Chapter 100

“So, who is this person?”

Looking at the slightly complex expression on Feng Jingxu’s face, Sheng Xia narrowed her dark eyes. “Could she be related to his family on that side?”

After searching the data files for a while, the system couldn’t find any information about the person and apologized, “I’m sorry, host. Since the original work didn’t provide much background on Feng Jingxu, there is no relevant information displayed in the files.”

Sheng Xia raised an eyebrow and glanced at the woman again.

Actually, everyone had noticed her when she was on stage before. Among the group of performers with blond hair and blue eyes, she was the only one with black hair and dark eyes, standing out prominently in the first position.

Therefore, when enjoying the stage play, everyone had whispered praises. They just didn’t expect that she would have a connection with Feng Jingxu.

The woman had exquisite features, a straight posture, and her whole demeanor resembled a white swan, proud and cold.

At this moment, with a hint of uncertainty in her eyes, she looked at Feng Jingxu and suddenly sighed in relief. “It’s really you, Xiao Xu. I felt like it was you from a distance during the performance, but I never thought… we would meet here.”

Feng Jingxu had now composed his emotions. With a calm expression and a flat tone, he simply responded, “You’re performing here now?”

“Yes, thanks to Feng… you know,” Cheng Mi suddenly paused, avoiding something, raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear, and changed the topic. “I’ve also achieved my dream now, and life is not bad. How about you, Xiao Xu? How have you been these years?”

“Is that so? Congratulations,” Feng Jingxu replied indifferently. “I’m doing fine too.”

Cheng Mi hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, “I’m very sorry for what happened back then, Xiao Xu. Actually, my parents also regret it now—”

“I’ve said it before, this has nothing to do with you, and you don’t need to bother.” Feng Jingxu interrupted her, as if taking a deep breath, he lifted his proud eyebrows. “I don’t care about what happened back then, and we won’t have any connection again.”

He deliberately emphasized his tone, speaking each word with a pause. “Just leaving each other alone like this, I think it’s fine. I believe you understand what I mean?”

Suddenly meeting the bright and proud black eyes of the young man, Cheng Mi couldn’t help but feel a little dazed, recalling the last time they met.

Back then, Feng Jingxu was still a 13-year-old boy, frowning and following behind Feng Yan, looking at her with a particularly complex expression, even with a hint of disdain and mockery.

Cheng Mi’s emotions were complicated at that time as well – guilty, ashamed, and a sense of relief that she had managed to escape. She didn’t dare to look at him.

Unexpectedly, after a few years, the young man had grown taller than her, learned to let go, and even in his demeanor and gaze, he resembled the man who had taken him away back then.

His last sentence, although a question, carried a calm and oppressive feeling. It made Cheng Mi shudder reflexively, and in an instant, the scene of the man suddenly appearing in their house came to her mind.

He stood by the window, his features cold, handsome, and sharp, exuding an arrogant aura.

When her parents complained that the young man was a “difficult-to-tame white-eyed wolf,” the man seemed indifferent, but when he turned his head to look at them, his gaze carried a superior and oppressive feeling, making people dare not look directly at him.

[Don’t worry, I’ll take him away, and we won’t have any connection with you in the future.]

Cheng Mi didn’t know what he was thinking at that time, whether he was mocking them. But that seemingly leisurely sentence indeed silenced her parents’ complaints, and they didn’t dare to say more.

Afterward, they took a large sum of money, terminated the agreement on fostering Feng Jingxu, and left the country directly. She was able to pursue her dream of dance with the money, continuously improving herself. Now, she was at the Royal Opera House, about to become the lead dancer.

In the eyes of outsiders, she achieved the position of lead dancer before the age of thirty, adorned with glory.

Everyone thought she was remarkable, but only Cheng Mi knew that she was nothing more than a vampire, succeeding through the deal of selling Feng Jingxu.

She knew that their family had wronged Feng Jingxu, so she never dared to return to the country in these years. Even before each performance, the events from back then would flash in her mind.

Cheng Mi truly hadn’t expected to see Feng Jingxu here. He was completely different from before and had already moved on.

“I know,” she couldn’t express her feelings, but she smiled at Feng Jingxu again. “I just feel that I owe you an apology all these years, Xiao Xu. I’m really sorry for what happened back then.”

However, in the face of her sincerity, Feng Jingxu just curved his lips slightly and calmly responded with an “Oh.” “Is there anything else?”

His calm and indifferent inquiry made it clear that he truly didn’t care about it anymore.

Cheng Mi hesitated for a moment. “Are you here for sightseeing? Maybe I can help…”

“No need, we’ve pretty much finished our tour. We’ll be leaving in a couple of days.”

“Did he… bring you here, or…”

Cheng Mi quickly glanced around at the people nearby and the cameras. It seemed she suddenly realized something. “You’re coming here the day after tomorrow… It’s for your show, isn’t it?”

“You can rest assured, my dad is not here.”

As if understanding what she was afraid of, Feng Jingxu lifted a slightly mocking corner of his lips. Then, as she relaxed, he lazily added the second half of the sentence with an unexpectedly similar harshness to Sheng Xia’s tone, “Because it’s my mom who brought us here.”

