Sheng Xia bit her wafer in amusement. She truly wondered what kind of fate was being played today. She stared at the couple, being lovey-dovey without care, and she looked at the people around Shen Lingfeng.
Ah. Lingfeng's expression has turned sour!
Sheng Xia finished her wafer and stood up, walked down the stairs, and approached Shen Lingfeng, who started gritting his teeth in annoyance. His friend held his shoulder, afraid that the young man would start a fight.
"Lingfeng," Sheng Xia tapped Shen Lingfeng's forehead. "Calm down. Once you lose your calm, then you are already lost."
Shen Lingfeng's expression eased, and he took a deep breath while only focusing his sight on Sheng Xia.
"Sheng Xia?!" A scream could be heard from the direction where Cheng An stood.
"Who? That adopted sister of yours?" Gu Bo sounded confused. He followed Cheng An's eyes and saw a few wealthy young masters and a young woman with thick-framed glasses.
"What is she doing here?" asked one of Cheng An's female friends, who was also a young miss.
She and two other young misses followed Cheng An today to watch Gu Bo racing. Cheng An told them that Gu Bo was a very good racer, and they ended up curious about it.
"Who? Miss Cheng's adopted sister?" one of Gu Bo's male friends looked around.
"Yeah, that girl with thick glasses!" said another of Gu Bo's friends.
"She looked so ordinary."
"I have been wondering why your family adopted her."
"Yeah. Are you gonna make her your future right-hand man, Miss Cheng?"
While people around her talked about Sheng Xia, Cheng An also realized the young man who was close to Sheng Xia, Shen Lingfeng.
Cheng An bit her lips. Since when did that village girl know the Shens? This is bad.
"I have seen her at a banquet," said one of Cheng An's friends. "Wasn't she the one who danced with Young Master Zhao?"
"Wait! Zhao Jingfeng?" shouted the other friend.
Two of Gu Bo's friends also looked shocked.
"Lies!"
"I know, right? I mean, that Zhao was so cold toward every woman who tried to get close to him."
"But it's true!"
Cheng An suddenly woke up from her daze and remembered that night's banquet. Her chest started to feel some pain again. The day Sheng Xia left the mansion, Cheng An tried to visit Zhao Jingfeng's company, but unfortunately, she was rejected at the company's lobby.
Why?!
Why can Sheng Xia get close to him, but she can't?!
Cheng An gritted her teeth. Her anger started to show that her friends realized it.
"Cheng An? What's wrong?" asked one of her friends.
"Did she do something to you?" asked Gu Bo.
Cheng An changed her expression to a sad one. Even tears had shown up in her eyes. "Yes. She left the house after that banquet. I don't know why. After all my parents have done for her. Are we so bad that she left us just like that?"
"She dares?" Gu Bo looked furious.
One of Cheng An's friends sneered. "See! I told you! She looked like an ungrateful bitch!"
"Yeah, Cheng An. Don't be too kind to her. She probably only uses your family to get a rich man."
"Let me scold her!" Another of Cheng An's friends started to approach Sheng Xia.
Cheng An's face changed. "No! Please don't!"
"But, she needs to realize that she was nothing without your family."
Cheng An bit her lips. But, Shen Lingfeng was there, fools!
Cheng An started to feel scared. What if that brat Shen Lingfeng told everyone the truth?! People would think that she was a fake! But, she is the real young Miss Cheng! The chosen one! But then, her mother's action back then will be known by many people. She didn't want that!
Argh! She should have thrown that village girl into some remote village, so that she wouldn't threaten her like this! She regretted it so much!
But, before Cheng An's friend got to Sheng Xia, Shen Lingfeng had already dragged Sheng Xia away.
Cheng An sighed with relief.
"Damn! They ran!"
"I saw Shen Lingfeng from the Shen Family. Does your adopted sister get close to him now? Isn't Shen Lingfeng your cousin?" asked Gu Bo's friend in disbelief.
"Wow! She is quite capable, huh."
"First, it was Zhao Jingfeng, now Shen Lingfeng? She is good."
Mocking laughter could be heard from around Cheng An.
Suddenly, Gu Bo held Cheng An's hand. "Are you okay?"
Cheng An nodded and put on a little smile. "Mn. I'm fine."
"You need to discuss this with your father. I advise you to cut ties with that kind of woman," said Gu Bo, full of worry.
