking on his door."

"Have you forgotten? Three years ago, he emptied the Fu Family’s assets and handed them over to Xi Yihang, now revealing that Xi Yihang is the true prince of the Fu Family. If he could bring himself to deal such a huge blow to his own Fu Family, what wouldn’t he do?"

"..."

Chi Yue took a detour and walked to the edge of an artificial lake.

There were hardly any people around, and the silence was a relief to her ears.

Unbeknownst to her, her past with Fu Rongyin had become common knowledge.

"Chi Yue."

Chi Yue turned around, facing Ling Jiayu’s sinister expression.

"It wasn’t easy to catch you alone. Don’t blame me for being cruel, blame yourself. You shouldn’t have come back."

Chi Yue realized something, and the next second, she was pushed hard. Her body uncontrollably tumbled down the slope and eventually rolled into the artificial lake.