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The second hand of the clock on the bedside table turned step by step, with a regular speed, passing time round and round.

Liu Zhixi turned her head and glanced at the time. She didn't have the common problem of staying in bed on weekends. When she lifted the quilt, she stepped barefoot on the solid-colored thick carpet. With a touch of luster.

When she changed her clothes and walked out of the room, Liu Rachel, who was wearing sportswear and came out of the gym, happened to be walking in the corridor.

Rachel Liu took the towel from the servant and wiped the sweat off her forehead, then walked past her directly.

Zhixi didn't make a sound either, and walked down the stairs slowly while holding onto the somewhat cold metal guardrail.

Esther Li, who was sitting on the sofa in the hall, was wearing a dark knee-length dress, and the collar at the neck was connected by a pearl button, which looked decent and elegant.

She raised her eyes and glanced at the two people who came down the stairs, flipped through a page of the economic magazine, then took a sip of black tea from the cup, and said lightly, "This time is just right, let's go to the beauty parlor for a haircut together." Bar."

"What are you going to do today?" Rachel Liu stood by the sofa, and a little puzzled flashed in her eyes.

"Aren't we going to take a family photo today?" Liu Zhixi took a sip of the hot milk on the table, with a flat expression on his face.

"What?" Liu Rachel's eyes widened slightly, and she said without hesitation, "When did I promise to take pictures, isn't it true that a family is a family after taking pictures? I won't go," she said She turned her eyes to Zhi Xi, "Yeah, Liu Allie, if you want to go, go take a picture." After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked upstairs.

Esther Li just chuckled, and put the cup on the tea table, but the look in his eyes was sure to win.

After three hours...

A gloomy Liu Rachel was wearing a white lace knee-length skirt and was sitting on the sofa in the studio, "Ha, it's really..."

Liu Zhixi also had delicate and moving makeup on her face. She was wearing a pure white embroidered skirt, with one leg crossed over the other, sitting on the sofa in a leisurely and elegant manner, flipping over Photography.

"Ah, Liu allie, don't you have any idea? I didn't see you coming out to refuse, you, do you want to take such a disgusting photo?" Liu Rachel bit her lower lip lightly, as long as she thought that she would be with someone later People who are not her father feel sick when they take family photos.

Zhi Xi gently turned a page, "Of course I don't want to, but so what, sister, can you object."

"What?" Liu Rachel squinted at Zhixi, and pressed her long fingers tightly on the sofa, "Even if we can't object, what about Cui Yingdao, didn't he say that there is a way to stop it?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the studio was pushed open, and the person in charge stood respectfully at one side, and Cui Dongxu and Cui Yingdao, who was wearing a black suit, walked in one after another.

"President Cui, Yingdao, here we come." Esther Lee, who had just finished styling, came out of the styling room with a smile on her face.

Liu Rachel and Liu Zhixi also stood up from the sofa when they saw Cui Dongxu coming.

"Ah, my two sisters are absolutely amazing," Cui Yingdao took a step forward with his trouser pockets in his pockets, and with a vague smile on his lips, he glanced at the indifferent Liu Rachel and said, "One... It's a proud queen, a..." His eyes shifted to Zhi Xi, recalling the photo of her and Jin Tan kissing last night, the corners of his mouth twitched and said, "It's an angel."

Liu Rachel snorted disdainfully, and didn't give Cui Dongxu any good looks.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start taking pictures." Cui Dongxu flashed a gloomy look in his eyes after seeing Liu Rachel's expression, and then said to the photographer with a smile on his face.

Rachel Liu twitched her lips, but watched Cui Yingdao walking towards her.

"Wait a minute, there will be a good show, ah, don't be too explosive." He twitched the corner of his mouth when he passed by Liu Rachel, said in a low voice, and then walked past her directly.

Rachel Liu's eyes lit up slightly, the corners of her mouth raised into a perfect arc, and then she pretended to be nonchalant and walked to Esther Li's side.

Liu Zhixi kept these little actions of them in his eyes, then glanced at the water on the table beside him, moved his footsteps to the side, bumped the table, and the water in the glass spilled on her skirt.

