At half past eleven in the evening, Xu Youxuan returned to the Xu family villa with her bag.

She had dinner with her boyfriend at a private restaurant, went to a nearby mall for a while, and went to a movie. My boyfriend had just arrived in Beicheng, and he hadn't had time to buy a car, so he called a taxi, didn't worry about her, sent her home first, and then asked the driver to drive to the hotel where he stayed.

Xu Youxuan took the key and opened the door and came in lightly, for fear of disturbing the sleeping family.

She didn't expect that after walking through the partition wall of the entrance, her mother was sitting in the living room, waiting for someone. On the coffee table in front of him was a pot of brewed tea and a plate of handmade snacks, as if to pass the time.

"Mom, why haven't you slept so late?" Xu Youxuan walked over with her slippers, her voice was soft, and her posture was elegant and generous, "Are you waiting for me?" ”

She felt a little guilty in her heart, and at the same time, there was a trace of apprehension.

Mother Xu raised her eyes and saw that she had been carefully dressed, wearing a light beige skirt, her long hair was softly scattered, and a small shell-shaped diamond clip was pinned to the back of her head.

Mother Xu looked at her silently, raised her chin and pointed to the sofa next to her, motioning for her to sit down.

Xu Youxuan sat down in the single sofa, the chain bag resting on her knees together, quietly waiting for her mother's next words.

"Coming back so late, did you go on a date with your boyfriend?" Mother Xu poured her a cup of red date longan tea and asked softly, without the intention of blaming.

In addition to her younger sister, only her mother knew that she had a boyfriend, and her mother said that she would find time to talk to her father, maybe her father has been busy recently and has no time to take care of anything else.

Xu Youxuan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, the sweet taste spread in her mouth, which was very comfortable. She didn't lie and denied it, and hummed softly: "He just sent me back." It's too late today, and I'll have a chance to introduce him to you later. ”

Mother Xu sighed.

When Xu Youxuan heard this sigh, she sighed slightly, and raised her eyes to look at her mother.

"I'm waiting for you here just to tell you that I didn't have time to tell your father about your relationship." Mother Xu's tone was helpless, "He went to the Fu family's old house today, met the old man of the Fu family, and determined the date of your engagement with Fu Jichen, the twenty-eighth of this month." Your father went in place of your grandfather, that's what your grandfather meant. ”

Xu Youxuan's hand trembled, and the tea in the cup spilled out, dripping a few drops on the back of her hand.

The teapot had been kept warm on the heater and the water was hot, but she didn't feel it at all.

Her face was visibly pale, and Xu Youxuan murmured indifferently, "How can this be...... What about Fu Jichen, he also agreed? ”

Mother Xu said honestly: "The old man of the Fu family will tell him." ”

Xu Youxuan shook her head, tears welling up without warning: "Is Dad at home?" I want to see him, I want to ask him, how can the engagement be decided without asking my opinion, how can it be! ”

As she spoke, she couldn't control her emotions and asked hysterically.

Mother Xu hurriedly got up and walked around the coffee table, came to her daughter's side, and hugged her shoulder distressedly: "Don't shout, your grandfather doesn't sleep well, and he will be angry when he wakes him up." Your father drank too much at night and went to sleep when he came back. ”

Xu Youxuan held her mother's hand and looked at her pleadingly: "Mom, you help me, I don't want to get engaged to Fu Jichen, you help me intercede with my father and grandfather, okay?" ”

There is an old lady in the family, even if it is her daughter's marriage, Xu's mother does not have much right to speak.

Xu Youxuan knew this, but she was flustered at the moment, and she couldn't think of a better way for the time being except to ask her mother for help.

"It's late, you go to bed first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." Mother Xu wiped the moistness from the corners of her eyes as she spoke, patted her daughter's back, and comforted, "Tomorrow your father will rest at home, and we will talk to him again." ”

Mother Xu whispered for a while before sending the person back to the upstairs room.

Xu Youxuan was lying on the bed with her clothes folded, thinking about the engagement all night, her thoughts were so chaotic that she almost didn't close her eyes, until the sky was white.

The mottled wet marks on the pillow were tears she shed unconsciously.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Xu Youxuan counted the time for her father to get up, went to the bathroom to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and went downstairs to the living room.

The nanny and aunt were making breakfast in the kitchen, the TV was playing the morning news, and Xu Qinian had just woken up, wearing a black and white polo shirt with wide stripes, dark gray slacks, and his eyes were staring at the TV.

