The next morning, Shi Niange originally wanted to go to school with Qin Siting, but her father said he would drive her, so she could only take her father’s car.

  After arriving at school, her father received a lecture from her grandfather and waited in school for a while. However, she went to her class first. In the morning, she was called to her grandfather’s office and chatted with her father and grandfather for a while.

  Afterward, her father mentioned the Tang family. He said that recently, the Tang family’s business in Hai City had been expanding. They had also paid the deposit of many orders in time and were considered to have officially squeezed into the upper echelons of the circle. He also said that when Tang Shao’s father met him overseas a while ago, he often talked about the two children and hoped that Tang Shao would still be able to be friends with Nian Nian in the future.

  What kind of friend was this Father Tang talking about? It was as though no one could understand.

  Shi Niange had almost forgotten about this person. Now that her father suddenly mentioned it, it seemed like she would have to follow them to meet the Tang family. She guessed that they had some big cooperation to discuss. Furthermore, Tang Shao’s father seemed to always want to internally designate her as his future daughter-in-law. She didn’t know how many good words he had said to her father, causing her father to actually come to persuade her.

  Although her grandfather did not support this sort of thing, in a business family, it was unavoidable to have some social interactions. He only coldly said that Nian Nian was still young and had to study medicine for a long time, so she did not have the time to consider those things and warned her father. In the end, as they chatted, they talked about taking Nian Nian out for lunch today.

  Shi Niange listened by the side the whole time. When she heard the last part, her expression immediately darkened.

  How did her mother take a fancy to her father? When this man with the surname Shi was young, he did not pay much attention to her. When he grew up, he knew how to sell his daughter. Although it was just a meal, he knew that she was unwilling.

  Shi Niange left her grandfather’s office. Afterward, she did not answer her father’s call. She pretended that she was busy with class and did not hear it.

  Qin Siting was busy with the student council this morning. Shi Niange sat alone in their seats, her mood extremely poor.

  In the afternoon, her father came to look for her. The car was parked outside the school. It was said that Tang Shao and his father were also there.

  Shi Niange sat in the classroom, thinking about how to deal with this matter. It didn’t matter if she saw Tang Shao and his father, but if they tried to matchmake the two of them, then don’t blame her for turning against them. Back when she was in the second year of high school, she was still young. The parents also felt that the two children could only hold hands at most. But now that they are in university, many things wouldn’t be as simple as when they were young. Besides, she had never liked Tang Shao.

  Originally, she had said that they should date first. After a long time, they would develop feelings for each other. However, this sort of central air conditioning was not her cup of tea. If they insisted on matchmaking them, she was afraid that she would start her first rebellion in front of her father.

  When she walked out of the school gate, she saw her father’s car parked there. Shi Niange had just walked over when her phone suddenly rang. She was about to take out her phone to take a look when Tang Shao’s voice suddenly rang behind her. “Nian Nian!”


  She paused and turned back to see Tang Shao standing behind her. It had been almost a year since she graduated from high school. He had not changed much, but his hair seemed shorter than a year ago. Right now, he had a buzz cut. Perhaps because he was also in the sports club in university, he often played basketball and held all sorts of activities. He looked slightly darker and stronger.

  He looked a little different from the central air-conditioner she remembered.

  However, this could not change Shi Niange’s impression of him.

  She calmly greeted, “En, Tang Shao, long time no see.”


  “Do you want to take Uncle’s car? I’m driving too. Do you want to take my car?” Tang Shao pointed to the other car in front with his chin.

  Shi Niange looked in that direction and saw that behind her father’s car was a business car belonging to Tang Shao’s father. Behind the business car was a blue, sexy new Audi.

  “No, I’ll take my father’s car.” With that, Shi Niange opened the car door and got in. She closed the door and did not say another word to him.

  Tang Shao stood outside the car awkwardly, but he knew that she had always been like this. When they were in high school, she was like this. When she was good, she was like a little sun, but when she really wanted to ignore someone, she really put a lot of distance between them. She didn’t even want to look at them.

  Father Shi was also sitting in the car. Uncle Qin was driving in front. Uncle Qin did not speak, but Father Shi turned to look at Shi Niange who had already gotten into the car. “Don’t be so rude. Tang Shao is quite a good person. Even if you don’t like him, make friends with him. In the future, you’ll meet more frequently. You won’t suffer any loss.”


  Shi Niange originally wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, she only grunted and did not say anything.

  It could be seen that although she gave a perfunctory hum, she did not take it to heart. Father Shi did not say more.

  The car stopped in front of a hotel they had booked. When Shi Niange got out of the car, she took a look at the hotel. It was the largest seven-star hotel in Hai City. She knew that this meal was arranged by the Tang family. It seemed that the Tang family had risen quite a bit in the past year and was becoming more and more generous.

  Just as Shi Niange was about to enter the hotel, she suddenly saw a line of small words in front of the hotel’s name from the corner of her eye. She then focused her gaze.

  It was actually written by the original chairman of the Qin Group. Wasn’t that Qin Siting’s grandfather?

  She looked around again and entered the hotel. When she saw the staff coming out to welcome her, she found a receptionist with a kind face and asked softly, “Which company is this hotel owned by in Hai City?”


  The manager knew that this was the eldest daughter of the Shi family. He smiled politely at her and said, “It’s Hai Cheng’s Qin Group.”


  Shi Niange: “.……”


  She came to the Qin family’s territory to eat with Tang Shao and the rest?

  Why did she suddenly feel a chill down her spine?

  Shi Niange was silent for a moment. She did not speak and turned to follow her father to the private room in the restaurant. She picked up her phone and saw the message Qin Siting had sent her when she got in the car.

  Qin Siting: [Where are you?]

  She had been suppressing her emotions the whole morning, but after seeing Qin Siting’s name, she felt much better. In the morning, he was busy with the student union. He had probably returned in the afternoon to bring her to eat, but when he returned, he found that she had disappeared.

  She saw that her father and Mr. Tang had already entered the private room and were sitting down. She said she wanted to go to the bathroom and turned to walk out. She went to the bathroom by the side and leaned against the wall. She lowered her head and replied: [Come out for a meal with my father.]

  She thought for a moment and felt that there was no need to hide it from him. She didn’t want any misunderstanding and sent another message: [And Tang Shao and his father.]