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Cheng Mi: “…?”

Feeling a bit uneasy, she awkwardly said, “You, Xiao Xu, you still have a mom—no, that’s not what I meant. I mean, did Mr. Feng get married?”

“If you can’t speak, then just shut up. Nobody minds if you’re not talkative. I have a dad, so, of course, I have a mom too.” He glanced at her strangely, with a somewhat sarcastic and matter-of-fact tone. “Is it allowed for you to have parents, but I’m forever unworthy?”

Cheng Mi: “…”

She winced at the barb, trying to explain that she didn’t mean it that way. However, facing his calm expression, she felt somewhat bewildered.

While he used to speak harshly before, like a hedgehog desperately trying to prick others, attempting to protect himself by inflicting pain, it wasn’t like this now. His current tone seemed flat, sarcastic, and mysteriously ironic. It appeared smooth, but was actually covered in thorns, making it hard to grasp and leaving her feeling stabbed and almost wanting to spit blood.

Although she remembered that Feng Yan was indeed terrifying back then, his words weren’t delivered in this manner. Had he learned this somewhere, or had he evolved on his own without any guidance?

Cheng Mi’s expression was on the verge of breaking, but strangely, she felt somewhat relieved in her heart.

“Well, if that’s the case, then I can be at ease,” she sighed helplessly, muttering to herself, “After all, I’ve never heard you call anyone ‘mom and dad’ before. To hear you say it so casually now…”

—He must be living well in this family and has truly and wholeheartedly accepted them.

Feng Jingxu glanced at her again, originally not planning to respond. However, seeing her expression, he seemed to think of something and suddenly spoke, “I even have younger siblings now. They’re very cute, very much like them.”

So, she shouldn’t have wild thoughts.

Although she didn’t understand his underlying meaning, Cheng Mi instinctively followed his gaze and met a pair of beautifully expressive black eyes.

The woman had fair skin, delicate and beautiful features, with a hint of fragility that evoked compassion. She was flawlessly beautiful.

Cheng Mi found herself a bit distracted; was this…

“Xiao Xu, who is this?”

Seeing that they seemed to have finished their conversation and turned their gazes towards her, Sheng Xia finally revealed a smile and walked over gracefully.

She showed a curious expression, raised her slender and beautiful fingers, intimately placed them on the young man’s shoulder, and blinked at them. “No introductions?”

Although earlier, when facing Cheng Mi, Feng Jingxu appeared calm. But as Sheng Xia approached, he suddenly closed his mouth, tensed up, and even his ears turned red.

Was he crazy or did he take the wrong medicine? How could he say that?

Damn it, it must be Sheng Xia, always calling herself “Mom” around him, that caused him to blurt it out unconsciously—

Yes, it’s all Sheng Xia’s fault!

Quickly passing the blame to Sheng Xia, he now looked seemingly calm, cleared his throat, and dryly said, “This is my former guardian’s child. In terms of blood relations, she could be considered a cousin.”

After a vague introduction, he emphasized, “But now, we have no relationship. You don’t need to pay attention to it.”

“Oh—”

Sheng Xia blinked gently, lengthening her voice slowly and suddenly revealing a smile.

Already naturally beautiful, her eyes lifted slightly, and when she smiled, it was as if a swan had broken free from the ice, carrying a breathtaking charm.

Cheng Mi’s eyes shimmered, feeling somewhat inferior in front of her. She sat awkwardly, unable to meet her gaze.

Was it because she was too beautiful, too young, or—

Before she could figure it out, she heard Sheng Xia’s voice as if she suddenly realized something, “So, is she one of those ‘dead but won’t close their eyes,’ regretting their intestines turning green disabled people?”

Disabled person Cheng Mi: …?

As Sheng Xia spoke too quickly, Cheng Mi was confused for a while. Subconsciously, she looked at the young man, seemingly unable to understand what she was saying.

After a moment of silence, listening to this familiar string of words, Feng Jingxu suddenly recalled when Sheng’s family came to cause trouble and he first confided about his relatives to her.

And her unconventional “comfort,” which he still vividly remembered—

[“Sir, I recently saw Feng Jingxu.”]

“He must be living a miserable life now, right?”

“No, not only is he a young master of a wealthy family, but he also entered the entertainment industry and became a top star. Now he has accumulated assets several times more than yours.”

[“Damn it! I won’t close my eyes in death!”]

Feng Jingxu: … So, she still remembers those things?

How can this person hold a grudge even more than him?

He desperately suppressed the attempt to lift the corners of his mouth, turned his head calmly, but his eyes revealed a hint of amusement.

Seeing him seemingly acknowledging it, Cheng Mi, who was initially immersed in inexplicable emotional turmoil, finally understood Sheng Xia’s implication.

Meeting those incredibly beautiful black eyes, she suddenly blushed, feeling a mix of embarrassment and a hint of familiarity. Her expression slowly cracked again.

Now she believed that Feng Jingxu and she were indeed a mother and son—

With almost identical sarcastic tones, using seemingly sincere and calm expressions to utter the most ironic words, if she hadn’t witnessed it herself, she wouldn’t have believed it!

It seemed that Feng Jingxu had learned everything from his mother!