Chapter 5 The Heartless Girl

When Shuang Xu returned to the lobby, Chen Peiran had not left yet.

She stayed there for nearly forty minutes, and Chen Peiran waited for forty minutes.

As soon as the elevator arrived, Chen Peiran turned his head quickly.

Chen Peiran is not a native of Yancheng, and he was sent abroad to study on a government scholarship. Born in a third-tier city, he has no idea about the top circle in Yancheng.

During the few years he returned to China, Shuang Xu was not around, so he didn't know that this little schoolmate Shu Yang actually had a very impressive background.

Not only is she the daughter of Director Song of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but she is also the godsister of the young master of the Shen family.

Xiao Liao rushed forward and asked, "How is it? How is it?"

Shuang Xu shook his head lightly, and Xiao Liao's face turned lifeless in a second.

Chen Peiran's anxious heart settled back into his stomach. He thought she was so capable, but she was just like this.

Straightening his tie, he walked up to Shuang Xu with a proud look on his face, blocking the two of them.

"I've already told you there's no hope, but you're still asking for trouble. Do you think He Tingzhou is just any guy? No matter how powerful your father is, he has to bow down to someone with the last name He."

Shuang Xu really hates men who complain.

"If a man talks too much, it may be a problem with his kidneys. Kidney deficiency and insufficient yang energy affect the heart and lung functions, so he will talk more to assist breathing. Have you been to the hospital for a check-up?"

She spoke at a leisurely pace, and spoke in a serious tone. Chen Peiran subconsciously touched the location of his kidney. He quickly reacted and his face turned green.

"I won't argue with you. Go back and persuade your senior sister to treat her illness. Why is she fighting with me? Can she beat me?"

Shuang Xu originally wanted to tell Shu Yang the result later and then think about whether there was any other way.

But he couldn't guard against Xiao Liao, the mouthpiece.

She imitated Chen Peiran so vividly that Shu Yang was so angry that he broke a pair of chopsticks.

"When I'm discharged from the hospital, I'll kill him alive and cut him into sashimi!"

Shu Yang always adheres to the principle of parting ways amicably when breaking up. Everyone can just go their separate ways. Why does it have to be so bloody and undignified?

Chen Peiran was the first one for whom she made an exception.

Xiao Liao was filled with righteous indignation: "Kill him! Must be killed!"

Shu Yang's fighting spirit for survival was ignited: "Ask me the doctor if the chemotherapy can be done quickly. Do it once a day. I am anxious to be discharged."

Xiao Liao stood up immediately: "I'll go right away!"

Shuang Xu was speechless: "Sit down. This is chemotherapy, not a spa. If you do it once a day, even King Yan will have to bow down to you."

Xiao Liao: “Oh.” He sat down.

Shu Yang calmed down and stayed quiet for a few seconds. Suddenly, he pointed at Xiao Liao and said to Shuang Xu, "Do you know why Chen Peiran didn't take her away?"

Shuang Xu couldn't help but laugh.

Xiao Liao: "Because I am loyal to you."

Shu Yang said: "It would be great if you were loyal to Chen Peiran, go and harm him."

Xiao Liao grumbled, and the two of them bickered. Shuang Xu looked at the time, stood up and said, "I have to go. Today is my brother's birthday."

"Is that your brother Shen Yu?" Xiao Liao looked longingly. "I found his photo. He looks so handsome!"

"Yes." Shuang Xu's eyes narrowed, and before leaving, he told Xiao Liao: "I'll leave Ms. Shu to you. Just don't kill her."

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The birthday party was held at Shen Yu's private villa. At night, when Shuang Xu was carrying the cake to the car, the Shen family's driver asked with a smile, "Is this a cake for the young master?"

"Um."

When she was a child, her interests changed a lot, and Shen Yu always took her hobbies seriously. He taught her swimming, horse riding, and archery himself.

But he had never been involved in baking, so he hired a teacher for her. Shuang Xu learned the basics, and after three minutes, he turned his attention to swimming.

