11. Snow in a silver bowl

We're even now.

The next day, at 9:30 a.m.

This is precisely the commuting time for white-collar workers.

The main roads of the Lupu Financial District were exceptionally congested.

A black Mercedes-Benz G-Class led the way, followed by two red Toyota Phantoms flanking the rear, and finally four minivans trailing behind.

Two of the red cars had their windows closed, and the loud music attracted the attention of many white-collar workers passing by.

They are all familiar faces; upon closer inspection, they are the young owners of many people's businesses.

A typical scene of rich kids causing a ruckus on the street, except today is a weekday and this street is not an entertainment or commercial street.

The arrogant scene was completely out of place with the usual formal and reserved street scene.

A row of ostentatious luxury cars finally stopped in front of the most prestigious commercial building in the district, attracting the attention of passersby. Security personnel from the Li Group immediately went forward to check.

"You... Miss Shang?"

The Rolls-Royce door was opened by the driver, and at the same time, the Shang family's security guards pushed the wheelchair to the front of the car.

The young lady had a fair complexion without any makeup, and wore sunglasses that covered half of her face.

Her pulled-back lips revealed her bad mood as she was helped into a wheelchair by a similarly refined and aristocratic young man.

"Long time no see, Miss Shang." None of the security guards dared to stop her, and they took the initiative to stop the automatic door for the young lady. "Chairman Li returned to Zurich last night and is not in the company."

Shang Xinuan then took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of beautiful amber eyes that looked steadily at the security guard. However, those eyes no longer had the brimming autumn water of before, but instead held a deeper, more profound gentleness.

Yu Jiayue stopped in his tracks. "We're not looking for Chairman Li. Miss Shang just left some of her personal belongings here and came to retrieve them."

The security guard hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to stop her. He simply followed beside her wheelchair and asked, "Do you need any help from our security department?"

"No need, you can continue with your work." Qiao Xi said, leading a group of people dressed in black suits. The sound of her red-soled high heels clicking on the ground was sharp.

A large group of people went straight to the boardroom floor without any obstruction.

After more than half a month apart, the flowers she kept in the glass bottle of fresh milk tea on her desk were still in full bloom.

The white-collar worker who knew her well didn't seem to notice her expression. "Chairman Li instructed before his business trip to give you a fresh flower every day."

To ensure the young lady can come anytime, there will always be a touch of floral pattern on the desk.

"Thank you all. I'm here today to dismantle the study." Shang Xinuan had no hostility towards the white-collar workers in the board office. During the time she was injured, they even sent a representative to Yijing to see her at their own expense. They really treated her as a friend. "Once I've recovered, I'll invite everyone to go shopping together."

"Huh?" the young office worker immediately exclaimed regretfully, "Why did you have to take it down?!"

“I’m going to study in the UK soon, and having a study there will affect Mr. Li’s work and add to your workload.”

Who wants to change their flowers every day?

"This office is half the size of the boardroom, and it's big enough to even give you a break room. Changing a flower is just a matter of raising your hand."

It's clear that these are the heartfelt words of a young white-collar worker.

But the security guards who followed her had already begun organizing her books and some delicate trinkets.

Shang Xin patted the white-collar worker's hand and smiled, "I'll be going now. They'll restore the office to its original state."

When the Li family came out again, the gloomy sky was broken by several rays of sunlight.

The light was like spilled oil paint, rendering the entire city like a dream.

-

At four in the morning in Zurich, the lights in the penthouse suites were on, as the couple had been awake all night.

Chen Ti knocked on the wooden door of the study with a serious expression. Li Xiran was pinching the bridge of his nose to relieve his fatigue. "Has the price been quoted yet?"

"Chairman Li, this is not a price quote."

Li Xiran opened his eyes, somewhat puzzled. "What new trick is it now?"

“It’s Miss Nuannuan.” Chen Ti recounted what happened in the boardroom ten minutes ago. “The front desk of the Li’an Hotel just informed me that the surveillance footage showed that Miss Nuannuan was outside our private room yesterday.”

The drowsiness from working non-stop vanished in an instant.

He frowned, his expression one of utter disbelief.

Then I turned on my phone, ready to make a call.

"Chairman Li, there's electronic surveillance," Chen Ti reminded him.

Li Xiran paused for a moment, then clicked to dial.

However, the announcer's voice soon came through the receiver saying "User is busy."

"The young lady's temper has gotten worse lately." She's blocked him.

Li Xiran opened WeChat again, and the only chat box pinned to the top was labeled "Nuannuan".

The red exclamation mark was as expected, bright and eye-catching.

