Xu Qingzhu: "..."
You can shut up now.
Xu Qingya looked up again and asked, "Sister Liang, do you want to see?"
Liang Shi: "..."
She stopped reading these kinds of novels in high school, okay?
Xu Qingya said in a pretentious tone, "I have a book here that's perfect for you."
Fearing she would feel awkward, Liang Shi coughed softly, "What?"
Xu Qingya: "My proud and sweet wife has fallen in love with me."
Liang Shi: "..."
Xu Qingzhu patted her sister on the shoulder and said, "Go back to your room and sleep."
Xu Qingya was still making a last-ditch effort, "Really, Sister Liang, she's so beautiful, investing in her is definitely worth it."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
//
The next morning, the book "My Arrogant Sweet Wife Fell in Love with Me" appeared on their family's dining table.
Xu Qingya was still sleeping in her room.
Xu Qingzhu held the book, rubbing her forehead in exasperation. "I'm sorry, this child always likes to read things that aren't exactly respectable."
Liang Shi: "Ah, this..."
"I'll just throw it away," Xu Qingzhu said.
Liang Shi stopped her in time, "Don't do that. It's something she really likes. If she finds out you lost it, she'll definitely make a scene."
Xu Qingzhu: "...You spoil her too much."
"She's alright," Liang Shi smiled. "She's just a little kid, actually quite well-behaved."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
So when Liang Shi went to work, he took that book with him to appease Xu Qingya.
She flipped through a few pages when she was bored at work.
It was a yuri novel with a rather interesting premise. She had nothing to do in the magazine department that morning, so she read half of it.
With nothing to do in the afternoon, I simply wrote the first few chapters into a script.
After finishing, Liang Shi realized that she was really idle.
As Liang Shi was leaving work that day, he heard a system notification: "[Hello host, your passive task will expire this Sunday. You can choose to abandon the task before midnight today. Abandoning it will not incur a penalty, but will deduct 1 Luck Point. Failure to complete it by the deadline will increase your Luck Point by 3. Please complete the passive task as soon as possible. PS: The earlier you complete the passive task, the richer the rewards! PPS: You are the fastest host I've ever seen to complete a task! Your Luck Points have already accumulated to 27 points. Keep up the good work! I'll always be cheering you on!]"
The system's voice was a strange, mechanical sound, sometimes intermittent, because it couldn't quite break sentences properly.
So it sounds very harsh.
However, after so many times, Liang Shi had gotten used to it.
She could even reply to the system, "You're the most difficult system I've ever met."
...
People are always unconsciously assimilated.
She actually used interjections too!
//
On Saturday, Mr. Liang held an auction, followed by a dinner party.
Liang Shi didn't know at first.
On Friday evening after get off work, Liang Xinhe called her and told her to bring Xu Qingzhu with her.
After the two got married, Xu Qingzhu never accompanied the original owner to any formal occasions.
Only when the original owner wanted to mess with Xu Qingzhu would he bring a bunch of his cronies home and wreak havoc, leaving Xu Qingzhu to clean up.
At other times, he didn't really pay attention to Xu Qingzhu.
Liang Shi initially wanted to decline, but Liang Xinhe said quietly, "This is a good opportunity to build connections. Don't you need it, and doesn't your sister-in-law need it too?"
Liang Shi: "..."
She compromised.
Xu Qingzhu needs it.
Xu Qingzhu is a female Omega who wants to take her company public.
She cannot become a stumbling block on Xu Qingzhu's road to success.
So on Saturday, the two of them went to the store to get their hair and makeup done and also picked out two dresses.
Liang Shi chose a light blue evening gown for herself, with a long skirt that revealed her delicate collarbone, which was perfectly matched with a silver collarbone necklace.
Xu Qingzhu chose a light green evening gown, similar in style to Liang Shi's, and paired it with the same collarbone necklace.
