Chapter 7 Oh How Time Flies! (1/2)

Unlike the modern world, this world was not bound by the limitations against consanguineous marriages.

This was the only way to keep the huge fortune of Shen family within the family, and safe from outsiders.

Unless his two uncles could still father children, this would almost be a done deal. Perhaps Shen Ruoxi thought lowly of him, or perhaps she was in love with someone else, but none of these mattered. The will of the family outweighed that of an individual's.

In this case, the will of the Shen family would be the will of Old Master Shen; both were inseparable since long ago.

This allowed Shen Lian to understand what kind of character Old Master Shen was. Weighing his options under these grave circumstances, Old Master Shen brought Shen Lian back to the Shen family without delay.

With his impressive decisiveness, Old Master Shen was destined for greatness no matter what time or age he was born in.

In hindsight, it would seem that even if Shen Lian were to refuse to return to the Shen family, he would have been brought back by force.

If Shen Lian were to be an ordinary person, he would have simply cooperated and accepted his fate. However, this was the last thing that he was going to do.

Despite the obvious benefits – beauty and fortune, Shen Lian knew that he was only a tool.

Maybe in the eyes of Old Master Shen, this was all for Shen Lian's own good; Shen Lian, however, was not about to let himself become a tool for others.

No doubt, the arrangement was beneficial for Shen Lian. The basis of his rejection was pride.

He took a casual glance out of the corner of his eyes. Shen Lian formed his hands into fists – he was still not strong enough!

Not surprisingly, he was under surveillance!

Shen Ruoxi saw how nonchalant Shen Lian was, and how his eyes were darting around, she could not help but to toss her gold hairpin at him.

She was confident in her aiming skills; nine of out ten times she would hit her mark. Even with a mere hairpin, she could direct it to wherever she targetted! Convinced that her hairpin would hit Shen Lian's face, she could not wait to see how angry he would get.

Women took great care of their physical appearance and went great lengths to protect their face from harm. This was why Shen Ruoxi went for Shen Lian's face – she was projecting her weakness onto him.

Though she managed to refrain from getting physical with Shen Lian, aiming her gold hairpin at him, on the other hand, was purely out of reflex.

It could be that Shen Lian's neat and delicate features fuelled onto Shen Ruoxi's wrath and gave rise to her urge to destroy his pretty face.

Shen Ruoxi gasped at what happened next – her gold hairpin was resting between Shen Lian's right index finger and middle finger!

She did not expect Shen Lian to have such impressive sight and reflexes! Clearly, Shen Lian had caught her hairpin.

Shen Lian frowned and stared intensely at Ruoxi, giving off an authoritative air.

With a gentle flick, he sent the gold hairpin flying at Ruoxi. The hairpin was back at its original position – in Ruoxi's hair.

”Shen Ruoxi, I will let you off just this once. If this happens again, I promise to tattoo a flower on your face.”

His tone was neither solemn nor threatening. However, his facial expression and his impressive reflexes spoke for him - he was to be taken seriously.

What happened next was predictable, but unexpected.

”You are such a bully!” Shen Ruoxi yelled as she broke into tears.

Her tears were streaming mercilessly down her face as she spoke, alerting the servants nearby.

Shen Ruoxi left with her face in her hands. Shen Lian did not get the chance to speak another word.

Shen Lian was surprised for a moment. However, he then realized how normal it was for a matured Lolita to cry getting bullied.