There are too many changes in the process of growing up. The only constant seems to be the father's love for his daughter.

Year after year, the birthday parties he held for his daughter became more and more luxurious.

My father spent a lot of money on my 11th birthday party, which covered the entire Garden City.

"Right here, stop." The father released his hand covering Zidi's eyes, "Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!"

Zi Di's eyes suddenly lit up, her mouth opened into an O shape subconsciously, and her face showed a lot of surprise and surprise.

In front of her eyes, a giant cake with a height of three meters and divided into 11 layers was shining with brilliant brilliance. Each layer had a main color, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple... It was as dreamy and charming as a rainbow.

Zidi exclaimed: "Rainbow cake!"

This classic dessert is famous throughout the empire. No more than ten people in the world can make it. Because it uses many rare magic materials. Every bite of the rainbow cake can make people feel the sweetest taste in the world.

Produces wonderful emotions of great relaxation and pleasure.

This is a special cake, which will bring great benefits and increases to the eater's cultivation and status.

"Aren't you always curious about the taste of rainbow cake?" Father smiled, "So this time, I invited a famous pastry master. This cake is your birthday cake!"

"Dad, this is... great!" Zidi was so excited that she was a little incoherent. She hugged her father's arm and rested her head on his shoulder, her eyes shining, "I knew you loved me the most, Dad.

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"Of course, you are my little princess." The father smiled, then showed a hint of hesitation, "Daughter, in addition to this birthday cake, dad also arranged a date for you."

"Another date?" Zidi immediately let go of her arms, took a step back, looked at her father, and frowned.

The father smiled bitterly: "My child, you have grown up and it's time to accept these things. I know you have always been disgusted with these things, but..."

"Okay, okay. For the sake of the rainbow cake, I'll go. But don't expect me to lower my standards... Which family is it this time?"

The father blinked repeatedly. He had been preparing these words for a long time, but when it came time to say them out, he realized that it was so difficult to say these words!

"He is a noble among nobles. Of course, he is also a knight. He..." After a long time, my father spoke in a difficult tone.

"Okay, I understand. Stop talking!" Before her father could finish speaking, the girl Zidi interrupted him. She began to walk around the rainbow cake, admiring it carefully. Her whole mind was focused on it, and she kept admiring it.

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Seeing his daughter's joy, the father's expression was quite complicated.

He opened his mouth several times, wanting to tell more details.

Zidi occasionally raised her head and saw her father still standing there, so she waved her hand: "Dad, are you still here? Go and do your work. Don't worry, I will handle it. Even if I look down on you, I will never offend you.

other side!"

"Then I'll go." The father sighed, turned around and left with difficulty.

The dinner was a gathering of fashionable people, and the powerful gathered together.

Zidi is a well-deserved protagonist, and she receives gifts mercilessly.

In the middle of the banquet, Zidi walked to a room on the second floor.

Today she is dressed up in a pink princess dress with a cute lace hem. On her feet are a pair of white pearl-like high heels, and on her arms are long gloves made of pink silk. Her hair is as curly as waves.

When she stood up, her amethyst-like eyes were covered by thick eyelashes, making her cute, noble, and a little charming.

Compared with when she first appeared, she now has a bright diamond necklace on her chest, a white jade and gold bracelet on each wrist, and a small and exquisite crystal crown on her head. These are all in

She opened the gifts given by the dignitaries at the dinner in front of her and put them on with joy, making both the host and the guests happy.

Downstairs in the ballroom, the excitement surrounding the rainbow cake continued.

"This is the most beautiful birthday party I have ever had." Zidi was in a happy mood and knocked on the door.

"Come in." A voice came from the room.

Zidi entered the room and saw a short, fat middle-aged man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a glass of wine in his hand, overlooking the garden at night. The moonlight shone through the window and shone on his face.

, revealing the oiliness on his face.

"Your Majesty the City Lord." Zidi was slightly surprised. She was here to keep an appointment, but she didn't expect to see the City Lord of Garden City.

"I think I might have gone to the wrong room." Zidi was about to leave.

"You are not wrong, my little beauty." The Lord of Garden City turned around and looked at Zidi with a smile, "The person you are dating is me."

"What?!" Zi Di's eyes widened and she looked at the middle-aged man in front of her in shock, who was older than her father.

"This is impossible!" Zidi shook her head, with no blood on her face, and backed away, "This joke is not funny."

