Refusing to marry into a wealthy family, the richest man's uncle coaxed me into marriage

Si Tong stayed with Lu Jiaojiao until the evening. When he got home, his aunt was still awake. She was sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching TV and doing handicrafts.

She took off her scarf and hung it on the coat rack. She heard her aunt's chatty tone: "I just called your cousin's mother. Their village is going to be demolished to build a collective community."

“This collective community thing has been around for more than a decade, and the government has never had the money to demolish it. But this time it seems like they are really going to demolish it.”

"I heard that a developer wants to build something in Tongcheng... some new energy base, probably a factory or something like that. It seems to be quite large. Several villages around your cousin's mother will be demolished. This demolition will cost a lot of money."

While my aunt was talking, she kept working.

Si Tong wasn't very interested in this, and said indifferently, "I'm going back to my room."

While taking a shower, she saw the silver necklace around her neck in the bathroom mirror. On the necklace was the plain ring that Yu Hanshen had given her.

After being stunned for a long time, she took off the necklace and put the plain ring on her ring finger.

She raised her hand above her head and looked at it carefully under the bathroom light. The plain silver ring was neither loose nor tight around her slender white fingers, and it was just the right size.

Thinking of what Yu Hanshen whispered in her ear when he gave her the ring that night: You will be mine from now on.

Si Tong couldn't help but curl his lips to reveal a smile, but as he smiled, he gradually lost his focus and his eyes became hot.

Two days later, Lu Jiaojiao's husband was buried. Si Tong stayed with her all the time, listening to her say over and over again how much she regretted her decision. The regret that Si Tong had been feeling for a while reached its peak at this moment.

The funeral banquet for Lu Jiaojiao's husband was held in a hotel. She invited Si Tong to go with her, and the two of them took a car to the hotel.

Si Tong had just gotten off the car when he heard a cell phone ringing from the pocket of his down jacket.

It was Zhang Mengling's call. She answered it and Zhang Mengling said, "Tongtong, I'm at your house. When will you be back?"

Si Tong was stunned for a moment, "You are in my house?"

"Yes." Zhang Mengling seemed to be eating, and her words were unclear: "My eldest brother came to Tongcheng on a business trip, and I thought you were also in Tongcheng, so I followed him to play with you. Come back soon, sister will wait for you."

"..." Si Tong had no choice but to tell Lu Jiaojiao that there were guests at home.

When she got home, Zhang Mengling was holding a plate of sliced ​​cantaloupe, sitting in the sun in front of the main room with her legs crossed, and directing Yangyang to massage her legs.

Seeing Si Tong, she immediately stood up, put down the fruit plate and ran over, "You're finally back. Are you surprised to see me?"

Seeing Yangyang being ordered around by her, Si Tong said helplessly: "It's more like being frightened."

Zhang Mengling pouted.

Si Tong asked: "Where is your elder brother?"

"He and San...and his assistant went to meet your county leaders. He wants to invest and build a base here." Zhang Mengling's eyes rolled around as she spoke.

Si Tong thought about what his aunt said last night, "New energy base?"

Zhang Mengling: “It seems so.”

Si Tong suddenly realized: "So that investor is your elder brother."

Zhang Mengling chuckled: "Anyway, he paid for it."

Because there were guests coming at the last minute, my aunt cooked two more dishes, and we didn’t have lunch until almost one o’clock.

Although Zhang Mengling is usually heartless, she is very polite. When she came, she brought gifts for her aunt and Yangyang. In addition, she is cute, lively and sweet-spoken, which made her aunt smile.

Although Tongcheng is small, there are many interesting places. In the afternoon, Si Tong took Zhang Mengling for a walk around.

At around four o'clock, my aunt called to ask if the little guest wanted to eat anything in particular so that she could make it.

Zhang Mengling said, "Tongtong and I will eat out tonight, so I won't bother you, aunt. We'll go to eat your meal tomorrow. I want to eat pork with preserved vegetables, which is super delicious, even better than the food in a five-star hotel."

My aunt laughed out loud at her sweet words. "Okay, okay, I'll make it for you tomorrow at noon."

