The gathering led by Qu Qingyin was scheduled for 3 pm on Saturday. This time was neither too early nor too late, and was obviously more suitable for a Western-style party rather than an Eastern-style banquet.
Su Yunbai was dragged by Xu Jinzhi to get his hair styled early.
"Usually, they choose this time to hold a party, which means that their focus is not on eating and drinking. The style of the whole party will be more casual..." Xu Jinzhi said to Su Yunbai while directing the stylist, "Then we can't wear formal dresses, otherwise it will be suspected of being too much.
"But you can't really wear casual work clothes. That would be too sloppy, and those bitches would definitely laugh their heads off in their hearts, and wouldn't even try to hide their disdain..."
Su Yunbai knew the "measure" that Xu Jinzhi mentioned.
After all, she had been Mrs. Huo for nearly three years, and even if Su Yunbai didn't understand some things at first, she would learn them actively or passively later.
Maybe people from big families have these or that unspoken rules, and they all have a pair of sharp eyes that have been in the world of fame and fortune, and they can dig out four, five, or six pieces of information from even the smallest details.
Su Yunbai occasionally savored them carefully, and only She felt as if she were in a modern version of "Dream of the Red Chamber". The people here even had an air of wealth in their hair, and she was just a vase that was too rustic against the backdrop of the entire Grand View Garden, trying every means to sculpt herself so that she could better fit the theme.
Whenever Su Yunbai thought of this, she couldn't help but laugh at herself.
Xu Jinzhi selected the look and dress for Su Yunbai, and drove her to the gate of Villa No. 76, Lanxi Garden.
At this time, it was just 2:45 in the afternoon.
Su Yunbai was about to open the car door, and Xu Jinzhi told her, "Assistant, if you feel uncomfortable in there, remember to call me and I'll pick you up right away. I'm in Villa No. 53, very close to here..."
Xu Jinzhi has said these words more than once.
Su Yunbai didn't show any impatience and listened very seriously.
The fate between people is really unpredictable. At first, she helped Xu Jinzhi just out of a sense of responsibility. She didn't expect that this girl who was one year younger than her would take care of her so much.
How could she bear to let down this kindness?
Su Yunbai shook Xu Jinzhi's hand, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. "
She got out of the car and watched Xu Jinzhi's car go away. Then she turned around, walked forward a few steps, and stood in front of the iron gate at the entrance of Villa No. 76.
She pressed the doorbell and waved to the camera at the entrance of the villa.
Soon, there was a "beep" sound, and the side door of the villa opened.
Su Yunbai walked into the door with her handbag.
Lanxi Garden is a famous high-end housing area in City A. It is only slightly inferior to the Lianshan Villa District in the west of the city. It is known as one of the pearls of the real estate industry in City A.
Because it is close to the new district of City A, it is more popular with the new rich. It is said that the news of the construction of the property has just been spread, and the houses here have been sold. Half of them are gone. The planned 100 villas were reserved before they were even built, and they didn't even enter the market.
Those who can live in Lanxi Garden and occupy one of the 100 villas must be rich or noble.
And this popular Lanxi Garden is named after the Huo family, Huo Qinian.
Huo Qinian was truly born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Among the Huo family's Qi generation, except for those who are in politics, he is the undisputed leader among those who are in business.
In this place of City A, who dares not give him some face?
Such a large piece of rare jade actually stayed with the ordinary Su Yunbai.
Who wouldn't mutter a few words to Su Yunbai in his heart?
——What has Su Yunbai done to deserve this?
That’s why, when the news that Su Yunbai would come to this party came out, everyone in the business circle of City A who had some feelings for her was shocked.
In the past, Su Yunbai was reluctant to go out, and that was fine. Just like Huo Manying explained, he is an associate professor at a university, and he follows the academic circle. He can’t play with them.
Although it’s inevitable to think that Su Yunbai is pretending to be noble, it’s enough to mutter a few words. Who can really lose the face of the Huo family?
Today, she took the initiative to come out.
People looked at Su Yunbai with curiosity, disdain, or watching the excitement. That’s why Qu Qingyin’s This party was quite lively from the beginning.
There might be only a few people invited, but who doesn't have several groups on their phone? As soon as
Su Yunbai arrived at Qu Qingyin's house, the men and women sitting in the hall in groups of three or four had heard the news.