Cheng An shook her head. "It isn't that simple."
Gu Bo sighed while hugging his fiancée. "I'm worried, you know. If she ever comes to you, you need to tell me, okay? I will handle her for you."
Cheng An smiled shyly. "Really?"
Gu Bo laughed proudly. "Of course! I have seen many greedy women like her. It's easy to handle those kinds of greedy people."
Cheng An returned Gu Bo's hug. "Thank you, Gu Bo."
Gu Bo kissed Cheng An's forehead. "Don't worry, dear. You have me."
Cheng An nodded with a bashful smile. "Mn."
Gu Bo and Cheng An's friend laughed and teased the couple, making Gu Bo feel very happy.
Cheng An put on a shy expression while looking at where Sheng Xia had left earlier. Cheng An still felt that the world was unfair to her. Cheng An gritted her teeth. She decided to chase after Zhao Jingfeng again. She didn't believe that Sheng Xia could get close to him, but she couldn't.
In the restaurant located beside the racetrack, Shen Lingfeng ate his food with gusto. Sheng Xia put her head on her palm and watched Shen Lingfeng eat.
"Are you still angry?" asked one of Shen Lingfeng's friends.
Shen Lingfeng snorted. "What do you think?"
Shen Lingfeng's friend laughed. "I started to get really curious about this Miss Cheng."
"Yeah. Me, too."
"What did she do to the Shens that made your family put distance between her?"
"She is a witch," said Shen Lingfeng while putting his spoon down. "Put that information in your head, and stay away from her."
Shen Lingfeng's friends looked at each other and sighed.
"By the way, Sheng Xia. I tried to remember since we met, but have you attended any banquets before?" asked one of Shen Lingfeng's friends.
Sheng Xia smiled. "I did. I attended Elder Gu's recent birthday celebration."
"What?" The friend who asked the question stood up from his seat. "Are you the one who danced with that Zhao Jingfeng?"
Sheng Xia nodded. "Yeah. That's me."
"Damn~" all five of Shen Lingfeng's friends looked amazed.
"Wait, what?" Shen Lingfeng glared at Sheng Xia. "You danced with him?"
Sheng Xia coughed and turned her face away. "Kind of."
"You!!!" Shen Lingfeng didn't know how to put his frustration into words. "Did you guys-?"
"Nope!" Sheng Xia cut Shen Lingfeng's question. "If we did, I would have bragged about it, you know."
"Tsk, you are still young. Just do your work properly," said Shen Lingfeng in a bad mood.
Sheng Xia laughed. "You are younger than me, but you advise me on the principle of love?"
"Why not?" Shen Lingfeng grumbled.
"Hey! My car's engineer told me some big news!" One of Shen Lingfeng's friends showed his phone. "Zhao Jingfeng is here!"
"What?"
"For real?"
"In this race track?"
The friend nodded. "If you don't believe me, let's go back to the racetrack!"
"Let's go!"
"I wanna see too!"
"My older brother said that he is a good racer. I am excited!"
"Really? Let's go, let's go!"
"Shen Lingfeng! Sister Sheng Xia! Did you guys wanna go too?"
Shen Lingfeng glanced at Sheng Xia and poked her head. "Wake up!"
"... what?"
"Do you wanna go?"
Sheng Xia pouted. "Mn. I wanna."
Shen Lingfeng sneered. "Fine. I will accompany you. But don't do any stupid act, okay?"
"I won't! What do you mean by that?"
"Nah, I just remember our Third Brother."
"Oh, you mean Uncle Yuchen's second son?"
"Do you know how stupid he is when chasing after his sweetheart?"
Sheng Xia shook her head.
Shen Lingfeng put his hand in his pocket. "For example, one day, he got the news that his sweetheart met with some guy at a bar, he immediately went and took her away."
"Isn't that normal?" Sheng Xia looked confused.
"Yeah, it would be a normal story if he were bare-chested and only wore a boxer to the bar."
"For real?" Sheng Xia laughed out loud.
"Yeah, he is just that idiot."
Sheng Xia laughed while standing up from her seat. "Don't worry. I am quite level-headed."
"Sure. I will believe, for now."
Sheng Xia laughed again. They started to walk back to the racetrack slowly. When they finally arrived, a commotion was happening.
"You bitch! Stay away from him!"