After We Broke Up, She Started Pursuing Me [Entertainment Industry] 70

Chapter 70

Shi Qin’s eyes held a complex, unclear emotion—anger, and also shock.

She looked at Lu Xing’s red eyes. At this moment, he really did look like a remorseful and helpless father.

The air was strangely quiet. Lu Xing stared at her without blinking, not wanting to miss a single change in her expression.

After a long while, Shi Qin lowered her eyes. Her already moist eyes blurred her vision. She said in a hoarse voice, “Why should I accept?”

“For so many years, from my birth until now, have you ever come to care about me, or even just to ask about my situation?”

“Now,” Shi Qin held up the paternity test in front of him.

“You take this one piece of paper, say a few words, and you think you can just pretend that everything that happened before never happened?”

She said it very calmly, but her trembling voice still betrayed her emotions.

Hearing this, Lu Xing’s heart also felt uneasy. Perhaps it was because of his age; some of the feelings he had ignored in the past were now returning to his heart.

He lowered his head dejectedly. After a long moment, he said in a muffled voice, “I know, but it was also difficult for me back then. The situation at that time was not as simple as you think…”

“I know that nothing I say now can make up for it, but you have to give me a chance, right?”

Lu Xing looked up at her again, tears still rolling in his eyes. “Qinqin, everyone makes mistakes. But now I want to compensate you for my mistake back then. Is that not okay?”

Shi Qin’s face was still unmoved, but a single tear had quietly slid down.

Seeing her like this, Lu Xing could only say, “Qinqin, no matter what…”

“I’m still your father.”

This one sentence almost made Shi Qin lose control of her emotions.

Her hand on her lap instantly clenched, even wrinkling the paper.

“Don’t say any more. I don’t want to hear this right now.”

Hearing her resolute tone, Lu Xing’s heart was like a pile of dead ashes. Just as he was thinking about how to salvage the situation, Shi Qin’s next words rekindled his hope.

She placed the crumpled ball of paper on the table, her eyes returning to normal as she looked at him:

“You have to give me some time to digest this. And it’s not suitable to talk about it here. Let’s find another place to talk next time.”

A smile finally appeared on Lu Xing’s face. He let out a long breath and replied gently, “Okay. It was indeed too sudden to find you today. I was too anxious.”

“When you have time, Dad…” Just as Lu Xing said it, he saw Shi Qin’s expression change again.

He quickly corrected himself, “I’ll treat you to another meal. Some things can’t be rushed, okay?”

Shi Qin didn’t reply, just nodded faintly.

Lu Xing didn’t expect any response from her. After all, he hadn’t thought he could succeed in one step.

But no matter what, now that he wanted this child back, he would use every means possible.

Outside the door, Mo Li had been waiting on the side. Seeing Shi Qin walk out with a blank expression, she immediately followed.

“What did Director Lu say? Why are your eyes still red?” Mo Li was still worried about her.

Shi Qin took a deep breath, trying to cast aside some of her chaotic thoughts.

She replied with a smile on her lips, “It’s nothing. I just acted out a scene just now, and my emotions got the better of me.”

“Acting?”

“Yes,” Shi Qin smiled again, saying with a hint of deeper meaning, “He really liked that plot, so I just acted it out for him.”

“Oh…” Mo Li nodded, as if she understood, but she was still a little confused.

What kind of scene has to be secretly acted out behind closed doors?

But, as long as Shi Qin was okay. Otherwise, Teacher Zhou would be jealous and sad…

Teacher Zhou hasn’t come over these past few days. If she doesn’t come soon, she won’t have any material for her fanfiction…

I wonder if the person in question will see what she’s written…

Mo Li silently followed beside Shi Qin, her head bowed, her mind wandering to something else, the corners of her mouth almost reaching her temples.

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These few days, Lu Xing tried to find various opportunities to get close to Shi Qin, but she intentionally avoided him every time.

Her attitude was a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn from their last conversation, becoming even more distant and cold toward him.

But of course, Lu Xing was not one to give up. How could there be something he couldn’t get?

As long as he wanted it, there was nothing he couldn’t get his hands on.

To be fair, he was not without feelings for Shi Qin. After all, they were connected by blood, so his words about wanting to compensate her were not false.

It was just that the deeper reason for this mentality was something he was unwilling to think about.

At night, in the hotel.

Lu Xing stood at the floor-to-ceiling window, smoking and looking down at the city lights. The intersecting roads were like his complex state of mind at this moment.

Thinking of those past events, and the scene of Ye Qingnan crying and begging him to let her go in his dreams, Lu Xing’s heart could not find peace for a long time.

A knock on the door broke his reverie.

It’s so late. I don’t remember having an appointment.

Lu Xing put out his cigarette and called toward the door, “Who is it?”

But no one answered him, just continued to knock.

Lu Xing was a little annoyed. He looked through the peephole—

The visitor startled him.

He quickly opened the door, a little surprised and also a little happy. “Qinqin? Why are you here?”

He was naturally happy about Shi Qin’s sudden arrival, but at the same time, a little at a loss.

He had never told her his room number. How did she know?

Shi Qin seemed to have seen through his thoughts and didn’t bother to pretend anymore. She said irritably, “You can have someone go to my room, so I can’t come and find you?”

Lu Xing had bribed the cleaning lady of Shi Qin’s room in order to secretly investigate their parent-child relationship.

