Chapter 433: Chapter 433 I Value Harmony
The sunset time has become later after the new year; it’s just five o’clock now, the bright sun still hanging high and casting a warm glow over the man.
Sheng Tang had seen old photos and knew he was Xu Bingzhi.
In the end, he couldn’t bear it and circumvented the Sheng Family to personally come looking for her.
At this moment, she was mature, nodding her head slightly, her deep eyes like an unfathomable ancient well, falling quietly on Xu Bingzhi, and she opened her mouth without surprise: "Uncle Xu."
Xu Bingzhi was momentarily stunned.
The photos were different from the real person.
When he saw Sheng Tang in the car, he was very shocked.
The person in front of him was almost like Cheng Ruojun coming back to life. He felt cowardly inside, if not for the steadiness cultivated from years of business struggles, he would have lost it by now.
And Sheng Tang’s reaction was completely different from what he had anticipated.
Those eyes that seemed to see through everything were unlike Cheng Ruojun.
No matter how deep Cheng Ruojun’s scheming was, she knew how to disguise herself, always looking innocent and pure, to gain others’ favor and lower their defenses.
Sheng Tang, however, was straightforward, appearing very inscrutable and difficult to mess with.
"You... you know me?" Xu Bingzhi stuttered.
Sheng Tang nodded: "I’ve seen your photos and heard about you from my grandmother and parents."
Xu Bingzhi was rendered speechless instead.
The words he had prepared were all blocked back by Sheng Tang, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
He suspected the Sheng Family hadn’t told Sheng Tang about him; he suspected they had deliberately obstructed their meeting.
But it turns out it was all true; the Sheng Family told her everything, and his daughter knew everything.
How did the Sheng Family introduce him?
Did they say he was selfish and heartless, that he caused her mother’s death, that he was irresponsible, disappearing for eighteen years?
Xu Bingzhi suddenly realized he was indeed very reckless.
It would be better to approach Sheng Tang through the Sheng Family. His previous strategy was correct.
"Can I treat you to dinner?" Xu Bingzhi asked, "I have some things I want to tell you."
Sheng Tang’s bright eyes revealed a kind of indifferent coldness.
"Uncle Xu, the things you want to say, my family has already told me," she said, "It’s really unnecessary. I have other things to do later, I’m sorry."
"Tangtang, I... Dad has no other intentions, just wants to meet you, not to take you back. You’re so grown up now, Dad respects your wishes." Xu Bingzhi said urgently.
Sheng Tang looked at him.
She had no ill feelings towards Xu Bingzhi because she had never expected him to appear in her life, so she was not disappointed or resentful.
She even felt that she was no longer the original Sheng Tang; blood relations meant nothing to her; she only wanted the warmth of her current family.
"Uncle Xu, if you respect me, please don’t call yourself my father," Sheng Tang said solemnly, "I have only one father, Sheng Sidong is my father."
Xu Bingzhi’s face turned pale instantly.
Sheng Tang continued: "I call you Uncle Xu instead of Mr. Xu; you should understand my attitude of ’valuing harmony,’ right?"
She was saying, I haven’t quarreled with you, nor irritated you— you should take what you can get and not go too far, don’t provoke me into rage.
Xu Bingzhi tried to steady himself: "I’m sorry, I was too rash."
Sheng Tang looked at the sunset reflecting on his face, the well-maintained corners of his eyes had long diagonal lines, and the sunlight couldn’t brighten the darkness in his eyes at this moment.
She sighed softly, like she was sighing out centuries of age, so desolate.
"You’ve lived for so long, you should understand what is extraneous— a quilt in summer, a fan in winter, and you at this moment are extraneous to me," Sheng Tang told him in a voice that was hoarse and old.
