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.
Old Sang did not stop imposing family discipline, and making his granddaughter suffer was for her own good.
If you continue to indulge her like this, it will only harm her.
With a "bang", the family baton hit her hard on the body. Sang Ya screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
She didn't expect that her grandfather would actually hit her.
"Stand up and kneel straight!" Mr. Sang said sternly, showing no mercy: "Tell me clearly what you did wrong."
Sang Ya gasped in pain, tears streaming down her face: "I...I...shouldn't have been in a secret relationship."
Besides this, what else?
Sang Ya couldn't answer.
Old Sang hit him again: "You broke your engagement and broke your word."
"I...I broke my promise and didn't keep my word." She cried in pain, sobbing.
"What else?"
"I...I shouldn't have hidden it and not told you." Sang Ya choked.
Mr. Sang felt very sad, but he hit him even harder.
After three blows, Sang Ya, who had never been beaten before, finally couldn't help but beg for mercy: "Grandpa, I was wrong, please stop beating me, it hurts so much."
“Wuwuwuwuwu…”
Mr. Sang gripped the family baguette with such force that his knuckles turned white. "Anything else?"
"You defy the law and break it knowingly."
"Who asked you to steal trade secrets? Do you want to go to jail? Huh?"
Old Sang spanked her three times, causing Sang Ya to roll on the ground in pain. She cried with tears and snot streaming down her face, and she no longer had the composure and elegance of a wealthy lady.
"Wuwuwu, I didn't mean it. Aye said he would come to propose marriage if I got the project. Let's be honest together...wuwuwuwuwu."
Mr. Sang was furious: "Is your brain full of water? If he tells you to eat, will you eat his shit?"
When he was young, Mr. Sang was a firecracker. He has been cultivating himself in recent years, but now he is cursed by Sang Ya's love brain.
Sang Ya realized that he had said something wrong: "I... I'm sorry, Wuwuwu, Grandpa, please stop beating me... I'm going to be beaten to death."
Seeing that the baguette was about to fall again, she rolled on the ground crying, wishing she could faint immediately.
Who will come to save her?
Wuwuwuwuwuwu…
Mr. Sang was tired of beating him: "What did you do wrong? Repeat what you just said."
“…”
Her whole body ached, and her mind went blank: “Wuwuwuwu, I know I’m wrong, wuwuwuwu, I’m almost beaten to death… It hurts so much, wuwuwuwu…”
All he knew was crying. Old Sang was so upset that he couldn't make it. "Ya Ya, you disappoint me so much..."
He was so angry that he fainted.
Sang Ya climbed up and fell to the ground again. The wound on her back made her expression distorted with pain, and she fainted the next second.
All the ancestors and grandchildren of the Sang family fainted at the same time, and the whole place was in chaos.
…
Xie Zhiyu returned to Xie's house just in time for dinner.
Shen Baili immediately spotted the tall figure at the door: "Brother, you're back?"
"Yeah, I'm back." Xie Zhiyu responded while putting on his slippers.
Shen Baili always felt that he was weird and a little tired.
Xie Chengyue came down from the building and saw his eldest son: "Wash your hands and have dinner."
Xie Zhiyu: “Okay.”
No words are needed, the look between father and son contains a lot of emotions.
At the beginning of dinner, Xie Zhiyu announced an important news.
"Sang Ya and I have broken off our engagement."
[What????!]
"Cough cough cough..." Shen Baili was drinking water and was choked before she could catch her breath.
This part is not in the original book!!
Shen Baili has the outline of the original work, but some details are unclear. We only know that after the heroine Sang Ya and Xie Zhiyu broke off their engagement, Xie's family gave the heroine a lot of compensation, as if Xie Zhiyu was the one at fault?
What was going on? Was the plot changing without his knowledge?
Shen Wan quickly patted her on the back to calm her down: "You are so old, and you still choke when you drink water."
Xie Zhiyu handed her a tissue box.
"I drank too hastily." Shen Baili took his tissue box: "Thank you, brother."
She asked cautiously, "Brother, why did you cancel the engagement?"
Shen Wan said: "You naughty child, adult matters are more complicated..."
She reacted quickly and realized that her daughter was asking for her.
In one sentence, a ladder was handed to everyone.
Xie Zhiyu said gently, "There's nothing that can't be said."
"Sang Ya has a boyfriend now, so there is no need for our engagement to exist anymore."
He calmly stated the reason why his fiancée had cheated on him: "Aunt Shen, you don't have to send gifts to the Sang family on holidays in the future."
Shen Wan: "Okay."
She kicked Xie Chengyue, signaling him to comfort her.
Xie Chengyue understood what she meant and nodded: "Yes."
I agree with Xie Zhiyu's approach.
Shen Wan and Shen Baili: "..."
It's obvious that the father and son care about each other, but they don't know how to express their feelings. It's obvious that they are both adept at all kinds of negotiations and talk freely at banquets.
How come when two people get along, they both become like saw-mouthed gourds?
Shen Baili complained in her heart.
[As soon as Uncle Xie got home today, he asked his eldest brother, "Are you worried about him?"
[Also in the evening, he kept looking at his watch and constantly watching what was going on in the yard... He was probably waiting for his brother to come back. If he cared about his brother so much, why didn't he say it out loud!]
