Chapter 56 But Zhou Mubai’s eyes were still glued to Gu Manman and he couldn’t pull them away
The class reunion on the eve of the wedding was scheduled at a high-end restaurant by the sea.
The box is very large, and outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is the sparkling sea view and the bright lights on the opposite bank.
When Gu Manman and Su Yu arrived, there were already quite a few people sitting inside, all familiar yet somewhat blurry faces.
After graduating from college, we all went our separate ways and many of us haven’t seen each other for a long time.
The atmosphere in the box was lively, with noisy conversations and the sounds of clinking glasses mixed together.
Everyone warmly invited them to take a seat.
The man in the main seat was wearing a light grey cashmere sweater with his sleeves slightly rolled up. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. His eyes behind the lenses were deep and gentle. He was smiling as he listened to the person next to him. He was sitting in a relaxed position, but he had a calm and elegant demeanor.
Gu Manman's heart skipped a beat, and her fingers holding the bag strap subconsciously tightened. Her eyes wandered for a moment, then quickly looked away.
She pulled Su Yu to sit down away from the main seat.
"Hey, Manman, Su Yu, you're finally here!" A female classmate in a bright red dress came over with a wine glass, looked Gu Manman up and down, and her eyes stayed on her plain dress for a few seconds.
The red-skirted girl said in an exaggerated tone, with a hint of sourness, "But then again, why doesn't our former school beauty seem to be doing anything? Why didn't she bring her boyfriend here today? This... isn't a good situation, is it?"
As soon as these words were spoken, several eyes at the table turned to Gu Manman, with various implications.
Another girl next to them immediately started to make fun of him: "That's right, Manman, with your conditions, you must find someone more impressive than Li Wei's husband, right? Are you hiding something?"
"Tell me quickly, what's going on? Is your boyfriend handsome? Come on, confess and I'll give you a fair shake!"
Several people surrounded her, laughing and joking.
Gu Manman curled her lips and said, "I'm single. I'll let you know if there's good news."
Su Yu couldn't listen any longer, and retorted with a fake smile: "Hey, Zhang Li, you said that as if it's shameful not to have a boyfriend."
"Manman is now a best-selling author. Her career is booming. She is busy. She is not like some people who have nothing to do except caring about other people's gossip."
Zhang Li, who was wearing a red dress, choked and looked a little unhappy, but due to the occasion, she could only smile awkwardly: "I am just caring about my old classmates."
"You don't need to be so 'concerned'." Su Yu said bluntly.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
At this moment, the man with glasses who had been sitting quietly in the main seat seemed to notice the movement here and glanced over indifferently.
His gaze stayed on Gu Manman's face for a moment, then fell on Su Yu, and a gentle yet distant smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Su Yu, you are still so sharp-tongued."
The voice was clear, with a familiar warmth.
When Su Yu saw him, her expression became more restrained and she curled her lips: "Senior Zhou, thank you for the compliment."
Gu Manman picked up the juice in front of her, lowered her head and took a sip, trying to hide the emotion that flashed across her eyes.
Zhou Mubai.
I didn't expect to meet you here again.
Zhou Mubai looked away and rejoined the conversation of the people next to him, as if it was just a casual glance.
But Gu Manman could feel that the seemingly unintentional gaze would still float over to her, intermittently.
The door was pushed open again.
This time it was a woman who came in.
As soon as she appeared, the box became quiet instantly, and almost everyone's attention was drawn to her.
The woman was wearing a sexy suspender dress, her long curly hair, delicate makeup, and a decent smile on her face.
Several students couldn't help but cry out.
"It's Lin Xiao!"
"Oh my god, she's here too?"
The woman greeted everyone with a smile, her voice soft and pleasant. She chatted with a few acquaintances in a familiar manner, and her every move revealed the demeanor of a big star.
Su Yu leaned close to Gu Manman's ear and lowered her voice, with a hint of mischief in her tone: "A heavyweight guest has arrived. This one, Lin Xiao, had a scandal with Feng Mingzhou, and it was quite a big deal. She's a frequent headline in gossip tabloids."
Gu Manman's gaze fell over following Su Yu's gesture.
Lin Xiao stood there, with his own spotlight, instantly attracting most of the attention in the box.
Gu Manman looked at her for a moment. If it were herself three years ago, she would probably feel heartbroken when seeing the woman whose name was entangled with Feng Mingzhou's.
But now, my heart is very calm, without too many waves.
She retracted her gaze and turned to look at Su Yu. Meeting her friend's inquiring eyes, the corners of her mouth curved up.
"Yeah, it's pretty."
It’s really not easy to make it in the entertainment industry.
Most of my classmates either changed their careers or did inconspicuous behind-the-scenes work in various crews.
Among their class, there are only a handful of them who have truly stepped onto the stage after graduation and become as famous as Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was quickly surrounded by the crowd and placed on the other side of Zhou Mubai.
Zhou Mubai also greeted her politely, with that gentle and polite smile still on his face, no other emotions visible.
He picked up the wine glass and glanced in the direction of Gu Manman again, watching her and the people next to her laughing wildly.
Lin Xiao held the champagne, but his eyes looked at Zhou Mubai uncontrollably.
He was facing sideways to her, talking in a low voice with the person next to him, with a gentle smile on his lips, but his eyes always inadvertently and briefly swept across to the opposite side - the direction where Gu Manman was sitting.
Others might not understand that look, but Lin Xiao was too familiar with it.
She felt like something was blocking her heart, making her feel suffocated and uneasy.
She heard that he would also return to China to attend the party, so in order to catch up with the party, she asked for leave from the crew, turned down an important filming, and flew over overnight.
Since college, Zhou Mubai has been the white moonlight in her heart, someone who is out of reach.
He always looks gentle and aloof, except when it comes to Gu Manman.
Now, after many years, the look in his eyes when he looked at Gu Manman was still the same.
Lin Xiao leaned close to Zhou Mubai's ear and said, "What's wrong, Director Zhou? Your eyes are almost on me, and you still can't forget your old lover?"
Zhou Mubai heard this and turned to look at her: "This has nothing to do with you."
The smile on Lin Xiao's face froze.
He was always like this. With just a few words, he could block all her deliberateness and approaches.
A feeling of bitterness and unwillingness surged in my heart.
Gu Manman is just like this. When she was in college, she pretended to be as calm as a chrysanthemum and seemed not to fight for anything. However, all good things happened to her and she easily became the focus of the crowd.
Now... Lin Xiao's eyes swept over Gu Manman's plain-looking dress, which was out of tune with the carefully dressed female classmates around her. The imbalance in his heart was strangely relieved a lot. She was finally not the arrogant person she was back then.
But Zhou Mubai's eyes were still glued to Gu Manman and couldn't be pulled away!
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