Lu Ran kept staring at that direction, feeling uneasy and conflicted, as if a knot had been tied in her heart.

Her white pearl handbag was a gift from her sister, but what about Pei Nian?

Why should she use the same things as her?!

Lu Ran bit her lip tightly, stuffed the bag in her hand under a table, and then covered it with a tablecloth.

"Ranran?" Huo Junyang handed her a glass of champagne. Seeing her absent-minded look, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Lu Ran shook her head slightly, her expression not good.

"I'll take you to see my mom," Huo Junyang said with a grin. "My mom's been saying she misses you! Perfect timing, you're wearing the ring today too, let's go show it to her!"

Lu Ran was stunned for a moment, and the instant Huo Junyang grabbed her hand, she suddenly pulled it away.

The "Golden Match" pendant on my finger was a bit too big and almost fell off and onto the ground.

"Ranran, what's wrong with you?" Huo Junyang carefully observed her expression.

"It's nothing." Lu Ran took a deep breath. "I saw Pei Nian."

"Oh." Huo Junyang tried his best to cheer her up, putting his arm around her. "It's okay, if you don't want to talk to her, we'll just ignore her! But after all, she was brought by Brother Nan, so for the sake of our brotherhood, I have to give Brother Nan some face... Besides, today is my mother's birthday, I don't want to..."

"What are you thinking!" Lu Ran turned to him, chuckling lightly. "Did I say I was going to cause her trouble?"

Huo Junyang was puzzled and stared at her blankly.

“Junyang, I’m not that petty,” Lu Ran said softly. “If she really ends up with Brother Nan, we’ll all be family. We’ll run into each other all the time, so I don’t want to make things too awkward with her.”

"Ranran!" Huo Junyang exclaimed with a mixture of surprise and joy, "You...you've really come to your senses?"

Lu Ran looked at him, and there was always a complex look in her eyes that he couldn't understand.

“I don’t understand,” she said softly, “but for you, I’m willing to try.”

Huo Junyang's lips moved, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

He held her tightly in his arms, her delicate fragrance lingering in his nostrils. In a daze, he felt as if the simple, introverted, and slightly naive Lu Ran from before had returned.

*

Huo Junyang led Lu Ran to greet Huo Jingnan and Pei Nian, and everyone was slightly surprised.

But after they explained their purpose, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Huo Junyu and Jiang Mianmian were not entirely convinced, thinking back to the past, Lu Ran was truly an upright and kind girl. Her current change was probably just a return to her true nature.

After chatting for a while, Huo Junyu and Jiang Mianmian went to entertain the guests elsewhere, and Lu Ran said she wanted to go to the restroom.

Since it was inconvenient for the two grown men to go with her, she turned her gaze to Pei Nian.

"Could you please come with me?"

Pei Nian was stunned for a moment.

It seemed like it had been a long time since she had seen Lu Ran with such a gentle expression.

She wanted to refuse.

I was thinking, "You're such a grown-up, can't you even go to the bathroom by yourself?"

However, she held back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

She was, after all, Jiang Mianmian's cousin.

Pei Nian paused, then nodded slightly. However, in the instant her eyes met Lu Ran's, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a cold glint in her eyes...

After coming out of the restroom, she walked back to Huo Jingnan's side. At this time, Huo Junyang also took Lu Ran to play elsewhere.

Seeing that her complexion was not quite right, Huo Jingnan asked considerately, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Pei Nian forced a smile, "There are probably too many people, I do have a bit of a headache."

"Let's say goodbye to your uncle and aunt and leave early!" Huo Jingnan patted her head. "You must not have eaten enough, I'll take you to eat beef noodles!"

Pei Nian nodded with a smile.

However, at that moment, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd.

My ring is missing!

Lu Ran cried out in a panic, "Jun Yang, what do we do? My ring is gone..."

Huo Junyang was also anxious, "Weren't you wearing it just now?"

"Yes! It went to the restroom and then disappeared! I remember putting it in my bag..."

"And where's your bag?"

Lu Ran's hands were empty; she had nothing.

Pei Nian's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously reached into her bag.

Sure enough, I felt something hard inside, like a ring...

Pei Nian suddenly realized!

In the restroom, Lu Ran stared at her bag for a long time before asking her sarcastically, "Did your sister give you this too?"

Pei Nian didn't answer at the time, nor did she pay attention to the word "also".

At this moment, she realized that Lu Ran probably hadn't seen Bai Zhijin give her the bag, so she assumed that the bag was a gift from Jiang Mianmian.

then……

Did Lu Ran come up with this trick to frame her as a purse thief who also stole the Huo family's heirloom ring?