"You were with him? In Country J? Just the two of you?" Wen Kexin massaged her brows.
"There were other people, too. Leon's staff." Sheng Xia tried to defend herself.
Ruang Yaning sighed. "We don't prevent you from communicating with him, but male and female, without any clear relationship, go on vacation to a foreign land, isn't that like inviting a problem?"
Sheng Xia pouted. "What problem?"
Ruan Yaning and Wen Kexin looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
They realized they were too protective of this newly found cute niece. But it couldn't be helped, with her mother's history.
At least, have a clear relationship first!
Damn, that Zhao Jingfeng!
After they had lunch, they went back to the mansion. The funny thing was, the neighbouring table didn't realize at all that there was a woman with the exact same face as the one in the magazine, sitting near them.
For two days, Sheng Xia spent her days with the Shens. She was so spoiled that it was a bit embarrassing for her. Unfortunately, she had yet to meet with both Shen Yaoqi's two sons and the second son of Shen Yuchen.
The first son of Shen Yaoqi was currently representing Shen Yaoqi in their foreign branch, while Shen Yaoqi took a vacation. His second son, the legendary cousin who was traumatized by Cheng An, was currently working in another city. Surprisingly, he worked as an actor.
Then the second son of Shen Yuchen was... well, Sheng Xia was a bit shocked. Turned out, this cousin of hers was chasing after her girlfriend. Different from Shen Yaochen's eternal singleness, his younger brother had already had a sweetheart since he was five years old.
Such loyalty!
One day on the weekend, Shen Lingfeng came to the mansion in a supercar. Sheng Xia was lying around near the man-made waterfall in the east garden. The young woman lay down on the carpet, looking at the sky. Not far from her head, there was a table full of various food and drink.
Shen Lingfeng started to feel jealous seeing how comfortable Sheng Xia was.
"I am so tired, looking at my college assignment. And, here you are, lying around. Can we switch lives?"
Sheng Xia laughed. "I am a busy person too, you know. This is truly a rare vacation for me. Let me enjoy it."
"I have an appointment with my friends and am thinking of bringing you over. I want to introduce you to my friend. Are you in?" invited Shen Lingfeng while taking a grape from the table.
Sheng Xia glanced at the handsome young man who was stealing her food. "Sure. Today is the weekend, but everybody is busy with their own activity."
"So... let's go?" Shen Lingfeng patted his hands, removing crumbs from his hands.
"Let's go!" Sheng Xia stood up, looking energized. "Let me disguise myself first."
"Huh? ... What?"
Ten minutes later, Shen Lingfeng blinked his eyes, rubbed his eyes, but still, the person in front of him had braided hair and thick-framed glasses. She also wore a long-sleeved shirt and long pants with sneakers.
Sheng Xia looked at her clothes; this time, it wasn't old clothes. She didn't want people to think the Shens didn't take care of her.
Sheng Xia then grabbed Shen Lingfeng's hand and dragged him to the car. "What are you spacing out for? Let's go."
Shen Lingfeng entered the car, started it, but didn't start to drive. He glanced at Sheng Xia and finally showed his amazement. "No wonder the Chengs were fooled. You are good! How can you hide that face of yours with only that wig and glasses?"
"I also do a little make up, you know."
"Can you teach me?"
"Sure."
"Really? Woohoo!"
That morning, they left the mansion and drove to the outskirts of the city. When Sheng Xia looked at the name of the place, she started to break a cold sweat.
Shen Lingfeng brought his car to the parking lot.
"Are we racing today?" asked Sheng Xia, her voice quivering a bit.
"Yeah," answered Shen Lingfeng, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Wait, don't tell me you are afraid?"
Sheng Xia gulped. "A little bit. I am more comfortable with horses."
Shen Lingfeng laughed out loud. "That part is also similar to Brother Yaochen!"
"Really?" Sheng Xia stepped out of the car.
"Yeah. He prefers horses to cars. He only had two cars so far. One which the driver drove, one for him to use personally."
"Wow. Me too! Though I have a lot of cars, most of them were gifts. I never bought a car for myself. I only bought horses!"
"You really should spend more time with Brother Yaochen. I guess both of you will have a lot of topics in common."
"Yeah, I want to spend more time with him, too. But recently, he has been so busy."
"Lingfeng!" someone shouted, and a few voices could be heard from not far away.
Five young men were seen getting closer to Shen Lingfeng. It was clear that these young men were from a wealthy family.
Shen Lingfeng waved his hand. "Yo! Are those new shoes?"
One of Shen Lingfeng's friends laughed proudly. "Yeah! The one you were eyeing before!"
"Damn you!" said Shen Lingfeng, while hugging his friend's shoulder and laughing in annoyance. "If not for buying new parts for my car, I should have bought those shoes!"
"Just say you are jealous!"
"I am!"
Laughter then rang out in the parking lot.
"Hey, who's this?" asked one of Shen Lingfeng's friends.
"Oh, right! Introduce to you guys, this is my cousin, Sister Sheng Xia!"
Some of his friends looked confused.
"Cousin?"
"If I am not remembering wrong, your female cousin who was around our age was Sister Cheng An?"
"Don't talk about that witch! My real cousin is this person! Not her!" Shen Lingfeng looked annoyed, so when his friends saw this, they stopped talking about Cheng An.
It was common knowledge that the young generation of the Shens wasn't close to Cheng An. Until this day, they still didn't know the reason why. It was obvious that Cheng An was a beautiful and kind woman, but why were they so incompatible?
"Okay, okay. We're gonna stop talking about her. Let's go get our car. It's been a long time since the six of us raced together."
"Lingfeng! Today I will defeat you!"
Shen Lingfeng scoffed. "In your dream!"
"What! How do you know that in my dream I also defeat you?"
"Screw you!"
Laughter started again, and only Shen Lingfeng sneered in amusement.
Sheng Xia followed Shen Lingfeng in a daze. She glanced at the sky.
Ah, the sky looks pretty. But why are my hands shaking?
It didn't take a long time for the young men to get their cars and prepare for the race. Seeing Sheng Xia quivering like a leaf, Sheng Lingfeng put Sheng Xia in the viewing stand. He ordered some staff to serve Sheng Xia and ordered some cake and tea to calm her down.
Realizing that she didn't need to join the race, Sheng Xia laughed at herself and calmed down. For half an hour, she saw Shen Lingfeng and his friend warm up in the racetrack. Sheng Xia shivered every time she imagined herself racing through the track.
Nope! I will never ever put my feet on car racing.
While watching his cousin bantering with his friends at the finish line, Sheng Xia saw some people show up not far from her seat.
Isn't that Cheng An and Gu Bo? What are they doing here?