Xiao Zichen has not been back to the Xiao family's old residence dozens of kilometers away for a long time. He only returned here tonight after receiving a call from Lu Yazhen.
After parking the car, Xiao Zichen squinted at a car beside him and looked a little gloomy when he saw the license plate on it.
At this time, the door of the villa opened, and an old woman came out. After seeing Xiao Zichen, she spoke with a kind face.
"Young Master is back, have you had dinner? Madam and Master are waiting for you inside."
"Aunt Zhou, good evening. I've already eaten. Is there anyone at home?"
Xiao Zichen asked casually, Aunt Zhou nodded, opened the door for Xiao Zichen and said.
"Well, Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen are here."
When Xiao Zichen heard this, a hint of coldness flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he entered the villa directly without saying anything.
As soon as he entered, he heard a delicate voice coming from inside, which made Xiao Zichen's skin crawl. However, the coldness in his eyes became even stronger.
"Aunt Zhen, it's not what you said. Otherwise, I wouldn't come here with Mommy to ask Aunt Zhen for help today."
"Madam, the young master is back."
At the door of the living room, Aunt Zhou spoke, and as soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Zichen had already appeared at the door of the living room.
"mom."
Xiao Zichen and Lu Yazhen said hello, then looked at Mrs. Shen and Shen Leyi beside them, nodded lightly and said.
"Hello, Mrs. Shen."
After that, he walked into the living room, chose a seat away from the Shen family's mother and daughter, and sat down.
"Mom, is there anything wrong with calling me back so urgently?"
Xiao Zichen sat down and spoke. It was obvious that he didn't want to stay in this house.
"Yazhen, I haven't seen Zichen for several years. You are really amazing. You have raised such an outstanding son. Zichen, your mother and I are best friends. You will still call me Qian like you did when you were a child. Auntie, if you did what you did just now, you’d be out of sight."
Shen Leyi's mother Zhou Meiqian spoke at this time, and as soon as she heard the words, she knew what she was thinking.
Xiao Zichen did not speak, but nodded lightly, and then looked at his mother again.
At this time, Lu Yazhen had already felt the coldness in her son's eyes, she looked embarrassed, and then said with a smile.
"Zi Chen, I'm calling you this time because your Aunt Qian has something to do with you."
When Xiao Zichen heard this, he frowned slightly, and then his eyes fell on Zhou Meiqian again.
Looking at Shen Leyi next to Zhou Meiqian, she had a shy face and stern eyes, not hiding her greed and obsession with Xiao Zichen. Lu Yazhen on the side looked worried and looked at her son nervously.
At this time, Zhou Meiqian looked at Xiao Zichen with a graceful face, and spoke with a smile on her lips.
"Zi Chen, this time Auntie came to you with a merciless request. Please take the sake of our two families' long-term friendship and agree to Auntie's request."
Zhou Meiqian spoke in such a low-key manner, which surprised Xiao Zichen. After all, she was the mistress of the Shen family, a powerful family in Kyoto. With her status, there was no need to do this.
And Zhou Meiqian's attitude made Xiao Zichen have to give her some face. After all, offending Zhou Meiqian was equivalent to offending Minister Shen in Kyoto.
"Aunt Qian, please speak up if you have anything to say. Zi Chen will definitely not shirk away if he can help."
This is the best attitude Xiao Zichen can have.
After hearing this, Zhou Meiqian nodded slightly, then held Shen Leyi's hand, thought for a moment, and spoke.
"Zi Chen, tomorrow is the annual charity dinner of the Charity Federation. I have taken the liberty to come here to ask for help for our family. You also know that for the annual charity dinner, as the chairman of the organizer of the Charity Federation, We have to do the opening dance, but my daughter has always been introverted. She has been in Los Angeles for more than a year, but she is busy with work and has not made any friends with young talents. No, after thinking about it, we can only ask Zi Chen to accompany us. Jia Leyi danced this dance."
Xiao Zichen knew that Shen Leyi's appearance would be up to no good, but he didn't expect that the mother and daughter would make such excessive demands.
Dancing the opening dance is not as simple as it sounds. Just like when Fu Yusheng wanted to ask Mo Yurou to dance the opening dance, the two parties must not dance together unless they have a special relationship. Otherwise, it means telling everyone that There is an ambiguous and even more ambiguous relationship between them.
Shen Leyi was smarter this time. She knew very well that if she approached Xiao Zichen, Xiao Zichen would definitely refuse her, so she moved out of her mother and used the relationship between her mother and Lu Yazhen to find Xiao Zichen. In this way, Xiao Zichen would probably I was embarrassed to refuse.
But Shen Leyi was smart, but she also underestimated Xiao Zichen's ruthlessness and coldness.
Faced with Zhou Meiqian and Feng Xiaoyu's request, Xiao Zichen did not change his face and just said lightly.
"Aunt Qian, before I agree, I need to tell you the consequences if Miss Shen and I dance the opening dance."
