MMCD - 7

Oh...

What girlfriend?

Who?

Me?

Sheng Wenyan was momentarily stunned.

And when Shen Shuyi heard Zhao Shunci say that, his expression instantly changed. “Girlfriend? Sheng Wenyan, you and my uncle... you two?”

“Can you not assume everyone is my girlfriend?” Shen Zai was calm, and he said to Zhao Shunci, “She’s my assistant, here to drop something off.”

Shen Shuyi looked at Sheng Wenyan, still in a state of shock.

Sheng Wenyan explained, “Oh, I forgot to tell you, I’m interning at IZ now, and I’ve been working with Mr. Shen recently.”

“You’re at IZ...”

“Yeah.”

Zhao Shunci was immediately disappointed to hear what Shen Zai said. She had hoped so much that this girl was the girlfriend her youngest son brought home, because then she wouldn’t have to worry about his marriage anymore.

But she was just an assistant?

What a shame. This little assistant was so good-looking.

“Shuyi, you two know each other?” Zhao Shunci asked.

Shen Shuyi nodded.

Sheng Wenyan said, “Mrs. Zhao, Shen Shuyi and I are college classmates.”

“Really?” Zhao Shunci’s disappointment vanished, replaced by a new kind of joy. She looked at Shen Shuyi. “You have such a good-looking college classmate, and you never told me before.”

Shen Shuyi: “What’s the point of talking about this...”

Zhao Shunci: “Well, hurry up and come in, come in. Wenyan, is it? Come, come, let’s have dinner together.”

Sheng Wenyan didn’t dare to move and glanced at Shen Zai.

Shen Zai: “Just leave the stuff, you can go now.”

“Go where? Shuyi’s classmate finally came to our house. She’s a guest. From now on, she’s not your assistant anymore.”

Shen Zai: “...”

Zhao Shunci’s eyes were filled with kindness, a complete contrast to Shen Zai. After she finished speaking, she didn’t wait for Shen Zai to react and pulled Sheng Wenyan inside. “I even cooked two dishes today. Wenyan, come and try them.”

Sheng Wenyan was thrilled inside. Her boss’s mother insisted she stay, so she had no choice but to stay.

“Thank you, Mrs. Zhao.”

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing. Tsk, you’re such a pretty girl...”

The two of them walked away hand in hand. Shen Shuyi’s gaze returned from their backs, and his expression was still a little strange.

Shen Zai glanced at him and asked, “Is something going on between you two?”

Shen Shuyi quickly shook his head. “No, really no.”

Shen Zai knew that Shen Shuyi wouldn’t dare to lie in front of him, so his answer confirmed that there was really nothing between him and Sheng Wenyan.

But he remembered the look in Sheng Wenyan’s eyes when she saw Shen Shuyi, which reminded him of that time in the parking lot of the Yang family’s house.

Originally, he didn’t care about these things between kids, so even when Sheng Wenyan came to the company later, he never mentioned it. He just went along with Sheng Tianhe’s request to mentor Sheng Wenyan.

But now, he was starting to realize something.

This young lady had a purpose for coming to his company.

“Uncle, why did Sheng Wenyan go to your company?” Shen Shuyi asked. “How did she get in? What did she do? Why did you let her be your assistant?”

Shen Zai: “It’s just an internship. I was also short on assistants.”

“But how could she be an assistant? With her spoiled-princess personality, how could she do that?”

Shen Shuyi sounded a little anxious and dissatisfied. Shen Zai paused for a moment and asked, “You know her well?”

Shen Shuyi: “I... no.”

“If you don’t know her and you’re not close, why are you saying so much?” Shen Zai’s voice deepened slightly. “Mind your own business.”

Shen Shuyi pursed his lips. “...Yes.”

It was a family dinner at the Shen house today. Besides Shen Zai, the third and fourth sons of the Shen family also came. As for Shen Shuyi’s generation, the second son’s daughter, Shen Yunni, and the third son’s daughter, Shen You, were present.

The gift Shen Zai had Sheng Wenyan buy earlier was for five-year-old Shen You.

In a family dinner like this, Sheng Wenyan would normally feel awkward, but the young lady of the Sheng family had a personality that said: as long as I’m not awkward, you are.

She would never feel uncomfortable in this kind of situation.

And Zhao Shunci inexplicably liked this girl and kept pulling her to talk, finding them very compatible.

“Wenyan, with the surname Sheng... are you related to Sheng Tianhe?” At the dinner table, everyone was chatting and eating. Shen Han, the fourth son of the Shen family, asked.

Sheng Wenyan: “He’s my dad.”

Shen Han: “Your dad? So you really are from the Sheng family.”

Zhao Shunci naturally only knew of the Sheng family. She already liked Sheng Wenyan, and now this made them a perfect match.

Zhao Shunci was happy. “I don’t go out much, so I didn’t know the Sheng family had such a pretty girl. Wenyan, do you have a boyfriend?”

Here we go again. Whenever she saw a girl, she would ask if they had a boyfriend.

Everyone in the family was used to Zhao Shunci’s habit.

But no one could blame her. She had five sons. The first three already had their own families, but the fourth son, Shen Han, and the youngest son, Shen Zai, were still unmarried.

Shen Han liked to have fun and had a string of girlfriends, but none of them were serious.

Shen Zai, on the other hand, was a workaholic with a cold personality and no interest in marriage.

Zhao Shunci had been nagging them for years, and now, she had developed a habit of looking for wives for her sons.

But... since she knew Sheng Wenyan was Shen Shuyi’s classmate, she naturally gave up the idea of matching her with her sons.

But that was okay. She could match her with her grandson. They were classmates, after all. How perfect.

Sheng Wenyan didn’t expect Zhao Shunci to be so direct. Although she wanted to say, ‘doesn’t your grandson have to agree,’ she calmed down and said “shyly,” “Not yet.”

