Chapter 362: Believe it or not

Lu Xiwan clearly remembered that when she first met Fu Sijue, he was like that too.

He seemed uninterested in everything around him, but he wasn't a bad person.

"I was really happy when I knew I could marry him." Speaking of this, Lu Xiwan forgot her pain.

From the time she could remember, Lu Xiwan had prepared herself to marry someone she didn't love at all.

"This is a blessing from heaven; I wish I could let the whole world know."

That was the happiest period in Lu Xiwan's memory.

Lu Xiwan's eyes were watering from the heat, yet she tirelessly told her story to 347.

"I can see A Jue's shadow in many people, but my A Jue is a one-of-a-kind existence in the world—just like you, he's always cold toward others and doesn't often speak."

Through 347, Lu Xiwan saw the person who haunted her dreams, and she smiled satisfactorily.

But 347 and A Jue are different, Lu Xiwan thought with effort.

Then she got the answer: 347's personality was deliberately created by Chris, and under Chris there are countless 347s.

Lu Xiwan was perfectly clear about this.

"What are you saying?"

Chris walked in from outside, 347 hastily put down his bowl and stood up, and Chris then sat in his chair.

Lu Xiwan looked at Chris with a grin, "Not letting me go online, and also forbidding me to talk to others? Yesterday I did you guys a huge favor."

Lu Xiwan was referring to her injuries all over, and Chris remained silent.

Even paradise wanting to completely ignore outsiders' opinions is impossible.

"What are you looking at him for?" Lu Xiwan caught Chris's glance at 347, and her tone turned displeased.

How could Lu Xiwan not understand Chris's deliberately pressuring gaze?

Lu Xiwan herself didn't want to owe anyone, so she naturally couldn't let 347 be threatened because of her.

Chris was left speechless by Lu Xiwan's retort, his face dark as he walked out.

Lu Xiwan smiled at 347, "I haven't finished my meal yet."

347 sat down silently and continued feeding Lu Xiwan.

Lu Xiwan naturally didn't want to stay in bed all the time; after eating, she had 347 fetch a wheelchair and push her into the garden.

Lu Xiwan's exposed skin was covered in wounds; because the area was too large, the doctor merely applied medicine simply, yet even so it still looked gruesome and terrifying.

Looking at the wound, Lu Xiwan sighed, "Remember to have the doctor prescribe some scar-removal medicine."

After returning, she'll have her master help prepare some ointment; Lu Xiwan isn't worried about scarring.

347 grunted softly, standing quietly beside Lu Xiwan as she basked in the sun.

The air seemed filled with the sweet scent of roses, and Lu Xiwan frowned slightly.

She didn't particularly like roses, but having them was better than none.

Lu Xiwan suddenly thought of something, "Please get me a few books from your boss's study."

"If we can't touch electronic devices, at least we can read books, right? It's a waste not to read in such good sunshine." Thinking this, Lu Xiwan closed her eyes, feeling a bit drowsy.

A shadow fell from above; Lu Xiwan instinctively opened her eyes and saw Qiana, furious.

She endured shifting her position but didn't speak.

Lu Xiwan merely glanced and then closed her eyes again; she still had injuries, and Chris had reminded Qiana not to harm her.

Lu Xiwan wasn't at all worried about losing her life.

"Who let you come here?" From the moment Lu Xiwan first saw her, Qiana seemed to be perpetually angry.

Lu Xiwan had grown somewhat accustomed to this, and continued basking in the sun calmly.

In Qiana's eyes, this was a provocation, making her even angrier.

"Have you been listening to me?" Qiana reached out and tugged at Lu Xiwan, still not looking at her directly.

Lu Xiwan slightly tilted her head, "Sorry, I'm currently injured."

As long as Qiana dares to act, Lu Xiwan won't hesitate to play the victim; at worst, they'll see who's stronger.

"This place should be open to everyone, right? Chris never said I couldn't come."

Not saying it means it's allowed; anyway, that's what Lu Xiwan thinks, and Qiana's opinion has nothing to do with her.

Lu Xiwan's confident attitude made Qiana utterly contemptuous.

"Do you only know how to cling to men?"

Lu Xiwan looked at Qiana with a strange gaze, "Why do you think that?"

She painstakingly adjusted the wheelchair to a comfortable angle, which also happened to allow her to meet Qiana's gaze.

Lu Xiwan really couldn't figure out what Qiana was thinking.

"Without Fu Sijue and Chris, you're nothing—I could crush you like an ant."

Qiana said this with great confidence, and Lu Xiwan chuckled softly.

"If it weren't for Chris, would I have ended up like this? All these injuries are his doing! He confined me here—do you think this is protection for me?"

Qiana is really too naive.

"Even without their protection, I'm still me; Chris's greatest significance is protecting you."

Lu Xiwan's voice was quite rational, with a clear, cold resonance.

Qiana rarely stood quietly to one side.

"If it weren't for the threat Chris poses to me, I could at any time poison your tea or food; I have many methods, just as you said, to silently crush you."

Qiana is just too well protected, to the point she can say such naive things without any burden.

Lu Xiwan's lips curled with a cool smile; this was the first time in two days she had been so earnest.

"It's you who truly entrusts your life to another's hands."

Qiana's expression was grim, and she remained silent for a long time.

"Why do you keep thinking I'm interested in Chris?" Lu Xiwan shifted her gaze away from Qiana without changing expression, changing the subject.

Qiana didn't catch the other meaning in Lu Xiwan's words, "Chris is engaged to my sister; no one is allowed to approach him."

This seemed to have become Qiana's mission: protecting her sister's marriage.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiwan found herself unable to resist feeling sympathy for Qiana and her sister.

Misplaced trust.

"Do you really think Chris likes your sister?" Lu Xiwan countered.

"Of course!"

Lu Xiwan shrugged, "If you think so, then it is."

She never expected Qiana to heed her advice.

"Don't even try to fool me!" Qiana finally realized, eyeing Lu Xiwan warily.

The woman's words were truly easy to beguile hearts with, Qiana thought.

"I was just saying it casually." Lu Xiwan wore a proper smile and gave Qiana a slight nod.

"Believe it or not."