Chapter 016 Chapter 16
Chapter 16: Cancellation of Engagement
After Xie Zhiyu found out that Sang Ya was in love, he immediately decided to cancel the engagement.
He originally wanted to talk to Sang Ya in private and make things clear. Since Sang Ya already had someone she liked, he was happy to help her and give her some help and convenience without affecting the interests of the Xie Group.
Sang Ya grew up under the care of Old Sang. She is innocent and simple-minded. As the Sang family is in turmoil, the engagement is a guarantee for her.
With the support of Xie Zhiyu and the Xie Group, people with ill intentions dare not act rashly.
Both Mr. Sang and Xie Zhiyu are aware of this, but Sang Ya herself is obsessed with hormones and love. Like a child who never grows up, she is obsessed with loving and being loved.
Considering their childhood friendship, Xie Zhiyu gave Sang Ya a chance to confess, but she did not seize it and chose to betray him without hesitation.
Xie Zhiyu felt disappointed, so he cut the Gordian knot and canceled the engagement immediately.
So after the bidding meeting, he took the initiative to visit the Sang family.
Mr. Sang has the right to know what Sang Ya has done.
Mr. Sang knew that Sang Ya had been out a lot these days, so he thought it was a good time for Xie Zhiyu to go out on a date and cultivate their relationship.
He was happy to see this happen. In fact, Sang Ya went out ten times, three of which were to meet Xie Zhiyu in order to find out the situation.
When Mr. Sang received Xie Zhiyu's visiting letter, he subconsciously thought that the other party came to confirm their engagement.
His granddaughter married the descendant he favored, which fulfilled his wish. Maybe he could even see the birth of their child before he died.
When Xie Zhiyu handed him a stack of documents, Mr. Sang was impressed by the young man's thoughtfulness and the amount of thought he had put into his granddaughter.
With a feeling of relief, Mr. Sang opened the file bag. The moment he saw the photos, he almost suspected that his eyes were blurry.
"Who is this...?"
Mr. Sang wiped his reading glasses. He recognized the woman smiling sweetly in the photo, but he did not recognize the man hugging his granddaughter affectionately.
He looked at the photo, then raised his head to look at Xie Zhiyu, as if comparing them.
The two people's appearance and temperament are completely different, there is no similarity between them.
Mr. Sang flipped through the photos, trying to find clues: "Could it be photoshopped?"
Xie Zhiyu: “No.”
He also pulled up the video of the two of them dating: "The photo is real, and the video is real too."
Mr. Sang's expression gradually became solemn, and he was so angry that his eyes became dizzy.
"This... I've spoiled this child. I've spoiled him!"
Sang Lao's old hand tightly grasped Xie Zhiyu's hand, his cloudy eyes full of guilt: "Zhiyu, both the old man and that bastard granddaughter are sorry for you... I will call her over right now to apologize to you..."
"This child has no bad intentions. She is too young and too naive. I will immediately make her break up with that bad boy..."
Mr. Sang felt very guilty. It was his fault for not educating his granddaughter well, which led to her becoming a fearless person who does things without considering the consequences.
A good in-law relationship was ruined by her.
Xie Zhiyu was very sober, and he stopped Mr. Sang from saying the next thing: "Master Sang, cancel the engagement."
Mr. Sang sighed, knowing that he couldn't win back his heart: "Alas... whatever decision you make, Grandpa will support you."
"We are the ones who have let you down. I will bring Sang Ya to apologize, and the Sang family will give up 10% of the profits and the dominant position..."
Mr. Sang spent a lot of money on this apology gift, hoping to make amends to Xie Zhiyu and the Xie family, to calm them down, or at least prevent the two families from becoming enemies.
After listening to what Mr. Sang said, Xie Zhiyu did not say words of forgiveness or forgiveness as the other party expected.
"There is one more thing you have the right to know..."
Mr. Sang watched him open another video, and then he saw the whole process of Sang Ya stealing documents from Xie Zhiyu's office.
"She stole a project from a technology competition, and Gu Yeliang participated in the bidding for this project."
One sentence reveals a huge amount of information.
Mr. Sang immediately understood his hint. It was easy to imagine for whom Sang Ya stole the business secrets.
He had never thought that his granddaughter would be so bold and reckless, committing a crime for a man. He was so angry that he gasped: "This bastard!"
Xie Zhiyu: "Grandpa Sang, take a deep breath."
"Breathe in, breathe out."
"Breathe in, breathe out."
