Chapter 689

“Then, do you want to go shopping elsewhere? We can accompany you.”

“Forget it, we’ll shop by ourselves,” Shi Jin said. It was quite troublesome for two strangers to follow them.

Seeing that her attitude was firm, President Tan and President Li bade farewell and left.

Qiu Xingmi was in a very good mood. She said, “Say, I wonder when the itching powder I applied on Miss Jiang will take effect?”

“Very soon,” Shi Jin said with a smile. “Sigh, I didn’t expect this itching powder to be put to use.”

“You made it yourself. You don’t even know when you were going to use it?” Qiu Xingmi said with a smile.

“It’s quite useful against disgusting people.”

Qiu Xingmi felt that Shi Jin was getting more and more compatible with her. She said, “Let’s go walk around again. We must buy more clothes and bags.”

“Sure.” Shi Jin followed her briskly.

As Qiu Xingmi walked, she told Fu Zhaoxiang what had just happened through WeChat.

“Hubby, I think what happened today was really fun. So it’s really interesting to leave the Southern Courtyard. By the way, that Jiang person was covered in itching powder because of me. This is a new medicine Shi Jin developed. Let’s see if she won’t lose a layer of skin!”

“I’ll buy you two sets of clothes later. I’ll bring them to you when I come back tonight.”

“Forget it, let’s have dinner together tonight. Shi Jin can come too. You can ask your son if he wants to come too.”

Shi Jin could not help but laugh. She could tell that Qiu Xingmi’s personality was originally the same as Fu Heyan’s. They were both straightforward and generous. After she recovered, her nature returned.

Soon, Fu Zhaoxiang replied.

Qiu Xingmi opened it directly. Fu Zhaoxiang’s calm voice sounded, but it was a flirtatious tone. “Yes, wife. I’ll ask my son now. Thank you for buying me clothes ~”

Shi Jin was caught off guard by the public display of affection. She recalled Fu Xiuyuan’s serious expression and wondered who he had inherited it from.

Qiu Xingmi put away her phone in satisfaction and said, “Let’s go, buy more!”

***

A few hours later, the two of them finally had enough.

Fu Zhaoxiang also sent a message. “Wife, my son said that he has time to eat dinner with us. However, I think he only agreed to come because Shi Jin is here. When I didn’t mention Shi Jin’s name at the beginning, he said that he had a meeting.”

“Sigh, then I’ll have to ask Shi Jin to come with us more in the future.” Qiu Xingme’s tone became a little lower. All these years, she had indeed let Fu Xiuyuan down. She had not grown up with him or raised him herself.

These were all her debts to her son.

Shi Jin sensed her emotions and said with a smile, “Then I’ll come and shop with you more in the future.”

“Shi Jin, you don’t know how grateful I am to you.” Qiu Xingmi’s smile was filled with tears. “I’m most grateful to you not because you cured my illness, but because you were by Xiuyuan’s side. In the past, Xiuyuan didn’t even want to video call me. Every time Butler Kang and Heyan sent me photos or videos, he always looked low and gloomy in them. These are things I can’t make up to him. But with you, he’s really different. Even when he isn’t smiling, he’s gentle and satisfied.”

A smile appeared on Shi Jin’s lips. “Do you know? He’s extremely important to me too. Without him, I would also be the same Shi Jin.”

Qiu Xingmi thought that she was being polite, but she could see her true emotions from her eyes.

She believed her and smiled. “Then you and Xiuyuan are really a match made in heaven.”

“Yes.” Shi Jin’s smile was moving.

***

Meanwhile, at the Fu Corporation.

After Fu Zhaoxiang left the Southern Courtyard, he came over every day. Although he had not personally come to manage the company over the years, he had remote control.

Now that he had appeared in person, he naturally took over a lot of things.

When he received Qiu Xingmei’s WeChat message today, he had been chatting with his wife throughout the day. It was as if he had returned to how he was many years ago. Nothing had changed.

Knock knock knock.

Someone knocked on the door.

“Come in,” Fu Zhaoxiang said indifferently as he put down his phone.

The door was pushed open and an older female employee entered. Previously, when Fu Zhaoxiang commanded her remotely, she was one of Fu Zhaoxiang’s capable assistants.

However, at that time, Fu Zhaoxiang did not have much time to deal with work, and he did not have many opportunities to communicate with her.

She was helpless and could not contact him too much.

“Mr. Fu, this is the original copy of the contract you wanted today.”

“Alright, leave it here,” Fu Zhaoxiang said. Seeing that Qiu Xingmi had sent another message, his expression turned gentle.

His aura had become very stable and refined with the passage of time. As he ate the medicine Shi Jin gave him, the white hair by his temples had even dissipated, making him look even more youthful.

The female employee stood in front of his desk, and her gaze slowly changed.

Fu Zhaoxiang was about to open WeChat when he saw that she had not left. He asked, “Is there anything else?”

“Mr. Fu… I…”

“Assistant Zhang, you’ve been working with me for a long time. If you have anything to say, just say it. There’s no need to hesitate.” Fu Zhaoxiang looked up at her.

The men of the Fu family all had one thing in common: their eyes were very deep. Coupled with the fact that their eyebrows were well-defined, as long as they had a gentle expression, when they looked up, they would have a special temperament that made them look flirtatious.

Fu Zhaoxiang was not as cold as Fu Xiuyuan, so this feeling was especially obvious.

Assistant Zhang’s face immediately turned red. “Mr. Fu, can I come and look for you tonight to report something about work?”

“You can’t report now?”

“It depends on you.” Assistant Zhang placed her hand on the table and rubbed it with her fingers.

This was an extremely suggestive action.

Fu Zhaoxiang took the document over. “You can report your work in the company.”

“Then… do you need any other help in the Southern Courtyard? Perhaps I can help you. I can do anything you want me to do.” Assistant Zhang had a good impression of Fu Zhaoxiang since long ago. She had asked around and found out that because of Qiu Xingmi’s illness, although she had lived with Fu Zhaoxiang all these years, they had been living in separate rooms and beds.

It was impossible for Fu Zhaoxiang not to need a woman… This was her best chance.

“Then come to the Southern Courtyard tonight,” Fu Zhaoxiang said.

Assistant Zhang immediately replied, “Then I’ll come over tonight. Mr. Fu, wait for me.”

She was too excited and did not even see the disgust in Fu Zhaoxiang’s eyes.

***

At night:

In the hotel restaurant, Qiu Xingmi and Shi Jin arrived first.

The two of them chose a spot by the French windows. Sitting here, they could look down on the entire city.