In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun coats the lush green courtyard with a layer of gold powder. The shadows of the shoe cabinet and umbrella tube at the door continue to lengthen. The remaining summer heat between the sky and the earth is gradually swallowed up by the closing night.
Xie Yuzhi hurriedly left the living room and walked to her bedroom. The people who worked in the home she met along the way would bow to her respectfully.
This was a common sight for the eldest lady, but today she kept her brows furrowed, as if there was some kind of worry and trouble that couldn't be resolved, and she couldn't even nod in response.
"We need to arrange an engagement ceremony..."
After returning to the bedroom, she sat on the sofa. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief when I'm alone. Although the eldest lady has very high requirements for herself, she won't be like most people who will collapse into mud and become motionless as soon as they return to their bedroom, but she won't be so sick even when she's alone. Everyone must maintain an upright posture.
Miss Xie kicked off her shoes, revealing her delicate feet in gray plush stockings. She curled up her legs, and at the same time grabbed a huge stuffed doll and held it in her arms, feeling the most comfortable Sitting on the sofa.
She began to think about the conversation she had just had with her father in the living room.
This morning, Xie Jianye came to visit where she lives. Xie Yuzhi had been sorting out her words since she separated from Yan Jingxing, and when her father came, she took the initiative to tell him all her decision.
That was what she wanted to do to make a marriage contract with Yan Jingxing.
Late last night, Xie Yuzhi couldn't wait to communicate with Yan Jingxing on the phone. The adult over there, that is, Jing Xing's uncle, had already agreed, and she was the only one left.
She answered as controlled and calmly as possible.
She wouldn't have thought in a strange direction at first, but just because she confessed to Jing Xing yesterday... no, it was fast forward to the marriage proposal - so at this time, she couldn't help but think wildly.
I'm worried, I'm scared, she thought.
Although the boy didn't come from a wealthy family like himself and didn't know much about interpersonal communication in the so-called "upper class", there were some things he had to face.
Hidden by her messed up hair, the blush on the girl's face was as bright as a blooming rose petal.
"I might make you jealous if I tell you. I originally planned to hide it from you... but because we are friends... Jing Xing took me up and flew up... we saw it together..."
It is precisely because you are unhappy that you set up obstacles and tests for yourself.
Even from the perspective of raising children to inherit, it is a bit too impatient. We should start by taking care of the relevant business first, right?
With Jing Xing?
No, no, right?
"Yuzhi, what's wrong? Why haven't you spoken?"
However, this idea is very consistent with Chun Zao's character, and the ridiculous thing she was worried about did not happen.
"But on the other hand, Jing Xing's character doesn't look like the kind of lawless person, so... maybe I can make some suggestions..."
Moreover, she has always been subconsciously worried about this——
I really want to find a place to be lazy.
"As for the manpower and the guests who need to be invited, I will communicate for you in this regard, and you can take over slowly. But the rest of the specific work has to be figured out by yourself."
Even though she knew there was no one else in the room, she still felt guilty and smoothed the wrinkles on her clothes and hair before quickly getting up and walking towards the bedside table.
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something."
"We must talk things out. After each other understands each other's feelings, we can make a decision that everyone can accept, so that we will not feel regret and unwillingness in the future..."
but--
She lay lazily, holding the stuffed doll tightly with both hands, and soon put her feet on it, rolling around on the sofa in an unsightly manner.
Her hand holding the microphone suddenly tightened.
"...Does it have nothing to do with my health?" Xie Yuzhi frowned, "In other words, my father has other considerations? But I am still a junior high school student. Is it too early to take the initiative to contact those people my father knows?"
But Xie Yuzhi's mood did not calm down at all.
The engagement was between both parties, and Yan Jingxing agreed to her wish. The two were allies on the same front.
Xie Yuzhi naturally understood his intention, but found it difficult to understand.
After talking to his father, Xie Jianye was surprised, but he readily agreed. This should be an expected development for him. His only worry may be that the two children are still too young.
In fact, Xie Yuzhi was not sure whether Chun Zao, like herself, had already fallen in love with Yan Jingxing; but this was because Ji Chun Zao still had the temperament of a child in her eyes, so she didn't realize whether she liked Yan Jingxing or not.
"...Oh, it's Chun Zao. What's wrong? Is something wrong?"
