Mr. Lu, Mr. Su is being coquettish again!

"Good boy, go to sleep." Lu Fang pinched the other's reddened earlobe.

The auction hosted by the Gu family was held at the Gu family manor, and half of the prominent families in the capital were invited, including Lu Fang, who had only recently begun to meet the public and had been eagerly anticipating the event for the past six months.

The Gu family is a renowned antique dealer in Beijing, so there's no reason for Su Nanqin not to go.

The auction was called an auction, but in reality, it was paving the way for the marriage of the Gu family's daughter.

The first half of the banquet is just a regular event, which is when choosing a partner becomes especially important.

Many daughters of wealthy families are pinning their hopes on this grand banquet, hoping to find a suitable partner.

Among them, the most eye-catching are the renowned figures such as Su Nanqin, Ruan Chenzhou, Wen Yan, and Chi Yanming, as well as Wen's youngest son who has always been kept hidden, and Lu Fang who has recently emerged.

Upon learning that Lu Fang had been invited, Su Nanqin was in a dilemma. This trip to the auction was originally intended to test the antique market, and the banquet was a mixed bag, unlike other events.

The previous incident had already aroused Lu Fang's suspicion, and with the addition of the little dumpling incident, Su Nanqin was unsure how many forces were watching him.

Therefore, it is even more important not to bring Lu Fang in front of others at such a large banquet.

Lu Fang, unusually interested, stood in the dressing room picking out clothes. "Nan Nan, I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow. Which outfit do you want to wear? I'll wear black, or you can wear white?"

Su Nanqin sat on the bed, swinging her legs in a daze, thinking about how to stop Lu Fang from going, or how to persuade him not to go with her.

Lu Fang picked out his clothes on his own. He rarely paid attention to such things and even less so to formal attire, but considering that this was the first time he was taking Su Nanqin to a banquet, he felt that he should take it seriously.

Besides taking it seriously, he also had a little selfish motive: to let everyone see who Su Nanqin was working for, so they wouldn't keep thinking about him.

After a long silence outside, Lu Fang turned slightly to look outside: "Nan Nan?"

Su Nanqin snapped out of her daze, got up, and went over to hug Lu Fang.

Lu Fang was still holding Su Nanqin's white suit in his hand, with a unique design at the collar.

His gaze swept over the cuff and noticed a string of English letters. Lu Fang didn't look closely, but guessed it was a unique design by the brand.

Lu Fang had never seen Su Nanqin wear white before, but he could imagine that she would look great in it.

Looking at the little cat clinging to him silently and affectionately, he figured Su Nanqin was either brewing something naughty or unhappy.

Lu Fang reached out and ruffled the other person's hair. "What's wrong? Why are you hugging me but not saying anything? Hmm?"

Su Nanqin remained silent, pressing his arm against the other's chest, feeling the beating of their heart, "thump-thump... thump-thump..."

Lu Fang was amused by the other person's words. "What's wrong? Want to stick close to your husband?"

Lu Fang deliberately held Su Nanqin high up like a child, and Su Nanqin was pleased. She sat in Lu Fang's arms and looked down at him.

"Are you carrying a princess or a queen?"

"Do you want to be a princess or a queen?" Lu Fang asked with a smile, looking up at her with affection.

Su Nanqin pretended to think for a while, then smiled with her eyes crinkling, her dimples sinking deep, and her light purple eyes glistening under the incandescent light.

Sincere and beautiful, Su Nanqin told him, "I want both."

Then, gently lifting Lu Fang's head, she leaned down and kissed his forehead...

Su Nanqin glanced at the white suit. If he remembered correctly, it was a suit that Ruan Chenzhou had given him under the pretext that he was going abroad.

Su Nanqin didn't have the habit of refusing people's face. Although it was strange to give him a suit, he still accepted it, though he never wore it.

I never expected that Lu Fang would find me today.

"Tell me, what mischief is the kitten up to this time?"

Su Nanqin hesitated for a moment. He had actually thought about sending Lu Fang away, but he was sure the other party would become suspicious afterward.

It's better to just say it directly.

Perhaps they were still unsure, or perhaps they guessed that Lu Fang would react strongly.

"Lu Fang, let's split up the day after tomorrow."

Sure enough, Lu Fang, who was still immersed in the gentle embrace created by Su Nanqin a second ago, sat up straight the next second: "Why?"

Su Nanqin was actually not very good at dealing with Lu Fang's temper: "Going together would be too conspicuous."

