Chapter 41 Red Leaves 02
The wedding was halfway through, the main theme came to an end, the dishes began to arrive, and the bride and groom began to toast in circles. Su Ye Nan then trotted over, crouching and sitting next to Luo Siwei.
She wore glasses, a plaid shirt, ordinary jeans, and carried an exaggeratedly large SLR camera. She looked like a diligent young reporter.
Mu Yuexin asked her, "Why are you late?"
Su Ye Nan was really hungry. He picked up some cold dishes with his chopsticks and said, "Don't mention it. You know what? There's a cybersecurity conference going on next door today."
Luo Siwei said, "I know." It should be the one that Chi Li participated in.
Su Ye Nan explained, "My colleague suddenly asked for leave, and as soon as I reached the door, my boss grabbed my bag and forced me to take photos. I waited until the other party finished their speeches and switched to a buffet dinner before I slipped over."
Then she took down the camera and put it away carefully: "Look, I've got the camera. It's public property, and the lens is too expensive."
The stage was turned into a performance, and red envelopes were given out to children. The scene was lively and noisy.
As the meal and wine flowed, the wedding drew to a close. Su Ye Nan sorted through the photos in the album and showed them to Mu Yuexin and Luo Siwei. "Today's meeting is hosted by the Donglan Network Media Association, and Hua Yanminghua will be the host."
Luo Siwei looked at the elegant middle-aged man in her camera and said "Oh".
She had met this man several times; Hua Yanming knew her mother. Back then, he wasn't famous, having only run a small media company. She still remembered how at her mother's memorial service, he approached her, handed her a business card, and told her to contact him if she needed help.
She thought it was a good intention from her mother's friend, put the card in her business card holder, and didn't open it for many years. Until one day, she saw a magazine in the window of a bookstore, and the person in the magazine was the man she had met before.
Mu Yuexin seemed to pay little attention to this aspect: "I haven't heard of it. Is it very famous?"
Su Ye Nan introduced him to her: "Mr. Hua is a leader in our media industry, a media tycoon. Donglan Weishi and Donglan Express are both under his control. Speaking of this man, he is a legendary figure who built his business from scratch." At this point, she asked Mu Yuexin, "I remember that he also invested in your Potential Workshop."
Mu Yuexin turned around to pick up some food and said casually, "There are more than a dozen investors in our workshop, and I haven't learned much about them."
Luo Siwei frequently used the apps Su Yenan mentioned. Previously, the videos featuring Yu Wanying and He Jin were posted on the Donglan Weishi app. Donglan Kuaixun, on the other hand, was a news platform with a selection of long and short stories.
Luo Siwei thought: "Aren't you also under Donglan Express?"
Su Ye Nan gestured to her, "Donglan News is the head office, with branches under it, subsidiaries under it, and grandson companies under it. As for me, I'm just a small fry who contributes articles to his grandson company. This is the first time I've seen President Hua in person."
As they chatted, Mu Yuexin began to look through the pictures in the camera intently. The next picture jumped to Chi Li. She asked, "Who is this person?"
Su Ye Nan took a look and said, "He's a person in charge from the public security department."
Luo Siwei took the initiative to claim the responsibility: "I am the leader."
Mu Yuexin smiled and took a closer look: "He's quite handsome, different from the police officer I imagined."
Luo Siwei stared at Chi Li in the camera. Under the light of the stage, Chi Li was dressed in formal attire and speaking. He had a very unique temperament, with clear eyebrows and handsome features. He looked sharp and clear, with a serious expression, like a sharp sword.
The work in the Municipal Bureau is very busy, with cases coming one after another and working overtime. Luo Siwei is not a visual animal, and she has never paid much attention to the appearance of her male colleagues. Now in Su Ye Nan's camera, she admits that Chi Li is indeed very handsome. He forms a sharp contrast with the other people who are speaking at the scene. His upright and heroic posture looks particularly eye-catching.
Just as they were talking about this, a man suddenly called out Luo Siwei's name: "Luo... Luo Siwei?!"
Luo Siwei turned around and found that there were two acquaintances sitting at the table next to him.
Luo Siwei wondered if she hadn't checked the almanac before going out today. But then she realized, no, she had checked it. It was a perfectly auspicious day, otherwise Jin Qi wouldn't have chosen to get married today. But why were there so many complications?
These normal trivialities in life and the ways of the world make her feel more distressed than those complicated cases.
Luo Siwei calmed himself down and greeted the two men.
Mu Yuexin asked her quietly, "Your college classmate?"