"This is your own business, right? Then learn to handle it yourself."
It sounds like Jingxing is being treated as an amusement park facility.
Because the brief moment of panic just now was enough for her to see her own heart clearly.
because--
Miss Xie, who was rolling around on the sofa, suddenly stopped moving and quickly raised her body after a start.
Miss Xie once again fell into a new round of entanglement.
Xie Yuzhi's cheeks turned red. Although there was no one in the room, she subconsciously buried her face in the doll, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand to avoid being seen.
Xie Yuzhi picked up the phone.
Miss Xie nodded readily.
"We will get married in the future, become husband and wife, have our own social circle, and meet friends and business partners together, so sooner or later he will have to learn these things..."
"Hey, guess what I did today? I was with Jing Xing."
……oh.
"When you made an engagement with a boy without permission, didn't you consider that you were still a student?"
A familiar lively voice came from across the radio wave, making the eldest lady's heart skip a beat.
"...Father." She thought for a while, and suddenly felt a bad worry. She couldn't help but worry, and asked in a tentative tone, "How is your physical condition recently? Have you seen a doctor? It’s probably not the time yet… when you need to make a will in advance, right?”
Could it be that--
Just then, the phone on the bedside table rang.
"By the way, this is my business...but not my business alone."
This worry was obviously not a problem with Xie Yuzhi's insistence, but Xie Jianye made a request:
"In that case, I'll let you arrange the engagement ceremony."
Along with the restless heartbeat, the girl's breathing became slightly faster.
The other party's tone was a bit showy.
"Woo..."
Even Miss Xie, who knows a lot, has learned a lot, and seems to be omnipotent, is still just a girl in junior high school after all. She will still feel dissatisfied because the things she has to deal with are very troublesome; she wants to find someone to complain and talk to, and because Too high self-esteem and unwillingness to take the initiative to speak.
"Yeah, I understand. No problem."
*
Although she agreed in front of her father, Xie Yuzhi still felt a little troubled when she thought about the large amount of unfamiliar knowledge she would be exposed to and learned next, as well as the fact that she would have to meet more than one or two strangers.
After that, Ji Chunzao described to her the experience of being with Jing Xing today and being carried up into the sky by the transformed him, and strongly recommended that she also experience it.
"What are you talking about!"
After a while, Xie Yuzhi's eyebrows slowly opened.
Something suddenly occurred to her.
Xie Yuzhi quickly made his decision.
Xie Yuzhi wanted to be upright and did not want to hide anything.
"But wait, maybe Jing Xing... won't be able to use it? Even all of us..."
Xie Yuzhi was slightly startled.
"Humph, if Jing Xing thinks that things will end as long as he says a word and agrees, then he is too naive! I must drag him into the water."
"...What? But——"
But even so, the natural intimacy that the girl showed when she got along with Jing Xing sometimes even made her feel like she couldn't get into their world. If they weren't around, the two of them would have grown up together smoothly, and they would really be together one day.
That's why he hurriedly made an agreement with Jing Xing.
Compared with the difficulty of hosting a banquet, her father's intention was to let her slowly take over his social network...
She stopped suddenly again.
she thought.
This time is just an opportunity. In addition to allowing him to learn this knowledge and share the troubles at work with him, it can also legitimately extend the time the two of them spend together during the holidays... It's perfect!
The more Xie Yuzhi thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and the frequency of rolling around on the sofa with the doll increased.
Moreover, it was... Chun Zao who knew him first.
"Hmm... Is it related to Jing Xing?"
Chun Zao's voice came again from the other side of the phone.
"He has become so powerful. He is basically a superman. He is fully capable of ignoring the rules of today's society. In fact, he doesn't have to think about and learn those messy things at all, right?"
"Yuzhi!"
Xie Jianye almost felt a tightness in his chest, and even though he wasn't sick, he felt sick.
Xie Yuzhi suddenly realized that her father was going around because he was unhappy about the matter itself.
"Your father and I are in good health!"
"Yes, it has something to do with him."
Xie Yuzhi took a deep breath.
"——Chun Zao, I also have something to say to you."
Feel sorry! I actually wrote two thousand words before eight o'clock last night. I just wanted to rest for a while, but unexpectedly I fell asleep until the next day, so I didn't even have time to send a leave request.
(End of chapter)
