Chapter 81: We need to keep some distance

"Axun." Just as Lin Shutong was about to tell him to stop smoking, she reached out, but Shen Xun had already extinguished the cigarette butt with his bare hand.

"Why did you come over?" Shen Xun asked her.

Lin Shutong was surprised and took his hand, checking his fingers to see if they had been burned.

"Uncle, Aunt, and Xi are all very worried about you, and I am very worried about you too." Lin Shutong gently stroked his cheek, "Can you not smoke anymore in the future, okay?"

In the gaze between them, Lin Shutong slowly closed her eyes, wanting to kiss him.

Just as their lips were about to touch, Shen Xun quickly turned his head away, a flash of panic in his heart.

The person he loved was clearly Shutong, and he had been waiting for her all these years. He hadn't even had relations with Jiang Lai for her sake; he should be happy about Shutong's initiative to kiss him.

But why...

Perhaps it was because of the video Ke Zhongyu had shown in the evening.

He loved Shutong, and he couldn't let Shutong get caught up in public opinion.

Shutong was excellent and beautiful, with a bright future.

He couldn't ruin her.

Right.

It must be that.

The anticipated kiss didn't come, and Lin Shutong opened her eyes, seeing Shen Xun's evasive gaze, her heart turning cold.

"Shutong, we..." Shen Xun was very conflicted in his heart, but after brewing for a moment, he said it, "need to keep some distance."

Lin Shutong's heart sank.

"Axun, you..." Her eyes quickly welled up with water mist, the corners of her eyes slightly red, and she said with a choked voice, "You don't want me anymore."

After saying this, a line of tears rolled down.

Like pear blossoms in the rain, she was pitiful to behold.

Men were born to fall for this.

"No." Shen Xun was anxious, hurriedly reaching out to wipe her tears, "Shutong, I'm doing this for your own good. The kiss we shared at the cocktail party last time was filmed. If people find out you have a relationship with a married man, it will harm you."

"Then you..."

Then you can't divorce Jiang Lai!

And give me a status!

Is pushing me away doing it for my own good?

Have you thought about pushing Jiang Lai away?

You are so reluctant to let her go!

Lin Shutong took a sharp breath; these words couldn't be said.

Saying them would be waking Shen Xun up to the fact that he actually had feelings for Jiang Lai long ago, he just didn't dare to admit it.

She couldn't do the work for someone else.

She had to be with Shen Xun.

Families with too good a background looked down on her, and she had her own pride.

She looked down on families with too poor a background, and they couldn't spend money on her as generously as Shen Xun. Whether it was daily life or investing in her career, Shen Xun was never stingy.

As for those with a background not much better than hers, like rich young masters such as Xie Yongsi, who idled away their time every day spending their family's money, in reality, every cent they spent was monitored by their family.

Rich young masters with good backgrounds, good looks, and ability weren't circulating in the market; they were booked by other wealthy families early on.

For people in the wealthy circle, marriage had always been a transaction; the earlier the transaction, the earlier the shares were enjoyed.

When her grandfather suggested she go abroad first, she didn't hesitate at all. Shen Xun was indeed a talent back then, having already entered Star Universe Technology, and everyone said his future was bright.

But who could guarantee that Shen Xun would climb very high? After all, the Fu family had their own crown prince.

Shen Xun was more promising than she had expected, rising all the way in Star Universe Technology in just a few years to sit in the position of president.

Today's Shen Xun was a hot tech upstart, a gentle and polite President Shen, and she didn't know how many vixens were staring at him eagerly.

She had to grab this golden nugget.

Her thoughts returned.

Lin Shutong lowered her eyes, her voice choked: "Then are you going to abandon me? Axun, are you taking revenge on me for leaving you to go abroad back then? I told you, it was my grandfather who forcibly tied me abroad."

"I know." Shen Xun remembered the day he was going to confess to Lin Shutong, he suddenly couldn't contact her, no matter how he looked for her, until the evening when he learned from Lin Shutong's roommate that she had gone abroad.

She went abroad without a word.

She didn't even leave him a single word.

And the day before the confession, a group of people was singing in the clubhouse, Lin Shutong was resting on his lap, secretly holding his hand in the noisy crowd, her lips pressed against his thumb.

His heart was pounding wildly.

The next day, Lin Shutong disappeared, and his heart fell into an abyss.

But later, Lin Shutong contacted him, and he still forgave her, and traveled abroad every year to celebrate her birthday.

In these few years, he had also poured his heart and soul into Lin Shutong.

Seeing him waver, Lin Shutong pressed her advantage, saying with teary eyes: "Axun, don't abandon me. You once said you would never abandon me."

"If you abandon me, what should I do? Axun, I only love you, and I've only ever had you as a man."

Shen Xun's hand on the steering wheel tightened.

That time he was drunk.

"I will never love another man again. If you are worried that our relationship will harm you..."

"No." Shen Xun said earnestly, "It will harm you."

"I don't care!" Actually, Lin Shutong cared a lot, but if she didn't endure it now, she would really drift further and further away from Shen Xun.

Since she couldn't destroy his marriage with Jiang Lai from Shen Xun's side, she could only take action from Jiang Lai's side.

She didn't believe Jiang Lai could endure her husband cheating forever.

Shen Xun looked at Lin Shutong's stubborn eyes, and his heart softened.

"Shutong."

"I'm here, Axun, I will always be by your side, I will never leave you." As she spoke, another hot tear fell.

Shen Xun wiped away her tears, and it was that same sentence again: "Give me some time."

Lin Shutong took the opportunity to rub her face against his palm, a well-behaved "Mm," with a thick nasal tone.

The bright rose was willing to fall into your hands, and it was hard for anyone to control themselves.

Lin Shutong sensed the atmosphere was right and wanted to kiss him again.

Shen Xun still avoided it.

But this time he hugged her.

Lin Shutong could barely accept it, and she didn't forget there was another thing she came to find him for.

"Axun, are Xi and Jiang Lai okay now? I heard Xi came out, and it was all a misunderstanding."

"It wasn't a misunderstanding." Shen Xun pulled Lin Shutong out of his arms, his brow melancholy, "It was Xi who did it on purpose. Her courage is getting bigger and bigger."

Lin Shutong's heart skipped a beat: "How do you know it was Xi who did it on purpose?"

"I heard it." Shen Xun pinched the bridge of his nose, looking exhausted, "I heard it when I went back tonight. Xi admitted it herself."

Lin Shutong's breathing paused slightly: "Anything else?"

Shen Xi didn't expose her, did she?

"What else?" Shen Xun asked.

Lin Shutong opened her lips: "I mean, and then?"

"I scolded Shen Xi." Shen Xun looked in the direction of Cui Zhai, "Jiang Lai refuses to see me. Before knowing the truth, I even let her go and apologize to Xi. I've wronged her."

Axun actually started to feel guilty towards Jiang Lai.

This time it was really stealing a chicken only to lose the rice.

"Axun, don't be sad. Jiang Lai is Xi's sister-in-law, she won't hold a grudge. Family members don't hold grudges overnight." Lin Shutong comforted him, not forgetting to sow discord, "Xi doing this is indeed wrong, but don't blame her either. Fortunately, Jiang Lai didn't have an accident. Speaking of which, we have to thank President Ke."

"Under such circumstances, President Ke was still able to find Jiang Lai accurately, take Jiang Lai away, and even send her to the medical hall."

"President Ke wouldn't be interested in Jiang Lai..." ===== CHAPTER 82 =====