There are still 2 hours until the party starts
Before Ning Qian had time to appreciate her current appearance, she turned around and looked at Sheng Yuanhan after hearing this.
The door of the dressing room was half open, and in the room, she was the first to look into Sheng Yuanhan's eyes.
She quickly caught a glimmer in his eyes.
This dress suits her very well.
Ning Qian lowered her eyes and looked at the dress. It was a strapless, slim-fitting, palace-style dress with double petals. The fabric was delicate and silky, and the layers of gold thread on it were all hand-sewn. It was like a precious and rare work of art, which made people love it.
When she looked up again, the surprise in his eyes was gone.
Sheng Yuanhan said calmly, "The banquet will start in two hours. It's getting late. Let's go."
"good."
Ning Qian nodded and looked back at the mirror before going out. She saw the woman in the mirror was exquisite and noble, with a pair of clear and bright deer eyes. Her every frown and smile made her look like an elf who had strayed into the mortal world.
The corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. As expected, clothes make the man, and this banquet should not embarrass Sheng Yuanhan.
At this moment, she secretly wondered in her heart whether Sheng Yuanhan was attracted by her face and decided to become a contract couple with her.
The distance from the villa gate to the courtyard gate is about fifty meters, with a large red carpet in the middle, and two makeup artists behind her helping her hold up the hem of her skirt.
Sheng Yuanhan was dressed in a straight, high-end black suit, looking cool and noble, and he was out of tune with the ordinary people in the crowd.
Ning Qian couldn't help but take a breath. Does such beauty really exist?
Some bold maids secretly stared at his back, their eyes unable to hide their admiration. But when they saw Ning Qian's fair and beautiful figure, and the two of them looked like a perfect match, their eyes revealed jealousy.
The most resentful among them was Wei Yingying. She suspected that Ning Qian had taken advantage of the medicine she had given her last time.
Everyone said that the two were a couple, but based on her observation, Sheng Yuanhan was not very enthusiastic towards Ning Qian, and their actions did not give people a feeling of intimacy.
Therefore, she suspected that the two were just a family marriage based on equal status and had no emotional foundation.
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. Why was she not the one staying by Mr. Sheng's side?
*
An elegant and magnificent castle manor located in Dongcheng District is decorated in an especially grand manner today.
Ribbons crisscrossed the sky in the park, balloons rose slowly, red carpets covered the grassy paths, and flowers surrounded them, making it solemn yet playful. Exquisite porcelain and fine wines filled half of the area. The piano and violin played music at the same time, and the songs were long and melodious. Some people in the crowd couldn't help but nod their heads to the music. At the same time, dozens of servants were carrying champagne and snacks, shuttling back and forth among the crowd.
In this cheerful atmosphere, Qin Beichen was frowning. He hadn't contacted Yu Jiangnan for the whole day.
Yesterday at noon, Yu Jiangnan was in a tantrum for some reason and insisted that he and Ning Qian were still connected and entangled.
Later, when he wasn't paying attention, he pulled out the needle and escaped from his villa.
He was furious, thinking that she had gone to find Lu Ting without telling him!
He was so disheartened that he smashed everything that could be smashed in the villa.
Her favorite ceramic collection, expensive clothes, dressing table, dolls, etc. were all smashed together, making a mess on the floor.
He half-knelt on the ground, veins popping out on his neck, and he screamed angrily!
Since you like me, why do you still have such an intimate relationship with Lu Ting? Is this your punishment for me?!
He couldn't figure out how he had done anything wrong to Yu Jiangnan and why she tortured him like this.
He just wants pure love, is it that difficult?
Since she doesn't care about me and wants to throw herself into the arms of another man, I will no longer give her this ridiculous sincerity.
If she can't give me the love, can no one else give it to me?
At this moment, he thought of the girl who had been secretly in love with him during college.
She is timid and shy, sincere and kind, and her heart and eyes are full of herself. Isn't this the love that she has been pursuing all her life?
Thinking of this, he calmed down, took out his cell phone with trembling hands, and dialed Ning Qian's number.
He held his breath and waited quietly for the call to be connected. He wanted to hear Ning Qian's sweet voice and clear laughter so much. He would never be rude to her like before and treat her love like a piece of trash. He would show her his sincere heart and make her believe that he would give her happiness.
As the call was made, a cold female voice came: [Sorry, the number you dialed is busy, sorry...]
Qin Beichen's smile gradually froze on his face. He called twice more without giving up, but got the same result each time.
She's still blocking herself...
It seems that she is still angry with me and wants me to coax her.
But how could such a proud person like him personally apologize to her? Besides, he hadn't done anything to hurt her!
All along, Ning Qian was jealous and throwing tantrums, trying to get my attention. I was already being generous by not arguing with her.
It seems that women still cannot be spoiled.
Qin Beichen thought of Yu Jiangnan again at this time, and his heart ached. Although he had to give up Yu Jiangnan and turn to another person who loved him, Ning Qian, they had known each other for a year and their feelings were very deep.
