System 030 recalled how Su Qinghuai had been obedient to Su Zhiyi's every request these past few days.
Probably, if Su Zhiyi opened her mouth, Su Qinghuai could get her not just one invitation to the Su family's charity gala, but ten.
Su Zhiyi gently shook her head, denying System 030's suggestion.
"No, an invitation from the Su family is useless to me."
"I need someone to enter the charity gala with me, and that person's identity must be highly respected in high society."
"The invitation can't be presented by me; it has to be presented by him."
She absolutely could not enter the charity gala alone, even with an invitation.
If others saw the eldest Miss Su needing an invitation to enter her own family's charity gala...
Then she could just end this world and move on to the next.
System 030 said, "Ah... so you have to get in by reputation."
"Mm," Su Zhiyi acknowledged.
"Now showing my face in front of the Su family is useless. It would be feasible for Su Qinghuai to enter the gala with me—he could get in by his reputation..."
At this thought, she immediately shook her head, dismissing the idea that had just popped up.
"No, that won't work either. Su Qinghuai will definitely be swamped with all kinds of affairs that day and won't be able to get away."
The Su family would announce Su Qinghuai's true identity at the charity gala.
As the main figure of the gala, Su Qinghuai wouldn't have time to bring her into the venue, nor would he even have time to pay attention to her.
System 030: "Ah... then how do you plan to get in, Host?"
Su Qinghuai was the first person Su Zhiyi eliminated.
System 030 had said that both the Si family and the Song family were on the Su family's charity gala invitation list.
So she had to choose between Song Lian and Si Yanjing.
Su Zhiyi opened her phone. The glow of the screen reflected in her eyes as she silently looked at Si Yanjing and Song Lian in her contacts.
The scales in her heart gradually tipped toward one side.
*
The sky was as blue as if it had been washed, and white clouds drifted lazily.
It was a clear, beautiful day.
On the busiest street in the wealthiest district of A City, people came and went, and the sound of car horns never ceased.
Standing on the bustling roadside, a girl in a light pink dress looked around, watching the cars passing by.
Her slightly exposed shoulders were smooth as pearls. Two ribbons at her waist were tied into a bow at her back, accentuating her lovely figure.
On her slightly wavy chestnut hair was a small gauze flower hair ornament, as delicate and elegant as she was.
Su Zhiyi idly fiddled with her phone, occasionally looking up to see if any familiar cars were passing by.
She had timed it so that the person would arrive ten minutes early for the meeting.
Thus, she came half an hour early.
The eldest Miss Su usually had someone to pick her up. If the other party saw her walking to the appointment or getting off a bus...
She didn't even want to imagine how awkward that would be.
Their agreed time was 10 o'clock. The time on her phone showed 9:50, ten minutes before the scheduled time.
Su Zhiyi put away her phone and looked up at both sides of the road.
Sure enough, she saw a Rolls-Royce Phantom driving in her direction. As it approached her, it slowed down and finally stopped in front of her.
Without hesitation, Su Zhiyi walked up naturally.
She opened the door, bent down slightly to sit in the passenger seat, and then closed the door behind her.
"How long have you been waiting?"
A familiar male voice sounded in her ear.
Su Zhiyi sat in the passenger seat, fastened her seatbelt, placed her Hermès handbag on her lap, tucked back the stray strands that had fallen loose when she bent over, and gave the man beside her a sweet smile.
"Not long at all. The driver just left." She paused. "Mm... maybe about two or three minutes."
The person she had chosen was Si Yanjing.
After Su Zhiyi got into his car, Si Yanjing's gaze seemed glued to her, unable to look away.
Especially when Su Zhiyi turned to him and gave him that sweet smile, his hands unconsciously tightened on the steering wheel, his breath caught for half a beat, and his heartbeat gradually quickened.
Why was the space in the car so small? The air wasn't circulating at all.
He seemed to smell Su Zhiyi's unique fresh fragrance of daisies...
It infused the car with a sweet scent, sweeping over him completely, as if he were immersed in a field of daisies, his entire being drenched in the aroma.
His thoughts drifted, wandering far away...
Si Yanjing didn't zone out for long, because Su Zhiyi's voice brought him back.
"Hmm? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Ahem."
Si Yanjing hadn't expected that on his first proper date with Su Zhiyi, the moment he saw her, he would be so captivated by her face. He quickly cleared his throat to ease the awkwardness.
He hurriedly came up with an excuse: "It's nothing. I just feel like you look prettier today than usual."
Si Yanjing struggled to pull his gaze away from Su Zhiyi, then focused seriously on the road ahead. He started the car and drove along the road at a steady speed.
Su Zhiyi raised her voice, speaking two pitches higher than usual, sounding full of energy: "You caught me! I did a full face of makeup today and spent two hours choosing my outfit."
"Because this is my first date with someone, and also my first date with someone I like. I want to make a good impression in front of the person I like."
Su Zhiyi's words contained a massive amount of information.
Her innocent, elegant appearance, her lively voice, paired with a statement that could make any man's heart flutter—it was practically a surefire move to slay Si Yanjing.
Si Yanjing could barely contain himself after hearing the first half of Su Zhiyi's sentence, a blush slowly creeping up his tanned, handsome face.
When he heard the words "someone I like," his eyes widened abruptly, and he almost lost control of the steering wheel while turning, nearly sending the multi-million-dollar luxury car crashing into the curb.
He quickly steadied the wheel, but his mind remained unsettled: "Ah, ah? Do you mean... I'm the one you like?"
Su Zhiyi smiled gently, her eyes curving into crescent moons.
"Yes. I have very high standards, you know. I wouldn't go on a date with someone I don't like."
Author's note:
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Poor cheap brother, eliminated first.