Chapter 7

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After Sheng Jiu returned to her room, she took a shower and sized up the room. The room was decorated in black and white, simple and refreshing. It seemed that the Sheng family doted on and respected Sheng Jiu. She had been in the Buddhist temple for eighteen years and had been a boy for eighteen years. Naturally, she would not like pink and tender things. Coincidentally, she did not like them as well.

Sheng Jiu took out her phone and searched for the Qiao family and Qiao Xi’s name. Soon, the relevant news came out. The Qiao family was in the auto parts industry. Perhaps they were not that famous in Beijing, but they were quite famous in the auto distribution industry. Her father had started from scratch and was kind. He was a big brother in the auto distribution industry. If not for her, the unfilial daughter, the Qiao family would not have been destroyed by Cheng Xinkai.

Something had happened to the Qiao family. The villa was on fire, and the family of three had died. This was a huge matter in today’s society. All kinds of headlines came into view.

[There was a fire in the Qiao family’s villa last night. The Qiao family of three died in the fire! The cause of the fire is still under investigation…]

[The Qiao family’s auto distribution company has gone bankrupt and has been seized by the bank. The Qiao family can’t accept this reality and set themselves on fire.]

When Sheng Jiu saw this news, his heart turned cold. What self-immolation! It was clearly Cheng Xinkai who started the fire. He was the murderer! And the company went bankrupt? How could the company lose money and go bankrupt! Her father had always been law-abiding, paying taxes on time, and his accounts were very clean. Her mother was the company’s financial manager. The company’s accounts were handled by her mother and had never gone wrong! Cheng Xinkai must be behind this! This man wanted to use this method to take over their company. He was heartless! Cheng Xinkai, I won’t let you have an easy time!

“Little Jiu, are you asleep? I heated up a glass of milk for you.” Madam Sheng knocked on the door.

Sheng Jiu put down her phone and hummed. Madam Sheng pushed the door open and came in. She placed the milk on the bedside table. “Little Jiu, drink the milk while it’s hot.”

Sheng Jiu said, “Thank you, Mom.”

Madam Sheng said, “Sleep early. Don’t be playful. Go shopping with me tomorrow. We’re going to the Shen family for dinner tomorrow.”

Sheng Jiu’s scalp went numb. “Why do we have to go to the Shen family?” At the mention of the Shen family, she thought of Shen Xiuwen’s perfect figure and ruthless gaze. She didn’t really want to go. She felt that Shen Xiuwen seemed to be able to see through her soul on the surface. Nothing could escape his eyes. It was very scary.

“Miaomiao won the city-level piano championship. The Shen family is going to hold a small celebration party, and everyone going there are their acquaintances. The Shen family also invited us. You’ve been back from the Buddhist temple for almost a year, and you basically didn’t attend any banquets. Coincidentally, there weren’t many people at this banquet, so your Uncle Shen asked you to go and take a look,” Madam Sheng explained.

Sheng Jiu had no choice but to agree.

At seven o’clock in the evening, the Sheng family’s car drove into the Shen family’s manor. At this time, the manor was already very lively. It was originally agreed that the whike Sheng family would come, but Eldest Brother had something on this morning and had to fly to the neighboring city to deal with a project. Third Sister, Sheng Fengjiao, could not leave because of the important meetings. In the end, only Sheng Jiu was captured to attend the banquet.

Initially, Sheng Jiu did not want to come to the Shen family because she would see Shen Xiuwen. When she thought of Shen Xiuwen’s cold and ruthless eyes, she really did not want to interact with him!

“Little Jiu, we’re here. Get out of the car.” Madam Sheng held her husband in one hand and Sheng Jiu in the other. The family of three was so good-looking that they received countless eyes as soon as they got out of the car, especially Sheng Jiu. Sheng Jiu had been back in the Sheng family for so long and rarely showed her face in public. Everyone knew that the Sheng family had a silly young master who had been raised in a Buddhist temple for 18 years, but most people had never seen her before. This time, they finally saw her in person.

Sheng Jiu was wearing a white suit with a black bow tie. Coupled with her handsome face, she looked like a little prince who had descended from the sky.

This time, the Shen family had invited seven to eight aristocratic families. There were about 60 to 70 elders and juniors. Now, everyone’s gaze was on Sheng Jiu, especially some socialites. Their eyes were about to pop out.

“Is this the silly young master of the Sheng family?”

“What a waste of your face. Indeed, beauty is exchanged for intelligence.”

“No wonder Chu Ling’er likes him. His face is indeed not bad.”

“Don’t mention it. Something seems to have happened to Chu Ling’er. She went missing for the entire night yesterday. Today, the Chu family received the news and went to the haunted house to pick her up. I heard that she was scared out of her wits.”