Chapter 62 Wife, do you like it?
The nanny led a tall, slender man into the house through the entrance.
He was wearing a stand-up collar shirt, dress pants, and a black trench coat.
He looks very dashing and handsome.
Shen Wenzhong was delighted. "So Yanchuan was already at the door, that's why he didn't answer the phone."
Lu Yanchuan carried two bags in his hands and placed them on the coffee table in front of Shen Li as he walked in.
Zheng Lixuan was overjoyed, "Oh, it's enough that you came, why did you bring a gift..."
She opened the bag and glanced at it as she spoke, then her voice abruptly stopped.
It doesn't look like a gift for them at all.
Lu Yanchuan walked in and sat down comfortably next to Shen Li on the two-seater sofa, very close to each other.
Perhaps it was just her imagination, but Shen Li felt as if she could almost feel Lu Yanchuan's body temperature, and the crisp scent of cedar on his body seemed to be drifting into her breath.
Lu Yanchuan's hand went around her shoulder and gently put his arm around her shoulder.
That deep, slightly husky, magnetic voice reached Shen Li's ears, "This is for Li Li. Although it's not a day worth celebrating, we'll still celebrate a little."
Upon hearing this, Shen Li couldn't help but glance at Lu Yanchuan.
The man wore a faint smile, his deep gaze fixed on her, and gestured with his chin toward the gift bag on the coffee table.
"Look, do you like it?" Lu Yanchuan said, adding a term of endearment, "Wife."
Shen Li's pupils suddenly contracted.
Lu Yanchuan definitely did it on purpose! She came here today to tell her father that she wanted to divorce Lu Yanchuan.
To prevent my father from causing trouble again in the future.
Shen Li came here intending to lay everything out on the table. Knowing that Lu Yanchuan had been invited by Shen Wenzhong, Lu Yanchuan hated these kinds of occasions; if Shen Li were to cause trouble on the spot, that would be perfect.
She and Lu Yanchuan had no feelings for each other; it was a business relationship. The agreed-upon divorce date had arrived, which was a normal procedure.
Shen Wenzhong will no longer be President Lu's father-in-law, so stop putting on airs and behave yourself from now on.
Shen Li had this plan in mind, and also wanted to get her mother's house back...
And now, as soon as Lu Yanchuan appeared, he was greeted with gifts and a birthday cake.
And then there's this line, "Do you like it, honey?"
Good heavens, this has directly strangled half of Shen Li's original plans and intentions!
Shen Li stared at him blankly, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"Wife?" she said in a low voice.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Lu Yanchuan called out again, raising his hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "Why do you seem to be in a bad mood?"
Shen Li: "..."
For a moment, Shen Li really didn't know how to talk to Lu Yanchuan in this state.
She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, it would be something like, "Be normal! I'm scared!"
Shen Wenzhong, standing to the side, said with a smile, "She was blocked outside the community gate by the property management. They said they deleted her facial recognition data, so the security guards didn't recognize her and wouldn't let her in. She's probably a little unhappy."
Shen Wenzhong said to Lu Yanchuan, "Yanchuan, try to coax him."
"Is that so?" Lu Yanchuan raised an eyebrow and glanced at Shen Wenzhong and Zheng Lixuan. "That's interesting. I wasn't even stopped by security when I came in."
Lu Yanchuan said meaningfully, "So you're just picking on the weak?"
Shen Wenzhong knew, of course, that Zheng Lixuan's little schemes were completely exposed in Lu Yanchuan's eyes.
He had already reprimanded Zheng Lixuan, and in front of his son-in-law, he still had to maintain a harmonious family atmosphere no matter what.
Shen Wenzhong quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Alright, the food is ready, let's eat."
Shen Wenzhong and Zheng Lixuan headed towards the restaurant first.
Shen Li also got up to go over, but just as she stood up, her wrist was pulled hard, and she fell back onto the sofa.
Shen Li turned to look at Lu Yanchuan.
The man's lips curled into a smile that was neither quite a smile nor a smile, but Shen Li inexplicably felt a sense of danger.
"Don't you want to see what the gift is?" Lu Yanchuan asked.
Shen Li remained silent for a few seconds, then reached out and took the two gift bags, one of which contained a birthday cake.
The cake wasn't big, only four inches, and it was topped with some beautifully colored berries.
Looking at the design of the cake, Shen Li's heart skipped a beat.
This looks so much like the cake she made and took to her mother's grave.
If Shen Li hadn't known perfectly well that Lu Yanchuan wouldn't care about these things at all, she would have almost thought that Lu Yanchuan had seen her cake.
Shen Li's expression remained steady, without much change.
I reached out and took another gift bag, inside which was a gift box, probably because I had only seen similar gift boxes before.
So even before Shen Li opened it, he had already guessed what might be inside.
But when I opened the gift box, I was still shocked by what was inside.
Inside the box, on a velvet cloth, lay a very exquisite ceramic ornament, a work by world-class ceramic master Lindemann.
This master, Lindeman, is half Chinese, and his works combine elements and feelings from both Chinese and Western cultures.
In earlier years, this style actually seemed out of place and was not popular. But as times have progressed in recent years, people have become more and more accepting of the fusion of elements and cultures.
Aesthetic tastes are gradually changing, and Lindeman's style is becoming increasingly popular.
However, Lindemann passed away two years ago. In the two or three years before his death, his health was already very poor, and he could only produce a few works each year.
Therefore, every piece of Lindemann's work on the market today is a rare and unique piece; once it's sold, there are fewer left.
As a result, the prices were all estimated to be very high.
Unlike the mountain eagle statue that was sold at a charity auction by Mr. Zhong, which had an inflated price, this one was priced differently.
Lindemann's work is of high value in itself.
"I had the bidding specialist buy it at the Yalide Auction House in Hong Kong. I originally planned to give it to you on the official day next month. But since it's today, I'll give it to you today," Lu Yanchuan said.
Shen Li was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what Lu Yanchuan meant by the actual date next month.
It was their wedding anniversary.
It wasn't the day they were supposed to get their marriage certificate; the day for that had already passed. That's why she proposed ending things with an agreement and getting a divorce.
It was the day of the wedding.
After they registered their marriage, given Lu Yanchuan's status and the Lu family's background, the wedding certainly couldn't be done casually.
It took more than a month of preparation before it was held.
If we count from the wedding date, next month will be her and Lu Yanchuan's fifth wedding anniversary.
"Do you like it?" Lu Yanchuan asked. "I don't know anything about pottery, but the bidding agent said that this master is quite famous."
Shen Li looked somewhat dazed until Lu Yanchuan's voice brought her back to her senses.
For the previous four years, I was always alone, facing the meal I had painstakingly prepared and the cake I had carefully baked.
It gets cooled down and then reheated, then cooled down again, until it becomes an unappetizing mess and is finally thrown into the trash.
But now, at the last minute, he comes to give me an anniversary gift.
They say that late-blooming affection is worth less than grass.
Shen Li really... doesn't want it anymore.
"It's alright." She closed the lid, stood up, and said, "Let's go eat."
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