"Water was spilled on my skirt, go to the bathroom to clean it first." She took a paper towel and wiped the water stains on the skirt casually, raised her eyes and said to Esther Li.

"Hurry up, don't delay taking pictures." Esther Li said casually, looking at the water stains on her skirt.

"Yeah." She responded, and then stepped on her high heels and walked to the bathroom.

Cui Yingdao's gaze followed her until she disappeared behind the door before retracting, the smirk on the corner of his mouth slowly faded away, and the look in his eyes was complicated, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Wow—" The cold water continuously flowed out from the water flow controller.

Jin Tan looked at the flowing water splashing on the water table in a daze, and after a while, he stretched his hand in, felt the cold temperature, and then splashed it hard on his face, closed his eyes and took a deep breath , turned around and took a towel to wipe the water on his face and walked out.

The mobile phone that was randomly thrown on the bed suddenly started to ring. He strode over to pick it up and saw the note, then hung up the phone and threw it on the bed.

After a few seconds, the phone rang again.

Jin Tan glanced at the phone, and finally reached out and picked it up.

"What do you want me to do?" He threw the towel aside and sat on the lime-colored hanging chair.

Liu Rachel on the other end of the phone listened to Jin Tan's distant tone, and tightened her fingers on the phone before she said, "Jin Tan, although... I don't want you to get too close to Liu Allie, I know that too. What I say now may feel ridiculous, but...now, help me take care of Liu Allie."

"What do you mean?" Jin Tan's brows were tightly knit together, and the uneasiness in his heart spread little by little.

"What do you mean you don't need me?" An unknown look flashed across her eyes, and she said after a while of silence, "I will send you the address here, please help me... find her, now, I have a reason why I can't go to her."

As soon as she finished speaking, she hung up Jin Tan's phone, held the phone tightly in her hand, turned around and gently opened the door, and looked at Esther Li leaning on the sofa with a tired face, hanging up forever. There is only a touch of sadness lingering on the face with a decent smile now.

Rachel Liu stood in place, the corners of her lips twitched, but the disappointment in her eyes gradually spread, "Some things... are really unexpected, Liu Allie..."

Some things are indeed unpredictable.Just like Liu Zhixi didn't want to see that disgusting and false scene and went to the bathroom, thinking that what Cui Yingdao said would be over when she went back, but when she saw a woman wearing a black hip wrap skirt Looking at her mother proudly, and when Esther Lee and Cui Dongxu looked very bad, she was inevitably involved in this matter.

"Cui Youngdao, do you know what you are doing!" Even though Cui Dongxu tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, the sight of Cui Youngdao was still full of anger.

"Did I do anything?" Cui Yingdao sneered and looked at the coquettishly dressed woman, and then met his father's gaze without fear, "Could it be... suddenly something broke my father's wishes, so father Are you angry?"

Liu Rachel looked at Cui Yingdao worriedly, she didn't expect Cui Yingdao to confront his father in such a direct way, Cui Yingdao he...did something he didn't dare to do...

Cui Dongxu was about to get angry and slap him, but Cui Yingdao grabbed his hand tightly, and his eyes were full of resistance, "Father, don't you think your jjj era should be over?" , There are many things...you can't control them, such as..." He threw his father's hand away, raised his hand to loosen his bow tie, and suddenly strode towards Liu Zhixi, who was looking at him in astonishment. Step over.

"Cui Youngdao, what are you doing!" Cui Dongxu pointed emotionally at Cui Youngdao, who ignored his words. As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Youngdao grabbed Liu Zhixi's hand and hugged her tightly into his arms.

On the spot, except for Cui Yingdao himself, everyone's faces were filled with astonishment, and they looked at Cui Yingdao in disbelief.

Even if Cui Yingdao didn't have Zhixi's expression, she knew that she must be panicking in her heart.

He sniffed the faint scent of her body, and then slowly let go of his hand, turned around and looked at Cui Dongxu with a strange face, and raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Do you understand now, this is... I must The reason to stop this time."

"Cui Yingdao, are you... crazy?" Liu Zhixi pulled out her hand, and frowned at Cui Yingdao.

