Chapter 10: Vintage Watch as Her Punishment
The next evening, Chi Liuai was sitting in the car. The driver who came to pick her up was a stranger, and Chi Liuai couldn't see his face in the shadows.
She scrolled through her phone out of boredom, occasionally letting out a laugh.
At this time, her mobile phone prompted her that the blogger she particularly followed had updated his status. It was Chi Baoyuan who posted a Weibo.
My first art exhibition was a success! The gifts my brother prepared in advance were so beautiful!
Classic nine-square grid illustration.
The three photos of the exhibition venue are a charity art exhibition held by the Chi family specifically for Chi Baoyuan.
In the three family photos, except for the absence of Chi Liuai, the family of four is warm and harmonious.
Chi Liuai quickly scanned the photos and saw the last three. The dial was inlaid with a pink gemstone, surrounded by dazzling diamonds, which looked very suitable for her fair wrist.
She couldn't understand the logo on it, but she could clearly feel from the texture that the watch was of great value.
Chi Liuai lowered his eyes and turned his wrist, feeling light and free of burden.
This watch is inlaid with diamonds and must be very heavy. She doesn't want it. It would be better if it pressed down on Chi Baoyuan's hand and made her so tired that she couldn't lift her hand to paint.
Since her wrist had no decorations, Chi Liuai pried the phone screen harder and faster, replying
——It’s so ugly, so ugly, so ugly. Of course, I’m not talking about the watch!
Chi Liuai picked out his own works from the album and sent them to Chi Cheng, asking him what he thought of them.
Chi Cheng said, it’s okay.
So, Chi Liuai tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth, deliberately took a selfie, and inadvertently revealed his wrist.
Using superb skills to suggest: [After the painting, my empty wrist hurts.]
[Chi Cheng: If you feel pain, go to the hospital. What did you say to me?]
How can this be!
Chi Liuai sat up straight in a hurry, and just at that moment, the car stopped steadily in front of a villa.
She moved a little too quickly, and a little head suddenly popped out from the half-closed window. It made a bitter face at him, looking very aggrieved. Meng Ran, who was not far away, had his heart skipped a beat.
He didn't expect Chi Liuai to be so impatient to see him.
Inside the car, Chi Liuai's tears were still welling up in her eyes due to the stimulation from Chi Cheng. When she heard footsteps, she leaned against the half-open car window and looked at Meng Ran who was approaching.
She saw a beautifully wrapped gift bag, and the driver took it.
Her watery eyes sparkled, and Chi Liuai could not hide her joy.
Oh my God, he is so nice. When she went to the Meng family to attend a banquet, Mr. Meng even prepared a gift for her!
The car stopped steadily in Yujin Lanting. Chi Liuai saw the scene inside and thought that the rich man was too exaggerated. No wonder everyone in the family wanted Chi Baoyuan to marry into the Meng family.
Qingya: You want to see me? First, get that ignorant little thing out of your car.
Meng Ran looked at the screen of her mobile phone, turned it off, and was about to ask Chi Liuai to get out of the car. When she looked up, her eyes met Chi Liuai's. She didn't know when they were staring at the screen together.
The two looked at each other directly, and at this moment Meng Ran didn't know how to start.
Chi Liuai frowned and thought to himself, you ignorant little thing, who are you talking about?
She glanced at Meng Ran and understood.
She shared Meng Ran's worries with the idea of "If you are good to me, I will also consider you."
He said to the driver in front: "Uncle, please step out for a moment."
The car was silent, and Chi Liuai explained: "This is what Mr. Meng meant."
What a naive little thing! The person on the other side was really rude. Why would they say such things about down-to-earth working people?
If she was scolded like this, she could understand it. Her family scolded her every day for being lazy, greedy, vain, hypocritical, and a liar.
Forget it, it’s not about her anyway, Mr. Meng even gave her a gift.
Meng Ran's face was gloomy. He slammed the car door, got out first, and walked to the entrance of the house.
