"Well, I will complete this challenge. Grandpa, you have to be confident in me."
"I have to be confident in you. The extra one million dollars will still be sent to your account after the engagement. When I find Shirl and you leave, I will give you a considerable reward."
"Oh, thank you, Grandpa." Emily was still in the excitement. Did she hear it wrong just now? One million dollars were still hers. It seemed that she had to work hard. As the saying went, "After dinner comes the reckoning."
"At noon, the people of the Ou Family will personally send the betrothal gifts and have lunch with you. When you go back, ask the make-up artist to fix your makeup. Be careful about your appearance, you must be the most dignified and beautiful. You should also pay attention to the right table etiquette. I hope you can do it well."
"Okay, I know." Emily agreed obediently, but her heart was filled with sadness. Oh, my god! That boy was going to have lunch at her home today. What should she do? Should she win back today?
"Why are you still standing there? You can go back and have a rest now." Sam stood up with his crutch and went to prepare the lunch.
Hearing his roar, Emily came to her senses. It turned out that the busy people in the villa today were all to welcome the arrival of the highest leader and the most honorable family in the country.
"Take care, grandpa."
After watching him leave, Emily went to the garden happily. The weather was good today, so she didn't want to stay in the room alone.
The backyard garden of the An Family was very beautiful. There was a huge rockery, on which there would be a gurgling waterfall, falling above a clear pool.
The pool was covered with water lotuses, white and pink. There were also goldfish of various colors in it. It was a very beautiful place.
Emily stretched herself. She felt sore all over her body since the early morning. She found a swing under the flower rack and sat quietly on it.
She swung with her legs in the air. She didn't dare to move too much in such a beautiful and expensive dress.
She took out her cell phone and saw many aggrieved and sad messages from Justin. Emily shook her head and called him.
"Hello, Jay."
"Emi, are you finally willing to call me?" The boy sounded disappointed and unhappy.
"What do you mean by 'finally'? We met yesterday, didn't we?"
"Yesterday is yesterday, and today is today. That's different."
"Well, I have a bad news to tell you. I can't go out these days. It is said that I have to prepare for the engagement. But I won't get engaged at all. Why should I prepare for it?" Emily complained to Justin leisurely on the mobile phone.
"What? So you won't come to school tomorrow Monday? " Justin only got this information from a lot of words.
"I don't know yet. Maybe he won't let me go to school. It's possible."
"It doesn't make sense. No, I can't let my Emi get out of my sight again." Justin said emotionally on the phone.
"Ha ha, why are you so funny? Do you want to stay with me all the time?" Emily teased him. He had been clingy since he was a child and hadn't changed at all.
"I have this plan."
"Well, I'm not kidding. Did you go anywhere today?" Emily changed the topic.
"I wanted to hang out with you, but you didn't reply my message and I was afraid of waking you up. Have you got up, lazy pig?"
"Don't look down upon me, okay? I've already got up, okay? I got up at about seven o'clock. I'm so tired... " Emily pretended to be pitiful and complained to Justin.
At this time, a tall figure had quietly arrived behind her, but she did not notice it.
"Oh, don't cry. Come to the arms of Jay. I promise you will feel sour and happy."
"Get lost. You always bully me. Well, I don't want to talk to you anymore. It seems that the lunch time is coming. The guests will come today and we have to welcome them. See you tomorrow."
"Okay, see you tomorrow, Emi. Bye."
"Bye."
After hanging up the phone, Emily saw a long shadow motionless on the ground. This shadow was definitely not hers. Then whose shadow was it? She suddenly turned her head.
"Are you trying to scare me to death? Why don't you say anything behind me? " Emily said harshly.
"Am I so scary?" A magnetic voice came through, with a bit of banter. He walked behind her, held her swing and gently swung it for her.
"Yes, you bastard. You are so ugly and horrible. You'd better not come out at night." Emily said angrily.
"Who wants to go with you like this? Stay away from me. Do you hear me? The further, the better. I don't want to go with you together." Emily shook off his hand with all her strength.
"It's not up to you." James held her hand and dragged her to the dining room.
"Don't you want everyone to think that we don't get along well with each other? Don't you want to fight against the marriage of our families? Don't you hate me very much? Why are you acting in front of them? " Emily shook off his hand and said seriously.
The two stood still, Emily gasped for breath. It took her a lot of effort to get rid of this guy just now.
James' scarlet eyes were as calm as a lake. He looked at her quietly and thought for a long time.
He uttered a few words.
"I changed my mind."
"What do you mean?" Emily seemed to have heard a very inconceivable sentence. Was his point of view different from hers?
"Nothing. Let's go. Let's have lunch." James dragged her on.
The fool Emily, however, had never understood the true meaning of that sentence.
"Hey, the wedding will be held in a few days. Are you sure you can screw it up?" Emily felt that she couldn't have any influence, so she threw all her hopes and bets on James.
"What do you think?" James asked back. The reason why he didn't want her to know that he had changed his mind and gave up ruining the engagement was that he didn't want her to be prepared and find a way to escape.
The engagement must be successful. He didn't want his kitten to escape from his claws so easily. He couldn't let her leave before he had enough fun.
"Since you are so confident, I think you must be sure. Well, I want to stop fighting with you now. I don't want to quarrel with you. I beg you to do me a favor on the engagement day and completely screw up the engagement. Thank you." Emily patted him on the shoulder and walked ahead.
Stunned, James watched her slim back leave with an evil smile.
"It will be a big surprise."
The two of them arrived at the dining room one after the other, and the servants on both sides were waiting for them neatly.
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