"Was that car here to pick up the young lady?" Li Zhenting looked at the luxury car driving away in the darkness, his brows knitted together, and asked the security guard on night shift in a cold voice.
"Yes, young master." The chill emanating from Li Zhenting was colder than snowflakes. The security guard stood up and answered respectfully.
"Do you know who it is?"
"No...I don't know."
Li Zhenting glanced at him with sharp eyes and drove away.
In front of a majestic and solemn manor.
Zhu Qixiong's car stopped.
"Ningning, get out of the car." Zhu Qixiong opened the car door very gentlemanly and extended his hand to Shen Ning.
Shen Ning took his fingers and bent down to get out.
In the gloomy and cold night sky, several villas stood quietly.
This is the famous Deep Water Bay in the capital, a villa area for the wealthy.
The Zhu family also has considerable influence in the imperial capital.
"Come, take my arm." Zhu Qixiong bent his elbow to her after parking the car.
Shen Ning was not used to holding a man's arm. After all, this was in someone else's house, a stranger's home, and it was her first time there.
She shyly blushed.
"Please, at least pretend to be real. Your identity tonight is my girlfriend. If we are not close, my father and aunt will not believe it. You help me first. At worst, I will risk my life to help you next time." Zhu Qixiong whispered in her ear with pleading tone.
"Okay." Shen Ning then bent her arm into his elbow.
The two of them walked into the Zhu family's gate hand in hand.
As soon as they entered, everyone inside looked at them in surprise, especially Shen Ning, who immediately became the focus of their attention.
In the hall, a giant-screen TV was broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala.
Old lady Zhu sat in the middle, with gray hair and wearing a Tang suit. She looked very energetic and in good spirits.
There were two pairs of men and women sitting next to him. Shen Ning didn't know which one was Zhu Qixiong's father, but she quickly figured it out.
Because, as soon as she and Zhu Qixiong appeared in the hall hand in hand, the middle-aged man on the right and the woman in fashionable clothes next to him had dark faces. They stared at her continuously, and their eyes seemed to want to drive her away immediately. Especially when they saw them holding hands, their faces turned ashen and their eyes were very unfriendly.
Shen Ning put herself in Zhu Qixiong's shoes and felt his status in the family and the indifference of his relatives, and felt sad for him.
Zhu Qixiong seemed to have long been accustomed to such scenes, or perhaps he didn't care at all.
After all, he brought Shen Ning here tonight on purpose to anger his biological father and stepmother, hoping to make their plans fail completely.
Therefore, he always had a decent smile on his face.
He first took Shen Ning's hand and came to Old Lady Zhu, smiling: "Grandma."
"Qixiong, you are finally back. Come and sit down." Old Mrs. Zhu was very happy to see her eldest grandson. She immediately took Zhu Qixiong's hand and wanted them to sit down next to her.
Immediately, a servant brought two chairs.
Zhu Qixiong considerately took Shen Ning to sit down, and a servant brought hot tea.
Zhu Qixiong held Shen Ning's arm tightly from beginning to end, and they were quite intimate.
"Grandma, I wish you a happy new year, good health and all the best. This is a gift from me to you." Zhu Qixiong handed the exquisite box in his right hand to his grandmother in a very respectful voice.
"Thank you, child." Old Mrs. Zhu accepted the gift, but her voice was choked with sobs.
"Grandma, come here, let me introduce you. This is my girlfriend Shen Ning." Zhu Qixiong hurriedly introduced Shen Ning to Mrs. Zhu.
It would be more accurate to say that I am telling this to everyone rather than introducing it to Mrs. Zhu.
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room was silent, without a sound, and everyone's eyes were once again focused on Shen Ning's face.
Shen Ning's face was very red. She was really not used to this kind of occasion. Moreover, she felt like she had done something bad. She followed Zhu Qixiong to deceive the elders of the Zhu family, which always felt not good.
However, it is also true that the Zhu family owes Zhu Qixiong.
(End of this chapter)
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