Chapter 66: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Is Ruan Hongzhuang beautiful? Of course she is; she is like a bright pearl, sitting anywhere, she shines with dazzling brilliance, drawing people's eyes toward her.

But compared to her own temperament, her looks seem less important; she is like a queen on high, merely sitting there casually, yet her back is straight, her shoulders form a line, and when she looks at someone with her eyes, she stares directly, her gaze clear and bright, her expression sharp, extremely aggressive.

Her powerful aura brings a full sense of pressure, making ordinary people very hard to meet her gaze, subconsciously choosing to look away.

But obviously, Shen Siyuan is not an ordinary person; not only did he stare directly at her, but he also sat down opposite her with complete composure.

Is Shen Siyuan handsome? Of course he is, but absolutely not the kind of handsomeness that is heartbreakingly tragic; at the level Ruan Hongzhuang can access, there are countless people far more handsome than Shen Siyuan.

But on Shen Siyuan, there is likewise an ethereal, cloud-like temperament, like a wisp of clear breeze, or like a cloud, between movement and stillness, seeming to scatter with the wind and gather with the wind, very special, and very comfortable, unconsciously giving rise to a feeling of closeness.

When he smiles, it is like bathing in the spring breeze; especially his eyes, like a deep pool, firmly attracting people's gaze.

And now Ruan Hongzhuang's gaze is exactly like that, staring fixedly at Shen Siyuan, unwilling to look away.

Shen Siyuan felt a bit uncomfortable being looked at by her, but he also understood why she was like this.

After he devoured the Nine Nether Demon Lord, his divine sense awakened; this belongs to a kind of spiritual power, and because he himself has no cultivation, he cannot well gather his divine sense, making it restrained, contained and not released.

Thus, at all times he radiates a spiritual power unique to himself in all directions, which can also be understood as aura, magnetic field, qi mechanism, and so on.

And those with equally powerful auras, or rather powerful magnetic fields, are even more easily attracted by him.

Of course, in real life, such people are not many; at least since awakening his divine sense, Shen Siyuan has basically not encountered any.

Everyone might just feel that he has become a bit different somewhere, or that his eyes have become very good-looking, but specifically they cannot say what it is.

But Ruan Hongzhuang was born with an extremely powerful aura, plus the environment she was raised in, causing her to radiate a powerful aura at all times, affecting everything and everyone around her who comes into contact with her; she seems by nature to be a leader.

So upon seeing Shen Siyuan for the first time, she was attracted by him; in Shen Siyuan's eyes, she was like a bright pearl, and in Ruan Hongzhuang's eyes, was Shen Siyuan not exactly the same?

However, when Shen Siyuan saw her for the first time, he immediately passed her over in his mind.

It was not that she was not good enough, that he looked down on her, but that she was too good, good to the point of being excessive; how could such a person be willing to be a housewife, living daily life with him over firewood, rice, oil, and salt, spending peaceful years together?

But the proper politeness must still be there, so he smiled and asked: "You are the cousin of Accountant Jiang, right?"

Ruan Hongzhuang subconsciously nodded, then realized, and hurriedly shook her head.

Shen Siyuan did not understand what she meant, but he did not dwell on it.

Instead, he smiled and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Shen Siyuan, I am twenty-six years old, and I currently work at a game company..."

Ruan Hongzhuang stared straight at Shen Siyuan, listening quietly to his self-introduction.

She also knew that her behavior was impolite, so she lifted her coffee and took a light sip, taking the opportunity to shift her gaze away, yet unconsciously let it drift back.

"My name is Ruan Hongzhuang, I am twenty-eight, and I currently run a small company myself..."

Ruan Hongzhuang's company scale was not small; it was also Ruan Hongzhuang's pride, but when facing Shen Siyuan, she subconsciously became humble, wanting to hide her sharpness...

Shen Siyuan's gaze shifted slightly to the left, looking at the white-haired old woman who had been standing behind Ruan Hongzhuang and was now sitting beside her.

The old woman had gray hair, wore a qipao, and had a string of pearl necklaces around her neck; when she smiled, she was extremely gentle, clearly someone raised in luxury and very learned.

While Ruan Hongzhuang was introducing herself, the old woman was also introducing her.

In her words, Ruan Hongzhuang's company was not small as she had said, but excellent to the point of being exaggerated.

"Miss Ruan is from Siming," Shen Siyuan asked with a smile.

"Yes."

Ruan Hongzhuang nodded, but immediately asked: "Do I speak with a Siming accent?"

She felt some confusion in her heart; she considered her Mandarin very standard, so she should not have an accent; when she was at school, she was even a member of the school broadcasting station, a host for successive welcome evening galas, and so on.

Shen Siyuan smiled, did not explain this issue, but continued: "After graduation, why did you not stay in Siming, but choose Binhai to start your business?"

If it were an ordinary person, speaking to Ruan Hongzhuang like this, she would probably have become impatient long ago and refused to pay attention to them.

But for some reason, when Shen Siyuan spoke, she was willing to be patient and explain.

"My family has always been engaged in shipping business, and Binhai as a port city..."

She came from Siming to Binhai, originally intending to rely on herself to carve out a career, to prove herself, and also to display her ambitions.

Although in this process she utilized some of her family's resources, generally speaking to outsiders, she would never voluntarily mention this matter.

This is the same principle as many successful big shots, who only say how hard they worked, how they hacked through thorns, to achieve such accomplishments, never mentioning their family background.

"Young man, you are very special; you are still the first person I have met who can see me," the old woman beside her said to Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan did not answer, only smiled slightly; Ruan Hongzhuang even thought Shen Siyuan was smiling at her.

The old woman introduced herself again: "I am her grandmother, my surname is Su, my name is Su Xiu, you can call me Su Apo..."

"Our Hongzhuang is a very good person; although her personality is a bit domineering in daily life, it is just because she is strong-willed; actually, she can do everything from washing clothes to cooking; she grew up by my side since childhood, and I know her best..."

Obviously, Su Apo also saw her granddaughter's abnormality; plus she is not young anymore, and it is time to start a family, so she vigorously promoted her to Shen Siyuan.

Ruan Hongzhuang was still talking about her own affairs, not knowing that her entire background had been completely exposed by Su Apo.

"Hongzhuang's parents were busy with business, so she grew up by my side since childhood..."

"When she was little, she was like a tomboy, with short hair, fighting with people at school every day..."

"Until middle school, she suddenly grew her hair long, changed her nature, becoming more like a little girl; at first I thought she had fallen for some little boy, but later I found out, a very good friend had cancer and passed away; she became like that little girl, probably to live on together with her..."

"She is clearly from Siming, but since childhood she loved spicy food; that is strange too..."

Just as she was speaking, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Uh, the person has already arrived; sorry."

Shen Siyuan turned his head at the sound; with just one glance, he knew he had mistaken the person; the person before him should be his blind date.

Because the young lady before him, with some cake crumbs on the corner of her mouth, was simply an enlarged version of Dou Dou.

Seeing her, one could almost imagine what Dou Dou would look like when grown up.

Just now, he had been muttering to himself in his heart: Accountant Jiang's cousin sister, how could she be surnamed Ruan?