Shi Xuan and Gu Yun were still standing aside.

Sheng Yuan sat on the sofa farthest from the two of them, holding the cat, still without even looking at them. It was not because she was embarrassed that she avoided them, but more like she didn't want to get involved in their troubles.

A servant came forward and poured her a cup of tea, followed by several plates of exquisite and delicious snacks, all of which were carefully placed in front of Sheng Yuan, ensuring that she could easily reach and pick them up as long as she stretched out her hand.

Seeing this completely different treatment, Gu Yun felt so angry that she almost vomited blood.

How could Shi's mother, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, spare any extra energy to deal with Gu Yun? The sense of crisis made her anxious to slow down Sheng Yuan in front of her. She didn't even bother to say any nonsense. She just waved her hand and glanced at Gu Yun indifferently.

"Ms. Gu, please go back."

"Show him away." His attitude was firm and straightforward.

Gu Yun's face was in panic again. She wanted to turn around and look for Shi Xuan, but she saw that the boring scene just now was about to happen again.

Fortunately, the people sent by the old man stopped it at this time.

"The eldest young master is back, so please go to the study first." The butler who had been with Old Master Shi for decades stepped forward. He spoke in a friendly tone and smiled at all times, but one could still see the depth of his old age from his eyes and brows.

After the old butler finished speaking to Shi Xuan, he actually looked at Gu Yun the next second.

Gu Yun was startled when she was looked at. After all, she was Grandpa Shi's person. Grandpa Shi was the most authoritative person in the Shi family. What he said was final and no one in the Shi family dared to disobey him. She was a little nervous and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Then she heard the old housekeeper speak.

"Since Miss Gu is here, please stay and have a meal together."

Shi's mother was the first person to be surprised. Her whole body froze for a few seconds. Just as she was about to say something anxiously, the old housekeeper said that this was Grandpa Shi's intention, and she was speechless.

Not to mention Shi's mother, even Gu Yun herself was shocked and felt that this was too unreal.

Mr. Shi actually took the initiative to invite her to dinner?! - Shi Xuan walked towards the study, passing through the magnificent entrance hall of the main house.

Somehow, the man turned his head and looked at the living room through the waterfall in the middle of the corridor.

And his eyes and gaze were actively searching for the slender figure of the girl holding a white cat.

But he vaguely heard his mother's stern voice.

Probably after he left, his mother started to embarrass Xiaoyun again. Xiaoyun looked embarrassed and was at a distance, so she couldn't hear clearly what they were saying.

Gu Yun's lips moved, as if he said something.

Then the next second, from Shi Xuan's angle, he clearly saw that the girl who had been cold from beginning to end suddenly raised her head, and her eyes were cold when she looked at Gu Yun, as cold as the transparent and sharp ice edges under the eaves.

There was a cold warning on the lively little face.

Then, immediately afterwards, Gu Yun's face visibly lost half of its color and looked extremely embarrassed.

What did Sheng Yuan say to Gu Yun...

Shi Xuan's deep eyes froze, and his heart moved slightly.

What he didn't notice was that not only did Gu Yun's face turn pale, but Shi's mother's expression also became ten times uglier.

The old butler's calm voice urged him in his ears: "Young Master."

Shi Xuan withdrew his gaze, responded silently, and continued to walk towards the study, but the old butler did not follow him immediately, but looked in the direction Shi Xuan was looking.

The old man's eyes were slightly cloudy, revealing his worldly wisdom. He didn't know what he was thinking about, and then he sighed imperceptibly, with a hint of regret in his sigh, regret for Shi Xuan. - Push open the dark, heavy solid wood door of the study.

In front of the desk, Mr. Shi was in high spirits. He sat in the main seat, wearing reading glasses. He had a stern temperament and was full of the solemnity of a superior.

On one of the two seats opposite him, there was already a quiet young man sitting down. He was wearing a white shirt and long trousers, with a handsome and delicate profile, neatly trimmed hair on the back of his neck, cold and fair skin, and a straight and broad back. Even in a sitting position, his height and long legs could not be concealed.

He heard someone coming in behind him, but he didn't turn around to take a look without any curiosity and didn't move at all.

——Shiyan.

Shi Xuan paused immediately, a hint of surprise flashing across his cold eyes.

Why is he here too?

"Xiaoxuan, sit down."

Shi Xuan sat next to Shi Yan.

Old Master Shi did not explain why Shi Yan was here. He just opened the drawer next to him, took out a light brown file bag, and then untied the thin rope on the button, and took out a document written in black and white in front of Shi Xuan's puzzled gaze.

Shi Xuan noticed that when Mr. Shi took out the documents, he glanced at the young man beside him meaningfully, but still said nothing.

Shi Xuan curiously took the document handed over by his grandfather, then opened it and took a quick look. The next second, he looked up with a shocked and complicated expression.

“——Grandpa, this?!”

Mr. Shi said calmly: "It's good as long as you understand it."

Not knowing what the content of the document was, Shi Xuan read it over and over again in disbelief, and turned his head to look at Shi Yan beside him. Compared to his obviously fierce look, the boy's dark pupils half-hidden among his hair were calm without a scratch, and he didn't even lift his thin eyelids, and had no reaction at all.

Until he heard—

The old butler who pushed the door open said that lunch was almost ready and Miss Sheng and the others could take their seats.

The young man's dark eyes flashed for a moment, and his bony hands resting on his knees tightened subconsciously. He had been sitting for a while, as quiet as a sculpture, but now it seemed as if he could not sit still anymore.

Mr. Shi glanced at Shi Yan imperceptibly, coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said in a deep voice: "Go ahead, I'll be there soon."

Shi Xuan lowered his head and replied yes.

As soon as Mr. Shi finished speaking, Shi Yan had already stood up, with a hint of impatience, which was completely contrary to the cold and aloof temperament emanating from the young man.

—

Shi Xuan and Shi Yan came out of the study at the same time, and then walked in the same direction at the same time.

Of course, Shi Xuan and Shi Yan had nothing to talk about. Shi Xuan had always been indifferent and treated this cheap brother who appeared out of nowhere as nothing.

The reason they were walking together now was simply because he wanted to go back to the living room.

And Shi Yan was going to the living room.

This is the only way to get to the living room. There is no way to avoid it. Along the way, the atmosphere is suffocatingly quiet.

Shi Xuan felt very complicated when he thought about the document he had just seen. He was still confused until he returned to the living room.

Then he looked up——

(End of this chapter)