Chapter 285
285 Xie family head, Xie Heng
when xuan siyun woke up in the hospital and found out that xuan jinrui had returned to the capital, she was so angry that she almost fainted again. she asked her assistant to buy a plane ticket back to the capital immediately.
she found out from her assistant that yun hui wasn’t dead and was also in the same hospital. however, his injuries weren’t light and he would probably be lying in bed for a while. xuan siyun was still angry and asked her assistant to find someone to teach yun hui a lesson.
She thought that it would be best if she could trap Yun Hui in Haicheng for a while. However, he couldn’t have an easy time in Haicheng. After she returned to the capital and dealt with Xuan Jinrui, she would slowly find Yun Hui to settle today’s score.
with a stomach full of anger, xuan siyun only felt a little better when she thought about how jiang che was alone in the capital without shi yan.
However, when she returned to the capital, the news she received was that the fifth Lord had already left. She also learned that Xuan Jinrui’s sudden return to the capital without anyone knowing was the fifth Lord’s doing.
xuan siyun was so angry that she smashed a lot of things.
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Shi Yan didn’t know any of this.
at least for now, she was playing in the small town of jiangnan and did not pay attention to the news of the outside world, so she did not know that so many things had happened.
in the morning, they took a lot of photos on the boat. in the afternoon, they went to the city wall and the older buildings to take photos.
considering that everyone was wearing high heels and cheongsam, they didn’t run too far. otherwise, their legs wouldn’t be their own after a whole day.
at around 4:30 pm, ren kexin led everyone to another city wall to take photos.
they had taken quite a lot of photos before, and su mu had just called. shi yan had to answer the phone, so she didn’t climb the city wall with them to take photos. instead, she waited for them downstairs.
jiang cheng and jing xuan had to keep their girlfriends company. shi bochen was a heartless camera, so he naturally had to follow them. only shi yan was left.
he hung up the phone after a few words with su mu.
It was hot in the afternoon, so she took off the White velvet shawl she had worn in the morning and found a bag to put it in. Shi Bochen volunteered to help her with it, and Shi Yan did not refuse.
therefore, other than a small bag, she only had the oil-paper umbrella that jiang rui had given her.
Jiang Rui gave everyone one, saying that they looked good in a cheongsam and an oil-paper umbrella.
The sun was still a little hot, and the oil-paper umbrella in Shi Yan’s hand was open.
Under the ancient city wall, people came and went on the stone steps.
The gentle and upright lady was dressed in a Lotus-colored cheongsam, with a bag hanging on her wrist and an oil-paper umbrella in one hand. She stood on the steps under the city wall, and the sun shone down.
the beauty was like a painting.
It was as if she was the only person in the world.
The people not far away had this feeling.
he was wearing a black shirt, had a deep outline, and his eyes were like swords, long and sharp.
He looked like he was in his mid-twenties, and his height was at least 1.85. His appearance was undoubtedly outstanding, but his expression was too cold and his gaze too sharp, making the people around him not dare to get too close.
But when his sharp eyes saw the person holding the oil-paper umbrella under the city wall, he seemed to be in a trance for a moment.
His gaze was locked on Shi Yan.
He never left.
with shi yan’s acute senses, it was impossible for her not to notice that such a person was staring at her so closely. the two of them were not far apart.
he looked over.
their eyes met.
for such an outstanding man, if an ordinary girl were to look at him, she would either be intimidated by his sharp gaze or avoid it shyly.
Shi Yan was not one of them.
her expression was light and her eyes were calm, as if she was looking at an ordinary stranger.
He retracted his gaze after a glance.
She didn’t feel anything when she was standing with Jiang Rui and the others in cheongsam. However, she was standing here alone with people coming and going, and she felt that everyone’s eyes were on her.
shi yan didn’t care about this, but she saw that someone was secretly taking photos of her with a mobile phone.
she was thinking that it was better not to stand there and find a place to wait for the others.
He looked around and saw that there was an empty Pavilion among the weeping willows not far away, so he walked down the steps and went there.
She had thought that she had only exchanged glances with the man with a strong presence for less than two seconds, but she did not expect to hear footsteps behind her as soon as she approached the pavilion.
Shi Yan thought that it was another tourist who wanted to take a rest here, so she didn’t care much.
However, when she walked into the pavilion, closed the oil-paper umbrella, and was about to sit down, the man came to her.
He was about three steps away from her.
he was looking at her.
It was obvious that he had followed her here. Shi Yan couldn’t ignore him even if she wanted to.
