Qin Huai’s serious and deep voice also sounded at the right moment: “Xian Xian, you come back, tell grandfather things clearly. If this brat Qin Song really did something sorry to you, I definitely won’t let him off!”
“You tell grandfather, grandfather will make decisions for you!”
Wen Xian’s fingertips slightly curled inward, she turned around, eyes hazy with tears, glanced at Qin Song, then lowered her head again.
She chose to stay silent.
Seeing Wen Xian like this, Qin Huai had no choice but to use his cane to fiercely hit Qin Song’s calf. Qin Song immediately bent down, crying out in pain: “Grandfather!”
Qin Huai’s face carried anger: “Speak!”
Qin Song didn’t expect that Wen Xian really came to the airport the day before yesterday.
How could he not understand now, it must have been Xu Chuwei who called Wen Xian over. And being discovered by Wen Xian, it definitely was her driving that California Butterfly to find Wen Xian.
Qin Song cursed lowly in his heart, he was played by that woman Xu Chuwei.
Qin Song knew at this time he definitely couldn’t admit his matter with Xu Chuwei. If the marriage matter with Wen Xian fell through, Qin Huai definitely would no longer consider him as a possible heir.
“Xian Xian, you listen to me.”
Qin Song stepped forward, wanting to pull Wen Xian’s hand. But before he could get close to Wen Xian, he was quietly blocked by Qin Zan. He looked at his big brother with a baffled expression.
Qin Zan looked at Qin Song coldly, said in a deep voice: “Stand there and speak properly, pulling and tugging like this, what does it look like?”
From small to big, Qin Song was afraid of this half-brother of his. Even his mother didn’t dare easily provoke Qin Zan.
Although he got Qin Huai’s favor, Qin Zan was their father’s most liked son, and Qin Zan’s mother’s family background was profound.
Qin Song stopped his steps, he said anxiously: “Xian Xian, that car I lent to a friend, and I bumped into Xu Chuwei by coincidence, it’s not as you think.”
Wen Xian lifted her eyes to look fixedly at him: “The friend in your mouth is Chuwei, right? Didn’t you tell me last night that you only came back yesterday? But Chuwei came back the day before yesterday.”
Qin Song: “……”
Originally he could still explain that he came back early, but the bad part was that they bumped into each other at the restaurant last night, and he even especially emphasized again that he had only arrived in Licheng yesterday.
Hearing up to here, how could Qin Huai still not understand? He looked at Qin Song with a hating-iron-for-not-becoming-steel expression.
At this time, Wen Xian very much wanted to just leave here like this, but she still remembered what Shen Lingge said, she had to find out what kind of agreement was made between Qin Huai and Wen Tianlin.
The Qin family, again wanted to obtain something from her.
She wanted to first bring up breaking off the engagement to test Qin Huai’s reaction.
So Wen Xian endured her own disgust and nausea, with a pale face stood in place listening to Qin Huai loudly scolding Qin Song.
When the voice paused, she finally spoke in a low voice: “Grandfather, it seems I and Brother Song are not suitable, and now the Wen family… only has me left, you don’t need to force Brother Song because of past feelings.”
“Sorry, I’ll leave first.”
If Shen Lingge’s guess was correct, then within a few days Qin Huai definitely would come to find her again.
Just as she was about to step out of the entranceway, behind her sounded a low voice: “I’ll take you back.”
Before Wen Xian could react, Qin Zan had already walked towards the outside first. When she reached not far from the fountain pool, Qin Zan was already driving a Maybach towards her.
Wen Xian’s footsteps paused slightly, she stared in a daze at Qin Zan in the driver’s seat, subconsciously calling out: “Big Brother Qin…”
Hearing this, he glanced at her, ordered: “Get in the car.”
Wen Xian only hesitated for a moment before going around to the passenger side, opening the car door and sitting in.
Until the car drove to Licheng Garden, Qin Zan did not say a single word, she also quietly sat in her seat.
Until Wen Xian was about to get out of the car, Qin Zan handed her a mint-green gift box.
The man who had been silent all along looked at her without a word, but then shifted his gaze away, he said in a low voice: “Xian Xian, happy birthday.”
Wen Xian didn’t know for a moment whether she should take the box from his hand, but Qin Zan didn’t give her that much time to hesitate, he tossed the box into her arms: “Get off, I still have things to do.”
Wen Xian could only get out of the car holding the gift.
The black Maybach drove away like dust, Wen Xian holding this small box walked home.
When Wen Xian got home, Shen Lingge was lying on the sofa, full and satisfied, he was used to lying on a wide leather sofa, suddenly changing to such a small and exquisite sofa, he even found it quite novel.
Qiuqiu also boldly nestled on his knee.
After hearing the movement from the doorway, Shen Lingge shifted his gaze from the screen, looking toward Wen Xian.
He frowned and said: “Why did you come back so quickly, didn’t they keep you for a meal?”
Wen Xian slowly shook her head, she changed her shoes and walked to the living room, after sitting down on the carpet, she heavily sighed: “Gege, I’m so tired, the people of the Qin family are all so strange.”
Shen Lingge noticed the gift box she placed on the tea table, he glanced at it, asked: “Can I open it and take a look?”
Wen Xian lay on the tea table, waving her hand: “Go ahead, I don’t know what it is either.”