"Chairman Li, the airport said they received Miss Nuannuan's ticket purchase information; she's flying to the Northwest," Chen Ti said. "Miss Xixi, Mr. Yu, and two other people I don't know are also traveling with her."

It's obvious that it's Jiang Xiangzhuo and Ruan Songyi.

Li Xiran's throat began to dry. After a moment of deep thought, he tapped the table with his fingertip, "Notify the crew to fly directly to China in one hour."

As he spoke, he stood up.

"But there's a bidding war going on here."

Li Xiran strode into the bathroom. "You stay here. We'll sign the new contract as soon as the market opens tomorrow."

“This is very risky,” Chen Ti said with a serious expression.

Li Xiran gripped the doorknob, a sinister smile playing on his lips. "We've been too conservative in the past. This time, let's play something more exciting with Mother and let her experience the world of young people."

"In the business world, how can you always maintain a stable situation?" He chuckled as he closed the door and asked, "Right, Chen Ti?"

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When the young lady goes on an outing, the scene is quite spectacular.

The wealthy second-generation heirs in Shanghai acted as if they had no jobs, insisting on taking her to the airport.

Are you sure you're okay?

"Although no bones or internal organs were injured, it will be better if he rests for a while longer."

Shang Xinuan sat in the airport-provided wheelchair, yawning, "Don't worry, I have four bodyguards with me."

Jiang Xiangzhuo leaned against Yu Jiayue, "Don't worry, everyone! Even if we have to carry, lift, or hug, we'll get Miss out of the desert safely."

The atmosphere instantly became lively. "I heard that wishes made in the desert are incredibly effective, don't forget!"

The young lady showed off her payment QR code and joked, "One wish is worth 200,000."

With a "beep," an announcement rang out in the airport terminal: "Alipay payment received, one million yuan."

"Holy crap, I was just kidding, who..." Shang Xinuan's smile froze on her face the moment she turned around.

The man's warm eyes first met her pupils, and he was looking at her with a gentle smile from above.

Li Xiran rarely shed his stiff and formal suit; instead, he wore a white knitted cardigan with a matching T-shirt, exuding a more unrestrained and boisterous youthful vibe.

If it weren't for the fact that he already had a fiancée, the lingering, ambiguous look in his eyes would have made the young lady mistake it for love.

Shang Xinuan put away her phone, lowered her head, and transferred the money back to Li Xiran in the same amount.

Finally, his Alipay account was also blocked.

"XiXi, we need to go through security now." Beneath her calm exterior, the young lady waved to the group of shocked rich kids. "Bye-bye, wait for me to come back and play together."

After a while, the crowd stirred again, "Goodbye, Miss."

"Goodbye, Uncle Li." The rich kids recalled how their sports cars had bombed the Li Group two days ago, and how their fathers had given them a good scolding. They then vanished as if they had disappeared into the ground.

Shang Xinuan urged Yu Jiayue, "Hurry up, there's a smell that's making me feel uncomfortable."

Yu Jiayue glanced at the person following her, quickened her pace, and reminded him, "Mr. Li, we need to go through security."

Li Xiran, however, remained calm and composed, maintaining a polite demeanor. "I also need to go through security. If you get tired of pushing, I can help you."

"Need not."

Upon hearing this, the young lady put on her sunglasses in annoyance.

"Men can go to either side, women to the right," an airport security officer reminded them.

Yu Jiayue pushed Shang Xinuan in a wheelchair and followed behind her, while Qiao Xi stood in front of Shang Xinuan, waiting to pick her up.

Li Xiran lined up on the left, waving and greeting the young lady as he did so.

Shang Xinuan rolled her eyes behind her sunglasses and said without holding back, "How shameless!"

After Qiao Xi and Shang Xinuan finished going through security, they waited at the security exit.

Yu Jiayue was kept by staff for a second bag inspection because he had a camera in his backpack.

By this time, Li Xiran had finished his inspection and walked straight to the two of them.

The man's powerful aura instantly enveloped and suppressed her. He stared at Qiao Xi, his face smiling, but his voice was full of threat, "Can I speak with Nuan Nuan alone for a moment?"

Qiao Xi felt a chill run down her spine and immediately nodded, "Okay."

But by the time she realized what was happening, Shang Xinuan had already been pushed away. "Uncle, you can't push her away!"

-

The airport's VIP lounge was completely empty, except for the two of them.

Seeing Qiao Xi and Yu Jiayue about to rush in, Li Xiran calmly closed and locked the door behind him.

"Li Xiran, this is kidnapping!" The young lady was furious and tried to stand up from her wheelchair.

He wasn't in a hurry, so he held her down so she wouldn't move.