Luo Si nodded slightly.
Su Ye Nan looked carefully: "It's on the groom's side."
Mu Yuexin thought for a moment: "Her name is Dou Chengzhi, right? I remember running into her when I visited you in the hospital."
Su Ye Nan observed for a while, then turned around and gossiped, "Si Wei, the woman sitting next to the man has been looking at you, and her style is a bit like yours."
As expected of a journalist, she is very sensitive and has a very accurate intuition.
When Luo Siwei heard this, the things in her memory came to her mind again.
At that table, the man sitting on the left who called her name was Dou Chengzhi, and the woman sitting on the right was Liu Yunxi.
When she was in college, Luo Siwei went to a police academy and studied criminal investigation. Dou Chengzhi was from the college next to hers and studied immigration management.
When Dou Chengzhi was in college, he briefly pursued Luo Siwei. Luo Siwei was a person who was serious and slow to warm up to feelings. She was really not interested in him. She just chatted with him for a few sentences on WeChat and told him everything before she even finished a meal.
Dou Chengzhi was still not giving up and pursued her for a while. When she didn't respond, he gradually left her.
Liu Yunxi was from the university next door to theirs. From then on, she pursued Dou Chengzhi relentlessly until graduation.
Luo Siwei's most profound impression of Liu Yunxi was when one of their roommates pointed at Liu Yunxi and said, "Look, that little green tea kid from the next door school is here again to take our class."
Luo Siwei frowned: "Why is it called this nickname?"
The classmate said, "You don't know, that girl put a lot of effort into pursuing Dou Chengzhi. She bribed Dou Chengzhi's classmates in various ways and created chance encounters for them."
Luo Siwei said: "Those are still normal methods."
Another classmate came over after hearing their gossip: "Luo Siwei, you're really good-tempered. She heard that Dou Chengzhi pursued you for a while and thought you were his perfect match, so she went around looking for news about you. Didn't you notice that her hairstyle and clothing style are exactly like yours? She even got her double eyelids cut to look like you."
Luo Siwei looked carefully and found that the girl had the same hairstyle as her. Not only that, but even her backpack was the same brand. She didn't want to speculate maliciously: "Maybe it's just a simple similarity in style?"
The classmate said, "No, you didn't see her when she first came here. Her hair was permed, her eyebrows were thin, she had eye shadow, high heels, and tattoos on her body. Otherwise, Dou Chengzhi wouldn't have rejected her so immediately."
"Yes, she changed her style because she heard Dou Chengzhi liked you, and she's been pursuing you relentlessly. She's rushing to be your substitute, and the aroma of tea is everywhere."
"Whatever you want." Luo Siwei said at that time, "That's quite a lot of effort. I wish them lovers will finally get married."
Luo Siwei tried it, and she couldn't even have a meal with Dou Chengzhi alone, let alone date him. She couldn't expect a man she didn't want to remain faithful to her.
Many years later, unexpectedly, it seems to have come true.
They really became a couple.
At the wedding in the second hall on the third floor of Donglan International Hotel, the wedding ceremony was almost over, and only vegetables and fruits were left from the meal.
At this time, Dou Chengzhi suddenly noticed Luo Siwei sitting at a table at the back and called out her name.
Dou Chengzhi has graduated for several years. Although he already has Liu Yunxi by his side, he sometimes feels that his love life is not perfect. He has always felt that he likes Luo Siwei more. When he suddenly sees his white moonlight from college, he can't help but get excited.
Dou Chengzhi was sunny and cheerful in college, enjoying participating in various activities and having many friends. Now, after working for a few years, that sunny side has disappeared, but his ability to make friends is still there. He picked up a glass of wine and walked towards Luo Siwei.
Seeing his actions, his real girlfriend Liu Yunxi, who was sitting next to him, changed her expression and stood up and followed him up.
Dou Chengzhi was quite excited: "Luo Siwei, I just saw you're here too. Are you a friend of the bride?"
Luo Siwei said: "High school classmate."
"That's such a coincidence! I heard from my classmates that you got a job in the Municipal Bureau. Congratulations!"
Luo Siwei felt a little embarrassed, but couldn't help but answer in front of so many people: "I just went there, not long ago."
Liu Yunxi stood at the back, making her presence felt: "Senior Sister Luo, is that you? You are Chengzhi's college classmate, right? I always hear Chengzhi mention you." She was in the same class as Dou Chengzhi and Luo Siwei, so she followed Dou Chengzhi in calling her "Senior Sister".
