President's Scandalous Wife 113 Wutong, Mandarin Ducks

  Jingyuan

  The tea fragrance forms a web like fine silk in the air, and the coffee aroma is like a sharp blade that slowly pierces this layer of silk.

  Pei Li was brewing tea, playing with his beloved teacups, while Shen Kai was drinking coffee by himself, not joining Pei Li in drinking tea. The rich aroma of the coffee almost overpowered the fragrance rising from the tea water.

  "Akai, how was your play today?"

  "Not bad, G city is a great place, prosperous and modern enough." Shen Kai's cup paused in mid-air for a moment, and he raised an eyebrow in admiration.

  Pei Li's Buddhist beads were already on his wrist, and he was familiar with the pouring water to wash tea. "I do have a good place to go, why don't we take the whole family there tomorrow, play together, and stay for a few days."

  Shen Kaidon hesitated for a moment, smiled politely and said, "No, the day after tomorrow, Monday, I've already made arrangements with Xiao Wu to return to Haicheng together."

  Pei Li remained silent for a long time, and Shen Xuan had told her the night before that on Monday she would be going back to Haicheng with Shen Kai. It wasn't up for discussion, but rather a decision, although it was said in a gentle and soft tone.

  Decision.

  His granddaughter-in-law had always been obedient in front of him, but within a day's time, she already knew how to use a humble tone to announce her decision, which was actually not a good sign.

  This bad omen has a great relationship with external factors.

  Pei Li smiled faintly, "It's only right, when the time comes, let Jin Cheng go with you all. These few years he has been lying on * and hasn't had a chance to go see his in-laws. Now that he's woken up for several months, his body has also recovered more or less, he should go take a look."

  "No need, Jin Cheng has his own things to attend to. I'll just go with Xiao Wu." Shen Kai's words were light, but it was a clear refusal.

  A faint stiffness flashed across Pei Li's face for a moment. The study door knocked lightly twice, and Pei Li said in a low voice, "Come in."

  Pei Jin Cheng pushed open the door and entered slowly, "Grandfather, big brother." He lightly nodded his head, with a hint of a smile, and had already taken a seat in the tea position opposite Shen Kai.

  "Uh-huh." Pei Li nodded and said, "Jin Cheng, Ah Yuan wants to return to Hai City. I think you don't have anything urgent to attend to either, so go with Ah Yuan and Ah Kai. I'll take care of the matters at home first, then I'll follow later."

  Shen Kai's eyes narrowed slightly, "Uncle Pei, it's not necessary, Xiao Wu can come with me, there are many things to do in the company, let Jin Cheng handle the company's affairs."

  Bai Jincheng smelled the aroma of tea and coffee in the room, the tea was top-notch, and the coffee beans were also top-notch. It was unclear which flavor dominated, but he knew that Shen Kai's attitude was now very clear.

  These two days, he thought a lot too. Shēn Xuán was indeed not suitable for him. The time they spent together, unknowingly, would make him spend a lot of thoughts on her. He didn't like the current situation, such as Shēn Xuán making him very angry, his temper would become irritable and explosive, this emotion would even affect his work.

  For example, when he goes out on a business trip, he always pulls himself very tightly. When the two of them quarrel, he will have a strong feeling of suppressing his emotions when working, unlike before, it's not effortless.

  Like just now, as soon as he came out of the chrysanthemum garden, he felt extremely tired and couldn't laugh at all.

  If he had succeeded in the past, he would have left the chrysanthemum garden, taken an electric car, and walked a distance before he should have smiled with satisfaction, even if it was a triumphant smile. But neither of them could make him smile.

  No matter if it's Shen Xuan and his brother, or that whatever Han Qiyang, he detests them all extremely.

  This woman is too flirtatious, he still has the same view that has never changed, finding a wife doesn't need to be too beautiful or too capable, the key is to make people feel at ease with this thing called home.

  He had never taken any interest in Bai Shan, and those messy things would never find their way to her.

  He didn't even bother his brother for Bai Xue, let alone feel tired of work because of her.

  So, Shen Xuan wants to leave, that's fine. He just needs some time to calm down and get rid of this unnecessary thought, everything will be back to normal then.

  He and Shen Xuan both need to find someone suitable for themselves, they can't be forced together like this. "Brother is right, work has been too busy lately, I hope the parents-in-law and the elders of the Shen family won't blame me, after getting through this busy period, I'll take some time to visit them, when you guys go back, I'll personally send you off."

  Shen Kai looked at Pei Jin Cheng's expressionless face, without emotion. He carefully and attentively looked at the man in front of him who was speaking with his eyes fixed on him. This person was his brother-in-law, and it had been more than three years since the Shen family had last seen this only son-in-law.

  Now Shen Xuan wants to return to Haicheng, even Lao Yezi Pei uses a roundabout way to try to retain Shen Xuan.

  But her brother-in-law pushed Shen Xuan out instead.

  It's also expected that Shen Xuan would beat Pei Jin Cheng, and emotions are not something to be considered. But Pei Li's attitude fully explains his liking for Shen Xuan.

  Ke Pai Jin Cheng, he can't understand it.

  If it were him in this situation, he wouldn't have any feelings for a woman who had hurt him either.

  But Shen Xuanming didn't think so.

