After the family banquet, Empress Xia has been busy introducing Tang Qiyuan's partner,
She carefully selected a lot of Alpha's photos for Sheng Cen to choose from, but Sheng Cen was not satisfied with any of them.
Some Sheng Cen denied it just by looking at the photos, and some Sheng Cen, after investigation,
Either I think there is a problem with the other party's three views, or I think the other party's character is not good, and finally there is a person with good character and three views, just because his father is bald,
He rejected it, saying that the man would be bald in the middle of his life and would not be worthy of Tang Qiyuan.
Empress Xia didn't know if that person would be bald, but she knew that if this continued, she would not be far from bald! When Sheng Cen tried all kinds of reasons to deny the candidate she had chosen again, she finally couldn't bear it and dropped the photo in her hand.
She looked at Sheng Cen angrily and asked, "Are you sincerely looking for someone for Xiaoqi? If not, then don't waste your time."
"I am." Sheng Cen leaned on the sofa and rubbed his forehead with his hands, looking a little tired.
He really wanted to seriously choose a future partner for Tang Qiyuan, but he couldn't help feeling that no one was suitable to stand beside the little nerd. He was afraid that the little nerd would be bullied,
He was also afraid that the little nerd would be unhappy, as if he didn't feel at ease if he would hand the little nerd into anyone's hands.
Seeing that he was so tired, Empress Xia softened her heart, didn't say anything, but pondered for a moment, and secretly decided that she could no longer listen to her son, and she had to let Tang Qiyuan choose it herself!
Tang Qiyuan was helping Yuan Qiu arrange flowers when he received a call from Empress Xia. When he saw the phone was on, he wiped his hands, picked it up, and obediently called, "Auntie."
"Xiaoqi, Auntie has a good candidate here. I just have time today. Would you like to make an appointment to meet? Auntie will make an appointment for you."
Tang Qiyuan was stunned for a moment, then put a white rose beside her into the vase, pursed her lips lightly and asked, "Sheng Cen agrees?"
"Don't worry about him." Empress Xia smiled and said, "You can decide for yourself."
Tang Qiyuan was silent for a moment, then nodded, and said as happily as possible: "Okay, auntie."
After hanging up the phone, he looked at the flowers in the vase, his eyes slightly straightened, a little lost in thought.
Tang Bote was cleaning the fallen flowers and leaves on the ground for him and Yuan Qiu. Seeing him not moving for a long time, he asked with concern: "Xiaoqi, who is calling? What happened?"
Tang Qiyuan came back to his senses, looked at his father and smiled, "Nothing happened, it's just that Aunt Xia wanted to introduce me to someone."
After hearing this, Tombert's eyes widened, he threw away the broom in his hand, and angrily thought, is this Empress Xia too idle
Her own son wasn't married yet, so why did she care about other sons coming!
Yuan Qiu looked at the broom he threw away, raised his head and glanced at him lightly, and said calmly, "Pick it up."
"..." Tombert bent down to pick up the broom, and continued to sweep the floor obediently, with an extremely aggrieved expression.
Yuan Qiu touched the top of Tang Qiyuan's head, smiled softly, and said, "Fathers respect your choice."
"Yes." Tang Qiyuan ignored her father's distressed eyes, and rubbed her father's palm coquettishly, "Thank you."
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Sheng Xi knocked on the door of Sheng Cen's study room and brought a cup of coffee in. He moved back to Lan Gong the day before yesterday and left Yan's house temporarily.
Sheng Cen was looking at the documents, saw him coming in, raised his head and put down the documents, took the coffee, smiled and said, "Thank you bro."
"You're welcome." Sheng Xi smiled, looked at the piles of documents on his desk and asked, "Busy?"
Sheng Cen rubbed the center of his brows wearily, picked up a cigarette and lit it, held it between his fingers and said, "It's okay."
He has just taken office, and there are many problems left by his father to deal with, so it is inevitable that he will be busy for a while.
Sheng Xi nodded slightly, looked at the cigarette in his hand, and said suddenly: "Xiaoqi just called to say that he will come right away."
