[I won’t eat Basque today. I’ll eat it next time.] After sending this message, Sheng Yuan locked the screen and put the phone aside.

Outside the car window is a fleeting inverted scene.

Sheng Feng's secretary general was sitting in the front passenger seat. He did not say what specific matters the elders of the Sheng family wanted to see Sheng Yuan about.

And Sheng Yuan didn't ask.

The girl closed her eyes, leaned back in the leather seat and took a nap.

He didn't seem curious at all, nor did he show any signs of nervousness.

The Secretary General glanced at the rearview mirror with some surprise, but before he could see clearly, he felt himself being stared at by the cold gaze of a wild beast.

Next to the girl, a huge gray wolf lowered its brown eyes, its mouth wrinkled and trembled, revealing its sharp fangs, and was staring at him warningly.

“…”

The secretary general was startled and sat up straight, not daring to look around anymore.

…

After about an hour and a half's journey, the car stopped outside the Sheng family's main residence.

"Ms. Sheng Yuan, we're here."

The driver opened the car door and the secretary general was waiting outside for Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan opened her eyes, woke up for a while, and then slowly got out of the car.

The gray wolf behind her also jumped down with Sheng Yuan, picked up the leash around its neck with its mouth and handed it to her.

This is a Chinese-style house hidden behind a private mountain area. It has been home to many generations of the Sheng family for hundreds of years.

Although as the family grows, the direct relatives and side branches will move out and have their own residences, they still need to return to the main house for ancestor worship or important events.

Sheng Yuan took Xiaoman in.

"Miss." Servants in uniform greeted her respectfully along the way.

Passing through the corridors.

There were already quite a few people sitting in the elegantly decorated Chinese-style hall filled with famous paintings and antique ornaments.

They are all elders.

Sheng Yuan appeared.

Everyone looked over here with a sense of pressure.

The atmosphere gave off a sense of an impending "three-court trial".

"Xiao Yuan is back." Only Sheng Feng was smiling. The energetic 70-year-old man sat in the first seat and looked at Sheng Yuan kindly: "You must be tired after sitting in the car for such a long time."

Sheng Yuan seemed to have not noticed the various scrutinizing looks, and ignored them, and directly found a seat to sit down: "What do you want from me?"

The moment Sheng Yuan sat down, everyone's faces froze.

"Xiao Yuan, why don't you know how to call for help? Besides, the elders haven't asked you to sit down yet? Why are you so ignorant of etiquette?"

The one who spoke was a second uncle from a side branch. He looked at Sheng Yuan with a somewhat unhappy expression and voice.

"Did the elders call me here specifically to let me call people?" Sheng Yuan looked towards the second uncle and saw where he was sitting. A puzzled expression appeared on his face: "This seat of the second uncle seems familiar, as if it is mine."

When the previous head of the Sheng family, Sheng Zhuo, Sheng Yuan's grandfather, was in power, he always sat in the main seat when in the main house.

He had a hobby at that time.

I like playing chess with my granddaughter Sheng Yuan.

So the seat next to the first seat became Sheng Yuan’s exclusive seat.

Later, Sheng Zhuo passed away, and the eldest son took over the Sheng family and became the next head of the family, that is, Sheng Yuan's uncle, and this custom did not change.

Every time there was a party in the main house, the seats were always arranged according to the main seat, Sheng Yuan, Sheng Yuan's elders, and Sheng Yuan's peers.

Later.

After the cruise ship accident, Sheng Feng took over the Sheng family and naturally took the head seat.

"Second uncle took my seat without permission and asked me to stand." Sheng Yuan curved her lower lip: "Second uncle is quite polite."

"you--"

Uncle Cheng Wei immediately lost face.

How could he bear being sabotaged in front of a junior? The most important thing was that he could have his current position in the Sheng family because he managed the business of the three sons of the Sheng family. One of the three sons of the Sheng family was Sheng Yuan's father, and the other two were the eldest uncle and the second uncle who loved Sheng Yuan very much.

In this delicate atmosphere——

"Uncles, please have some tea."

Sheng Yi came over with a few servants. She was wearing a plain dress, with long hair hanging on one side of her shoulder. She always looked like a lady from a noble family. She held the teapot with both hands and poured tea for the elders one by one.

"Xiao Yi is really sensible."

"Ah Feng, you are really good at teaching."

Several older people present picked up their teacups and began to praise Sheng Yilai.

Sheng Feng waved his hand: "Don't praise her all the time. She is only like this in front of you. At home, she is also a headache."

"It's not that I'm being modest, but at least I know how to respect my elders, unlike some people..."

"Some people" were leaning back in their chairs playing with their phones and didn't hear the subtext at all.

More than an hour ago, Shi Yan replied to Sheng Yuan's message.

He replied OK.

Seeing that Sheng Yuan did not reply, he sent several photos of Daman, taken at different times.

In the first picture, the white long-haired cat is standing on the sofa with its head tilted back and its mouth open, meowing.

Shi Yan said: [I just gave it food, but it seems hungry again.] In the second photo, Shi Yan is holding a small shovel, obviously shoveling cat litter, with a furry cat paw pressing on the back of the boy's bony hand.

Shi Yan said: [Every time I scoop the cat litter, it will be like this, what does it mean?] The third picture shows a white long-haired cat squatting on the shoe cabinet, looking towards the door.

Yan didn't send any text message when this photo was taken.

Sheng Yuan replied:

[Pig.] [Afraid you would steal its poop and keep it for yourself.] [Is it waiting for me?] …

After drinking tea, it’s time to get down to business.

Sheng Feng looked at Sheng Yuan who was playing with her phone and said tentatively, "Xiao Yuan, I heard that the son of the Xu family returned to Beijing yesterday."

Sheng Yuan looked up: "You asked me to come here just for this matter."

"What else?" Uncle Cheng Wei spoke again: "Xiao Yuan, you and the young master of the Xu family are about to get engaged, so you need to be careful about everything."

Sheng Yuan was at ease: "What are you paying attention to?"

Uncle Cheng Wei seemed to be disappointed with his son and said, "Of course... that's his way of doing things."

Someone on the side took over the conversation.

"The young master of the Xu family searched all day yesterday and couldn't find Xiao Yuan. But in the end, he saw Xiao Yuan with someone else."

"I also heard that Master Xu left in anger."

“…”

Sheng Yuan lazily raised her eyelids and glanced at Sheng Yi.

The latter sat cross-legged on the seat, helping the elders make tea, with his brows lowered and his innocent look, as if he had nothing to do with the topic of discussion.

But if he is really innocent.

How could the people present know that Xu Lizhi left in anger?

"Xiao Yuan, it's not that the elders are being realistic." Uncle Cheng Wei said, "Now our Sheng family is not as good as before. If we lose the Xu family as our future in-laws, not only will the Sheng family's several major projects be affected, but the road ahead will probably be difficult."