After leaving the dessert area, Lu Wanning said hello to some people she had interacted with before, and then along with Lu Huaize, prepared to give gifts to Mr. Song for his birthday.
"Ning Ning, no one bullied you just now, right?"
Lu Huaize was such a mature and steady person on weekdays, but when facing Lu Wanning, he looked a bit like an old woman.
Lu Wanning couldn't help but smile, but she had no intention of saying what happened just now: "No, no one can bully me."
"Yes, it's my concern that causes chaos." Lu Huaize breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense expression relaxed a little, "After all, the people on the company's board of directors have to admire you, so attending a banquet is nothing..."
Just as they were talking, they also arrived in front of Mr. Song.
Lu Huaize intended to let his sister show off, so today's birthday gift was introduced by Lu Wanning.
Lu Wan Ning was not shy and held up the calligraphy and painting that she had prepared long ago: "Grandpa Song, I heard that you like calligraphy and painting. After many efforts, we finally contacted Mr. Huang and asked him to draw a birthday picture specially for you. .”
"Okay, okay, you are interested." Grandpa Song nodded happily, but glanced at Lu Wanning and Lu Huaize, and hissed: "I remember that the girl from the Lu family and that boy Huai Mo are a couple, right?"
Song Yicheng was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "It is indeed..."
"Then why didn't you come with Huai Mo today?" Mr. Song looked confused.
Although Lu Wanning had heard similar questions many times recently, at this moment she could only explain patiently: "Grandpa Song, this is actually because..."
Lu Wan Ning was thinking about how to say the right thing when a cold voice came from behind her: "I'm sorry, Mr. Song, Wan Ning and I had a fight recently."
Gu Huaimo strode forward, and the guests gave way to him along the way, but he didn't look sideways, with a cold and arrogant expression.
Only when he walked next to Lu Wanning, his expression became slightly soothed, and then he said to Mr. Song, "I made you laugh."
Lu Wanning opened her mouth and could only swallow the words in her mouth.
If it were another situation, she would probably deny it righteously.
But this is Grandpa Song's birthday, and her children's private facts are really not worth mentioning.
Lu Wanning didn't want to ruin other people's mood because of her own affairs.
"You kid..." Mr. Song's impression of Lu Wan Ning still stayed a few years ago, and his words of comfort at this moment were naturally the same, "Wan Ning is such an obedient and sensible girl, I don't know how you made her angry."
"But you are still young, so it's normal to be noisy. When you get to my age, I feel that no matter what young people do, it is interesting."
Although Gu Huaimo looked calm, he did not refute. Instead, he lowered his eyes and said, "...it's my fault."
Lu Wanning couldn't help but glance at Gu Huaimo.
Is he really himself? Wasn't someone trying to trick Gu Huaimo?
Later, Lu Wanning finally couldn't listen to them talking about her and Gu Huaimo. While they were chatting, Lu Wanning said hello to Lu Huaize and decided to go elsewhere for some fresh air.
She didn't know at this time that there was someone who had been staring at her since she first came in.
…
In the Song family garden.
At this time, the sky had darkened, and there were only sparse lights in the garden, but it was not bright.
But such a quiet atmosphere made Lu Wanning feel relaxed.
She found a hanging rocking chair and simply sat on it, squinting her eyes and swaying slightly with her feet dangling in the air.
Later, she gradually felt that high heels were inconvenient, so she simply took off her shoes and put them aside.
Just when Lu Wanning felt that she was leaning on the rocking chair and falling asleep, a voice suddenly came from her ears:
"Sister, why are you sitting here alone?"
This timbre is somewhat similar to Gu Huaimo, but it sounds younger and softer than Gu Huaimo.
Lu Wanning almost thought she was hearing things in her dream, but when she opened her eyes in a haze and saw the man with a green smile in front of her, she finally shook her head and her mind became clearer.
"...Huh?" Lu Wanning looked at the person in front of her and felt that he seemed familiar.
But no matter how much she looked left and right, up and down, she still didn't recognize who he was.
She then looked at him coldly and distantly: "I probably don't know you."
Although the man in front of him, or rather the boy, does look childish, with clear eyes and a clean smile.
But she couldn't remember when she had a younger brother in his twenties.
However, the other party was not affected by her coldness at all. Instead, her smile became more bewitching: "But I know you."
Gu Qianjin said, but did not immediately explain when they met.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the high heels Lu Wanning put aside, and before Lu Wanning could stop him, he reached out and picked them up.
"Sister, the banquet will officially start soon. Let me put it on for you."
Gu Qianjin knelt down on one knee, half squatting in front of the hanging basket rocking chair.
Although his voice was clear and his eyes were seductive, Lu Wanning still wanted to say something at the moment.
You are a bit presumptuous, brother.
However, she was in the rocking chair just now, so her movements were not that convenient, and she didn't have time to stop Gu Qianjin's movements.
Seeing Gu Qianjin holding the high heels with one hand, as if he was really planning to put them on for her, Lu Wanning quickly said: "Don't move-"
As she said that, she jumped down from the rocking chair and simply stepped on the bluestone with her bare feet: "I can do it myself."
Gu Qianjin looked at her taut insteps and her toes, which were originally round and white but now stained with a little dust, seemed to feel a little regretful.
But he still stopped what he was doing obediently.
But when Lu Wanning bent over to lift the lace up, she always felt that there was a gaze watching her.
This made the movements in her hands speed up.
She sighed now, feeling that she would definitely not ask her eldest brother to win lottery tickets in the future, because her luck was somewhat compromised.
And just when Lu Wanning was about to return to the banquet hall, the male voice behind her stopped her again: "Sister."
"I forgot to introduce myself to you, my name is Gu Qianjin." He has a pair of upturned eyes. They should be fox eyes, but they are filled with clear streams. "Strictly speaking, Gu Huai Mo is my half-brother."
Lu Wanning immediately knew his identity.
She had always known that the Gu family had an illegitimate son. It was because of the discovery of his existence that the relationship between Gu's mother and Gu's father was completely broken.
Due to Gu's mother's resistance, Gu's father finally had to send Gu Qianjin abroad and promised not to let him return to China until he was twenty years old.
Today was the first time Lu Wanning met this rumored person.
She was somewhat surprised, maybe because he was too calm when he revealed his identity, or maybe it was the first time she discovered that a man could perfectly combine the two qualities of charm and innocence.
"...So you call me sister?" Lu Wanning wondered if he had stayed abroad for too long and was too unfamiliar with Chinese culture.
Although she didn't want Gu Qianjin to call her sister-in-law.
However, Gu Qianjin shook his head, his eyes deep, as if lost in memories: "Sister, we actually met nine years ago... in London."
Hearing this, Lu Wanning's breath froze.