Yujin Lanting, nestled in Xiangtan Hill, boasts strict entry control, patrolled by retired military personnel and maintaining 24-hour security. Most of the Meng family's descendants reside in small villas at the base of the mountain, while the residences at the top are primarily occupied by direct descendants. Even Meng Tianxi isn't allowed in, so Meng Yuzhi has lived here since returning home.
The courtyards inside are scattered, with three side houses surrounding the main house. Of course, Meng Ran's banquet tonight will be held in the small villa closest to the main house.
This is the only way for Meng Yuzhi to go home. It goes around the lake and there is an asphalt road lined with dense forests of fragrant pine.
Liang Qingya watched the girl and the driver enter the inner field from the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor.
"Is this the girl you like?"
Meng Ran disagreed: "Sister Qingya, are you kidding me? I just brought it here to play with."
"You dare to bring another girl around in front of me after you arrange marriage with me?" Liang Qingya looked at Chi Liuai.
So beautiful.
But she found that Meng Ran didn't look at her for long, but just focused his attention on herself. Liang Qingya felt more satisfied, and her face naturally looked much better.
Unexpectedly, Chi Liuai would fall into her hands tonight.
Meng Ran held her wrist, and the two looked at each other for a while, then their lips tightly sucked each other. Then Meng Ran whispered in her ear, "Sister Qingya, when you forget my brother, I will probably love you even more."
Liang Qingya's secret was touched upon. She came here just for Meng Yuzhi.
When she heard that Brother Yuzhi had returned to China, she didn't have the chance to see him, and she didn't know if Brother Yuzhi ever cared about her.
"Unhappy? Then let her suffer a little to relieve your anger." Meng Ran noticed Liang Qingya's mood and attributed half of it to Chi Liuai's arrival. Women need a sense of crisis, but he also knows when to stop. "I brought you a gift, Sister Qingya, you will like it."
The value of an antique watch with the Meng family emblem is not just reflected in its price.
The eunuch led the way in front, and Chi Liuai walked in the middle, looking around. They had already walked a long way, and Chi Liuai's ankles were sore.
After parking the car, the driver went with the two of them, holding the gift box.
This was a small path made of broken cobblestones, and Chi Liuai suddenly stopped.
She turned to the driver and smiled, then turned away again. "You are not allowed to be mad at me for what I just said. Got it!"
What? The driver figured it out. Miss Chi was talking about asking him to get off the car.
He worked for Meng Ran, which involved his private life, and he had seen a lot of ups and downs. He had never taken such a small matter to heart. When Meng Ran drunkenly took a little star back to the hotel, he was slapped in the face for being photographed by reporters.
In comparison, this is nothing.
"Give it to me." Chi Liuai took the gift box. It wasn't difficult for her to hold it. Chi Liuai thought of the news she had just seen in the car. There might be people here who don't like the driver. It would be better not to let him go in and be looked down upon.
The driver instructed: "Miss Chi, this gift must be delivered..."
"Okay, okay, you're so long-winded."
These gifts are for herself. What difference does it make if they reach her early or late?
They couldn't get in any further.
The driver was puzzled by his boss's behavior. He had never seen Meng Ran bring a woman back to Yu Jin Lan Ting. It was conceivable that he liked this woman, but why did he just leave her at the door and leave?
Even the most basic parking arrangements were not made.
Chi Liuai had to go alone.
Chi Liuai got lost.
The rain was falling lightly, and the branches and leaves were shaking in the strong wind.
The route here was truly circuitous. She contacted Mr. Meng's assistant, but received no response. In fact, if she only had to look up and carefully, she would have known. In the distance, in the large French window on the top floor, a man and a woman were shaking their wine glasses, sipping them carefully, savoring the embarrassment of the lost girl by the clear lake.
"How is it? Are you satisfied?"
Let a woman who is obsessed with him walk step by step from the distant door, in the rain, to give an engagement gift to his fiancée.
Only Meng Ran has loved to use such dirty tricks since he was a child.
Obviously, Liang Qingya benefited a lot from it.
She didn't walk far before Chi Liuai hid in the rain pavilion.
A message popped up on the mobile chat page, indicating that it was a spam message, which made Chi Liuai's depressed mood suddenly become aggrieved and irritable.
