Sheng Xia looked at the old man who lay in the bed, still closing his eyes. A male doctor was checking his pulse and smiled at Grandma Shen.
"He had a buried anger in his heart. His pulse is chaotic, but aside from his usual bad stomach, I didn't find anything else. Just make sure Mister Shen stayed happy and stopped thinking too much."
"I can't," said Grandpa Shen, his hand in a tight grip.
"Grandpa!" Sheng Xia approached Grandpa Shen. "I'm sorry!"
Grandpa Shen shook his head weakly. "You are not in the wrong, Little Xia. Eventually, I will know about that, and the ones who were in the wrong were them, not you. Okay?"
Sheng Xia bit her lip, feeling guilty, but Shen Lingfeng grabbed her hand and dragged her to exit the room. "Let's eat first. Grandpa will be okay."
"I don't know that Grandpa will respond like that..."
Shen Lingfeng smiled sadly. "After all, Auntie Yayi is Grandpa's beloved daughter. I still remember every time my Dad told me about her, all of it was a very happy story. He told me that when Auntie Yayi passed away, if it wasn't because of my Mom, he almost lost himself."
Sheng Xia stared at Shen Lingfeng and smiled shyly, "I'm glad I can meet you, Shen Lingfeng."
Shen Lingfeng got stunned, and after a few seconds, he laughed, "You are so adorable, Sister Xia!"
Sheng Xia pouted. "Somehow it wasn't like a compliment to me."
Shen Lingfeng laughed some more. "It was a compliment. Don't worry!"
"Hmph!"
"Lingfeng, you are here? Hm? Who is she?" A young man wearing glasses approached them from the living room.
"Brother Yaochen!" Shen Lingfeng dragged Sheng Xia with him. "Brother, this is Sheng Xia, Auntie Yayi's real daughter! Not that witch Cheng An."
Shen Yaochen stared at Sheng Xia. "So this is the news Grandpa wants to tell us?"
"Yeah."
"She does indeed look like Auntie Yayi. So obvious." Shen Yaochen still stared at Sheng Xia, feeling like he had seen her somewhere.
"Hello, Brother Yaochen," said Sheng Xia, shyly. This is the oldest grandchild of the Shen. Sheng Xia was amazed at how this cousin was an exact copy of Shen Yuchen.
Shen Yaochen blinked his eyes, and a corner of his lip lifted up a little bit. "Welcome back. If you have anything you need, you can contact me."
Sheng Xia smiled more freely. Seeing Shen Yaochen take out his phone, she also took out hers. They exchanged contact information, but suddenly Shen Lingfeng shoved his phone between their phone.
"Hey, I haven't had yours either!"
Sheng Xia giggled. "Sure, Little Lingfeng."
"Hey!"
The three joined the others at the dining table while Grandma Shen accompanied Grandpa Shen. Most of them grumbled because they were kicked out of the bedroom. Shen Lingfeng and Shen Yaochen took a seat on both Sheng Xia's side. Seeing this, Shen Yaoqi shook his head.
Shen Yaochen put a slice of roasted eggplant into Sheng Xia's bowl. "Sheng Xia, what have you been up to lately?"
"Hmm... aside from checking out the Chengs, I got a few projects going on. I am so thankful to Sister Su, my sworn sister, for allowing me a month's vacation."
"Sister Su?"
"Elaine Su, one of the most renowned businesswomen in the world," answered Shen Yaoqi. "Little Fifth, do you intend to stay here in Country C or go back to Country A?"
The others stopped their activity and started to stare at Sheng Xia, waiting for her reply.
Sheng Xia stared back at Shen Yaoqi. "I need to go back, Uncle. I have a career that I need to work on. But it doesn't mean that I will not visit Country C again. At first, I didn't intend to go back since the Chengs weren't worth my time, but now, I have you guys here after all."
Shen Yaoqi smiled sadly. He just found this niece, but they will be separated by the sea. "I see, don't worry. You will always have a place in the Shens."
"Thank you, Uncle Yaoqi." Sheng Xia giggled.