Lu Fang looked at him without speaking for a long time, clearly his answer was not enough to convince the other party.

Under the warm yellow light, Su Nanqin could vaguely see the changes in Lu Fang's expression, from surprise, disbelief, to deep thought, and then a fleeting emotion that Su Nanqin couldn't understand.

Su Nanqin was a little nervous, but he couldn't come up with a better reason. He couldn't let Lu Fang know that he didn't want those people to know about his relationship with Lu Fang.

Lu Fang would overthink things, and even if he didn't, he would guess something else.

He didn't want Lu Fang to get involved in what happened next.

The auction was just the beginning, the beginning of a turbulent situation in the capital. The previous incident involving Lu Fang and Xiao Tuanzi was merely a test.

If he didn't guess it, the auction itself was not simple.

"Too flashy." After a long pause, Lu Fang repeated the sentence without any discernible emotion, and then Su Nanqin was grabbed by the neck.

Then he heard Lu Fang ask, his tone devoid of emotion, "So, you're saying I'm not presentable enough to take out in public?"

Su Nanqin's eyes widened suddenly. Now it was his turn to be incredulous. He hadn't expected Lu Fang to say something like that.

Lu Fang was serious; his eyebrows and eyes had returned to the carefree and unrestrained look he had when they first met.

For some reason, in an instant, Su Nanqin felt that the two ear cartilage studs on Lu Fang's ear cartilage were even more eye-catching and dazzling.

Something that is extremely arrogant and dangerous is difficult to control.

Su Nanqin closed his eyes abruptly. Since this was bound to happen sooner or later, it was better to let the other person prepare mentally than to break up with him silently.

Lu Fang's personality isn't suited for acting; if he's going to do something, he has to be genuine.

Su Nanqin opened his mouth with difficulty, but could only manage to squeeze out a dry, "No..."

Still completely unconvincing, Su Nanqin could already imagine Lu Fang's expression, reaction, or what he might say.

Enraged, or leaving, or shocked, or heartbroken, or dejected...

Su Nanqin felt a sharp pain in his heart and quickly closed his eyes. It didn't matter anymore. He would apologize to Lu Fang after this period was over and he had dealt with those matters.

As long as Lu Fang is still willing to forgive him...

When the visual senses are shut down, the other senses are amplified infinitely until the gentle touch of the calluses on the neck is removed.

Su Nanqin unconsciously clenched the blanket again.

Lu Fang lowered his eyes to watch the person in front of him, wanting to hear more from him, even just one more word would make him believe him.

Instead of that dry "no," one second, two seconds, three seconds passed, and the person in front of me still didn't react at all.

Lu Fang took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Just when Su Nanqin thought the other party was going to leave or question her sternly, Lu Fang seemed to have compromised.

Without even looking at Su Nanqin, she reached out and pulled him into the blanket. After a long while, a voice came from behind her, "Sleep, Nan Nan, I won't go with you..."

Su Nanqin paused, feeling a burning heat on his back, but his words were devoid of emotion, or perhaps carried a deep sense of suppressed emotion.

It felt like a compromise, yet also like sadness and loneliness.

This was something Su Nanqin had never heard from Lu Fang before, nor had she ever seen from Lu Fang.

In Su Nanqin's eyes, Lu Fang was radiant, free-spirited and arrogant. Yet, one day, this same person would earnestly ask him, "Are you saying you can't take me out in public?"

that's the truth.

Lu Fang held the person in his arms, but found that no matter how tightly he held them, it felt unreal, as if the other person would return to their own world if he let go.

Lu Fang has an extraordinary background and life story. He was born into the well-known overseas financial family, Lu Family, but ended up in a slum by a twist of fate.

Fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke on him. Just when he thought he had adapted to that dirty and selfish world, one day someone suddenly told him that he was the son of a wealthy family.

Having missed a decade of upper-class education, feeling out of place in the everyday life, unable to go back to the past, and unable to integrate into the present.

This is Lu Fang; these experiences shaped his flamboyant, unrestrained, and carefree personality.

Lu Fang always looked to the future and never complained or felt resentful.

He never cared about empty fame; in the face of life and death, all vanity was less important than having a full meal.

But today, or rather, even earlier, sometime after I got together with Su Nanqin.

Lu Fang also began to doubt himself and started to pursue the money and power that he had once taken for granted, not for any other reason than to be worthy of Su Nanqin, or to have the ability to protect her.

Su Nanqin was different from him. The other party grew up in a world surrounded by money and power, which he used to scoff at, but later he became eager to have Su Nanqin.