The next evening, Zhong Lingyu followed the Chen family and his daughter and was invited to the Jin family for a dinner.
She dressed low-key yet elegant and sophisticated.
She has a delicate and small face, pink and green, but her back has the charm of a mature woman.
As he walked, his waist swayed softly, exuding a faint floral fragrance.
In an instant, he attracted the eyes of countless men eager to move.
Chen Tinglan turned sideways and whispered next to Zhong Lingyu: "A lot of men are looking at you. Those looks are disgusting. Come on, let's go eat."
Zhong Lingyu responded absently.
She followed Chen Tinglan and huddled in the corner, eating cake in small bites.
But it was inevitable that a man would come over and strike up a conversation.
Zhong Lingyu dismissed them calmly.
After a while, almost all the guests arrived.
The banquet officially started.
Zhong Lingyu saw the person he expected.
Just like yesterday, Shen Huaizhou appeared in public with the girl holding hands.
Last time it was at a restaurant, this time it was at a banquet.
That girl must be Miss Jinxi, the daughter of the Jin family.
Chen Tinglan said last night that distinguished guests came to the Jin family, and Miss Jin Xi’s happy event is about to happen...
The distinguished guests probably refer to the Shen family father and son.
And a happy event is approaching, and it must be a happy event for Shen Huaizhou and Jin Xi.
Zhong Lingyu had already guessed it.
But she still came to the banquet in person to confirm.
She looked at Shen Huaizhou quietly across the crowd.
Shen Huaizhou was talking to Jin Shihong, and the people around him were flattering him.
Although Jin Shihong has not yet announced the news that Jin Xi and Shen Huaizhou are about to get engaged, everyone tacitly flatters them and praises their talent and appearance.
Jin Xi was very shy, her face was flushed, and she stared at Shen Huaizhou with love in her eyes.
Shen Huaizhou was about to dismiss it hypocritically, but when he raised his eyes, he was suddenly stunned.
Not far away, Zhong Lingyu stood low-key in the corner.
Her fair face was dyed with a faint blush, and her almond-shaped eyes reflected the luster of the crystal lamp, seeming to be lingering with water.
It made him willing to fall, but it made him even more heartbroken.
Zhong Lingyu's eyes only stayed on him for a second, and then looked away.
As if nothing happened, she tilted her head to talk to Chen Tinglan.
Then she left the scene and went to nowhere.
Shen Huaizhou was very anxious.
Click!
The goblet shattered in his hand.
The amber liquid flowed down the back of his hand and into the cuff.
Everyone was shocked.
Jin Xi exclaimed: "Huaizhou, you are not hurt!"
A smile appeared on Shen Huaizhou's lips, "It's okay, the glass is not very strong and I accidentally crushed it. I'm going to the bathroom."
"I'll take you upstairs to change." Jin Xi took his hand.
In an instant, Shen Huaizhou's eyes were filled with coldness, "No need!"
Jin Xi was shocked.
She looked at his expression carefully and asked in a low voice: "Are you unhappy?"
"No." Shen Huaizhou frowned slightly, "Excuse me."
Before Jin Xi could say anything, he walked through the crowd, looking for Zhong Lingyu everywhere.
In the Jin family, Shen Huaizhou was very cautious.
He pretended to be nonchalant, walking around to socialize, and finally met Zhong Lingyu near the bathroom.
The two met.
Shen Huaizhou casually stood in front of her, "Why are you here?"
Zhong Lingyu said calmly: "The Chen family received an invitation from the Jin family, and I followed Tinglan."
She took a few steps back, keeping a few meters away from Shen Huaizhou, "Congratulations, young commander!"
Shen Huaizhou's heart ached.
He subconsciously pulled her back, wanting to say something.
But from behind, Jin Xi's voice came, "Huaizhou?"
Shen Huaizhou retracted his arm.
"Huaizhou, where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long time." Jin Xi asked softly.
Shen Huaizhou said calmly: "I got lost looking for the bathroom. You go back first."
"Okay." Jin Xi was meek.
Then, her eyes fell on Zhong Lingyu.
Zhong Lingyu pretended to be passing by, called Miss Jin with a smile, and turned back to the hall.
Jin Xi didn't suspect anything and returned first.
Chen Tinglan, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Zhong Lingyu coming back and said, "As soon as you left, several men asked me about you. They are a bunch of lustful guys."
Just as he was talking, a man in a white suit with oily hair and pink face came over to chat with him with a goblet in his hand.
He was attentive to Zhong Lingyu and deliberately showed off.
Occasionally, he would lift the strands of hair between his forehead, and paired with his shiny black hair, it would be so oily that it could make a whole dish.
Chen Tinglan was so disgusted that he abandoned Zhong Lingyu and went to find Jin Shaotang to wash his eyes.
The greasy-haired man continued to flip his hair, "Ms. Zhong, my ancestors came from a scholarly family. My grandfather studied medicine and my father was a businessman. I have read poetry and books since I was a child. If I could use a poem to describe you, I would say you are extremely reserved. "Relying on the Beauty of the City" is the most suitable. Really, you are like a fairy..."
Zhong Lingyu's depressed mood improved slightly.
Naturally, I am not happy to be praised.
But this man sometimes flipped up his hair and flirted with her, looking very much like a pimp.
She speaks very softly.
It made her unable to help laughing.
When Shen Huaizhou returned, this was what he saw.
He was jealous, but it was hard to get angry in the Jin family's place.
In the middle of the banquet, Zhong Lingyu and Chen Tinglan sneaked away.
Therefore, Zhong Lingyu had no idea how miserable the greasy man would be after she left.
After the banquet, the oil-headed man was stopped in the car on the way, and then he was put in a sack and taken to the woods and beaten severely.
Zhong Lingyu returned to the hotel very early.
When Chen Tinglan was about to take a bath, Zhong Lingyu tilted his head and said, "Tinglan, I'm next to you and have booked a room. Can you sleep there?"
"Okay." Chen Tinglan responded readily.
Zhong Lingyu knew that Shen Huaizhou would definitely come to see her tonight.
They have a lot to say.
It's inconvenient that Chen Tinglan is here.
At about nine o'clock in the evening, Zhong Lingyu had just finished taking a shower and was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door outside.
She went to open the door, and not surprisingly, it was Shen Huaizhou.
Shen Huaizhou smelled faintly of alcohol.
Once he came in, he pushed her against the wall.
Tonight, seeing her smile at the man, he was extremely jealous.
But when she found out about him and Jin Xi, he panicked again.
The complicated emotions were intertwined, and Shen Huaizhou felt blocked in his heart.
He didn't know what to say, so he stared at her for a while, then slowly lowered his head to kiss her.
But he didn't capture her lips.
She turned her head away.
His lips touched her cheek.
Shen Huaizhou bent down, hugged her tightly, buried his face in her neck and nuzzled her.
Zhong Lingyu said expressionlessly: "Shen Huaizhou, you kept me in the dark and never confessed. I don't want to blame you. But please leave me some dignity. I don't want to be a mean woman who interferes in other people's marriages."
Shen Huaizhou's body trembled, and the arm around her waist tightened inch by inch.
As if afraid that she would be blown away by the wind.
