Chapter 1123: A Premeditated Change of Heart 2

People stand in different positions, so the angles from which they consider problems are different.

Originally, Qi Heng extremely disliked his father saying these things, but now that it was his turn to persuade Yun Qitian, he used them all, not feeling it was unreasonable at all.

"Hmph!"

Yun Qitian rolled his eyes and said leisurely, "Ranran and I are a match made in heaven; you don't need to worry about my affairs."

Qi Heng:...

He raised his fist: "Say that again and I'll hit you."

Yun Qitian: "Let's have a battle of wits, not a battle of force; let's talk things out properly."

When it came to bickering, Qi Heng was no match for him.

When it came to fighting, he was no match for Qi Heng!

Yun Qitian returned to his room and, sure enough, began to pursue Liu Min.

He told her about what he had seen and heard in Jiangzhou, and the fun things that had happened.

Once the effects of the drug wore off, Liu Min did not investigate who had drugged her or who had knocked her out from behind; instead, she went out to play with Yun Qitian every day, taking him to see the scenery of L Country, as if to return the favor and repay the debt of him telling her stories.

Very soon.

A week passed.

The day for Qi Heng and Liu Min's engagement was almost here.

Liu Min returned home and told her father: "I've changed my mind; I don't want to marry Qi Heng. He doesn't like me, and I don't like him."

Qi Fu.

Commander Liu visited again, lacking his previous high spirits.

He sat on the sofa with a look of shame: "Qi, I am truly sorry. I have never done anything treacherous in my life, but now, for the sake of my unreasonable daughter, I have no choice but to do it once."

"This daughter of mine has been spoiled by me; she says whatever she wants and is very willful. This time I have let you down, but next time you have any need of me, I will absolutely have no objections."

Qi Xiansheng was secretly delighted.

In fact, he had long regretted it; while Miss Liu's personality was indeed straightforward, it made him even more dissatisfied than Shi Ran.

Although Shi Ran had a strong personality and was unwilling to compromise, she could at least keep up appearances and would not cause embarrassment in public.

But Miss Liu was too fierce.

Her personality was even less compatible with the women of L Country, and such a personality was even less likely to be liked by his son.

Even if they were forced together, they would become a pair of resentful spouses in the future; if he soon ended up with an enemy instead of an in-law, that would be bad.

A week ago.

His son and Miss Liu left the house together, saying a classmate had come and they were staying at a hotel.

Because they were together, he hadn't interfered.

Now that the Liu Family had suddenly come to call off the engagement, he was secretly happy.

Though happy inside, he put on a troubled expression: "I also know that a forced melon is not sweet, and my son is not worthy of your daughter, but the news of the two children's engagement has already been spread; I fear calling it off now will damage the young lady's reputation."

Commander Liu glared and waved his hand: "As long as you agree to let me announce it, I'd like to see who dares to say a word against it?"

"Fine, we shall do as you say." Going with the flow, the matter was settled.

Once the cancellation of the engagement was announced, sure enough, no one spoke ill of it openly; of course, there was all sorts of gossip behind their backs, but that didn't matter—if he couldn't hear it, he would pretend they hadn't said it.

After this matter, the President announced his resignation, and Qi Xiansheng officially took office as President.

There had originally been a few dissenting votes during the election, but under the intervention of Commander Liu, there was not a single person left in opposition.

Qi took the stage and held a grand inauguration ceremony.

The whole country celebrated for three days, and the President led his family in a convertible, slowly circling the streets to accept congratulations from across the nation!

He requested that Shi Ran, as a member of the Qi Family, attend this ceremony.

He thought Shi Ran would accept gladly, but was unexpectedly refused.

Shi Ran was neither humble nor pushy, hitting the nail on the head: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, I cannot agree to your request; the name is not right and the position is not justified."

Qi Xiansheng was not very happy.

The reason he was unhappy was, first, that he had actually been refused.

Second, Shi Ran's address to him had become distant.

She used to call him Uncle affectionately, but now it had become Mr. President.

Although there was nothing wrong with such an address, it just made one feel uncomfortable.

"You could have been justified in name, but you brought it on yourself by proposing so many conditions."

Since the conversation had reached this point, Shi Ran did not want to avoid it.

She said: "Mr. President, I still don't feel my requirements are excessive, and it's not me being difficult. If you don't change your previous views, I still cannot agree."

Lady Qi pulled at Shi Ran's lapel from behind and whispered to her: "Silly child, don't go against him so hard. Just agree for now; he's so busy with work later that he won't have time to keep an eye on you two."

Shi Ran remained unmoved.

She disdained to do such things as "openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang."

If she promised something, she would do it; if she couldn't do it, she wouldn't have promised in the first place.

He wanted to lose his temper, but upon receiving a look from his wife, he forcibly held it back.

"Think about it again, there is still time."

The couple returned to their room, and he smashed a set of expensive fine porcelain teacups, which finally dissipated some of his anger.

"It's too much! Does she think our family must have her as a daughter-in-law? Although Miss Liu called off the engagement, there are countless girls who want to be our daughter-in-law..."

Furen poured cold water on him: "Forget it, haven't you seen the situation clearly yet? It's not that Shi Ran must be our daughter-in-law, but that your son must marry Ranran. Miss Liu alone turned the house upside down; if anything else happens, I won't have my life left, I'll be worried to death by him sooner or later."

Qi Xiansheng's anger was completely gone.

What the lady says makes sense; his own son is just that spineless, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Forget it, let's not create any more complications.

He told his wife to take the initiative to contact the Sheng Family; since they parted on bad terms in Jiangzhou last time, the two families have had no contact, but the Sheng Family must surely know about what happened on his end.

Almost getting engaged to someone else, then failing to do so, and then turning back to look for the Sheng Family.

No matter how you look at it or how you put it, this kind of thing is the Qi Family's fault.

……

Jiangzhou.

Sheng Family.

Shi Youxuan looked at the number displayed on the screen and muttered to herself, "Meiqi, oh Meiqi, you finally couldn't hold out and took the initiative to call me, right? Weren't you so tough? If you had the ability, you should have held out."

That's what she said, but seeing this number still made her feel very satisfied inside.

She did not answer.

The ringtone rang for a while, then hung up automatically due to a timeout.

But it rang again immediately after.

When the ringtone sounded for the fourth time, Shi Youxuan finally tapped the answer button and said unhurriedly, "Greetings, Madam President, do you have any instructions for me?"

Lady Qi was full of dissatisfaction: "Stop talking to me with that sarcastic tone, call me Meiqi. I have serious business to discuss with you, to hell with your instructions."

Shi Youxuan: "You are not who you used to be. If you don't put on airs with us, it's because you are approachable, but I must know my place and cannot speak carelessly. If I happen to say something wrong and you or the President blame me, I am too timid to bear it."

Lady Qi: ……

She thought to herself, you, unable to speak carelessly?