[Net King] You are also called thick-skinned?

The author has something to say: I hope old readers must read the announcement of Chapter 19 first, thank you.

I promise that the new story is a heart-warming novel, without so many messy intrigues, it's just the process of the male and female protagonists not waiting for each other and being attracted to each other from the beginning, I hope you like it.

When Shen Ximiao took her younger sister Xiling's little hand and slowly walked into this private garden full of fragrant roses, she was in a daze for a moment. Everything in front of her was as luxurious and gorgeous as if it was in a dream, and it was meticulously trimmed. The artistically beautiful garden and the spotless white two-storey bungalow hidden behind the green shadows all gave Shen Ximiao a dreamlike feeling.

The younger sister, Shen Xiling, who just passed her 8th birthday a few days ago, sensitively noticed her sister's slight pause, firmly grabbed her sister's right hand and shook it, raised her small head and called out uneasily: "Sister..."

With a slightly trembling childish voice, Shen Ximiao instantly dispelled the fog in front of her eyes. Shen Ximiao took a deep breath, lowered her head and gave her younger sister a comforting smile, "Xi Ling, we are going to live here in the future, are you happy?" Sister remembers, you have wanted to see what the princess castle in fairy tales looks like since you were a child."

Isn't it as beautiful as a fairyland here?

Shen Xiling blinked, and her long and curled eyelashes were like falling butterflies. They closed slightly in a sad arc, pouted and said softly, "Sister, I don't want anything, I just want my parents, okay?"

There was a wave of pain in her heart like ripples. Shen Ximiao tried her best to maintain the smile on her mouth. Just as she was about to say something to divert her sister's attention, an elegant female voice sounded slowly in front of her, "Ximiao, Xiling, Why did you stop walking?"

A beautiful lady with curly hair and shawls and a warm smile was standing not far in front of her. She turned slightly to look at them, her mouth was raised slightly, and she was carrying a small and exquisite black leather bag in both hands, which was elegantly and naturally docile on her abdomen, against the backdrop of the full Garden spring/color is as beautiful as a thick and colorful oil painting.Looking at Shen Ximiao, the smile on the corner of the lady's mouth deepened slightly, "I managed to coax my precious son to stay today, Ximiao, if you don't hurry up, that kid will run away, don't you wonder? "As she spoke, she blinked playfully and smiled with a row of snow-white teeth.

Shen Ximiao also raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, pulled Xi Ling up quickly, and said slightly apologetically, "Sorry, Xi Ling is a bit shy." After a pause, she pursed her lips and said, "Actually, You Auntie, you don't need to rush to introduce me to... Atobe-kun, anyway, I have a lot of time in the future."

For this boy who was about to become her fiancé, let alone curiosity, she couldn't even generate any joy at all.What filled her heart was the looming uneasiness and apprehension, which made Shen Ximiao toss and turn insomnia the first few nights after coming to Japan.

The marriage contract between her and Atobe's eldest son was made by the elders of the two families.When the Kazama family was in its heyday, Zeng and the Atobe family, who were also powerful in Japan at the time, had a close personal relationship. The two old people even made a marriage contract for their grandchildren, threatening to pass on the friendship between the two families for thousands of years.However, both of the old people of the two families passed away later. Although the two families still had close contacts, after the Kazama family gradually shifted their focus of work overseas, the contacts inevitably decreased.

If it wasn't for that terrible disaster, Shen Ximiao would never have imagined that one day, she would need that marriage contract that she had snubbed so much, and was even willing to post it upside down regardless of her image, because that seemed to be her only choice. .

What a ridiculous reversal.Shen Ximiao couldn't help smiling bitterly in her heart.

She couldn't help thinking that when she was fourteen or fifteen years old, when she was the most unscrupulous and rebellious youth in her life, she used to sit on the railing outside the classroom with a soda straw in her mouth, facing the scorching sun at noon, with a good look Yangdi took the marriage contract imposed on her from birth as a joke, and added more details to the crowd gathered around her.Her thought at the time was, what age is this?Come back to baby kiss, it's really boring!blind!vulgar!Is it interesting to forcibly tie two people who don't know each other together like this?It's not the ancient secret marriage and dumb marriage, why should there be a pair of idiots and resentments for no reason?Presumably, that passer-by who had the same situation as her, if he had no problem with his mind, would definitely support her idea 100%.

Therefore, at that time, she never really put herself into this marriage contract. She always felt that her future could be chosen by herself.