Mr. Sang gradually calmed down, and in an instant he seemed to have aged ten years: "Zhiyu."
He was too embarrassed to speak, his mouth opened and closed, but in the end, his love for his granddaughter made him put aside his pride and self-esteem, and he wanted to plead for her: "This... I deserve to die, I raised an ungrateful person... I'll make her kneel down and apologize, please, grandpa, can you... can you not let her go to jail..."
"If she goes to prison, her life will be ruined..."
"Whatever the cost, I'm willing to do it."
Xie Zhiyu: "Sang Ya is 21 years old, don't always treat her as a child."
Old Sang gritted his teeth and said, "I know. I will definitely discipline her this time..."
Going to jail for stealing business secrets from her fiancé's family is a big deal.
If this matter gets out, it will be a huge blow to Sang Ya, both in terms of reputation and other aspects...
"Zhiyu, Grandpa will only ask you this once. No matter what your request is, the Sang family will agree..."
Xie Zhiyu: "Sell the land in the west of the city to the Xie family as payment for this video."
The west city area is located in the southwest of Haicheng and is a key part of Xie's new business territory.
Mr. Sang was very optimistic about their new business empire and originally wanted to give her as a dowry to increase Sang Ya's voice in the Xie family.
No...I didn't expect that the marriage wouldn't be possible.
Mr. Sang said without hesitation: "Okay, I will sign the gift agreement directly. It is a token of my appreciation from you."
"Thank you, Zhiyu."
However, Xie Zhiyu refused: "I will buy it at the original price."
"Xie's business lawyer will contact you tomorrow. After you sign the purchase contract, the original video will be handed over to you."
Xie Zhiyu said calmly: "My fate with Sang Ya ends here."
Xie Zhiyu was determined to acquire the land in the west of the city. He bought it at the original price only to preserve the last bit of friendship between Mr. Sang and the deceased Mr. Xie.
The relationship between the Xie family and the Sang family has come to an end. The Xie Group will no longer provide the Sang family with any cooperation conveniences or preferential business relations.
Sang Lao's back bent, and he kept apologizing and expressing his gratitude.
Sang Ya happened to come home at this time. What she saw was that they were having a pleasant conversation, but her grandfather was just begging for help on her behalf.
The previous second, she was still worried that her grandfather would let her get engaged to Xie Zhiyu as soon as possible.
The next second——
"Sang Ya, kneel down."
"You bastard!"
Sang Ya was stunned by the unprecedented severity and rebuke. "Grandpa, you scare me like this."
She looked at Xie Zhiyu for help, hoping to get an answer from him.
Her action of asking Xie Zhiyu for help caused Mr. Sang's blood pressure to soar.
"Don't you know what you did?" Mr. Sang stood up and strongly accused.
Sang Ya racked her brains but couldn't think of what she had done to make Grandpa angry. She shook her head honestly: "I don't know."
Then she blinked at Xie Zhiyu and asked for help again.
Elder Sang: "How dare you ask Zhiyu for help? How could our Sang family produce such a shameless person like you!"
He picked up several thick documents on the table and threw them at Sang Ya.
Sang Ya reflexively dodged to the side and was not hit, but a lot of photos slipped out of the file bag.
All those sweet moments between her and Gu Yeliang were frozen in time and now fell from the sky, splashing onto the ground.
She looked at the photo curiously, and after seeing what was on it, her mind went blank.
“I…I…”
Xie Zhiyu stood up. He had already gotten what he wanted, and had no intention of staying to watch this family farce. "I'm here to break off the engagement. You know the reason."
"Master Sang, I have something else to do, so I won't bother you any more."
After saying that, he came to Sang Ya's side and pointed at her wrist: "I have returned the Sang family's token."
"You should return the keepsake to the Xie family."
"I'm... sorry." Sang Ya hurriedly took off the emerald jade bracelet on her hand. The bracelet was a little big for her, but it was still difficult to take off.
She was anxious and took the bracelet off her wrist with great effort: "Here you go."
"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you... I..."
Xie Zhiyu accepted the bracelet with a cold expression: "No need to explain, I know everything."
"You are not a child anymore, it's time for you to be sensible."
"The law will not forgive you just because you are mentally young."
Xie Zhiyu finally reminded them and then left without looking back.
Before Sang Ya could come to his senses, he was pinned to his knees by Old Sang.
"Grandpa!" She couldn't believe that her grandpa would treat him like this.
"Butler, bring the family rules over!"
