Chapter 16 I Love Her·Transfer of Dominance

"Uncle." Shang Yan repeated in an ambiguous tone, looking at her calmly, "Didn't you call me Mr. Shang before?"

As he finished speaking, Pei Yuning's heartbeat suddenly quickened.

It was as if Shang Yanci easily grasped his heart in his palm, allowing him to reshape and forge it at will.

He gave her two choices, or rather, there were only these two choices at the moment, but no matter how she called him, Shang Yanci would not suffer any loss.

Shang Yanci's gaze fell on her pink earlobe, and he felt that her current expression of trying to cover up her feelings was a little cute, and she looked very well behaved.

Pei Yuning just wanted to change the name.

Then Shang Yanci said nonchalantly, "Calling me uncle is fine."

He gave her heart back to her temporarily.

Mr. Shang looked back and forth between the two of them: "Have you seen it before?"

Shang Yanci: "I met him several times before today."

Pei Yuning: "...what a coincidence."

The group sat down and drank tea.

Sitting directly opposite Pei Yuning was Shang Yanci.

Jiang Xuanzhi looked around and asked directly, "Why don't you see Shang Heng?"

The harmonious appearance just now was torn into a gap that could not be ignored in an instant.

Shang Heng's mother Yi Huan said, "I'm on my way. Wait a moment."

Pei Yuning stood up and placed the purple diamond jewelry gift box in front of Mr. Shang: "Mr. Shang, I appreciate your kindness, but this is too expensive. I don't want it."

"What's expensive or not?" Mr. Shang pushed back, "I asked someone to design this set of jewelry specifically for you. Who else can wear it except you? It doesn't have any special meaning. It's just an ordinary gift. Ningning accepts it."

Pei Yuning looked at his grandfather.

Grandpa Pei received the gaze of his precious granddaughter and looked at his old friend, who had a determined look on his face.

He thought of a compromise: "Since it has been given, Ningning should take it. The elders' kindness cannot be denied."

Then he said to Mr. Shang: "When you have time someday, go to my storehouse and pick out an ancient painting you like. It will be your usual return gift."

So both are suitable.

Half an hour passed and Shang Heng still hadn't come.

Shang Xuan came in after finishing a phone call outside: "Father, Shang Heng's phone is turned off. I'll send someone to look for him now."

Mr. Shang looked unhappy: "This rude guy, let him go home immediately!"

Shang Yanci put down his teacup and said, "Father, it's already noon. Everything has been arranged in the restaurant."

Mr. Shang sighed in his heart, apologized to the Pei family with a smile, and invited them to the restaurant.

Pei Yuning wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Shang Yanci, but as soon as he stood up, he was taken away by Pei Yuchen.

After leaving the teahouse, Pei Yuning pulled him and said, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Pei Yuchen glanced behind him and said in a low voice: "Didn't you see the look Shang Yanci gave you just now? I feel like you are like a fragrant and soft cake in his eyes, and it tastes like strawberry."

Pei Yuning was helpless: "Brother, that's how he looks at others, gentle yet possessive, not just to me, you're overthinking it."

Pei Yuchen looked at his innocent sister lovingly: "Little princess, you think too little. Men understand men best. He must have bad intentions towards you."

Pei Yuning muttered in his heart: I am the one who has bad intentions towards him.

Two people were left in the tea room.

Shang Yanci poured tea to the person across from him: "It seems that Ms. Jiang remembered me."

Jiang Xinzhi's back, which had been forced to stand straight before, relaxed at this moment, and he said in a tired and sleepy tone: "How could I not remember my savior? How long has Mr. Shang been back?"

Shang Yanci: "The ninth day."

Jiang Xuanzhi said: "I can't attend this wedding. Mr. Shang made this trip for nothing."

Shang Yanci did not hide his true feelings in front of her: "Ms. Jiang, I came back for Pei Yuning."

