Rebirth from the Ashes Chapter 536 - Nothing to Offer Except Herself for Having Her Life Saved?

Chapter 536: Nothing to Offer Except Herself for Having Her Life Saved?

Shen Xi was tempted to kick Fu Qingxuan off his wheelchair, but the most she could do was play the scenario in her head. She pushed him over so he could experience the joy of picking tomatoes with his own hands.
The moderate-sized vegetable patch had about a dozen tomato shrubs. The tomato vines climbed over the trellis panels, showing off its shiny red fruits.
Fu Qingxuan reached out to pluck one. It took a lot of thought and a long internal struggle before he opened up in a muffled voice, “Do you truly like him that much?”
Shen Xi knew what he was getting at. “Who are you talking about?”
Rather than getting worked up, Fu Qingxuan remained calm. “The mister next door.”
Shen Xi was aware that Fu Qingxuan took it the wrong way since the young master would not even dare to look her in the eye. Even the tomato in his hand was nearly squashed to a pulp. Still, she teased him. “That would depend on the sort of ‘like’ you’re talking about.”
Fu Qingxuan froze. He debated about it in his mind for a while and as though giving in, he uttered in a bitter voice, “Just as long as this is what you want.”
Be it an older mister, a cripple, or whatever, he was not going to stop her if that was what her heart wanted. He had no right to stop her from doing what she loved anyway.
Shen Xi had never seen a solemn and serious side to Fu Qingxuan before. It was as though it took a lot for him to make a difficult decision.
She was filled with a mix of emotions, feeling the warm tingles from the comment about doing what she wanted. Getting a catch in her throat, Shen Xi kneeled by him and helped herself to a tomato. “Fu Qingxuan.”
Fu Qingxuan looked back at her.
“I’ll tell you the truth, but you can’t let my parents know.” Shen Xi stared at him with a straight face.
Fu Qingxuan earnestly nodded as he held his breath for what was to come. He got the idea. Meanie wanted him to keep it a secret and not tell Mr. and Mrs. Shen.
Shen Xi sighed and paused for a moment while staring at Fu Qingxuan who was nervously fixated on her. She finally broke the silence. “I like and respect him as a kid would to an older person.”
Call him naïve, but he was indeed an innocent blank slate. Fu Qingye and Fu Qingli had already known about Shen Xi and Li Yuan, so Fu Qingxuan was probably the only one still in the dark.
Old Shen and Madam Yun put faith in Shen Xi and no longer kept a tight rein over her after seeing Uncle Jin Yu in person during the earlier encounter. Old Shen could tell that Uncle Jin Yu was not that type of guy since he asked Shen Xi to deliver food to him.
Hit with an unexpected answer, Fu Qingxuan’s eyes lit up with joy. It finally sank in that his judgment was clouded by his over-imaginative mind and embarrassment flushed his face as he shouted, “Who cares?”
Shen Xi laughed out loud before picking another tomato and making a run for it. “Fu Qingxuan, you dummy!”
“Shen Xi, don’t you run away from me!” Fu Qingxuan yelled ferociously.
Ignoring him, Shen Xi went to pick a cucumber and ran it under a hose. She leaned against a loquat tree and started munching on it.
“Come back and push me.” Fu Qingxuan acted mean. Even though there was a small pile of tomatoes on his lap, he did not touch any of them. The weight of the question of whether she liked the old mister was lifted off his shoulder.
“Nope!” Shen Xi made a face at him before taking off.
Fu Qingxuan was not going to insist. With his lips curling in delight, he wheeled himself behind her. Meanie was up to mischief for pulling a fast one on him!
Shen Xi did not intend to let the misunderstanding go on anyway. It would not be right for a nice person like Uncle Jin Yu to be misjudged by a dummy.
Fu Qingxuan was in a lighter mood because Shen Xi was not in love with the next-door neighbor. However, the joy was not for long. To be precise, it lasted for one night.
Shen Zhangqing and Yun Jinping were at work at nine o’clock the next day, leaving Shen Xi behind to take care of the wheelchair-bound Fu Qingxuan.
“Shen Xi, I’m going to crash through the door if you’re not going to wake up. I want breakfast!” Sitting in the wheelchair, Fu Qingxuan shouted from the first-floor living room to Shen Xi’s room on the second floor. This was the third time he was screaming at the top of his lungs.
He was brushed off at first.
At his second bellow, she said she was on it right away.
He received no response on his third attempt.
“Got it.” Shen Xi finally opened the door and came out.
Lifting his chin, Fu Qingxuan’s eyes lit up. Meanie had a pale blue floral dress on, revealing a pair of high platform leather sandals under her slender and fair legs. She was beautiful and pleasing to the eye like a breath of fresh air. Feeling happy, he proudly turned around in the wheelchair. “Let’s go.”
He was pleased about Meanie dressing up to have breakfast with him. It was apparent that she took the time to put together an outfit for him.
“I’m going out to buy your breakfast. Wait at home.” Shen Xi then trotted down the stairs and pursed her lips at a compact mirror before nonchalantly putting it away.
Fu Qingxuan took notice that Meanie had makeup on. She was a stunner, to begin with, but with a painted face, she was a fairy descending on earth. He insisted. “I’m going with you.”
Without a word, Shen Xi grabbed her backpack and went out the door.
Fu Qingxuan trailed behind her and saw a car parked outside when the door opened. The person in the car must have heard the door open as they also unlocked the car door.
F*ck!
Fu Qingxuan almost disengaged his foul mouth. The person in the car was none other than Li Yuan, that b*stard.
“Brother.” Shen Xi excitedly waved her hand at Li Yuan. Like a happy bird leaving the nest, she flew over unlike her usual calm and aloof self.
Fu Qingxuan, “…”
Li Yuan spotted Fu Qingxuan at the same time he laid eyes on his fair lady. He nodded at Fu Qingxuan as a form of greeting.
If only Fu Qingxuan could pick something off the ground and throw it at Li Yuan’s face. Meanie dressed up for Li Yuan and not to have breakfast with him.
These two…
What was the nature of their relationship?
Meanie requested Fu Qingxuan to look into Li Yuan’s medical report and come up with a treatment plan the other day. She only mentioned that Li Yuan saved her life. Was she always like this to her lifesaver?
Or perhaps Shen Xi had nothing to offer except herself to repay the gratitude of having her life saved?
“Fu Qingxuan, we’ll be back after breakfast.” Shen Xi got into the car and waved off Fu Qingxuan who was lost for words from all the shock and rage.
The car door was shut before Fu Qingxuan could say anything, leaving him to look daggers at the car driving off.
“F*cking hell!” Fu Qingxuan cussed as the car went out of sight. He spoke through gritted teeth, “Li Yuan!”
“Hello.”
A gentle voice was heard within distance.
Fu Qingxuan looked back and met the serene eyes of the man. It was none other than the mister next door. Without a second thought, he blurted, “What’s their relationship?”