“Then it’s a good thing, our Shuyi also doesn’t have a girlfriend yet. You two...”

Shen Shuyi almost choked on his rice, and his ears turned red. “Grandma! Don’t worry about me!”

Sheng Wenyan found Shen Shuyi’s reaction funny, but she didn’t want to tease him in this setting. She said, “I’m not in a hurry. Now that I’m about to graduate, work is more important. I plan to put all my heart into my work for now~”

Shen Zai’s hand, holding his chopsticks, paused slightly. He glanced at Sheng Wenyan.

Zhao Shunci: “Oh, you’re a good girl, but you should also think about your marriage.”

Sheng Wenyan: “Mm~”

After dinner, everyone went off to chat.

Sheng Wenyan first gave the gifts she bought to little Shen You, who was cheerful and kept calling her “sister.” Then she gave the gift she bought for Shen Zai’s other niece, Shen Yunni.

“Did Uncle tell you to buy this?” Shen Yunni asked suspiciously as she took the gift.

Sheng Wenyan: “Of course. Every junior has a share.”

Shen Yunni was clearly happy. She wasn’t close to Shen Zai and always felt that he was a little intimidating, keeping everyone at a distance, but that didn’t stop her from admiring him.

She hadn’t expected to receive something from her uncle at this age.

“You’re the young lady of the Sheng family. Why did you come to be my uncle’s little assistant?” Shen Yunni’s father had gone to work in the north many years ago, so she had been studying there as well. She didn’t know much about the Sheng family, but from what everyone said at the dinner table, the Sheng family seemed to be a big deal.

She was a little curious because she was used to being spoiled and could never be someone else’s servant.

“Well, I have my reasons,” Sheng Wenyan said, holding another bag of carefully selected gifts and looking around. “Hey, where’s your brother?”

Shen Yunni pointed to the yard outside. “He went out.”

“Oh, I’ll go give him his gift. See you later.”

Sheng Wenyan came here today just for Shen Shuyi. After leaving the yard, she walked around a few corners and finally saw his familiar figure not far away.

Shen Shuyi was on the phone.

So she didn’t say anything and quietly walked to his side.

Shen Shuyi was on the phone with his father. After he hung up, he noticed someone standing next to him and was almost startled.

“Sheng Wenyan, what are you doing?” His face was tense again, looking very serious.

Sheng Wenyan found it amusing. “I’m not doing anything. Why are you so on guard?”

Shen Shuyi didn’t say anything. He always felt uncomfortable whenever he saw her, and he didn’t know why.

“Alright, I just came to give you a gift.” Sheng Wenyan hung the bag on his hand. “This is from Shen Zai for you. Well... of course, I carefully picked it out. You should try it. It’s a belt, the latest model.”

Sheng Wenyan knew that if she said she bought it herself, Shen Shuyi’s stubbornness would make him return it, but if she said it was from Shen Zai, he would have no reason to return it.

Sure enough, Shen Shuyi looked down at the orange shopping bag and didn’t give it back to her.

“Why did you go to be my uncle’s assistant?” Shen Shuyi asked.

Sheng Wenyan said playfully, “Why do you all keep asking me this question? What’s the big deal? Of course, I want to go and learn. I’m also carrying the high hopes of my family.”

Shen Shuyi didn’t believe her. “You could have interned at your own family’s company.”

“There’s a difference.”

“What’s the difference?”

Sheng Wenyan stared at him and said faintly, “My family’s company doesn’t have you.”

Shen Shuyi was stunned for a moment. He was both flustered and annoyed by her frivolous and direct words. “Sheng Wenyan, I told you, from now on, don’t ever bring this up.”

Sheng Wenyan blinked her eyes. “Why?”

A faint blush appeared behind Shen Shuyi’s ears again. “...We can’t be together.”

“Why?”

“...I don’t like your type.”

Sheng Wenyan rubbed the tip of her nose, a little confused. “My type... what kind of type?”

Shen Shuyi didn’t go to the same high school as her, but their social circle wasn’t small. Many of his friends now were her former classmates.

He remembered the things he had heard from others and recalled her willful nature and spoiled-princess attitude that he had seen. He said with dissatisfaction, “If you’re just wasting your time at IZ to mess around, then don’t.”

“I’m not wasting my time. I’m actually very busy with many things—”

“If that’s not wasting time, then what is? What can you do there? Will you be serious about work? Your intentions aren’t pure,” Shen Shuyi interrupted her.

Sheng Wenyan fell silent.

She guessed her intentions weren’t entirely pure.

But to be fair, she wasn’t wasting time. She was very busy and had a lot of things to do and a lot of documents to read.

“So, what is it about me that you don’t like?” she asked stubbornly.

Shen Shuyi pressed his lips together. He had been taught to be very well-behaved since he was a child, and someone like Sheng Wenyan was just too rebellious for him. He couldn’t accept her, so he was mostly at a loss when he was around her.

He didn’t like this feeling of being out of control, so he would subconsciously reject her.

“Your willful and reckless personality... I don’t like it.”

After Shen Shuyi finished speaking, he let out a sigh of relief, but when he looked up and saw Sheng Wenyan’s smile slowly fading, his heart inexplicably sank.

Seeing her like this didn’t make him happy; it only made him feel annoyed.

The night grew darker, and a breeze from an unknown direction rustled the leaves of the trees nearby.

Sheng Wenyan frowned. Just as she was about to say something else, she heard a voice from behind her: “Sheng Wenyan, are you done with your confession?”

The voice was cold with a hint of indifference.

Sheng Wenyan turned around sharply and saw Shen Zai under the moonlight, his gaze flat as he looked at her.

“If you’re done, drive me home.”