Uncle Feng drove, while Su Ping and Su Zhinan sat in the back seat.
Hearing his daughter sigh beside him, Su Zhinan felt a pang of sympathy.
My daughter had been holding her phone the whole time since she got on the bus, as if she was waiting for a message from someone.
"Pingping, don't be nervous. Just treat it like a normal banquet. This is just you meeting Yichen's relatives in advance as his girlfriend..."
While comforting her, Su Zhinan turned around and patted Su Ping's head.
Seeing the large "game over!" on her phone, Su Ping looked away from Su Zhinan and asked, "Dad, what did you just say?"
Su Zhinan also realized that the screen she had been staring at was actually playing a game.
His lips twitched slightly, and he awkwardly withdrew his hand, pretending nothing had happened.
He had thought his daughter was sighing because she was nervous about the upcoming banquet, but it turned out she was just upset because she lost a game.
Seeing Su Zhinan's reaction, Su Ping blinked. Could it be that she had just been so engrossed in playing the game that she was hallucinating?
Ever since Shen Jiayu helped her pass that level last night, she tried playing it herself a few times out of desperation, but she couldn't pass it even once.
In the end, I simply closed the app to avoid seeing or being bothered by it.
"Uncle Feng, how much longer until we arrive?"
Uncle Feng glanced at the distance and looked at the somewhat congested traffic ahead, and said, "It would only take ten minutes or so if there's no traffic, but with the traffic now, it will probably take about half an hour."
For some reason, the closer Su Ping got to that side, the more frequently her right eyelid twitched.
Could it be because I didn't get enough rest last night?
Just then, a WeChat notification sounded.
It was a message from Tu Hengchuan.
"When is a convenient day? Let's meet sometime to discuss the contract."
After hearing that Su Ping had accepted Tu Hengchuan's friend request, Sister Yu secretly leaned over to Tu Hengchuan the next day during a company gathering and asked him a question.
She had only intended to give it a try, but to her surprise, Su Ping actually agreed.
"How did it go? Did they reply to you?"
As Sister Yu's words rang in his ears, Tu Hengchuan felt inexplicably annoyed.
She hasn't sent a single message since she hung up her video call yesterday, and she didn't even reply to his message right away.
His phone vibrated, indicating that Su Ping had replied to his message.
The gloom on Tu Hengchuan's face vanished instantly, and a slight smile appeared on his lips as he opened the message sent by Su Ping.
Su Ping: [Brother Chuan, let's do it in a couple of days. It's my aunt's birthday today, and I'm a bit busy.]
Seeing that she took the initiative to explain to him, Tu Hengchuan snorted and his smile deepened.
A hint of resentment flashed in He Ruoruo's eyes as she stared at him from the opposite side.
Brother Chuan rarely smiles like this. Now he's staring at his phone screen and grinning like an idiot. Did he see a message from someone?
The seeds of jealousy quickly took root in her heart. Looking at his near-perfect face, her delicate makeup gradually became somewhat distorted.
She didn't want to wait any longer, and she couldn't wait any longer.
Even if Tu Hengchuan refuses to take responsibility after tonight, and her reputation is damaged, she still wants to take the gamble.
As soon as Su Ping got out of the car, she saw people holding cameras and waiting at the hotel entrance.
Su Ping raised an eyebrow. Could there be some celebrity here tonight?
"Pingping, let's hurry up and go up, we're the only ones left."
Seeing that Su Ping had slowed down, Su Zhinan quickly went over and put her hand in the crook of his arm as they walked up the steps.
The man, who was idly looking at his phone, subconsciously looked up when he heard the sound of high heels on the ground.
He didn't realize until he looked closer that the woman walking with the middle-aged man looked somewhat familiar.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he remembered that this was the woman who had recently been trending on social media with actor Tu Hengchuan!
And she appeared here, arm in arm with a middle-aged man...
Thinking of this, the man suppressed his excitement and glanced at his colleagues around him, only to find that they didn't react much and didn't even notice him.
He was overjoyed and didn't even dare to take out his camera. He quickly turned on his phone's camera, pointed it at Su Ping and Su Zhinan, and started recording a video.
In the video, Su Ping and Su Zhinan were chatting and laughing, and their faces were inadvertently revealed.
The man became even more excited. He had a feeling that this woman's identity was definitely not simple. If she was really dating actor Tu Hengchuan, then this news would be his exclusive scoop!
The banquet hall was on the eighteenth floor. After exiting the elevator, a waiter who was greeting guests at the door walked towards the two of them.
Su Zhinan showed him the invitation, and the waiter politely took it, glanced at it, and then gestured for the two of them to proceed.
As the soothing music played, Su Ping immediately spotted Xu Yichen, who was waiting anxiously at the door.
When Xu Yichen saw her, he looked at her as if she were his savior and quickly walked over to her.
"Xiaoping, you're finally here!"
Su Zhinan's expression turned somewhat unpleasant as he watched Xu Yichen, who was about to grab his daughter's arm despite the stares of those around them.
Although both families are going to announce their engagement tonight, this kid just inexplicably gets in his way.
The thought that his daughter, whom he had raised for so long, was about to be taken away by him made him increasingly dislike Xu Yichen.
"Uncle Su, I want to say a few words to Xiaoping."
Noticing that Su Zhinan had taken a step forward and blocked his way, Xu Yichen had no choice but to stop and said in a somewhat anxious tone.
But before Su Zhinan could speak, the voice of Xu Yichen's mother, Zhen Xiang, came from behind him.
Zhen Xiang wore a bright red long dress today, which accentuated her beautiful figure and suited her aura.
Several other people walked with her.
The middle-aged man with her now is undoubtedly Xu Yichen's father.
But whether it was Su Ping's imagination or not, she always felt that the two of them were just pretending to be together. Although they were husband and wife, they always maintained a distance between them.
It's like an insurmountable chasm.
"Pingping is here?"
As soon as Zhen Xiang saw Su Ping, she smiled happily and waved to her, signaling her to come over there.
Su Ping glanced at Xu Yichen, who looked like he wanted to say something but couldn't, and knew that something must have happened.
Standing next to Zhen Xiang was Xu Yichen's married aunt, who greeted Su Ping with a polite smile.
Everyone knows what will happen tonight, and they are just here to be witnesses to this event.
They didn't have much of an impression of Su Ping, only vaguely hearing that Su's daughter was pursuing her nephew very closely.
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