Return to before death

“Oh, right,” she said, crossing one arm over her chest and resting the other on her chin, looking at Sheng Xuanling with a thoughtful expression and a deeper smile, “and she left the venue without taking the ticket.”

"So, people outside say that Sheng Xuanling, the eldest son of the Sheng family, spends a fortune on a beautiful woman, but because the woman unfortunately offended him, he doesn't even want the gift he just spent a lot of money to buy."

Sheng Liuli looked at Sheng Xuanling's silent demeanor without getting angry. She spoke gently, as if telling a story to her younger brother when he was little, recounting the outside world's comments.

Sheng Liuli sighed softly, stood in front of Sheng Xuanling's desk, and shook her head with a helpless smile. "However, if I don't even know what my younger brother looks like, then I, as his older sister, would be really derelict in my duty."

"So? I'm sorry, I still don't understand what you're talking about." Sheng Xuanling returned the smile with the same degree of warmth, but it wasn't as affectionate as her older sister's. The deepening smile seemed even more distant.

If Yan Ran hadn't left by now, she would surely be lamenting how treacherous life is in the wealthy, even among siblings.

"Xiao Ling, you know perfectly well that it's no use pretending to be stupid with me." Sheng Liuli subconsciously frowned slightly, the frown vanishing in an instant, without her even noticing.

But Sheng Xuanling saw it, and he was slightly surprised. It turned out that the person in front of him, his sister, had other emotional fluctuations besides coldness and hypocrisy...

However, if even familial affection is fake, what's the point of such emotional fluctuations?

“Of course I know,” Sheng Xuanling said, resting her hands on the table and tilting her head back to look at her sister. Her eyes were innocent and childlike, but her expression was mischievous like a child’s. “So if I don’t know, I just don’t know.”

"It's for that Miss Yan, isn't it?" Sheng Liuli smiled at the person, her tone carrying a hint of intimacy. "I know you probably wouldn't do this for Liu Xinyin."

"How could that be? She's just my friend. I only bought the necklace because I liked it. Who has the nerve to make me, the young master of the Sheng family, spend so much money?" Sheng Xuanling straightened up and leaned back in her chair, looking relaxed, as if the person in front of her was just imagining things.

"Then what about your purchase of the Zong family's shares?" Sheng Liuli's smile remained unchanged, but her eyes gradually turned sharp.

“If it were someone else, they might think you wanted to ruin the Zong family for Yan Ran's sake, and then snatch this Mrs. Zong away to be Mrs. Yan, hahaha…” As if she had thought of something extremely funny, Sheng Liuli covered her mouth and laughed so hard that she bent over, and even laughed until tears came out.

"That's what they think, and you think so too?" Hearing this nonsensical joke, Sheng Xuanling's eyes involuntarily showed a smile and a hint of curiosity, and her originally hypocritical face became more sincere.

“But life isn’t a novel.” Sheng Liuli smiled, then straightened up to look at him, taking out a light blue handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. “Isn’t that right, Xiao Ling?”

……

After a moment of silence, Sheng Xuanling looked at Sheng Liuli and sighed deeply, replying, "Mm."

“I don’t know what you’re doing, including Xuan Kao,” Sheng Liuli said, her smile fading as she looked at him indifferently. “I know you’re a sensible person, so I trust you can handle this yourself.”

"So I won't get involved in this matter for now, but whether you get involved in the end is up to you."

Before she finished speaking, Sheng Liuli turned around and continued her elegant steps toward the elevator.

Sheng Xuanling remained silent in the same position, her face devoid of any smile, until the elevator doors closed, at which point she whispered almost inaudibly, "Okay."

He smiled and nodded to the people who greeted him in the lobby, and slowly walked out of the building where the Shengshi Haoting headquarters was located amidst a sea of ​​stares.

At the entrance, a familiar Santana was already parked under the trees along the sidewalk.

As Sheng Liuli walked out of the gate, a familiar man opened the car door and got out.

Sheng Liuli looked at the figure walking towards her, and even suddenly stiffened a little, but still maintained her calm expression.

She looked at the man who tried to take her hand with a graceful yet distant air, then brushed his hand away and took a step back without changing her expression, insisting on staying where she was, ignoring his request. "Why are you here?"

"I've come to take my dear sister home, is that not allowed?" The conversation should have been a warm and pleasant scene, but something strange seemed off about the two of them.

"Sheng Xuankao, I heard you spent tens of millions to buy a piece of land that's completely useless?" Sheng Liuli didn't want to get entangled with him at the door, so she pinched her brow in annoyance and walked towards the car.

"What? I just want to learn from your beloved younger brother. Can't my older brother be willful even once?" Sheng Xuan's voice was filled with undisguised malice. His sinister tone made Sheng Liuli feel uncomfortable. Despite the bright sunshine, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.

Sheng Liuli glanced at him after hearing his words, and simply said, "But don't forget, you are not the heir to the Shengshi Haoting..."

"Of course I know, only your beloved younger brother Sheng Xuanling, the eldest young master Sheng, is." Before the other person could finish speaking, Sheng Xuanhao drew out his words in a strange tone.

"Miss Sheng, please?"

A cheerful voice came from beside her, and Sheng Liuli realized that they had arrived at the tree where the car was parked.

So, is this person really that kind?

Sheng Xuan, who was standing to the side, had already opened the car door and made a standard gentlemanly gesture... He opened the car door, bent down, and extended one hand to Sheng Liuli, extending an invitation with a gentle and polite smile.

However, this gentle and polite smile was too strange for Sheng Liuli. She stood there for a long time without making a move, thinking about what excuse to leave.

Seeing Sheng Liuli's attitude, Sheng Xuankang wasn't in a hurry. He calmly observed his "dear sister" in front of him... She was wearing a white business shirt with a khaki jacket and a somewhat tight black skirt that accentuated her slender waist and shapely hips. She did look like she was there on business... However, given her personality, she usually wore formal attire when she came to the company. Maybe she was there for something else?

Thinking of this, his expression remained unchanged but became even gentler: "It really is just to take you home, nothing else."

"No..." Sheng Liuli felt a chill run down her spine as she looked at the person's expression, but she kept a straight face and simply chuckled before asking, "Then how did you know I was at Shengshi Haoting?"