Not only Pei Mingyuan, but everyone in the Pei Group was paying attention to the glaring challenge on the forum. They were all surprised that Yuan Xi dared to confront the Pei family's daughter head - on. Everyone put down their work and excitedly refreshed the post, waiting for the follow - up of this challenge.
It has to be said that this challenge has replaced Yuan Xi's own romantic gossip and become the biggest news in the entire Pei Group.
Therefore, when Pei Weiwei logged onto the forum to give a response, everyone in the Pei Group was extremely excited.
Miss Pei has accepted the challenge!
Pei Weiwei: "Humph, who said I'm afraid? Let's wait and see! I will definitely beat you! By then, you not only have to get out of Haicheng, but also kneel in front of me and kowtow to me!"
Originally, people were not very interested in the design competition for the bay renovation project. After all, the requirements were too high. They had to submit anonymously and give an on - the - spot presentation. It was really challenging. But if someone made it a bet, the competition suddenly became interesting.
Since the list of finalists would not be announced until ten minutes before the competition, if Yuan Xi couldn't even make it to the finals...
There was going to be a good show!
For a moment, the number of people who wanted to sign up for the competition just for fun suddenly increased.
In the secretariat, the team leader, Fu Man, snorted, "Yuan Xi has such a thick skin. She even has the nerve to issue a challenge to Miss Pei. If I were her, I'd just submit my resignation and leave the Pei Group."
Huang Zhenzhen held back for a while and whispered, "But... I think she's really cool!" She envied this kind of courage to face malice head - on. If it were her, she would only feel that the sky was falling and have no face to live in the world.
Dai Sha tugged at her and shook her head, signaling her not to say any more. The other person was the team leader of the secretariat, who was obviously on Pei Weiwei's side. Be careful of getting into trouble with her.
Pei Mingyuan stared blankly at the challenge. He didn't expect the situation to develop like this. Then he remembered that in fact, Xu Zixi didn't need his worry at all. With her superb hacking skills, she could delete posts, ban accounts, and make everyone shut up in a minute. But she chose a more brave and direct way to deal with it.
It was time to get off work. Pei Mingyuan got up absent - mindedly and walked out of his office. Coincidentally, he met Xu Zixi waiting for the elevator. As Pei Weiwei's elder brother, seeing her suddenly, Pei Mingyuan felt a moment of embarrassment and couldn't help but want to say something:
"Yuan Xi, I..."
"Don't worry, Young Master Pei. I won't take out my anger on you for what your sister has done. However, it was really inappropriate of me to make a bet on the ranking of the design competition without informing you in advance. I'd like to apologize to you here first."
He could hear the alienation in her tone. Pei Mingyuan said, "There's no need to apologize. I won't stop you either. This is already the best way to handle it."
"Then I'll thank you, Young Master Pei." Xu Zixi said indifferently.
In the elevator, both of them were silent. Xu Zixi was too lazy to communicate with Pei Mingyuan. After all, the other person had obviously been avoiding her before, which clearly showed that he had known her identity for a long time. And Pei Mingyuan didn't know how to start a conversation. After all, she was the Yuan Xi from Fengcheng.
Although she knew that she would have to face the disgraceful past of the original owner one day and was ready to fight, when she really encountered it, her mood was still affected. When Xu Zixi got home, her face didn't look good. But when she saw a huge object that suddenly appeared in the living room, her face brightened up again.
There was a new piano in the house!
It was a pure - white grand piano with a golden border on the body. Against the colorful sunset glow, it shone with a noble and elegant light.
At this moment, Xu Zixi felt as if she had returned to her childhood in her previous life. Every time she came home from school and opened the door, she would receive all kinds of gifts prepared by her family. There were expensive luxury cars and a not - so - delicious dish cooked by her mother. What was important was not the form of the gift, but the surprise of receiving it unexpectedly.
She remembered that she only said that she couldn't play the guitar but could play the piano, and then she received such a gift.
She walked up to the piano, her eyes shining. She lovingly stroked the body of the piano with her fingers, then opened the lid and pressed a key.
"Ding~" The piano gave out a clear and long - lasting echo. Just from this sound, she knew that the quality of this piano was excellent and it must be very expensive.
She sat down in front of the piano, placed her ten fingers on the keys, took a deep breath, and played the melody surging in her heart at the moment.
Compared with the casualness and chicness of the guitar, the piano music was more solemn and steady. Coupled with her slightly depressed mood because of Pei Weiwei's mischief, the tune was even more low - key. But as she played, her mood gradually brightened up, and the tune changed from low to lively. In the rhythm full of infinite hope and vitality, her ten fingers intertwined and danced like colorful butterflies.
So what if she was laughed at, isolated, and verbally abused? She knew that there was someone who didn't care about her past.
After the performance, Xu Zixi closed her eyes to calm her excited mood. When she turned around, she saw Yan Yincheng, the two kids, as well as Aunt Zhang and Aunt Li standing not far behind, all with intoxicated expressions on their faces.
Yan Yincheng was the first to break the silence and praised, "You played very well. With your piano - playing level, you're already qualified to hold a concert."
Xu Zixi stood up, with an uncontrollable smile on her face. "Brother Cheng, thank you for the gift."
Yan Yincheng turned his face away uncomfortably and coughed lightly. "I'm glad you like it."
"I like it very much!" Xu Zixi, like a spoiled little girl, quickly walked up, picked up Yuan Xiaoxuan, spun around on the spot, and gave him a big kiss on the face. "I like it so much!"
Seeing this, Yuan Xiaoxu raised his hand unwillingly. "Mummy, mummy, Xu Xu wants a kiss too!"
Xu Zixi put down Yuan Xiaoxuan, picked up Yuan Xiaoxu, spun him around, and kissed him twice on the face.
Hearing her undisguised joy, a smile appeared on Yan Yincheng's cold face. He couldn't help thinking in his heart that she was really a little girl.
Wasn't she a little girl? Four years ago on that night, she was just an 18 - year - old girl who had just entered university. Although she was already the mother of two children now, she was only 22 years old. If that incident hadn't happened, she would probably just be finishing her university studies and learning to enter society now.
Aunt Zhang said, "I'm a rough person and don't know how to appreciate music, but I think the young miss plays the piano really nicely. It makes me feel good when I listen to it! If it could be recorded on a record and played on a player all the time, that would be great."
Aunt Li also nodded in agreement. "Listening to this music makes me feel full of energy."
Xu Zixi laughed. "It's not that exaggerated. I'm just at an average level."
But Yan Yincheng said, "Aunt Zhang's idea is good. Next time I'll find someone to record it."
After dinner, Xu Zixi entered her study with this good mood and continued to perfect her design plan. There was only a week left until the deadline for submitting the application for the design competition. She didn't have much time left.