Sheng Huanan coaxed her for a long time with kind words.
He punished his ignorant granddaughter and the three girls from the side branches who had followed Sheng Yanran in making trouble, and apologized again, and finally kept Xie Bowen.
While wiping the sweat from his forehead, Old Master Sheng turned his back and grumbled quietly, "If it weren't for my little Xihe, who would bother with you, an old man!"
Xie Bowen, who had excellent hearing, asked in a faint voice, "Your little Xihe?"
Sheng Huanan shuddered and said without hesitation: "Yours, yours, will always be yours."
Inner thought: No way!
Xie Bowen snorted coldly, too lazy to argue with him.
The younger generations of the Sheng family had almost finished celebrating their birthdays, and Sheng Huanan didn't really dare to let Xie Xihe celebrate her birthday right now, so after chatting for a few words, the group moved to the courtyard where the banquet was to be held today.
Not long after everyone left, a thin figure slowly walked out from behind the rockery against the wall.
He is a young man, about twenty-one or twenty-two years old.
The man had an extremely handsome face, but it was abnormally pale. Even his lips were a very light pink-white. However, his eyes were black, bright and clear, and his whole body exuded a clean and harmless aura.
One look at her makes one let down their guard and feel a liking for her.
The premise is that you don’t look deeply into his eyes.
His eyes were clearly extremely pure, but when he raised his eyes, they revealed a hint of devilish charm. Combined with the slight smile on the corners of his lips, his entire temperament changed drastically in an instant.
Full of evil spirit.
At this moment, he was looking at the place where Xie Xihe and others were previously, with a glimmer of interest in his eyes.
"Xie Xihe..." He chewed on these three words, and the smile on his lips deepened.
After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and walked out of the main courtyard with a staggering step.
"Third Young Master."
There were voices that were either respectful or disrespectful. Sheng Zhichen chuckled and nodded, then continued to walk slowly towards the banquet courtyard.
*
As soon as Xie Xihe entered the banquet courtyard, he met a pair of smiling eyes.
She paused, turned her head, said something to Xie Bowen, and walked towards the owner of the eyes.
He casually took a glass of juice from the waiter, took a sip, and found it tasted good, so he drank another sip. Then he looked at Zhong Yuxiu and asked, "Why are you here too?"
Zhong Yuxiu smiled and said, "Didn't you say that I should go out more often and breathe some fresh air? It's good for my health."
Xie Xihe glanced at the elegantly dressed people in the room, toasting and chatting: "..."
Okay, as long as she is happy.
Keeping a happy mood is also good for your body.
Zhong Yuxiu glanced at the wine glass in her hand and wanted to remind her, but then she thought that she must know it, so she took back the reminder.
He then changed the subject: "We're leaving for the International Elite Tournament the day after tomorrow. Are you leading the Dawnlight team?"
Xie Xihe took another sip of juice and shook his head: "My senior brother will lead the team, I can just participate."
Zhong Yuxiu nodded, not surprised.
She had long discovered that this man was essentially a lazy person who would avoid everything if he could, and try to be lazy if he couldn't.
Naturally, she would try to put off such a troublesome task as leading a team.
Xie Xihe glanced at her: "Why, you want to go too?"
Zhong Yuxiu nodded honestly and said, "Wenhua invited me to represent their school in the competition, but I haven't made up my mind yet. I said I'd give you a reply before tonight."
Xie Xihe knew why she was looking for her. He glanced at her face and felt her pulse. After a moment, he nodded and said, "Go if you want to."
but……
She focused her eyes, her gaze resting on the center of her eyebrows.
The previous gray diseased energy had dissipated, leaving only a thin layer, revealing the golden light of merit behind it and wisps of black evil energy mixed in with the light of merit.
Xie Xihe frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked Zhong Yuxiu, "I want to go for a walk in the Zhong family's back mountain. Is that convenient?"
Zhong Yuxiu was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to her senses and nodded without much thought: "Convenient."
After a pause, he continued, "But some time ago, the servants at home said they saw a leopard in the back mountain. It's not very safe. Whenever you want to go, I'll ask my father to prepare it."
"Let's do it tomorrow." Xie Xihe said, and refused: "No need to go to such trouble, I can just take two people with me, it will be fine."
Zhong Yuxiu nodded, but she was already thinking about it in her mind.
While the two were talking, the birthday banquet had officially begun.
Xie Xihe drank the remaining juice in the cup in one gulp, said hello to Zhong Yuxiu, and wanted to go back to his old father.
However, he didn't expect that after taking a step, he suddenly felt dizzy and staggered slightly.
Zhong Yuxiu quickly supported her, but when she raised her eyes, she saw that her eyes were a little unfocused and her cheeks were flushed, which made her already beautiful face even more charming and eye-catching.
Zhong Yuxiu paused and said silently, "Don't tell me you can't drink?"
Xie Xihe: "Hmm?"
Zhong Yuxiu pointed to the wine glass she had placed aside: "Fruit wine."
Xie Xihe: “…”
Don't mention it, she really doesn't know if she can drink.
In the past, she stayed at home most of the time, and even if she occasionally went to a party, she would only drink tea. This body had never touched alcohol.
But now it seems that it really won’t happen.
And her alcohol tolerance is not just bad, even worse than her previous life...
In her previous life, she would get drunk whenever she drank alcohol, but she wouldn't get dizzy after drinking just one glass of fruit wine with an alcohol concentration so low that it was imperceptible, right?
Xie Xihe maintained an expressionless face and pointed her finger in the direction of her father.
Zhong Yuxiu understood, took her hand and walked towards Mr. Xie, but was stopped by Sheng Shijing halfway.
Sheng Shijing's attention was always on Xie Xihe, so he noticed something was wrong with her at the first moment and immediately came over.
Only when I got closer could I see that her eyes had lost their former clarity and her rosy cheeks.
A brief silence.
Zhong Yuxiu was still blaming herself for not giving him more warnings. Meeting Sheng Shijing's questioning gaze, she said in a voice so low it was almost inaudible, "I just drank a glass of fruit wine."
Sheng Shijing: “…”
He couldn't help wanting to laugh, but at the same time he had a headache. He didn't care that he was in front of so many people, so he reached out and wanted to hold Xie Xihe's hand.
But she avoided it.
Xie Xihe said seriously, "My dad said I can't get too close to you today."
As he said this, he turned sideways, walked past him and continued walking towards Mr. Xie.
Sheng Shijing: “…”
I couldn't help but press my eyebrows.
There was no other way, so I had to give up the idea of holding hands and follow her closely.
Zhong Yuxiu didn't know anyone else, and felt a little worried, so she followed her to the left.
Then a very strange scene appeared.
The two people who are generally recognized as the most difficult to mess with in Kyoto's upper class circle, one on the left and the other behind, are following closely beside a beautiful girl.
Everyone: “???”
This girl must be a person of the level of the reclusive eldest daughter of the Huo family, right?
???
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