"So, you are Li Fuyao?" Lu Feng asked in surprise.
"Yes, I am," Shen Suyuan said calmly as she looked at the shocked Lu Feng.
"Then why have you become Shen Suyuan? What is going on?"
He was going crazy. The little girl who had followed him around every day when they were children had suddenly become the popular school beauty loved by everyone. She even seemed to like him.
Anyone would have gone crazy.
Lu Feng even suspected that he had been hurt too deeply by his ex-girlfriend, which had caused him to fall into a long period of negativity and eventually into a coma. Everything happening now was just a dream.
Because no matter how he looked at it, everything seemed too abnormal. First, he got the system and reached the peak of his life. Then his materialistic ex-girlfriend was slapped in the face by him.
In the end, she even got into a fight with her bald boyfriend at a class reunion. And now, his childhood sweetheart and the school beauty had appeared before him.
No matter how he looked at it, it all seemed like a dream.
Seeing Lu Feng's bewildered expression, Shen Suyuan stood up, sat beside him, and began explaining.
It turned out that the reason Shen Suyuan had been called Li Fuyao when she was a child was because she had originally taken her mother's surname. Her parents' marriage had also been the result of a political arrangement.
Although Shen Suyuan's mother's surname was also Li, she was not from the Li family of the Imperial Capital. She belonged to the Li family of Sucheng, which was the undisputed number-one family in Sucheng.
Therefore, the Shen and Li families had arranged a political marriage.
However, Shen Suyuan's parents had never liked political marriages. After Shen Suyuan was born, her parents had a huge argument over certain matters, and her mother eventually took Shen Suyuan away from home.
After leaving, Shen Suyuan's mother took her daughter with her and hid her identity. She didn't even return to Su Province.
Instead, they settled down in Anhui Province.
It was there, when Shen Suyuan was in elementary school, that she met Lu Feng.
However, because of the education system, the Shen and Li families soon discovered where Shen Suyuan and her mother were living. The Sucheng Li family took Shen Suyuan and her mother away first, leaving Shen Suyuan with no time to say goodbye to Lu Feng.
After hearing Shen Suyuan's story, the first thing Lu Feng cared about was whether her parents had reconciled.
He was afraid that Shen Suyuan might not have lived a happy life because of what had happened between her parents.
When Shen Suyuan heard that Lu Feng's first concern was her well-being rather than anything else, she felt deeply touched.
"We made up. Later, because of what happened, my father was severely punished by my grandfather. He also regretted making my mother angry and driving her away."
"After my mother took me away, my father went crazy looking for us. Even after mobilizing all his connections, he never imagined that we were hiding in a small county town in Anhui."
"Later, my father spent every day in regret and self-blame," Shen Suyuan said.
"As long as you two made up, that's all that matters. I was just worried that you weren't living well," Lu Feng said with a distressed expression.
"It's okay, Ah Feng. It's all in the past now."
Seeing Lu Feng's worried expression, Shen Suyuan's heart felt as sweet as honey.
"Since your parents hate political marriages, why did they agree to yours?" Lu Feng asked, puzzled.
Hearing his question, Shen Suyuan slowly explained.
After Shen Suyuan was taken back to the Li family in Sucheng, her father rushed there as soon as possible. However, Shen Suyuan's mother refused to see him no matter what.
It wasn't until Shen Suyuan's father collapsed after standing outside the door for four nights and five days without eating or drinking that her mother finally forgave him.
After that, their relationship quickly warmed up. After living in Sucheng for more than half a year, Shen Suyuan's father took the mother and daughter back to the Shen family in the Imperial Capital.
There, Shen Suyuan met Li Junmo, the pride of the Li family, at the Imperial Capital School.
As soon as they met, Li Junmo tried to get close to Shen Suyuan.
But Shen Suyuan had always had Lu Feng in her heart, so she ignored him.
However, they were still children at the time, and the two eventually became good friends. Even so, Shen Suyuan always maintained a certain distance between them.
Because she only liked Lu Feng, things continued this way for many years, until Shen Suyuan was preparing to study abroad.
Li Junmo confessed his feelings to her.
As expected, Shen Suyuan ruthlessly rejected him and went abroad to study.
While studying abroad, Shen Suyuan blocked Li Junmo's contact information. She completed all her studies in just three years and successfully graduated from Cambridge University.