Shen Lingge opened the gift box in a few moves, he lowered his eyes to look at the pocket watch full of diamonds in his hand, the perfectly cut diamonds bright and clear, the design exquisite and unique.
He remembered when foreign jewelers came to him last month, they had especially introduced this style of pocket watch, this was a custom-made product for customers, costing up to three million pounds.
Shen Lingge turned over this pocket watch, he saw the cursive letters engraved on the back, he called out in a low voice: “Belle?”
Wen Xian instinctively answered: “Mm?”
Shen Lingge looked at Wen Xian’s confused little face, he gently rubbed those cursive letters, “Your English name?”
Speaking of this English name, Wen Xian felt a little embarrassed, she softly replied: “Mm, my dad gave me this English name. He hoped I could be like Princess Belle, beautiful and smart, elegant and kind.”
Speaking of this, she looked a little lost again, “But I seem to not have done well, I didn’t become the way Dad hoped.”
Shen Lingge put the pocket watch back into the box, his gaze lightly sliding over Qiuqiu who was licking its fur in his arms, asking carelessly: “Who gave you this pocket watch?”
Pocket watch?
Wen Xian looked toward the box in Shen Lingge’s hand, she was still a bit blank: “The thing in the box is a pocket watch? Big Brother Qin gave it to me.”
Although Shen Lingge wasn’t familiar with Licheng’s noble families, he had heard of Qin Zan’s name.
This man had already replaced his father’s position six years ago, now he was the president of Qin Group, with thunderous means in the business world.
But Qin Huai still held 15% of Qin Group’s shares in his hands, Qin Zan’s position wasn’t very stable.
Hearing that Qin Huai favored the little grandson, thinking from his point of view, marrying Wen Xian to Qin Song was a very important matter.
But Qin Song himself didn’t know.
Could it be that Qin Zan also had thoughts toward Wen Xian?
Shen Lingge played with the box in his hand, the ends of his long and narrow eyes slightly lifting, his tone sounding rather unreasonable: “I like this pocket watch, this pocket watch is mine now.”
Wen Xian: “……”
Wen Xian shook her head, “This was given to me by someone else, I can’t casually give it to you.”
Shen Lingge let out a light hum, but he still wasn’t willing to give up, so he changed his phrasing: “Then I’ll keep it for you for now, after some time I’ll give it back to you.”
Wen Xian looked at him suspiciously, then instructed: “…Then don’t lose it. When I cancel the engagement with the Qin family, I still have to return it to Big Brother Qin.”
Shen Lingge held the box in his hand, then stood up and walked into the room. When he came out again, he had already changed into another set of clothes, and that mint-green little box was nowhere to be seen.
He looked at Wen Xian who was still sitting on the carpet not wanting to move, and said: “Take you to eat, after eating we’ll go buy a sofa bed.”
Wen Xian touched the cloth sofa beside her, eyes showing reluctance, trying to struggle one more time, “Gege, this sofa is still perfectly fine, if we throw it away it’d be too wasteful. I’ll just sleep on the sofa…”
If Shen Lingge didn’t know what kind of life Wen Xian used to live, he definitely wouldn’t be able to guess that this girl now clutching the sofa with a reluctant face was once the hundred-billion heiress of Wen Group’s capital empire.
She completely threw away her past life, and also put down the countless halos once surrounding her.
The only identity she kept for herself was: daughter of Wen Tianlin and Chang Shuang.
Shen Lingge urged: “Hurry and get up, this sofa I’ll send to Mingcheng, not throwing it away.”
Wen Xian: “……”
Wen Xian slowly climbed up from the carpet, by the way opened a can for Qiuqiu who was meowing coquettishly next to her, then asked unbelievably: “You’re bringing the sofa on a trip?”
Shen Lingge’s expression didn’t change, his tone indifferent: “Can’t I?”
Wen Xian: “It’s not that you can’t, but…”
As soon as she lifted her eyes she met Shen Lingge’s emotionless, indifferent eyes. He lowered his gaze to look at her, carrying an aura that brooked no refusal.
His face was practically writing the words: Laozi said you can, so you can.
Wen Xian: …Fine, as long as you’re happy.
At this moment Wen Xian felt that the character she had drawn might be a little rebellious.
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After getting in the car, Wen Xian naturally sat in the passenger seat. After fastening her seatbelt, she started fiddling with her phone to play, “Gege, what should we eat later?”
Shen Lingge: “……”
Having just finished a feast, Shen Lingge felt a little guilty, lightly coughed, but immediately pretended to look displeased. He frowned and said: “I’m not hungry, you eat.”
Wen Xian tilted her head to glance at him, “No way, only children throw a tantrum and refuse to eat, are you a child?”
The corner of Shen Lingge’s forehead twitched slightly, “I don’t have much appetite right now, I’ll eat later.”
At this time it was already entering summer, the weather was getting hotter and hotter.
The usual leaves all drooped lifelessly, the fish in the pond hid at the bottom, there were fewer people coming and going in the neighborhood, everywhere carried a steaming hot appearance.
Considering the reason of the weather, Wen Xian decided to slightly indulge Shen Lingge, “Then when we go home after buying the sofa, I’ll buy ice cream for you to eat, at night you have to eat dinner properly.”
Shen Lingge: “…Actually, no need.”
Wen Xian curved her lips, between her brows and eyes carried a faint smile, “Children are all like this, no need to feel embarrassed.”
Child Shen Lingge: “……”
In the end, who exactly is the child?