When Sheng Cen heard his words, his complexion changed, he immediately extinguished the cigarette, threw it into the ashtray, then moved the ashtray behind the window sill, blocked it with the curtain, and finally reached out and fanned the air, shaking his clothes, Scattering the smell of smoke from above, a series of actions were done in one go, very skillfully done.
Sheng Xi laughed teasingly, and said, "I lied to you, Xiaoqi didn't call."
He couldn't help sniggering in his heart, how could his younger brother not care about Xiao Qi with his appearance, obviously the tension in his eyes was about to overflow, his mother was just too impatient, that's why she didn't notice.
Sheng Cen paused when he heard his words, then heaved a sigh of relief, sat down on the chair, and exclaimed angrily, "Brother!"
He frowned in embarrassment and threw the cigarette case into the drawer.
Sheng Xi smiled and asked, "You've been so busy recently, haven't you gone fishing with Xiao Qi for a long time?"
"No." Sheng Cen picked up his coffee and took a sip. Remembering that it had been a long time since he went fishing with the little nerd, he couldn't help but smiled and said, "I'll spare some time to go fishing with him these days."
"Xiao Qi may not have time." Sheng Xi looked at him and said, "I just heard from my mother that today she made a blind date for Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi should be meeting the young master of the Wu family right now."
"Blind date?" Sheng Cen's complexion suddenly changed, his brows furrowed, "Didn't Mom already promise me to choose a partner for Xiao Qi?"
Sheng Xi curled his lips slightly, "Mom sees that you haven't been able to pick a suitable candidate for a long time, so I'm a little anxious, and I want Xiaoqi to choose by herself."
Sheng Cen was silent for a moment, and asked angrily, "... What time is the appointment today?"
"Two o'clock."
Sheng Cen looked up at the antique clock hanging on the wall, it was already 2:15, Tang Qiyuan and that young master of the Wu family should have met.
His face darkened, he pursed his lips and did not speak for a long time.
Sheng Xi smiled, didn't leave on purpose, stayed here and chatted with him for a few words, he answered absent-mindedly, frowning more and more tightly.
Sheng Xi tilted his head and snickered, seeing his face getting worse and worse, finally said: "You should be busy, I'm going out first."
"En." Sheng Cen replied without raising his head.
After Sheng Xi left, he stood up, walked back and forth in the room a few times, and finally couldn't help picking up his phone to call Tang Qiyuan.
"What are you doing?" Sheng Cen asked with a frown after the call was connected.
"Coffee at the cafe."
"with whom?"
"...a new friend." Tang Qiyuan lowered her voice, looked at the person opposite, and said with a blushing face.
Sheng Cen's face turned cold, he didn't need to think about it, he knew that the young master of the Wu family should be sitting opposite Tang Qiyuan now, and he might still appreciate Tang Qiyuan's blush.
Tang Qiyuan held the phone and asked in a low voice, "You called, what's the matter?"
Sheng Cen was silent for a while, and said, "Where do you put the document you put away for me last time? I can't find it. I need it urgently now. Come here and help me find it."
Tang Qiyuan thought about it, he did help Sheng Cen sort out a document when he went to Lan Palace last time, Sheng Cen never kept these things from him, and he never guarded him against official documents and the like. Cen didn't like outsiders entering his study, so when Tang Qiyuan was free, he would occasionally help him organize things in the study.
Tang Qiyuan lowered her head and recalled the place where the document was distributed that day, and then said: "I remember that document is in the seventh compartment on the second floor of the cabinet, look for it."
Sheng Cen walked to the bookcase, changed the location of the document without blushing, and said, "No, come and help me find it."
Tang Qiyuan frowned in surprise, his memory has always been very good, it is impossible to remember wrongly.
"You look for it again."
Sheng Cen pursed his lips, and bluffed, "Can I still lie to you? Come quickly."
Tang Qiyuan frowned slightly, looked at the person across from him and hesitated for a moment, but still refused, Empress Xia personally helped him make an appointment, it was really impolite for him to leave so soon.
They both said: "That document must be in your study, you should look for it yourself, I still have something to do here, so I won't go there."
After hanging up the phone, Sheng Cen was stunned listening to the busy tone on the phone. Tang Qiyuan had never rejected him like this before. If he had any urgent matters, Tang Qiyuan was always the first to rush to him.
