Ye Shu felt a wave of shame. The first time she met the real head of the Sheng Family, she was scolded, and the days ahead looked to be difficult.
Sheng Shaochen whispered, "Didn't you see the gift box in the living room?"
The gift box? Ye Shu suddenly remembered. Before leaving the house, she indeed saw a beautifully wrapped gift box on the living room coffee table, but because she had overslept and feared being late and upsetting him, she hadn't had time to look at it. Only now did she realize that Mr. Sheng had prepared it for her, to give to the Old Lady as a birthday present.
Everyone thought Ye Shu was in trouble now. No one could fathom Old Madam Sheng's temper. Attending her birthday banquet without bringing a gift—it was unimaginable what punishment she might incur.
And Han Ruixin, standing to one side, seemed to see a glimmer of victory in her eyes.