[Urgent, urgent, urgent, I'm so anxious that I want to be a mouthpiece.]
Xie Zhiyu's chopsticks turned and picked up a piece of chicken and put it into Xie Chengyue's bowl.
His unexpected action stunned the three people on the opposite side.
Xie Chengyue didn't say anything, but put the chicken into his mouth, with a smile flashing across his eyes.
Xie Zhiyu did not miss this scene and felt warm in his heart.
He took a sip of water and covered his raised mouth.
He also picked up a piece of chicken for himself. The meat was sweet and delicious.
As if a switch had been turned on, Shen Baili's inner voice kept chattering.
[Big brother must be very sad... Alas.]
[Sang Ya has such bad taste. Big brother is handsome, capable, has a good family background, is responsible and has a sense of responsibility... He crushes that rubbish Phoenix man in all aspects... He really should go to the ophthalmologist to check his eyes.]
Xie Zhiyu was caught off guard by the continuous flattery and his ears turned red with embarrassment.
"Sui Sui, you should eat some meat too."
He used steamed fish to successfully stop her from flattering him, and then used a serving chopstick to pick up a few pieces of beef for Shen Wan.
Shen Wan was a little surprised and smiled softly: "You should eat more too. You have been tired and thin recently."
Shen Baili nodded: "Big brother, eat more."
"Okay." Xie Zhiyu looked at the job that was about to happen, and his heart seemed to be filled with something.
It’s a very strange feeling, like walking in the spring sunshine.
The bright lights illuminated the smiles of the four people, and the usually quiet Xie residence was now bustling with activity.
***
night.
Shen Baili lay by the window, looking at the moon in the sky.
"A Deng, has your energy bar changed?"
The system responded within seconds: “Ahhh, up 1%!”
"Sui Sui, am I broken? The energy bar can actually move on its own!"
Considering that they had been together for a long time, everyone unanimously decided to call each other by their first names.
Shen Baili stretched out her hand, wanting to touch the moon.
"You're not bad."
"I think I know what my second obsession is?" she said softly.
System: “!”
"What is it!?"
Ah Deng felt that his procedure was stupid: "Want to bask in the moonlight?"
Shen Baili: "Of course... not."
"It's about changing the plot!" She said decisively, "It must be related to changing the plot."
She analyzed carefully: "For more than a month, your energy bar has not changed at all."
"Big Brother and Sang Ya broke off their engagement, which changed the plot."
"Your energy points rise instantly."
System: "That makes sense. Suishun, you are so smart!"
"Why does your obsession have to do with changing the plot?"
Ah Deng seemed to be possessed by a hundred thousand whys.
Shen Baili yawned: "I don't know either."
“We’ll know after testing it.”
She jumped onto the bed, rolled up the quilt, and fell asleep in seconds.
I have to get up early to go to school tomorrow.
Studying hard is also the key, and you can't lose sight of the big picture.
Ah Deng looked at Sui Sui who fell asleep in seconds and muttered, "...I have opened a new chapter."
"Then we'll see tomorrow..."
"Good night, Sui Sui~"
***
After a good night's sleep, Shen Baili received a new chapter from Ah Deng on her way to school: "Banquet Accident | Handle and Compromise"
Seeing this title, Shen Baili frowned.
[…No one would have thought that such a scandal would occur at the birthday party of the Meng family’s 80th birthday. The protagonist turned out to be the top wealthy heir, the always clean-minded Xie Zhiyu…
He forced a waiter at the banquet to have sex with him after getting drunk, and the waiter called the police as soon as she woke up.
[Xie Zhiyu's fiancée proposed to cancel the engagement, which made his situation even worse. The Xie Group's stock price continued to fall...]
[Xie Zhiyu came out of the police station. The proud and arrogant man in everyone's impression was now untidy and had a decadent look. Some people threw eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at him, but the man said nothing, but his back was straight...]
[…After the waiter went abroad to study, he had no news. Sang Ya didn’t dare to see him, so she asked someone to pass on the engagement jade bracelet… Everything happened to be a conspiracy against him.]
【Xie Zhiyu raised his head and met Sang Ya's apologetic gaze... In a flash, he understood everything.】
Shen Baili frowned as she read the two new chapters, so... Gu Yeliang devised a conspiracy against Xie Zhiyu. Not only did he profit from it, he also took advantage of the situation to make Sang Ya cancel the engagement.
How did someone like Gu Yeliang become the male lead? His methods are despicable and he has no morals!
Sang Ya is also an ungrateful person, she cries with guilt while hurting others badly, she is a stupid heroine who is sweet-mouthed, treacherous, and takes advantage of others' misfortunes.
A jerk and a dog are a perfect match.
Calling Gu Yeliang a dog is an insult. It is an insult to the dog.
Shen Baili hadn't seen such vicious characters and plots in a long time, and her right eyelid kept twitching.
Her eyelids were still drooping until she reached the classroom.
Zhu Zhitao greeted her with great energy, but was startled when he saw her tired look: "Bai Li, you look a little pale, did you not sleep well last night?"
Shen Baili nodded: "I'll take a nap. Call me when class starts."
Zhu Zhitao: "Just sleep peacefully, leave it to me."
"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."
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