Dou Chengzhi lamented that they hadn't seen each other for a few years and enthusiastically introduced the people at their table to Luo Siwei.
After hearing what he said, Luo Siwei realized that the groom also graduated from the police academy. Some of the people at their table were from Donglan Public Security University, her senior classmates.
Those people had also had some interactions with Luo Siwei in college, and seeing that there was something exciting to watch, they all turned their heads to look at this corner and greeted her. Afterwards, Dou Chengzhi did not prepare to leave. He stood aside and began to talk about his experiences over the years.
Luo Siwei obviously didn't want to talk to Dou Chengzhi any more, so she asked once in the middle: "Is there anything else?"
Dou Chengzhi was completely unaware that he was being annoying. He skipped the question and continued on his own: "I still miss the days when we were in college. I think it's been a few years since we got together as classmates... Now many of you have started families, so we don't keep in touch much and have spread out..."
It would be a bit impolite to chase them away again. Luo Siwei could only listen with a smile, thinking about how to get rid of this couple.
"I'm working at the Donglan Immigration Bureau now. I'm usually not very busy, but if you need anything, just come and ask me..." Dou Chengzhi said this. Liu Yunxi's eyes were almost piercing, but Dou Chengzhi chatted enthusiastically and even clinked glasses with Luo Siwei.
He tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass. Luo Siwei had no choice but to take a sip and put the glass down again.
Liu Yunxi stood by for a while, and finally couldn't help herself. Before Dou Chengzhi started a new topic, she took his hand affectionately, leaned her head on his shoulder, and declared her sovereignty: "Senior Luo, we are getting married soon, so please come to our wedding later."
Luo Siwei smiled politely and said, "Okay, I wish you all the best. Let me know when the time comes." What she was thinking in her heart was that it was of course impossible for her to go. She was so busy with work, so she might as well deal with them first.
Dou Chengzhi said calmly: "Our wedding is planned for the end of this year. You must come to visit us later."
Seeing that Luo Siwei had come alone and that the people sitting around her were all women, Liu Yunxi smiled and pretended to ask casually, "Senior Luo, do you have a boyfriend? When can you bring him over so we can meet him?"
Luo Siwei hasn't answered yet.
Dou Chengzhi said, "Why are you asking this? She must have had many suitors. At that time, there were more boys than girls in our university, and many people liked Luo Siwei. I was..."
Liu Yunxi regretted bringing up this topic a little, and nudged him with his elbow, indicating that it was not appropriate to talk about it here because there were so many people around.
Dou Chengzhi was drunk, but he still said it out loud with self-mockery: "I am a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Siwei looks down on me."
After saying this, Liu Yunxi's face became even uglier. Then she stood aside with her head down and her eyes red.
As the saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet. Liu Yunxi has had a hard time in terms of love in recent years. In the beginning, she was the one who clinged to him shamelessly and tried to find out Dou Chengzhi's preferences. She loved him humbly and humbly, and no matter how she rejected him, he pretended not to understand.
Now that they are both older, Dou Chengzhi finally accepted her, and her family began to urge her to get married. Liu Yunxi felt that she was about to achieve her goal and become a regular member of the substitute team.
But one day, when she saw Luo Siwei, she was reduced to her original form.
Fake is always fake, and Dou Chengzhi can't hide his love for Luo Siwei.
The boyfriend she had pursued for years, who was about to get married, was still obsessed with another woman. In front of so many people, she couldn't get out of her humiliation. Who could swallow this?
Liu Yunxi took out all his anger on Luo Siwei.
She first glanced at Dou Chengzhi and said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think you're pretty good." Then she tried to raise the corners of her mouth, smiled, and said loudly to Dou Chengzhi, "It seems that Senior Luo has high standards. I wonder what kind of man is worthy of you."
A Shura field appeared here, and the people nearby started eating melons, and even the voices of conversation around them became quiet.
Then Liu Yunxi changed the subject: "In my opinion, it's better to find someone as soon as possible. There are so many leftover women nowadays, and you will be left alone if you are not careful."
Many people at this table were still single and unmarried. Su Ye Nan was the first one who couldn't stand it any longer and frowned, "Who are you talking about?"
Even after being refuted, Liu Yunxi still felt unsatisfied. He put on an aggrieved expression and added a few words in a sarcastic tone: "I'm telling the truth. I have a distant cousin who is like this. When she was young, she was beautiful and had many suitors. But now she's almost fifty years old and has never married. So, it doesn't matter if there are many suitors. If you can't find the right one, you will still end up alone."
