Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

“And her hair, it sure looks like a successful cut. There’s not a single bit of artistic touch to it. It makes this beautiful child look ugly.”

“Alright, I understand. So it’s this child, right? Which unrefined person cut this child’s hair like that?” As he spoke, he reached out his hands to carry the child in Chu Lui’s arms over. “Alright, Little Cutie, Uncle will make you the prettiest doll.”

His criticisms made Du Jingtang’s face red. It was all his fault; he made Rainy into a small watermelon. He received even more blame from Chu Lui, and this time, his face flushed even redder.

“Be good, don’t cry. We’ll be out in a moment.” Qin Luo carried Rainy and headed inside. He turned back around, the smile on his lips slightly comforting. “You can relax. I’ll make your daughter really beautiful. I won’t let her live with this horrible watermelon on her head. It truly is graceless; who cut this hair? It’s so ugly!”

Du Jingtang’s head was about to fall to the floor. Although he wasn’t the one who cut her hair, what was the difference? He was the one who chose her hairstylist. He never expected it to turn out like this. Originally, he planned to make Rainy look a little cuter, but that person’s standards were like that and ended up making the child uglier. Even making her cry her eyes out.

“Ruoxin, don’t worry. You understand Qin Luo’s standards. He’ll definitely be able to achieve whatever he says.” Chu Lui’s hand was in mid-air, and he was about to rest them on Xia Ruoxin. However, Xia Ruoxin avoided his hand and sat on a sofa at the side, rejecting everything from him.

Perhaps also rejecting all the changes he was making, whether they were sincere or pretense.

Sometimes what we see isn’t everything and certain things—when spoken through the mouth of others-appear more understandable, and remain slightly more memorable to us.

Chu Lui looked at his hand and then slowly placed it down, clenching hard on it. His lips were severely chapped, and actually-right now—he really just wanted to take a good nap because his head was hurting very badly. Yet, he couldn’t. He still had to look after his daughter.

That’s why he mustered up the strong self-restraint in his body and forced himself to continue enduring all sorts of discomfort. Even though his leg was incessantly aching from pain.

There were a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead; however, his black pupils remained staring at the entrance. Qin Luo was a person with a weird temper. He didn’t like people present around him when he was working. That’s why they could only wait to see the final results. As for the process, not a single person knew about it. This was also the reason why Qin Luo was so mysterious.

People who wanted him to personally style them-apart from being affluent, they definitely had to be able to strike his fancy. If he didn’t like them, it didn’t matter how much money they were willing to give... sorry, he would still refuse. If he fancied the person, but they couldn’t afford his services. Sorry, he was going to have to refuse again. Those were his principles. The principles of his work and hobby.

Xia Ruoxin lowered her head and opened her palms. There was a layer of perspiration on it. Was she nervous or something?

She lifted her head and looked around the room surrounded by glass. Everything had a glassy texture, and light reflected off of everything, whereas reflected in the mirror was her extremely lost expression...

And the gaze of a man that endlessly followed her like a shadow.

The mirrors made the man’s faintly pale complexion and chapped lips more evident. On his face, the cold and ruthless expression had long disappeared; and in his eyes, there was only a deep-seated and irresolvable emotion, repressed but intense.

This was a weird place; the people sitting here couldn’t avoid each other’s expressions.

Chu Lui’s lips curled into a smile, the man also starting to notice his surroundings. Actually, this was a really good place, but why didn’t he realize this four years ago? He didn’t think things through clearly back then, and that’s how he ended up letting their most precious four years slip by.

They simply sat like that in silence. Xia Ruoxin placed both her hands on her knees, refusing to look at other people. However, her heart actually wasn’t as composed as she looked. Chu Lui as well; he simply changed the hues of his pupils as he waited, seemingly reminiscing at the same time.

It was only Du Jingtang who was getting impatient. The mirrors reflected his face of impatience, and evidently, he couldn’t sit still. He really couldn’t sit still any longer. The little cutie was inside for such a long time already. That man couldn’t have gotten some ideas after seeing how beautiful the little cutie was, right? No way, he frantically stood up, rushing into the room without another word.

However, even before he reached the entrance, the doorman blocked his path. “Sir, my apologies. Mr. Qin doesn’t like to be disturbed by others while he’s working.” That professional voice and polite way of speech made Du Jingtang not know how to lose his temper for a moment.

“Cousin.” Du Jingtang hastily backed away and sat next to Chu Lui. “Cousin, say... could that she-man have decided to kidnap the little cutie? She’s already been inside for close to an hour. He wouldn’t have decided to sell our little cutie away after seeing how beautiful she was, right?”

Upon hearing his words, Xia Ruoxin had a strong urge to roll her eyes. This Qin Luo wasn’t somebody who lacked money; there was no way he would sell children. Furthermore, the place he went into had no back door, and this man’s temper had always been as such. The last time he helped her, it was also like that. What’s more was that he took more than an hour; she was made to be a wooden block for about an hour plus.

This time, it should be about the same. Thinking up to here, her heart finally felt at ease. This Du Jingtang was thinking too much. He probably watched too much television. That’s why he always ended up thinking too complicatedly about everything.

However, from another point of view, he certainly did like Rainy a lot. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so worried about her. Rainy sure was fortunate. Perhaps, she had gone through some hardships before she was three. However, now, she was a fortunate child. She had a grandfather who loved her so dearly, an uncle like this, Gao Yi, and even Chu Lui.

Although he wasn’t really qualified to be her father, it was hard not to admit that right now, he was doing great-really great. Going so far as to disregard his own leg just to save his daughter.

However, no matter how much Chu Lui wanted to be a good father and no matter how hard he tried, the things that she had to insis was still going to stick through with it. Rainy was her daughter, and she had nothing to do with the Chu family.

Du Jingtang continued his endless chatter of complaints.

Chu Lui slightly lifted his head, his eyebrows sweeping towards Du Jingtang, giving him a look that said ‘you’re an idiot’.