[Why is Xuan Yuan Qingya suddenly inviting people to her home? Tsk… don’t tell me her character’s broken too? Why did I say “too”… I swear, just sitting in this auction hall for a few hours nearly gave me a heart attack. Now you want me to spend a few days in that castle? I’ll be dead for sure! Y’all go if you want. I’m not going…].
With that in mind, Lin Tian quietly crept over to Shang Chan’s side. After all, he was still officially an employee of Xinghai, and if he wanted to leave, he had to let his boss know.
“President… something came up at home. My mom’s sick. I need to go back for a few days. As for the castle… You go ahead without me.”
He even wore a sorrowful expression and spoke with deep concern to make it more convincing. Beside him, Shang Chan and Zhao Mengmeng were holding back their laughter so hard they almost burst.
To be fair, Lin Tian’s acting was on point. The urgency in his tone and the sorrow in his expression were quite convincing, and nothing seemed out of place.
The problem? Shang Chan and Zhao Mengmeng could both hear his inner thoughts.
Shang Chan held back a laugh and asked seriously, “Oh? When did your mother tell you she was sick?”
Lin Tian blinked. Why was she asking such detailed questions?
“Her leg… old injury.”
Lin Tian was speechless. She clearly saw through his lie. Sighing in defeat, he dropped the act.
“Big sis… please let me go, okay? You guys go have fun at the Xuan Yuan castle. I really don’t wanna go…”
“I never said I was bringing you.”
Shang Chan blinked innocently. Lin Tian was stunned. She wasn’t planning to bring me?
These past few days, both Shang Chan and Zhao Mengmeng had been constantly fawning over him. He was used to it. He assumed they wouldn’t let him out of their sight. But now hearing her say she wasn’t even planning on inviting him? He immediately lit up.
“Great! Then it’s settled. I’ll head out now… You all enjoy—”
He hadn’t even finished his sentence when Shang Chan grabbed his arm.
“No. You’re coming with me.”
What the hell, woman?! Didn’t you just say you weren’t taking me?
He tried reasoning with her.
“I really have something important—”
“I don’t want to go.”
Shang Chan was acting like a clingy little girl, clutching his arm with no intention of letting go. On the other side, Zhao Mengmeng also came up and grabbed his other arm.
“Lin Tian, come with us~ Miss Xuan Yuan Qingya invited everyone, so if everyone goes and you don’t, it’ll look so bad!”
These two sisters weren’t sure if Xuan Yuan Qingya could hear Lin Tian’s inner thoughts, but they instantly recognized that her invitation was the perfect chance to keep Lin Tian by their side.
Just as Lin Tian suspected, Xuan Yuan Qingya would never lower her pride just because she startled a few people. Her goal was also to keep Lin Tian around!
The sisters wasted no time, both grabbing a limb, fully cooperating with Qingya’s unspoken plan.