After arriving in the room, Rong Xuan relaxed. The decoration of this room was very stylish and girly. The bed was filled with a lot of stuff toys and the overall color was light pink, which was girls’ favorite color.

In her daily life, Rong Yao never shortchange or give the other Rong Xuan less money. He just didn’t care about the daughter left behind by his first wife.

Did he have no idea that her stepmother and half-sister always oppressed the other Rong Xuan and bullied her into being unable to speak? He probably knew, it’s just that it didn’t really happen in front of him so he chose to turn a blind eye and was too lazy to care. In fact, from the perspective of an onlooker like Rong Xuan, Rong Yao was essentially a selfish person. He had no one he truly loves. He didn’t love his first wife, Lu Yue, nor did he love his current wife, Ji Ning. The only person he loves the most was himself.

But Rong Xuan wasn’t the other Rong Xuan, she didn’t care about Rong Yao’s attitude. She first hung the dress her grandfather had specially ordered for her in the closet, then put the bank card away. Only after doing all this did she took out a brand new bathrobe and toiletries from the cabinet, and went into the bathroom to take a good shower.

———

On the other hand, Gu Ye did not go home after dropping Rong Xuan off, but went directly to Sheng Shihao’s house.

Sheng Shihao’s parents were away all year round and he was often the only one at home. Usually, when they have gatherings, most of the time they gather in his house. Except when going to clubs, they rarely go outside. Sheng Shihao’s home had a karaoke room, a game room, and a card room, so they could play anything they want in there.

Gu Ye told Mother Gu that he wouldn’t be going back for the night and then put his phone away. It was past midnight when he arrived at Sheng Shihao’s house. A few of guys showed no sleepiness on their faces and they were playing games happily. The floor was full of empty bottles of beer scattered all over the place, and there was even yellow beer liquid on the carpet.

Gu Ye kicked away the bottle in front of him in disgust and lazily found a place to sit down.

When Ning Zichen saw Gu Ye arrive, he hurriedly put down the phone in his hand and stopped playing games. “Boss, have you sent the person home?”

Gu Ye hummed.

Ning Zichen was full of gossip. “You saw her face?”

Gu Ye took a bottle of mineral water from the side. He uncapped it and took a sip before saying lazily, “No.”

Ning Zichen frowned after hearing this.

Seriously? Was there still a couple like this these days? Wasn’t this the same as the blind marriage in ancient times? If it were him, he would have started making a scene long time ago. He really felt sorry for Gu Ye right now. After more than ten years of a smooth sailing life, he was suddenly informed by his parents that they wanted him to get engaged. His marriage partner was even hard to describe.

Hao Qiang scratched his head and suddenly asked, “Boss, how do you write your little bride’s name?” When getting married, there would be enlarged wedding photos in the banquet hall along with the names of the couples. However, this engagement party had no such thing. The two met for the first time so there couldn’t possibly be a photo.

Gu Ye froze when he heard this question. Hao Qiang didn’t know and neither did he.

Gu Ye couldn’t help chuckling. There’s no difference whether he’s engaged or not. He actually didn’t even know how to write the character ‘Xuan’ of his fiancée’s name. There’s no one else like this in the world but him.

Ning Zichen’s mouth twitched. “There are too many characters for Xuan. There’s the radical for king, fire, water, grass and so on.”

Hao Qiang laughed. “I think it’s the radical for grass. Many girls used that character.”

Ning Zichen countered, “Maybe it’s the radical for sun, who knows?”

Sheng Shihao gave them a disdainful look. “Wouldn’t it be better to just ask the said person?”

Gu Ye’s long legs were crossed. He took out his mobile phone with a faint expression on his face. “I don’t have her contact information.”

“Damn!”

Everyone blurted out in unison.

Ning Zichen was surprised. “You didn’t add each other’s WeChat?”

Hao Qiang was shocked. “You didn’t exchange phone numbers?”

Sheng Shihao’s eyes widened. “Not even a single contact method?”

Gu Ye hummed. They had no contact information of each other.

Everyone was silent.

In the end, it was Ning Zichen who spoke first, carefully asking, “Why don’t you ask for her phone number first?”

Gu Ye subconsciously looked at the palm of his hand. He opened it, close it, open it again, and then close it again. After repeating it several times, the remaining warmth in his palm seemed to have disappeared completely. Thinking of the way Rong Xuan gave him a cold shoulder, he curled his lips up, found the phone number of his father’s assistant, and called him directly.

He usually finds his father’s assistant if he has something. Because the assistant’s workload was too heavy, having to serve not only his boss but also his boss’s son, has to be on call 24 hours a day, and capable enough to handle any emergencies quickly and properly, the salary his father pays his assistant was enough to make others envious.

After the call was connected, Gu Ye directly asked the other person to check Rong Xuan’s phone number. The assistant was very efficient and quickly sent the mobile phone number to Gu Ye.

He looked at the number and was silent for a while before sending a message over.

It was four simple words, 【This is Gu Ye.】

One minute passed, two minutes passed, three minutes passed……

There was no response.

Hao Qiang glanced at the time and saw that it was already 12:30 in the morning. He thought for a moment and said, “She must be asleep, right?”

The corners of Ning Zichen’s mouth twitched. “Most girls who have gotten engaged to a handsome fiancé won’t probably be able to fall asleep that easily tonight, right? It’s normal to lose sleep all night long.”

