ebookland Chapter 175 You're all getting engaged
Chapter 175 You're all getting engaged
At this moment, Shen Mo also stood up. "Yeah, are we really going to report our own daughter? If you ask me, we should just pretend nothing happened."
"This unruly girl is spoiled rotten by you!" Gu Mingxi immediately turned around and glared at Shen Mo. "Look at our three children. When have the eldest and second eldest ever done anything so rebellious? But our youngest daughter never listens to us. She's so capable on her own!"
“Hehe,” Shen Feiwan blinked, “Mom, a person’s body and will are free, isn’t that what you’ve been teaching me since I was little?”
“You’re so insensible. You’re more talented than me, but when I ask you to work with me, you refuse. You’re always busy outside, doing nothing.”
Shen Feiwan took Gu Mingxi's arm in a flattering manner, "I'm really not interested in the scientific research you guys do. It's too boring, and you don't get many days off all year round. Besides, the four of you in our family—Dad, Mom, my older brother, and my second older brother—have already made enough contributions. We don't need one more."
She then turned to look at Shen Mo and Shen Xubai, "Right, Dad? Right, Big Brother?"
Shen Mo sighed helplessly, "You've already told me everything."
Shen Xubai remained expressionless, but his eyes flickered slightly, as if a hint of a smile had appeared.
The atmosphere in the living room finally eased.
Gu Mingxi softened slightly, "Alright, we'll let it go this time. But if something like this happens again, you have to discuss it with us, understand?"
Shen Feiwan smiled and nodded, "Okay, Mom!"
She then turned around to pick up the gift she had just placed on the table. "Mom and Dad, come and try on the watches I bought for you. They're a matching couple's watch, they'll definitely suit you both."
Gu Mingxi, however, was unconvinced and glared at her. "You think this is the end of it? Dream on. Now let's discuss your unauthorized marriage."
She frowned. "I know young people these days are very open-minded, but you can't treat this kind of thing like a joke, can you?"
Shen Feiwan pursed her lips. "Well, there's nothing I can do. I can't exactly hack into the police system and switch my identity with that of another Shen Feiwan, can I? I'm essentially a law-abiding citizen, which is why I used my own identity to marry someone else. Anyway, there's a mix of truth and falsehood in all of this, and we've already gotten a divorce. This matter is over."
Gu Mingxi was angry. "You still dare to say it went smoothly? If it really went smoothly, would you still have found someone to expose this so-called scandal and make such a big fuss about it to pressure that man? Everyone on the internet has been talking about this lately."
"So what? Are you afraid I'll ruin my family's reputation? But few of your colleagues have actually met me. They only know my eldest and second eldest brothers. They probably don't even know my name is Shen Feiwan. At most, only my family relatives know it. Outsiders all think that I, Shen Feiwan, am the same Shen Feiwan as that other Shen Feiwan."
“You silly girl,” Shen Mo said, “what kind of people do you think your parents are? Your mother is just scared. The Bo family you messed with must be quite influential people in the south. What if they don’t let go, or what if they want revenge after you’ve played them? Haven’t you thought about any of that?”
"I'm not afraid."
Shen Mo sighed, with a hint of helplessness, "You're not afraid, but we are. Our family is involved in research, and we rarely deal with those powerful and influential people. If something really happens to you, what are we, as your parents, supposed to do?"
Shen Feiwan was speechless for a moment. After a brief silence, she finally lowered her head and said, "I admit that my approach was somewhat radical, and I know it may not be the right thing to do, but this is my choice. I'm sorry, Mom and Dad, I've made you worry."
Gu Mingxi's expression softened slightly. "You've not only worried us, but also the Lin family."
Upon hearing this, Shen Feiwan immediately became displeased. "Why bring him up out of the blue? What does he have to do with their family?"
"You two were about to get engaged, and now you've caused this mess. How are we supposed to explain this to the Lin family?"
Shen Feiwan was displeased. "Who said I was getting engaged to him? I already said I disagreed. Didn't you listen to my wishes at all? Are our families still discussing our marriage?"
"Your Uncle Lin has always liked you very much."
Shen Feiwan raised an eyebrow, deliberately stirring things up: "What good is it if he likes me? Doesn't he already have Aunt Zhou? Does he think he can divorce his wife and come beg me for marriage?"
Shen Feiwan knew, of course, that Gu Mingxi's "like" wasn't that kind of liking, but she said it on purpose.
Gu Mingxi was indeed angered, her face darkening. "Listen to what you're saying! Is this reasonable? I have to punish you today!"
"Then I need to find out why you're punishing me. Is it because of what I did to avenge Xiaowan, or because I don't want to marry into the Lin family? If it's the latter, then I won't accept this punishment."
Seeing that the mother and daughter were arguing again, Shen Mo immediately advised, "Wanwan, your mother is already very angry, so please don't say anything inappropriate."
