Mr. Satan, let's meet tonight!

She pressed the call button.

"Sister, is that you?" A soft voice immediately came through the microphone.

"I am Shang Xi."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, but she quickly reacted, "Sister, it's me, Dai'er. Didn't you recognize my voice?"

Shang Xi sneered inwardly.

How could I not hear the sound?

That familiar voice was the source of all her nightmares!

"Sister, Mom just called London. The school said you've graduated and returned home. Where are you now? Why aren't you home?"

"Mommy is very angry, sister, please come back quickly."

"..."

"Hey, are you still there, sister?"

Gu Daier spoke at length without receiving a response, and she was clearly getting anxious.

Even over the phone, Shang Xi could guess that the mother and daughter probably had scheming expressions on their faces again.

Thinking back to her past life, she was truly foolish. How could she have believed that this mother and daughter, who had no blood relation to her, would be kind to her for no reason? No wonder she ended up with a terrible death.

In the Maybach parked by the roadside, Zuo Ye kept observing Shang Xi's movements while also making a phone call. "Sir, Miss Shang is currently on the phone with someone and seems to be in a bad mood. I suspect it might be someone from the Gu family in the city."

"Ah."

“Sir, although the fact that you have another woman by your side has not been leaked to outsiders, it is hard to guarantee that there are no people with ulterior motives watching you. Should I take Miss Shang back to the manor now?”

The sound of pages turning came from the phone. A dozen seconds later, Si Tingye's low, calm voice finally rang out, "She knows what she's doing. I won't be home for dinner tonight, so tell Hall not to prepare anything for me."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

Shang Xi was unaware that she had already gained one-tenth of Si Tingye's trust, and with Gu Dai'er's incessant chatter still ringing in her ears, she felt a surge of annoyance.

She suddenly interrupted the other person, saying, "I found a job in the capital and have already signed a contract, so I'll be staying here for a year. I'm very busy most of the time."

"What!" Stepmother Song Yanyu snatched the phone from Gu Daier, her voice sharp and clearly trying to suppress her anger. She tried to reason with her, "Xixi, didn't Mommy tell you that you should come home after graduation? Your daddy has already found you a job. Aren't you making things difficult for us elders by doing this?"

Shang Xi leaned against the wall and smiled lazily. "How could a music academy graduate like me expect the mayor to find me a job? Besides, it's only a year. Can't you wait that long?"

In a villa far away in the city, Song Yanyu and her daughter Gu Daier exchanged a glance, both clearly seeing a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.

Could it be an illusion?

Why do they feel like Shang Xi has suddenly become a different person?

Song Yanyu still coveted the inheritance in her hands, so she didn't dare to say anything openly. She could only laugh out loud, "Xixi, Mommy is doing this for your own good. You are the eldest daughter of the Gu family. It's not good for a girl of noble birth to go out and show her face in public. Besides, the capital is... very chaotic."

"Yes, sister, I've missed you so much! Please come back soon!" Gu Dai'er quickly replied.

The mother and daughter's back-and-forth banter almost made Shang Xi burst out laughing.

However, since it wasn't the right time yet, she didn't waste any more words with them. She simply said "I have something to do" and hung up her phone.