Most girls were indeed like that, but whether Rong Xuan was like that or not, they had no idea.

Gu Ye put his finger on the screen of his phone and sent another message, 【Sleeping?】

———

Rong Xuan was naturally awake when she received Gu Ye’s message.

With all that had happened that day, even if it was clear that her brain and body were feeling tired and worn out, she was unable to sleep even after a long time.

Since it was so, she simply turned on the light and sat on the bed to read a mathematics textbook.

It’s already January, which meant it’s almost time for finals and then winter vacation. Reading more books now was never a bad thing.

Her phone vibrated so she took a look and found that it was a text message from Gu Ye. She thought it was no big deal and just saved his phone number without replying. But after a while, she received a second message, thus she asked, 【No. Do you need something?】

———

Gu Ye raised a brow when he saw the cold and indifferent words.

It turns out that when Rong Xuan was getting out of the car earlier, it wasn’t his imagination that she was perfunctory and cold towards him.

In the past, everyone held him up, followed him, and did whatever he said, but now there was someone who’s indifferent to him. This was really the first time he has experienced this.

If everyone in this world were all the same, where’s the fun in that?

Gu Ye’s spirit rose up. 【How do you write your name?】

【Rong Xuan^[1]Radical for grass.】

Gu Ye raised a brow. Her name was quite nice.

“Little Bride, add me on WeChat.”

This message went over like a stone sinking into the sea. It didn’t even make a splash. This time there was really no response. He waited but nothing came.

Hao Qiang licked his lips and said carefully, “Perhaps she fell asleep?”

Gu Ye pursed his lips slightly. It was only a few seconds, how could she fell asleep that easily? She must not want to reply.

He copied Rong Xuan’s mobile phone number, pasted it directly into WeChat, and then looked her up.

He didn’t expect he’d really find her.

Rong Xuan should have registered on WeChat using her mobile phone number. Her avatar was Sailor Moon and her name was Xuanxuan with a pink heart beside it.

He clicked Add. But even until dawn, this friend request wasn’t approved.

———

Rong Xuan was woken up the next day by the alarm clock. She had trouble sleeping last night and didn’t fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning.

After washing up, she applied medicine in front of the mirror. A day had passed and in addition to the scratches, the color of the bruise was also showing a bit. She estimated it would take at least a week for it to completely heal. She pursed her lips, then went to change into her school uniform before heading downstairs.

Father Rong, Rong Yi, and Ji Ning were already up and sitting at the dining table.

While eating breakfast, Rong Yi suddenly said coquettishly to Father Rong, “Dad, I want Gu Ye’s phone number.”

Rong Yao glanced at her. “What do you want his phone number for?”

Rong Yi’s hand hidden underneath the dining table clenched slightly, but she said with a sweet smile on her face, “He can now be considered my brother-in-law. Isn’t it all right if I have my brother-in-law’s number?”

Fater Rong took a sip of congee. “I’ll send it you later.”

“Okay, thanks Dad.” After saying that, Rong Yi glanced at Rong Xuan triumphantly.

Rong Xuan, Gu Ye’s fiancée, probably didn’t even have Gu Ye’s number yet. She would have it first!

Not only did she want Gu Ye’s phone number, she also had to get Gu Ye’s WeChat ID!

Rong Xuan quietly sips the congee with her head down, not participating in the conversation between them. Rong Yao glanced at Rong Xuan’s bruised face and asked the housekeeper to bring over a mask.

“You should wear a mask to school today. Girls from every family must pay more attention to their image. I’ll ask the driver to take you to the hospital in the evening so you can have it check.”

After Rong Xuan finished breakfast, she silently took the mask that the housekeeper was handing over and put it on. She originally wanted to indicate that she didn’t need to go to the hospital, but she suddenly thought that if she went to the hospital this time, maybe she could have her throat looked at. She wanted to slowly regain her ability to speak. Thinking so, she nodded slightly.

Rong Xuan and Rong Yi were in the same school but not in the same class. It was almost the end of the school year, so even though Rong Xuan and Gu Ye were engaged, the two families had temporarily given up the idea of ​​letting them transfer to the same school, preparing to wait until the next semester to make a decision.

After Rong Yi got into the car, it didn’t take long before she received a message from Father Rong. He had sent her Gu Ye’s mobile phone number.

Rong Yi happily saved Gu Ye’s number and sent a message over.

【Student Gu, hello, I’m Rong Yi.】

Ten minutes passed with no reply from the other party.

Rong Yi bit her lip and comforted herself that it was okay. Gu Ye was probably busy right now so he didn’t see her message.

She knew that he’s so popular and there were probably a lot of girls who send him messages every day that he couldn’t look at each and every one. But if he saw her message, he would reply, after all, she was also Rong Xuan’s older sister. Although she didn’t want to admit it, she had to rely on the advantage of being Rong Xuan’s sister to establish a relationship with Gu Ye first.

At this time, Rong Xuan’s phone vibrated in her pocket.

It seemed to have vibrated many times since she got in the car.

She had previously ignored it, but this time, she took it out and took a look.

She saw that Gu Ye had already sent seven or eight friend applications on WeChat. It appeared like he would keep applying if she didn’t agree.

The latest friend request was also sent just a few seconds ago.