Shen Feiwan stubbornly refused to back down.
Gu Mingxi gritted her teeth, "I'm punishing you today because you misbehaved and didn't take the rules and your family's care for you to heart. Do you accept it?"
"I accept this punishment."
Gu Mingxi turned to Shen Xubai, who was standing to the side, and said, "Go to the study and fetch my rattan cane."
Shen Xubai stood aside, his gaze sweeping over Shen Feiwan indifferently before turning to Gu Mingxi. "Mom, considering she almost died two years ago, why don't we let it go this time?"
Gu Mingxi frowned, showing no sign of backing down. "Two years ago was two years ago, and now is now. If you made this mistake, you would be punished just the same way."
Shen Xubai's expression remained unchanged. "I would never do such a thing."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the study.
Before long, the rattan cane was brought over and handed to Gu Mingxi.
Shen Feiwan extended her left hand to Gu Mingxi.
Gu Mingxi showed no mercy, raising her hand and striking hard. The vine struck Shen Feiwan's palm with a dull thud.
Shen Feiwan only subconsciously pulled her hand back and frowned slightly on the first touch.
But she quickly regained her composure, stopped dodging, and let the vines fall again and again.
After ten strokes, Shen Feiwan's palms were marked with purplish-red marks.
Shen Mo couldn't bear it and stopped Gu Mingxi, "Alright, wife, the child already knows he was wrong, that's enough. You've bruised his hands."
Gu Mingxi stopped what she was doing, glanced at Shen Feiwan's swollen palm, and then at her stubborn face, feeling a mix of emotions.
She let out a long sigh and threw the rattan cane onto the sofa. "You should just spoil her."
Shen Mo said, "Aren't you all bark and no bite? Why don't you keep hitting me?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Feiwan couldn't help but look at Shen Mo: "Dad, you can take the beating if I hit you again. How could you suggest such violence?"
As her daughter had been pampered and cherished since childhood, Gu Mingxi's words were stern, but her heart had already softened.
Before she could put the rattan cane back, she gave Shen Feiwan some ice to reduce the swelling, saying, "Apply it to yourself and don't move around."
Shen Feiwan took the ice and gently pressed it onto her swollen palm. The icy touch made her hiss involuntarily. "Thank you, Mom. I knew you loved me the most."
"Stop being so glib," Gu Mingxi glared at her. "Before you go to bed tonight, submit a handwritten guarantee, a thousand words long, not a single word less."
Shen Feiwan had no choice but to comply, and returned to her room after finishing her meal.
Before she even started writing, she received a call from Chen Youen. By the time they finished talking, her guarantee was already written. Chen Youen invited her out and asked her to bring Shen Xubai along.
Upon hearing this, Shen Feiwan couldn't help but retort, "Are you so desperate for a man? I just went through a three-way interrogation, and my mother is still angry. You want me to take my brother out to have fun? Even if I wanted to go out, my brother would never go."
The two chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up.
As Shen Feiwan lay in bed, she suddenly missed the hustle and bustle outside.
Although there were people at home, they were all too quiet.
This family has no shortage of study rooms; each family member has one, and there's even a shared one, decorated like a small library.
Shen Feiwan didn't like it at all; she felt it was too restrictive.
Bored, she started looking through her phone. After thinking for a moment, she decided to delete all of Bo Junxing's contact information.
To put it simply, there are only two: phone and WeChat.
She didn't add a name to his WeChat contacts, but she saved his phone number as "husband".
Looking at those two words, Shen Feiwan felt a strange, indescribable feeling, but her finger only lingered on them for a second before she clicked delete.
My phone rang right after I finished deleting it.
The caller ID showed a string of numbers with no notes, and the location was Beicheng.
Shen Feiwan knew who it was—the one from the Lin family. She didn't want to answer and hung up immediately.
The other party wouldn't give up; every time she hung up, they would call again. After several rounds of this stalemate, the other party finally stopped. Shen Feiwan's ears finally had some peace and quiet.
But the noise had only been gone for two minutes when a series of regular knocks came from outside.
The knocking was a bit hurried. Given that nothing major had happened, Shen Feiwan knew without even looking that it was Shen Xubai outside.
She remained lying on the bed, not getting up. "Come in, brother, I didn't lock the door."
Sure enough, Shen Xubai pushed open the door and walked in the next second.
He was wearing a dark gray loungewear set. He walked a few steps to Shen Feiwan's bedside and looked down at her. "Lin Xiaoyan is looking for you. Answer his call."
Shen Feiwan was speechless. "He actually called you? I'm not answering. Why are you acting as his messenger?"
"Because he is my good friend."
"I'm still your sister."
Shen Xubai frowned slightly, "Compared to that Bo Junxing, I prefer Lin Xiaoyan as your husband."