This year, they got to know each other and gradually grew closer to each other's hearts. They thought things would be on the right track, but in the end, things went against their wishes.
He looked conflicted. Was it really impossible for their relationship to continue?
After hesitating for a moment, he dialed Lu Ting's number.
When he heard Lu Ting's voice, he was once again filled with rage. "Jiang Nan came to you again? Lu Ting, I finally see through you. You are a complete villain. You even dare to covet your brother's woman!"
"If I hadn't thought about our friendship over the years, I would have kicked the accelerator and sent you away!"
Lu Ting's face turned pale and blue when he heard this. He knew that he couldn't make a move on his brother's woman, but Yu Jiangnan was such a beautiful woman, gentle, kind and considerate. She had all the hallmarks of praising a woman. Her pure charm always bewitched his heart.
"I know you are angry, but no one can force feelings." Lu Ting said in a deep voice.
"Lu Ting, you bastard, you're so cruel! How dare you say such things to me!"
Qin Beichen waved his hands angrily. Seeing that there was nothing else to smash, he kicked the coffee table and sent it crashing straight into the wall. With a "bang", the glass table top shattered.
Lu Ting noticed that he was very excited, and his eyes flashed, "Calm down!"
Is he going too far by doing this as a brother?
"How can I stay calm? Jiang Nan came to see you again. Are you very proud? Don't forget that five years ago, when your Lu family was doing poorly, it was because of my flattery that my father was willing to inject funds into you and revive your Lu family!"
The anger in Qin Beichen's eyes grew stronger. He had originally disdained to mention this matter, but Lu Ting's behavior was too shameful to him.
Lu Ting's face paled at the news. Back then, the Lu family's signature jewelry designs had been stolen, and overnight, the streets were flooded with counterfeits. To make matters worse, a competitor's claim of excessive heavy metal content in their gemstones led to hundreds of thousands of customer returns. This incident became a major uproar, pushing Lu's company to the brink of bankruptcy. Just in the nick of time, a mysterious individual invested 5 billion yuan, orchestrated media evidence to clear Lu's name, and sent the accuser, Ge Guang, chairman of Ge's Jewelry, to prison. Finally, this thrilling business war came to an end.
This mysterious person later became the largest shareholder behind Lu Jewelry.
And because this mysterious man entrusted his capable subordinates to do the work, they were unable to find any trace of the mysterious man.
"Are you telling the truth?" he asked in a trembling voice.
If this is true, then he owes the Qin family a huge favor.
Qin Beichen's rage intensified when he heard his questioning. "You are so shameless! Just think of me as being blind and letting my dad help a villain like you."
"Don't be impulsive. It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that the amount is too huge..."
It's not like he can attract such a huge investment just by saying a few nice words.
However, it is also possible that the Qin family has extensive connections and recommends the Lu family to other investors.
Qin Beichen couldn't listen for another second and just thought it was a story about a farmer and a snake.
"Don't say anything more. Before I hypocritically wish you a long-lasting relationship, let me call her one last time!" Qin Beichen took a deep breath and tried his best to control his emotional breakdown.
"What?" Lu Ting had been being reprimanded by Qin Beichen since he answered the phone, so much so that he was suffering from psychological torture and failed to grasp the real purpose of Qin Beichen looking for him in time.
"Why are you still pretending? I told you to ask Yu Jiangnan to answer the phone, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and ask her to come over and tell me clearly, has she never loved me?" Qin Beichen became more and more angry, his eyes bloodshot, and he shouted hysterically: "Hurry up and ask her to answer the phone, you bastard, Yu Jiangnan, I know you are next to me, are you still pretending not to hear? Are you relieved to see me suffering like this? Yu Jiangnan, say something, say something!!"
"Ah!! Why are you doing this to me!?"
There was another "bang" sound, and Qin Beichen's fist hit the wall hard. The white wall dust floated down, and then a trace of blood flowed down from his joints, contrasting with the snow-white wall, the violent and bloody color was shocking.
Lu Ting sighed twice, "She's not with me."
Qin Beichen's screaming stopped abruptly, and he asked doubtfully, "It's not with you?"
"Yes, she hasn't contacted me in the past two days. I thought she was recovering at your place."
After receiving Lu Ting's definite answer, Qin Beichen's face showed obvious embarrassment.
The next second, his face darkened again. He suspected that Lu Ting had not explained anything and was concentrating on watching his joke from the side.
"Well done, Lu Ting. This is all we brothers can do. If we meet again, we will just be enemies."
After saying those harsh words, Qin Beichen hung up the phone very quickly, as if he would lose face if he spoke for another second.
After hanging up the phone, he fell into confusion again. If she didn't go to find Lu Ting, who else could she go to?
At this time, he received another call from his secretary.
"How's it going? Any news about Miss Yu?"
"Boss Qin, I checked Miss Yu's residence, and there's no sign of her returning."
