"Dear directors, please remember that I was the one who approached City Forest all along. Now that I have changed my role, I wonder if this project can proceed smoothly?"

Sheng Feng gritted his teeth and knocked.

So what if this project proposal came from Sheng Yuan's hand, it was the approval document from above that Sheng Feng had obtained.

But when Sheng Feng finished speaking, no one was moved by his words, and they all looked at him coldly.

End of meeting.

Sheng Feng was asked to vacate the chairman's office as soon as possible, and he walked out of the meeting room with an almost grim face.

When he passed by the living room, he was stunned when he saw a calm girl sitting on the sofa.

"Miss Zhu?"

Zhu Miao didn't even glance at Sheng Feng. He looked behind Sheng Feng, stood up, and smiled.

Sheng Feng turned his head.

Sheng Yuan: "Why are you here?"

Zhu Miao walked up to Sheng Yuan and said, "Of course I came to ask you, when will you be able to fulfill the meal you promised to treat me to?"

Sheng Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Would the daughter of the head of the TD Bureau need someone to treat her to a meal?"

"But what can I do?" Zhu Miao smiled: "I just want to eat what you, Miss Sheng, treat me to."

Sheng Feng was extremely surprised.

Sheng Yuan, when did you get to know Miss Zhu?! I've never heard of them ever meeting each other?! But the familiarity between the two of them...

Sheng Feng had heard from his granddaughter Sheng Yi before that Zhu Miao was aloof and Sheng Yi always had to lower her airs to please Zhu Miao. But at this moment, Zhu Miao did not look aloof at all when facing Sheng Yuan.

This is not like they have never met before, this is clearly a very close relationship! Sheng Feng immediately thought of the words he had just said to the directors in the meeting room. No wonder they were unmoved.

He finally realized that he had been deceived by Sheng Yuan again!

Sheng Feng raised his hands to cover his chest, looking like he was about to faint from anger.

* Zhu Miao knew Sheng Yuan much earlier than Sheng Yuan knew him.

"See? That's the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, the daughter of the Sheng real estate company, and the most favored youngest daughter of the Sheng family. Go over and say hello to her. It would be best if you could make friends with her."

At a banquet, the stepmother whispered something in Zhu Miao's ear.

Zhu Miao nervously grasped the wrinkled hem of her dress with both hands. The dress she was wearing was the leftover dress from her stepmother's daughter. She shook her head and said, "Aunt Li, can I not go?"

Previously, every time she went to a party as instructed to socialize with people her own age, she would end up being humiliated.

She doesn't want to think about it anymore.

The stepmother's expression was gentle, but her words were somewhat cruel: "Hey, you are not willing to do such a small thing. It seems that you are deliberately trying to make your father unhappy again."

“No, it’s not!”

"Then why are you still dawdling? Go quickly."

After a painful mental struggle, Zhu Miao finally gave in and walked towards the girl who was the center of attention. As soon as she stopped, she heard mocking voices from behind and many people were pointing fingers at her.

Zhu Miao turned around and saw that there was a dirty spot on her skirt.

She had her period.

Zhu Miao's face turned pale and she hurriedly covered the hem of her skirt. She felt as embarrassed as a helpless fledgling in the crowd. She closed her eyes tightly, trying to block out the sharp gazes of the people around her.

At this time.

There was a faint fragrance approaching, and then his shoulder felt lighter, and someone covered Zhu Miao with something.

Zhu Miao opened her eyes and saw the wide shawl on her shoulders. She immediately looked up and met a pair of beautiful almond eyes.

"I have spare clothes. Do you want to change in the lounge?"

The owner of the almond-shaped eyes stretched out his slender, white and delicate hand towards her. The emotion in his transparent pupils was pure, without any of the condescending look that she was used to seeing from the children of wealthy families.

Zhu Miao stared at it in fascination, then took the lead in a daze.

Zhu Miao changed into clean clothes.

There is a cup of steaming brown sugar water and a hot pack on the coffee table.

"No one else will come into this room. You can stay here until the party is over."

Seeing Zhu Miao coming out, the girl stood up and prepared to leave.

"Wait, wait a moment."

Zhu Miao asked: "How much are your clothes? I'll transfer them to you."

"No."

Zhu Miao added: "Well, my name is Zhu Miao."

The girl listened to Zhu Miao patiently and said, "Okay, Zhu Miao."

After a pause, she said, "I am Sheng Yuan."

Zhu Miao silently memorized the name in her heart. She held the cup and drank the brown sugar water slowly, one sip at a time. She couldn't help but shed tears as she drank, thinking that no one had treated her like this since her mother passed away.

…

Zhu Miao didn't expect that the next time she met Sheng Yuan, she would be even more embarrassed than the last time.

"Drink, why don't you drink? You are such a loser and you still want to join our circle and play with us?"

There was laughter all around, and wine glasses were constantly put to Zhu Miao's lips.

All the wine that she couldn't finish spilled on Zhu Miao, soaking her clothes.

"What are you doing?"

A slightly stern female voice was heard, and the whole place fell silent.

Zhu Miao felt someone lifting her up from the floor. She looked up, thinking it was an illusion, but she saw Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan stood up and glanced around. Before she could say anything, someone immediately admitted the mistake: "Don't blame us. It was Zhu Miao's stepsister who said that Zhu Miao wanted to make friends with us on the surface, but actually called us good-for-nothings behind our backs."

Sheng Yuan: "Aren't you?"

Everyone: "..." They dared not to be angry or say anything. Who would dare to mess with this little ancestor? Putting aside other things, any of her older brothers who were extremely protective of their children could make their lives a living hell with just a flick of his finger. But, she was not wrong. This person was the "shadow" of all the children of the same age from the aristocratic family. It was natural for him to call them trash.

Sheng Yuan raised her eyes and looked at her stepsister, who was so panicked and guilty that she didn't dare to look at her.

Sheng Yuan: "Do you want to tell me yourself, or do you want me to help you?"

"..." Zhu Miao's stepsister's face turned pale, and her hands shook unconsciously: "Zhu Miao never said those words, it was...I lied to you."

The crowd was shocked.

Before taking Zhu Miao away, Sheng Yuan said, "I hope that no one outside will hear about what happened today."

"Of course! We will keep it a secret and forget everything!"

Zhu Miao put on the clothes Sheng Yuan handed to him for the second time.

But this time, Sheng Yuan was not as gentle as last time. Looking at Zhu Miao's bony arms and ankles, she knew that she had been bullied a lot at home.

"Are you sure you want to keep going like this?" Her stepsister's clumsy tactics were enough to keep her from turning over.

Zhu Miao was stunned. After he understood what Sheng Yuan was referring to, he lowered his head unconsciously and said in a whisper: "My father doesn't value me. My aunt always talks at home."

"Then you should find a way to make him pay attention to you. If you continue to be a coward, you will continue to be bullied and always be the one waiting to be rescued by others." Sheng Yuan frowned and said some ungentle words. She took the handkerchief and handed it to Zhu Miao to wipe her hair.

"I, can I really do it..."

…

Since then.

Zhu's father discovered that his daughter, who used to be always silent, had suddenly become a different person. She was no longer timid, but cheerful and generous, and could even talk about many practical matters.