Early that morning, Xia Weilan received a call from Xia Mei at school.
Xia Weilan was surprised. She had nothing to talk to Xia Mei about. What on earth did she want from her?
After Xia Weilan answered the call, Xia Mei on the other end immediately said warmly, "Weilan, it's your aunt. How have you been lately? How's your study?"
"Yeah, I'm doing fine," Xia Weilan showed a bit of respect to Xia Mei as an elder.
"That's good. Come and visit your aunt when you're free. Ruolin and Mingqi are going to have their engagement ceremony in a few days. You and Beichen should come too. After all, we're family," Xia Mei said in a kind tone.
"I don't want to go," Xia Weilan said in a deep voice.
Xia Mei tried to persuade her, "It doesn't matter if you're busy. Beichen can come alone. Weilan, we're all family. Don't let the Xia family fall apart and become a laughingstock. Your aunt has always cared about you."
The Xia family had been in a tough situation because of Mo Beichen's words. Since Mo Beichen had threatened to go against the Xia family, no one dared to do business with them. Now the Xia family was in a difficult time.
Xia Weilan sneered. So they were after Mo Beichen. They wanted Mo Beichen to attend their wedding. It was quite a wild idea.
"Whether Beichen goes or not depends on his own will," Xia Weilan's voice turned a bit colder.
Xia Mei on the other end wanted to say something else, but Xia Weilan said she was busy and hung up the phone immediately.
Xia Weilan was really busy.
After lunch, she immediately immersed herself in the design of the school newspaper. It was not until school was over in the afternoon that she finally finished the design in the student union's room and had it printed right away.
After finishing all this, Xia Weilan was exhausted. She told Mo Beichen that she would be back late and then simply lay on the table for a short nap.
She overslept. She didn't even notice her phone vibrating constantly.
In the student union's room, the door was gently pushed open. Mo Beichen came in wrapped in the night. Seeing Xia Weilan sleeping soundly on the table, he couldn't help but lighten his steps.
Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly. Mo Beichen's eyes swept over her face. Thinking that Xia Weilan had been really tired these days, a pang of heartache welled up in his heart. He gently picked her up without waking her up. Wrapped in the night, he carried her through the tree - lined avenue with dim lights and walked out of the school.
Several boarding students who were taking a walk on the avenue were stunned on the spot when they saw the approaching figure.
"Look, it's Mo Beichen. Who's in his arms?"
"Who else? It's his girlfriend, Xia Weilan."
"Wow, I want to fall in love too."
The little girls stared with star - struck eyes as they watched the god - like figure carry Xia Weilan pass by. They were really envious.
Xia Weilan had a nightmare.
She dreamt that Old Master Xia was hit by a car while crossing the road. When she rushed there, the old master grabbed her hand tightly, looked into her eyes, and kept repeating, "Avenge me!"
"Grandpa!" Xia Weilan woke up from the nightmare.
The whole room was brightly lit. Mo Beichen was holding her hand, nervously wiping the sweat off her face and calling her name.
"Weilan, you're finally awake," Mo Beichen let out a sigh of relief. Just now, Xia Weilan had suddenly twisted uneasily in the bed and then was sweating profusely. He couldn't wake her up no matter how hard he tried.
Xia Weilan felt that her whole body was soaked. The fear on her face still lingered, and her heart was still pounding.
"I dreamt that my grandpa was killed," Xia Weilan said weakly.
"You've been too tired recently. Take a bath first and relax," Mo Beichen said in a low voice.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. A maid came in with an invitation card.
Mo Beichen took the invitation card and opened it. It was for Xia Ruolin and Ouyang Mingqi's engagement banquet.
"Weilan, what do you think?" Mo Beichen frowned and asked Xia Weilan.
"Xia Mei called me today and asked me to bring you there. Actually, the key is that she hopes you can go to ease the relationship between the two families," Xia Weilan sighed.
"Then we'll go," Mo Beichen held her hand. "You're the legitimate eldest daughter of the Xia family. Not only should you go, but you should go in a high - profile way."
Recently, there had been rumors in the capital that Xia Weilan had been kicked out of the Xia family. This matter had always been on Mo Beichen's mind. Anyway, he would back Xia Weilan up.
"High - profile? How high - profile?" Xia Weilan smiled. This was quite novel.
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In the villa.
"Sir, the son - in - law is here!" When the maid announced, Ouyang Mingqi, dressed in a classic black - and - white suit, had already walked in handsomely. There was a gentle smile on his face, making people feel at ease.
If his family hadn't forced him to marry Xia Ruolin because of the child in her belly, he really wouldn't have been willing to come to the Xia family for dinner.
"Come in!" Xue Zhiqing was very satisfied with Ouyang Mingqi. He looked up at the upstairs and said to Ouyang Mingqi, "Ruolin is still in her room. Go and see her first."
"Okay," Ouyang Mingqi went upstairs.
"What are you doing here!" Xia Ruolin opened the door unhappily, frowned and walked back into the room. She looked at Ouyang Mingqi with disgust.
"I'm here to call you down for dinner," Ouyang Mingqi seemed never to get angry. He just looked at her quietly.
"Humph!" Xia Ruolin glared at him. "How dare you come to eat in my family? Do you think if my dad knows that you secretly plotted against me and tricked me into having a relationship with you, he won't break your legs?"
"Hehe!" Ouyang Mingqi smiled. "Even if you say so, no one will believe you."
Moreover, the last time, Xia Ruolin had been willing. Ouyang Mingqi didn't say it because he didn't want to irritate Xia Ruolin.
"Do you think you're worthy of marrying me? You've really got a good plan!" Xia Ruolin said coldly.
"You're wrong. I'm willing to marry you. The Xia family used to be good, but now it's in decline and not as good as the Ouyang family. You know this very well. Now the two families are cooperating. You've asked for such a large betrothal gift. Isn't it just to save the current Xia Group?" Ouyang Mingqi said in a calm tone.
Hearing this, Xia Ruolin's heart skipped a beat. "How much betrothal gift did my dad ask for?"
When it came to this, Ouyang Mingqi couldn't help feeling a bit unwilling.
His family had actually given 100 million as the betrothal gift for this unborn child.
Xue Zhiqing in the hall glanced at the room upstairs from time to time.
He wasn't worried that Ouyang Mingqi would treat Xia Ruolin badly. He was worried that Xia Ruolin's bad temper would make Ouyang Mingqi unhappy. If so, the business cooperation between the two families would fall through.