Is he the male lead?
Ning Qian looked up and met a pair of dark, cold, deep eyes.
She couldn't help but gasp. This man was so handsome and noble, so captivating.
A pair of delicate peach blossom eyes revealed a coolness, his nose was high and straight, his thin lips were angular, and his delicate features were perfect and impeccable. He was wearing a well-tailored dark suit jacket, the white lining vaguely showing his strong abdominal muscles, and his straight trousers made people marvel at his body proportions.
His lazy and elegant temperament is like that of a noble duke in the Middle Ages, but his cold and noble temperament makes people feel timid and stay away from him.
Ning Qian's heart was beating fast.
She covered her heart lightly and thought to herself that this was not good. This might be a sign of love. It was also because this man was so handsome.
Could he be the hero in the book? No wonder the women in the book are so obsessed with him. If she didn't have better self-control, she would probably be deceived by his looks and become his number 1 licker!
As soon as the future patriarch of the Sheng family appeared with a cold aura, everyone fell silent, fearing that they would anger this man of noble birth.
As the soon-to-be-appointed heir of the Sheng family, whose family background is unfathomable, he should not have condescended to appear at such an occasion for the young people of wealthy families. However, he could not resist the pleading of his half-sister and went there to support her.
There was a hint of dissatisfaction between his brows, and a clear voice rang out: "Mr. Qin, take care of your family affairs."
The handsome man standing next to him felt embarrassed to be criticized in front of him, but he was afraid of this man, so he took out his anger on the arrogant Su Zhiyan and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Ah, Brother Qin, you're here." Su Zhiyan was panicked and quickly threw away the cake in her hand, lifted her skirt and ran towards Qin Beichen in small steps.
Before she could even get close to Qin Beichen, she was stopped by two tall and strong foreign bodyguards beside him. Looking at the man so close, she stamped her feet anxiously, "Oh~Brother Qin, tell them to get out of the way!"
Qin Beichen showed dissatisfaction in his eyes. This person was not his personal bodyguard, so what right did he have to give orders to him?
He looked around coldly again, and when he saw Ning Qian, he paused for a moment. If you looked closely, you would find a hint of impatience in his eyes, but he quickly fixed his gaze on the disheveled Yu Jiangnan, his eyes swirling with an unknown emotion.
[Very noisy]
A low, magnetic, and impatient male voice reached Ning Qian's ears, and she couldn't help but shiver.
The voice was so close that it felt like someone was talking in her ear.
But at this moment, no one else was approaching her, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Just as she looked around, trying to find the person who had just spoken, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the hall.
"What's going on?" A girl wearing a gorgeous pink silk puffy skirt, who looked 70% similar to Sheng Yuanhan, exclaimed.
"Jiang Nan, why did you fall to the ground? And you, how did you get yourself into this state?"
"Lu Ting, you're here too? Why didn't you tell me you were here?"
The pretty woman standing next to Sheng Yao, wearing a black diamond-embellished backless dress, shouted excitedly.
But she soon realized something was wrong. Her fiancé Lu Ting was very close to this strange woman, beyond the normal social distance for others.
Didn't he always hate people getting close to him? Why was he acting so intimate with this woman?
Women's innate sixth sense suddenly made her suspicious and feel a sense of crisis.
Yu Jiangnan panted slightly, covered his injured knee with his hand, and staggered to his feet from the ground. His frail figure looked as if he would faint in the next second.
"careful."
The moment her graceful and upright body leaned forward, Lu Ting took a step forward, held her delicate hand, and then put his arm around her slender waist.
Yu Jiangnan's cheeks flushed slightly, she lowered her eyes and said softly, "I'm fine."
At the same time, she carefully glanced at Qin Beichen out of the corner of her eye and found that his expression was as indifferent as usual, which made her feel a little hurt in her heart.
At this moment, Beth, who was already wary of Yu Jiangnan, fixed her eyes on the two people's clasped hands.
She was brewing a strong sense of jealousy in her heart, but in this situation, she could not lose her composure, let alone bring shame to the Bei family.
"Lu Ting!" She controlled the urge to go forward and slap Yu Jiangnan, and shouted in dissatisfaction with an angry look on her face.
Lu Ting was indifferent. Any of Beth's ideas were worthless to him. He didn't even give her a good look.
The so-called marriage between the two was nothing more than an arrangement made between his father and the Bei family a month ago without his knowledge. His father only wanted to use the Bei family's immense power to completely open up overseas markets for the Lu family's business.