After returning to China, Shen Suyuan used the connections of the Sucheng Li family to find out where Lu Feng was studying and transferred there.
Unexpectedly, during the years Shen Suyuan had been abroad, Li Junmo had been constantly trying to win over Shen Suyuan's parents.
By the time he had almost succeeded, Li Junmo proposed marriage to Shen Suyuan's parents.
Originally, Shen Suyuan's parents wanted to refuse. They didn't want their precious daughter to experience the same kind of political marriage they had endured in the past.
However, Li Junmo claimed that he and Shen Suyuan had grown up together and were childhood sweethearts, and that they already had feelings for each other.
Shen Suyuan's parents thought the same and, combined with pressure from within the Shen family, eventually agreed.
However, they only wanted Shen Suyuan and Li Junmo to give it a try. If they weren't suitable for each other, they would never force their daughter to marry someone she didn't love.
The next step was to have Shen Suyuan return to the Imperial Capital and jointly manage a company with Li Junmo in order to cultivate their relationship.
After Shen Suyuan learned about this, she originally planned to refuse.
But then she thought that if Lu Feng were just an ordinary person, there would be huge obstacles standing between them.
So she agreed to take charge of the company.
She wanted to use the resources in her hands to help Lu Feng grow quickly, until one day he could stand beside her openly.
After listening to everything, Lu Feng could no longer suppress his emotions.
He hugged the girl in front of him and tears streamed down his face.
At that moment, he finally understood how much Shen Suyuan had sacrificed just to be with him and how much pressure she had endured.
Shen Suyuan was startled by Lu Feng's sudden embrace, but she quickly reacted and hugged him tightly.
The two embraced for a long time before reluctantly letting go. Even then, their hands remained tightly intertwined.
"Ah Feng, for my sake, you must behave well at Mr. Ye's birthday party tonight."
The tenderness in Shen Suyuan's eyes seemed to melt Lu Feng's heart.
"Don't worry. I'll definitely perform well. And it won't be long before I'll be able to stand behind you openly," Lu Feng said confidently.
The two chatted about many interesting things from their childhood.
When they talked about why Lu Feng had once helped her fight, Shen Suyuan touched Lu Feng's face with a look of heartache.
They continued chatting until nightfall before finally stopping.
When Shen Suyuan was about to take Lu Feng to the birthday party, Lu Feng asked her to take him home first.
Shen Suyuan was puzzled, but she didn't ask any questions and drove directly to where Lu Feng lived.
After getting out of the car, Lu Feng leaned close to Shen Suyuan's ear and whispered that he wanted to give her a surprise. Then he ran away, leaving Shen Suyuan confused.
After a while, Lu Feng came running back, panting heavily.
As soon as he got into the car, Shen Suyuan eagerly reached out her hand and asked what surprise he had prepared for her.
Lu Feng smiled mysteriously, took two boxes from his hands, and handed them to her.
Shen Suyuan happily accepted the boxes and opened the first one.
Inside was a huge sapphire necklace, incredibly beautiful and dazzling.
"You gave this to me?" Shen Suyuan asked happily.
"Yes. This gem is called the Heart of the Ocean. Later, it was crafted into a necklace by a European master. Now, I'm giving it to you," Lu Feng explained.
"Is it the Heart of the Ocean that a mysterious rich man bought for 120 million yuan at an international auction several years ago?" Shen Suyuan asked in shock.
After the Heart of the Ocean had been purchased by that mysterious rich man, it had disappeared without a trace.
Now, it had reappeared in the form of a necklace—and it had been given to Shen Suyuan.
"Yes. I think this gem suits you very well," Lu Feng said with a smile when he saw her surprised expression.
"Then help me put it on," Shen Suyuan said as she tilted her snow-white neck.
With slightly trembling hands, Lu Feng carefully put the sapphire Heart of the Ocean, known as the largest sapphire in the world, around Shen Suyuan's neck.
Of course, there was no need to ask when Lu Feng had obtained the gem.
He had bought it with reputation points from the system mall shortly after returning.
The mall didn't only contain advanced technologies. It also offered all kinds of luxury goods.
"I can't wait to see what's inside the second box," Shen Suyuan said as she opened it.
What caught her eye was a red invitation.
Shen Suyuan picked it up in confusion, unable to understand why Lu Feng had given her an invitation.
Seeing her puzzled expression, Lu Feng smiled mysteriously.
"You'll know once you open it and take a look."