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evening.
A tall, eye-catching female high school student got off the bus and walked into a high-end shopping mall with her long legs.
In the past, Shen Wanwan entered this mall, either to shop for clothes and bags, or to buy gifts for her Qin Langchuan or her brothers, but today, she came to the bookstore to look for books.
She already had the review materials, but this time she was looking for other books.
Compared to the bookstore that Shen Wan went to for the first time in the evening, there were no targeted review materials here, mostly weird and odd books.
In fact, Shen Wanwan likes to read books, especially all kinds of leisure books.
But she is very selective in reading books. Even if she searches carefully one by one, it is difficult to find the one she likes.
An hour later, Shen Wanwan returned empty-handed again.
After leaving the bookstore, Shen Wanwan took the escalator back to the mall exit.
When I got off the escalator, a familiar female voice came from behind me, "I'm sorry, classmate, can you go faster? You're blocking my aunt's way."
The woman next to her said in a gentle voice, "It's okay, Xiaoxi. The world is in chaos now, and everyone is here. Let's not conflict with them..."
Shen Wanwan curled her lips, got off the escalator, and turned back slowly.
When Xue Manyi and Shen Qingxi saw who the girl standing in front of them was, their expressions became awkward at the same time.
They still maintained their previous actions. Shen Qingxi held Xue Manyi's arm affectionately, and her other hand was carrying several bags with the logo of a luxury women's clothing brand on them.
It looked like he had just finished shopping in the mall.
Shen Wanwan smiled and said hello in a familiar tone, "Aunt Xue, sister, I didn't expect to meet you here. What a coincidence."
Xue Manyi is the stepmother of the Qin family's twins, and Shen Qingxi's prospective mother-in-law.
The woman has the appearance of a typical Jiangnan woman. She is in her early forties and looks ten years younger than her actual age. She has white skin and is beautiful. Her overall appearance makes people feel younger, but she is more mature than a real young girl. The charm of style.
For middle-aged men, women like her are indeed extremely attractive.
It's just that his speech and behavior are inexplicably tacky, and somewhat unworthy of the stage.
Xue Manyi is the second wife of Qin Langchuan's father.
She has a non-competitive temperament, a gentle and soft-spoken voice, and looks innocent and unscheming, but she can be treated like her own mother by a domineering stepdaughter like Qin Shangling, and she can speak her heart to her heart, which shows her true nature. Not simple.
The initial awkward look on Xue Manyi's face quickly disappeared. She smiled and said in a distressed tone, "Wanwan, aunt hasn't seen you for a long time. I feel like you have lost a lot of weight."
Shen Wanwan lowered her eyes and smiled, "Didn't we just meet my sister at her engagement party last week? I'm a pound fatter than then."
Xue Manyi's smile froze for a moment.
If Shen Wanwan hadn't seen the wonderful expressions of the Qin family after seeing her at the engagement scene, she might really have been deceived by Xue Manyi's generosity and concern at the moment.
Shen Qingxi bit her lip secretly.
Shen Wanwan deliberately wanted to go against her!
Only then would he stop her future mother-in-law from coming to power in front of her!
"Aunt Xue," Shen Qingxi smiled unnaturally, "My sister may be under a lot of study pressure recently, so don't pay attention to what she says."
His tone was cautious and he was always trying to please.
Xue Manyi shook her head. Not only did she not care, but she even felt a little guilty, "Wanwan, aunt will take you shopping some other time. Today I mainly choose some dresses for your sister. Your sister will accompany me to attend Mr. Jiang's birthday next week. For a banquet, you need to dress grandly..."
Shen Wanwan raised her eyebrows slightly, "No, you go shopping."
The Jiang family is the most wealthy family in City A. This time, Shen Qingxi definitely borrowed Xue Manyi's help to have the honor to attend Mr. Jiang's birthday party. Shen Qingxi was so excited that she couldn't sleep since she got the news last night. She is already in the mall today. Been shopping for a day.
Shen Qingxi glanced at Shen Wanwan's expression and couldn't help but feel a little more comfortable.
That kind of upper-class gathering worthy of the name, a down-and-out rich man like Shen Wanwan who has been ruined will never be able to participate in it in the next life!
She's not even qualified to serve tea and water to the bosses!
The strong sense of superiority allowed Shen Qingxi to ignore Shen Wanwan's lack of education just now. She took the initiative to ask, "Sister, Aunt Xue came to our house for dinner tonight. It's time for us to go back. Do you want us to send sister back first?" School? "
If you are wise, just say no.
Shen Wanwan raised the corners of her lips, "No need."