Both of them had their hair done again, making them so eye-catching that it was impossible to look away.
When Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu came out of the dressing room after changing into their formal attire, they looked at each other with amazement.
The salesperson standing nearby was also stunned. After a long while, she sincerely praised, "You two have worn these clothes to the highest level. It's not that our gift is flattering you, it's that you two are flattering these two dresses. You look like a couple in matching outfits. You look so much like a married couple."
Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu went directly to the venue dressed in their new clothes.
The afternoon auction was boring and uninteresting.
Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu sat down in the back, and people kept turning around to look at them.
Liang Shi had changed so much that none of the people present recognized him at first glance.
Someone pointed out, "This seems to be Mr. Liang's third daughter."
Everyone suddenly realized—wasn't this Miss Liang the Third, who always wore heavy makeup and knew how to cause trouble?
How come you look so beautiful after just a few days?
Did you go to H country for plastic surgery?
In short, it's unbelievably beautiful.
The woman beside her was naturally Miss Xu.
In terms of status, the Xu family is not worthy of appearing at this kind of banquet, but who can blame them for getting involved with the Liang family?
However, it has been widely rumored in the industry that even after getting married, Miss Liang was still a playboy who often frequented brothels. How could she suddenly change her nature and bring her wife to the auction?
For a moment, everyone was whispering among themselves.
Xu Qingzhu was a little uncomfortable with so many eyes on them.
Instead, Liang Shi patted the back of her hand to comfort her, "It's okay, they just think we're pretty."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She looked over in surprise and found that Liang Shi had spoken very frankly.
Xu Qingzhu thought she had misheard.
How come I didn't realize that Liang Shi was so narcissistic?
However, she didn't mind and kept comforting herself, saying that she would get used to it eventually.
Let others look; it won't hurt them.
She maintained a serious and unsmiling demeanor throughout, appearing cold and unapproachable.
The auction began quickly, initially featuring small items with prices starting at ten thousand.
Liang Shi was not very interested in any of these things.
Xu Qingzhu, on the other hand, kept observing everyone present, as well as the items on the stage.
Then a new item was brought up for auction: a silver bracelet that didn't look very high quality. The auctioneer explained that it was a pure silver bracelet, a family heirloom left by the old lady of the Sheng family, and the donor was anonymous.
The Sheng family name hasn't appeared in this circle for a long time.
Everyone knows that the Sheng family produced a genius architect named Sheng Qinglin who was unwilling to inherit the family business, but died young, causing the family business to fall into the hands of Xu Guangyao, who was not very good at business, and the family business declined from then on.
Therefore, the sudden appearance of the Sheng family's belongings caused a great uproar.
Could this have been donated by the Sheng family's daughter?
But the Sheng family's daughter isn't crazy to donate something so precious.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and a flurry of discussion ensued.
The auctioneer was already on stage announcing, "The starting bid for this item is 100,000 yuan."
Immediately, someone in the audience shouted, "150,000!"
Xu Qingzhu looked at the bracelet on the stage, her eyes reddening.
She knows who donated it.
Xu Qingzhu's memory of her maternal grandmother was actually very faint.
All she remembered was that she was a very kind old lady who would often hold her in her arms and sit her in a wicker chair as the sun set, rocking back and forth, and occasionally telling her some old, worn-out stories.
But seeing the old items still brought tears to my eyes.
Liang Shi had clearly noticed it too, and she asked in a low voice, "Should I take a picture of it for you?"
The asking price has already reached 250,000.
Silver items, unless they have special meaning, are considered very expensive.
The highest price of the previous items did not exceed 150,000.
Xu Qingzhu shook her head at Liang Shi, and after calling 250,000 a second time, she raised her paddle, "460,000."
Finally, she won the auction for the bracelet for 460,000 yuan.
It wasn't because she offered a high price; it was because after seeing her, people were suddenly reminded that Miss Sheng and Madam Sheng were both renowned beauties back then.