Luo Siwei didn't say anything. Mu Yuexin couldn't stand it any longer. She smiled and asked, "How do you know if someone is happy without a boyfriend?"
Su Ye Nan said from the side: "Just take care of yourself. Some people don't understand life and can't even control their mouths."
Dou Chengzhi finally realized something was wrong, pulled Liu Yunxi aside, and apologized to Luo Siwei, "I'm sorry, I was so happy today that I drank a little too much. Let's get together later."
The three people finally separated, and the two best friends helped Luo Siwei to fight back, but the attention of the people around them did not shift, and the discussions were still everywhere.
"Yeah, I haven't heard that Luo Siwei has had a boyfriend in all these years."
"Luo Xihua is not young anymore."
"Why bother with that? Maybe she just wants to be single."
"Cursing someone to live alone forever at their wedding is pretty cruel."
Luo Siwei pretended not to hear any of this. She felt a little wronged. She and Dou Chengzhi had never gotten along well in the beginning, and all their pursuits were one-sided.
In the past, she never cared about these things, but this matter was widely spread during her college years, and she had unintentionally become the center of gossip.
Su Ye Nan comforted Luo Si Wei: "It's obvious that the woman is seriously ill."
Mu Yuexin also said: "Yes, if it weren't for Jin Qi's face, there would be no trouble at the wedding. I would have asked her to explain it clearly today."
Luo Siwei, in turn, comforted them: "It's not a big deal." Compared to the murders and arson cases she usually dealt with, this was indeed a matter that could not be any smaller.
During this time, the wedding banquet was nearing its end, and people at other tables had already stood up and left.
Luo Siwei was thinking about when to leave, but the people at the next table were still gossiping about her. It seemed that no matter what she said or did, she would be inferior.
At this moment, there was another noise in the hall, and a tall and thin man walked against the flow of the wedding banquet that was leaving in chaos and headed towards this corner.
"He's so handsome. Who is that guy? Is he attending the wedding?"
"People who attend wedding banquets won't come at this time."
"It seems your leader is here." Su Ye Nan noticed it first, and took Luo Siwei's arm and whispered, "Is he here to see you?"
Luo Siwei looked up and saw Chi Li walking towards this direction. He saw her in the crowd, and after making eye contact with her, he walked past as if no one was around.
Chi Li took a step forward and walked in front of Luo Siwei. His black eyelashes drooped and his gaze fell on Luo Siwei. Luo Siwei looked up at him.
Chi Li didn't say anything. With a focused expression, he reached out and touched Luo Siwei's hair. He picked up a small, sparkling fragment with his fingers. Luo Siwei then realized that it must have been the glitter from the wedding spray-painted stripes that had landed in her hair at some point.
Then Chi Li leaned down and asked, "I drove here. I'm done with my work there and have to go to the Municipal Bureau for an emergency meeting. Can I take you home on the way?"
Luo Siwei was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted: "Ah... OK..." She hurriedly got up and packed her schoolbag.
The onlookers who hadn't left yet looked towards this corner. Someone sensed something and looked at Chi Li, then at Dou Chengzhi who was still arguing with Liu Yunxi...
Chi Li stood aside, and in terms of appearance, temperament, and height, he completely surpassed Dou Chengzhi by more than 10%.
Dou Chengzhi is just an ordinary handsome guy, but Chi Li has an aura that can intimidate people even without saying a word. Moreover, he has handsome features and is very tall, making him dazzling standing in the crowd.
There is no need to compare at all, the difference is immediately apparent.
More importantly, Chi Li is gentle and elegant, and Luo Siwei is tall and cool, they look like a perfect match.
At this point, there is absolutely no need to say anything.
The situation reversed in an instant.
The people around looked in this direction and were silent for a while, and some people even looked at them with envy.
Luo Siwei discovered that Chi Li's behavior seemed to be misunderstood by others. She understood that this was just a favor between colleagues, but the misunderstanding was appropriate and the timing was perfect.
She didn't explain, and ignored Dou Chengzhi and Liu Yunxi. She said to Su Yenan and Mu Yuexin who were watching in amazement, "Then I'll go home first."
"Goodbye, goodbye..." Su Ye Nan stuttered.
Mu Yuexin also smiled and waved: "See you later." She shook her phone, suggesting Luo Siwei to go back and talk.
In the eyes of everyone, Luo Siwei followed Chi Li and left the wedding banquet like a queen.
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