Mr. Sang was determined to teach Sang Ya a lesson, but she still felt wronged.
"What a sin, what a sin!"
Xie Zhiyu did not stay and left directly. He knew that Mr. Sang had deliberately let her see this.
But so what?
Xie Zhiyu has always been indifferent to people who have nothing to do with him.
Those who betray their sincerity are not worthy of his forgiveness.
He left without stopping.
Mr. Sang saw the figure disappear from the door with his remaining eyes, and he looked away in disappointment.
"Grandpa, you know everything?" Sang Ya asked cautiously, "I've always wanted to confess to you."
"Then why don't you confess?" Mr. Sang closed his eyes, not wanting to see her face.
Until now, she has not confessed.
The soft-heartedness of Mr. Sang disappeared immediately. He took the "family law" from the housekeeper and hit her directly.
Sang Ya dodged immediately. Sang Lao missed his attack and almost fell to the ground. She immediately helped him up: "Grandpa, don't get angry and hurt yourself."
"I...I won't hide anymore."
Sang Ya was frightened by the grandfather's anger and did not dare to hide. She knelt down and said, "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."
"Grandpa, please hit me. You are all I have." Her last words trembled.
桑老揮出家法的手沒有停頓，讓孫女切實吃到苦頭，才是為她好。
再這樣溺愛放任下去，只會害了她。
“啪”地一聲，家法棍紮紮實實地打在了她的身上，桑芽痛到發出驚呼，身體倒在了地上。
她沒想到爺爺真的會打她。
“起來，跪直！”桑老很嚴厲，不容一絲留情：“你錯在哪裏，一一說清楚。”
桑芽疼得直抽氣，眼淚都飚出來了：“我……我……不該偷偷談戀愛。”
除了這個，還有什麽？
桑芽答不出來。
桑老又抽了一棍：“你違背婚約，不講信用。”
“我……我違背承諾，不講信用。”她疼哭了，抽抽噎噎。
“還有呢？”
“我……我不該隐瞞，不告訴你。”桑芽哽咽。
桑老的心很痛，下手卻愈發用力。
三棍下去，從來沒挨過打的桑芽終于忍不住求饒：“爺爺我錯了，你別打了，我好痛啊。”
“嗚嗚嗚嗚嗚……”
桑老握住家法棍的手指骨節用力到泛白：“還有呢？”
“你蔑視法律，知法犯法。”
“誰讓你去偷商業機密的，你想坐牢嗎？啊？”
桑老連抽三下，疼得桑芽在地上打滾，她哭得眼淚、鼻涕一起流，沒有了名媛千金的從容貴氣。
“嗚嗚嗚我不是故意的，阿烨說拿下項目就上門提親，我們一起坦白……嗚嗚嗚嗚嗚。”
桑老怒氣沖沖：“你腦子裏全是水嗎？他讓你吃，你屎你也吃嗎？”
桑老年輕的時候是個炮仗，這些年修身養性，現在被桑芽的戀愛腦飙出了髒話。
桑芽意識到失言了：“我……對不起嗚嗚嗚，爺爺你不要打了……我要被打死了。”
眼看着家法棍又要落下，她哭着在地上打滾，恨不得立刻昏過去。
誰來救救她啊？嗚嗚嗚嗚嗚阿烨……
嗚嗚嗚嗚嗚……
桑老打累了：“你犯了什麽錯？把剛才的話再重複一遍。”
“……”
她全身都疼，腦子一片空白：“嗚嗚嗚嗚我知道錯了嗚嗚嗚嗚，我快被打死了……好痛嗚嗚嗚……”
只知道哭，桑老恨鐵不成鋼：“芽芽，你太讓我失望了……”
他怒氣沖頂，一激動直接暈了過去。
桑芽爬起來又倒在地上，背上的傷口疼得她表情扭曲，下一秒就痛暈了過去。
桑家祖孫齊齊暈倒，一片兵荒馬亂。
……
謝知聿回到謝宅，剛好趕上飯點。
沈白梨一眼就看到了門口那個高大的身影：“大哥，你回來啦？”
“嗯，我回來了。”謝知聿邊穿上拖鞋，邊回應。
沈白梨總覺得他怪怪的，有點疲憊。
謝承越從樓上下來，看到大兒子：“洗手吃飯吧。”
