A Stern Mistress from the Ancient Past Becomes the Cannon-Fodder in a Wealthy Family

Chapter 170: Status

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Shi Yi smiled as she asked, “What do you like?”

At this moment, Xu Zhi was also a little overwhelmed and he subconsciously wanted to ask, “Do you like me?” But before he could speak, the phone rang.

He took out his phone awkwardly and looked at the name on the screen. It was a call from Jiang Chen.

According to their relationship, Jiang Chen was Xu Zhi’s cousin.

Their relationship was a little complicated. Jiang Chen’s cousin, Jiang Heng, and Xu Zhi’s cousin, Xu Xin, were married. Jiang Chen and Xu Zhi could only be considered distant cousin-in-laws. The two of them had only met at the wedding and left their contact details, but the number of times the two of them had contacted each other could be counted on one hand.

This was probably the third time they had contacted each other.

Xu Zhi didn’t know why Jiang Chen suddenly called him, but he didn’t dare to delay, so he said to Shi Yi, “Wait for me. I’m gonna take a call.”

Then, he took a few steps towards the entrance of the shop before picking up the call. “Cousin.”

“Okay.” Jiang Chen’s voice was very cold, and his tone was the same as the two times he had called before. “Is it convenient for you to answer the phone now?” Xu Zhi said honestly, “I’m at the mall now. What’s the matter?”

Jiang Chen said, “There’s a ball the night after tomorrow. You can represent the Jiang and Xu families to attend it.”

Xu Zhi didn’t react for a moment. What day was the day after tomorrow? No one from the two families could attend the ball.

However, he still agreed. “Okay, Cousin. Send me the location and time. 1’11 be there on time the day after tomorrow.”

Xu Zhi thought that the topic would end here, but she didn’t expect Jiang Chen to say, “I heard that you have a good relationship with the third daughter of the Shi family, Shi Yi.”

A string in Xu Zhi’s mind suddenly snapped. The Shi family…

Even if he didn’t participate in the family’s matters, he knew that the Jiang and Xu families and the Shi family were irreconcilable enemies.

So Shi Yi was the third daughter of the Shi family who went overseas to study. When did she return to the country?

Only then did Xu Zhi realize that he had known Shi Yi for so long, but they had never chatted about personal topics. He had never known the environment where the other party grew up, nor did he know that their encounter was wrong right from the beginning.

Everything made sense now. No wonder Shi Yi knew his mentor, Wang Jiao. The Wang family was the most aloof but powerful family in the upper-class circle.

He thought that perhaps Shi Yi was just an undergraduate student whom his mentor had taught before, so he had never asked.

There was a tacit understanding between him and Shi Yi that had never been exposed. They would deliberately avoid talking about topics that the other party didn’t want to mention, as if it was Pandora’s box.

Pandora’s box was tempting because the contents of the box were enough to overturn and destroy everything.

Why did it have to be now? Why couldn’t she have let him know who she was sooner?

Xu Zhi found it hard to accept, but as this thought appeared, he had another question. Even if it wasn’t now, when should she have told him?

He developed a crush on Shi Yi the first time the two of them met.

However, they would have met each other anyway. Even if it wasn’t at the fabric exhibition, it would have been at an upper society ball some day. When he met her for the first time, he became attracted to the confident, generous, and passionate Shi Yi.

Jiang Chen smiled confidently as he called out, “Xu Zhi?” The call wasn’t hung up yet, but there was a long silence on the other end.

Xu Zhi turned around and replied calmly, “Cousin, I’m here.”

Jiang Chen just reminded him, “Come to my house after the ball. I have something to discuss with you.”

“Okay…”

The call had already ended, but Xu Zhi was still holding the cell phone..