"Yaoyao, let's go back to Yuecheng tomorrow."
Xu Jingzhi sighed inwardly. Perhaps the prosperity of the capital had blinded his sister. He should take her home as soon as possible.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yao's eyes widened. "Why? Brother, didn't you say it would take a few more days to finalize the business here? Besides, I've already made plans with Sister Chu Chu to go sightseeing in Beijing together."
Xu Jingzhi's brows furrowed slightly with displeasure, but he continued driving.
"I can come back for the business later. I'll say goodbye to Mr. Shen tomorrow."
Xu Yao was extremely resistant; her voice choked with sobs, tears welling in her eyes, she said with a wronged tone:
"Brother, you were the one who told me to make friends, and I've made so many friends, but you want me to go back tomorrow? I don't care, I'm not going back. Summer vacation is long, I want to play for a few more days. If you want to go back, then go back by yourself."
With a screeching sound, the car suddenly stopped at the side of the road. Xu Jingzhi turned around and looked at Xu Yao in disbelief. "Yao Yao, is this how you talk to your brother?"
Xu Yao didn't think she had done anything wrong. She wiped away her tears and said:
“I don’t care. You asked me to make friends, and I did. But now you want me to go back. How am I supposed to strengthen my relationships with my friends?”
Xu Jingzhi got angry, his face turned cold, and he stared at Xu Yao as he spoke:
"Look at what you've become! At today's party, you really enjoy being flattered? Lying, climbing the social ladder, trying to claim kinship—Xu Yao, you weren't like this before."
Xu Yao was taken aback by Xu Jingzhi's words, but then, unwilling to back down, she retorted:
"They're the ones who want to flatter me; I didn't force them to."
"You accuse me of lying and trying to claim kinship, but where have I lied? Where have I tried to claim kinship?"
Xu Jingzhi's expression was indifferent:
“You’re lying to them by saying you’ve never heard of Nanzhi. Nanzhi is clearly Shen Xingmian’s wife. Saying that will only ruin Nanzhi’s reputation.”
"As for climbing the social ladder, look at yourself. You call Shen Xingmian 'brother,' but does he even acknowledge you? Why do you have to degrade yourself like this?"
Xu Yao's face turned red with anger, and she roared at Xu Jingzhi:
"Me, degrading myself? I call him brother because he is my brother. Since his grandfather is my godfather, then I am his god-sister. Aren't we relatives? Besides, I just don't like Nanzhi and don't want to speak up for her. You know why. It's one thing that her brother Nanli made me so embarrassed, but she knew I liked Shen Xingmian, yet she still secretly got together with him behind my back. How can I be happy?"
Xu Jingzhi was only disappointed by Xu Yao's words. His Xu family children could live well, so why should they have to depend on others? He regretted coming to the capital to expand the Xu family's business.
"Shen Xingmian's original girlfriend was Nan Zhi. She was with him long before you. Why are you still so stubborn?"
Xu Jingzhi felt a pang of heartache. In the past two years, his younger sister had frequently visited the capital. He had no idea that his carefree, lovely, and innocent sister at home would be like this in the capital.
Unable to reason with Xu Jingzhi, Xu Yao unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, and got out, saying, "I have nothing to talk to you about. Go back by yourself."
After saying that, Xu Yao closed the car door and walked a few steps away. Xu Jingzhi dared not ignore her, so he silently followed behind her until she made a phone call and then waited by the roadside.
Xu Yao didn't look at Xu Jingzhi from beginning to end. It wasn't until Lian Chuchu's car arrived and Xu Jingzhi saw Xu Yao and Lian Chuchu leave together that he felt relieved.
Leaning back in his chair, Xu Jingzhi sighed, suddenly feeling as if he were meeting Xu Yao for the first time.
........
"Hey, Shen Xingmian, what do you think of Youyou?"
After returning home and washing up, Shen Xingmian leaned against the headboard and worked on documents, while Nan Zhi scrolled through her phone for a while.
Thinking of Lin Youyou, she couldn't help but ask a question.
Shen Xingmian turned a page of the document without looking up, and said, "It's fine."
Nanzhi: "..."
"I'm thanking you for your performance today, Lin Youyou."
"Hmm, very good."
Nanzhi: "..."
She reached out and hugged Shen Xingmian's neck tightly. Her loose hair fell behind her head, and her wet eyes darted around a couple of times. Only when Shen Xingmian was looking at her seriously did she ask:
What do you think of Lian Jin and Lin Youyou?
Shen Xingmian: "...They're all pretty good."
Nan Zhi: "...That's not what I'm asking you. I'm asking what you think of them as a couple?"
Shen Xingmian was stunned for a moment, then frowned and pondered for a while, feeling that he really couldn't understand it.
"Don't play matchmaker."
Nanzhi glared at him angrily; this was something she had thought through carefully, okay?
"Don't you think it was really cool how Youyou protected Lian Jin today? And, and Lian Jin so decisively pulled Youyou away, and even made some grand pronouncements, he was just too charming."
Nan Zhi kept rambling on and on, completely ignoring Shen Xingmian's increasingly gloomy expression, "I think Lian Jin really has feelings for Youyou. The way he protected Youyou at the end was so incredibly cool... ah..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was shoved to the ground with great force. Nan Zhi stared wide-eyed at the man's face, a dangerous glint in his eyes as he curled his lips into a smile. "He's very charming?"
Nanzhi: "..."
She was about to speak in rebuttal, but Shen Xingmian didn't give her the chance.
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