When Rong Xuan got home, Rong Yao, Ji Ning and Rong Yi were all there.

She came back in Gu Ye’s car. Ji Ning and Rong Yi arrived home earlier than her and they sat with different expressions on their faces.

Rong Yi’s face was pale and the smile on Ji Ning’s face was cracked for the first time, looking awkward and unnatural.

Rong Yao was very kind to Rong Xuan today. As soon as Rong Xuan arrived, he immediately got up from the sofa, smiled gently and waved to her, “Come, Xuanxuan, sit down with Dad.”

Rong Xuan immediately realized the reason for Rong Yao’s change in attitude.

He must have known everything that happened at the banquet.

But it’s unlikely that it was Rong Yi or Ji Ning who told him. How could they possibly tell Rong Yao that she stole the show at the dinner party? But even if the two of them kept it secret, Rong Yao would surely have other sources of information.

Rong Xuan felt that the scene before her was really a bit ridiculous. Rong Yao was such a realistic and selfish person and he would be closer to anyone who was more beneficial to him. In fact, Ji Ning and Rong Yi didn’t have much weight in his heart and they might be abandoned by him at any time.

But the truth was that she didn’t care about this kind of closeness. Thus Rong Xuan behaved a little coldly.

Rong Yao didn’t care about her indifference and the smile on his face hadn’t been broken since he saw Rong Xuan.

“Xuanxuan, have some fruit, it’s freshly cut by the housekeeper.”

Rong Xuan pursed her lips tightly, showing not much reaction.

Seeing that Rong Xuan didn’t move, Rong Yao personally handed her a cut orange.

When Rong Yi saw this, her face was full of disbelief. She said aggrievedly, “Dad, I also want orange.”

Rong Yao glanced at her and said lukewarmly, “The plate is in front, can’t you take one yourself?”

Rong Yao was disappointed and dissatisfied with Rong Yi’s performance at tonight’s dinner party, so when the mother and daughter came home, he hadn’t given them a good look.

The image he worked so hard to cultivate outside was almost destroyed by Rong Yi. Fortunately, Rong Xuan stood out tonight and stole most of people’s attention.

Many people envied him for having a good daughter and called him after the party to express their closeness and congratulations. Not many people mentioned Rong Yi’s gaffe.

Also, with the jewel who was Rong Xuan in front, who would think of mentioning Rong Yi?

Rong Xuan took the orange but she didn’t eat it. She held it in her hand quietly endured Rong Yi’s envious and jealous eyes. Rong Yi must be thinking she’s trying to steal Rong Yao’s care and attention from her, right?

But in truth, she didn’t care nor does she need this kind of cheap care.

Rong Yao continued to say to Rong Xuan, “Xuanxuan, Dad will take you to a big hospital tomorrow to have a good look at your throat. It’s hard when you can’t speak.”

Rong Yao naturally knew that his daughter wasn’t born mute. He felt that this kind of acquired inability to speak due to psychological reasons could be cured. In the past, he didn’t care that Rong Xuan couldn’t speak. He thought it didn’t matter. Whether she could speak or not had no impact on him.

But now he’s thinking far ahead. The opportunity his daughter got tonight was a rare one. She just attended a dinner party and won the grand prize. If she lost this opportunity because she couldn’t speak, wouldn’t that be a big loss?

Rong Xuan’s expression was light as she placed the orange that Rong Yao had just given her on the table and wrote on her hand, ‘No, need’.

Rong Yao’s face was full of disapproval. “You child, you’re only in high school now so you don’t feel it. When you go out into society later on, you’ll know how inconvenient it will be if you can’t communicate with people.”

Rong Xuan’s eyes were crystal clear, as if she could see through everything. Rong Yao didn’t know why, but when she looked at him with those eyes, he suddenly couldn’t say the words he wanted to say.

He waved his hand helplessly. “Fine, have it your way then.”

Rong Yao intended to ease the father-daughter relationship between himself and Rong Xuan, so he wouldn’t force her to do things she didn’t want to do right now. There’s still plenty of time anyway. He could do it slowly.

Rong Xuan nodded and wrote on her hand, ‘Then, I’m, going, back, to, my room’.

“Okay.”

