MFIMM Chapter 22

Fiancée

Fiancée

If he hadn’t seen this news, Pei Jiashu would have forgotten about this person. This was his rumored fiancée—Liang Siqi, the young master of the Liang family.

Pei Jiashu replied to him: “Yes, I will attend with my newlywed wife.”

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Assistant Song took Lin Xi to buy a suit. He had a good eye and picked out several that suited Lin Xi’s temperament, but they were a bit too flashy and not suitable for a charity gala.

Lin Xi touched the clothes, feeling a little reluctant.

Assistant Song directly took out the black card that Pei Jiashu had given him and said to Lin Xi, “The boss said, buy whatever you like.”

“Wow, is this the legendary unlimited black card that represents the status of the rich?” Lin Xi blinked his eyes, looking excitedly at the card.

“That’s right!”

Lin Xi, acting like a drama queen, said to Assistant Song: “Can we just buy out the mall?”

Assistant Song scratched his head, “This mall is indeed under the Pei family’s industry.”

“I’m going… I was just acting. Did you have to hit me so hard?” Lin Xi lowered his head again. He knew that Pei Jiashu’s family was rich, but he didn’t expect them to be so rich.

He had just made wild remarks to Pei Jiashu; no wonder Pei Jiashu laughed so happily.

“Bro, you’ve really joined a wealthy family now. Remember to be cautious in your words and actions,” Chen Mingxuan patted Lin Xi’s shoulder.

“Get out, do you want this good fortune?” Lin Xi pushed the black card in Assistant Song’s hand back, “Pei Jiashu has already given me a card, which is more than enough to buy clothes.”

In the end, he chose a white suit. The cut of this one was more three-dimensional than the previous one, making it look more suitable for Lin Xi.

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On the day of the charity gala, Lin Xi started preparing two hours in advance. He spent an hour just on makeup, and every strand of hair was carefully ironed. He stood in front of Pei Jiashu wearing a white suit.

The waist-hugging three-dimensional cut of the suit perfectly showed off Lin Xi’s body curves, and his straight legs were even more eye-catching.

Lin Xi looked at Pei Jiashu smugly, “Do I look pretty today?”

Lin Xi suddenly moved closer to Pei Jiashu, looking up at him, like a beautiful kitten asking for praise from its owner.

Pei Jiashu swallowed and pressed Lin Xi’s forehead, pushing him away. Then, he took out a box from his pocket.

This was the custom-made diamond ring from last time. The diamond in the middle was big and beautiful, looking very expensive. Pei Jiashu, however, acted as if he were giving a small toy worth a few dollars and said impatiently to Lin Xi: “Put your hand out.”

A diamond the size of a pigeon egg was put on his ring finger. The size of this ring had been adjusted according to the size of his finger, fitting snugly on his finger.

The ring felt a little cold on his finger, but Pei Jiashu’s fingers were a little hot.

He was wearing a handmade tailored suit with dark patterns, which looked expensive at a glance. Although the expression on his face was a bit annoying, he was really putting a 1.5 million diamond ring on Lin Xi’s hand.

Lin Xi felt as if he had been fitted with a tight hoop; he didn’t even know how to move his fingers.

If he accidentally bumped this ring, he would probably have to work for Pei Jiashu for half his life.

“Let’s go, what are you stunned for?” Pei Jiashu also replaced the plain ring on his hand. The ring on his hand was a matching set with the ring on Lin Xi’s hand, with countless small diamonds inlaid in the wide ring, which looked very valuable.

Today, Pei Jiashu was driving. Lin Xi sat in the passenger seat, grabbing the seat belt, so nervous that he was restless.

When getting out of the car, Pei Jiashu seemed to see through his nervousness. He stood beside him and suddenly took his hand.

His fingertips were a little cold, but Pei Jiashu’s hands were very warm.

“What are you nervous about? Bring out the momentum you have when you argue with me.”

Lin Xi took a deep breath and followed Pei Jiashu into the venue.

All eyes were instantly focused on them. Lin Xi heard many people whispering. He looked around. Even if he was someone who didn’t care about finance and politics, he could see many familiar faces here.

But someone was walking towards them.

“Brother Jiashu, long time no see.” Liang Siqi looked at Pei Jiashu, deliberately ignoring Lin Xi on the side.

When facing others, Pei Jiashu put on his fox skin, smiling and saying: “Siqi, long time no see. Let me introduce you, this is my wife, her name is Lin Xi.”

“Lin Xi? Which family is he from? I don’t think I’ve seen him before.” Liang Siqi then looked directly at Lin Xi. Looking at Lin Xi’s face, a moment of amazement flashed in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it with jealousy.

Pei Jiashu and Lin Xi held hands tightly, looking at Lin Xi with an affectionate expression. “He is my junior from university.”

If the thick stack of marriage agreement papers wasn’t placed on Lin Xi’s bedside table, he would have had the illusion that Pei Jiashu had agreed to him after that confession, and then the two of them were standing happily in front of others.

Liang Siqi looked at this scene, almost crushing his molars. He could only angrily lead the two to their seats first.