  That night, they were talking about couplets, he said "Rebirth"

  Xuan lightly sighed and looked at him, "Brother, Jin Cheng is my... husband."

  He clearly saw emotions in Shen Xuan's eyes.

  He came over to take Shen Xuan away because the union of this couple was too strange. Who has enemies as spouses? The days ahead are uncertain and may be even more confrontational.

  Life is not going well, that's for sure.

  But he also saw some members of the Pei family's fondness for Shen Xuan.

  These are not the main parts, whoever is good to Shen Xuan is not as considerate as her husband.

  Obviously, Pei Jin Cheng's feelings for Shen Xuan are not as deep as Shen Xuan's feelings for Pei Jin Cheng.

  He saw Pei Li's face sink, and he rebuked in a low voice, "Jin Cheng! Company matters can be handed over to your subordinates!"

  He saw Pei Jin Cheng's straightforward and calm rebuttal, "Grandfather, now that I have many things on my hands that cannot be handed over to subordinates, must I go in person? Don't you understand yet?"

  Pei Li had nothing to say.

  Shen Kai's mouth curled up into a faint, cold smile. "Work is pressing, the company still needs to be done well. Xiao Wu has been away from Haicheng for several years now, this year I want her to stay in Haicheng and see some snow."

  People will move towards embarrassment, thinking they can win every time, but being controlled by others everywhere. They think they can grasp a little bit of the blood vessels in other people's hearts, but what they grasp is just an illusion of blood vessels, with no effect at all.

  Pei Jin Cheng heard this, picked up the tea that Pei Li had just poured and drank it all in one gulp. He then looked at Shen Kai with a warm smile, his eyes crinkling at the corners. After a moment of silence, he said, "Big brother is right, G City can't compare to Hai City. Hai City is located on the east coast, where there's snow every year, and that's almost a cityscape. I think this scenery must be an unforgettable memory for Ah Yuan, and she must miss it very much. She must want to go back and experience the snow again. As for the company's affairs, I'll take care of them. But I'll have to trouble big brother to take care of Ah Yuan for a long time."

  Pei Li wanted to stand up and smash the cup, but he struggled to restrain himself.

  Bai Jin's eyes were as calm and serene as a lake, while Shen Kai's eyes were as sharp and piercing as a knife. The two men's gaze was a clash of two different powers.

  Shen Kai smiled and said, "Alright."

  Pei Jin Cheng also smiled faintly, "Then I'll go back to Wutongyuan and instruct the servants to help Ah Xun pack her luggage." After finishing speaking, he slowly stood up, disregarding Pei Li's already thunderous aura, turned around and walked out of the study.

  Pei Li and Xin Kai sat in the study, where the only sound was the faint scent of tea and coffee wafting through the air.

  Pei Jin Cheng walked out of the study and let out a big sigh, after going downstairs, he came out of the flying eaves and carved beams, clusters of rare flowers and grasses in the garden.

  He thought he was being tough on himself, and finally made this decision. In an instant, he made this decision, previously hesitating and refusing to do so.

  After seeing Shen Kai's attitude, he thought that someone should take over this thankless task for him. The Shens probably wouldn't agree to them being together anyway. It was better this way; they would both be spared some trouble. She wasn't happy living here either, always being so submissive and obedient, unlike when she used to run freely on the streets.

  Why bother?

  Life is short, just a few decades, why make it unhappy for you, I'm not happy either, what's the point?

  When he returned to Wutongyuan, it was already very late. He didn't know how long he had walked on this road and had gotten used to pressing the electric bell when going out of the house, so he forgot how much time it took to walk from one garden to another.

  After waking up, I walked with her a few times, just from the parking lot to Wutongyuan, it felt very close.

  The lights in the courtyard are still on. Standing at the gate of the courtyard, across the garden, you can see the lights on the upper floor, shining brightly. The corridors between the two floors are all lit up.

  In the garden, there are two hundred-year-old wutong trees. They are not French plane trees. These wutong trees bloom once a year in May and June with purple and white flowers that resemble wind chimes, clustered together without the enchanting fragrance of roses or lilies.

  This year when the flowers bloomed, he didn't pay much attention.

  Plant a wutong tree and phoenix will come by itself.

  Wutong Garden has always been the garden of the Pei family's master. In the past, Grandfather lived there. Later, he was born, and Grandfather built another garden called Qinyuan, renovated Wutong Garden again, and gave it to him.

  These two Chinese parasol trees were left uncut even when the country was in great turmoil. Grandfather said it's auspicious.

  It's possible that the foundation of the entire Pei family old house was preserved by these two Chinese parasol trees.

  The Pei family went abroad during the war and later bought back this land when the land was widened. Grandfather said that because the phoenix tree is waiting for the phoenix to come, the phoenix will not come, so it cannot rest early.

  Wutong Garden is almost a symbol of power in this family.

  Has the phoenix arrived?

  He didn't know anyway, just remembered that there was another poem, Wutong waits for old age, Mandarin ducks meet double death.

  His heart suddenly felt a bit stuffy, he walked towards the main building, went in, and put on the slippers that Xiao Ying had taken off. He was only halfway up the stairs when he saw the woman standing at the end of the corridor staring at him intensely, her eyes gleaming with emotions, like ripples on water, shining brightly. "Pei Jin Cheng, my brother said you would personally see me off!"

  I will try to add a few more chapters before midnight and continue on...