After returning to the Lu Family Mansion, Shen Jianyi had been in a very low mood. Seeing that she was not in high spirits, Sister Gu made a red velvet cake for her.
However, Shen Jianyi just took a glance and listlessly averted her gaze, then continued to huddle on the sofa.
"What's wrong with the young mistress today?" Sister Gu asked Uncle Li.
Uncle Li also shook his head in bewilderment.
They had never seen the young mistress like this before.
She was usually beaming, but today she had been listless since she came back.
Thinking of this, Sister Gu hesitated and asked, "Should we call the young master?"
Uncle Li thought for a moment. "Okay."
So, Lu Jinsheng, who was in the middle of an international conference, received a call from the annex of the Lu Family Mansion.
"Stop for a moment." Lu Jinsheng frowned and waved his hand.
The marketing department head, who was still reporting the work situation, looked blank but still obediently shut up.
"What's the matter?"
"Young master, we don't know what's wrong with the young mistress today. She's been in a funk since she came back from school. I made her a cake but she didn't even eat it." Sister Gu walked outside and lowered her voice.
Lu Jinsheng's frown deepened.
Could something else have gone wrong at Tsinghua University?
If so, he could consider asking the school's leaders for an explanation.
His long fingers quickly searched the Tsinghua University forum on his laptop, but he found nothing abnormal.
"I'll be back right away." Lu Jinsheng said and then hung up the phone directly.
"He Yu, please organize the content of the meeting later and email it to me. I'll go back first."
This was He Yu's first meeting after being discharged from the hospital, and the boss had directly assigned the task to him.
He Yu looked at his still bandaged hand and nodded helplessly. "Yes..."
He understood.
The young mistress was the most important of all.
As a worker, not only did he have to do hard work, but he also had to be fed dog food.
Lu Jinsheng drove all the way at top speed. The journey that usually took half an hour only took less than fifteen minutes today.
Shen Jianyi was still huddled on the sofa drawing a design draft when she saw Lu Jinsheng rushing back in a hurry.
"Did you skip work?" Shen Jianyi closed her sketchbook and raised an eyebrow.
"Indulging myself once in a while won't hurt." Lu Jinsheng simply went along with her joke, casually sat down beside her, and opened her design sketchbook.
The lines were messy, with erasures and corrections.
Obviously, the person who was drawing was not in a good mood.
Thinking about what was going to happen tonight, Lu Jinsheng sighed.
Compared with his little wife's mood, he didn't care what those old men thought.
However, the other members of the Lu family didn't intend to let them off so easily.
After learning that Lu Jinsheng had come home from work, someone from the main building came to invite Lu Jinsheng and Shen Jianyi over.
"What's going on?" Shen Jianyi sat up straight and looked at Lu Jinsheng.
Could it be that Lu Ziqian was going to threaten them again and not allow them to get married?
"The old man is going to celebrate his birthday. There are quite a few people here today. If you don't want to go, we don't have to." Lu Jinsheng twirled a lock of her hair in his hand.
Her hair was of excellent quality, silky and black, like the finest black satin, and it also had a faint jasmine fragrance.
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi raised her eyebrows.
"Go. Why not?"
She was going to see what kind of drama was going to unfold.
After changing her clothes, Shen Jianyi followed Lu Jinsheng to the main building of the Lu family.
The birthday banquet was in three days. As the head of the Lu family, the richest man in China, Lu Ziqian's sixtieth birthday was bound to be a grand occasion.
All the members of the Lu family were present today to discuss the birthday banquet.
Lu Jinsheng's uncle and aunt, whom Shen Jianyi had seen last time, were also there. They hadn't seen their niece - in - law, Shen Jianyi, for a long time, and the aunt warmly pulled her aside to chat.
"I'll call you Yiyi. I hope you don't mind."
Knowing that Lu Jinsheng had a good relationship with his aunt, Shen Jianyi nodded obediently. "That's okay."
"I heard that Jinsheng has become much more cheerful since he got married to you. It's all thanks to you. This poor boy lost his mother when he was a child, so his personality was a bit eccentric. But now that you're by his side, your uncle and I can rest assured."
"This is what I should do." Shen Jianyi replied. She glanced at Lu Jinsheng. He was talking to his uncle about something.
Lu Ziqian had been looking at Shen Jianyi.
These days, he had also heard about what had happened between her and Lu Jinsheng. He was extremely dissatisfied with Shen Jianyi.
However, thinking about Lu Jinsheng's attitude towards her, Lu Ziqian finally made a concession.
"Jinsheng." He said to Lu Jinsheng. "Since you're about to hold the wedding soon, even if I oppose it, you'll still go against me. So, I'll just let it be."
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi looked at Lu Ziqian, who was sitting in the middle of the crowd, in surprise.
Was this old man taking the wrong medicine today?
He actually didn't oppose her and Lu Jinsheng's marriage for once.
"However—" Lu Ziqian spoke again.
Shen Jianyi let out a sneer.
She knew things couldn't be that simple.
"The parents of both sides should still meet. I think it's better to do it sooner rather than later. How about on the day of my birthday banquet? They'll have enough time to come back from abroad. What do you think?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Shen Jianyi.
Lu Jinsheng instinctively wanted to object.
"This is your birthday banquet. What does it have to do with Yiyi?" He didn't like it when the people around him forced her to do anything she didn't like.
"Are you trying to piss me off?" Lu Ziqian's face instantly darkened. "Which family gets married without the in - laws meeting each other? Lu Jinsheng, don't go too far."
"What if I just don't agree?" Lu Jinsheng asked playfully, with undisguised provocation in his eyes.
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became tense.
"Jinsheng, don't make your father angry." The uncle sighed and stepped forward to play the peacemaker.
"I've already said that my marriage to Yiyi is just between the two of us. Even if you all disagree, we've already gotten the marriage certificate."
After saying this, Lu Jinsheng didn't intend to waste any more time listening to them. He grabbed Shen Jianyi's hand and was about to leave.
"Okay."
Suddenly, Shen Jianyi's ethereal and pleasant voice rang out in the living room.
Her eyes were curved, and there was a sweet smile on her face.
"Since Dad wants to meet my adoptive parents, I'll just let them know. They'll come then."
"Yiyi?" Lu Jinsheng was a bit stunned. He hadn't expected Shen Jianyi to agree.
Shen Jianyi winked at him, signaling him to relax.
Back at the annex, while Lu Jinsheng was taking a shower, Shen Jianyi directly used her smartwatch phone to contact Xia Liang.
"Find two people for me."
"Master, who do you want me to find! Please give me the order." Xia Liang said indistinctly.
Shen Jianyi could already imagine her eating while talking.
"Find two people to act as my parents."
After dropping this sentence, Shen Jianyi hung up the phone before Lu Jinsheng came out.