Although these people were still talking and laughing as usual, their eyes had unconsciously glanced at the door. Others quietly looked at Huo Qinian and Ji Cheng who were playing billiard in the living room.
Huo Qinian did not come with Mrs. Huo, which was enough to make people think carefully.
As soon as Su Yunbai entered the gate of the villa, a male waiter greeted her warmly at the door: "Welcome, Mrs. Huo. Please follow me, Miss Qu and the others are waiting for you. "
Su Yunbai followed him. Just as they walked through the courtyard and were about to enter the main gate of the villa's main building, Qu Qingyin came out with a smile, "Teacher Su, welcome."
Su Yunbai handed over the gift in his hand and said politely, "Good luck to Qiao Qian."
"Thank you, you're welcome. "
The two of them walked into the door together.
It took Su Yunbai a short period of time to adjust her vision from the bright outdoor to the indoor. But even so, she saw Huo Qinian at the very first sight, who was standing by the pool table at the back of the living room.
Huo Qinian had taken off his suit jacket, without a tie, and his shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing a section of his strong forearms. At this moment, he was leaning idly against the pool table, playing with a pool cue in one hand, looking at the pool table while lazily talking to Ji Cheng beside him, with a smile on his face. There was a sense of freedom and exuberance.
Su Yunbai didn't look at it for long, but retracted her eyes and glanced around.
Just one glance, and her heart skipped a beat.
Qu Qingyin's villa is very large, and she has opened up almost the entire first floor, so the view is extremely wide. That's why Su Yunbai saw the men and women sitting around the living room at a glance.
At a glance, there seemed to be twelve or thirteen people.
Xu Jinzhi told her that Qu Qingyin only invited about ten people in total.
Doesn't it start at three o'clock? Why did everyone arrive so early?
Su Yunbai's mind turned slightly, and he smiled and said to Qu Qingyin: "It seems that I am late. I am really sorry."
The polite voice was like a spring sliding over stones, gentle and crisp, and with a sense of coldness that was unique to Su Yunbai.
Huo Qinian and Ji Cheng beside the billiard table raised their heads at the same time and looked over.
Su Yunbai was wearing a blue gradient starry sky dress today. The hem of the skirt spread out long, setting off her slender waist.
Half of her long hair was tied up, and the other half fell on her shoulders. The black hair contrasted with the white skin exposed at her neckline, the blacker the black, the whiter the white. The whole person looked extremely pure and elegant, like a graceful lotus standing in the water, very beautiful.
Huo Qinian's eyes did not linger on Su Yunbai's attire for too long. He just raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why are you here?"
There was surprise and doubt in his voice, but no joy.
The people in the living room who were paying attention to this scene exchanged glances silently and smiled knowingly.
Before Su Yunbai answered, Qu Qingyin had already stepped forward and took her arm, looking like she was supporting her.
"I invited you." Qu Qingyin looked at Huo Qinian and smiled brightly, "Teacher Su is such a beauty, of course she should come out and play with us more often.
"Qinian, you won't be reluctant, will you? "
Her demeanor was graceful and she handled the situation just right.
It was this hostess's demeanor and the familiarity with Huo Qinian that was revealed in her words that seemed a bit subtle.
Everyone looked at Su Yunbai vaguely. But
Su Yunbai was paying attention to something else -
Qu Qingyin was so close to her at this moment that she could smell her perfume.
Su Yunbai remembered this perfume. It was light, very elegant, and unexpectedly familiar.
- She had smelled it on Huo Qinian before.
Huo Qinian's eyes passed from Su Yunbai, who was obviously still in a daze, to Qu Qingyin, who was smiling warmly, and said with a smile: "Of course not. You are the host, I'll trouble you to entertain us."
After that, he looked at Ji Cheng on the side, "Is it my turn? "
Ji Cheng smiled, "You have a sharp eye."
As he said that, he made a gesture of invitation.
Huo Qinian turned the billiard cue in his hand slightly, held it in his palm, turned around and threw himself into the billiard game, seeming to be having a lot of fun. Ji Cheng
glanced at Su Yunbai across the crowd, and quickly retracted his gaze.
The people sitting in the living room seemed to have just come to their senses, and warmly and politely invited Su Yunbai to sit down.