Not only did he reject him now, but he also hung up on him. Is it okay to continue like this
Tang Qiyuan is ignoring him like this now, and when she gets married, she will put her partner and children first, and he will be reduced to their second.
Sheng Cen's face sank completely, and when he thought of this possibility, his chest twitched, sore and painful.
He sat in the study all afternoon, holding the phone tightly until there were strangle marks on his palm, and he didn't move it.
It wasn't until night fell that he dialed the phone again, pretending to be nonchalant and asking, "How was your blind date today?"
"...not very good." Tang Qiyuan's voice was a little low.
As soon as Sheng Cen listened to the music, his body, which had been stiff all afternoon, seemed to come alive. He managed to suppress the smile on his lips, and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"It's not right that he doesn't go to bed on time."
For the first time, Sheng Cen was in favor of the little nerd, and immediately said without hesitation: "Yes! Such a person must not be wanted!"
"But he still invited me to dinner tomorrow."
"Reject immediately!"
"... Is this good?" Tang Qiyuan hesitated.
"There's nothing wrong with it. I'll call him for you and tell him that you can just delete his number."
"… okay then."
Sheng Cen breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to comfort Tang Qiyuan a few words, until Tang Qiyuan completely gave up on this person, he hung up the phone in satisfaction.
After hanging up the phone, he licked his dry lips, only to realize that he had forgotten to drink water this afternoon, and now he was so thirsty, he couldn't help but took a few more sips from the water glass, his mouth was moist, and he felt dull for a while. In the afternoon, my heart also became clear.
It's a pity that he was not happy for too long, the next day Sheng Xi knocked on his door again, and then told him nonchalantly that Tang Qiyuan went on a blind date again!
Sheng Cen was angry, where the hell did he find so many blind dates, one after another!
Sheng Xi deliberately told him about this at night, so when he knew, Tang Qiyuan had already ended today's blind date.
He didn't care that Sheng Xi was still in the room this time, so he immediately called.
Seeing his appearance, Sheng Xi couldn't help smiling, turned around and left, and closed the door for him very close. If His Majesty's jealous look was seen by others, it would be a bit embarrassing.
Tang Qiyuan was lying on the bed in a daze, when he heard the phone ringing, he came back to his senses, reached out to connect the phone, put it to his ear, and let out a lazy hello.
"You went on a blind date again?"
"Yes." Tang Qiyuan replied in a low voice.
"... How does this feel?" Sheng Cen was silent for a while, and asked in a nervous voice.
"Very good." Tang Qiyuan pulled a soft pillow under her head.
Hearing his answer, Sheng Cen stood up from the sofa, held the phone tightly, and asked in a gloomy voice, "What's the matter?"
Tang Qiyuan thought about it for a while and commented: "Three views are upright, morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and health are all-round development."
Sheng Cen's breath stopped, it was the first time he heard the little nerd praise someone so much, but the little nerd had never praised him so much before!
His face was so dark that it dripped water in an instant, and he didn't speak for a long time.
It's a pity that Tang Qiyuan couldn't see his expression through the microphone, but could only hear his breathing suddenly became rough and heavy. He froze for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"
Sheng Cen gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay..."
"Oh." Tang Qiyuan nodded indifferently, and then continued: "Unfortunately, he already has a lover."
Sheng Cen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and put the heart that was on his chest back into his stomach.
He stretched out his hand to tug at his tie, sat down on the sofa, was silent for a moment, and comforted him: "There is nothing to be sorry about, don't think that he looks like 'the three outlooks are upright, morality, intelligence, physique, beauty, health and comprehensive development', which means that he is really good. It’s very good, you just met once, maybe he’s just pretending.”
Sheng Cen repeated the words 'Three views are upright, morality, intelligence, physique, beauty, health and all-round development', and he kept these words firmly in his heart.
In the next few years, he repeated these words countless times intentionally or unintentionally in front of Tang Qiyuan. Every time he said these words, he gritted his teeth, wishing he could express it with every hair on his body. His own anger didn't stop until Tang Qiyuan praised him over and over again with these words, and he would ask Tang Qiyuan for a small reward, such as a kiss.
But this is something for later, Tang Qiyuan didn't know that his deskmate was so stingy at this time, so he just nodded and said in agreement: "You are right."