After hanging up the phone, Si Tong asked, "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll treat you."

Zhang Mengling smiled and said, "Big brother is treating us. We will give him a good meal later."

Si Tong: “…”

Strolling along the snack street, Zhang Mengling ate this and that, and in the end she was burping while touching her belly.

It was already past six o'clock. Seeing her like this, Si Tong said, "Go home. Stay at my house tonight?"

Zhang Mengling shook her head vigorously, "No, we haven't had dinner with Big Brother yet."

Si Tong looked at her abdomen and asked, "You are in this state, and you can still eat?"

Zhang Mengling looked ready to die, nodded and said, "Eat it whether you can or not!"

Si Tong: “…”

Just at this moment, Zhang Mengling's cell phone rang.

After answering the phone, she took Si Tong to the roadside to hail a taxi, "Brother and the others have finished their work and are heading to the restaurant. Let's go too."

After getting in the taxi, Zhang Mengling told the name of the restaurant: "Go to Jinjiangyue."

Hearing this familiar name, Si Tong paused.

Zhang Mengling's eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "I heard that Jinjiangyue is the most prestigious hotel in Tongcheng and only receives powerful and influential guests. I'm going to have a good look at it later."

Although Jin Jiangyue is very famous in Tongcheng, it is definitely not as famous as those high-end places in Shanghai.

Zhang Mengling often went to places like Haicheng Hotel and Royal Court Club with Zhang Juncheng. As soon as she entered the lobby, she sighed in disappointment.

"I thought it was so luxurious, but this is it?"

Si Tong: “…”

Zhang Mengling reported the box number, and the waiter, wearing an elegant cheongsam, led the two to the second floor.

The moment the door of the box was pushed open, the first thing Si Tong saw was Yu Hanshen knocking cigarette ash into the ashtray.

Her eyes trembled and her mind went blank in an instant.

The box was spacious, with a circle of people sitting around a round table with a diameter of three meters.

Yu Hanshen sat in the main seat, facing the door of the box, wearing a black shirt and suit, with a straight tie and a chic collar pin, his usual rigorous and sophisticated attire.

His fingers tapped the cigarette twice, his slow movements showing his mature and steady masculine charm.

He was talking to Zhang Juncheng on his right side with his eyes downcast, as if he didn't notice the movement at the door of the box. A black coat was draped over the back of the chair behind him.

In addition to Yu Hanshen and Zhang Juncheng, there were seven or eight other people. Si Tong only knew one, Assistant Yao. The others were all strangers, but they were all dressed in suits and looked like elites.

"Brother." Zhang Mengling pulled Si Tong in and called out loudly.

Suddenly, everyone in the box looked over.

Yu Hanshen's calm gaze swept over.

The moment their eyes met, Si Tong's eyes couldn't help getting hot. She clenched her palms tightly to control her emotions and not lose her composure.

"Madam, please come and sit here." Assistant Yao greeted Si Tong.

When he stood up and left his seat, he also called another person away, and two seats next to Yu Hanshen were instantly vacant.

Si Tong was like a puppet, being pulled by Zhang Mengling to sit next to Yu Hanshen.

In the corner of his eye, he saw Yu Hanshen's left hand casually placed on the edge of the table. A black business watch was revealed at the edge of his ironed shirt sleeve, and a cigarette was held between his bony fingers.

The smell of smoke filled the air, and Si Tong's throat felt a little itchy, so he coughed lightly.

The next moment, Yu Hanshen casually reached out and put out the cigarette between his fingers into the ashtray.

Zhang Juncheng handed over a menu and said in a gentle tone: "We just ordered some dishes. Take a look and see if there are any you like. Add a few more."

Zhang Mengling took the menu and moved closer to Si Tong to look at it together. Si Tong's eyes were on the menu, but his whole body's attention was on Yu Hanshen.

The people at the table were talking about the construction of a new energy base. Yu Hanshen occasionally joined in. His words were simple, but every word hit the point.

Si Tong listened to the man's magnetic and charming voice and the sound of his throbbing heartbeat, and she slowly tightened her hands on her legs.