Noticing the footsteps behind him, Xu Qinian glanced back, his face mild: "Got up so early?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Youxuan's eyes were a little red and swollen, and after some ideological struggle, she walked up to her father, "Dad, I have something to tell you." ”

Xu Qinian took a sip of boiled water on the coffee table, picked up the remote control and turned down the volume of the TV a few degrees, he was very satisfied with this daughter, who was excellent in all aspects from childhood to adulthood: "What do you want to tell Dad?" ”

"You were too busy some time ago to tell you something in time." Xu Youxuan took a deep breath and said that it was fake not to be nervous, she expected her father's reaction before she said it, and just wanted to gamble for herself, "I have a stable emotional relationship, and if nothing else, I will consider getting married at the end of this year." So, can you cancel the marriage with the Fu family? ”

Xu Qinian drank water for a moment, and his eyes were fixed on her face, as if he didn't believe that these words came from the mouth of this quiet and well-behaved daughter.

After a while, he lowered his face and asked, "You said you have a boyfriend?" ”

Mother Xu didn't sleep well last night, and only came out of the bedroom at this time, and as soon as she walked into the living room, she heard her husband ask sternly, and then looked at the picture of the confrontation between father and daughter, and the whole person was awake.

Walking over in three steps and two steps, Mother Xu took her daughter's hand: "You told your father?" ”

Xu Qinian looked at his wife and said incredulously: "Do you know about this? ”

Mother Xu's face stiffened slightly, and said, "I knew it a few days ago, and I wanted to tell you that you have been socializing a lot these days, but you haven't found a chance." ”

Xu Qinian's image of a loving father no longer exists, he is not angry and arrogant, he disdains to know who his daughter's boyfriend's surname is, where he lives, and what he does, and directly sentenced him to death: "I don't care where you go, break up immediately, on the 28th, I want to see you appear at the Mandry Hotel and get engaged to the eldest grandson of the Fu family!" ”

With that, he rested his cup heavily on the coffee table.

Xu Youxuan's face was like ashes, and her heart fell to the bottom of the valley heavily.

The meaning of my father's words was obvious, there was no room for manoeuvre in this matter.

Xu Youxuan returned to the upstairs room alone and did not eat breakfast.

She knew that tears could not solve the problem, so she cheered up after a while, called her friends in the circle one by one, and asked them about Fu Jichen's personal contact information.

Judging from the photos circulating on the Internet, Fu Jichen's feelings for Shen Jianian do not seem to be fake, and she does not believe that Fu Jichen will compromise.

After several tosses, she finally got Fu Jichen's mobile phone number.

Without hesitating for too long, Xu Youxuan dialed the number.

However, a mechanical female voice comes out of the earpiece, telling her that the dialing user has turned off.

*

Shen Jianian also stayed awake all night, leaving the airport and returning to the villa in Yunding Palace, almost three o'clock in the morning. She sat there for a long time, and then began to pick up what she hadn't finished packing.

There are few things that really belong to her, and as far as the eye can see, they are all given to her by Fu Jichen.

Even her cherished cello was bought back by Fu Jichen from Yin Shuyao, and later she wanted to return the money to him, but he didn't accept it.

And the cello of Yan Qiusheng that was auctioned back at a high price, it is even more impossible for her to take it away.

Shen Jianian finally only sorted out a duffel bag, containing a few changes of clothes, and sat on the carpet, her fingers rubbing the white jade carving on her wrist, as if she could still feel Fu Jichen's body temperature remaining on it.

The morning light spilled into the room, and Shen Jianian leaned against the wardrobe like a detachment, and his thoughts gradually drifted away.

The door of the room was not closed tightly, Cheng Jin came up to call Shen Jiannian for breakfast, knocked on the door first, Shen Jianian didn't hear it in the cloakroom, and Cheng Jin walked in.

"Jia Nian, are you going to go far away?"

Cheng Jin walked to the door frame of the cloakroom, saw the duffel bag placed at Shen Jianian's feet, and asked suspiciously.

Shen Jianian's face was momentarily unnatural, and she quickly covered it up, and she offered the excuse she had told Fu Jishen before: "No, tidy up some clothes that you don't wear and put them away." ”

Cheng Jin didn't doubt that the temperature was getting hotter and hotter day by day, and she really couldn't wear winter clothes, she smiled and said, "Breakfast is ready." ”

"I'll go down and eat later." Shen Jianian tugged at the corners of his lips and smiled slightly.

(End of chapter)