The Lord of the Garden City looked at her with interest: "Of course this is not a joke. If you don't believe it, you can look up and look at the room number plate."

Zidi retreated to the door and looked up to see the door number. Panic and fear made her delicate body tremble slightly.

"No, no, this is not true..." Zi Di murmured, unable to believe the facts in front of her.

"Didn't your father say anything?" The Lord of Garden City felt strange.

Zidi was shocked physically and mentally. At this moment, she completely understood why her father had such a difficult and complicated expression when he talked to her before.

The girl was in a state of confusion.

"Oh... my little poor child." The Lord of Garden City slowly walked towards Zidi, "Look at how you look now, how like a delicate little flower swaying in the wind and rain. Don't worry, I am a person who cherishes flowers, and I will take good care of them.

Cherish yours."

"No, no!" Zidi suddenly woke up and backed away repeatedly, all of a sudden retreating into the corridor, shaking her head repeatedly, "It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this..."

The Lord of Garden City walked to the door, looking down at Zidi with compassion and ridicule, coldness and ridicule: "In fact, it should be like this."

"Do you know how big the Wisteria Chamber of Commerce is now? How many powerful people have penetrated into it?"

"Do you know that your father no longer controls the Chamber of Commerce?"

"You father and daughter have no status at all. You have low blood and humble status. Throughout your life, you can only be limited to the black iron level, but you control a huge amount of wealth. The Wisteria Chamber of Commerce... is second only to the six major

Under the Chamber of Commerce... a giant..."

"I have to admit." The Lord of Garden City shrugged, "Your father has excellent business talents. This is his luck, or maybe his misfortune. He does not have the qualifications and strength to control such a huge chamber of commerce."

"He also realized this, so he worked hard to build relationships and finally found me."

"At first I refused."

"But later, the chips your father offered impressed me."

"You also know that my brother is the Grand Duke of Maixiang. To take refuge in me is to take refuge in the living gods of the empire. Only in this way can your father keep the fruits of his hard work and save his and your lives."

"I will marry you and I will be your husband."

"So, come here."

The Lord of Garden City waved to Zidi: "Come close to me obediently, walk into this room, then close the door and throw yourself into my arms."

"I don't like taking the initiative the most."

"No, no..." Zi Di kept shaking her head. The cruel reality had a great impact on her. Her thoughts were confused and it was difficult to really think.

"I will not walk out of this door." The Lord of Garden City said proudly, "With my status, I will not make any move to pursue you. Young and naive Miss Zidi, you are just the addition to this deal, please

You must understand this."

"Of course, you are also the key. Without the marriage between you and me, other forces in the empire will not give up easily. This is one of the rules of the game called 'politics'."

"I can't marry you, Lord City Lord, I don't want to!" Zidi cried as tears flowed down her face.

The Lord of Garden City frowned and his tone became displeased: "Of course, you can completely reject me. In fact, I am not willing to sacrifice my wife's precious place for this deal. Letting you become my wife is a matter of course.

A major waste of political resources!”

"I don't care."

"If you can't make up your mind now, I can give you time to think about it."

"Now, you can go downstairs. I believe your father is already waiting for you at the corner of the stairs."

"You and your daughter will have a great conversation."

Zidi's face turned pale, she forgot to salute the Lord of Garden City, and staggered downstairs.

Sure enough, her father was standing at the corner of the stairs on the first floor.

"Zidi." The father's expression was very complicated.

"You lied to me!" Zidi shouted angrily at her father with tears in her eyes.

"I didn't lie to you, and I never wanted to lie to you! My daughter." The father quickly defended.

"You actually chose to sacrifice me for the Chamber of Commerce!?" Zidi asked, "Which one is more important, the Chamber of Commerce or me?"

"Of course it's you, you are my only relative, my precious daughter!" the father replied, then he covered his face with his hands and sobbed, "But I have no choice, I really have no choice."

"I really want to give up the Chamber of Commerce. I swear to you, I want to give up on it more than once!"

"But I can't."

"I am already riding a tiger. The Chamber of Commerce has been infiltrated by too many powerful people and is not under my control at all. As a founder, I have no way to retreat to the second line. They will not let go of a person with great influence like me. I

If I don’t choose to join one of the forces and take sides, I will be eaten by the sharks! By then, both our father and daughter will be dead!”
To be continued...