Bai Wenxi didn't know that Jiang Beili had a high musical attainments. She thought it was some other junior in the Jiang family.
She felt a bit regretful and even suggested to Jiang Beihuai, "If this person came for the blind date, maybe our Yuning would be interested."
Jiang Beihuai knew that his cousin Beili played the piano very well, but it wasn't appropriate to expose this at this moment. So he could only perfunctorily lead the two of them away quickly.
As soon as Bai Wenxi and her group left, Jiang Beili walked onto the balcony to breathe in some fresh air.
He looked at the figure in the distance that seemed to be his cousin's, and was quite curious about the petite and lively girl beside him.
When he wanted to take a closer look, these people had already turned the corridor and headed for their grandma's small courtyard.
Although Su Yuning usually acted coquettishly with her relatives, she could hold her own in big occasions. Her principle when going out was not to disgrace her parents.
So no matter how many unruly complaints she had about Grandma Jiang before, when she saw her in person, she still introduced herself respectfully, "Grandma, hello."
"I'm Su Yuning, the daughter of Su Zhengfeng."
Grandma Jiang put on her reading glasses and waved with a smile, "Good child, come closer to me quickly."
Su Yuning obediently moved closer and sat beside the old lady.
"Wow, what a beautiful girl."
Grandma Jiang's wise eyes hidden behind the glasses sized up Su Yuning from head to toe. She was very good at judging people. Almost at a glance, she was sure that this girl was a kind and outgoing child.
There were spies everywhere...
Bai Wenxi didn't want her younger sister to marry into the Jiang family even more. Thinking of the furtive peeping of the servants along the way, she felt uncomfortable.
She knew that some of them were the informants deliberately placed by her aunts in the old mansion. They would report any slightest sign of trouble to them. She felt that this family was really full of filth.
She tried to find the right words and complained to Grandma Jiang with a smile, "My younger sister is the naughtiest girl in the world. Compared with her classmates, who are all gentle and virtuous, she is just like a naughty monkey. She likes to play with motorcycles, ride horses, and recently she's even got addicted to playing tennis."
Grandma Jiang was a tough businesswoman with years of experience. She could naturally tell that her granddaughter-in-law wasn't really expressing dissatisfaction with her cousin. It was just a polite remark.
The key point was to emphasize that Su Yuning was still a child with a lively personality and was not suitable to be the granddaughter-in-law of a wealthy family.
Grandma Jiang didn't like to beat around the bush. She half-jokingly praised, "I don't think so. This child has delicate features and a calm look in her eyes. She must be a good girl."
She easily deflected Wenxi's words, "You are with her every day. Since she is in the prime of her youth, you think she is lively. But for an old person like me, seeing such a young girl like her makes me really happy!"
Jiang Beihuai and Bai Wenxi's faces instantly lost their color.
Su Yuning, of course, couldn't detect the hidden meaning between the two. She thought Grandma Jiang just simply liked her. She sat there with her legs crossed, looking on foolishly.
Jiang Beihuai couldn't stand it anymore. He gave her a meaningful look.
Fortunately, Su Yuning understood immediately. She pretended to be shy and greeted Grandma Jiang, "Grandma, sorry, I need to go to the toilet. Where's your bathroom?"
The servant beside her voluntarily stepped forward to lead Su Yuning out of the door. Jiang Beihuai sat there for a while and then also excused himself and walked out.
Su Yuning was lying on the rockery, idly pinching the flowers.
As soon as she saw Jiang Beihuai's figure, she quickly ran towards him and complained non-stop, "Brother-in-law, why don't you just tell me what you want to say? Making me wait here is so boring."
Jiang Beihuai tapped her on the forehead, hating that she couldn't become a better person, "Silly girl, your sister was trying to convey something. Can't you even tell? You were just sitting there happily like a little fool."
Su Yuning was completely confused. She scratched the back of her head, "Really? You said you came to plead for me. I thought you would just straightforwardly tell her that I'm not going to the blind date."
Jiang Beihuai covered his forehead. He was simply shocked by his younger sister's strange idea, "Do you think we can still see the sun tomorrow if we say that directly to my grandma, who has been in the business world for decades?"
He shook Su Yuning hard, as if trying to shake the water out of her head, "What your sister meant just now was to tell her that you're a naughty girl and not suitable to marry into the Jiang family as the young mistress. And my grandma's meaning was that she didn't mind and thought you were a good girl with a good character."
"The two of them were just having a battle of wits. Why didn't you hurry up and avoid it?"
Only then did Su Yuning suddenly realize, "Oh my god. I really admire you people. You must have a hundred tricks up your sleeves. If I had your brains, I would have been successful long ago. I wouldn't have to listen to my mom nagging at me."
Jiang Beihuai waved his hand in disgust and motioned for her to go play in the garden, "I'll go in later to help your sister. If I can persuade my grandma directly, that would be great. If not, you may have to talk to her in person."
Su Yuning rolled her eyes at the sky, "I dare not go. Now when I look at your grandma, she's like a smiling tiger. I always feel that she's hiding a knife behind her smile and can punish me at any moment."
Jiang Beihuai thought that although his grandma did give people an impression of being imposing and hard to approach, it wasn't as exaggerated as she described.
"Stop being so talkative. Go quickly. If there's good news, we'll tell you immediately."
Su Yuning nodded and made a "yeah" gesture hopefully, "Brother-in-law, I'm counting on you guys to win!"
Jiang Beihuai couldn't help but smile, but he didn't want to lose his composure in front of his cousin and show his unsteady side.
So he forced himself to hold back his laughter and pretended to be serious, "Okay, I'm going in. You just stroll around here and wait for us to come out."
However, Su Yuning was not the kind of person who could stay idle.
As soon as Jiang Beihuai left, she sneaked into the Jiang family's garden and looked around. She had always been interested in flower cultivation, and she also liked painting.
This time, seeing the rare flowers from all over the country gathered in the Jiang family's garden, she was like a mouse that had fallen into a rice vat. She wished she could live here and feast her eyes on them every day.
Su Yuning flitted around in the flowers like a graceful butterfly. Just as she was preening herself, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wow, it's a golden Phalaenopsis!"
She held her breath and tiptoed closer. She found that it was indeed the rare flower species she had been longing for, and it had been cultivated very successfully.
The layers of golden-purple petals were in full bloom.
Just as she quietly reached out her hand towards the flower, she heard a loud shout from behind. She was so scared that her liver and gallbladder almost split. She almost fell into the soil.
"Oh my god! Who is it? Don't you know that scaring people can kill them?"
She cursed and turned around. As soon as she saw the face of the young man in the distance, she seemed to be frozen. There was only his carved-like face in her eyes.
In the dazzling sunlight, the young man's golden hair fell over his forehead. The dust danced playfully in his hair. Under his delicate eyebrows was a high nose bridge.
There was a red stud in his earlobe, shining brightly in the scorching sun and casting a glaring light spot on his snow-white skin.
Su Yuning's feet seemed to be glued by the overflowing love. She swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.
The sound of her gulp broke the silence.
The young man obviously heard the sound. His cold face couldn't hold it anymore, and he showed a big smile.
His white teeth were so bright that they dazzled Su Yuning.
She didn't know if it was because she was倾倒 by his appearance or because she was dizzy from the scorching sun.
"What, are you stunned?" His flippant tone was too obvious.
Su Yuning immediately came to her senses and scoffed disdainfully, "Come on, I've never seen someone who is so full of themselves."