Chapter 61: Gift

Until He Tingzhou got in the car, Shuangxu’s tense nerves finally relaxed.

Why did he say those things in front of Shen Yu?

Was he subtly warning her that if she took advantage of him again, he would tell Shen Yu?

This method was indeed effective, but she really didn’t mean to.

She doesn’t often drink herself silly. Shu Yang said she’s quite well-behaved when drunk, not a troublemaker, just sleeps.

She didn’t know what came over her that day, crying and making a fuss, wanting a hug, it wasn’t her style at all.

Shen Yu took her to a restaurant he often brought her to, ordering all her favorite dishes. After dinner, he was leaving for Germany.

Shen’s Four Seasons was waiting for him outside. Before sending Shuangxu to the car, he told her, “I’ll be back in a week, call me if you need anything, okay?”

Shuangxu nodded, “Okay.”

“Go back and get some rest,” Shen Yu said, “I have a gift for you tomorrow.”

“What gift?” she asked.

“If I tell you now, there won’t be any surprise.” Shen Yu’s eyes were filled with gentle smiles as he closed the car door for her. “You’ll know tomorrow.”

Surprises are the most tempting. Shuangxu was still thinking about it before going to bed.

The next morning, she went to work, and nothing happened all morning.

Around noon, she received a call. The other party spoke in a formal tone, “Ms. Shuangxu, your gift has been delivered to the company downstairs, please come down to sign for it.”

Shuangxu was signing financial documents, holding the phone with her shoulder, “Brother Zifeng, what are you doing?”

Yue Zifeng stopped pretending, his voice returned to its usual casual tone, “You figured it out.”

“You’re using your own number.” Shuangxu was helpless.

“Oh, my brain.” Yue Zifeng yelled at her, “Come down quickly.”

“Wait a minute, I’ll be down soon.”

After hanging up the phone, Shuangxu quickly finished signing and went to the elevator lobby. Xiao Liao stretched her neck and asked, “Where are you going?”

“I’m going downstairs to get something.” Shuangxu replied.

“I’ll go with you!” Xiao Liao jumped up from her seat and ran to her side, with a plausible excuse, “I’m afraid you can’t carry it.”

Shuangxu really didn’t know what Shen Yu had sent her, so she took her downstairs.

Downstairs, Yue Zifeng was already waiting.

He was wearing a cream-yellow shirt paired with light gray trousers, leaning against the hood of a white sports car, arms crossed, head tilted 45 degrees to the left, striking a handsome pose that could be featured on a magazine cover.

“Wow!” Xiao Liao said, “So greasy.”

Shuangxu burst out laughing.

“Who said I’m greasy?” Yue Zifeng’s ears were sharp, ending his posing session, “You’re so young, you have no sense of aesthetics.”

Shuangxu walked forward, Yue Zifeng held a driver’s license, “Here, you can drive with a license starting today.”

Her previous driver’s license was American and couldn’t be used in China. Shen Yu had helped her go through the process to get it replaced.

“So my brother gave me this as a gift.”

“Just kidding, how could your brother be so stingy?” Yue Zifeng raised his hand and threw something, Shuangxu quickly caught it with both hands, it was a car key.

Yue Zifeng patted the sports car behind him, “This is the gift your brother gave you.”

The deep-voiced Xiao Liao suddenly let out a sharp shriek, Shuangxu was almost startled by her.

“Ah! Porsche 918! My dream car!”

Before she could turn around, Xiao Liao’s figure flashed past her in her peripheral vision, rushing towards the 918, touching from the hood to the rear wing. This car starts at 14 million, she only saw it speeding past on the street, smelled its expensive exhaust, but never touched it with her own hands.

“How much is this car?” she asked cautiously.

Yue Zifeng smiled, “Top-of-the-line.”

Shuangxu wasn’t as excited, even her emotions were a bit complex.

Shen Yu loved her, she knew, he had spent a lot of money on her since she was a child, but Lu Manman was already jealous of her as his step-sister, and now Shen Yu was giving her a car at this critical moment, it would probably make things worse.

“Why aren’t you happy, don’t you like the car?” Yue Zifeng pointed at Xiao Liao, “Look at her, she’s about to drool out of her eyes.”

“How much is this car?”

“I like it.” After Shuangxu finished speaking, she suddenly felt a bit pathetic, now even when Shen Yu gave her a gift, the first thing she felt wasn’t happiness, but fear that someone would be unhappy about it.

“Is that because you’re afraid Manman will be unhappy?” Yue Zifeng’s thick nerve was unusually sensitive for once, he patted her shoulder and smiled, “Don’t think so much! When I came back last time, I talked to Manman, she wants to marry your brother, she has to accept that he has a sister first, if she can’t accept that, then their marriage is off the table.”

He liked Lu Manman quite a bit, she was a sweet and innocent girl, and she was He Tingzhou’s cousin, a double blessing.

But people always have a hierarchy of closeness, Shuangxu was the sister he watched grow up, their bond was different.

After marrying a new wife, the sister is bullied, there’s no such thing in the world.

Shuangxu was stunned, “Is it appropriate to say that?”

“What’s inappropriate about that, that’s what your brother means.” Yue Zifeng said, “Your brother ordered this car right after you came back from Dongyu Mountain, he wanted to let them know that you are his sister, Shen Yu. He’s good to you, no one can have any objections. You weren’t here a few days ago, otherwise this car would have been delivered to you long ago.”

Shen Yu hadn’t said any of this to her.

After Yue Zifeng left, Shuangxu held the car key and stood by the car for a while.

Xiao Liao had touched the car all over, her eyes filled with tears as she asked her, “Does your brother still need a sister, the kind who can eat, drink, and spend money? I’m over twenty, but I can still be adopted!”

Those subtle emotions were dispelled by her, Shuangxu laughed, “No need, my family can only have one treasure.”

“Then can I be your treasure?”

“It depends on your performance.”

Xiao Liao, with a fawning smile, leaned over to massage her shoulders and back. Back at the company, he was like a man injected with chicken blood, full of energy. Not only did he stop slacking off, but he also actively sought things to do. He sat up straight while typing, his fingers pounding the keyboard with vigor.

After work, Xiao Liao, with his satchel slung over his shoulder, happily hopped into the passenger seat. He buckled his seatbelt and sat up straight.

“My house is farther than yours, and it’s not on the way. Are you really going to give me a ride?”

Shuangxu calmly started the engine and drove the sports car onto the main road. “Aren’t you my treasure?”

Xiao Liao’s eyes welled up again. “Wuwuwu, I’ll be devoted to you from now on!”

Shen Yu gave Shuangxu a sports car. This was impossible to hide, especially since he had no intention of doing so.

Those who didn’t know the inside story just thought that Young Master Shen was pampering his sister again. Those who knew something of the situation, recalling the incident on Dongyu Mountain not long ago, understood that this was compensation for his sister’s grievances.

This gift was given with such fanfare that it naturally caught the attention of the elders.

Lu Manman’s relationship with Shen Yu had been a bit strained lately. She used to talk about Shen Yu all the time, but since her trip to Dongyu Mountain, she had become listless.

She didn’t contact Shen Yu anymore, and she just stayed at home, hugging her stuffed cat and pretending to be dead.

He Wenjing couldn’t stand it anymore, so she went to the Shen family.