48 Reputation

Hearing that both He Lixue and Lu Nanfeng were so sharp-tongued, Lin Xulian felt wronged.

She genuinely wanted to be Madam Lu, and she wanted to marry Lu Nanfeng. Why should she constantly be punished for one mistake she made long ago?

A sob escaped her lips, and she could not help but say with choked words, "Your mother has picked me to be your wife. Your mother will never approve of anyone else than me!"

"Well then, it is a shame that I am the one getting married, not my mother. Although we have some blood ties, she does not decide who I spent the rest of my life with." Lu Nanfeng was cold as he spoke; his words were laced with sarcasm and disdain.

The crowd, which was observing the drama, was all shocked. This had been full of ups and downs, first, they thought that He Lixue was a little mistress who had gotten in between Lu Nanfeng and his fiance, but after listening, this was perhaps just the woman's wishful thinking?

Lu Nanfeng was not at all accepting her, and he was correct that while his mother might approve of the woman, in the end, Lu Nanfeng had to marry the woman and spend his life alongside her.

He Lixue had not seen Lin Xulian before, but she knew of her from Lu Nanfeng, and thus, she could not have a good impression of her, but she was grateful to her in a way.

If not for Lin Xulian chasing after him so impatiently, he would never have entered her room in the sanatorium and met her.

The restaurant was recognized as a high-end place, and the dishes were all relatively expensive, making it so that every customer who came here needed to own quite a bit of wealth. All of them knew of Lu Nanfeng. They also knew the Lin family, and many knew that these two families had a good relationship. Still, looking at Lu Nanfeng, it seemed that he had no interest in forging a business marriage with them.

And when they looked at how Lu Nanfeng was spoiling and pampering the woman who was in front of them, they knew that he was serious about her.

Lin Xulian was so ashamed and angry that she burst into tears, before she ran away. Her sobs could be heard by many, but no one pitied her.

Lu Nanfeng was in a foul mood after encountering Lin Xulian, but He Lixue just smiled and took his hand.

"Don't worry," she said. "I know you find her disgusting, but she is unimportant. Why should we destroy our mood just because of her?"

Lu Nanfeng smiled as she looked at her. He was not too worried about himself, but Lin Xulian had tried to destroy He Lixue's reputation, and she had been so nasty. How could He Lixue be so calm about it?

Seeing his quizzical expression, He Lixue just smiled, but she did not go into detail. What did reputation matter? She could not eat it, and she could also not use it to pay her bills. What mattered to her were only the people who she cared about.

As a person who lived in the abyss in her past life, what names had she not been called? She was known as a slut by everyone because she lived in the same house as her teacher, and even uglier rumors had been spread about her by jealous women who wanted her teacher, or her friend.

In her past life, she honestly had no reputation worth protecting, so even in this life, she did not look at reputation as something too important.

But she did not know how to explain it to Lu Nanfeng. The He Lixue he knew was growing up in a pampered environment where she was spoiled like a princess, and her entire life's goal was to marry a rich young man.

For such a figure, reputation was simply too important.

Seeing that she did not feel aggravated, Lu Nanfeng felt better, and he nodded to the manager, allowing him to lead them towards a private room.

He Lixue had grasped Lu Nanfeng's hand in her own, trying to pacify him. She could feel that he was very unhappy, but did not want to show her his feelings.

"Come on, don't be in a bad mood," He Lixue said, as she smiled at Lu Nanfeng. The manager was sweating buckets of cold sweat. Although Lu Nanfeng was pampering this woman, how dared she accuse CEO Lu of being in a bad mood when he had stood up for her?

But Lu Nanfeng was not angry, he just helplessly looked at the woman who was trying to make him cheer up, and he said unhappily, "Lin Xulian is too disgusting. She tried to destroy your reputation, and she is clearly not giving up on hanging onto my mother to try and destroy our relationship."

He was unhappy, but when he saw the cheeky and happy smile on He Lixue's lips, he could only shake his head helplessly.

"Let us just eat before I need to return. Remember, I need to be there for the maintenance window tonight, and run tests on the new security program."

At this point, Lu Nanfeng was reminded that He Lixue did, in fact, need to return to the company after eating, and his already foul mood turned even worse.

He understood that this was important, and he was happy that she was so serious about this gift she had made for him, but he wanted her to prioritize him over everything else.

He knew that he was greedy, but he couldn't help it. The longer he knew He Lixue, the more he wanted to keep her for himself. She was so outstanding, and he feared that she would soar into the skies one day, leaving him behind.