Little Fang Ruojie flapped his short legs twice in the air, his little face flushed red. He accepted his fate as his father held him, not daring to say a word.

"Mr. Fang...Mr. Fang, children speak without restraint, and we all understand."

"Yes, yes, the cards are finished here. Your wife was unlucky today and lost a lot."

The two wealthy ladies who were playing mahjong together spoke one after another. Mrs. Fang always pretended to be very favored in the circle. They had long been fed up with it and wanted to expose her in person.

Mr. Fang didn't react when he heard this. "As long as she's happy, I'm glad you guys keep fighting. I'll take care of the kids."

The two wealthy ladies were like, “?” How could this happen? His wife wasn’t working and was losing a lot of money, and this was Mr. Fang’s reaction?

They couldn't help but think of the scene where they lost money and their husbands would scold them to death, and they felt sad.

"Stepmother, save me, my dad is going to spank me." Fang Ruojie struggled and called for help.

"Stop hitting the child. There are too many people around."

"Okay, I won't hit him."

"good."

The conversation between the two made Fang Ruojie think that he had escaped punishment.

Fang Ruoxuan knew very well that it was just a polite remark. Later, Fang Ruojie was not beaten, but was "rewarded" with two number books and a copybook for practicing calligraphy.

“…”

The cake-cutting part of the birthday party soon arrived. Everyone at the scene gathered in a circle around the exquisite eight-layer birthday peach cake.

Old Mrs. Gu was helped to the cake, where she clasped her hands together and made a symbolic wish.

"Where's Shi Yi? Where is she? I want to give her the first piece of cake."

As soon as Mrs. Gu finished cutting the cake, she looked for Shen Shiyi left and right. She was old and didn't know how many years the Gu family had left, but after experiencing the most destitute times, she also knew that people should not worry too much and just muddle through.

"This... I just saw her playing mahjong and didn't disturb her, thinking I would go look for her after she was done. But there were too many people and I couldn't find her." Mrs. Gu was also anxious.

"Can everyone please help shout and pass on the message?" Gu Zheng looked at the people around him.

So the originally quiet scene instantly turned into a search for Shi Yi's plan.

"Shi Yi, where are you?"

"Shi Yi, where are you?"

Shen Shiyi stood quietly in the crowd, not knowing for a moment whether she should go out. Although she didn't have social anxiety, she wasn't that socially adept either.

Finally she said, "Here."

The people in front of her immediately made way for her, "Make way, Shi Yi is behind me."

Shen Shiyi squeezed to the front of the crowd smoothly, and Mrs. Gu handed her the cake, "Good child, this is for you. I hope you will always be smooth and safe."

"Thank you, and I also wish Grandma Gu the best." Shen Shiyi took it with both hands.

Now almost everyone at the scene knew her. Even those who didn't know Master Fang Ye remembered her because of the Gu family's attitude towards her.

Father Shen was squeezed into the corner, and he didn’t forget to show off to the people around him, “That’s my daughter.”

"Are you serious?" Mr. Li next to him was skeptical. After all, he had never heard that the Shen family had a daughter.

"Do I need to lie to you? She is Master Fang Ye. This child is very hardworking and has lived in the countryside for many years." Father Shen said proudly.

"I wonder if your daughter is married?" Mr. Li believed him when he heard him say that. It was impossible for him to use such a thing to deceive others.

He remembered that his son was already of marriageable age, and the few families he had visited recently were not satisfactory. This Shen Shiyi was not bad.

She is beautiful, knowledgeable, and has a good relationship with the Gu family.

"No, I am considering it." Father Shen could naturally see what Mr. Li was thinking, but he still needed to think about it. In his heart, the Li family ranked behind the An, Gu, and Fang families.

At least he should wait until he asks the other three companies for their opinions first.

"How is my son?"

"Mr. Li's son is naturally good, handsome and talented, but it all depends on Shi Yi himself."

Father Shen deliberately declined, neither directly refusing nor agreeing.

"How about this? I'll bring my son over tomorrow to discuss a partnership, and then I'll let the two kids meet him, okay?"

"Okay, that's settled then."

The two hit it off immediately, and after the birthday banquet, Mr. Shen went to find Mr. Fang to find out the situation, but he couldn't even see Mr. Fang.

He could only give up for the time being, as he still had to stop Shen Shiyi.

The crowd left the gate one after another, and Shen's father soon noticed Shen Shiyi's figure, "Shiyi, come home for dinner tomorrow."

"No." Shen Shiyi walked past him without stopping.

Father Shen quickly chased after him, "I have something important to discuss with you. I know that Shen Huai treats you badly. I will ask him to apologize to you tomorrow."

"What's the important thing? No need to apologize." Shen Shiyi turned around and looked at him.

"Anyway, it's good that you're back. After all, we're a family. Just come back for a meal. Your grandparents also hope that our family can get along harmoniously. Otherwise, they'll be worried, right?"

Father Shen softened his tone and coaxed the child. He knew that Shen Shiyi was most worried about the two old people.

"What time is it."

"It's eleven o'clock in the afternoon, just in time for lunch."

"Um."

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The next day, when Shen Huai heard that Shen Shiyi was coming back for dinner, he got up early and went out to do his hair and bought gifts. The last time he failed more than he succeeded, he no longer trusted servants.

"Huaihuai, is this a gift for your sister?" Father Shen's eyes showed admiration.

"No...no, it's a gift from a hairdresser." Shen Huai hid the gift behind him.

"You have to change your bad habit of saying one thing and thinking another. It's not good for your sister to not know how good you are." Father Shen patted his son's shoulder.

"I didn't want to be nice to her in the first place." Shen Huai muttered softly, tightening his grip on the bag.

Madam Shen couldn't bear to see them like this, "Shen Shiyi is just lucky to be valued by the Gu family recently, but he will be forgotten after a while. Is it worth all this trouble?"

"Look at you, your mother, what's wrong with you!" Father Shen was furious.

"She doesn't have the respect a mother should have for me, and I won't lower myself to pay attention to her." Mrs. Shen sat on the sofa with a firm attitude.

The scene in the living room was at a stalemate for a moment, and then a servant walked in from the door, breaking the silence. "Mr. Li and Young Master Li are here."

"Okay." Father Shen stopped paying attention to his wife and turned around to go out to pick up Mr. Li.

Yesterday, he sent messages to An Gu Fang's family but was rejected, saying that he was not worthy enough. Unless the person concerned spoke up personally, they didn't dare to consider it.

Father Shen immediately understood that this email was probably not even reviewed by the owners of these three families, and they went down to directly reject it.

But after thinking about it carefully, he gave up. The Shen family was indeed out of their league for them. Father Shen immediately gave up and decided to get in touch with the Li family in a down-to-earth manner.

"Mr. Li, Young Master Li, please come in. Shi Yi was stuck in traffic and might be late. She just called me to apologize to you."

Father Shen explained to them with a smile, completely unlike the way he took Na Qiao last night.