However, every year on the Shen family's birthday, especially Shen Yu's, she has kept the tradition of making a cake by hand.

Shuang Xu had not returned to Yancheng for five years and had not made any public appearances. The rumors that had been buried in the dust were brought up again with her return.

In the past few years, she was abroad and never came back for Shen Yu’s birthday every year, but this year she had no reason to avoid it.

In the past few days since she came back, she didn't pay any attention to what people said outside. Today she made up her mind that no matter what strange looks she received, she would just pretend to be blind.

The three-story white French building is ablaze with lights, lighting up the night sky. The crystal lamps are radiant, and the sweet aroma of champagne flows with the shadows of people.

There was a pair of twins talking at the door, wearing red and blue skirts respectively. When they saw Shuang Xu, they looked her up and down.

Shuang Xu took off his coat and handed it to the servant. There were so many people around that he couldn't see Shen Yu.

Several men were drinking and chatting at the bar. Yue Zifeng, wearing a pink shirt with a sling bag, had his elbows on the bar. He noticed that several people's attention was attracted by the door. He glanced at it casually while drinking a cocktail and stopped.

The girls who come here are all dressed up and wearing heavy makeup, vying for beauty, but Shuang Xu's makeup is very light, and she looks beautiful without any effort.

She had a standard oval face with delicate features. She had a glamorous appearance, but her eyes were clear and pure, which made her beauty look pure.

Yue Zifeng always said that she had a pair of eyes that made people want to protect them.

The crystal chandeliers in the banquet hall all favored her, wrapping her in a satin-like light. She wore a black off-shoulder dress, a fitted skirt that revealed her slender ankles, and high-heeled shoe straps tied around her delicate frame.

Yue Zifeng's eyes lit up: "Hey! Isn't this Xiao Shuangxu?"

He put down the cup and strode over, giving Shuang Xu a big hug: "It's been a few years since we last met, and you've become so pretty."

He is Shen Yu's childhood friend and also grew up watching Shuang Xu.

Shuang Xu felt very friendly when he saw him. He carefully protected the cake with one hand and let him hug him with a smile: "Brother Zifeng."

"It's been a long time since I last saw you. You've been overseas for a few years and didn't come back after graduation. Don't you miss your brothers at all?"

Shuang Xu shook his head without giving any face: "I don't want to."

"You are such a heartless girl." Yue Zifeng said, "If you don't miss us, you must miss your brother."

Shuang Xu smiled but said nothing.

The man next to her came over with a glass of wine in his hand: "Come on, sister, let me hug you too."

Yue Zifeng slapped her and told her to get out of here. "Get lost! Who the hell are you? Are you worthy of holding my sister? Shen Yu will come over and beat you to death."

Everyone knew that Shen Yuduo treasured his sister, so the man didn't get angry: "Just wait, I'll beat you first."

Shuang Xu took the cake to the table and saw that there were already seven or eight cakes on it, each one more gorgeous and exquisite than the other.

The blueberry mousse she brought seemed too plain among them, like the security guard of a high-end villa community.

After putting the cake away, I was about to leave when I heard a muffled conversation.

"It's her. I can't tell at all..."

"How could I possibly let you see that? Who would write the words 'shameless' on their face?"

"She looks quite innocent..."

"You are naive! She is very scheming. She knows that her identity as an illegitimate daughter is not welcomed in the Song family, so she has been staying in the Shen family. She wants to get close to Shen Yu whenever she gets the chance."

Shuang Xu pretended not to hear and turned to leave, but the woman in red talked more and more.

"It's disgusting that a brother and a sister are together."

"Ah~ Shen Yu doesn't look like that kind of person..."

"Do you know what kind of person he is? Otherwise, why do you think he would keep a little girl with no relatives around? Maybe he just likes that kind of person..."

Shuang Xu spent several years teaching herself not to care about other people's opinions, but she could not tolerate them talking about Shen Yu in such a contemptuous and dirty tone.

She turned around, walked to the twins, and looked at them quietly: "What do you like?"