The young girl's face was closer and closer, like the dazzling stars in the sky, causing Shen Linfeng's heart to ripple slightly.

With a red face, he was even more nervous than the first time he went on stage.

After hesitating for some time, he kept thinking about Tang Xiaoxiao. After a few minutes, he mustered the courage to hold her hand.

"Thank you."

"What?" Tang Xiaoxiao was stunned by this strange answer, with a sense of regret. Was he really a fool?

What...

"Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for giving me a chance to take care of you," Shen Linfeng said quickly and grabbed Tang Xiaoxiao's hand tightly, not wanting to separate.

"Idiot!"

Tang Xiaoxiao heaved a sigh of relief, with no worries in her heart.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of other people gossiping. She stepped on Shen Linfeng and said angrily, "How long do you want others to watch us?"

"What?"

"Who?"

Shen Linfeng was stunned for a moment. When turning around, he changed his bearing. With ruthless and cold eyes, he was a completely different person from the silly boy just now.

"Hehehe-what a coincidence."

"Don't hit me, don't hit me. We are on the same side!"

Seeing him raise his hand, the person in the corner immediately said, followed by two figures flashing out from the grass.

Looking at the face that was seventy percent similar to Shen Linfeng's, Tang Xiaoxiao asked tentatively, "Uncle?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I am this little lunatic's father," the man said with a smile, not ashamed of being caught peeping at all.

Little lunatic?

Shen Linfeng?

Tang Xiaoxiao looked at the man beside her and revealed a strange smile.

"Dad, don't you have anything better to do?"

"Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Why did you come here?"

"And uncle, why are you also messing around with him? You are really…" Shen Linfeng held his forehead and said with grief and indignation, with overwhelming resentment in his tone.

He was in the middle of getting alone well with his fiancee when they all showed up!

"Brat, what are you saying! I can't go out for a walk after eating!" Shen Linfeng's father, Shen Wenhan, said unhappily.

"A walk?"

"You walked all the way from the east to the west?" Those who could be brothers with Xu Liancheng also had a sharp tongue. And his sharp tongue was an all-around one, regardless of whether the other side was his father or not.

Seeing Shen Wenhan's slightly weak eyes, Shen Linfeng was even more convinced of his speculations. He also forgot that his fiancee was still there and directly pointed out the truth, "Maybe Mom kicked you out again? Then you ran into uncle, who made the same mistake on the side of the road, and then the two of you wandered together."

"You..."

"Xiao Feng, this is..." His uncle was unhappy and scratched his head helplessly.

Although this was true, it was still very embarrassing to say it in front of so many people! He was still a leader seen on TV everyday after all.

Father Shen wasn't as calm as his uncle. Having been pointed out the truth by his own son, he immediately went furious.

He jumped up and threw a palm at Shen Linfeng without any warning. It was aimed right.

But—

Plop—

He fell to the ground.

Father Shen, "???"

Uncle, "..."

Tang Xiaoxiao maintained her stiff smile and reminded in a low voice, "Uncle, your shoelaces loosened."

Father Shen, who was still lying with both hands and legs stretched, twitched his legs and replied very calmly, "Thank you, daughter-in-law, for reminding me, but can you help me up first? I seem to be twisting my waist."

Everyone, "..."

...

After the farce, Tang Xiaoxiao returned to her room.

The moment she disappeared, Father Shen, who was said to have sprained his waist, immediately jumped up from the sofa and sat opposite his son in high spirits. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, full of majesty.

"Dad, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't pose anymore. No one is looking at you."

"Brat, what are you talking about! Is there anyone who dares to undermine me like this? I really don't know how this little girl fell for you!" The angry Father Shen said excitedly. He grabbed the tea cup on the table and wanted to throw it over.

"Of course because I'm handsome and nice."

"Also, just say what you want to say. Don't do anything. The teacup in your hand is the favorite glass lamp of your mother, my grandmother. It's an antique, with a history of hundreds of years. Think about whether your pocket money is enough to buy Old Lady a new one."

"How biased—" Father Shen muttered, unwillingly putting down the teacup.

He had always used tea sets and furniture that had been phased out.

But...

Not only was his own wife treated better than him, but now even his unmarried daughter-in-law was treated better than him!

He felt so upset.

"If you have any objections, go talk to Grandma." Shen Linfeng was very calm.

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Then don't be so upset." Shen Linfeng was very calm. He was used to it. The treatment of girls in his family was much better than that of boys. Moreover, not only his grandmother was like this. It seemed that his great-grandmother was also like this.

The boys were like weeds, growing with the wind. Pulled out if they did not grow well.

As for girls—

They were like delicate orchid.

It was all fate! However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"You... I find that you are very arrogant now! You just have a fiancee and an engagement. When the time comes, whether she can be part of our family or not will depend on me, the family head, to agree!"

"Oh."