謝知聿：“好。”
不需多言語，父子的對視包含了很多感情。
晚餐開始的時候，謝知聿宣布了一個重大消息。
“我和桑芽解除婚約了。”
[什麽？？？？？！]
“咳咳咳……”沈白梨正在喝水，一口氣沒上來被嗆到了。
原著沒有這段啊！！
沈白梨有原著的大綱，但一些細節卻不清楚，只知道女主桑芽和謝知聿解除婚約後，謝家給了女主很多賠償，似乎謝知聿才是過錯方？
到底怎麽回事呢？劇情在他看不到的地方發生了改變？
沈婉連忙拍她背順氣：“這麽大人了，喝水還能嗆到。”
謝知聿給她遞了紙巾盒。
“我喝太着急了。”沈白梨接過他的紙巾盒：“謝謝大哥。”
她小心翼翼問道：“大哥，為什麽解除婚約啊？”
沈婉開口：“你這淘氣孩子，大人的事兒比較複雜……”
她反應迅速，知道女兒是在替她問。
一句話，給所有人遞了梯子。
謝知聿溫和道：“沒什麽不能說的。”
“桑芽交了個男朋友，我們的婚約沒必要存在了。”
他平靜地說出了未婚妻出軌這個理由：“沈姨，以後逢年過節不用特意給桑家送禮了。”
沈婉：“好。”
她踢了一腳謝承越，示意他安慰一下。
謝承越理會了她的意思，他點頭：“嗯。”
算是贊同了謝知聿的處理方式。
沈婉和沈白梨：“……”
明明父子倆很在意對方，卻不會好好表達情感，明明兩個人在各種談判都游刃有餘，在宴會上也是侃侃而談。
怎麽兩個人一相處，就都變成了鋸嘴葫蘆。
沈白梨在心裏吐槽。
[謝叔今天一回家就問大哥，原來是擔心他嗎？]
[還有傍晚一直看手表，不斷張望院子裏的動靜……是在等大哥回來吧，這麽關心大哥，為什麽不說出來啊啊啊！]
[急急急，急得我想當嘴替了。]
謝知聿的筷子拐了個彎，夾了一個雞肉放入謝承越的碗裏。
他出乎意料的舉動，讓對面三人都愣住了。
謝承越沒說話，卻将雞肉放入嘴裏，眼裏的笑意一閃而過。
謝知聿沒有錯過這一幕，心裏暖暖的。
他喝了口水，擋住了揚起的嘴角。
他給自己也夾了一塊雞肉，肉質清甜，果然很好吃。
像是被打開了什麽開關，沈白梨的心聲喋喋不休。
[大哥一定很難過吧……唉。]
[桑芽的眼光太差了，大哥長得帥能力強、家世優越、有責任有擔當……全方位碾壓那個垃圾鳳凰男……真該去眼科看看眼睛了。]
謝知聿被連環彩虹屁砸得措手不及，耳根子都羞紅了。
“歲歲，你也吃點肉。”
他用清蒸魚肉，成功制止了她的心聲彩虹屁，然後又用公筷給沈婉夾了幾塊牛肉。
沈婉有些驚訝，笑得溫柔：“你也多吃點，最近都累瘦了。”
沈白梨直點頭：“大哥多吃點。”
“好。”謝知聿看着冒尖的飯碗，心間像是被什麽東西塞滿了。
很奇怪的感受，像是走在春日的陽光下。
明亮的燈光，照亮了四個人的笑容，一向安靜地謝宅難得熱鬧。
***
夜晚。
沈白梨趴在窗戶邊，看天上的月亮。
“阿燈，你能量條有變化嗎？”
系統秒回應：“啊啊啊上升1%！”
“歲歲，我是不是壞了？能量條竟然會自己動！”
考慮到她們彼此相處很久，一人一統一致決定稱呼雙方的名字。
沈白梨伸出手，想要觸碰月亮。
“你沒壞。”
“我好像知道我第二個執念是什麽了？”她輕輕道。
系統：“！”
“是什麽！？”
阿燈覺得自己程序笨笨的：“曬月光嗎？”
沈白梨：“當然……不是。”
“是改變劇情！”她斬釘截鐵：“一定和改變劇情有關。”
她細細分析：“一個多月以來，你的能量條沒有任何變化。”
“大哥和桑芽解除婚約，改變了劇情。”
“你的能量點瞬間升了。”
系統：“好有道理，歲歲你好聰明！”
“你的執念為什麽和改變劇情有關啊？”
阿燈仿佛十萬個為什麽附體。
沈白梨打了個哈欠：“我也不知道。”
“之後測試一下就知道了。”
她跳到床上，卷起被子，秒睡。
明天還得早起上學。
好好學習，也是關鍵，不能顧此失彼。
阿燈看着秒睡的歲歲，碎碎念道：“……我開出了新章節。”
“那明天再看……吧？”
“歲歲，晚安～”
***
一夜好眠，沈白梨去往學校路上，從阿燈那裏接收了新章節《宴會意外|把柄和妥協》
看到這個标題，沈白梨蹙眉。
【……誰也沒想到，孟家老爺子八十大壽的生日宴會發生這樣的醜聞，主人公竟然是頂級豪門繼承人、素來潔身自好的謝知聿……
他酒醉後強.迫和宴會上的服務員發生了關系，對方一醒來就報警了。】
【謝知聿的未婚妻提出解除婚約，更是讓他的處境雪上加霜，謝氏集團股票一跌再跌……】
【謝知聿從警察局出來，那個大家印象中驕傲的天之驕子胡子拉碴、神色頹靡，有人朝着他扔雞蛋、爛菜葉，男人一語不發，脊背卻挺得筆直……】
【……服務生出國留學後了無音訊，桑芽不敢見他，托人轉交的訂婚玉镯……一切巧合地像是一場針對他的陰謀。】
【謝知聿擡頭，正對上桑芽滿懷歉疚的目光……電光火石間，他明白了一切。】
沈白梨全程皺着眉看完新開出的兩章新章節，所以……顧烨梁設計了一場針對謝知聿的陰謀，不僅從中獲利，還順勢讓桑芽解除了婚約。
顧烨梁這種人怎麽當上男主的啊？手段低劣、毫無道德！
桑芽也是白眼狼，一邊愧疚地哭，一邊把人給坑慘了，把口蜜腹劍、落井下石玩出花的傻逼女主。
賤人配狗，天生一對。
說顧烨梁是狗還侮.辱了狗。
沈白梨很久沒看過這麽歹毒的人設和劇情了，看得她右眼皮一直跳。
一直到教室，她的眼皮沒有消停。
祝之桃元氣滿滿地和她打招呼，看到她疲倦的神色，吓了一跳：“白梨，你臉色有點差，晚上沒睡好嗎？”
沈白梨點頭：“我睡會兒，上課了叫我。”
祝之桃：“你放心睡吧，交給我。”