Shen Yaoqi sighed. His niece was indeed cute.
The dinner ended with Sheng Xia getting more gifts. Ruan Yaning and Wen Kexin invited her to go shopping tomorrow, and Sheng Xia accepted the invitation. Shen Lingfeng groaned. He couldn't join because he had class the next day.
Sheng Xia was accompanied by her two aunts to the bedroom. The three women talked a lot about makeup and skincare. Shen Yuchen, Shen Yaoqi, Shen Yaochen, and Shen Lingfeng went to the mahjong table to play some rounds.
"Mahjong again?" Shen Lingfeng grumbled.
"What's wrong with mahjong?" Shen Yaoqi shuffled the pieces.
"About Sheng Xia, do you think Father will change her surname?" asked Shen Yuchen.
"Probably. But he will ask Little Fifth's opinion first," answered Shen Yaoqi.
"Uncle," Shen Lingfeng's brows furrowed. "Who is Sheng Xia? I thought she is also a college student like me."
Shen Yaoqi laughed. "What college student? She graduated from H Business School when she was nineteen. Entered Forbezz Under 30 at twenty. She was quite famous in the business world. You can ask your Grandpa. He has a magazine where Little Fifth was the cover model."
"What? For real? She was that good?"
Shen Yaoqi nodded. "She was the princess of the business world. Aside from her competence, she has a lot of people as allies. Even, very protective of her. She was honest in business transactions, dependable, and had a cute personality. Rumors said that she also loved to help others. That's why, if someone wants to do something bad to her or her company, they need to also think about the people behind her."
"Wow," Shen Lingfeng felt amazed. "But, Princess? Not Queen?"
Shen Yaoqi laughed. "Well, the reason might be because of her personality. But, if you talked about a Queen, then the one who can measure up to the title will be Little Fifth's sister, Elaine Su."
"Elaine Su? I have heard about her." Shen Yaochen took out his phone. "The Ruthless Queen, Elaine Su. Anybody who dared hurt her people, their fate will be... well, a lot of people feared her."
"Are you guys talking about Elaine Su?" Grandpa suddenly showed up, Shen Lingfeng stood up from his seat, and gave it to Grandpa Shen. Then he dragged a stool and put it near Grandpa Shen.
"Grandpa, I heard you have a magazine where Sister Xia was the cover model?"
"You want to see it?"
"Of course! In our family, in my generation, only Brother Yaochen has grazed the magazine business. Of course I am curious!"
Grandpa Shen laughed and ordered the butler to take the magazine from his study. After a while, the butler went back and gave the magazine to Grandpa Shen.
"Here," Grandpa Shen gave the magazine to Shen Lingfeng.
Shen Lingfeng took the magazine and looked at the cover. "What the! Who is this? Is this our Sheng Xia? Why does she look so cool?"
Shen Yuchen and Shen Yaochen also got closer to Shen Lingfeng to see the magazine. And both of them also looked amazed, still wondering how the cute Sheng Xia could be this cool. Like a mature woman who was independent and reliable.
Their first impression of Sheng Xia was not only beautiful, but also a cute girl. But it seemed they needed to change that.
The next morning, Sheng Xia sat on the sofa and looked at the other Shen, who also stayed the night in the mansion. She was a little bit confused when Aunt Yaning brought her to the living room while they waited for breakfast.
"Little Fifth," said Shen Yuchen, with a dark expression on his face.
Sheng Xia got a bit nervous.
What's going on?
Shen Yuchen looked at his wife. Ruan Yaning smiled and held Sheng Xia's hand. "We knew this was your privacy. You can also refuse to answer. But, we are just a little bit worried, and these uncles of yours are also a bit paranoid."
"It's okay, Auntie."
"The thing is... we heard from your Grandpa that you have a crush?"
Sheng Xia was taken aback. "So, you want to know who my crush is?"
Ruan Yaning and the others nodded. Sheng Xia almost wanted to laugh, but held herself.
Sheng Xia coughed and smiled shyly. "Well..."