She Is Brighter Than the Stars

Li Shubai said softly: “En.”

However, no one pressed the phone first.

Seeing the call timer go by minute by minute, Cheng Nian frowned, feeling like they were two idiots.

Feeling that the other party didn’t intend to hang up the phone, she simply put the phone on the table and went to take a shower by herself.

When she came back wrapped in a bath towel and saw that the call was still going on, Cheng Nian picked up the phone and called out tentatively.

“Li Shubai?”

“Yeah?”

The young man’s low-pitched response sounded like an electric shock, which made Cheng Nian’s ears itch and her heart swell.

Realizing that she was deceived so easily, Cheng Nian said angrily, “Isn’t the phone bill a lot? Why didn’t you hang up?”

A calm voice came from the receiver, “I forgot.”

Cheng Nian viciously pressed the red button on the phone, and angrily picked up the bath towel and wiped it on her wet hair.

It was as if a repeat button was installed in her mind, playing Li Shubai’s voice over and over again.

She was so angry that she wanted to knock on the wall twice.

Can she have some guts?

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On the night of Lunar New Year’s Eve, Cheng Nian, Su Huiyu, and Lao Chengtou, went to Grandpa’s house together.

In the elegant and classic villa, members of the Su family gathered together.

Lao Chengtou’s parents died when he was very young, and he and Cheng Zhiyuan’s father depended on each other for life.

The two brothers grew up with difficulty all the way, and suffered all kinds of hardships.

At the beginning, Su Huiyu had a lot of trouble with her family in order to be with Lao Chengtou. At one point, she wanted to sever ties with Mr. Su.

After Cheng Nian was born, the two of them calmed down a bit, and the old man was willing to help this son-in-law whom he despised.

Lao Chengtou was even more ambitious, and soon he led his staff to build the company, and the current momentum far exceeds that of the Su family.

Those relatives who used to ridicule Su Huiyu’s poor marriage have also started to curry favor with her in the past two years.

On the surface, Su Huiyu was kind to everyone, but she ignored all of their requests. Mrs. Su blamed her a lot for this.

Mr. Su understands his daughter’s temper. Every time the old lady finishes speaking, he will always add a sentence with a long sigh.

“You’re still too young after all.”

Su Huiyu raised her chin high, “Then let’s talk about it when I get old.”

Cheng Nian felt that her mother was really cool.

Thinking back to when she had the courage to walk out of the conservatory of a rich lady and marry the poor Lao Chengtou, Su Huiyu has always been a cool person.

Because Su Huiyu and the Su family had a rocky relationship before, Cheng Nian and the Su family were not very close, and the scope of communication was limited to major festival gatherings.

The previous Cheng Nian was deviant, not the type that the elders liked at all.

The relatives of the Su family are afraid that her family’s financial resources, will praise her on the surface, but secretly they are no different from those two ugly monsters in Cheng Nian’s class.

The most talked about is her eye-catching red hair.

This year, they saw Cheng Nian return to the well-behaved black color, saying that she was very polite in her dealings with others. Everyone seemed to have eaten two catties of black beans, and they could only hold back the ridicule in their stomachs.

Seeing the faint complacency in Su Huiyu’s expression, Cheng Nian realized that she and Lao Chengtou didn’t care about the eyes of these relatives before, but just indulged her.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nian strengthened her determination to be admitted to a prestigious school, and she must give Su Huiyu a chance to be respected.

Although the family gatherings in previous years were very lively, they were far less luxurious than this year.

After lunch, Mr. Su told everyone that he invited Xie’s family to have dinner together in the evening.

The Su family and the Xie family are family friends, and they celebrate the New Year together many times.

But this year is different.

A few days ago, the second son of the Xie family was promoted to another level, bringing the whole family to a new height. Many people in the city wanted to climb this bunch of high branches.

The Su family has this relationship, so naturally they should make good use of it.

Cheng Nian didn’t have any feeling about socializing, only knew that Lao Chengtou attached great importance to this gathering, and she also needed to be more generous and decent.

However, when she saw Xie Junyu getting off the black car parked outside the door, she couldn’t calm down no matter what.

Cheng Nian had been in contact with the Xie family a few times, but she never remembered that they had a son who was about the same age as her.

Lao Chengtou and Su Huiyu looked at each other tacitly, but said nothing.

Xie Junyu was taken aback when he saw Cheng Nian, as if he didn’t expect to meet her on such an occasion.

The false and warm welcome ended, and Mr. Su let the Xie family into the house.

After dinner, the adults went to the second floor to talk, leaving them, the juniors, to play on the first floor.

In the past, Cheng Nian would find various excuses to leave at this time, but this year she obediently sat in the corner of the sofa.

She is not familiar with the Su family’s children, and she doesn’t want to talk to Xie Junyu rashly.

Before today, in Cheng Nian’s mind, Xie Junyu was just a student in their class with a withdrawn personality, excellent grades, and a wide range of hobbies, but after today, he was labeled as the Xie family, and he was no longer an ordinary person.

Cheng Nian’s cousins were all smarter than monkeys in sticking fur. The adults moved towards Xie Junyu as soon as they left, smiling so kindly, as if he was their long-lost relative.

Cheng Nian really didn’t bother to care about these bastards, she took a cup of tea, sat on the sofa and played boredly with Snake on her phone.

When she was about to break the record, Xie Junyu’s voice rang above her head.

“It’s finally time to calm down.”

Cheng Nian shook her hand, the little black snake touched his tail, the screen flickered twice, and a game ending frame appeared.

She raised her head abruptly, and saw Xie Junyu standing beside the sofa looking at her with a happy and somewhat tired smile on his face.

Cheng Nian hurriedly moved to the side, a little at a loss and said, “Sit down and rest.”

Xie Junyu didn’t refuse, walked around the antique vase beside her and sat down beside her.

Cheng Nian didn’t know what to say for a while, and poured Xie Junyu a cup of tea from the table in embarrassment. Staring at the decorative paintings on the wall in front of her, she became dazed, as if she suddenly became interested in these artsy things.

Seeing her embarrassed look, Xie Junyu took the initiative to say, “I didn’t expect to meet you here.”

Cheng Nian laughed dryly, “Ah, yes, what a coincidence.”

Although she is not as snobbish as those of the Su family, she also knows what to ask and what to say.

The Xie family hadn’t mentioned this son for more than ten years, and now they suddenly brought him out to meet people, it was really puzzling.

Compared to Cheng Nian’s prudence, Xie Junyu seemed much more generous. He knew that rumors about him would soon spread to every corner of the circle, so he said directly.

“Actually, I am Xie Jing’s illegitimate child. My mother died a year ago, and he took me back to the Xie’s family.”

Cheng Nian was about to drink tea, when she heard him speak so frankly, she was so shocked that she almost spit it out.

She put down the teacup, looked around first, then whispered to Xie Junyu like a thief.

“Keep your voice down.”