Chapter Sixty-Eight

The light at the stairwell was dim, and Sheng Xia could only see a man standing next to Wen Yixing. The man was tall and looked stronger than Fang Shiyan. Most importantly, Fang Shiyan would not wear such clothes.

During the few seconds that the group paused, Wen Yixing also saw them.

Wen Yixing looked up at Shen Jingshao, indicating that Shen Jingshao should wait here for a while.

Shen Jingshao understood her gaze and nodded slightly.

Wen Yixing withdrew her gaze and looked towards Fang Jingyao. Sheng Xia was walking in front, Fang Jingyao and Ye Suidong were in the middle, and Wen Yichen was at the back. At this moment, the expressions of the four of them were all different.

Sheng Xia is a bit nearsighted, so she probably didn't see Shen Jingshao's face clearly and was just squinting at him.

Fang Jingyao was completely stunned, his eyes widening slightly involuntarily.

Wen Yichen frowned and looked at Shen Jingshao with unfriendly eyes.

Ye Suidong remained expressionless, calmly observing the scene before him.

"You're back." Wen Yixing came over and broke the silence first.

Fang Jingyao snapped out of his daze and called out in a clear voice, "Mom!"

Ye Suidong also greeted her politely, "Hello, Auntie."

Wen Yixing walked over and said with a smile, "Sui Dong, thank you for coming to celebrate Yao Yao's birthday today."

Fang Jingyao put his arm around Ye Suidong's thin shoulder: "Mom, Ye Suidong is my good friend."

As he spoke, Fang Jingyao deliberately emphasized the words "good friend".

This time, Ye Suidong was very accommodating. She didn't shake off his chubby little hand and nodded in a particularly cooperative manner: "Yes, Auntie, Fang Jingyao and I are good friends."

Fang Jingyao nodded proudly.

Wen Yixing was amused by her son's little expression.

Wen Yixing was quite happy to see their relationship improve.

She didn't know whether the future described in the novel was real or not, but having more friends was always a good thing.

As they were talking, Sheng Xia finally got a clear look at Shen Jingshao's face. She stared at him for a while, then stiffly approached Wen Yixing and whispered, "Wow, Yixing, that person looks so much like Shen Jingshao to me?"

As Wen Yixing's former high school classmate, Sheng Xia was naturally familiar with Shen Jingshao, especially after Shen Jingshao became a big boss. Sheng Xia was surprised every time she saw him.

Who could have imagined that Shen Jingshao, who was once poor, would transform into the powerful head of the Shen family in Beijing?

The gap between the rich and poor immediately became apparent.

I saw Shen Jingshao at the mall a few years ago during the summer. He was wearing an expensive suit and shoes that probably cost as much as I earned in a year.

Looking at Shen Jingshao in his suit and tie, exuding an air of authority, Sheng Xia couldn't reconcile him with the athletic boy who loved playing basketball in high school.

Although she had helped Shen Jingshao with his homework during high school and they could still exchange a few words as classmates, now that seven or eight years have passed, Sheng Xia felt that Shen Jingshao probably didn't remember her at all, so she naturally didn't go up to greet him.

Wen Yichen also came over at this time. Unlike Sheng Xia, he had only been in Beijing for a short time and was naturally unfamiliar with these people. In his eyes, he was just a strange man who wanted to get close to his sister.

"Sister, who is he?" Wen Yichen's gaze fell on Shen Jingshao.

From his perspective, the people over there were quite good-looking and had strong physiques; at least they were more pleasing to the eye than that weakling Fang Shiyan.

Both of them asked in hushed tones. Fang Jingyao didn't speak, but he looked at her with his big, round eyes.

Only Ye Suidong was puzzled.

“Yes, it’s him.” Wen Yixing looked at Sheng Xia.

After saying that, Wen Yixing looked at Wen Yichen again: "His name is Shen Jingshao."

Wen Yichen still couldn't remember who Shen Jingshao was, only that the name sounded somewhat familiar.

Fang Jingyao, despite having prepared himself mentally, still felt his heart skip a beat when he heard his mother say the name Shen Jingshao.

He almost lost control of his expression, but luckily the people around him weren't paying attention to him.

Only Ye Suidong noticed that something was wrong with him and turned to look at him.

Fang Jingyao quickly composed himself and even grinned at Ye Suidong.

Ye Suidong looked at him like he was an idiot for a few seconds before looking away.

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After entering the house and changing into slippers, Sheng Xia looked up at Shen Jingshao a few more times, seemingly incredulous.

Shen Jingshao's attire today was completely different from what she remembered; he looked more like Shen Jingshao from high school.

After taking a few more glances, Shengxia's inner strategist returned, and she asked directly, "Shen Jingshao, do you still remember me? I used to help you with your homework."

That was in the first year of high school, before the division into arts and sciences classes. At that time, Shengxia was the English class representative.

Shen Jingshao looked at Sheng Xia: "The English class representative, right?"

Sheng Xia nodded: "Mmm-hmm!"

At this point, Sheng Xia belatedly remembered many things. Later, after the division of arts and sciences in the second year of high school, she and Wen Yixing were in the same class and sat at desks in front of and behind each other. They often ate together and went to the bathroom together.

Several times when she was eating in the cafeteria with Wen Yixing, she would occasionally run into Shen Jingshao, and Shen Jingshao would take the initiative to talk to her.

She was a little touched at the time, thinking that she hadn't helped Shen Jingshao copy homework for nothing. She didn't expect that Shen Jingshao would still remember her after they were separated into different classes.

But now, upon closer reflection, Sheng Xia felt as if she had suddenly unlocked her full potential and had a sudden realization.

Wen Yixing was getting snacks for Ye Suidong when she looked up and saw Sheng Xia's knowing look, which puzzled her.

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