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"Child, why are you being so polite with auntie?" Li Lifang rubbed Su Yan's head.

Su Yan Wen frowned, but remained calm and collected. "Auntie, I didn't manage to buy any suitable jewelry today, so I wanted to ask Jia Qi to accompany me to your room to pick out two."

"Sigh, go ahead and let your sister help you pick one." Saying that, Li Lifang gave Su Jia Qi a look.

"Mom, I still have to go to piano lessons later." Su Jia Qi was dissatisfied.

"Be good, be obedient. First, accompany your sister and choose two sets of jewelry. Wait until you're done with your jewelry, then go to class."

Su Jia Qi snorted coldly at Su Yan. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up! If you delay my lessons, I'll teach you!"

The two of them went upstairs one after the other.

"Lifang," Su Qiyuan held Li Lifang's hand gratefully, "It's really hard on you."

The death of his ex-wife, Ye Bangyuan, was always a thorn in his heart.

What he feared most in his life was to be told that he treated his two daughters differently.

Fortunately, he didn't marry the wrong person. Li Lifang was fair to his two daughters.

Li Lifang had a pained smile on her face, causing Su Qiming's heart to tremble.

Su Jia Qi didn't have much patience. She led Su Yan into Li Lifang's bedroom, took a glance at the dresser, and then threw a few boxes onto the bed.

"Look, I picked this out for you. Take a look for yourself. I'm going to class."

However, Su Yan's words stopped her in her tracks. "Jia Qi."

"What else do you want?!"

"..." Nothing much, "Su Yan paused for a moment." I heard aunty say that you like my little jewelry a lot.

Su Jia Qi immediately reacted, "Let me tell you, those things are mine, you can forget about taking them back!"

"Didn't you say you wanted them back?" Su Yan asked. "I just thought they would fit you well."

"Is that all you're telling me?" Su Jia Qi looked doubtful.

Su Yan nodded her head and opened the jewelry box that Su Jia Qi had chosen.

The dazzling necklace and bracelet almost blinded her.

Su Yan sighed and closed his eyes.

"I wish my mother's jewelry were still there," she said to herself.

Su Jia Qi's ears picked up a few key words, and she immediately asked, "What jewelry?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Su Yan panicked. He hid his identity, afraid that Su Jiaji would hear a single word. "I'd rather pick out Auntie's jewelry."

However, the more Su Jia Qi looked at her, the more she felt that there was something wrong with her heart.

She just said something about the coming of age ceremony. Could it be that there was some treasure in those jewelry?

"Sis, you choose first. I have something to do in my room." Su Jia Qi impatiently ran out.

Su Yan smiled in satisfaction.

She took the bait with just a few words, but this Su Jia Qi didn't have the slightest shrewdness of Li Lifang.

That night, Su Yannan mentioned the matter of his studies to Su Qiming.

Su Qiyuan did not think about this matter. In the end, the topic of conversation ended with Li Lifang saying, "Let's talk after the coming of age ceremony."

There were still ten days until the coming of age ceremony.

In these ten days, all the servants in the Su family were extremely busy.

The guest list, banquet decorations, drinks and snacks, and small gifts had to be prepared in advance.

Almost every day, the Su Family would have people knocking on their doors. Li Lifang had invited all of them, and she was wholeheartedly planning for Su Jiaji.

Time quickly slipped between his fingers, and in the blink of an eye, it was the penultimate day of the coming of age ceremony.

Ding ling ling. The Su Clan sent another person over.

It was a few shop assistants. They had sent over a set of clothes and shoes for the coming of age ceremony. They packed them in two large boxes. On the outside of the boxes were written the names of Su Yannan and Su Jiaji.

"Jackie, this is for you. Come upstairs and try it out. I've custom-made this for you." Li Lifang ordered the servants to carry the two boxes into the living room.

Su Jia Qi was sitting on the sofa watching TV. Hearing her words, she quickly carried the box upstairs, "Thank you mother, I'll go up to test out my clothes first!"

Li Lifang looked at her back with a pampered smile.

"Thank you, auntie. I'm going up to try on my clothes too," Su Yan took the box upstairs after hearing Su Jiaji's door close.

However, Li Lifang stopped her and glanced around at the servants.

In the blink of an eye, the servant disappeared from the living room.

Knowing that something had happened to her, Su Yan put the box down and asked, "What's the matter, Auntie?"

Li Lifang had a difficult expression, "Yanyan, Auntie and your dad invited some business partners for the guest list, and Jiaxi also invited many of her classmates over, but you-"

Although she purposely didn't finish her sentence, Su Yan instantly understood her underlying meaning.

In the past ten days, Su Yannan had been in contact with his former classmates.

However, her previous life was filled with the elite families of the upper class. The children of those families were all highly expected by their parents.

She had once been on good terms with them.

However, all of this happened before her drug abuse scandal came to light.

Now, as long as she called them, as long as those parents heard that it was her, Su Youting, they all politely declined the invitation for the child to attend her coming of age ceremony.

Without exception.

Su Yan lowered his gaze, but a deep loneliness could be seen within his eyes.

However, how could an eighteen year old girl endure a life that had once been isolated by her circle?

She shook her head and replied, "Auntie, you just need to take care of her friends."

"Yanyan, what about you?" Li Lifang's eyes were filled with worry.

For some reason, Su Yantou suddenly remembered someone. He was the only one she had interacted with ever since she had come out of the Juvenile Refuge.

"Don't worry Auntie, there will be a friend coming to attend my coming of age ceremony." Su Youting didn't want to show weakness in front of Li Lifang, so he smiled at her.

Although that man was stingy, it had to be said that his clothes were quite stylish.

What's more, A Wen even called him Young Master, which family did he come from? It was just that she had never heard of him before.

Thinking up to here, Su Yanzhu continued, "Auntie, he's a VIP. He needs me to personally receive him."

"That's great," Li Lifang pretended to be gratified, "Auntie is worried that you won't have friends coming over then. Otherwise, how lonely will you be after the coming of age ceremony? Auntie can finally relax now."

"Auntie, I'll go up and try on some clothes first," Su Yannan did not want to play the role of mother and daughter anymore, so he directly carried the box upstairs.

When he returned to his room, Su Youting swiftly locked the door and opened the dress box.

Two black cheongsam dresses, plus a pair of black stiletto heels.

Beautiful was beautiful, but it was completely not the kind of clothes a girl her age should wear.

Su Yannan glanced at the contents of the box before quickly closing it.

In order to set off Su Jia Qi, Li Lifang could really do anything.

She walked to the window and saw Li Lifang ordering two servants to move a round white table onto the lawn.

His cheeks suddenly felt a little hot, as if some liquid had flowed down his cheeks.

Only when Su Yannan reached out to touch her did he realize that she was crying.