Xiao Zichen's tone was calm and there was no emotion at all, but these words made Zhou Meiqian change her face.
"Zi Chen, what do you mean? Do you want to reject my request?"
Obviously, Zhou Meiqian believed that Xiao Zichen would agree because of the relationship between the two families and the Shen family's status in Kyoto, so Xiao Zichen's words were tantamount to provoking her status.
Xiao Zichen smiled faintly, shook his head and said.
"No, Aunt Qian, I'm just telling you some of the effects first."
"Meiqian, don't worry, my son has always been meticulous in his work, why don't we listen to what he has to say first."
Lu Yazhen on the side felt the anger on Zhou Meiqian and spoke at the right time to resolve the awkward atmosphere.
Zhou Meiqian thought for a moment, nodded, and then said quietly.
"It's just an opening dance. What bad consequences can it have? Tell me."
"Aunt Qian, I believe you know very well what this opening dance means. I am a married man. To be honest, if I dance this dance with any woman except my wife, it will not have a great impact on me, but it will Miss Shen may suffer damage to her reputation, and I believe Aunt Qian doesn't want her daughter to bear those slanders for no reason."
Xiao Zichen said in a calm tone as before.
This year, his image outside has already become that of an amorous playboy, so it doesn't matter if he adds another one, but whether he wants to add another depends on whether he is happy or not. Obviously, he doesn't want Shen to be involved in these tidbits about himself. Le Yi's existence, even if it is fake, will not work.
When Shen Leyi heard this, she couldn't hold it back and said.
"Brother Zichen, don't think that I don't know. The relationship between Miss Mo and you has long been in name only. Recuperating abroad is nothing more than a public relations crisis for your two companies."
"Leyi..."
When Shen Leyi spoke, the atmosphere in the living room became obviously cold. Zhou Meiqian frowned slightly. Obviously, she also knew that her daughter was too impatient.
At this time, everyone could feel the coldness gradually shrouding Xiao Zichen's body, especially those sharp eyes. The cold light fell on Shen Leyi's body, making her tremble slightly. Even Lu Yazhen on the side felt sad. Worried and nervously looked at his son.
"Shut up, it's not an outsider's turn to talk about Yu Rou and I..."
"Zi Chen, don't be rude."
Feeling the fierce light in Xiao Zichen's eyes, Lu Yazhen spoke in time.
Hearing his mother's voice, Xiao Zichen gradually retracted his murderous intent, and his eyes became colder. Then he stood up from the chair, looked at Zhou Meiqian in front of him, restrained the anger in his heart, and said calmly.
"Mrs. Shen, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't agree to your request. If I were you, I would persuade Qianjin to put away those thoughts that she shouldn't have. Our Xiao family will only have one daughter-in-law, and that is my current daughter-in-law. Madam, Mo Yurou. As for tomorrow’s dinner, if Madam Shen doesn’t mind, I will find a suitable male dance partner for Ling Qianjin.”
After saying that, Xiao Zichen turned to look at Lu Yazhen. Seeing the worry in his mother's eyes, he sighed softly. After all, he had to let his mother clean up the mess for him.
Xiao Zichen took a gentle breath and said.
"Mom, Si Nian is still waiting for me at home, so I will go back first."
After saying that, Xiao Zichen left without looking back.
But at this moment, Shen Leyi ran over and blocked Xiao Zichen's way.
"Brother Zichen, if I say that I don't care about my status and reputation, I just want to stay by your side, can you promise me? I just want you to be my dance partner. Even if I become a mistress despised by everyone after tomorrow, I won't I don’t care, I’ve been in love with you since I was thirteen years old, and I just want to be with you forever. Just because we’ve known each other since childhood, because our families are family friends, and because my mother saved you back then. For Aunt Zhen's sake, please let me stay by your side, okay."
Shen Leyi was desperate. She lost her pride as a wealthy lady and the self-esteem in her heart, and humbly begged Xiao Zichen.
When she learned that Mo Yurou had left, Shen Leyi felt a little secretly happy. She took the initiative to find Xiao Zichen and wanted to touch this man with her tenderness. She even tried to seduce this man with her body, but she was ruthlessly beaten. Refused.
Over the past year, Shen Leyi has never given up pestering Xiao Zichen. Especially after seeing the scandal between Xiao Zichen and Meng Na, she became even more convinced that as long as he is a man, he will never be able to treat only one woman.
But in fact, this man never gave her the slightest tender look, and even rejected her thousands of miles away, which made her feel a frustration she had never experienced in the past twenty years.
This time, Shen Leyi lost her last trace of pride. As long as she was with this man, there was nothing she could not give up.
I thought that such deep affection could win the man some sympathy, but reality gave Shen Leyi a fatal blow.
Xiao Zichen didn't even look at her, he just walked past her. When he passed by her, he gave her an extremely harsh word.
"Miss Shen, don't let me look down on you."
After saying that, Xiao Zichen walked towards the door.