bookcurios Chapter 193: Exhausted
Chapter 193: Exhausted
Xie Shuyao returned to Nanyang from Jinling. She originally wanted to have a good rest after a tiring day, but when she entered the Wangyue Tower, she saw a group of people waiting for her.
The leader was Gao Shengman, the owner of Fumanlou, followed by his wife Feng Zongqin. Xie Shuyao did not recognize the other people.
Xie Shuyao asked impatiently, "Manager Gao, what can I do for you?"
Gao Shengman's attitude was much better than before. When he saw Xie Shuyao, he put on a smile and said, "Of course it's a good thing, Miss Xie."
Xie Shuyao was quite surprised by his attitude. He never had a good face every time they met before, but now he suddenly became so attentive for some reason.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. The other person is easy to talk to, so Xie Shuyao naturally can't chase him away.
Since they had something important to discuss, Xie Shuyao invited them to a private room.
But as soon as she sat down, Xie Shuyao suddenly felt something was wrong.
Gao Shengman pushed his son in front of her and let Gao Jiarui sit next to her.
After sitting down, Gao Jiarui kept looking at Xie Shuyao as if he was looking at goods. His smile gradually became obscene and he revealed a satisfied look.
Seeing this, Xie Shuyao said with a straight face: "Manager Gao, if you have anything to say, please tell me as soon as possible. I'm still busy."
Gao Shengman's smile did not fade. "Why call me Manager Gao? You are about the same age as Jiarui. Just call me uncle."
After he finished speaking, Xie Shuyao did not respond. Instead, she crossed her arms and looked at him coldly, as if she wanted to see what he was going to do.
As a result, the atmosphere became a bit awkward.
Gao Shengman's wife Feng Zongqin saw this and interrupted the conversation. She glanced at Xie Shuyao with disdain and said, "Hey, girl, why are you so arrogant? Your elders are talking to you, so there's no reason for you not to reply."
"But our Gao family doesn't have so many rules. Besides, we are here to discuss happy events today. We can talk about the rules later. It would be a shame if we didn't talk about them now."
After saying that, without waiting for Xie Shuyao to respond, she winked at Gao Shengman.
Then, Goldman handed her a list.
Feng Zongqin took it and passed it to Xie Shuyao, saying with a smile: "This is the list of betrothal gifts. Take a look and see if you have any objections. If not, we will finalize the marriage today."
After hearing this, Xie Shuyao almost suspected that there was something wrong with her ears.
She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What did you say? What marriage?"
Feng Zongqin said, "Hi," "It's about your marriage to our Jiarui."
At this point, she began to talk nonstop: "Although you are a widow and have to be in the spotlight all day long, our Jiarui likes it, so we agreed. Do you want to do it at the end of the year or in the spring of next year?"
Although Feng Zongqin felt a little distressed by the list of betrothal gifts, she felt much more balanced when she thought that Wangyue Tower would become her home.
Besides, Xie Shuyao has no parents and no one to help her, so in the future the betrothal gifts will still belong to the Gao family.
Xie Shuyao took a deep breath, not knowing where to start her rebuttal.
She first asked, "Who told you I was a widow?"
Seeing that she was being stubborn, Feng Zongqin sneered and said, "You've been married, and now you don't have a man, so you're either a widow or something. Don't worry, we won't look down on you because of this, it's just..."
At this point, she looked around and said, "It's just that it's not appropriate for a girl to show up in public and make people laugh at her. After you get married, it's better for us to manage the Moon Viewing Tower. You just need to take care of the dishes and so on."
Hearing this, Xie Shuyao was so angry that she laughed, "You almost wrote the words 'eating the whole family' on your face, you are so shameless."