The other party had followed her here all the time, and his aura did not seem like an ordinary person’s, but she did not see any malice in his eyes.
just as she was about to ask politely if there was anything she wanted to talk to her about, the other party spoke first.
“Is it miss Shi Yan?”
Even someone as calm as Shi Yan was stunned.
Did he know her?
however, if she had seen someone with such a strong presence, she would never forget him. yet, she had no impression of the person in front of her.
she was sure that she had never seen him before.
shi yan’s slightly dazed reaction had already given him an answer.
“looks like i’m not mistaken.”
” miss shi yan, i don’t think you know me. many years ago, i went to the shi family with my elders as a guest. when i passed by the corridor in the courtyard of the shi family, i saw miss shi yan reading a book in the pavilion. ”
“Although I only saw him briefly, I had a deep impression of him. i saw her from afar just now, so i’m not sure if she’s miss shi yan. that’s why i took the liberty to follow her to confirm. i’m sorry for being impolite.”
“It’s fine,” Shi Yan said.
“since you followed your elders to the shi family as a guest in your early years, i think the elders of your family and the shi family should be old friends. how should i address you, sir?”
these words seemed to be out of courtesy, but only shi yan herself knew whether it was true or not.
There were not many families that had such an outstanding junior and had a good relationship with the Shi family.
Shi Yan’s grip on the oil-paper umbrella tightened unconsciously when she heard the question.
“xie heng from the xie family.” he looked at her.
as expected.
shi yan didn’t know what she was feeling at this time, but she didn’t show it on her face. she put on a light and proper posture.”So it’s master Xie. I’m sorry for being impolite.”
Xie Heng of the Xie family, the fiancé the Shi family had chosen for her.
At the age of five, he was designated as the heir of the Xie family. At the age of twelve, he entered the family business. At the age of sixteen, he officially took over the Xie family’s business as the heir of the Xie family. At the age of twenty, he became the head of the Xie family.
it was half a year before the fifth master of the jiang family had taken over the jiang family.
however, he was a few months older than the fifth master of the jiang family, which meant that he was about the same age as the fifth master to take over the power of the family.
ever since he took over the xie family, the xie family had been like the sun in the sky and had the trend of rising to a higher level.
It was already very difficult for the descendants of these top aristocratic families, which had a hundred years of history, to maintain the foundation established by their ancestors in this environment where new talents were constantly rising, let alone to rise to the next level.
Xie Heng was only 26 years old.
in a few years, the xie family would probably rise to a higher level under his leadership.
As such, he could be considered an equally powerful figure as the Jiang family’s fifth Lord.
it wasn’t that she didn’t know xie heng’s excellence. the fiancé the shi family had chosen for her was definitely the best of the younger generation. she just didn’t like to be set for the rest of her life without any warning.
She had no prejudice against Xie Heng.
speaking of which, the marriage alliance was the intention of the elders of the two families, and xie heng was innocent.
She had left happily that year and did not feel sorry for anyone. The only person she felt a little guilty was Xie Heng.
however, the marriage was only verbally agreed upon by the elders of the two families, and the outside world did not know about it. the shi family also hid the fact that she did not agree to the marriage and resolutely left the family very well.
this way, even if she left, xie heng would not be laughed at.
In addition to her own personality and the fact that so many years had passed, the little bit of guilt she had for Xie Heng had long disappeared.
She had a mild temperament and was not enthusiastic when dealing with people.
in other words, he was a little cold.
She had never denied that she was such a person.
So her little bit of guilt towards Xie Heng had long disappeared, and she did not feel the slightest bit of discomfort or guilt.
in front of xie heng, other than the slight abnormality just now, she was calm.
she was also very clear in her heart that the abnormality in her speculation of xie heng’s identity was not because of xie heng, but because of the shi family.
She had left home because of the arranged marriage between the two families, and she had been gone for nine years.
seeing xie heng again, one of the parties involved in the incident back then, she would always unconsciously think of her relatives who had doted on her since she was a child and told her that she had to pay the price for enjoying so much. she could not just enjoy the scene without paying.
Perhaps it was because Jiang che had been by her side recently, some emotions would always appear unconsciously. When she thought about these things again, she could no longer be as indifferent as she had been many times in the past.
not to mention, she had lost her composure and got drunk at the yu family’s banquet that day.
“miss shi yan, you’re too kind. i’m the one who should be rude.”
“Although it’s a little late to say this, I still want to apologize to miss Shi Yan.”
shi yan looked up at him in surprise.
xie heng continued,”outsiders don’t know, but as one of the parties involved, i know everything about what happened that year.” Miss Shi Yan has been away from home all these years because of me. I’m very sorry.”