Mrs. Li looked a little embarrassed. Of course she knew that he must have seen something and heard something just now.
"Hmm...Okay, there's no need to be so polite. I'm not a guest."
"You still have to have the proper etiquette."
Huo Shaoting said in an understatement.
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Okay." Then she turned to Qiqi and said, "Then I'll go downstairs first."
Qiqi stood there and tried her best to keep her expression normal. She nodded and said, "Yes, okay auntie."
Mrs. Li walked out of the room. Qiqi was still standing in the room without moving. After Mrs. Li walked to the door, she said to Huo Shaoting: "Then Shao Ting, let's go down together."
"Well, you go first."
Mrs. Li looked away from his face with a somewhat stiff expression, and walked out of the corridor.
Huo Shaoting was still at the door. He glanced at the people in the room, frowned twice subconsciously, and then left from the door.
Qiqi's whole body seemed to be paralyzed. After Huo Shaoting left, she sat on the bed with a look of weakness on her face.
Qiqi didn't know when Mrs. Li left. When she got downstairs, Mrs. Li was no longer there. She only saw Huo Shaoting still sitting at the dining table downstairs.
After Qiqi arrived in front of him, her expression still couldn't be responded to naturally, but she said hello and sat down at the dining table to have breakfast.
She seemed normal, but how could Huo Shaoting not notice the red corners of her eyes.
As she ate the food that had gone cold.
Huo Shaoting told the servant: "Take the food on the table and heat it up."
The servant removed the food from the table and brought over a batch of hot food.
Qiqi only lowered her head to eat and never raised her face again.
At this time, someone else came in from outside the gate. It was a servant from the Huo family. He came to Qiqi with something in his hand and said: "Little madam, the old lady has sent you some jewelry. You can wear these jewelry on the day of the Huo family’s banquet.”
Qiqi said hoarsely: "Okay, thank you grandma."
Huo Shaoting said to the Huo family's servant: "Take it to the room."
The servant answered.
After the servant left, Huo Shaoting sat there and ate his breakfast elegantly.
Qiqi was depressed in the days before the banquet. She turned off her cell phone and didn't receive any more calls. The Huo family paid special attention to this banquet and kept sending things to Tan Palace.
On the morning of the banquet, Qiqi was taken to put on makeup by the makeup artist early in the morning. She was in a daze and sat in front of the mirror, looking like she had not regained consciousness.
Some time ago, she was still a college student, but now she was sitting in front of the mirror, being dressed up grandly and becoming a bride.
She only felt that all this was quite illusory and unreal, but it also seemed familiar, because when she was fifteen years old, she stood behind her sister and saw everything similar to this.
Just when she was looking at herself in the mirror, in a daze, she even felt that her face was about to overlap with that of her sister.
Suddenly a person appeared behind her. At that moment, all the illusions in front of Qiqi's eyes seemed to be shattered by someone, and she suddenly woke up.
The man who appeared in her mirror, standing behind her, wearing a black tuxedo, was none other than Huo Shaoting, the man who once appeared when she was fifteen, standing side by side with her sister.
But this time, he stood behind her. His face was full of coldness and seriousness, without the gentle smile she saw when she was fifteen years old.
Qiqi instantly sat up straight to make herself appear more energetic and less decadent.
The maid and makeup artist were both in the room. When they saw the visitor, they all said hello: "Mr. Huo."
After hearing their greetings, Huo Shaoting only responded quietly, and then approached Qiqi.
Since the last time the two had a conflict, Qiqi rarely took the initiative to talk to him, but today she still called him: "Brother Shao Ting."
Huo Shaoting stopped at the place closest to her, looked at her in the mirror and asked, "How long will it take?"
Qiqi didn't know whether he was asking about the makeup artist or her. When the makeup artist didn't answer, she replied: "It's just started, it should take more than an hour."
Huo Shaoting looked at her again.
Although the makeup artist had only done the makeup for a while, Qiqi was really beautiful today, sitting there like a flower, beautiful and fresh.
I don't know if the lighting in this room was a little gentle, but Qiqi felt that his serious and cold face was also a little softer, although of course the emotions in his eyes were still bottomless.
"Do you want your hair to be pulled up?"
Qiqi nodded: "Well, it should be."
Huo Shaoting glanced at her in the mirror again. After looking at her for a long time, he said to the makeup artist: "You don't need to put on too much makeup, just be natural."
The makeup artist replied: "Okay, Mr. Huo."
Qiqi asked: "Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"
She was really immature in this regard and didn't understand anything. Although it was just a banquet, it was a banquet for the Huo family after all, and the scene was definitely huge, and she was afraid that she would make a fool of herself.
"No, you just need to stay with me and treat me as normal."
He looked down at her and warned her lightly.
Qiqi nodded: "Okay."
The servant who had been at Tan Palace before came in with a breakfast. She looked at Qiqi with something strange. She never thought that Miss Qiqi's identity would be From a guest to the owner of Tan Palace.
She thought Mr. Huo... just regarded her as a sister.
The servant brought the dumplings to Qiqi: "You...eat two."
Qiqi looked at the servant a little unnaturally. When she went to get the bowl, she glanced at Huo Shaoting. Huo Shaoting had a very natural expression and only said: "Eat one or two to fill your stomach, otherwise It will take a long time to eat after that.”
Qiqi took a spoon and ate a few dumplings.
The makeup artist opened the jewelry box and looked at the jewelry inside. He found that they were all very classical jewelry. Knowing that they were valuable, they did not care about using them randomly, so he asked: "There are several types of hairpins here. Which style do you use?"
Qiqi took a look and found that it was Mrs. Huo's jewelry box. She was a little embarrassed, not knowing which one to use.
Huo Shaoting glanced at the box and said to the makeup artist: "The white jade hosta one."
He chose the freshest and most elegant one, which was also suitable for Qiqi's age.
The rest of the shades are either too old or the styles are too old.
After hearing this, the makeup artist immediately took out the orchid-shaped white hosta.
Huo Shaoting stayed behind her for a while and saw that the hairpin was inserted into her black and smooth hair. It was really beautiful, and then he left from behind her.
When Huo Shaoting walked outside, he asked the secretary at the door: "Who are the people coming to the Xu family this afternoon?"
The secretary replied to him: "Xu Yunhe will come."
