Chapter 32

Pei Yuning is married? Someone other than Shang Heng? Xu Wei stood there in a daze, letting Xu’s mother walk past her.

After coming to her senses, she ran back to the bedroom upstairs, picked up her cell phone and called Qi Yue.

The call was hung up twice, and Xu Wei continued calling.

The third time, Qi Yue answered and said with gritted teeth: “Do you want to die?”

Xu Wei: “Pei Yuning is married.”

Qi Yue glanced at the notes and cursed: “Xu Wei, are you sick?”

“Oh, you are sick.” Xu Wei hung up the phone. If she was unhappy, then no one would be happy.

Qi Yue was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and called back, but Xu Wei refused to answer.

There was no choice but to call Xu Du. The person on the other end picked up the phone immediately: “Mr. Qi?”

Qi Yue went straight to the point and asked: “Is Pei Yuning married?”

Xu Du: “Yes, she did. After she broke off the engagement with Shang Heng a few days ago, she went to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Shang Heng’s uncle the next day to get the marriage certificate. The wedding hasn’t been held yet.”

Qi Yue suppressed his anger: “Where did Shang Heng get his uncle?”

Xu Du: “It’s the son born to Mr. Shang’s second wife. His name is Shang Yanci. He has lived in France since he was a child. He just returned to China not long ago and is now the acting president of Shang Group.”

Qi Yue looked at the place where his right arm was broken, his eyes grim: “Do you have a photo of that person?”

“Mr. Qi, wait a moment.” Xu Du said soon, “I sent you a WeChat message.”

Qi Yue clicked on WeChat and looked at the photo on the screen. The piercing pain came to his mind again. It turned out that Shang Yanci was the man who twisted his arm that night!

When Pei Yuning woke up again, it was half past nine in the morning.

Shang Yanci was wearing a black shirt without a tie, and the top button was undone. He sat lazily on the sofa, feeding his aunt a cat snack in his hand.

The dark green dial on the wrist bone was half exposed, and the finger bones were slender, white and beautiful, stroking the kitten’s head.

Pei Yuning lay on the bed on her side and asked softly, “Ayan, do you like my kitten?”

Shang Yanci looked up at her with a smile on his face, “I like everything about you, Madam.”

Pei Yuning, “But Jinjin is very clingy.”

Shang Yanci laughed softly and rubbed the kitten’s chin, “You can be as clingy as it.”

Hearing this, Pei Yuning turned over and lay flat on her back, pulling up the quilt to cover the area below her eyes and the rouge on her cheeks.

Shang Yanci put the kitten down, walked to the bed and sat down, peeling off the quilt: “Breathe well.”

Pei Yuning blinked and looked at him.

“Do you want to go downstairs for breakfast?” Shang Yanci asked, “Or, I’ll bring it up.”

Pei Yuning: “Come downstairs to eat.”

Having slept too much in the morning, Pei Yuning did not take a nap at noon. He lay on the bed reading a novel, while Shang Yanci lay on the side with his eyes closed to rest.

There was a continuous drizzle in the evening, and rain streaks gathered on the window surface, meandering all the way down.

Pei Yuning sat on the couch by the window, arranging flowers in the vase with Old Madam Pei.

Mr. Pei and Pei Yunzhi are playing chess.

After Shang Yanci finished his multinational meeting, he went to the cloakroom to get a soft sweater, then went downstairs to the couch.

Old Madam Pei saw him: “Is Yanci done with his work?”

Shang Yanci: “Yes, I’m done, grandma.”

He bent down and put the sweater on Pei Yuning’s shoulders: “Be careful not to catch a cold.”

Pei Yuning: “Thank you, Yan.”

Shang Yanci sat down beside her. Pei Yuning looked up at him and handed him a lily with freshly trimmed branches.

Shang Yanci took over: “Well, Ningning and I will live happily together forever.”

Pei Yuning’s heart trembled.

Old Madam Pei chuckled: “Yan Ci, you accompany Ningning to arrange flowers, I’ll go watch them play chess.”

Shang Yan Ci: “Okay.”

Shang Yan Ci put the lily into the vase and said softly: “Madam, grandpa and grandma want to meet you via video.”

The scissors in Pei Yuning’s hand shook, and she cut off half a petal.

Shang Yanci lowered his eyes, took the scissors from her hand and put them aside: “I was inconsiderate. Don’t worry. See you later when you are ready.”

“That’s not what I meant.” Pei Yuning looked at him and said, “We should meet, but you mentioned it suddenly and I’m a little nervous. Video call? When is the video? Do I need to prepare anything? What kind of girls do your grandparents like? I…”

“Be good, don’t worry.” Shang Yanci had to interrupt her and hug her in his arms to comfort her, “It’s not my intention to make you nervous. Grandpa and grandma are very important to me, and so are you. I just want to introduce my closest family to you, that’s all.”

Shang Yanci: “Let’s meet via video. As for the specific time of the video, it’s up to you. You don’t need to prepare anything. Grandpa and grandma like girls I like. They have seen our marriage certificate and photo and they like you very much, so don’t worry, no one will dislike you, believe me, okay?”

Pei Yuning’s nervousness was soothed little by little in Shang Yanci’s responsive words. Realizing that they were still in the hall, Pei Yuning came out of his arms, looked in the direction of the chessboard, and felt relieved when she saw that no one was looking at her.

Pei Yuning: “Let’s set it tomorrow. You can ask grandpa and grandma for the specific time. I’m fine with it.”

Shang Yanci: “Okay.”

Pei Yuning took him by the hand and walked upstairs to the cloakroom: “A Yan, help me see what to wear tomorrow.”

Shang Yanci liked her subconscious dependence on him without her noticing. He lowered his eyes and looked at their interlocked hands, with a smile on his face: “Madam looks good in anything.”

Although he said that, Pei Yuning still tried on many seasonal dresses that she had not moved to Wentang Palace.

Shang Yanci was replying to the messages from her grandparents while watching her dress-up game.

“Grandpa and grandma have scheduled a video call at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Let me ask for your opinion.” Shang Yanci said as she hung the skirt that she had tried on and was not satisfied with back into the closet.

Pei Yuning: “When it’s two o’clock in the afternoon here, isn’t it almost seven o’clock in the morning in France?”

Shang Yanci: “Well, the two old people are old, they sleep less and wake up early.”

Pei Yuning frowned slightly: “You remembered to send the marriage certificate photo, but you didn’t remember to let me video chat with grandpa and grandma on the same day. What if they don’t have a good impression of me?”

Shang Yanci looked at her and laughed teasingly: “If we video chat on the same day, won’t the lady be nervous and cry? That would be so pitiful.”