“…”

Sheng Yuan half-closed her eyes, feeling a little impatient.

She was not interested in such things as 'the operation of a vicious female supporting role' and 'being a tool to act as a catalyst for Shi Xuan and Gu Yun's relationship'.

The girl looked calm as she looked at the scene in front of her. Her beautiful almond-shaped eyes were dull. She turned around and walked away, holding the cat in her arms.

However.

Sheng Yuan didn't want to get involved in this muddy water, but there were people who were unwilling to let her go and insisted on cueing her.

The beautifully dressed woman raised her hand to cover her face, and looked straight at Sheng Yuan, her voice filled with a few lost cries: "Aunt, no... Madam, the reason you don't approve of me is because of Miss Sheng?"

In the huge living room, Gu Yun's voice echoed clearly and reached everyone's ears.

Sheng Yuan's movement to leave was blocked on the spot. She paused slightly and turned around.

The woman with tears in her eyes was looking at herself with the same eyes as she had always looked at the culprit.

Sheng Yuan was silent on the spot. After a few seconds of silence, a question mark slowly appeared above his head.

"……?"

What? And it's still an automatic plot? Gu Yun continued.

"Madam, I know that I come from an ordinary family. I am not as good as Miss Sheng, who comes from a wealthy family and is in the circle of aristocratic families. She is a rich lady who is sought after everywhere."

"But I really like Xuan. I just want to be with him. I don't ask for anything..."

Gu Yun sobbed more and more as she spoke. She looked at Sheng Yuan again, looking extremely fragile and helpless. "Ms. Sheng, I believe you understand that feelings cannot be forced. I know that you treated Ah Xuan before..."

"That's why my aunt doesn't approve of me...I know the principle of marrying someone of equal social status."

She sounded lost, saying that it was natural for them to be well matched, but the underlying meaning was that Shi's mother looked down on her because she was a "common girl". Compared with the wealthy Sheng family, she was nothing. The Sheng family was powerful, and Sheng Yuan had such a strong backing.

She was just an ordinary person, how could she resist? The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became quiet.

All the servants listened with their eyes on the nose and their noses on the heart.

I couldn't stop complaining in my heart.

None of them had forgotten how Miss Sheng had followed the eldest young master and pestered him.

Now that the Sheng family is at its peak, as long as the eldest young master is willing, the lady can directly have a wealthy daughter-in-law.

There are pearls and jade in front of you, and it is difficult to stop them with tiles and stones.

So it was because of Miss Sheng Yuan that my wife looked down upon this woman...

But after all, this was the master's business, and the servants dared not discuss or speak out.

I just think this woman is really too brave.

He actually confronted Miss Sheng in public. You know, the eldest young master had insulted Miss Sheng very harshly at the beginning, and he completely ignored her without mercy, which caused Miss Sheng to make a lot of jokes.

Miss Sheng once loved the young master but couldn't get him. This is a real fact that cannot be erased. Now, isn't this woman's behavior tantamount to tearing off Miss Sheng's fig leaf and slapping her in the face? Miss Sheng must feel that her self-esteem has been offended in public, and she must feel embarrassed and angry...

All the servants lowered their brows and remained silent, waiting for Sheng Yuan to get angry.

However--

Half a while passed.

The wind was extremely quiet, and no sound from Miss Sheng could be heard.

"Shut up! What the hell are you talking about here?!"

At this time, Shi's mother had the same idea as the servants, and believed that Sheng Yuan still cared a lot about the fact that she once loved her son but was not loved.

Gu Yun's words completely stepped on Sheng Yuan's minefield.

Shi's mother was afraid that Sheng Yuan would be angry, because in her heart, she always felt that even though Sheng Yuan was already engaged to Shi Yan, she still had hope and believed that there was still a possibility for her son and Sheng Yuan, and that she still had a chance to marry into the Sheng family.

At the same time, in her opinion, Sheng Yuan's obviously cold attitude towards her son was only because of the existence of this woman named Gu Yun, which caused Miss Sheng to feel alienated.

As long as Gu Yun and her son break up completely, Miss Sheng will definitely change her mind.

Shi Mu was very confident.

So at this time, she had to stand on Sheng Yuan's side. Just as she was about to continue to scold Gu Yun harshly and speak for Sheng Yuan, thinking that she must give Sheng Yuan enough face and make Sheng Yuan feel that she, as an aunt, was warm-hearted -

He raised his head and was about to open his mouth, but he was stunned.

Then I saw——

Everyone had naturally expected that the girl, who would have been so excited that her face would turn cold and stiff, was leisurely teasing a snow-white, furry cat with a few crystal beads hanging from her bracelet.

The beautiful kitten was put down. She half-knelt down, and a slender wrist stretched out from her sleeve. Her skin was as white as jade. She raised her hand again and again, and the cat opened a pair of strange eyes that could rival gems, stretched out its pink claws, and followed the girl's movements, pouncing flexibly.

One person and one cat.

He was having a lot of fun, oblivious to everyone around him, not caring about them at all.

“…”

Everyone held their breath.

Miss Sheng…didn’t show any sign of being angry.

She seemed to not care at all about what Gu Yun said, as if she was watching a boring farce, so bored that she seemed like she would start yawning in the next second.

Mother Shi miscalculated, and the prepared words stopped at her lips. She looked extremely embarrassed, and stayed embarrassed for a long while. At the same time, Sheng Yuan's coldness also made her feel a sense of crisis.

In stark contrast to her attitude towards Gu Yun, she immediately put on a kind smile, trying to smooth things over, and said softly, "Xiao Yuan? Come and sit over here."

"My aunt just asked someone to make a pot of flower tea. It tastes very good. I think you will like it."

Hearing this.

Sheng Yuan raised her head, and the corners of her almond-shaped eyes curved slightly. She was smiling lightly, very politely, but with a sense of distance. She no longer had the attentiveness and closeness that she had shown to Shi's mother because of Shi Xuan that day.

"Okay, thank you, auntie."

Sheng Yuan took the crystal bracelet back from the kitten's claws and put it back on her wrist. Her movements were neither hurried nor slow, but no one dared to urge her.

In the middle of the living room, there was a tall man in a black shirt and long pants. Ever since the girl appeared, his eyes, from the corner of his eyes to direct gazes, were all on her clean and delicate profile, but from beginning to end, she didn't even give him a sidelong glance.

Just like that day.

The scene when he bumped into her by chance at the kitchen door of the manor.

The man's eyes were unfathomably deep, and his hands subconsciously clenched a little, and that suffocating feeling came back.

He watched the girl lean forward and reach out to the cat. The cat meowed cheerfully, then placed its two little paws on her arms and was held in her arms at will.

(End of this chapter)