Chapter 90: A Time of Youthful Ignorance
"Hmm…"
Sheng Xiangsi covered her mouth in excitement, hardly believing what she had heard.
"What's the matter?"
Gu Shaohua chuckled, "You don't even know how to thank your teacher?"
"Ah?" Sheng Xiangsi snapped out of her daze, her face turning red with embarrassment. "Thank you, thank you, Teacher Gu!"
"Mm."
Gu Shaohua stared at her a bit longer, then smiled, "You have a good figure, but…"
She pointed at Sheng Xiangsi's waist, "Your waist is very soft, but it could be an inch smaller. Watch what you eat, don't overindulge."
"Yes!" Sheng Xiangsi, eyes red with joy, nodded and smiled, "Got it, Teacher Gu."
Gu Shaohua then turned to Fu Hanjiang.
To be honest, when her good friend first asked her to do this favor, she was resistant and had some prejudice against Fu Hanjiang.
However, after meeting them, she found Fu Hanjiang more agreeable.
"Mr. Fu, I'll take her. Do you have any other instructions?"
"Teacher Gu, you jest."
Fu Hanjiang smiled warmly, "Thank you for taking care of Xiangsi. If she causes any trouble, please bear with her."
Oh? Gu Shaohua raised an eyebrow, sensing that their relationship was not ordinary.
It made sense—an ordinary relationship wouldn't warrant the involvement of someone like Fu Hanjiang.
She just wondered, with such a powerful backer, why had Sheng Xiangsi suffered so much in Philadelphia?
Gu Shaohua didn't ask further, nodding with a smile, "Alright."
...
Leaving the dance troupe, Sheng Xiangsi remained silent on the way.
Fu Hanjiang looked down at her. Now, Xiangsi seemed like a hedgehog with all its spines retracted, without any aggression, behaving very obediently.
"Why aren't you talking?" Fu Hanjiang couldn't help but tease her, "You were giving me the cold shoulder on the way here."
Sheng Xiangsi kept her head down, still not saying a word.
"What's wrong?"
Fu Hanjiang noticed something was off and reached out to her.
"Don't touch me…"
Sheng Xiangsi turned her face away, avoiding his touch.
Fu Hanjiang didn't take it personally because her voice sounded like she was crying.
"Are you… crying?"
Sheng Xiangsi didn't answer, turning her back to him. From his angle, he could see her slender shoulders trembling slightly...
"Really crying?"
Fu Hanjiang stepped closer, placing his hands on her shoulders to make her face him, "Let me see…"
"See what?"
Sheng Xiangsi suddenly lifted her head, her eyes red and swollen, filled with tears as she glared at him.
"What's there to see? Haven't you seen someone cry before?"
She raised her face defiantly, "You like watching so much? Then look all you want!"
Fu Hanjiang was taken aback by her appearance and retracted his hands, "No, no more looking."
He muttered, "I meant no harm, I was just… concerned about you…"
"Concerned?"
Sheng Xiangsi, eyes red, on the verge of crying and laughing, "You're really strange! Why arrange this for me?"
"This…"
Fu Hanjiang was surprised, "Did I do something wrong? You don't want to be with Teacher Gu?"
"…" Sheng Xiangsi stared at him without speaking, but her tears continued.
Seeing her like this, Fu Hanjiang wavered.
"You really don't like it?"
She was crying like this, it seemed so.
"I didn't know you would dislike it so much…"
Fu Hanjiang immediately said, "I'll go find Teacher Gu now… we won't dance here anymore…"
Then, he turned around.
"Fu Hanjiang!"
But Sheng Xiangsi stopped him.
"Hmm?" Fu Hanjiang turned back, looking at her in confusion. What should he do?
Sheng Xiangsi bit her lip, struggling internally.
She knew very well that following Gu Shaohua would pave a bright path for her!
For a dancer, being on a prestigious stage was much better than performing in nightclubs.
She had no connections, and without Fu Hanjiang, she wouldn't have been able to join the troupe.
This opportunity was crucial for her career, and she couldn't refuse it.
But this opportunity came from Fu Hanjiang!
Why?
The person who never noticed her in the past gave her such a tremendous favor?
She should be grateful to him.
But what did those past years mean?
Taking a deep breath, Sheng Xiangsi clenched her fists, "Thank you."
"No big deal…" Fu Hanjiang smiled casually, "No need to thank me…"
It hadn't been easy to hear a good word from her after so many days.
"But."
Before he could fully enjoy the moment, Sheng Xiangsi, with a pale face, said, "I'm grateful to you, but that doesn't mean I'll agree to your requests. I still say we're not possible."
It was like a bucket of cold water poured over him, freezing Fu Hanjiang's heart instantly, "Why?"
"Don't you really know?" Sheng Xiangsi looked down, the streetlight casting a sorrowful glow around her.
Suddenly, Fu Hanjiang's heart tightened.
His lips parted lightly, "Are you still holding a grudge from those years?"
"Shouldn't I hold a grudge?" Sheng Xiangsi retorted.
"Back then…"
Fu Hanjiang frowned, his expression darkening.
"My elder brother was severely injured and comatose. The doctors said his chances of waking up were very slim. Yao Leyi was carrying his only bloodline!"
His elder brother was like a father and brother to him. Without his elder brother, he wouldn't be who he was!
People in this world could hurt him, but they couldn't hurt his elder brother, Fu Hanchuan! If he could, he would rather have been the one severely injured and comatose…
Sheng Xiangsi could understand his thoughts but couldn't understand why he didn't believe her.
She almost blurted out, "You really…"
…believe Yao Leyi?
But she stopped herself.
"What do you mean?" Fu Hanjiang pursued, "What are you trying to say?"
"…"
Sheng Xiangsi shook her head. Forget it… He didn't believe her back then, why would he now?
Besides, back then, Yao Leyi had been lying in a pool of blood, and she had been standing upstairs…
Words she almost said, she held back.
"You asked me last time how I knew you 'blacklisted' me?"
"Hmm?" Fu Hanjiang raised an eyebrow, "Which agency manager told you?"
"No."
Sheng Xiangsi bit her lip and uttered a name, "Yao Leyi. She told me."
What?
Fu Hanjiang was stunned. Her? But how did she know?
"Let's go."
Sheng Xiangsi had said what she needed to say. What to do next was up to him.
She was no longer in the youthful and reckless age, ignorant of worldly matters, where any issue would be blown out of proportion.
Even if she was in the right, in the end, it seemed like she was causing trouble...
...
Fu Hanjiang first took Sheng Xiangsi home.
Back in his car, he was still thinking about what Sheng Xiangsi had said.
He flipped through his phone's call records but didn't find anything unfamiliar.
Quickly, he opened a software, logged in, and restored all the deleted call records…
His expression darkened.
Jaw tightened, he picked up his phone, found Yao Leyi's number, and pressed the call button.
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