He knelt on one knee in front of her and waited until the knocking stopped before slowly speaking.

During this time, Li Xiran took off her sunglasses and stared at her from below.

Their eyes met inevitably, so the young lady simply closed them.

"Not looking at me?" His voice sounded even more pleasant after he closed his eyes. His voice was low and magnetic due to his weariness, with a soft, husky tone. "I came here specifically to explain to you."

The young lady gritted her teeth and raised her hands to cover her ears as well.

It was like a silent response.

It's too late, this young lady doesn't care to hear it anymore!

Li Xiran couldn't touch her eyes, but he could imprison her hands in his palms.

With a gentle pull, she nestled into his arms.

Now the young lady has no choice but to listen, even if she doesn't want to.

"Bai Quesi is not my girlfriend, nor my fiancée, and she will never be my wife in the future."

"Neither Ms. Li nor I have explained the engagement rumors yet because we have an alliance agreement. This is a critical moment, and I need to maintain the balance."

“I was attacked in Zurich when you were injured, and I didn’t receive the news from home until the fourth day. I flew back to Beijing to see you the next day, but time was short and it was too late, so I didn’t wake you up.”

The familiar scent of cedar and herbs filled Shangxi's nostrils.

She was unusually calm, and even the explanations she used to dream of now seemed insignificant and unimportant.

"Nuan Nuan?" After a long while, she didn't react. "I didn't lie to you."

"Li Xiran, I've waited half a month for this explanation, but it's no longer important. Whether Miss Bai is your fiancée or not is also unimportant to me. As for you, you're even less important."

After overhearing the conversation in the banquet hall, she completely gave up on him.

A spoiled and willful young lady needs the whole world to revolve around her to be satisfied; she can't expect an ambitious man with a grand ambition to play the game of unrequited love with her.

"Okay, I'm not important." He said that, but he gripped her wrist even tighter, his eyes filled with an unspeakable sorrow. "Then can you take care of your own health? It will be very dangerous for you to go there like this without professional security."

The young lady remained expressionless, and after closing her eyes, she became even more numb.

"Warm, please?" His voice carried a humble pleading tone.

The young lady's mouth was filled with the taste of blood. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer. "Li Xiran, who do you think you are? My grandfather, uncle, and aunt didn't object. What right do you have to tell me what to do with my decisions?"

"What am I to you?" he asked himself, before finally answering after a long pause, "Could I be considered a suitor?"

Perhaps because of the sheer amount of information, Shang Xin laughed out loud while opening her eyes wide.

Then I saw Li Xiran's red-rimmed eyes, almost in despair, yet suppressing a dark and unfathomable burning passion.

Even Shang Xinuan suppressed her smile and frowned, saying, "Don't you think it's very inappropriate to say such things now?"

"I've wanted to say this for a long time, long enough to be measured in years."

The young lady was so angry that she took a deep breath and said indifferently, "Then let me tell you, belated affection is worth less than grass."

"Nuan Nuan, I can explain."

“These past few years have been very difficult for me. Chen Shaoyi, by threatening me with my mother’s disappearance, I have many things I can’t control and say that I don’t mean. I’m also afraid of dragging you into this mess.”

"You are so innocent, and I want to protect that innocence."

Shang Xinuan swallowed, feeling incredibly irritated. In a fit of anger, she flung his hand away, but her tone remained calm, "Li Xiran, Chairman Li, Chairman Li Xiran of the Li Group."

"Since I met you when I was eighteen, all I've ever known about you, your plans, and your business goals has been through the news or other people's stories."

“You’ve never told me this on your own initiative. Don’t say it’s to protect me. As long as the Shang family is still the Shang family, no one will dare to touch a hair on my head.”

"Warm and cozy..."

“Li Xiran.” The young lady interrupted his explanation directly, her eyes, which were once full of admiration, now looked like a stagnant pool. “This is not protection. It’s that part of your life was never planned with me in mind.”

"You're willing to choose Miss Bai as your partner in the contract alliance, but not me. Is it because you've never treated me like an adult? You can't get over that hurdle of your uncle in your heart."

"I don't believe that my Miss Shang can be your comrade-in-arms."

Her voice was so calm that it disrupted Li Xiran's composure, which remained unchanged even if Mount Tai collapsed before him.

"Chairman Li, in this world, everyone has things they can't control and things they can't say. It's not just you, Li Xiran, who are in a difficult situation. Others will also feel sad, disappointed, and desperate in endless waiting, and then become numb."