Chi Cheng's indifference and the assistant's disappearance seemed to make Chi Liuai feel like he was abandoned by the whole world.
This world revolves around people like Chi Baoyuan, Chi Cheng, and Mr. Meng.
Chi Liuai suddenly became discouraged and decided to return the same way.
but.......
Chi Liuai lowered her eyes and stared at the gift in her hand. After a while, she wiped the rain off it.
Looking around, no one came to see her, and the surroundings were empty and silent.
There's really nothing we can do, it belongs to her.
Meng Ran felt increasingly that something was wrong, so he called his assistant.
"What are you doing? She's been walking around in circles for a long time. If you don't know the way, get someone to lead you here!"
The thought of the gift being hers piqued the already neglected Chi Liuai's curiosity. Opening the gift box, she gasped, then her eyes widened in amazement. It was a watch even more beautiful than Chi Baoyuan's, with a larger diamond and even more exquisite craftsmanship!
She tried it on.
Obviously, it didn't quite fit her wrist.
But based on her understanding of her own personal charm, this watch is definitely a gift for her.
She wore a watch with a large gap on her wrist. When she raised her hand and shook it, the watch would drop to her elbow.
Unable to resist the urge to show off, she wanted to take credit in front of Sister Xuewei, so she took out her phone and took a bunch of random photos of the watch, and sent them without even taking the time to edit them.
Soon she received the message.
[Meng Yuzhi even gave you this?! Honey, you're amazing.]
What does it mean? What does it mean?
[This watch was purchased by the Meng family thirteen years ago at a price so high it's worth. The logo engraved on it represents the Meng family crest, proving you've earned their approval. Honey, don't you understand? This is a disguised proposal.]
ah--
She is so capable!
Chi Liuai felt dizzy. Maybe she was knocked unconscious by the rain.
"Chen Hui, please restrain yourself."
A deep and powerful voice was heard in the air, striking Chi Liuai.
The voice is pleasant enough without any emotion.
Her heart suddenly trembled, and she looked up. Unconsciously, she had already started walking. On the asphalt road where she had gotten off, a long line of black cars appeared. In the center, the windows of the cars slowly lowered.
She didn't see the face of the people in the car clearly.
The bodyguards were densely blocking the exit, and Chi Liuai saw a person kneeling there.
If the man named Chen Hui had not pressed the sharp tip of the umbrella in his hand against the throat of the person kneeling and kowtowing, then this movie-like scene would have been pleasing to her.
Chi Liuai took a step back, his legs and feet going weak.
How could she encounter such a terrible thing?
bump--
The gift box in his hand fell to the ground. The distance was not far or near, but the well-trained bodyguard had sharp eyes and spotted Chi Liuai who was obviously hiding in shackles.
"No need to chase."
The rain gradually subsided, Meng Yuzhi looked away and got out of the car.
The tip of the umbrella moved away from the man's throat, replaced by a pair of shiny, thin, low-heeled leather shoes, which stepped neither lightly nor heavily.
"After being in the Meng family for a year, you should know the rules."
The driver, with a bruised face and nose, kowtowed and cried, "Mr. Meng, I was doing this to support my family. Young Master Meng Ran forced me to do this. I truly know I was wrong, and I only did it this once."
"Young Master Meng Ran asked me to take you to the small villa for an appearance and a party. And, there's more." Chen Hui grabbed the driver's hair and pulled it back. The driver cried out in pain, "He asked me to pick up a few more girls and send them to the villa. Miss Chi is also among them."
The rain had soaked Meng Yuzhi's body, leaving his black suit slightly damp. Meng Yuzhi hadn't asked Chen Hui to hold an umbrella. Through the drizzle, he glanced toward the brightly lit villa, the direction the girl had left. Chen Hui opened the car door as usual. He was just a driver who had deliberately tampered with the car. He confessed out of cowardice, as nothing serious had happened. Mr. Meng never wasted his time on insignificant people.
Meng Yuzhi sat in the car and started the engine.
Suddenly, perhaps because the gift box on the ground was too eye-catching, it dazzled in Meng Yu's eyes.
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