The Obsessive Tycoon Claims the Deserted Heiress-Chapter 166 - 165: You want my girlfriend to get engaged to the Chen Family?

Chapter 166: 165: You want my girlfriend to get engaged to the Chen Family?

The serene and elegant Galaxy Restaurant.

A noblewoman dressed in a white cape dress sat by the window on the ground floor, arranging her appearance.

Liu Lan brushed the strands of hair hanging over her shoulders to the back of her head, picked up the coffee cup for a small sip, and reminded the person beside her several times, "Be careful not to say anything wrong later."

It took a lot of effort to arrange this meeting. If they scared her off again, this marriage proposal wouldn’t be settled smoothly.

"I know," Chen Shiguang raised his wrist and glanced at the time on his watch, his expression gradually showing signs of unease.

The two waited for over ten minutes, their hearts suspended and uncertain, before a girl slowly approached their table from the entrance.

Yu Zhi sat across from them, exuding an aura that kept people at a thousand miles away: "What do you want to talk about?"

This attitude of aloofness and cold indifference was vastly different from their first meeting.

Liu Lan discreetly examined her, dissatisfaction flickering across her face as she frowned, her tone losing its warmth due to Yu Zhi’s demeanor, "How do you plan to deal with those things back in the countryside?"

She didn’t even want to utter the words "pigs" or "cattle," instead broadly referring to them as "things."

"Not selling them," Yu Zhi didn’t bother to show any courtesy, her gaze briefly sweeping over the tea in front of her.

Carelessly, she took out a thermos from her bag and drank the hot milk tea that the man had prepared for her.

"Yu Zhi, I didn’t invite you here today to negotiate!" Liu Lan was nearly livid, her sophisticated noblewoman image almost crumbling.

She assumed a superior posture, looking down at the girl across from her: "Our Chen Family isn’t that easy to enter, and if you refuse to abide by the rules, then—"

"When did I ever agree to this marriage proposal?" Yu Zhi sneered, resting one hand casually on the tabletop, her ease mocking their tension.

This remark left Liu Lan utterly speechless. Her complexion shifted from pale to flushed, and her grip on the coffee cup tightened noticeably.

Seeing the situation grow tenser, Chen Shiguang cleared his throat twice and forced an awkward smile onto his face: "Little Zhi, are you unhappy with the dowry? Or perhaps..."

"Mr. Chen," Yu Zhi tightened the lid of her thermos, looking directly at him with seriousness: "I believe I’ve made my position very clear."

Before this, her willingness to engage with them was only to make them give up sooner.

Now, that wasn’t necessary anymore.

Chen Shiguang’s face grew increasingly displeased, and the trace of forced cheerfulness on his lips became stiff.

A dark glimmer surfaced in his eyes: "Yu Zhi, this isn’t your decision to make."

Yu Zhi suddenly chuckled, leaning back onto the sofa in a relaxed posture, rhythmically tapping the table with her finger.

Her long, slender fingers appeared like translucent porcelain under the overhead lights.

"Mr. Chen, I have a boyfriend," Yu Zhi muttered softly, her lowered lashes veiling the emotions in her gaze.

Liu Lan scoffed disdainfully, picking up her spoon to stir the coffee in her cup: "Those so-called boyfriends of yours out there—how could they compare to my Zai Zai?"

If Zai Zai’s health hadn’t deteriorated, and if she didn’t find Yu Zhi somewhat passable in looks...

The doors of the Chen Family would never have been opened for this illegitimate daughter.

"Your son," Yu Zhi drawled, staring into Liu Lan’s almond-shaped eyes that seemed bottomless like a deep spring, "What exactly is he worth?"

"Bang—"

Liu Lan slammed her coffee cup onto the table with force, her expression contorting into rage.

She pointed angrily at the girl, her voice sharp: "Yu Zhi, don’t push your luck!"

Beside her, Chen Shiguang didn’t look any better. His anger surged so intensely that the hand hanging under the table clenched into a fist, the veins on the back of his hand bulging prominently.

Yu Zhi frowned slightly, wiping at the coffee stain left on her sleeve. When she realized it wasn’t going away completely, her aura turned noticeably colder.

Just as she prepared to ’debate’ thoroughly with them, a hand suddenly draped over her shoulder.

Shi Wei glanced at the stain on the little girl’s sleeve, his graceful brow furrowing slightly. He kissed her soft cheek: "Waited long?"

Initially, he had planned to accompany her inside, but he got delayed by running into a friend.

But in just that short while, the little girl had already revealed signs of anger—it seemed they had genuinely upset her.

"Mhm," Yu Zhi responded faintly, pinching his waist in a place unnoticed by others.

Her snow-white chin tipped lightly in the direction of the couple, her brows and eyes brimming with impatience: "Deal with them."

Shi Wei, far from annoyed at her pinch, only grew more fond of this wild little cat.

Moving her bothersome bag aside, he held her delicate figure close as if no one else were around.

"Master Shi, what brings you here...?" Chen Shiguang was stunned beyond words at the sight of the man.

In Imperial City’s elite circles—whether commercial or political—no one would be unfamiliar with Shi Wei’s name.

Yet now, this man, coveted by all, stood before them, intimately holding the girl.

This sight was something Chen Shiguang struggled to process.

"Am I not allowed to be here?" Shi Wei, upon raising his gaze, erased all traces of gentleness.

He toyed with the little girl’s fingertips, his eyes briefly resting on the coffee cup, his tone laced with quiet sarcasm: "Breaking a cup—were you planning to hit her?"

"No, no, never," Chen Shiguang straightened his back, his tone filled with respect and caution: "You misunderstood, my wife accidentally knocked it over."

As he spoke, he subtly patted Liu Lan’s hand under the table, signaling her to cooperate.

Liu Lan, after a momentary daze, quickly caught on, suppressing her emotions and flashing an earnest smile.

Her attitude drastically shifted: "Little Zhi, are you hurt? It’s all my fault for being careless."

The false sincerity was so glaring that Yu Zhi couldn’t even muster the energy to respond. She buried her face into Shi Wei’s chest, as if looking at them was utterly exhausting.

Shi Wei’s lips curled subtly as he gently smoothed the little girl’s jet-black, silky hair.

Unwilling to engage further, he cut straight to the point: "Are you suggesting that my girlfriend should marry into the Chen Family?"

His words, icy as shards of ice on an early spring lake, made their way to his listeners’ bones.

The sheer force of his presence sent Chen Shiguang into flustered panic; he swallowed hard and shook his head repeatedly: "This was brought up by the Yu Family; no decisions have been made."

He pushed all the responsibility onto the Yu Family, desperate to avoid displeasing Shi Wei or incurring his wrath upon the Chen Family.

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