But the cleaning lady was probably doing this for the first time. She had taken away Shi Qin’s used toothbrush but had only replaced it with a new one.

Since the toothbrushes at that hotel were individually packaged, not only was the packaging not opened, but the other dental tools were also not replaced. How could Shi Qin not be suspicious?

Sure enough, her guess was reasonable. Not long after, Jiang Nuo told her that Lu Xing had secretly done a paternity test.

Being exposed by her face to face, Lu Xing couldn’t argue anymore and could only sigh, “I’m sorry. I was just anxious at that time, and I was afraid that if I told you directly, it would scare you.”

Seeing Shi Qin lower her eyes without speaking, Lu Xing added, “Qinqin… it’s so late…”

Shi Qin looked up and cut him off, “Didn’t you say we should find a chance to have a good talk?”

“We can talk now.”

“Now?” Lu Xing’s face showed confusion. He didn’t know whether to stand or sit.

Shi Qin knew his thoughts, but a smile appeared on her lips. “Indeed, it’s not very convenient to talk here.”

“It would be more convenient if you were doing something else here, right?”

Hearing this, Lu Xing’s expression instantly became serious. How could he not hear the sarcasm in Shi Qin’s words?

He said in a deep voice, “Qinqin, some things can’t be said carelessly.”

“I’m speaking carelessly?”

She walked over to the sofa by the table and sat down, looking at the man with a dark face.

“Whether I’m speaking carelessly or not, you know best.”

“How did I come to be…” Shi Qin couldn’t control the surge of emotions, her eyes starting to turn red.

“You also know best.”

Seeing Lu Xing at a loss for words, Shi Qin continued to press, “Do you dare to say no?”

“Back then, what kind of means did you use to get a woman? Just for your own possessiveness, you completely ruined a person’s life.”

“To be honest, I’ve grown up so much, and I’m used to not having parents around.”

“And, having someone like you is worse than having no one at all.”

Hearing this, Lu Xing finally couldn’t help but speak, his tone laced with a hint of anger.

“You don’t understand. I… I did make a mistake back then, but later… Qingnan was willing. I never forced her again.”

“And after the incident, it’s not that I didn’t think about taking responsibility. I gave her almost half of my savings at that time, hoping she could go abroad and live a good life.”

Lu Xing sighed. “But she didn’t want it. And she insisted on giving birth to you. What could I do at that time?”

At the height of his emotion, Lu Xing’s voice grew louder. After speaking, he leaned against the wall, looking weary, and sighed.

Listening to his explanation, Shi Qin only found it more ridiculous.

She took a sharp breath, turned her gaze to the floor-to-ceiling window to calm herself, but after a moment, she glared back at Lu Xing.

“She was willing? Do you dare to say you didn’t force her to take those photos?”

“Don’t you feel disgusted saying that yourself?”

Shi Qin looked at the bed before her. The thought that Ye Qingnan had been forced by him in the same scene, without any dignity, and had suffered all kinds of humiliation, made her vision go black.

A mix of heartache and anger intertwined. Shi Qin really wished she could just curse at the person before her, regardless of anything else.

Lu Xing couldn’t refute it. All he could do was weakly support himself on a nearby chair and sit down, his head in his hands, silent for a long moment.

Only then did he say helplessly, “Even if everything back then was my fault, I can’t go back to the past now.”

“All I can do is try to find a way to compensate you. But you also said you don’t want it. You all say you don’t want it. Then what on earth do you want me to do?”

Hearing this, Shi Qin sneered.

“Are you trying to compensate me, or are you trying to find peace of mind through this?”

“Back then, you didn’t expect her to die, did you? Although you didn’t do it directly, your actions were a contributing factor.”

“You also feel that you are a murderer, right? That’s why you’re trying so hard to compensate me. You just want your mistake to be forgiven.”

Her deepest thoughts had been exposed by her. Lu Xing was instantly stunned, his face turning pale, unable to offer any further rebuttal.

“But, no one will forgive you. Not me, not her…”

“People have to pay the price for what they’ve done. Your pain now is not even one-ten-thousandth of what she endured back then.”

Unable to stand his dejected look, Shi Qin left with a cold word and walked straight out the door.

She walked into the elevator and went to a room on another floor.

The moment she opened the door, she couldn’t help but throw herself into the arms of the person before her.

Zhou Jinsi was taken aback, but quickly hugged her back tightly.

She let Shi Qin sob in her arms, not speaking, just silently stroking her hair.

After a long moment, feeling the emotions of the person in her arms gradually calming, she asked with concern, “How did it go? Is it all settled?”

Shi Qin was still hugging her, her head buried in her shoulder as she nodded.

“These next few days, something might happen… but you don’t have to worry about it. I’ll handle it all. Don’t worry.”

Zhou Jinsi still couldn’t help but sigh softly and replied, “Okay, I believe you.”

From Shi Qin’s serious expression before she came to the hotel tonight, she could tell that her purpose for being here was definitely not simple.

Following her arrangements, Zhou Jinsi had booked a room. If anything unexpected happened, she would call, and Zhou Jinsi would immediately rush to Lu Xing’s room.

Although, fortunately, nothing had happened now, holding her, Zhou Jinsi’s heart could not calm down.

She had a premonition that what was about to happen would not be a small matter.

Sure enough, as she had expected.

Just two days later, a scandal involving Shi Qin and Lu Xing shot to the top of the trending topics.