"??? What kind of attitude is this?" Father Shen was shocked. Why was his son so calm? Could it be that he actually didn't like any girl? He was just playing around.

"It's just a very normal attitude. I really like her," seeing through his father's thoughts, Shen Linfeng said, "But feelings can not be forced in this world. I feel that I like her more than she likes me. So, we made a half-year agreement. If we can be together, we can get married. If we can't, we can also go on our own ways."

Although this was a bit ritual.

But as adults, they had to think rationally and face their true feelings.

He knew that Tang Xiaoxiao cared most about family background, and she was unwilling to accept unfair love.

So, he was willing to take time to prove to her that his family was different from others'.

His mother was also just from an ordinary educated family, and his uncle did not rely on anyone for help in his career. He had worked hard to get the result bit by bit.

Moreover—

His family was really different from others'.

Who had ever seen a family head being chased out by his wife and sleep on the streets!

That was really sleeping on the street! Unless he climbed over the wall, he could not even enter their own gate.

But in the past few years, climbing over walls was no longer possible.

His mother kept up with the times. Apart from bedrooms and bathrooms, there were cameras everywhere in his home. There were even infrared detection cameras on the walls, providing a high level of security.

What was even more frightening was that his father did not have a small vault, only pocket money—

With only one thousand a month, it was definitely not enough to get a room.

Sure enough, after discussing his marriage, Father Shen immediately talked about his miserable state. It was not easy for him to raise Shen Linfeng. And Shen Linfeng had to give some pocket money to him in return.

Normally, Shen Linfeng would definitely ignore him and let him go to the guest room to sleep.

But today, in a good mood, he directly took out a card from his pocket.

"??? Son! Are you finally enlightened?" Father Shen used both hands to take it, but no matter how hard he pulled it, he could not take it. The bank card seemed to be embedded on the table.

"Here's 10,000 in it under my name. You can take and spend it, and you don't have to worry about being checked by mom. I can even give you a monthly salary in the future, but you have to do me a favor."

"What is it? Let me tell you, little brat. Our old Shen Family's family motto is good heart, conscience, and care. I will not help you do bad things for money," Father Shen suddenly loosened his grip and looked at his son with a serious expression.

He wanted money, but there were some things that he absolutely could not touch.

"Bad things? What bad things can I do?"

"I just want you to put on a show for me—"

"What?"

"Shouldn't you be looking for your grandmother?" Father Shen's arrogance suddenly waned as he tried to evade, with his eyes glued to the bank card.

Shen Linfeng picked up his teacup and took a leisurely sip. He smiled and said, "Grandma's acting is too exaggerated. Do you know how she told Xiaoxiao that she agreed to be engaged to me?"

Shen Linfeng told his father about the drama show between the drunken Tang Xiaoxiao and the Old Lady (in amiable version).

To his surprise, his father was very calm and seemed to think that it was very bland.

Facing his son's puzzled look, Father Shen lifted his eyelids and crossed his legs. In the past, the Old Lady forced him to read all the books of his father-in-law and even personally went to the snow mountain to pick a snow lotus that grew on the edge of the cliff for Shen Linfeng’s mother. It was because his mother's name related to lotus.

"Look at what I, you father, did for the sake of chasing after my wife? And look at yourself?"

"Aren't you ashamed?"

"Sigh, comparing people, it really pisses me off."

Father Shen sighed sadly and left with the moonlight.

Shen Linfeng looked at his back and thought of Tang Xiaoxiao.

.......

Two flowers bloomed, with one on each side.

Xu Liancheng called Zhuang Momo at noon the next day.

At the moment of dialing the number, he had gathered various emotions and even thought about how he would coax Zhuang Momo if she was angry.

But...

"It's Liancheng! Are you awake? Hurry up to eat lunch if you are. If there's nothing else, contact me through WeChat. I'll go down to my business now."

Zhuang Momo's tone was very normal, seeming somewhat urgent as if really busy with something.

Xu Liancheng looked at the time. It was 12:10. Shouldn't she be eating lunch at this time? He didn't arrange any extra work for her this week. She didn't have to work overtime.

"What are you busy with?" Mr. Xu was a little unhappy. Shouldn't she say that she missed him?

"I'm here to catch up with the notes. I missed the previous three classes. Fortunately, my classmates are nice and willing to lend me their notes. I have to hurry up." Zhuang Momo didn't stop typing as she made the phone call.

This feeling of fulfillment made her feel like back in her school days, busy but happy.

"What class are you taking?"

"I applied for the postgraduate entrance examination class for the MBA. And I signed up for the examination as well."

"MBA? Aren't you going to study psychology?" Xu Liancheng's heart sank. Did she discover something?

"I can do with one part-time and one full-time. What's wrong with that?"

"Alright, I won't talk to you now. I'm busy, Bye!"

Beep beep beep…

There was only a string of busy voices and endless confusion for Mr. Xu. She seemed to have lost interest in him?