Shen Qingxi sneered in her heart, "Then I'll go with Aunt Xue first..."
"No need to send me back to school," before she finished speaking, Shen Wanwan suddenly changed the subject, "I'll go home with you."
Shen Qingxi, "???"
Even Xue Manyi's expression changed.
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In the car back to the Shen family, Shen Wanwan sat in the passenger seat like a dandy, with a black fisherman's hat on her face, which also blocked Shen Qingxi's probing eyes in the rearview mirror.
Shen Qingxi and Xue Manyi were sitting in the back row. They looked at each other and smiled, and the discomfort in their hearts was self-evident.
Xue Manyi used to be as good to Shen Wanwan as she is to Shen Qingxi now. Now that the relationship has become like this, it is inevitable that there will be knots when eating at the same table.
Not to mention Shen Qingxi.
In order to ease the embarrassment, Shen Qingxi pretended to be obedient and asked Xue Manyi for advice, "Aunt Xue, what birthday gift do you think we should prepare for Mr. Jiang? Mr. Jiang must have many rare treasures in his home. What can we give to him to make him remember us? ?”
Xue Manyi patted her hand, "You are sincere, but you are attending with your aunt, so you don't need to worry about this kind of thing. I heard that Mr. Jiang is the most religious believer in Buddhism, and my aunt has already prepared a top-quality jade The jade Buddha carved from raw materials should be pretty good."
Shen Qingxi hugged Xue Manyi's arm coquettishly, "Aunt Xue is so kind to me."
Shen Wanwan was covered in goosebumps, and her beautiful face covered by a fisherman's hat had wrinkled features. She just decided to drive against their car just to make Shen Qingxi angry, but now she felt that she was hurting others and not benefiting herself. .
She moved her fisherman hat up, revealing a narrow line of sight in her eyes, took out her mobile phone, and opened WeChat.
Her fingers "clicked on the old man" between Lu Zhiwen and Jiang Zhiyan's business cards, and finally, she clicked on Lu Zhiwen's.
[Wanwan: Assistant Lu, I would like to ask you. I will attend the old man’s birthday later. Do I need to bring a gift? 】
The phone vibrated soon.
[Lu Zhiwen: Miss Shen! Let me ask Mr. San for you! 】
Shen Wanwan guessed that although this handsome assistant was smart and attentive, he had no independent opinions and could not do anything without his third master. He had to ask his third master before he dared to take any action.
But Shen Wanwan felt that she was not qualified to laugh at Lu Zhiwen.
Who is not afraid of a man like Jiang Zhiyan?
[Wanwan: Then ask Assistant Lu to help me ask if the money for the gift can be reimbursed. 】
After sending this message, "The other party is typing" was displayed at the top of the dialog box for half a minute, but in the end Lu Zhiwen only replied with one word -
[Lu Zhiwen: Uh-huh. 】
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Shen family.
Sun Ma is instructing the servants to prepare dinner.
Shen Cunyi hung up the business phone in his hand and came out of the study in the back room, "Xiaoxi, have you brought your in-laws back?"
Shen Cunyi's loving smile completely froze on his face when he saw Shen Wanwan!
Just as he was about to speak, Shen Wanwan passed him without squinting and went straight upstairs.
Shen Qingxi tugged on Shen Cunyi's shirt sleeves and pursed her lips in embarrassment.
"Aunt Xue is here today, even if dad thinks of me..."
Shen Qingxi's sensibleness made Shen Cunyi worried. He suppressed the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and said upstairs, "Wanwan, you haven't been home for a week. Just clean up and come down. Your brothers will be back in the evening." , the family eats together.”
Shen Wanwan did not reply and disappeared into the corridor on the second floor.
Shen Cunyi shook his head and called Xue Manyi into the room.
It was still some time before dinner was ready, so Shen Qingxi went to put on the new dress she bought today, and also put on simple makeup, which made her look even more young and cute.
After changing her clothes, Shen Qingxi ran downstairs with light steps, calling sweetly, "Dad, Aunt Xue!"
She shyly picked up her brand new white cake skirt and said, "Is it okay if I wear this that day? It won't embarrass you, right?"
"Silly girl, what are you talking about!" Xue Manyi happily took Shen Qingxi's hand, "My future daughter-in-law is cute, good at studying, and versatile. When that day comes, I will let everyone know that What a wonderful daughter-in-law I will have!”
Xue Manyi really loved Shen Qingxi. Compared to her stepdaughter Qin Shangling, the pampered young lady, Shen Qingxi was not only better at talking, but... there were some similarities between the two of them.