"Sit here, sit here."
"You don't come here often. "
Yeah, we have to come out and play more..."
Su Yunbai glanced over and saw some unfamiliar faces, but the light in these faces' eyes was particularly bright.
Such enthusiasm made her feel a little uneasy.
After Su Yunbai sat down, Zhou Yueran, who had not moved his butt across the sofa from beginning to end, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Tsk tsk tsk, it's really not easy to invite Teacher Su to come.
"We all grew up together, unlike others. Qingyin said to come at three o'clock in the afternoon, how can we really make it? We have to come early to help? It's not like some people, 'distinguished guests', who can't even be invited."
Such a blatant and unfriendly opening is the rhythm that Su Yunbai is familiar with.
She almost breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but soon tensed up her nerves.
The "main course" is coming!
But Zhou Yueran seemed to be just picking faults casually and had no intention of continuing to embarrass Su Yunbai. Instead, she grabbed Qu Qingyin who was standing beside her and kept asking: "Qingyin, go on, what stupid thing did that German guy do later?"
The people around them also started to make a fuss: "Yeah, yes, aren't Germans said to be very serious? Why is this one always so out of touch?"
Someone laughed and said, "It's better to be serious in front of strangers, right? He is obviously interested in Qingyin, so he always loses his sense of proportion.
"Did he confess to you very quickly later, Qingyin?"
The eyes of a small group of people around were fixed on Qu Qingyin.
Qu Qingyin said: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about something else? "
She looked at Su Yunbai and was about to speak when she was interrupted by Zhou Yueran: "Oh, that's what I want to hear. Who cares about those cats and dogs? I just want to hear this!"
A group of young ladies beside Zhou Yueran echoed.
Qu Qingyin couldn't stand it any more, so she had to smile apologetically at Su Yunbai and continued the previous topic of "Germans".
The two young women sitting next to Su Yunbai were very interested in her.
"I heard that you are a university professor?"
Su Yunbai said, "Currently only an associate professor."
"Is that so. Then what are you researching? I heard it was some kind of nuclear bomb?"
"Oh! It sounds so scary. "
Su Yunbai is used to people's misunderstanding of his profession, but he still explained: "My major is nuclear physics in applied physics. The nuclear bomb you mentioned is of course also an aspect of nuclear physics, but my major is more civilian, not military..."
"Then is there radiation? Is it dangerous?"
"In fact, if the dose does not exceed a certain level, the radiation is not that scary. It is actually in our daily life, such as taking an airplane...
"Our profession does deal with radiation, but it also has different directions. The probability of exposure to radiation in the experimental direction is relatively high, but we also have very strict regulations on this and will not exceed the health dose requirements. If it is a simulation, you will basically not be exposed to..."
The young woman seemed to understand, "Anyway, there is still radiation, right? It sounds amazing! I can't do it...
"By the way, what do you like to do? Watching fashion shows? Do you like the new scarf this spring?"
The young woman sitting on the other side immediately joined in: "Come on, G released a similar scarf last year, okay? This year's most worthwhile item is obviously the G bag! I dare say, this will definitely become a classic!
"Speaking of this, have you seen so-and-so's outfit? That new bag from G is simply amazing! Let me tell you..."
Soon, everyone responded with applause.
"Oh, really?"
"Really?"
"You know this too?"
"Is it true?"
...
The topic shifted to fashion and gossip. People were obviously excited and spoke very fast, like machine guns. Often the next person interrupted before the previous person finished speaking.
Su Yunbai stopped talking and listened quietly.
Zhou Yueran, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, glanced and curled her lips in disdain.
A country turtle is a country turtle. Even if she really stepped into this circle, what would happen? She still couldn't fit in?
Look, they are chatting enthusiastically, but they just don't want to play with her!
But that's far from enough.
Zhou Yueran looked at Qu Qingyin, who was sitting in the crowd and was gentle and generous, and then looked at Huo Qinian, who was chatting with Ji Cheng after playing a round of table tennis not far away. She turned her eyes and looked at Su Yunbai.
She did not deliberately raise her voice, but everyone around her could hear her voice: "Teacher Su, you have been working for a few years after all. Do you have any workplace experience to share with us?"
She smiled brightly, "You don't know yet? Qingyin has signed a contract with Huo's and will be joining Huo's soon..."