Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 457 - 470: Visiting as a Guest

Blood ties are a bond that cannot be severed.

Lu Shifeng gave her a deep look, wisely refraining from persuading her further, saying instead, "Alright, but when you invite him, I have to be there."

Su Xingyu nodded, knowing this was his biggest concession. Anyway, his willingness to get to know Su Jinnian better is a good thing, after all, one is Han’s biological father, and the other is Han’s uncle. She chose a beautiful spring afternoon to set up a sumptuous afternoon tea in the backyard garden with Mrs. Gui and invited Su Jinnian over as a guest.

When the young man arrived, he was still wearing a spotless white shirt, looking as if he had just stepped out of school.

He held a large bouquet of blooming flowers, irises and lilies mixed with baby’s breath, and handed them over to Su Xingyu, who opened the door to greet him: "Here, a gift."

Su Xingyu took them; the sweet fragrance of the flowers was invigorating.

She smiled and said to him, "Thank you, Jinnian, the flowers are beautiful."

Behind her, Lu Shifeng’s tall figure emerged, slightly lowering his head with a sense of superiority, scrutinizing the young man at the door. Daring to give flowers to his woman? Is he tired of living? Instantly, a hundred and eight ways to dismember and dispose of Su Jinnian’s body flashed through his mind, but due to Su Xingyu’s presence, he dared not act on any of them, merely fixing Su Jinnian with an even colder gaze, full of hostility.

Su Jinnian sensed his gaze and responded with a similarly icy, mocking smile.

Su Xingyu watched from the side, feeling a headache coming on, and instructed Mrs. Gui to arrange the flowers, then spoke out to diffuse the tension between these two men: "Han and Jue are in the garden, Jinnian, come with me, you’ll love them. Lu Shifeng, you come too, Jue has a new drawing recently, and Han keeps complaining he doesn’t understand it and wants you to explain it to him."

Lu Shifeng felt a bit frustrated; perhaps for Han, he, as "Mr. Lu," was only useful for this.

He followed behind Su Xingyu and her brother, staring at the silhouette of the white-clothed young man repeatedly, inwardly feeling a twinge of jealousy that the young man could be Han’s uncle, while he? It seemed that apart from the ambiguous relationship with Xingyu, he had no legitimate reason to stand beside Han.

Su Xingyu didn’t understand his complex thoughts.

She led the two men, both with bubbling undercurrents, to the backyard garden.

In the backyard, Jue and Han were indeed playing intently, with Jue holding a twig and drawing something, while Han watched enthusiastically.

"Wow, Jue, you’re amazing! Your drawing is so great!" Han’s voice was audible from afar, clear and filled with pure joy, "Jue, how did you come up with this? These lines look chaotic at first, but on closer inspection, they’re beautiful! Jue, you’re the most talented person I’ve ever met!"

"Hmph." Su Xingyu heard a disdainful snort beside her.

She turned her head, seeing her brother Su Jinnian looking towards the two little ones, his face full of disdain as he looked at the chubby, baby-fat little fool covered in dirt.

"Don’t tell me that’s Han." Su Jinnian scrutinized the little one critically, a face as pale as a flower petal full of dissatisfaction.

Su Xingyu paused, knowing that Han was adorably clumsy and looked somewhat... well, embarrassing, but this assassin gentleman wasn’t any better when he was young! Unfortunately, she didn’t have a photo of this assassin gentleman when he was young; otherwise, she really wanted to shove a photo in his face to show him what "the nephew takes after the uncle."

Before she could say anything, Lu Shifeng got angry, glaring coldly at Su Jinnian: "What, do you have a problem with Han?"

Su Jinnian no longer looked at Han with disdain; instead, he looked at Lu Shifeng with disdain: "You look dignified, but you can’t even teach a child properly? My sister’s son turned out so stupid under your care. Better not live with my sister anymore, let her and Han move out sooner; maybe with proper education, this child still stands a chance!"

Lu Shifeng also felt that the little guy Han needed some education, lacking the elite demeanor of a future big shot.

However, he thought feeling his own child lacked education was one thing, but being criticized by an outsider was another -- yes, in his eyes, even though he seemed to have no blood ties with Han, he felt closer to him than Su Jinnian, this uncle who popped out of nowhere!

His narrow eyes slightly squinted, with a hint of menace: "A person who talks too much isn’t likable."

Tension was brewing.

Su Xingyu felt a headache and began to regret agreeing to Lu Shifeng’s request to invite Su Jinnian as a guest on the premise of his presence. This was chaos.

She couldn’t help but exclaim softly, "Are you two done yet?!"

Lu Shifeng glanced at her and silently shut his mouth. Currently, his favor in Xingyu’s eyes wasn’t enough, and unless a significant issue of principle arose, he didn’t dare to raise his voice. As for Su Jinnian? He too resignedly fell silent after casting a disdainful glance at her, much like he did towards Han earlier.

Su Xingyu promptly warned them, "If you two argue in front of the children later, I’ll kick you both out!"

Lu Shifeng: "..."

He really wanted to remind her who was the man of the house! Was there no justice left!

But since he had no rights, he closed his mouth... indistinctly.

Su Jinnian also slightly lowered his head, although he cast another very disdainful look at Han playing in the distance, but if he was really asked to leave, why should he?!

Having tamed these two people, Su Xingyu called out to the other side: "Han! Jue!"

Upon hearing her voice, Han looked over at them instantly, raised a face filled with surprise and joy, momentarily ignoring Jue, and sprinted towards them with his short legs at a speed worthy of a hundred-meter dash: "Mommy, mommy! There’s a brother beside you! Brother looks so handsome, just like you!"

Brother...?

Lu Shifeng unhappily glanced at the young man beside Su Xingyu. Supposedly, he was the same age as Xingyu, 24 this year, but these siblings looked so young, like they were only eighteen or nineteen, as if they were a pair of angels. No wonder Han immediately called him brother.

But why call Su Jinnian brother and call him Mr. Lu?!

Lu Shifeng was about to go crazy.

The little guy ran up to them with bright eyes, looked up at Su Jinnian, and said, "Brother, brother, you’re so pretty, are you my mommy’s guardian angel?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The little head was full of unknown thoughts.

Su Xingyu’s heart melted from the cuteness, and she laughed softly, telling him, "Don’t be cheeky, this is your little uncle, not your brother. Call him Little Uncle."