As everyone knows, the future and the future can make people full of longing because it is not yet the future.

Atobe Yu looked at the girl with a gentle smile but an unnatural expression in front of her, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said jokingly: "Ximiao, my son is a bit arrogant, but he is still a good person, so you don't have to... ..." She paused meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Then, no matter how arrogant that kid is, he won't be able to hit a woman."

Shen Ximiao was a little embarrassed. Ever since she met this Aunt You a few days ago, she has been constantly refreshing her three views. I have never seen someone who can say so coldly with such an elegant and luxurious posture. It's a joke... She coughed lightly, the corners of her mouth curled up in a helpless arc, and she said in a compromised way: "No, Aunt You, actually... I'm a little nervous."

In fact, which one is nervous, she has a premonition that she is about to face a fierce battle.

Atobe Jingwu, this child from other people's family who has been talked about by his parents since he was a child, Shen Ximiao naturally knows how outstanding he is, how talented he is, how rare he is in a century, and of course, at the same time, how proud he is, how arrogant he is. Stick to the principle, how difficult it is to compromise.The mother, who was born in a scholarly family, loved this boy's character from the bottom of her heart, and praised him more than once in front of Shen Ximiao for his precious arrogance, which could make him stand upright and become a real man.Whenever she mentioned this, she would glance at her daughter with a sad face, and sigh, "I don't know how Miao Miao will manage such a young man in the future."

Xi Miao acted like a gust of wind every time, and couldn't hear anything, and she also understood that when her mother said this, she just sighed.Since Ximiao was no longer willing to follow their trip back to Japan to visit old friends every year since she was sensible, she also knew her daughter's resistance to this marriage contract, and she had already discussed with her husband about the future and let Ximiao decide on her own.Anyway, although this marriage contract was passed down by the older generation, they are not such rigid parents who do not know how to adapt.

Such a young man... Xi Miao didn't know whether she should admire her mother's foresight. At this moment, she really didn't know how to control it.

Yu Atobe smiled at her reassuringly, and said, "It's normal to be nervous. Well, let's go quickly, the kid probably got impatient."

Xi Miao responded obediently, and led Xi Ling into the beautiful white bungalow.The style of the house is just like the garden outside, with bright colors and gorgeous lines, and there is a majestic publicity everywhere.Xi Ling uneasily leaned against her again, Xi Miao looked at her wrinkled little face, felt a familiar feeling of suffocation in her heart, smiled and stroked her head, and led her to sit on the dark red leather sofa .

After Atobe Yu asked someone to go up and call the young master down, he sat opposite her, and soon, a servant served tea and snacks.Because of this, Xi Miao is in a complicated mood at this moment. Although she is told physically that she has not eaten all morning and that she urgently needs to supplement nutrition, she has no appetite at all.She put a cup of hot tea in front of Xiling, pointed to the exquisite pastries on the tea table, and said, "Xiling, eat something."

Xi Ling shook her head and said softly, "Sister, I don't want to eat."

Xi Miao sighed softly in her heart, but on the surface she pretended to be annoyed, "That's too bad, if Xiling doesn't eat, my sister can't eat it either. But my sister really wants to eat, can Xiling accompany my sister to eat some? "

Xi Ling's eyelashes trembled, and after a while, she nodded slightly, took a sip from the teacup, picked up another piece of red bean cake, and ate it slowly.

Xi Miao felt a slight soreness in her heart, before her eyes turned red, she took a sip of hot tea from the cup to suppress the sour feeling in her heart.

Atobe Yu had been watching the interaction between the two sisters, and at this time slowly said: "Xi Ling... probably was stimulated by the sudden death of her parents. She is too young and doesn't know how to release the pressure. Another day, Let me arrange for a psychiatrist to show Xi Ling."

Xi Miao was taken aback, and smiled gratefully at Yu Atobe, "Thank you, Aunt Yu."

Atobe Yu also raised the corners of his mouth, and when he was about to say something, a thick and flying voice suddenly sounded from the stairs, with a sense of afternoon laziness, which made Xi Miu's heart slightly lift up, " You are finally willing to come back, if you don't come back, I can't care so much, you know, my time is precious, there is no reason to waste this whole day on my precious fiancee."

Even a fool can hear the disdain and sarcasm in the words.Sure enough, just as his mother said, this young man was very arrogant and domineering, even in front of his mother, he would not restrain himself.For such a person, Xi Miao knew a long time ago that his resistance to this engagement would only be sharper than her once.She still can't tolerate her life being arranged by others, let alone him?

