"Do you like a sea of pink roses?"
While waiting for the traffic lights, Xu Qingqing took a moment to think seriously and replied realistically, "There shouldn't be a rose field at this time of the year."
Lu Chuanbai was momentarily speechless. He simply and directly asked Xu Qingqing, "Just tell me if you like it or not."
Xu Qingqing remembered that Lu Chuanbai had once mentioned proposing to her. A faint smile played on her lips as she gently nodded. "I do like it. But it would be too wasteful to create a sea of roses. A bouquet of roses would be more economical."
Lu Chuanbai only caught the words "I like it" and silently noted it down in his heart. He sent a message to Gao Bo to purchase the roses for creating a sea of roses.
When the car pulled up in front of the house, Xu Qingqing unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car. She saw a middle - aged man squatting in front of her house.
It was actually Father Gu. When Father Gu heard the noise behind him, he quickly turned his head. His face was haggard, and the stubble around his lips hadn't been shaved for a long time. He looked extremely disheveled.
When Father Gu saw Xu Qingqing, he immediately stood up and rushed in front of her. His expression was a mix of excitement and anger. "How dare you send my daughter to prison! Have you forgotten what I told you back then!"
Father Gu stared fixedly at Xu Qingqing, and the ferocious look in his eyes was obvious.
Father Gu had once deceived Xu Qingqing with a false secret. After Xu Qingqing learned the truth from Lu Chuanbai, she wasn't afraid of him at all.
Father Gu was getting closer to Xu Qingqing. Seeing this, Lu Chuanbai quickly got out of the car and stood in front of Xu Qingqing. The expression on his face instantly froze, and he looked extremely cold and menacing.
"Your daughter deserved to go to prison!"
Lu Chuanbai stared down at Father Gu from above and pointed at the white bandage on his forehead. "See this injury on my head? It was all caused by your daughter!"
"Since she had the guts to make a mistake, she should have the guts to accept the punishment!"
But Father Gu was now blindly trying to protect his daughter. He looked up at Lu Chuanbai coldly and scolded him bitterly, "So what if my daughter injured you! My daughter has been with you for so many years. Do you think her efforts were in vain?"
"Even if you don't consider my feelings, think about all the things she did for you over the years and the huge secret she kept for you. You shouldn't have sent her to prison!"
As Father Gu spoke, he stamped his feet, as if Lu Chuanbai was a heinous criminal.
Lu Chuanbai was so angry that he laughed. He stared coldly at Father Gu. Taking a step forward in his shiny, dust - free leather shoes, Father Gu immediately cowered and took a step back.
Father Gu thought Lu Chuanbai was going to do something. There was a false show of calm on his face. "What do you want to do? Let me tell you, there are surveillance cameras here. If you dare to hit me, don't blame me for calling the police and having you arrested!"
Lu Chuanbai looked at Father Gu, who was clearly timid and afraid of death but still bluffing. He said without any mercy, "I'm afraid I'll dirty my hands if I touch you."
"You..." Father Gu was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Lu Chuanbai narrowed his long phoenix eyes and slightly raised his sword - shaped eyebrows. "Since you keep saying that your daughter helped me protect a secret, then tell me what crime I committed that needed her to keep it a secret."
He had always conducted himself openly and aboveboard in his life. Even in the business world, he disdained using underhanded means.
Let alone doing something bad and leaving a handle for others to threaten him.
Even if his intelligence was reduced by 100 points, he wasn't that stupid.
Hearing Lu Chuanbai's question, Father Gu immediately found his voice and rambled on, "If it weren't for my daughter helping you cover up the matter of your malicious eviction of the hold - out households back then, do you think you could still be safe and sound today!"
"But instead of being grateful to my daughter, you repay her kindness with enmity!"
"Lu Chuanbai, you're a despicable scoundrel!"
Father Gu's voice got louder and louder, as if he was afraid that passers - by wouldn't hear the whole story.
Lu Chuanbai annoyedly dug at his ear and directly showed the document saved on his phone, throwing it in front of Father Gu.
"Look closely. This is the compensation agreement I made with the hold - out households who didn't want to move back then. I never maliciously evicted them like you said."
Spreading rumors should be based on facts. Father Gu casually blamed him for a crime and really thought he was easy to bully!
But Father Gu didn't even look. He was convinced that Lu Chuanbai was lying and knocked Lu Chuanbai's phone out of his hand unreasonably.
"The evidence you're showing now must be in your favor. If you don't get my daughter out of prison, don't blame me for reporting your cruel deeds to the police!"
Seeing that Father Gu was completely unreasonable and determined to resist, Lu Chuanbai bent down to pick up his phone, smoothed out the wrinkles on his suit pants, and didn't have the mood to waste any more time with Father Gu.
"Then go and report. Let's see if the police will believe you or me."
Seeing Lu Chuanbai's firm attitude and getting nothing in return, Father Gu glared hatefully at Xu Qingqing and Lu Chuanbai. His outstretched fingers were trembling with anger.
"Fine! Since you've said so, I don't need to save any face for you. Don't blame me for being merciless when the police come to arrest you!"
After saying that, Father Gu stormed off angrily.
Xu Qingqing looked at Lu Chuanbai worriedly. "Chuanbai, if he really goes to report, will it be bad for your reputation?"
Lu Chuanbai patted Xu Qingqing's shoulder to reassure her. His tone was very certain. "Don't worry. Back then, I specifically asked the police to help me negotiate with the villagers. It won't involve me."
Now Father Gu's actions were like those of a clown. He had no basis at all and was just making a scene.
Hearing this, Xu Qingqing let out a slight sigh of relief. She sighed helplessly in her heart, "Gu Anrou is really a disaster. Just when she finally went to prison, her father comes to cause trouble for you."
"As the saying goes, like father, like daughter. No wonder Gu Anrou was so good at pestering people and bothered you for so many years."
There was a hint of jealousy in Xu Qingqing's tone. Lu Chuanbai naturally heard it. He leaned closer to Xu Qingqing's face and his smile widened infinitely. "Are you jealous now?"
"Why would I be jealous?"
Xu Qingqing crossed her arms in front of her chest uncomfortably. Remembering how Gu Anrou had arrogantly sneered at her and told her to leave back then, her tone became even more sour. "It was her who drove me away back then. You'd better be honest. Did you tell her to do that!"
Xu Qingqing stared at Lu Chuanbai fiercely. Her angry look was extremely cute, like a fluffed - up kitten showing its little claws to appear scary.
Lu Chuanbai's tone became a bit more serious. He raised his right hand above his head and swore to Xu Qingqing, "Qingqing, although we had an unexpected night back then, I didn't want to drive you away."
"After Gu Anrou took it upon herself to drive you away, I looked for you for a long time. I didn't expect you to go abroad."
If it hadn't been for Gu Anrou back then, he wouldn't have missed the growth of their two children, and he wouldn't have let Xu Qingqing suffer alone while raising the kids abroad.