You're acting too intimately.
Ning Qian's raven-black eyelashes trembled slightly, but the expected pain did not come.
Who saved her?
She slowly opened her eyes and couldn't help but look up to see his appearance clearly.
In the halo, there was a face with sharp edges and corners, yet gentle and handsome.
It looks a little familiar, like I've seen it somewhere.
"I'm fine." Ning Qian stood firm with his support. "Thank you for saving me, but have I seen you somewhere before?"
Ning Qian felt like a bit of a gangster after hearing this, and quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I just thought you looked familiar."
Zhao Yuchen chuckled, "I also feel like you look familiar."
"Really?" Ning Qian looked at him again, wondering where she had seen such a handsome man.
Zhao Yuchen asked tentatively, "Are you Ning Zhengqing's sister?"
Ning Qian was still thinking when she suddenly heard her brother's name and asked in surprise, "You know my brother?"
Before Zhao Yuchen could respond, he heard a steady and cold voice: "Why aren't you coming over yet?"
[The behavior is a bit too intimate. ]
Ning Qian looked up and saw Sheng Yuanhan standing above them with an expressionless face, looking down at them. His narrow, almond-shaped eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. When he didn't speak, the air pressure around him dropped a few degrees.
Why did he look angry? She hadn't been late on purpose. If it weren't for those two annoying people who kept picking on her, she wouldn't have wasted time and almost fallen to her death in her panic.
Fortunately, a kind-hearted person saved her, otherwise she would have died here today!
Intimate? They just met, how could they look intimate?
When she looked back in confusion, she realized that her hand was still on Zhao Yuchen's arm.
She hurriedly withdrew her hand and explained: "Yuan Han, I almost fell down just now, and it was this handsome guy who saved me."
Sheng Yuanhan still maintained an indifferent expression.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuchen explained, "That's what happened."
Ning Qian also nodded like a chick pecking at rice, fearing that Sheng Yuanhan would think that she had violated their agreement.
Sheng Yuanhan's expression softened a bit, "No need to explain, I understand."
“…”
Ning Qian's expression was a little awkward. "Can you understand?" "What can you understand?" "You've been bothered by this from the beginning, and now you have to say something so official."
Ning Qian pouted, lifted her skirt, and followed Sheng Yuanhan upstairs.
The second floor has a classical palace style, with a large circular stage in the middle and seats on both sides, like a small opera house.
After the host finished his congratulatory speech, it was Sheng Yuanhan's turn to invite people to perform the opening dance.
Loud applause filled the entire building, and everyone's eyes were on Sheng Yuanhan. Some ladies even hoped that he would choose them over Ning Qian.
Suddenly, a beam of light hit Ning Qian's tall and well-proportioned figure, making her look particularly beautiful and charming.
The Blue Danube Waltz sounded, and Sheng Yuanhan held her fingers tightly and danced gracefully on the stage.
Qin Beichen, who was sitting on the side and saw this scene, had an increasingly cold look in his eyes. At this moment, he was jealous to the point of madness, feeling angry and helpless that something that originally belonged to him was snatched away by someone else.
Su Zhiyan was even more furious. She was actually overshadowed by the daughter of this nouveau riche!
Was there ever a banquet in the past where I wasn't the topic of conversation?
Now, everyone's eyes are on Ning Qian, and they are all furious.
After this incident, I’m afraid everyone knows that they have to make friends with the Ning family!
But she wanted to see how long Ning Qian could keep jumping around. She was just a clown after all. When Sheng Yuanhan got tired of her, she would have a lot to worry about.
Su Nian's face also looked not very good. The richest young man in northern Beijing was snatched away by someone like that.
In the darkness, she glanced at Su Zhiyan's position, the woman who had once snatched her fiancé, and even shamelessly said that he was just trash, and only she regarded him as a treasure.
When she was betrayed by Li Heqian, she was devastated. Now that she has seen through the hypocrisy of love, she has secretly made up her mind to treat men only as tools to climb up.
Doesn't her cousin care about Qin Beichen very much? She also wants her to experience what it means to love someone but not be able to get them!
