"Come on, I know you're popular."
Cheng Yingchun straightened her back, squinted at the embroidery thread on the satin, and interrupted him, saying, "I didn't ask you to support me for the rest of my life, and Azhi didn't ask you to stay single forever."
"If you can't bear the loneliness, find a new woman early. Don't come here to smear that little girl." Cheng Yingchun was also quite blunt with her son - in - law. "A man in his fifties, why are you arguing with a young girl?"
Sheng Shuocheng: "..."
He was now extremely curious about how Jiang Li had got along with this strange old lady, Cheng Yingchun, that she could show so much favor to her.
He had known Cheng Yingchun for decades, but they had never really got along well.
Zhang Yi was already used to this scene. He just stood at the courtyard gate, with his back to the two of them.
"What did she talk to you about?" Sheng Shuocheng got straight to the point without beating around the bush. "Even if you like her so much, at least let me check her intention for approaching you."
"What intention could she have? Haven't there been many people coming to me in the past two years?"
Cheng Yingchun was annoyed by his question and simply threw down the embroidery needle. "That little girl just stared at my embroidery for three hours. If it wasn't for my embroidery, could it be for you, an old man? You're not even as valuable as a piece of my embroidery."
...
In the end, Sheng Shuocheng left dejectedly.
On the way back, Sheng Shuocheng kept a straight face until Zhang Yi finally brought up a topic. "Mr. Sheng, are you worried about something?"
Sheng Shuocheng leaned back on the chair with a relaxed back, pinching the corners of his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "I feel for the first time that I've wasted these decades of my life."
"Why do you say so?" Zhang Yi asked discreetly.
Sheng Shuocheng was in a daze for a while, then shook his head with a smile. "I'm a man in his fifties, but I can't see through a girl in her twenties. Moreover, I may have wrongly speculated about her."
Zhang Yi understood immediately. "You don't need to feel guilty. There's no absolute truth in this world."
In this world, the one with the right to speak is always the one who represents the truth.
After a moment of silence, Sheng Shuocheng sighed helplessly. "I owe her another one."
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"Qin Yaoyao is engaged to Mr. Xiao?!"
Xiao Ye was extremely shocked. Looking at the celebration announcement in the company's internal work group, her jaw almost dropped.
Jing Yi came over and closed her jaw with her hand. She was much calmer. "Yes, it seems we have to give a wedding gift. I don't know how much we should give. Let me check. How much is appropriate for the boss's engagement?"
"Give a wedding gift? I'll give her a big chicken leg! I have no money, and I'm not going to give anything. Pretend I'm blind and didn't see the group message." Xiao Ye blurted out angrily.
Just as they were chatting, Sister Chen and Jiang Li came back from outside.
Hearing what they were discussing, Sister Chen immediately wanted them to stop, but it was too late. "Who's getting engaged?"
Jiang Li had been busy looking at scripts recently and hadn't had time to check the company news.
"Nothing, nothing. Hey, Sister Jiang Li, don't look at your phone—"
Before Xiao Ye could stop her, Jiang Li had already taken out her phone from her pocket, swiped open the screen, and her eyes stayed on it for a while.
The company group was full of "Congratulations" messages. They scrolled down so fast that one couldn't even read them before they reached the bottom.
Engagement should be a happy event.
A faint smile appeared on Jiang Li's face. She tapped the screen a few times, and a light - hearted "Congratulations" also appeared on the public screen of the company group, just like the others.
After following the trend, she looked up and asked, "When is the engagement banquet? Qin Yaoyao said she would give me an invitation."
She was very calm, as if she was an outsider and it had nothing to do with her.
But the calmer she was, the more uneasy the others felt. "Sister Jiang Li, if you're in a bad mood, just say it. Don't hold it in."
"Why should I be in a bad mood?" Jiang Li was surprised. "It's someone else's happy event. Why should I be in a bad mood?"
Seeing this, they all looked at each other, their eyes conveying different messages.
Seeing their sneaky and inquisitive looks, Jiang Li couldn't help smiling. "Okay, what should I do for you to believe that I'm really not unhappy?"
As she spoke, she put her phone on the side of the table. "I've paid off all my debts in these four years. He and I are just in a superior - subordinate relationship."
She should have been a little sad.
But thinking of the day when Qin Yaoyao had smiled brightly in front of her, saying that she was pregnant with Xiao Yanzhi's child, she had suddenly felt nauseous.
After a few days of getting over it, even the nausea had disappeared, leaving only indifference.
She thought it would be very difficult for her to wish him happiness.
But when she sent that "Congratulations" just now, she was surprised to find that she was so calm that it didn't even stir a single ripple in her heart.
It didn't touch her heartstrings at all.
No matter whether he would be happy or not in the future, it had nothing to do with her.
In the president's office.
Despite the countless "Congratulations" messages in the group, Xiao Yanzhi still noticed the one from Jiang Li at a glance.
It was ordinary and just like the others.
It was an eyesore to Xiao Yanzhi and made him extremely irritable.
Congratulations?
She actually said congratulations?
A week ago, Qin Yaoyao's pregnancy test report was handed to Su Jialan. Looking at the values that showed everything was normal and healthy, she finally sighed.
After all, she was pregnant with a child of the Xiao family. If the wedding didn't take place, it would be bad for the family's reputation.
"After you get the marriage certificate and hold the wedding, then you can tell Ayan about your pregnancy."
Although Su Jialan was angry, she still reminded Qin Yaoyao. "Ayan has a cold personality but is very principled. He won't accept a wedding because of a pregnancy."
As a mother, she knew her son's personality best.
Qin Yaoyao couldn't agree more. She nodded vigorously, her eyes curved, smiling sweetly. "Okay, I'll do whatever you say, Auntie."
Xiao Yanzhi's engagement banquet was extremely grand. Its luxury was really amazing.
Moreover, the engagement banquet happened to be on the same day as Jiang Li was supposed to join the film crew.
Xiao Yanzhi was very generous. Since all the people in their crew were from the entertainment circle, almost everyone was invited to the engagement banquet. Naturally, the time to join the crew was postponed to a few days later.
Qin Yaoyao also kept her promise. She personally wrote an invitation and put it on Jiang Li's desk, looking very serious.
"Sister Jiang Li, I must see you at the engagement banquet."
"Thank you for teaching me so much and telling me a lot of life's principles. You've also helped me a lot in my career."
She smiled brightly and was very amiable. "You're the most important senior I've met in Jiang Entertainment. I must toast you at that time."
Jiang Li had been silent all the time. It was not until she heard this that she slightly lifted her eyelids. "Aren't you pregnant? How can you drink?"