A Warm Wedding and A New Bride of Young Master Lu

Chapter 39 - Undisguised Care All Day

"Jiang Shaokai, what exactly do you want to tell me?" Su Jianan asked as soon as she entered the office.

"My mom told me about what happened at the charity auction." With two fingers, Jiang Shaokai pushed Su Jianan's face from side to side. He began examining her cheek. "Were you really slapped by Su Hongyuan? How come there's no swelling?"

"Seriously? This guy wants me to show up at the office with half my face swollen like a pig?" she thought.

Su Jianan pushed Jiang Shaokai's hand away in one movement. "Lu Boyan gave me an ice pack when we got back. It won't swell. Sorry to disappoint you."

Jiang Shaokai folded his arms across his chest. All of a sudden, he smiled. "Have you ever heard of Lu Boyan caring about others enough to give them an ice pack?"

The change in subject had come so suddenly that Su Jianan's brain had trouble keeping up. It took her a while to recover from her confusion. But when she did, she asked, "What are you trying to say again?"

"Let's make a bet. I'll make a call to Lu Boyan to tell him that you're hurt. See if he'd come running here like his ass is on fire." Jiang Shaokai snatched Su Jianan's phone and keyed in the pin for her lock screen. "Oh, by the way, I should tell that Lu Boyan's probably very busy right now. I heard from my dad that Lu Enterprises is currently negotiating a 100 million dollar deal. Sounds exciting when you think about it, isn't it?"

"Jiang Shaokai, stop fooling around." Su Jianan made a grab for her phone.

"What are you afraid of?" Jiang Shaokai pulled up her contact list. "With this call, you'll finally be able to find out if Lu Boyan cares about you, isn't it?"

Yesterday, Jiang Shaokai's mother had told him that Lu Boyan looked like he was about to skin Su Hongyuan alive after Su Jianan was slapped by Su Hongyuan. After that, Lu Boyan's behavior nothing but proved just how much he cared for his new wife.

Was it not the uncertainty regarding Lu Boyan's true feelings for her that had got Su Jianan so worked up?

Jiang Shaokai just wanted to help Su Jianan clear up the mystery... while he himself could sort out his own thoughts.

Su Jianan had stopped attempting to grab her phone back. She stared at Jiang Shaokai hazily. Anticipation and fear filled her eyes.

It was true that after yesterday, after Lu Boyan had kissed her, she was now even more curious about Lu Boyan's true feelings for her.

But what if it was all just an illusion? What if she had just been deluding herself into thinking that Lu Boyan felt something for her?

If that was the case, then she would rather remain in the dark forever.

"Stop lying to yourself. You want to know."

It was as if Jiang Shaokai had seen through her. He found Lu Boyan's number and hit dial.

The phone rang for quite a while before Lu Boyan's voice came blaring through. "Jianan?"

Su Jianan felt as if her heart was about to leap out of her body from her throat.

"This is Jiang Shaokai," he said calmly, shooting Su Jianan a look that had 'you are such a loser' written all over it. "Jiang Xueli came looking for Jianan just now. Jianan got hurt. It's best if you take a trip down here."

The call was dropped immediately. Lu Boyan did not even say a word. Not even if it was to ask about the state of Su Jianan's injury.

Jiang Shaokai did not miss the disappointment that had flashed across Su Jianan's eyes. Poking her forehead a few times, he said, "It's like you've lost all your spunk after marrying Lu Boyan. You don't even have the guts to make a bet like this? Now you just wait and see if Lu Boyan would come running here."