Although it was not the first time that Ning Qian danced in front of dignitaries, she had never appeared in the center position in such an important occasion. Moreover, this place gathered a group of the richest and most powerful people in northern Beijing. It would be a lie to say that she was not nervous.
The sweat on her palms made it almost impossible for her to hold Sheng Yuanhan's hand firmly.
Sheng Yuanhan also noticed her nervousness and tried his best to coordinate with her dance steps so that she wouldn't have to dance with so much effort.
Ning Qian noticed his concern and calmed herself down, cooperating with him to finish the whole dance.
The audience applauded again. Ning Qian and Sheng Yuanhan stood in the light of the stage, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, dazzling.
"Are you nervous?"
Sheng Yuanhan put his arm around her waist and walked off the stage.
Ning Qian couldn't help but tremble, "A little bit."
"I have something to do later. Can you do it alone?" Sheng Yuanhan lowered his head and bent down, asking in her ear.
Ning Qian felt the scorching heat rising, her cheeks flushed, and she whispered, "Don't worry about me."
Sheng Yuanhan raised his eyebrows, it seemed that he had underestimated her.
Ning Qian didn't take it seriously at the time, but as soon as the two of them got off the stage, Sheng Yuanhan was surrounded by President Cui and others like stars surrounding the moon.
She could hardly even see Sheng Yuanhan's figure. She could only stand on tiptoe and glimpse the back of his extremely plump and handsome head among the crowd of figures.
That temperament really stands out from the crowd.
But soon, Ning Qian no longer had time to look at Sheng Yuanhan. On her side, apart from the socializing rich ladies, even some noble ladies came forward to greet her.
She also quickly responded with a smile, thinking that she must not offend these people, as Ning Zhengqing's future mother-in-law might be one of them.
The content of the chat was nothing more than trying to find out about her family background. Thinking that these ladies were very powerful, they would find out later even if she didn't tell them, she briefly talked about her family background.
As expected, when they learned that Ning Qianjia was just a medium-sized perfume entrepreneur, the smiles on their faces froze somewhat.
But due to her relationship with Mr. Sheng, she still finished the conversation decently.
Finally, he added the contact information of a dozen or so noble ladies to serve as his future connections.
"call--"
Ning Qian had just sent away this group of ladies and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she received a message from Jiang Sha.
"Your brother brought a strange woman home."
The first second the message popped up, Ning Qian thought she was dazzled, but she was still startled by the word "unknown." She knew her brother was a man of tact, so why would he suddenly have the urge to bring a strange woman home?
Ning Qian quickly replied: "What does this woman look like? Do you have a photo?"
Jiang Sha: "How could I see it? It was covered tightly. Oh, she went to sleep in your room."
Ning Qian was now even more surprised. What kind of woman would be allowed to sleep in his sister's room by a sister-doting maniac?
Although I don't live there, I still feel a little uncomfortable when I think that it is my room after all and someone else is living there for no reason.
At this time, Jiang Sha sent her another message: "Don't tell your brother that it was me who said that."
Ning Qian couldn't contain her curiosity, and for the first time this week, she took the initiative to call her brother.
However, this time no one answered!
This is so strange! Who needs such close attention from him?
She sent another message to Jiang Sha, "Is my brother home now? He didn't answer my call just now."
Jiang Sha: "At home, he didn't let me get close to him. I don't know what he was doing."
“…”
Ning Qian was completely speechless. Why don’t you show me the same cruel attitude you usually use towards me?
Just when she was at a loss, she suddenly thought of Yu Jiangnan.
In this world, the person most likely to have an intersection with Ning Zhengqing is Yu Jiangnan.
It looks like she's going home again.
Because of this incident, she lost interest in the banquet and sat aside wondering how he was involved with Yu Jiangnan again.
At this time, Qin Beichen was sitting opposite her, drinking the red wine in his hand intermittently, his eyes were cold, but they were always fixed on Ning Qian.
Ning Qian also noticed his gaze, and in order to avoid him coming over to cause trouble again, she chose to turn a blind eye.
"Why are you drinking here alone?" Zhao Yuchen came over with a glass of red wine.