“I grew up in the Shang family, experiencing everything from life-and-death separations to risky victories. I not only frequented the world of fame and fortune and auctions, but I also listened in on countless business discussions between my maternal grandfather and uncle. Otherwise, why do you think my grandfather chose you in the first place?”

"That was just my first practical financial lesson at Shangxinuan, and you were the experimental subject I chose."

Unlike the usual lively and cheerful young lady, she had the wisdom of a businesswoman and the composure of a capitalist in her eyes.

yes!

Born into a powerful and wealthy family, even an ornamental and valuable vase possesses the potential to appreciate in value.

"I'm sorry to disappoint Chairman Li, but I'm not entirely a protected little princess. Let you see my ability to stand on my own; consider this a farewell gift."

She watched as Li Xiran slowly rose, her gaze filled with incredible amazement, her arms braced on either side of her wheelchair.

Perhaps he was too surprised, but he kept getting closer, trying to see what was going on in her eyes.

The young lady finally lost her temper, placing her hands on his chest to block the overwhelming aura emanating from him.

"What else do you want? Let me go!"

"Your office has been returned to you. Consider the billion-dollar contract as my rent for those few months. We're even."

Li Xiran lowered his eyes; although he was in a high position, he did not possess the aura of someone in a high position.

He simply looked at her with a dim, yet deeply moving, expression that evoked an overwhelming sense of pity.

"What do you want? I want to give you my whole office as a study. Don't go, Nuannuan, I'll give you my whole self."

The young lady could no longer conceal the flames burning in her eyes, and she pushed him harder, saying, "I am Shang Xinuan. I have plenty of people who will give me what I want. I don't need you."

Then, she saw Li Xiran for the first time tear off that habitually gentle face.

He pressed down her hand that was blocking his way, a polite smile playing on his lips, and said, "Is that so?"

"If you say it that way, it won't be clear."

A note from the author:

I hereby declare: The uncle's wife-chasing saga has officially begun!

And then, the next chapter will be available for purchase!

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My next book is "Wild Crow Camellia," and the synopsis is as follows:

Wealthy young master X female college student

Long-awaited reunion X Broken mirror mended

1.

Lin Yujing's teenage years were filled with love letters, paint, and poverty.

In his senior year of high school, in order to pay for the high cost of training for art exams, he shamelessly agreed to help a powerful figure in Beijing find his son.

In Penghu, a town known as a paradise for art exam takers, she stayed at the home of a gentle and reserved young man.

At first, the boy did not react to her subtle flirting.

Later, on a hot night filled with the chirping of cicadas, she would place her feet under the table on the boy's lap.

Anyone who looks down can see Chen Jingshu ambiguously caressing her ankle.

It was just a heart-fluttering story of youth, which ended with the girl's disdainful and indifferent remark: "I like Chen Jingshu from the Chen family of Yijing, not Chen Jingshu from Pengzhen No. 1 Middle School."

On a stormy night, the boy's fist missed her cheek and landed on the old locust tree. He roared fiercely, "Get out, and don't let me see you again."

2.

Lin Yujing met Chen Jingshu again at a business investment reception in Yijing.

At that time, he was already Chen Jiagui's sole and unspoken heir, while she was just a student representing the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University to solicit investment.

Given their vastly different social statuses, Lin Yujing didn't even dare to entertain the thought of humiliating herself.

Just as she was being relentlessly harassed, Chen Jingshu suddenly appeared.

"I'll give you one minute to convince me." The man's tone was icy.

Having long since toned down her boisterous nature, she became somewhat cautious, saying, "My project to protect endangered animals..."

"Jingjing, you should know what I'm interested in." Chen Jingshu's eyes were red, as if suppressing surging hatred, or as if unable to dissipate love.

After that night, the news spread throughout the elite circles of Beijing that Chen Jingpeng had kept a beautiful female con artist by his side.

At first, everyone thought that Young Master Chen was a gentleman who would take revenge even after ten years, but later they watched as he poured all kinds of resources into Lin Yujing.

They held an art exhibition for her at Yintai Centre and even set up a personal studio for her outside Hepingmen, where land is extremely valuable.

My friend joked, "Young master, your method of retaliation is quite clever. First, you lift someone up high, then you throw them down hard."

The man looked tenderly at the person walking towards him and pondered, "The person I support is not someone who will fall."

Forget about the phrase "destined to meet but not to be together." If you just nod, I have the power to unleash a torrent of emotions. — Chen Jingshu

Reading Guide:

1. SC, 1V1, clean everywhere!

2. The school period is presented in flashbacks and is not very long.

3. The "Beijing-Shanghai-Hong Kong-Suzhou Rich Family Series"—Sweet Romance Novels set in the Beijing social circle

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