She could have imagined that Cui Yingdao would make this family photo impossible, but... she did not expect Cui Yingdao to make such a move.

Esther Li also couldn't accept such a shocking fact for a while, took a deep breath, collected his thoughts, and said to Liu Zhixi with a bad face, "Liu Allie, you... come with me to the next room first. "After speaking, she took the lead in walking to the next room.

The mother's indifferent eyes made the last trace of calm in her heart completely disappear. There was something in her eyes, and she finally followed Esther Li into the next room with her mouth tightly pressed.

Cui Yingdao took a step forward and wanted to stop her, but was hit on the cheek by a sudden fist, and he staggered a step to support the sofa to stand still.

"You kid!" Cui Dongxu raised his voice and looked at Cui Yingdao angrily, "Do you want to do something embarrassing!"

"Father, what you did made me feel ashamed," he wiped the blood stains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, the light in his eyes became more intense, seeing his father punch back angrily and raised his hand Blocking his fist, "Stop before it becomes more embarrassing, father."

He looked at his father closely, without any sign of retreating.

"Liu Allie, what are you going to do? This marriage is for the future of rs international. Are you sure you want to make things like this?" own little daughter.

"Mother, I didn't do anything." She tried to make her voice sound calmer, not to let the grievance and sadness in her heart show.

"Yes, you didn't do anything, but someone is doing these things for you, Cui Yingdao is right, and Jin Tan is too," Esther Li took a step forward, his eyes locked on her tightly, "But, all of this It is not allowed in our class. Liu Rachel's ability is much higher than yours, so in the future she will definitely inherit the Rs International and the Crystal Hotel, even if you are with Choi Young Do, you cannot inherit the Rs International, the Zeus Hotel The shares will not be of much benefit to rs..."

The expression on her face paused, her eyes sparkled a little, she looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar woman in front of her in disbelief, and said with a trembling voice, "Mother, are you... only thinking about these things?"

When Esther Li saw the hurt look in her daughter's eyes, her heart tensed, but she still said in a firm tone, "Yes, just considering these things, Liu Rachel and Jin Tan's engagement is, and so is my marriage to President Cui. "

"Ah... that's right," Zhixi smiled, but tears rolled down her smooth face, "Mother, forgive me for not knowing until now... what a superfluous existence I am, I'm so useless to my mother." No, it's useless to rs international... In contrast, "Tears seemed to block her throat, and she took a big breath of air to avoid choking, "I'm more troubled now, no Liu Zhixi, who can't walk... it would be better if you could just obediently accept mother's arrangement..."

"Pa—" a loud slap sounded.

"Mother!" Liu Rachel, who had been staying at the door, heard the slap and couldn't help but pushed open the door and walked in. When she saw Zhi Xi whose face was flushed, she stopped in place in fright.

"What are you... talking about!" Esther Li's hands trembled slightly, leaning on a chair on one side and watching Zhixi closely who had been slapped.

"Isn't that the case, mother..." She held the hands hanging on both sides with all her strength, not letting the tears fall any more, and after saying this, she turned around and walked out.

"Liu allie!" Liu Rachel took a step forward to stop Zhixi.

"Don't stop her!" Esther Li called her to a halt, while she sat down on the sofa with a sigh.

Rachel Liu glanced at her mother angrily, then opened the balcony door of the room and walked out, her surging mood slowly calmed down with each breath.

She looked at the mobile phone in her hand, pursed her lips tightly, then opened the cover of the mobile phone, and directly dialed Jin Tan's number. After the second time, Jin Tan finally got through to her call. To say the words that even she herself found ridiculous was to hang up the phone.

She obviously didn't want the two of them to get close, but now... the only person she could think of who could comfort her sister was Jin Tan.

What... She's not the Virgin, why... you still have to worry about Liu Allie so much? A blood relationship binds the two of them so tightly...

Her eyes dimmed a bit, she turned around and pushed open the balcony door but stopped when she saw her mother's sad and tired appearance.

No matter how strong a person is, he will be sad and cry...

Mother, you also feel sad because you love your daughter deeply...l3l4