As soon as Rong Xuan left, Ji Ning immediately approached to please him. “Honey, Yiyi—”

Rong Yao directly interrupted Ji Ning’s words and gave her a warning look, “I don’t want to hear anymore what Rong Yi did tonight, I only have one thing to say to you, treat Rong Xuan better in the future.”

Ji Ning smiled awkwardly. “Honey, what are you talking about? I don’t understand?”

“You and I know exactly what I’m talking about. Just because I didn’t mention it before doesn’t mean I don’t know.”

Ji Ning stiffened.

Rong Yao ignored her reaction and didn’t care what she thought. He went straight back to the study.

Rong Xuan knew nothing about the conversation between Rong Yao and Ji Ning, nor was she interested in the slightest.

———

The following day was Monday.

It was soon the final exam.

In the original plot, Rong Xuan held deep anger in her heart and wanting to make her father regret his decision of casting her aside, she worked hard in her studies. During her three years in high school, her grades were always among the top.

Crossing over the novel, the knowledge points taught were similar to those in her previous world, so she quickly picked up everything.

The exam takes two days, and after that, there’s a twenty-day winter vacation.

After finishing the last English test, Rong Xuan relaxed a little. Only knowledge that belonged to her couldn’t be taken away by anyone, so even after transmigrating, she didn’t treat her studies lightly. Even if it’s something she already knows, she still listened carefully to the teachers.

The content of the exam wasn’t difficult for her and Rong Xuan felt that her final exam score should be good.

Tong Yue, who was on the side, let out a long sigh while packing up her textbooks. “Ah, this exam is really difficult. I feel like I did very poorly.”

Mu Xiao turned around and consoled her, “The exam is over so there’s no point in thinking about it anymore.”

Tong Yue gave Mu Xiao a look. “I don’t want to think about it anymore but I also don’t want to get a beating.”

Mu Xiao couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re already so old. Do you still need to be punished?”

Tong Yue sighed heavily. “Isn’t that true?” If she failed in the exam, a beating would be inevitable.

Rong Xuan patted Tong Yue on the shoulder and handed a written note to her.

‘Just let loose for now. Work hard after the winter vacation and don’t slack off.’

After seeing this, Tong Yue nodded vigorously and waved her fist. “Okay, I’ll definitely keep working hard!”

The three of them waved goodbye after agreeing to meet at a coffee shop to do their homework together in a few days.

When Rong Xuan walked out of the classroom, she suddenly received a text message from an unknown number.

The other party claimed to be…… Gu Ye’s mother. The other party said that she was waiting for her outside the school and wanted to invite her home to have dinner together.

Rong Xuan replied in agreement.

The person who sent the text message shouldn’t be a scammer.

When Rong Xuan arrived at the school gate, she indeed saw Gu Ye’s mother.

Mother Gu was dressed in a smart lady’s suit, looking extremely capable. She smiled very kindly. “Did I scare you by coming so suddenly?”

Rong Xuan shook her head.

Mother Gu touched her head gently. “Let’s talk in the car.”

Once they’re inside, the driver slowly drove away.

After Rong Xuan sent a message to their family’s driver, asking him not to wait for her, she heard Mother Gu said, “Actually, I came to look for you today because I have something to ask of you.”

Rong Xuan tilted her head in confusion.

Something? What could Mother Gu ask of her?

Thinking of the frustrating matter, Mother Gu couldn’t help but sigh. “It’s my youngest son.”

Gu Ye? Hearing this name, Rong Xuan became more confused. What could be wrong with the male protagonist?

Mother Gu was a little embarrassed and didn’t know how to start.

But upon thinking that Rong Xuan was her son’s fiancée and listening to Hao Qiang’s words that her son treats Rong Xuan differently, Mother Gu wanted to keep trying everything that might work. Perhaps Rong Xuan’s words would be helpful?

The atmosphere in the car was still.

A good while passed before Mother Gu spoke up again, “It’s like this, my youngest son don’t want to study anymore.”

Rong Xuan immediately knew what was going on.

It turned out that Gu Ye didn’t want to study anymore. He must want to play e-sports.

There’s also this plot in the novel.

It’s possible that every man had an e-sports dream when they were young. Gu Ye was naturally no exception.

He wanted to step onto the highest podium in e-sports, put on the national flag, and bring ultimate glory.

But parents always think very differently from their children. Not to mention, it’s a family like the Gu’s.

