苏玉燕沉默了许久.
当他再次说话时,是公然的拒绝.
他觉得她只是无缘无故地捣乱.
"我不能这样做.荣家的任何男性成员,都可能卷入这种荒谬的事情.不是没人愿意承担责任,而是荣兆南不是苏家能轻易控制的人.
"哦?"沈明缓缓转过身来,挪动了半个身子,用眼角的余光瞥了他一眼."你为什么不直接承认呢?你没有这个能力.啊,多没用啊,大哥.
苏玉燕深深地眯起了眼睛.
沈明不在乎他的表情,直接说出了她的想法.
"这次宴会就我说的安排.如果你处理不好,我不满意,那我就别无选择,只能告诉苏夫人,你嫉妒我回来,故意刁难我,想毁了我的幸福.
这只是为了举报她,对吧?谁不能这样做呢?
"大哥,好好做好你的工作.我还有其他事情要做,所以我先走.如果有什么事情,就打电话给我.
她走开时咔哒咔哒地踩着高跟鞋,她的脚步声回荡着.苏玉燕站在舞厅中央,气得脸色苍白.
他的助手们不敢说话,全都屏住了呼吸.
今天,他们终于意识到,苏家的大女儿,真的有个让人印象深刻的存在.
宴会即将开始之际,苏家三公子苏玉燕哪儿也没去.他跳过了公司会议,也忽略了与朋友的项目讨论.反而呆在老宅里,在院子里,反复拿着一件麻烦的小东西练功.
顾峰过来看她的哥哥.
当她进入院子时,她发现他正试图发射天灯.
管家正在帮他提一盏灯笼.
"玉燕少爷,天灯没那么难.只要放松一下你的握法就好了.
顾枫简直不敢相信自己的眼睛.
她的哥哥,居然在做这样的事情?
"老大哥..."
第一盏灯笼刚升起两米,就落在了地上.
苏玉燕大怒,将手中的灯笼揉成一团,沮丧地扔在地上.
管家认为他真的生气了,但不知道为什么.
发泄完不满后,苏玉燕伸手去拿另一盏灯笼.
他的思绪又沉了下去.
"再给我拿一个."
他继续试图释放灯笼.
顾风走过去,从地上捡起那盏皱巴巴的灯笼,缓缓展开.
她不明白哥哥为什么这么执着于此,但她听说了姐姐最近的八卦.
显然,苏夫人一直在努力压制它.
"大哥,你最近听说过和沈明姐的绯闻吗?"
沈明这个名字已经成为他的触发器.
说她无能?她已经设法说服了苏夫人,就此事与荣家谈判.那天晚上,宴会上的开场舞竟然如她所愿.
What was even more ridiculous was that she had coerced Su Madam to tell him that he must personally release the first sky lantern of the evening's opening ceremony.
It was supposedly a mark of respect.
Having the older brother as the first to appear at the banquet represented the Su family's dignity.
He couldn't believe that Su Madam, who usually didn't listen to others, had agreed to this without hesitation.
"What scandal? The one where her little company was almost acquired, almost going bankrupt?"
"Big Brother, that's not what I mean. I heard from Brother Zhaonan that, well, Shen Ming is apparently dating his assistant."
Dating Rong Zhaonan's assistant?
Su Yuyan stopped his movements.
"Which assistant?"
"That one, the one always by his side, the one called Zuo. Didn't you hear about this? There were even photos of them on the internet."
He hadn't heard about this scandal, which meant it had been suppressed very quickly.
"If she's dating him, it's her business. Why do you care so much?"
So Su Yuyan really didn't know about this.
"Big Brother, it seems Mom isn't happy about it. Yesterday, I saw her having dinner with Brother Zhaonan."
Dinner? To talk about this matter?
So it was because of this.
It all made sense now.
Because of her assistant, those two had been discussing it in private with people from the Rong family.
As the two siblings spoke, Su Ning's personal assistant entered the yard.
Seeing that Young Master Yuyan had successfully launched a lantern into the sky, the assistant said, "Third Young Master, Su Madam is calling for you."
Su Yuyan successfully launched the lantern, wiped his hands with a towel handed to him by the butler, and passed by Gu Feng.
He said to the butler, "Pack these up."
At this point, Gu Feng still didn't know why her brother was practicing with sky lanterns, and she followed him back into the house.
Inside, she saw the house staff moving things around.
When she asked, she learned that Shen Ming was moving in here permanently.
These were all new things prepared for her.
Su Ning was in the living room, redecorating it. The whole room had changed, but to Su Yuyan, it seemed like nothing.
No matter how it changed, it didn't concern him. He didn't live here.
"Yuyan, you're just in time. Take a look at the two designs for the gym I asked Alan to prepare. Which one do you prefer?"
Su Yuyan furrowed his brow.
"Gym? For what?"
"Shen Ming says she's been unwell and needs to start exercising to recover. I've hired a personal trainer to accompany her, so we're turning one of the rooms into a gym."
Su Yuyan's brow tightened even more.
"Where are you going to put this gym? Does the old mansion even have extra rooms?"
"Oh, you don't need to worry about that. I've already asked Shen Ming, and she said to take your usual room. We'll convert it into the gym."
Su Yuyan's eyes darkened, and he was silent for a long while.
"Since that's the case, why ask for my opinion? You've already planned to hire workers to convert the room."
Su Ning didn't notice his displeasure.
"I'm not asking for your opinion, just showing you the designs. Which one do you prefer?"
"…"
Su Ning then realized that he seemed unhappy. "Yuyan, what's wrong? You don't usually come back to the old mansion, and when you do, you don't stay long. You even complained that your room had too much sunlight during the day and was too cold at night."
Su Yuyan was silent for a while before he casually pointed to one of the designs.
"The one on the right. It's dark and gloomy, just like Shen Ming. They match perfectly."
Su Ning thought he was speaking without thinking.
"What's that supposed to mean? You're bored now, huh? Go to the World Trade Center and pick up Shen Ming. She's trying on dresses for the banquet. Bring her back. Wang Aunty made her favorite goji berry and pig's feet soup, so tell her to come back for a bowl."
Su Yuyan couldn't hold back any longer.
"Send Wu Jie to pick her up. Mom, you're spoiling that girl too much. Be careful she doesn't cause trouble."
With that, he turned and left.
Su Ning called out to him, "Where are you going?"
Su Yuyan didn't look back.
"Back to the company."
As he left the living room, he saw Gu Feng by the door and casually called out to her.
"Xiao Feng, are you leaving? I'll give you a ride."
Leaving? Wasn't this her home?
Why was she going back?
Her eyes were red, filled with frustration.