The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 140

Chapter 140: Chapter 140

The call was from Wang Juan’s parents’ home, saying that their small restaurant was suddenly shut down for rectification.

"But our family’s little restaurant has always been operating honestly, and the sanitation standards are met. Why was it suddenly shut down for rectification?" Wang Juan asked anxiously.

Wang Juan’s brother said, "That’s a question for you."

"Me? Why?" Wang Juan actually immediately thought of today’s issue with Ling Hua and Fu Youhan.

It’s just that, in her heart, she was still holding on to the last bit of luck.

But her brother’s reply made that last trace of hope instantly vanish.

"The person in charge said we need to ask my sister and see if she had a conflict with someone from the Fu Family. They said this shutdown is due to pressure from the Fu side."

That’s why Wang Juan’s brother made this call at the first opportunity after the shutdown.

"Sister, did your family offend someone from the Fu Family? If so, hurry up and apologize to them. My small restaurant has to support more than a dozen people in our family! If it’s closed for a month, the whole family will end up starving."

After ending the call with her brother, Wang Juan collapsed pale-faced onto the sofa.

"How could this happen, isn’t that child surnamed Ling? How is she connected to the Fu’s?"

As she murmured to herself, her husband thought of something and suddenly asked her, "Did you offend a child surnamed Ling today? How old is that child?"

"She’s in the class I teach, a senior in high school this year."

Because Ling Hua has always been performing poorly academically, and also usually doesn’t wear any branded clothes, Wang Juan thought she had no money and no influence, someone she could vent her frustrations on.

"Senior year? That matches up, she’s the youngest daughter of the eldest son of the Fu Family. More than a decade ago, when I was still an intern at the company, I heard inside the company that the eldest son of the Fu Family divorced, and his ex-wife took a pair of children away with her and changed their surname to Ling."

It was a hot topic in the company at the time, but as time passed, these memories faded from people’s minds.

If it wasn’t for the incident his wife caused today, he might not have remembered it.

"So, she really is from the Fu Family?"

Wang Juan also remembered Fu Youhan, muttering almost in despair.

"No wonder I thought he looked so familiar, so that was Third Master Fu."

Hearing this, her husband quickly asked, "You met Third Master Fu?"

Wang Juan was by now ashen-faced, slumped on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling: "It’s more than met. I’ve had a direct confrontation with him."

"What happened?"

Under the questioning of her child and husband, Wang Juan finally recounted the entire process of offending Fu Youhan today.

"How could you be so foolish, Mom?"

"I’ve been telling you not to always act high and mighty just because our family has some savings, but you wouldn’t listen. Look, you’ve hit a snag now, haven’t you?"

But they also knew regret was useless now, and after discussing, they decided to have Wang Juan go to the school tomorrow to publicly apologize to Ling Hua...

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On the other side, Fu Youhan had just left the school gate with Jiang Moxi and Ling Hua.

Ling Hua started clamoring, "Uncle, I’m so hungry."

Consequently, Fu Youhan had Chi Jing drive to the nearest Chinese restaurant.

The table in the private room of the restaurant was a square table with a classic charm.

Ling Hua took a seat next to Fu Youhan, while Jiang Moxi sat opposite him.

The waiter brought a pot of hot tea, and Fu Youhan poured a cup for Jiang Moxi.

Seeing Ling Hua’s famished appearance, Jiang Moxi passed the hot tea to Ling Hua.

Fu Youhan didn’t say anything, poured another cup of hot tea for Jiang Moxi, and finally poured one for himself.

After Ling Hua took the hot tea and had a few sips to alleviate her hunger, she seemed to realize something.

Her gaze wandered between Fu Youhan and Chu Xia and finally settled on the cup of hot tea in her hands.

At this time, Fu Youhan had already finished ordering the dishes and also instructed the waiter, "Bring over three forks, and make sure the crab shells are all properly handled."

Soon after, the waiter brought over the forks.

Fu Youhan took one fork and passed it to Jiang Moxi.

The remaining two forks were each delivered by the waiter to Fu Youhan and Ling Hua.

Ling Hua watched this scene, her small ovular face filled with big question marks.

However, all that wonderment was cast aside as the dishes started to arrive, taking a back seat in Ling Hua’s mind.

The restaurant had a good taste, and the ingredients were particularly fresh.

Among them, what Ling Hua enjoyed the most was the salt-baked crab.

The large swimmer crab meat was extracted into a small bowl, mixed with crab roe, both salty and deliciously fresh.

Ling Hua savored her meal, unintentionally marveling to herself how dining with a great beauty like Sister Moxi entailed such special treatment.

Look, even the usually inconsiderate uncle had asked someone to peel the crab for them.

Jiang Moxi was unaware of Ling Hua’s internal commentary. After the meal and with no classes that afternoon, she planned to work part-time at the milk tea shop.

But then, the caretaker from Feng Ming called, saying they saw Feng Ming’s fingers moving again.

Jiang Moxi quickly found an excuse, bid farewell to Fu Youhan and Ling Hua, and hurried to the hospital.

When Jiang Moxi arrived at the hospital, the attending physician, Dr. Zhang Lianggui, was already checking on Feng Ming in his ward.

"Dr. Zhang, how is the situation?"

Jiang Moxi immediately inquired.

Dr. Zhang Lianggui happily informed her, "Moxi, Feng Ming’s fingers were moving continuously just now. This proves that he’s going to wake up soon!"

Jiang Moxi was excited and expressed her gratitude to Dr. Zhang profusely.

"Silly girl, the one you should be thanking the most is yourself. It’s because you never gave up on Feng Ming until now that this medical miracle was able to happen!"

Later, Dr. Zhang Lianggui left the ward to attend to other patients.

Jiang Moxi stayed back, preparing a basin of warm water. She wiped down Feng Ming’s body while chatting with him.

She stayed until the evening when the nurse made the rounds, and then Jiang Moxi left the hospital, reluctantly.

Since she had already requested leave from the Night Color supervisor, Jiang Moxi went straight back to Tianqin Bay after leaving the hospital.

To her surprise, just as she finished bathing and returned to her room, she found Fu Youhan actually in her room.

At that moment, the man was sitting at her desk, flipping through French literature she had borrowed from the library.

Hearing movement, Fu Youhan suddenly turned around.

He was probably the creator’s exhausted effort at a perfect masterpiece; a mere glance could capture the entire world’s palette of colors.

Even Jiang Moxi found herself transfixed by the man’s graceful and handsome look for a moment.

If Fu Youhan hadn’t spoken at that time, she wouldn’t have known how much longer she would be lost in thought.

"Can you understand this type of French literature?"

The instant Jiang Moxi came to her senses, she saw his piercing and enigmatic dark eyes fixed on her, as if trying to discern something else from her.

Jiang Moxi quickly bridged the distance in a few steps, snatching the book from his hands and putting it back on its original shelf.

"It looks very profound, I just borrowed it for show."

"Is that so." Fu Youhan continued to gaze at the book that was now back in its place, pondering.

Jiang Moxi had managed to significantly improve Ling Hua’s grades in just half a month, and because of that, Fu Youhan started to suspect Jiang Moxi’s own history and background.

Jiang Moxi also speculated about these concerns, so she was quite worried that Fu Youhan would start asking further questions.

But unexpectedly, Fu Youhan suddenly skipped over this topic, asking her, "Where did you go tonight?"