Their family’s youngest son didn’t want to continue his studies and wants to play e-sports instead. What kind of thing was this?

Mother and Father Gu naturally disagreed. Their family couldn’t bear it.

But how could Gu Ye listen to his parents’ advice?

Naturally, the two sides came to a stalemate.

Rong Xuan remembered that Gu Ye decided to play e-sports in his senior year of high school, but now, the timeline has been advanced by a full half a year or so.

At this time, Gu Ye hadn’t met the female protagonist yet, so he didn’t have anyone to give him unconditional support both in his action and mentality.

Mother Gu said faintly at this time, “He said he wants to go play e-sports. However, instead of studying, he went to play games. If you tell this to others, what would they think of our family and this child, Gu Ye? Xuanxuan, his father and I really can’t do anything else. He won’t listen to us, so I thought maybe you can persuade him.”

Rong Xuan said in her heart, ‘Then you’re really looking at the wrong person, and besides, you actually don’t need to worry so much’.

In the novel, Gu Ye walked in the e-sports circle, gained a large number of fans, and won several awards including the most valuable player. When he left the e-sports circle, he was only twenty years old. He became a legend in the e-sports world. After the age of twenty, he picked up his studies again and inherited the family business after successfully graduating.

Everything went smoothly.

It could be said that many men want to live like Gu Ye. In two years, he left a mark in the e-sports circle and then retired to go to university.

He has experienced what others have experienced, and what others have not experienced, he has also experienced. His more than 20 years of life were more exciting than other people’s entire lives.

And no matter what he does, he does it to the best of his ability.

Naturally, Mother Gu couldn’t guess what was in Rong Xuan’s mind. She gently patted Rong Xuan’s hand. “Xuanxuan, later, please help persuade him.”

Rong Xuan was silent for a while before nodding slowly.

When they arrived at the Gu family’s home, both father and son were already there. The Gu family’s eldest daughter lives abroad and wouldn’t usually come back except for the New Year. As for the second son Gu Yaozhi, he spends a lot of time in the school laboratory and rarely goes home.

A look of surprise appeared on Gu Ye’s face after seeing Rong Xuan. “Little Bride, why are you here?”

Mother Gu immediately said, “I invited her over for dinner. What, you don’t welcome her?”

Gu Ye licked his upper lip and put on a mischievous smile. “How can that be? I can’t even wait to welcome her.”

“That’s great. Your Dad and I will go see how Auntie’s meal preparation is going while you guys chat.”

As she left, Mother Gu gently patted Rong Xuan on the shoulder.

Rong Xuan glanced at her, indicating that she remembered what the other party had entrusted her to do.

Mother Gu trustingly left, leaving the place to the two of them.

Once Mother Gu was gone, Gu Ye put his hand against his lips and coughed lightly.

Suddenly he and Rong Xuan were alone, and he actually felt a little uncomfortable.

His heartbeat accelerated slightly and it felt like it was about to lose control.

He casually picked up an orange from the coffee table and stared down at it without looking at Rong Xuan who was beside him. “Little Bride, do you want an orange?”

Rong Xuan shook her head.

She took out her phone and typed quickly on it.

‘Your mother asked me to persuade you.’

Gu Ye frowned slightly after seeing this line.

There’s no need to say what it was, it must be to persuade him against playing e-sports.

Gu Ye played with the orange in his hand and asked, “Little Bride, how are you going to persuade me?”

Rong Xuan thought for a moment and typed on her phone, ‘I’m not planning to’.

Persuading the male protagonist, giving him support, and motivating him to move forward, these kinds of things belonged to the female protagonist. She wasn’t the female protagonist so it has little to do with her. Besides, the male protagonist has big ideas, so there’s no need for her to persuade him.

Gu Ye was happy to see Rong Xuan’s words.

It turned out she didn’t want to talk him out of it.

This little bride of his was really different from ordinary people. When most people encounter this kind of thing, they would definitely try to persuade them and think that studying was more important. Gladly, she didn’t think so.

Gu Ye licked his lips and continued to ask, “Then…… do you have something to say to me?”

Rong Xuan thought about it again.

Something to say to him? There’s nothing.

With this in mind, she chose to be honest and typed on her phone, ‘I don’t have anything to say either’.

Gu Ye looked at this line and fell into deep contemplation.

His little bride was really unconventional.