She was sitting with her back to the stairs, so she couldn't see the real person, but Yu Atobe on the opposite side frowned slightly, and said dissatisfiedly: "Xiao Jing, how do you talk! Xi Miu came to Japan from China all the way, I don't care what you think, just give me a good attitude."

Atobe stared at the slender figure sitting quietly on the sofa, raised his eyebrows, and simply leaned on the stairs, not going forward, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more ambiguous.

Without waiting for Yu Atobe to introduce her, Ximiao stood up, turned around, bowed respectfully to the front, and said with a smile: "It's the first time we meet, I'm Ximiao Kazama, please give me your advice." Slowly straightened up At that time, Xi Miao was finally able to see the true face of this young man in Lushan.When I was young, because I always had prejudice against this person, the impression of him in my mind was so ugly. The main reason for this extreme psychology is that Xi Miao lived under the glory of this person since she was a child, no matter what she did. , her parents would compare her to Keigo Atobe. For her, the name Keigo Atobe was a nightmare, carrying her most primitive jealousy and unwillingness.When she was old enough to finally develop a little mature rationality, she also wondered, what does such a young man who has been praised by his parents for many years look like?Could it be possible to grow a three-headed and six-armed one?There was a time when she impulsively wanted to go back to Japan with her parents and see this guy's true face, but she never took action.

It wasn't because of the marriage contract that had no weight in her heart, maybe she would have cared about it when she was still in the rebellious stage when she was a child, but as she got older, she had already practiced to laugh it off.It's just that the wayward and ignorant childhood can't be erased, she has been absent for so many years, and the reason why she doesn't want to go to Japan with her, Xi Miao thinks that the adults can guess a little bit, at least her mother can guess it completely.In this case, wouldn't it be too embarrassing if she suddenly appeared in front of the Atobe family?

Therefore, until this time, she met the legendary Keigo Atobe for the first time.

Slender and tall, with a handsome face, profound facial features, slightly raised eyebrows, and burning eyes, the innate arrogance contained in the eyebrows cannot be ignored.

Really an outstanding person.

Xi Miao secretly sighed in her heart, looked at him with a smile, and waited for his answer.

However, Keigo Atobe's eyes only turned around her face as if he didn't see anything, as if he didn't hear her words, he looked at Yu Atobe with a sneer, "Of course, mother, I will correct my attitude, He twitched the corner of his mouth, and suddenly let out a low laugh, "Just, are you sure, the attitude I understand is the same as the attitude you expect, huh?" .

Xi Miao, who was ignored, didn't feel embarrassed at all, because this situation had been expected by her, but Yuu Atobe was not as calm as her, and he lowered his face and said, "Xiaojing, you are really getting worse and worse. Not too small!"

Atobe Keigo finally frowned this time, glanced impatiently at Xi Miao who had been standing quietly by the side, chuckled suddenly, put his hands in his pockets and walked straight to the gate, saying lazily as he walked : "What you asked me to do today, I have done it, and now, I also hope that you will not stop my action."

Atobe Yu watched her son disappear outside the gate with a tense face, and she really didn't say anything to stop it, because she knew Xiaojing too well, and this child has always been disobedient in doing things. Looking at him, I'm afraid I won't even find him when I come back.Yu Atobe rubbed his temples in distress, looked at Ximiao and said helplessly, "Ximiao, this kid has been spoiled by us, don't take it to heart."

Xi Miao shook her head, "How could that be?" She knew that feeling, and even empathized with it, how could she be angry?It's just that she and Atobe Keigo have different positions now.

Atobe Yu looked at her with pity, sighed softly and said: "You are a sensible child, I am also relieved...Xi Miao, Aunt You is going back to England tonight, you and Xi Ling can treat this place as your own home , I have done all the transfer procedures for you, that child..." Atobe Yu hesitated, and said with a smile: "That child is actually cold on the outside and warm on the inside. If you want to get along with him, he won't just pretend to be cold Face. Ximiao, Aunt You really likes you, no matter whether you can become our daughter-in-law in the future, Aunt You will always love you."

Xi Miao's eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded.

She knew that this engagement was a matter between her and Atobe. If Keigo Atobe disagreed anyway, it would be empty talk and no one could change it.

But, no, no matter what, she couldn't let it become empty talk.

Xi Miao lowered her eyes slightly, and didn't speak anymore, but there was a certain damp and sad emotion in her heart, flowing like a silent current, slowly rippling into an ocean with no end in sight.