After being reborn, I'm no longer going to play the role of a spoiled rich kid.

Chapter 6: Pretending to be good
After Yusjia finished speaking, she felt that she was full. She put down her chopsticks and sat obediently in place, listening to her parents on both sides trying to brush off the topic she had just brought up.

Yuska appeared completely unaware of how important the message she had inadvertently ignited was, and looked no different from anyone else.

At the dinner table, Yusjia drank two bowls of soup and then a bowl of dessert. Her stomach felt a little uncomfortable, so she stood up and went to the restroom next door.

The restaurant itself is a private kitchen, and the interior is very elegantly decorated.

Even the restrooms have a somewhat secluded and winding feel to them.

After Yuska washed her hands and came out, she saw the person standing in front of the small bamboo grove next to her.

The latter wore a simple, wide-sleeved striped shirt and casual pants, looking exceptionally approachable.

"Jiajia." Gu Yu stubbed out his cigarette when he saw You Sijia come out. "Shall we talk?"

This scene never happened in my previous life.

Yu Sijia sighed inwardly and followed Gu Yu to the rest area.

"Does Jiajia have a problem with me?" Gu Yu asked directly after sitting down.

Yustia shook her head. "No," she replied naturally.

"Then tonight..." Gu Yu frowned. He didn't really have any opinion on the marriage between the two families. You Sijia had been like his little shadow since she was a child. He hadn't paid much attention to her before, but he had to admit that she was the most suitable marriage partner for him.

"Isn't tonight a welcome dinner for you?" Yu Sijia interrupted, not letting Gu Yu utter any words about "marriage between the two families." She didn't want to hear about that right now. "Is there a problem?"

Gu Yu: "..."

He looked at Yuska's rather serious little face, the words he wanted to say circled around his lips, but he swallowed them back down.

"It's nothing. I just wanted to ask you where you heard the rumor that I have a girlfriend back in China?" Gu Yu asked.

Yusijia retorted, "Don't you have any? When you were an undergraduate, you even brought Nancheng back with you."

After Gu Yu realized that You Sijia was referring to Tang Yayi, he explained, "We broke up a long time ago."

He has been in contact with Tang Yayi recently, but there's no way they can have any romantic entanglements anymore.

Yusjia smiled faintly, "That's alright. Anyway, you're going back to China now, and maybe you can rekindle your old flame."

Gu Yu: "..."

Yu Sijia didn't give Gu Yu a chance to continue speaking. She stood up from her seat, smiled politely, and said, "Then I'll go back to the private room first. I also made an appointment with Lao Er to go to the night market together."

The promise with You Kuiqing was obviously fake, but the desire to leave was real.

Yu Sijia left with light steps. Thinking of Gu Yu's frustrated expression earlier, her mood became even lighter than her steps.

As they passed the corner, You Sijia was texting You Kuiqing with her head down, asking her to keep the same story and slip away as soon as possible.

Without looking up, Yuska failed to notice the man who walked out from behind the corner at that moment.

"hiss--"

Yuska just walked straight into the other person's arms.

In that instant, it seemed as if I was enveloped by a crisp, clean scent of pine branches, similar to a slightly bitter resinous aroma.

It didn't smell bad; it even had a slightly refreshing scent. Just as this lewd thought flashed through Yuska's mind, she felt a large hand press down on her shoulder. That hand pulled her away from the person's embrace and pressed her to the spot.

"Be careful."

A deep voice came from above.

Yuska suddenly came to her senses, touching her slightly reddened forehead, "I'm sorry."

She looked up and saw a face that looked exceptionally cold and aloof. The person didn't seem very old, but the calm and composed aura surrounding them was something most people didn't possess.

The brief incident didn't bother Yustja too much.

Shortly after she returned to the private room, she made an excuse to leave with You Kuiqing, and happened to run into Gu Yu, who was returning from outside.

Meanwhile, in a private room not far away, the man whom Yusjia had accidentally bumped into earlier was now leaning back on the sofa. His hands were clean, unlike other rich kids who wore prayer beads, bracelets, or rings all over their hands. He only had a wristwatch on his wrist.

It has a very old-fashioned and authentic metal strap, a jet-black dial, and nothing fancy like diamonds or anything else.

"Mr. Meng, this is the itinerary for tomorrow's exhibition in Haishi."

There were only two people in the private room. Besides the man in a dark gray suit sitting on the sofa, there was a young man with glasses and slicked-back hair who was opening the documents on a tablet and handing them to Meng Weiyuan.

Sang Qi wasn't really sure why his boss insisted on taking the time to fly to Nancheng.

Although the Meng family in the capital was tight-lipped about wanting to form a marriage alliance with the You family in the south, he, as Meng Weiyuan's chief secretary, had still heard about it.

Sang Qi even knew that some time ago, news came from the You family that they were more inclined to favor the Gu family in Nancheng. However, his boss still took the initiative to make a trip to Nancheng today, even though it was during a summit and his schedule was tight.

Meng Weiyuan glanced at it twice and then put down the tablet.

He attended a meeting at the group's headquarters in the morning, flew to Haishi in the afternoon to attend a press conference, and then flew from Haishi to Nancheng in the evening, all to meet with Yousaide.

Meng Weiyuan raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, his eyes closed. "Did you find those picture books I asked you to collect last time?" Meng Weiyuan asked.

Sang Qi paused for a moment. The last time his boss asked him to collect the first edition of a work by some domestic artist, he later looked it up online and found out it was the work of an author who drew action comics.

“A seller has resold it, and it has already been shipped. It should arrive at the company tomorrow,” Sang Qi replied.

“Okay.” Meng Weiyuan nodded.

Sang Qi was genuinely curious. Ever since Meng Weiyuan joined the company, he had been following Meng Weiyuan around and was considered one of the boss's "own people".

"Is Mr. Meng going to give this to a relative's child?" Sang Qi was puzzled, because his boss never seemed to have given any special treatment to any of the family's children.

He was naturally surprised that he was suddenly being asked to collect things that seemed to be only for children.

Meng Weiyuan shook his head, his tone calm, "Chairman You's eldest daughter likes it."

Sang Qi: "...!"

When did their boss find out so much about Miss You's preferences?
Meng Weiyuan didn't think he had done anything earth-shattering. Since it was a marriage alliance, he had to show some sincerity.

If it works out, it would be a matter of course for the eldest daughter of the You family to travel all the way to the capital to marry into the family.

(End of this chapter)