Chapter 16: Deserting Friends for Beauty

Xie Xingchuan thought this was also good; at least they wouldn't be a resentful couple.

Although his relationship with Second Brother wasn't exactly great, they were brothers after all, and Second Brother took care of him quite a lot when they were kids. He hoped Second Brother could be happy.

About ten minutes later, Xu Jinzhi and Xie Yanchuan came back, and except for Xie Linchuan, the Xie Family eyed them teasingly, while Xu Zhen had a look of disappointment when he looked at Xu Jinzhi.

Somehow, Xu Jinzhi had a thick skin and calmly walked back to his seat and sat down.

By now, the dinner party had reached its conclusion, and the marriage between Xu Jinzhi and Xie Yanchuan was finally settled. From this moment on, any statement made by Xu Jinzhi and Xie Yanchuan to the outside world would be as fiancé and fiancée.

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The next day.

Xu Jinzhi woke up groggily; the bright sunlight streamed in from outside the window. She squinted her eyes, grabbed her cellphone to check the time, and realized it was already 7:30 AM.

She didn't feel like getting up, but after lying in bed for a little while longer, Xu Jinzhi finally got out of bed and staggered towards the bathroom.

Half an hour later, Xu Jinzhi came downstairs.

By then, Xu Zhen had already finished eating and was sitting in the living room reading the newspaper. Hearing the noise, he looked up and said, "I thought you weren't planning on going to the office today."

Xu Jinzhi had gotten up later than usual today, and Xu Zhen thought that since she had been on a business trip for many days and hadn't rested during the weekend, it wouldn't be an issue if she chose to rest today.

He had already planned to go to the office himself, but then Xu Jinzhi got up.

Xu Jinzhi didn't have time for breakfast, she glanced at the dining room, grabbed two pieces of cake with her hands, and turned to leave.

"Sit down and eat slowly; you're not late," Xu Zhen slightly furrowed his brow, expressing displeasure at Xu Jinzhi's behavior.

"I have a meeting this morning; it would be bad if there's a traffic jam," Xu Jinzhi mumbled, already almost at the villa's door.

Xu Zhen was still frowning, but knowing that saying anything would be useless, he simply stopped talking, put down the newspaper, and followed her out.

On the way to the office, Xu Zhen brought up the wedding again, "I've had someone calculate a suitable day for you two to get married, I'll choose an appropriate time after finalizing it."

"Hmm," Xu Jinzhi responded, continuing to chew on the cake.

Xu Jinzhi remembered something. In her previous life, the day she married Xie Yanchuan was calculated using her birthday and Xie Linchuan's.

Since the invitations had already been sent out, there was no time to change the date, and back then she didn't want to change it because it was too much trouble, so she didn't bother recalculating.

Was the date this time calculated using her and Xie Yanchuan's birthdays and would it be different?

If it were different, so be it. She'd take it as a fresh start.

When Xu Jinzhi arrived at the office, she fully recovered and quickly shifted into work mode.

The news of Xu Jinzhi's engagement to Xie Yanchuan spread as if it had wings, and everyone, irrespective of their connection, already knew about it.

That included Xu Jinzhi's best friend who was on a business trip abroad.

Everyone had been busy recently, and importantly since her rebirth, Xu Jinzhi hadn't thought of her close friend first and thus hadn't contacted her.

When Song You phoned, Xu Jinzhi was initially stunned; as soon as she realized who it was, she hurriedly answered, "I'm so sorry, so sorry!"

She had neglected her friend who had been with her for the longest time!

She absolutely deserved to die!

However, at that moment, Song You thought Xu Jinzhi was apologizing for not telling her about the engagement immediately.

Song You coldly said, "I don't accept your apology. You didn't even tell me first that you were getting married to Xie Yanchuan. I had to hear it from someone else!"

"It's my fault, my fault! When you return, I'll definitely make it up to you!" Xu Jinzhi dropped down to using humble language.

"Hmph!" Song You gave a humph, indicating she wasn't easily appeased.

Xu Jinzhi continued, "That rare leather bag from last time, I'll bring it with me to pick you up when you return!"

There was a brief silence on the phone for two seconds, then came Song You's surprised voice, "Wow, how come you're suddenly so proactive today? Even bringing the bag to pick me up personally."

Xu Jinzhi felt genuinely sorry; in her previous life, after she had died and Song You got divorced, they were the ones who had been together the longest!

Yet she had somehow forgotten Song You until receiving her call today.

Xu Jinzhi felt increasingly that she deserved to die!

So she continued, "And that limited edition we both bought, yours got damaged accidentally, right? I'll give mine to you!"

Song You fell silent again; after a few seconds, she asked worriedly, "You're not keeping something major from me, are you?"

"No, it's just that I didn't tell you about this immediately, and I'm very sorry," Xu Jinzhi couldn't possibly reveal her true thoughts, so she continued with the same excuse.

"Really?" Song You was quite skeptical.

"Really, really!" Xu Jinzhi promised earnestly.

"Alright then, considering how sincerely you're apologizing, I'll forgive you," Song You generously stated.

"Thank you so much,"

Song You couldn't help laughing, "Alright, enough chit-chat, I called you because there's something else."

"What's up?" Xu Jinzhi turned slightly more serious.

Song You said, "Eldest Young Master He also knows about your engagement now, he hasn't even finished handing over his work here and has already bought a ticket to come find you."

It had been so long that Xu Jinzhi had almost forgotten this unimportant person, and she instinctively wanted to ask, "Who?"

But then she remembered—Eldest Young Master He, He Jingyi!

Their connection seemed fated because one had "Jinzhi" and the other "Jingyi" in their names, and He Jingyi had claimed they were made for each other, creating many funny incidents in his pursuit of her.

One doesn't encounter such oddities often in life, so Xu Jinzhi quickly remembered.

During Xu Jinzhi's pause, Song You had already burst out laughing, "You have no idea, when He Jingyi heard about your engagement, he was so excited that he immediately had tears in his eyes."

"It was so funny at the time, he cried a ton, then started booking tickets immediately; nobody could stop him, not even Chairman He."