Chapter 73: Stay Away From My Daughter!

Lu Ziqian smiled at the corner of his mouth as he leaned his head toward Xia Qinglian to whisper, and upon hearing the door open, he knew Lu Keke's cake had arrived.

He turned his head to look, and seeing Su Xiangwan at the door, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Xia Qinglian looked up, the smile on her face freezing in place.

Su Xiangwan had not expected that for Lu Keke's birthday, Lu Ziqian would also be present; all these big figures of Beijing were in attendance.

All just to celebrate a child's birthday.

"Big sister, why aren't you coming in?" Lu Keke popped out from behind her; she could not understand why the adults' expressions had all changed inside the private room.

Su Xiangwan's hands and feet felt icy cold, caught in a dilemma, but she took a deep breath and pushed the cart inside.

Xia Qinglian's gaze fell upon her with an obscure look, a cold sneer flashing across her lips; Su Xiangwan was wearing a uniform and looked gaunt, her former elegance long gone.

The status of the two of them had now been reversed; it was truly one in the heavens and one in the depths of the earth.

She was as humble as dust, while Xia Qinglian was high and mighty, like the mistress of the Lu Family.

Su Xiangwan did not look at anyone, pushed the cake to the center of the room, unpacked the box, and intended to withdraw.

Her expression remained unchanged as she said in a low voice, "Please enjoy."

Lu Ziqian barked at her to stop: "Stay there."

Xia Qinglian suddenly looked up at Lu Ziqian, her fingers gripping her dress tightly.

Hearing Lu Ziqian's voice, Su Xiangwan's body shrank back in fear; not daring to offend him, she turned around and lowered her head: "Guest, is there anything else you need?"

Lu Ziqian sneered: "I didn't tell you to leave; just stand to the side."

Su Xiangwan clenched her fists, knowing she could not afford to offend him, and she did not want to lose this hard-won job.

"Alright." Su Xiangwan kept her eyes down and obediently stood in the corner furthest from the room.

Qin Shu pursed her lips and stood up; Su Xiangwan met her gaze and silently shook her head at her.

Qin Shu looked at those calm eyes and then sat back down; she looked at Gu Tingyan opposite her, and Gu Tingyan also looked over at her, appearing unfazed by such a scene, with no intention of intervening.

Qin Shu's mood grew even worse.

Su Xiangwan's submissive behavior made Xia Qinglian slightly startled.

The Su Xiangwan of the past had been such an arrogant and conceited person, always with her back straight, a high-and-mighty posture, looking down on others.

Now, she had no backbone left at all.

It seemed that these years of prison life had successfully reformed her.

Xia Qinglian looked at Lu Ziqian's cold face, then at the humble, ant-like Su Xiangwan, and pursed her lips in a smile.

She raised her eyes to look at Lu Keke, her voice gentle: "Keke, come here to Mommy."

Lu Keke glanced at Su Xiangwan standing in the corner and walked toward Xia Qinglian, who picked her up and placed four candles on the cake.

With the candles on the cake, the adults all enthusiastically sang the birthday song for Lu Keke.

A smile appeared on Lu Keke's face, and she happily closed her eyes to make a wish: "I hope Mommy and Daddy can give me a little sister."

Lu Ziqian's expression remained unchanged, but Xia Qinglian glanced at Su Xiangwan, her lips curling slightly: "Keke's wish will surely come true."

"Isn't that right, Ziqian?"

Lu Ziqian gently stroked Lu Keke's head: "Yes."

Hearing this, Su Xiangwan merely tugged at the corners of her lips, her expression showing no reaction.

If it were the old her, she would have definitely made Xia Qinglian pay; she would never have allowed anyone to covet Lu Ziqian.

But now, hearing these things, her heart was already calm; the burning love she once had for Lu Ziqian had long since dissipated.

No matter who he had children with, or how many, she would not feel a single ripple in her heart.

Lu Keke happily kissed Lu Ziqian and Xia Qinglian on the face, then cut the cake, giving the first piece to Lu Ziqian.

The second piece went to Xia Qinglian.

The third piece went to Qin Shu.

The fourth piece...

Lu Keke looked at Su Xiangwan in the corner, took the small cake, hopped off her chair, and walked toward Su Xiangwan.

She stood in front of Su Xiangwan, her voice soft and cute: "Big sister, please have some cake."

Su Xiangwan's eyelashes trembled as she looked down at the cake in front of her, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

"For me?" she asked uncertainly; how could Lu Ziqian and Xia Qinglian's child be so kind to her?

Lu Keke nodded firmly: "Yes!"

She didn't know why, but she just really wanted to be close to this big sister; perhaps it was because the sister looked a lot like Mommy, which made her feel very warm and want to be near her.

Xia Qinglian's body stiffened slightly; she did not understand why Lu Keke would be so close to Su Xiangwan, whom she had only met once.

Could it really be the bond of biological mother and daughter?

Lu Ziqian's expression was terrifyingly gloomy; he had not expected Lu Keke to give her birthday cake to Su Xiangwan.

He strode over, snatched the cake from Lu Keke's hand, and threw it directly into the trash can nearby.

Su Xiangwan had been about to take it, but seeing the cake discarded, she froze and curled her fingers back.

Lu Ziqian's gaze shot toward her, cold and thin, the previously smiling depths of his eyes suddenly turning icy: "Stay away from my daughter!"

Lu Ziqian said coldly: "Don't ever dream of things that aren't yours!"

Su Xiangwan heard the hidden meaning in his words, lowered her eyes, and said: "I understand."

Lu Keke looked at the discarded cake, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, and she raised her hand to hit Lu Ziqian: "Bad Daddy!"

Lu Ziqian grabbed her hand, his voice turning cold and deep: "Behave, no more nonsense."

"Stay away from her in the future!"

Lu Keke's eyes were red, she sobbed, and her mouth pouted enough to hang a teapot on it.

Lu Keke's little face was full of anger: "I won't!"

She angrily raised her foot, clad in a small leather shoe, and stomped on Lu Ziqian, then turned and ran out, lifting her skirt.

A tiny shoe print instantly appeared on Lu Ziqian's pair of pitch-black leather shoes.

He really had been too indulgent with Lu Keke lately!

Lu Ziqian raised a hand to rub his temple, then lifted his feet to chase after her: "Keke!"

Xia Qinglian also stood up; as she passed by Su Xiangwan, her expression was chillingly cold as she warned, "I don't know what kind of love potion you fed Keke to make her treat you like this."

"You had better stay away from my daughter."

Su Xiangwan frowned tightly; she clearly hadn't done anything, yet one after another they came to warn her to stay away from their daughter.

But she said nothing.

Xia Qinglian also walked out in pursuit; the birthday banquet had seen all three protagonists leave the scene.

Jiang Xubai looked at Gu Tingyan: "Shall we play a game ourselves?"

Gu Tingyan looked at Qin Shu.

Chu Sheng wore a smile on her lips and tilted her head to look at Qin Shu: "Want to play?"

Jiang Xubai crossed his arms and gave a disdainful laugh: "Miss Qin wouldn't be a sore loser, would she?"

"Or are you too scared?"

Qin Shu looked at Su Xiangwan in the corner and said indifferently: "You go down first; you aren't needed here."