Pei Jiashu’s seat was behind Pei Yuebin, in the second row. Pei Jiashu first took him to the first row to greet the other elders, dizzily receiving several red envelopes, and was taken back to his seat by Pei Jiashu.

He touched those red envelopes; they were not small amounts.

“Pei Jiashu…” He held the red envelopes, feeling that they were too hot to handle, and wanted to give them to Pei Jiashu, but Pei Jiashu stuffed them back into his hand, leaned to Lin Xi’s ear, and said: “Those are elders who watched me grow up, so just accept the red envelopes.”

“So you’re not here on behalf of the company?” Lin Xi also whispered to Pei Jiashu’s ear to ask him.

A few lonely expressions flashed across Pei Jiashu’s face. He said to Lin Xi: “Our small company can’t even get into these people’s eyes. Today, we are just here as a foil.”

“That’s not true.” Lin Xi retorted Pei Jiashu’s words, “You started a business alone and were able to seize the opportunity of the Internet to become one of the leading media companies, which is already excellent.”

Pei Jiashu was stunned, then couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Yes, someone told me that they want to become a millionaire anchor. I’m still waiting for you to make money for me.”

Lin Xi stared at Pei Jiashu. In the noisy venue, he could hear the sound of his heart beating fast, thump-thump, as if it was about to jump out of his chest.

He shifted his gaze guiltily and said to Pei Jiashu: “I don’t want to make money for you. When I become a millionaire anchor, I will jump ship.”

Pei Jiashu chuckled softly, “Yes.”

The charity auction was about to start when Pei Yuebin arrived late. Lin Xi cautiously called out “Dad,” and then there was no more communication.

Most of the auction items were calligraphy, paintings, and ceramic collections. Pei Jiashu was really here to be a foil, and he basically didn’t say a word the whole time.

But Lin Xi was dumbfounded. A random painting could be auctioned for a million dollars. It felt like the unit of money he and these people knew was different.

But after being surprised once or twice, he got used to it and leaned back in his chair, dozing off.

“Don’t sleep,” Pei Jiashu woke Lin Xi up, “Drink some tea.”

Pei Jiashu handed the teacup in his hand to Lin Xi. Lin Xi took a sip. Although he didn’t drink tea often, he could taste that this was not comparable to the hundreds of dollars worth of tea in his house.

“It’s so delicious,” Lin Xi couldn’t help but say.

On the stage, tea cakes were being sold. Pei Jiashu said: “Do you want it? I’ll buy you some.”

“Forget it.” Although Lin Xi wanted to say that the things here were expensive, he was too embarrassed to say it in this kind of place.

Pei Yuebin, who was sitting upright in front, suddenly turned his head and said a few words to the butler. The butler walked from the front to behind them and said to Pei Jiashu in a low voice: “Young Master, the master heard about the young madam being bullied in the mall. If the young madam likes something, you can buy it for him. If you don’t have money, come back and inherit the company.”

Pei Jiashu’s mouth twitched. He knew that his father couldn’t spit out anything good, so he nodded to the butler to indicate that he knew.

Lin Xi, who was next to Pei Jiashu, naturally heard it and felt a little embarrassed, “How did even your dad know?”

Pei Jiashu sighed. After all, it was his own mall.

He raised the sign in his hand, indicating that he wanted to increase the price. Lin Xi grabbed his arm, “Don’t you really want to buy it? If it really doesn’t work, let’s go back and inherit the company.”

Pei Jiashu said in a low voice: “My father is in his prime, and managing the company is a piece of cake. I have my father’s shares and just wait to receive dividends. Why should I make myself suffer?”

“Huh?” Lin Xi was stunned. This damned black-hearted radish, so the reason he didn’t want to inherit the company was because he was lazy.

Speaking, he raised his voice and said to Lin Xi: “This ripe Pu’er tea nourishes the stomach. Your stomach is not good, so naturally, I’ll nourish it for you.”

In the end, he bought that tea cake for 500,000.

Lin Xi looked painfully at the 500,000 tea cake. Brewing a pot of tea could cost tens of thousands.

However, Pei Yuebin in front nodded with satisfaction. After the auction, there was a banquet. Now, Lin Xi not only had to follow Pei Jiashu but also had to follow Pei Yuebin to greet others.

In a trance, he thought he was visiting relatives during the New Year.

“Siqi did a good job with this banquet. This child can also shoulder great responsibilities,” Pei Yuebin praised Liang Siqi to Chairman Liang.

President Liang politely praised Pei Jiashu, “Of course, Siqi’s child is not as good as Jiashu. Jiashu is also successful in his career now.”

Pei Yuebin snorted softly, “Children are just fooling around, not worth mentioning.”

Lin Xi instinctively wanted to retort, but Pei Jiashu squeezed his hand, raised his glass to toast the two elders, and Lin Xi accompanied him to drink.

President Liang looked at Lin Xi standing beside Pei Jiashu, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about whose child this was.

Not only President Liang, but almost everyone here had the same look in their eyes.

Although Lin Xi accompanied Pei Jiashu, he felt that there was an insurmountable gap between the two.