"It's you." Ning Qian smiled when she saw him. "I don't even know your name yet?"
"My name is Zhao Yuchen." After saying that, Zhao Yuchen sat down next to her.
"My name is Ning Qian. Are you my brother's friend?" Ning Qian remembered that he said Ning Zhengqing's full name.
"Yes, I've seen you at your house before." Zhao Yuchen's eyes moved to her face. The last time he saw her, she was still a simple little girl. After more than a month, she had become much more mature and beautiful.
"Is that so?" Ning Qian no longer remembered what happened before she met him and mistakenly thought that he was talking about a long time ago.
"At that time, you mistook me for your elder brother." Zhao Yuchen chuckled, his eyes curved, and he looked extremely handsome.
Ning Qian couldn't move her eyes away for a moment, and only after a moment did she react and said, "Are you talking about what happened last month?"
Zhao Yuchen nodded.
"It's you." Ning Qian looked at him in surprise, "You still remember?"
"It's normal to remember such an interesting scene."
"Have you and my brother known each other since childhood?" Ning Qian asked curiously.
Being able to attend this banquet means that one is of great value or has a powerful family.
"No, we are college classmates. We got to know each other through fighting." Zhao Yuchen mentioned this with a hint of nostalgia on his face.
"Oh? Can I hear the reason?"
It was rare for his brother to know someone from a different class than himself.
"You kid want to know everything." Zhao Yuchen joked.
"Oh, I'm not a child anymore, just tell me." Ning Qian also wanted to know what kind of person Ning Zhengqing was when he was a student.
"Okay, I'll just tell you briefly to satisfy your curiosity."
Zhao Yuchen's figure moved closer to her.
"Your brother and I are from the same class. Even though he dresses so conservatively like a nerd now, he was a sunny school hunk back then. He was also the main player in the school basketball club and was liked by many beautiful girls. And it just so happened that the most popular senior girl in the school at that time was one of his fans." Zhao Yuchen said this with a bit of indignation in his tone.
Ning Qian listened with great interest, and in order to hear more clearly, she leaned towards him.
"We were all young and naive at the time. When we heard about this, we were immediately unhappy. Why did this kid win the favor of the senior girl? So we all united and surrounded him on the basketball court."
"..." Ning Qian's smile froze a little. It sounded like someone was bullying her brother.
"Don't worry, we are all gentlemen." Zhao Yuchen noticed that she was in a bad mood and hurried to comfort her.
"So what happened next?" As long as he didn't take any action, Ning Qian breathed a sigh of relief. His serious expression became friendly again, and he motioned for him to continue.
"Although we stopped him on the basketball court, we didn't use any violence. We just didn't like the fact that he was using his basketball club identity to hit on girls, so we challenged him to a basketball showdown."
"That game lasted a full two hours, and in the end your brother won with a crushing score of 70 to 12."
"Ha..." Ning Qian laughed, "So Senior Sister is with my brother now?"
When mentioning that senior sister, Zhao Yuchen seemed a little sad.
"No, Senior Sister took the initiative to confess her feelings to your brother, but he rejected her. After that, your brother kept avoiding her.
Ning Qian's eyes narrowed. Her brother was so decisive.
"Finally, my senior sister stood outside his dormitory for three whole days before he finally came out to see her. I don't know what they said, but my senior sister was heartbroken and hurriedly got married after graduation."
"Ah... my brother is so heartless?" Ning Qian covered her mouth in disbelief.
"Yes, but since he wasn't with his senior sister, and we were all classmates and admired his ball skills, we became familiar with each other after a few interactions."
"Is that so? Then why is he so nice to you alone?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Yuchen's eyes were a little evasive. "I'm not sure about that. Maybe it's fate."
Ning Qian felt that there was something fishy when she saw him being evasive in his words, but since he was unwilling to talk, she didn't force him.
"Bang."
The chair Ning Qian was sitting on was bumped, and her body shook noticeably.
When she looked up, she saw Qin Beichen walking past her with a cold face, with no intention of apologizing at all.
At the same time, Sheng Yuanhan, who was socializing with others, stopped responding, his face gloomy, and he stared at them with pursed lips.
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