The Bei family probably wanted to take advantage of the Lu family's wealth that was enough to rival a country!
The interests of both parties were combined without even asking for his opinion. He scoffed at this kind of marriage where both parties were openly trading for profit.
Yu Jiangnan noticed that the atmosphere was a bit solemn and quickly tried to break free from his arms.
But Lu Ting was determined to slap the Bei family in the face here and refused to let go no matter what.
【A terribly boring party.】
Another complaining male voice sounded in Ning Qian's ears.
Ning Qian rubbed her ears uncomfortably. Could it be that she was hallucinating? Why were there voices surrounding her ears again?
Su Zhiyan, who was still being held aside by the bodyguard, was now feeling proud. She raised the corner of her mouth and pretended to explain kindly, "Beth, you don't know what just happened, do you? This woman in front of you not only blocked my way, but also spoke rudely to me and flirted with you, her fiancé. And your fiancé even stood up for her and scolded me without a care in the world."
Speaking of this, she seemed to have suffered countless grievances, revealing a pitiful look, "Brother Qin, you don't know how fierce they were just now, they looked like they wanted to eat me!"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask her."
She stretched out her pink index finger and pointed it straight at Ning Qian.
Ning Qian was still wondering if there was something wrong with her body when she saw the group of people who had been talking just now looking at her.
"What's wrong?" She forced the corners of her mouth.
Su Zhiyan believed that Ning Qian was one of her own and would definitely stand on her side. She spoke confidently, "Ning Qian, tell them, is this woman shamelessly sticking to Lu Ting?"
Ning Qian frowned obviously after hearing this. No matter how she answered at this time, she would offend one party.
Just as she was struggling with how to start, Sheng Yao had already gotten angry.
"Su Zhiyan, this is my coming-of-age ceremony party. It's not your turn to act wildly here. Also, Jiang Nan is my friend. Bullying her is the same as bullying me. Apologize to her immediately!"
Sheng Yao's girlish voice sounds more arrogant than Su Zhiyan's.
Su Zhiyan's face became visibly gloomy, but when she thought of Qin Beichen still being there, she had to lower her posture again. She looked at Qin Beichen with slightly red eyes, hoping that he could see her vulnerability.
"Sheng Yao, I know you don't like me very much, but what I said is true, and everyone present can testify for me."
Most of the young masters and young ladies nearby just want to join in the fun. If they really get involved, they will definitely get into trouble.
So everyone pretended to be talking and laughing and quickly dispersed.
Just when Ning Qian was about to slip away, Su Zhiyan called out to her, "You, come here quickly and testify for me!"
Ning Qian felt uneasy. She had just come through and had not yet figured out how to survive here. Naturally, she did not want to offend either side.
But now Su Zhiyan has been forcing her to make a choice, and it seems that she can no longer remain unscathed.
It would be better for her to stand up now, not only to avoid the male and female protagonists from settling the score with her later, but also to get rid of Su Zhiyan as soon as possible and prevent herself from being dragged into trouble by her.
Now that her position was confirmed, Ning Qian no longer needed to cover for Su Zhiyan. She then gave a standard answer: "I wasn't paying attention just now, so I'm not sure."
Su Zhiyan seemed to be surprised by Ning Qian's answer. After a moment's pause, she immediately became furious. "What do you mean? Didn't you see it clearly just now? Why didn't you notice it now?"
After that, she pointed at Yu Jiangnan and scolded, "Little vixen, if you continue to choose to seduce Lu Ting, then live a good life with him and stop thinking about others."
Because Qin Beichen and the future head of the Sheng family were present, Su Zhiyan didn't dare to be too presumptuous and could only humiliate her with words.
"Su Zhiyan, I warn you again, don't slander this lady's reputation again!" Lu Ting exuded coldness.
"Others give your Su family face because of your parents' face. If you continue to slander others, don't blame me for hitting a woman."
"You? How dare you!" Su Zhiyan was so angry that her breathing became rapid and her voice became sharper. "Brother Qin, did you hear that? They are all bullying me!"
Qin Beichen pursed his lips, feeling increasingly ashamed to be standing here, and said irritably, "Don't say anything more."
Sheng Yuanhan exuded indifference and alienation. He lazily raised his eyelids, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, and he was indifferent to these things.