"Why didn't you two sleep well?" Joey glanced at Sang Fang who was wearing glasses and said in a low voice.
Sang Fang rubbed his eyes and said, "My grandpa was hospitalized. My mom and I stayed in the hospital all night."
"Is your grandpa feeling better?" Joey asked concernedly.
Zhu Zhitao also looked over and said, "Is Grandpa okay? It's the sickness of the elderly that worries us the most."
She remembered that Sang Fang's grandfather was almost eighty years old, and it was a big deal for someone of this age to go to the hospital.
"It's not a big deal." Sang Fang smiled and said, "Thank you."
"Why did you suddenly go to the hospital?" Zhu Zhitao asked, "I remember your grandfather was always in good health."
Sang Fang hesitated: "It's a difficult family matter to talk about."
He couldn't say that his grandfather was mad about his cousin's love affair. Their family was in chaos because of his cousin's broken engagement.
Zhu Zhitao and Qiao Yi looked at each other and considerately did not ask any further questions.
Unfortunately, Shen Baili, who was sleeping, could not hear Sang Fang's thoughts, and must have felt that this statement was familiar.
Fifteen minutes later, Shen Baili was awakened by the bell for class. She applied some cooling oil on her philtrum and concentrated on the class.
After two math classes in a row, the students were completely confused by the courseware.
Shen Baili was called to the office by Deng Qin. When she passed the corridor of Class 2, two boys brushed past her.
She looked straight ahead and heard someone shout, "Meng Jiuan."
Meng Jiuan?
This name is familiar.
Shen Baili paused as she remembered something.
The only grandson of Mr. Meng was named Meng Jiuan.
She turned around and only saw a corner of the school uniform.
…
A day of campus life is very long, and finally it is time to go home.
Shen Baili returned home on time, carrying her schoolbag.
She looked at the two extra pairs of shoes at the entrance and knew that there were guests at home.
Before I even walked into the living room, I heard a pleasant female voice.
Shen Wan spotted Shen Baili the first time: "Welcome home, Sui Sui."
"Come and say hello to Aunt Xie and Uncle Xie."