Shen Qingxi was a concubine who was later taken back to the Shen family, and Xue Manyi was raised outside by the head of the Qin family for several years before she finally succeeded in taking over.
This made the two of them even more "sympathetic" to each other.
"Speaking of talent, our Xiaoxi won the first prize for his painting. Have you not seen it yet?" Shen Cunyi said, proudly gesturing to the servant. Sun's mother immediately responded and ran upstairs and downstairs. On one visit, they were handed Miss Qingxi’s paintings.
Xue Manyi took it with a sweet smile.
“The creek is really great!”
A few people exchanged simple greetings, Xue Manyi turned around with a smile, and suddenly saw Shen Wanwan coming down from upstairs.
Shen Wanwan came back to change clothes. She left in a hurry before and didn't get a few suitable changes of clothes. Now the girl's posture is casual, wearing a loose pure white T-shirt on the upper body and light blue loose jeans on the lower body.
She was playing with her phone intently, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was mocking their conversation, but also seemed not interested at all.
There was a hint of blame in Xue Manyi's eyes, and she walked silently, which was scary.
But her cultivation still allowed her to remain gentle and said: "Wanwan, auntie remembers that you also liked painting before, right?"
His attitude was acceptable, but it was completely different from how he treated Shen Qingxi.
Without waiting for Shen Wanwan's reply, Shen Cunyi took on the airs of an elder and said, "What she drew was just a child's play, it's nothing!"
Shen Wanwan lost the desire to speak.
Xue Manyi originally just talked casually and did not continue the topic.
The woman was thoughtful and looked at the expression on the head of the Shen family. She also knew that Shen Wanwan had been worried a lot these days, so she persuaded her, "Wanwan, since you are back now, just be obedient. You If you still want to go to school, your father will not disagree. If you don’t want to go to school, your father can also arrange a position for you in the company."
Shen Cunyi sighed.
Xue Manyi started to act as a peacemaker with a clear sense of justice, "Anyway, Wanwan, everything is going well for the family. Those things in the past are in the past. From now on, we will still be a family, so don't mention it again!"
These words spoke to Shen Cunyi's heart.
In any case, Shen Wanwan is also his flesh and blood. Regardless of whether the obedient and sensible person he showed as a child is true or false, Shen Cunyi still misses his old love.
We are all a family. As long as Shen Wanwan sincerely repented, he could pretend that those things had never happened and let her enjoy the luxurious life of the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
Shen Wanwan was still looking at her phone intently, and her tone was casual with a faint smile, "How about I 'go'?"
"you……"
Although Xue Manyi has not read any books, because of her status as the hostess of the Qin family, her words usually have weight. Now she was stunned by Shen Wanwan. She shook her head and turned to the side gloomily.
Shen Qingxi secretly blamed Shen Wanwan and hurriedly chased after her.
"Aunt Xue..."
Shen Cunyi, who had suppressed his anger all night, could no longer suppress it, so he came directly to Shen Wanwan and took away her mobile phone with a livid face.
"Wanwan! How can you talk to your elders like that! Have you forgotten all the etiquette lessons I asked you to take when you were a child? Holding a mobile phone all day long, can the mobile phone improve your grades? Can the mobile phone make you a new person? Can the mobile phone Does it make you stand out?"
At the end of the sentence, his eyes seemed to be on fire, "You can't just follow Xiao Xi's example..."
Shen Wanwan's palms were empty, and she still maintained her original posture.
After listening to Shen Cunyi's rebuke and accusation, she lazily raised her eyelids. There was an evil and cold smile in her clear and delicate eyes, the kind of indifference after numbness.
"In your eyes, I can't compare to her. It sounds nice to say that we are a family... but do you really regard me as your family? If it were Shen Qingxi, you would throw her into a mental hospital ? Ignore me from now on? Let her fend for herself? Don’t deceive yourself, dad, in your heart, you have never regarded me as your family member..."
The faint smile and cynical tone pierced Shen Cunyi's heart like a knife.
"Wanwan! Why are you always so extreme?"
Didn't she just run out of the mental hospital not long after she entered it?
If she stayed there honestly, how could he ignore her? ?
What else do you mean by leaving her to fend for herself?
How could a father do that?
It’s just a conspiracy theory!
Groundless accusation! !
Shen Cunyi was stunned, but Shen Wanwan had already taken away her phone and left the house.
The middle-aged man looked at her leaving figure, and the smell of blood surged in his heart.
It's rare to be happy today, why do you have to make your home like this? !
What a misfortune for our family! !