"Enough! Su Zhiyan, what do you mean by this? You said that Lu Ting should live a good life with her? He is my fiancé. You say such things in front of me. Have you ever considered my feelings?" Beth's eyes were red and she was trying her best to suppress her emotions!
She pointed at Yu Jiangnan tremblingly, wanting to warn her to stay away from Lu Ting, but her words choked on her lips.
"Woo woo...you guys are going too far!" Beth lifted her skirt, turned around and ran out.
Seeing her best friend run away sadly, Sheng Yao angrily yelled at Su Zhiyan, "It's all your fault, your mouth. Are you satisfied now?"
Su Zhiyan was furious when she heard this. How could such a thing be put on her alone?
"Sheng Yao, look carefully, all of this was caused by Yu Jiangnan. Your aunt has told you before not to make friends with people of unknown origin. Why didn't you listen to your aunt?"
Sheng Yao shifted her gaze to Yu Jiangnan. Her dress was almost soaked, and the wine-red liquid flowed down the hem of her skirt onto her snow-white calves. She looked both disheveled and alluringly beautiful.
She lowered her eyes and asked coldly, "Jiang Nan, is what she said true?"
Yu Jiangnan clutched her wrinkled dress tightly with both hands, lowered her head and sobbed, "Sheng Yao, please believe me, I really didn't seduce her fiancé."
"If you don't believe me, I will never appear in front of you again!"
When Yu Jiangnan shed tears, the scales in Sheng Yao's heart tilted towards her again.
"Jiang Nan, I believe you are not that kind of person. I'll ask Aunt Wang to take you downstairs to change into a dress."
"Sheng Yao, thank you." Yu Jiangnan said with emotion.
"Brother, please ask someone to clean up this place. I will be making a grand appearance soon." Sheng Yao said coquettishly.
Sheng Yuanhan responded in a low voice, his tone neither salty nor bland, "Secretary Zhang, take care of it."
"Okay, Mr. Sheng." A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a suit came out with a half bow.
"Ah, Secretary Zhang, you're dressed so... grandly today. Are you dressing up for me?"
Sheng Yao looked up at the gentle and elegant Secretary Zhang, her eyes sparkling as if there were stars shining in them.
In her heart, Secretary Zhang is more like her own brother.
Secretary Zhang bent down like a gentleman, gently grasped Sheng Yao's delicate hand, and placed a gentle kiss on the back of her hand. "Of course, Miss Sheng, it's my honor."
Sheng Yao was so excited that she forgot about everyone else and kept shaking Secretary Zhang's hand, "Secretary Zhang, I'll leave this place to you."
"Okay, miss." Zhang Xu withdrew his hand quietly.
Yu Jiangnan followed Aunt Wang to another villa. Before leaving, she deliberately looked in the direction of Qin Beichen, looking as pitiful as she could be.
Su Zhiyan noticed her look and was so angry that she wanted to bite her to death on the spot. She really thought she was dead and dared to be so arrogant in front of her!
Thinking of Beth still crying outside, Sheng Yao couldn't help but scold the cold and heartless Lu Ting, "Why are you still standing here? If anything happens to Beth, I wonder how you can explain it to the Bei family."
Lu Ting glanced at her, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, "Miss Sheng, you don't have to worry about these."
"You, huh, are really not a man." Sheng Yao turned around and walked out angrily.
Ning Qian watched this farce like an outsider. A banquet alone could turn into such a mess, and she couldn't even imagine how ridiculous things would be next.
Sheng Yuanhan, who had been silent all this time, raised his eyelids calmly, and his slender white jade fingers gently tugged at the suit jacket on his shoulders. His tone was cold and emotionless, "Ms. Su, if you come again, I will not receive you."
"Secretary Zhang."
"Sir, I'm here."
Secretary Zhang bent down and said.
"Keep an eye on her."
The tone was cold, but it left no room for argument.
After he finished speaking, he left with his back straight, supported by a group of burly professional mercenaries.
"Yes, sir."
Zhang Xu watched him leave respectfully.
Without the inherent cold and oppressive feeling of Sheng Yuanhan as a superior, the dull atmosphere instantly became light and comfortable. The remaining young masters seemed to come alive again, with relaxed smiles on their faces.
It seems that even among the nobles in the Beijing circle, there is a sense of hierarchy.
Ning Qian looked around and expressed these feelings in her heart.
Even though other people of noble status were so cautious, let alone a nobody like her, reason told her that she should try to reduce her presence and stay away from this group of people.
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