Chapter 1918: Parents Create Opportunities for Zirui and Qi Shishi

Three days before the wedding.

Shi Youxuan said to her husband, "I want to invite someone to Zihan's wedding. Do you think it's appropriate?"

Sheng Hanyu: "Is the person you're talking about Qi Shishi?"

"Mm."

After many years of marriage, the tacit understanding between the couple had reached a point where they didn't need to speak; they could communicate just through their eyes. Shi Youxuan would say the first half of a sentence, and Sheng Hanyu could guess the second half.

"It's fine."

He agreed, and he agreed very readily.

In truth, for so many years, there hadn't been a suitable girl by Zirui's side, and the couple had long since come to terms with it.

When it came to matters of the heart, their Zirui was just stubborn... no, it seemed all the children were about the same, all stubborn, it was just that Zirui showed it more clearly!

If they opposed him any further, he would only be a bachelor for the rest of his life.

In order to keep his feelings pure, Zirui could even abandon his status as the Sheng Family Heir; what else was there that he couldn't abandon?

If he was no longer the Sheng Family Heir, he could, of course, choose not to marry for his entire life!

His older brother and younger brother were both married, yet not only was he not anxious, he actually felt relieved.

The Sheng Family had successors, so he could live out his life in solitude!

Zirui thought he had hidden his feelings very deeply, but his parents saw it all and were anxious in their hearts.

Every child is the apple of their parents' eye; they worried about and missed every one of them.

Since Zirui only had Qi Shishi in his heart, and Qi Shishi had also remained single for so many years, Shi Youxuan thought about creating an opportunity for them to meet.

The opportunity was created; as for whether they could end up together, that was their own business.

As parents, being able to do this much was already quite good.

After the couple decided, Shi Youxuan took the opportunity while video-calling Shi Yuan to deliberately mention: "Your little uncle is getting married. Why don't you ask your aunt if she can bring you back to attend the wedding?"

Before Shi Yuan could even ask, Qi Shishi appeared on camera.

"Zihan is getting married? Congratulations, congratulations."

"Alright, I'll check my schedule. If I have time, I will go."

The Sheng Family was currently the largest investor in L Country, and Sheng Zihan was the head of Top Sheng. It wasn't abrupt to invite her to the Chairman's wedding.

Qi Shishi did not agree immediately; she only said she would see if she had time, and then there was no further word, with no clear indication of whether she was coming or not.

The day before the wedding.

The Sheng Family welcomed two special guests; Qi Shishi arrived with Qi Sheng.

Qi Sheng was much more steady than when he left the Sheng Family, and he had grown much taller, a full head taller.

Yueyue blinked in disbelief when she saw him: "My god, where did you pop out from? How did you suddenly come back?"

"I came back to attend my little uncle's wedding. Can you not have that expression? It's like you've seen a ghost. You should at least look a little happy."

Qi Sheng was poised and graceful, his entire demeanor vastly different.

"Shi Yuan, it's so good that you're back. Come on, I'll take you to see the treasures I've hidden..."

Yueyue pulled him along, happily going to find sweets; she was very happy.

Qi Sheng had long since changed his name, but upon returning to Jiangzhou, everyone still preferred to call him by his old name, and he also preferred that form of address.

Shi Youxuan let Zirui host Qi Shishi, as she had to host other guests.

This was clearly creating an opportunity for them, and as both were very intelligent people, they saw it at a glance.

Zirui suggested: "Shall we go for a walk?"

"Sure."

As the two prepared to leave, Qi Shishi's bodyguards followed on both sides. She ordered them to follow from a distance and not to interfere with their conversation!

The bodyguards agreed and could only follow from afar.

Zirui smiled: "You have the dignity of someone in a high position now; your aura is six feet tall."

Shishi: "If I were really like what you said, you wouldn't be talking to me like this. You've changed a lot too; you're not as cold and aloof on the surface as you used to be, but rather, you've hidden your pride."

"Pride is meant to be hidden. If someone can see how formidable you are at a glance, that's not true formidable."

"So the 'six-foot aura' you mentioned just now wasn't a compliment?"

Zirui:...

"You know I didn't mean it like that."

"I know, of course. I'm just joking with you."

The two hadn't seen each other for years, yet there was no sense of estrangement at all.

They talked to each other about things they had encountered in their work and lives during this time, and neither mentioned a significant other.

There was no need to mention it; both of them knew.

They could feel it from the way the other looked at them.

As the two walked and chatted, they unknowingly walked toward the direction of the old orphanage. Although the orphanage had long since moved to a new location, that place was where their youthful feelings had first blossomed, a place where they often chatted and talked together, and it held extraordinary significance in both of their hearts.

Without realizing it, they arrived at the original spot.

There used to be a Brick Factory nearby, but now the Brick Factory was gone, replaced by a street park.

There were benches in the park, and what made them even happier was that there was a small cart selling savory crepes next to the park, and the vendor looked five parts similar to the vendor from many years ago.

Zirui said: "I'll go buy two crepes. Wait for me here."

Shishi did not agree; she wanted to go with him, so the two went over together.

The vendor greeted them enthusiastically: "Handsome, beautiful, buying crepes?"

"Yes, two sets, one without chili."

Such a reasonable request was rejected by the boss: "Sorry, handsome, our crepes don't allow customers to make requests. It doesn't taste good without chili. How about I put a little less in for you? I can't leave it out entirely."

This kind of rhetoric is the same as before.

Although the owner has changed, the story is about the same, so Zirui asked, "Does the person who sold savory crepes here over a dozen years ago have any relation to you?"

The owner laughed and said, "That was my mother; all my skills were passed down to me by her. Back then, my mother raised the three of us siblings by selling savory crepes here. Did you eat our savory crepes back then?"

"That's right."

Zirui said, "Back then, the two of us liked coming here to buy them the most..."

While they were talking, two sets of savory crepes were finished. Zirui paid, and the two of them took them and took a bite; it was correct, this was the exact taste.

The two of them sat on a park bench, eating the savory crepes with relish, as if they had returned to their childhood, back to when they first met.

At that time, it was the most difficult period of Qi Shishi's life; she used her lunch breaks and time when she wasn't in school to move bricks at the Brick Factory to support herself and the children at the orphanage.

A young girl doing heavy manual labor that only men could handle, yet she never once complained of hardship or cried out that she was tired.

Qi Shishi never complained when facing difficulties and always maintained an optimistic and positive attitude; this was also what Zirui admired most about her!

One set of savory crepes was enough to fill even a grown man like Zirui, yet she felt she could have another one!

So she got another one, and finished it all in two or three minutes.

Zirui teased her, "You're already a president, how come your eating habits still haven't changed?"

Qi Shishi also laughed, "I can't change them; some habits, once formed, are a lifelong thing and aren't easily changed."