The girls looked at each other in bewilderment at this. In their opinion, Zheng Dandan's encounter with Song Shiyun was undoubtedly a futile attempt.

"Those pastries over there look really exquisite, let's go try some together?"

"Waiter, give me a glass of red wine."

The girls gathered around Zheng Dandan left one after another for various reasons. Zheng Dandan refused to listen, but they didn't want to cause trouble.

They met by chance and were just acquaintances, and they thought they had done well enough.

"Dandan, don't blame them. They are just afraid of the unscrupulous Shen Shifeng." Xue Hong looked at her scattered friends and said with embarrassment, her eyes full of pleading.

"Why should I blame them?" Zheng Dandan said with a smile, without a trace of concern in her eyes.

She understood the requests of Qin Shiyu and others, and was grateful for their kindness.

"Dandan, why don't you listen to their advice?" Xue Hong looked at Zheng Dandan in confusion. She didn't understand. "Don't you Chinese say that if you take a step back, the sky will be clear..."

"Do you think that given Song Shiyun's temper, if I take a step back, things will really get better?" Zheng Dandan asked instead of answering.

"..." Xue Hong pursed her lips. She couldn't promise anything. "At least don't argue with her. Let her vent her anger for a while, and maybe she won't bother you anymore."

"That's called cowardice," Zheng Dandan deadpanned. "With Song Shiyun's personality, the more you tolerate her, the more she'll become aggressive. If you want revenge, go ahead. This is a good opportunity to let her know that this is China, not a place for her to do as she pleases!"

Xue Hong looked at Zheng Dandan, hesitant to speak. After a while, she said, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me. I will do my best to help you."

"Thank you." Zheng Dandan smiled and said politely.

"You're welcome. I'll go talk to them and make an appointment to meet in the countryside some other day?" Xue Hong politely asked Zheng Dandan for her opinion.

"Yeah." Zheng Dandan nodded in agreement.

Looking at the people at the party gathered in groups of three or four, chatting happily and lively, she ordered a glass of red wine.

I feel like I don't fit in.

"Why are you alone?"

Cheng Huadong finally escaped from his friends' questioning and probing. He looked at Zheng Dandan tasting wine alone, feeling lonely, and couldn't help feeling distressed.

"Did they exclude you?"

"No." Zheng Dandan shook her head, denying Cheng Huadong's guess. "We just chatted for a while, but I was a little tired and wanted to have some quiet time, so I didn't continue."

"Really?" Cheng Huadong was worried that Zheng Dandan was comforting him.

"Why would I lie to you? Xue Hong, Qin Shiyu, Dai Xiaoman, Liu Lele... You should be familiar with the names of your guests, right?" Zheng Dandan looked at Cheng Huadong with a smile.

When Cheng Huadong heard these names, most of his worries disappeared instantly.

"I just didn't expect you to be lazy. They all represent high-quality connections and will be very useful to you." Cheng Huadong reminded. He was very clear about Zheng Dandan's ambitions.

"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Don't be impatient." Zheng Dandan slowly smiled, her eyes calm.

How can we truly become friends when our status is unequal? ​​Let's talk about making friends when we are on equal footing.

Although not pure, the relationship is at least healthy.

Zheng Dandan doesn't want to compromise herself and try to please others. She also doesn't want others to become friends with her out of sympathy for her poverty alleviation efforts.

Cheng Huadong admired Zheng Dandan's confident expression. Listening to the soothing music at the party, he extended his hand and invited her, "Would you like to dance together?"

"I hope I don't step on your shoes." Zheng Dandan agreed happily.

The dance between Cheng Huadong and Zheng Dandan quickly attracted the attention of everyone present, not because their dance was so amazing, but because the male lead was Cheng Huadong!

Cheng Huadong, who has never been interested in women, actually hugged a woman and danced with her. This scene was enough to shock people in the circle.

"I was wondering how a country girl like her could dare to confront Song Shiyun. Turns out she had Cheng Huadong protecting her."

Although the Cheng family wasn't a top-tier family, they were undoubtedly a leader in their industry, and Cheng Huadong himself was a prominent figure among the second generation.

"Didn't she say it was a misunderstanding?"

"Who knows? Do you believe what she says?" someone said disdainfully. Not all the people gathered together just now were sincere.

"Shall we go to the countryside?"

"Go, why not? Since she's related to Cheng Huadong, let's build a good relationship with her. Maybe it will come in handy one day. But be careful, she's so arrogant and has offended Song Shiyun. If Song Shiyun finds out we're close to her, she'll go crazy with us again."

"Isn't it a bad idea for us to do this?"

"What's wrong with it? If you want to blame someone, you can only blame her for being too naive." Liu Lele had a sarcastic smile on her face. They moved closer simply because they didn't believe that Zheng Dandan was really just a country girl.

Being able to attend this party, arguing with Song Shiyun repeatedly, and Cheng Huadong defending her, all these things show that she is not simple and must be hiding a secret.

But no one expected that the answer was Cheng Huadong’s little lover.

Zheng Dandan was indeed innocent for once. She had no idea that most of the people approaching her were just acting. How could the second generation of capitalists be so kind?

Unfortunately, I had simple social interactions in my previous life and rarely interact with wealthy people in this life, so I was really deceived for a while.

But she couldn't think so much now. She and Cheng Huadong were in close contact and could see each other's handsome face when she looked up.

The place where the big hand held her waist continued to heat up, and the hand clinging to Cheng Huadong's arm also felt faintly hot. Faintly, she could feel the cool breath of Cheng Huadong's body, and her heartbeat accelerated.

Bang, bang, bang—

After the dance, Zheng Dandan's face was almost red to the back of her ears.

At this moment, she suddenly realized very clearly that she fell in love with the man in front of her.

"Shh—" someone whistled, "Why is your face red, little girl?"

“Hahaha, dance with Huadong.

"She's tired of dancing." Cheng Huadong saw through it but didn't say anything. He gentlemanly made an excuse to help Zheng Dandan out. "Go sit down and rest?"

"Yeah." Zheng Dandan nodded obediently.

The two had just found a place to sit down when suddenly, the door of the party was opened.

Song Shiyun and Shen Shifeng appeared in front of everyone with red and swollen eyes and ashen faces.

"You're here." Cheng Huadong greeted calmly, "Please sit down."

"Please, please, Cheng Huadong, is this what you promised Uncle Song to do, to take care of Shiyun?" Shen Shifeng pointed at Song Shiyun's red and swollen eyes and asked angrily.

"For Uncle Song's sake, I agreed to take care of her. I invited everyone to parties, and there was never a shortage of food and drink. Why, is it still not enough?" Cheng Huadong looked at Shen Shifeng and asked calmly.

Shen Shifeng got angry when he saw Cheng Huadong's expression, "Do you think she needs you?