"Have you found out where she is now?"
"Not yet. We are still searching in the area west of here." The secretary said hesitantly.
Qin Beichen's eyes suddenly turned fierce, "Useless, if you can't find it, then stop working, go find it!"
"Okay, Mr. Qin."
The secretary hung up the phone in a hurry.
Qin Beichen covered his aching forehead and kept thinking in his heart, where can she, an orphan with no one to rely on, go?
Suddenly, the phone rang again. He picked it up without even looking at it and cursed, "I told you I couldn't find Miss Yu, so you bunch of losers don't have to come see me."
"Chen'er, what are you talking about again? Are you still losing your mind for a woman?" The person on the other end of the phone was not the timid secretary, but Qin's father with a majestic voice.
"Dad..." Qin Beichen cried out.
"You rebellious son, don't forget to attend tomorrow's business networking event, otherwise, you will be kicked out of the Qin family and let your cousins step on you forever!"
"I know, Dad."
…
"Blah~Blah"
The sound of a horn in the manor interrupted Qin Beichen's memories.
He looked up and saw the loudspeaker announcing that the banquet was about to begin.
"Brother Qin, why are you here too?"
Su Zhiyan got rid of a few enthusiastic rich girls, and ran towards Qin Beichen excitedly with her pink skirt rolled up.
This banquet was mainly attended by business leaders, including some from the Qin family, where the head of the family brought his family to the banquet.
Su Zhiyan didn't want to attend this kind of hypocritical business banquet, but when she heard that Qin Beichen might come, she came with the mentality of giving it a try. Sure enough, she met Qin Beichen here, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
Qin Beichen glanced at her, then looked away and said "hmm" coldly.
Why does he only consider Ning Qian when both Su Zhiyan and Ning Qian love him deeply?
Because before this he had sent people to investigate Su Zhiyan's love affair when she was studying abroad.
When he learned that Su Zhiyan had three foreign boyfriends at the same time abroad, his only good impression of her disappeared.
It is undeniable that she is young, beautiful, and comes from a wealthy family. Compared to Yu Jiangnan, she is more than enough. It is not that he has not been moved by her.
But someone with such a chaotic private life is not worthy of being the future wife of the Qin family.
What he needs is a simple and obedient woman who is devoted to him and does not cause him any trouble.
Now, the only good thing about Yu Jiangnan is gradually disappearing, leaving only a face that looks like that of that heartless woman.
The woman he loved most in his heart, Bai Yueguang, had been in love with him for three years, but when he went abroad for a year, she despised him for being a young boy who relied on his family and had a flash marriage with an American oil tycoon.
When he heard the news, his heart was broken and he wanted to fly abroad right then and there to see if she was so cruel and if money was really more important than love!
Unfortunately, his family was afraid that he would do something stupid in the heat of the moment, so they collected all his passports.
When he saw her again, she was hugging a pot-bellied, bald old man in his fifties, excitedly showing off her diamond ring as big as a pigeon egg in front of the camera. At that moment, he felt hopeless.
In the following life, he did nothing but drink and got drunk every night. He was decadent like this for a year until he met Yu Jiangnan, who was working part-time in a bar and was teased by customers.
That face, which was exactly the same as that of a heartless woman, showed weakness, timidity and forbearance.
At that moment, his heart seemed to come alive.
The lafite in his hand hit the man opposite on the head, and the wine-red liquid flowed down from the man's head. He turned a deaf ear to the man's wailing and the screams of others.
The sentence "Will you come with me?" made Yu Jiangnan his follower and gradually occupied his heart.
"Brother Qin, aren't you happy to see me?" Su Zhiyan turned her skirt, trying to show her most charming appearance in front of him.
Qin Beichen ignored her and took another sip of the red wine in his hand.
It is sweet and fragrant, with a slight intoxication in the throat. It is a good wine.
Seeing that he didn't want to pay attention to her, Su Zhiyan thought he was angry that the party was delayed, so she deliberately vented his anger: "Who is the blind person in charge of this party? The party time has come, and they still haven't arranged the seats. I'm so tired of standing. Oh, Brother Qin, my feet hurt. Can you help me up?"
The voice was artificial, attracting everyone's attention.
He glanced at the high heels she was wearing, helplessly reaching out to hold her wrist.
Seeing this, Su Zhiyan couldn't stop smiling. It turned out that there was no man she couldn't win.
The elders who were toasting in the distance couldn't help but laugh and tease Qin Changchun when they saw this scene, "Changchun, Su Xiang, I think you two families are about to let us drink the wedding wine."
"My son and this girl have been childhood sweethearts, so it's natural for them to have a good relationship."
Qin Changchun also smiled happily. It was something he had been longing for that his son was willing to be with Su Zhiyan.
Su Xiang was also smiling and talking, and his words showed that he agreed to this marriage.
"beep……"
A loud horn sounded.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over.
You know, they all walked into the manor, so how could anyone drive in?
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