Jiang Xinzhi paused while drinking tea, put down the teacup, and looked up at him: "What do you mean, Mr. Shang?"

Shang Yanci: "I did come back to attend their wedding, but you saw that Shang Heng cheated on me and the Pei family proposed to cancel the engagement. I am attracted to Pei Yuning and intend to take over and become her legal partner."

Jiang Xinzhi: "Did it start from that photo?"

Shang Yanci said calmly: "It was just an opportunity."

Jiang Xuanzhi fell into deep thought. Shang Yanci's character was beyond doubt, but Ning Ning might not be interested in him. Besides, Shang Heng and he were both from the Shang family. If the nephew replaced the uncle, it would not only sound bad, but also mess up the generational division.

Finally, Jiang Minzhi said honestly: "Mr. Shang, I don't want my daughter to marry again."

"Ms. Jiang knows very well that our aristocratic families are all strong alliances, and there are no special examples." Shang Yanci's voice was gentle and polite, but still dominant and strong. "I will marry her, based on my love for her."

After saying this, Shang Yanci stood up, nodded slightly, and left the tea room.

When they sat down in the restaurant, Shang Yanci still sat directly opposite Pei Yuning.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional.

When he sat down, Pei Yuning raised her eyes and looked at him, then looked away.

Everyone ate and talked, and apart from the nature of the wedding banquet being cancelled, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Pei Yuning finished drinking the soup his brother had brought him, and when he looked up again, Shang Yanci, who was sitting opposite him, was no longer sitting there.

The next moment, the phone in the bag behind her vibrated slightly. Pei Yuning took out her phone and looked down at the message -

Shang Yanci: [Ms. Pei can come to the study on the third floor to see me.]

Pei Yuning thought about and interpreted his meaning, which can be roughly divided into the following three categories:

"1. As the host, I will do my best to serve the guest. Miss Pei can come to me if she needs anything."

"2. As Mr. Shang, if Ms. Pei has anything to ask about our contact over the past few days, you can come to me."

"3. Whether Ms. Pei comes or not, I will be in the study. This message is purely a personal courtesy and has no other meaning."

She had to admit that Shang Yanci was really good at understanding people's minds, and was very good at saying just the right thing, words that seemed to be flirting but not really flirting, and words that seemed to be fishing but not really fishing.

It was as if she could interpret his words into various meanings at will, and he would cater to her and accommodate her according to her understanding of the words.

Shang Yanci respected her and seduced her at the same time.

It seems that the dominant power is in her hands, but in fact, this is just a way for Shang Yanci to transfer the dominant power, and she is still the passive party.

For example, at this moment, she was about to get up and find Shang Yanci to talk to him alone in the study, instead of letting him come down and start a group chat in front of everyone.

Pei Yuning stood up and left the restaurant.

Jiang Minzhi silently watched the direction she left, which was the same direction Shang Yanci had left before. Her intuition told her that her daughter was going to look for him.

Arriving at the study on the third floor, Pei Yuning raised his hand and knocked on the door three times.

It was very quiet inside. Then the voice of Shang Yanci was heard. He did not ask who it was, but just said two words: "Come in."

Pei Yuning walked into the study. Shang Yanci was sitting on the sofa by the window, wearing a pair of glasses with gold wire frames and holding a dozen pages of an economics book in his hand.

On the table was a cup of Pu'er tea, a plate of cut Basque cake, and a cup of rose roasted milk.

"Please sit down." Shang Yanci closed the book and pointed to the Basque cake and rose baked milk placed together on the table. "Miss Pei, please try it and see if it suits your taste."

The first sentence is crucial. Pei Yuning hasn't figured out how to start yet, so he sits down, picks up the Basque cake, and eats it in small bites.

The Basque cake was delicious, but this time, Pei Yuning did not give any comments or praise him.

Pei Yuning knew that Shang Yanci was looking at her, but she did not look up at him.

The study became quiet.

The breaths were silently pulling and entangled.