66 The Mayor’s Plan

“Aloy, what are you saying?!”

Lear stared in disbelief at Aloy, who had taken the initiative to hug Shen Fei.

Why did she have to be so willful at this time?

“I said”—Aloy shrugged—”I forgot to bring my invitation, too. I won’t be accompanying you at this banquet.”

Shen Fei looked at Aloy in surprise and instantly understood her meaning. Even though she did have good intentions, but…

Shen Fei turned his head and his mouth twitched slightly. Compared to this group of people, he really felt that it was better to spend his time in the special cultivation room.

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Seeing Aloy like this, Lear suddenly became anxious.

Not having Aloy at his birthday party was like not having candles on his cake!

‘Unacceptable!’

“But you’re the young mistress of the mayor’s mansion. How could I possibly kick you out just because you don’t have an invitation?”

“Is that so?” Aloy looked at Lear coldly. She clutched at Shen Fei and tightened her grip. “My fiancé is also the mayor’s future son-in-law. How could you chase him out just because he doesn’t have an invitation?”

At that moment, Lear was rendered speechless by Aloy’s words.

“If there’s nothing else, Shen Fei and I will be leaving first.” After saying this, Aloy decisively turned her head away. She turned around and was about to leave with Shen Fei…

“Hey, don’t go!” Lear smiled apologetically and rushed to stand in front of Aloy. “Gosh, I was just pulling a prank on your fiancé.

You can still attend, even without an invitation, hahaha!”

Lear forcefully maintained his smile and stepped aside.

“Come, come in, we’re all from the same family, there’s no need to be so distant.”

“Then… Would you like to walk inside together?”

Aloy raised her head and looked at Shen Fei. She could not hide the pride in her eyes.

“Let’s go,” she said. Shen Fei gave an exasperated laugh. He nodded his head. Holding onto Aloy’s arm, they reentered the hall.

Lear watched the two figures that were almost touching each other. He gritted his teeth so hard that he almost broke them.

The cabbage that the Gelin family had painstakingly raised for so many years had been stolen by a pig!

This birthday party was not just a simple birthday celebration. Instead, it was something that his old-fashioned older brother had discussed with him. It was secretly set up it for Aloy to let her take a good look at the other young potential suitors around her.

Currently, Aloy was indeed engaged to Shen Fei. However, whether the engagement would be fulfilled was still in the mayor’s hands. Lord Gelin still had a higher opinion of these potential suitors in the city compared to Shen Fei.

“Hmph!” Lear straightened the brooch that hung over his

chest.

Those boys had neither experience nor money. Other than their talents, which amounted to nothing, who else could be as outstanding as Lear himself?

Lear strode forward.

It was not easy for him to have a chance to get close to Aloy. He had to think of a way to get rid of all these young suitors!

…

“Master Edward, our Young Mistress seems to like Young Master Shen very much.”

The butler of the mayor’s mansion bowed to the mayor.

“It is indeed as you say. She seems quite close to Shen Fei…”

Mayor Edward stared at Shen Fei and Aloy below, his brows furrowed tightly.

It seemed that his daughter’s feelings for Shen Fei were not a “spur of the moment” thing. If she only wanted to play around, then it was still fine. At most, she would just give Shen Fei some money.

However, his daughter seemed to genuinely like him that, even if he tried to send Shen Fei away, it was likely that Aloy would find him again in the future.

This time, the Shen family would not be easy to deal with.

When he first saw Shen Fei, he thought that he looked exactly like his grandfather, even as a child. Unfortunately, he did not have the outstanding talent of his grandfather.

Originally, he thought that if Shen Fei’s talent was not bad, he would simply be given a position in the mayor’s mansion in the future and let him make do with it. However, when he heard that Shen Fei’s talent was only F-class, Edward knew that it was time to completely cut off all ties with the Shen family.

He had already repaid Richard’s kindness. Their two families no longer owed each other anything.

However, his daughter had suddenly taken a fancy to Shen Fei.

‘She clearly did not have the slightest interest in Shen Fei in the past!’ Edward rubbed his temples in distress. ‘Sigh, I hope that the young suitors I found can let Aloy see the difference in strength between Shen Fei and others, and let her give up on Shen Fei.’

After all, marriage was a major event that would affect one’s life. He did not want his daughter to follow a good-for-nothing like that!

Thinking of this, the mayor’s eyes became sharp.

It was one thing for his daughter to like Shen Fei. However, making her choose was another matter!

…

Shen Fei silently knitted his brows together. He did not know why, but he kept feeling like someone was watching him. But when he looked up, he could not see anyone.

‘Was it an illusion?’

“Oh, if it isn’t Young Master Shen…”

Luo Jin casually walked over from behind Shen Fei, carrying a huge gift box in his hand. He glared at Shen Fei with a contemptuous gaze.

“You came to Lear’s birthday party today, and you’re dressed so shabbily? Tsk, tsk, you’re indeed a country bumpkin born in a declining family. Look at your taste in picking clothes, tsk, tsk. Such poor taste you have.”

As soon as he said this, Aloy’s face instantly darkened. Her grip on Shen Fei’s arm tightened. Seeing Aloy’s expression, Shen Fei blinked his eyes innocently and tried his best to hold back his laughter.

This suit was personally selected by Aloy. Luo Jin did not mock him, but instead was mocking Aloy.

“Hmph,” Luo Jin huffed.

Seeing that Shen Fei did not respond, the smile on Luo Jin’s face became more arrogant.

“You look so poorly dressed. Is that your gift for Lear? It must be a cheap one. Oh, but I supposed it can’t be helped since you’re poor!”

At this point, Luo Jin quietly lifted his own gift box that he was holding. The outside of the box was covered in little diamond inlays. Just by lifting it up, the light reflected by the small diamonds was enough to blind someone.

The corner of Shen Fei’s lips twitched again. ‘The box looks so nouveau riche.’

He actually had the cheek to laugh at Luo Jin.

“Are you done?”

Aloy could not help but mentally roll her eyes at Luo Jin. She was so angry that she wanted to call her Ice Spirit out and just freeze him into an ice sculpture. However, for the sake of her family’s reputation, she still had to maintain a ladylike calmness on the surface.

“Young Lady Aloy, I advise you to give up on this poor man as soon as possible, I am better than him—”

“Enough!” Aloy looked at Luo Jin coldly. “I was the one who picked out the clothes you said were very ‘shabby.’ So, this is how you regard me?”

After saying this, Aloy immediately grabbed Shen Fei’s arm and left.

“Wait! I didn’t! Young Lady Aloy, you misunderstand!” Luo Jin’s forehead was immediately covered in fine beads of sweat.

He had wanted to use this opportunity to please Aloy and improve her impression of him, but he did not expect that he would overreach himself! He really was an idiot!

“It was only a suggestion, I didn’t expect him to actually fall for it.”

Lear, who was hiding in the dark, could not help but laugh.