The driver of Xu Lizhi couldn't help but feel his heart tremble when he heard this. His young master had always been proud and arrogant, and few people would speak to him in such a tone.
The driver thought he would see the young master cool down.
But I don't want to.
Rather than getting angry and sulking because of being disrespected, Xu Lizhi wanted Sheng Yuan to agree to let him send her back.
He met the unhappy almond-shaped eyes of the girl and said calmly, "Your driver should have gone far away by now. It would be better for me to take you back instead of coming over again."
He added: "It's late."
Sheng Yuan got into Xu Lizhi's car with an expressionless face.
Xu Lizhi sat on the other side.
"Ms. Sheng Yi, please sit in the front passenger seat." There was no room in the back seat, so the driver politely gestured to Sheng Yi.
Sheng Yi smiled appropriately: "Okay."
…
The black Bentley drove smoothly in the night.
Inside the car.
The atmosphere is quiet.
Xu Lizhi turned his head and looked at the girl who was curled up in the chair and browsing her phone.
She hadn't looked at him since she got on the bus, and it seemed that she didn't intend to say a word to him before the end, leaving him only a pretty and cold profile.
After a moment's silence, Xu Lizhi said, "I heard from Tengya's teacher that you haven't been to class on Friday afternoons many times recently."
Sheng Yuan didn't stop swiping the screen, and didn't look up: "Then you didn't hear it very well. If it's not Friday, I often don't go."
“…”
Xu Lizhi was silenced for a moment by Sheng Yuan's words. He continued in a worried tone, "You will have your graduation exam soon."
It is not a good thing to skip classes frequently before exams.
Sheng Yuan said "Oh" in a nonchalant tone.
As soon as the Bentley arrived at the destination, Sheng Yuan got out and was about to leave.
"Sheng Yuan——"
Xu Lizhi stopped Sheng Yuan and said, "I finally found some time to go back to Beijing this time. I will be leaving soon. Grandpa has asked me to start handling the family business. I will be very busy during this period and in the future."
Sheng Yuan: "So?"
Xu Lizhi sat in the car, looked at Sheng Yuan, and said, "Your birthday is coming soon, remember? After your eighteenth birthday, we can get engaged."
…
The verbal engagement between Sheng Yuan and Xu Lizhi was facilitated by Sheng Qi himself.
At that time, Sheng Qi's physical condition was already at the end of his strength. He knew very well that once he was gone, his young sister who had a huge inheritance would be completely isolated and helpless, and would undoubtedly become fat meat in the eyes of the wolves.
Sheng Qi was always worried.
So he thought of the powerful Xu family.
The Xu family and the Sheng family had a lot of dealings in the past.
Furthermore, Mrs. Xu has always been on good terms with Sheng Yuan’s mother and likes Sheng Yuan very much.
If I have the protection of the Xu family, my sister's unstable situation in the future will surely have a stronger guarantee.
The way to quickly bring the two companies closer is to establish a straightforward contractual relationship.
engagement.
Of course, Sheng Qi always puts his sister's wishes first.
Before speaking to the Xu family, Sheng Qi asked Sheng Yuan for her opinion.
"As long as Yuanyuan says no, this engagement is impossible."
Facing her brother's extremely tired but still exhausted worried look, Sheng Yuan said - OK.
And then.
The Xu family also gave a quick reply.
The Xu family's eldest grandson, Xu Lizhi, who was two years older than Da Shengyuan, agreed without hesitation.
…
Sheng Yuan heard the hidden meaning in Xu Lizhi's words, turned around and asked directly: "What do you want to say?"
Xu Lizhi was sitting in the car.
"So, don't skip classes anymore recently. Go to class and study hard until the graduation exam is over."
Now Sheng Yuan understood.
It turned out that the Xu family had a lot of complaints about her future heir and fiancée being a "playboy".
Sheng Yuan thought it was a little funny: "You don't think that my last-minute cramming will change the results of the graduation exam."
Perhaps he realized that what he had just said was too cold.
Xu Lizhi opened the door on his side of the car.
He got out of the car and walked in front of Sheng Yuan. His silver-gray eyes, which were usually indifferent, showed a bit of gentleness when he looked at Sheng Yuan.
"As long as you take the exam normally, at least I can give an explanation to the elders at home about your attitude. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to do it."
He said solemnly: "Sheng Yuan, believe me, as long as you do as I say, our engagement will be confirmed as scheduled."
What a thoughtful statement.
There was little expression on Sheng Yuan's face.
As if she was provoked to rebel, the girl slightly raised the corner of her lip and said word by word: "If I say so, I won't do it."
…
On the way to the airport.
Xu Lizhi's face was so gloomy that it was a little scary. The air pressure in the car was so low that the driver in the front seat didn't dare to breathe.
The young master was really angry this time.
The driver sighed inwardly, thinking that Miss Sheng Yuan was too ungrateful.
Now her bad reputation of being uneducated and unskillful has spread throughout the circle of aristocratic families. The Xu family has intended to cancel the verbal engagement, but the young master has not given in.
She had no idea how much pressure from the elders the young master had silently taken on for her in the past two years.
Before Xu Lizhi boarded the plane.
Sheng Yi said with concern: "I'm sorry, Li Zhi, I apologize to you on behalf of Xiao Yuan. Ever since her uncle, aunt, cousin, and the others..., Xiao Yuan has become a little unapproachable. I hope you can understand her and don't blame her."
"I won't."
Xu Lizhi looked at Sheng Yi and said seriously, "Ms. Sheng Yi, thank you for helping me find her. I've delayed your time for a day today. I'll ask the driver to take you back later."
Sheng Yi raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear and curved her lips to say, "It's okay."
…
The driver took Sheng Yi back to her home in Xiangyang District.
After getting off the car, Sheng Yi thanked the driver, and then seemed to think for a moment before asking the driver, "Can you please do me a favor?"
Driver: “You say.”
"Next month, I will have an international violin competition. As a friend, I would like to invite Li Zhi to come and watch the competition. However, I just heard him say that he will be very busy next time, so I would like to ask you to accept the invitation letter for me first."
Sheng Yi said, opening her handbag and handing over the invitation with both hands. She said modestly, "If Li Zhi is free, please pass the invitation to him for me. If he is not free, just pretend that nothing happened. I don't want to disturb him."
The driver readily agreed.
Sheng Yi thanked him sincerely again: "Thank you then."
——It would be great if the person my young master was engaged to was Miss Sheng Yi, who is well-educated, modest and decent.
As the driver was driving away, this thought suddenly popped into his mind.
He didn't see it.
Behind.
The friendly smile on Sheng Yi's face gradually faded.
"Miss, why don't you come in?" The housekeeper saw Sheng Yi at the door and hurried out to ask.
"Mother Wu."
"exist."
"Tell me, why are some young ladies so lucky even though they are all young ladies?"
Sheng Yi looked at the night sky in the distance with an expressionless face.
"She was the apple of her family's eye when she was born, and she attracted everyone's attention wherever she went. Now, she has fallen into such a state, yet she still has a fiancé with such an excellent family background."
Aunt Wu comforted her, "Miss, you are also a lucky person."
"Really?" Sheng Yi said in a self-deprecating voice, as if she had heard and yet not heard what Wu Ma said, and continued to herself: "As long as the first place is here, no one will ever notice the existence of the second place. With her around, I will always be the one being ignored."