Fu Siming understood. No wonder he suddenly received the notice to come to Tiansheng for inspection last night. As the first stop of the inspection, he could probably tell what Sun Jiming meant.
I came here today just to test my attitude.
Pei Jing put down the investigation materials in his hand and placed a plain white invitation card next to him.
"Mr. Fu, this is the invitation to tomorrow's charity gala. Madam will also be attending."
He thoughtfully added the second half of the sentence, and Fu Siming raised his eyes slightly.
The following night.
The charity gala was indeed not as extravagant as the usual lavish song and dance parties. The decorations were simple but still polite. However, the attendees tonight were not as simple as they appeared. Almost every well-known company in Jiangcheng was present, and there were even some famous people from other circles.
Security at the venue was extremely tight, far exceeding the security level of a simple charity gala.
Song Xingyao rarely attends such occasions on her own. In the past, she usually comes with Fu Siming and doesn't need to personally handle any social interactions.
I'm not quite used to this kind of occasion.
A man came up to her and raised a glass in greeting, and Song Xingyao returned the toast.
After all, it's rare to see such a beautiful woman appearing here alone.
Just as he was about to continue arguing with Song Xingyao, a crisp voice came from the side: "Mom."
The next second, Song Xingyao felt a human-shaped pendant on her leg.
Looking down, she was overjoyed. "Xunzhi, what brings you here?"
She apologized to the man in front of her and pulled Fu Xunzhi aside.
“My dad brought me here. He said, ‘Mom, you’re here too. I missed you.’”
Fu Xunzhi gently rubbed her face against the soft silk dress, like a well-behaved puppy.
As Song Xingyao stroked his hair, she subconsciously searched for the figure of Fu Siming, whom he had mentioned.
Sure enough, she saw Fu Siming slowly walking towards her not far away, so she looked away and squatted down.
She didn't even look closely before realizing that so many parents with children had come to the dinner party. What was going on?
She had initially thought that Fu Siming had specifically sent Fu Xunzhi to see her!
Forget it, she doesn't even understand what she's expecting. She just said something harsh, telling people not to come looking for her if they didn't want to understand, so what's going on now...?
Song Xingyao's expression froze for a moment as she realized a shadow had fallen over her.
She said somewhat politely, "I didn't expect you to come too."
...After saying that, he wished he could bite off his own tongue. Wasn't he just making conversation for the sake of it?
Almost everyone here tonight is from a business. If anyone would be unexpected, it would be the man across the street.
Fu Siming didn't seem to notice the flaw in her words. "Yes, he misses you."
He spoke without changing his expression, and Song Xingyao was rendered silent for a moment by his words.
He spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear, explaining, "Minister Sun is coming tonight. This charity gala is actually a welcome banquet for him. The reason he's inviting his family is because he's personally supporting the charity project with his entire family."
After explaining the situation in a few words, the family of three and the host walked onto the stage.
When the host introduced them, Song Xingyao realized that this was Sun Jiming, the Vice Minister of Commerce, who was the big shot tonight. However, the two people accompanying him, one big and one small, made Song Xingyao's eyes widen slightly.
"This is not..."
Fu Siming turned and glanced at her: "You know her?"
"Huh? I ran into her once by chance, but I never expected that she was Minister Sun's wife."
Li Xinyi and her daughter on stage seemed a little uneasy, clearly not people who often attend such occasions. Sun Hui, who was being held in Li Xinyi's arms, also showed signs of anxiety.
Seeing Sun Jiming reach out to her, she froze in Li Xinyi's arms, motionless.
Song Xingyao and Fu Siming both noticed the strange atmosphere between the three people on stage.
Fortunately, the speech did not last long and ended quickly.
Li Xinyi was worried that her daughter would lose control, so she quickly protected the child and went downstairs.
After listening, Song Xingyao realized that the project to care for girls at the orphanage that the hospital had taken over was also related to Sun Jiming. Today, he brought Li Xinyi and her daughter here, probably under the guise of supporting women's and children's rights.
No wonder most of the men who usually bring different female companions to the dinner party today brought their wives and children with them.
Song Xingyao had intended to ask Fu Siming to keep an eye on Fu Xunzhi, but in the blink of an eye, the man in front of her had disappeared.
She had no choice but to lead Fu Xunzhi around to the backstage exit.
After walking around the corridor twice, Sun Hui finally saw the end of the corridor. She watched as Li Xinyi stood to the side, looking somewhat helpless.
The mother and son slowly walked forward, afraid of startling the mother and daughter in front of them.
Li Xinyi was sensitive. Hearing footsteps, she looked up and saw Song Xingyao, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miss Song, I didn't expect to see you here."
With outsiders present, Li Xinyi wanted to reach out and pull Sun Hui, who was walking back and forth around the floor tiles, to her side, but then she heard Song Xingyao speak.
"Don't be so polite, just call me Xingyao." She lowered her voice, looking at Sun Hui who was pacing around anxiously, "Does she... have some kind of stereotypical behavior?"
Hearing her say that, Li Xinyi sighed and nodded.
"Yes, you saw it. She tends to do this whenever she's in crowded places. I don't know what to do." Li Xinyi said helplessly and with heartache, her words filled with self-blame.
Perhaps it was because they were both mothers, and because Song Xingyao had once saved Sun Hui, that Li Xinyi naturally felt close to her.
Song Xingyao released Fu Xunzhi's hand, letting him go find Sun Hui, while she stood next to Li Xinyi and patted her shoulder, "Why didn't you take her to see her?"
The woman beside him scoffed, seemingly thinking of something, but remained silent.
Song Xingyao knew she didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't force her.
As the two were talking, they saw Fu Xunzhi watch for a while, then step forward and precisely grab Sun Hui's hand.
"Aren't you dizzy? My name is Fu Xunzhi, what's your name?"
Fu Xunzhi simply pulled her to a stop, maintaining a gentlemanly social distance, and looked at Sun Hui with some curiosity.
Seeing that he hadn't heard her speak for a while, the wrinkled expression on his face relaxed as he stopped walking.
Fu Xunzhi waited patiently for her to speak.
Sun Hui was still dazed from being interrupted from her stereotypical behavior. Looking at Fu Xunzhi, she thought, "What a handsome young man! I've never seen such a handsome young man before. He's a thousand times, ten thousand times more handsome than the one I saw at home before."
Thinking this, she touched Fu Xunzhi's eyebrows with her finger and said, "Brother, you are so handsome."
Li Xinyi looked in disbelief in the direction of the two children.
Fu Xunzhi gently pulled her hand down. "Thank you. You too. What's your name?"
He asked again, and Sun Hui, somewhat bewildered, replied as if reciting a memorized text: "My name is Sun Hui, and my mother's name is Li Xinyi..."
"Stop, stop, stop! I just wanted to ask your name." This was Fu Xunzhi's first impression of Sun Hui—what a strange girl...
His behavior is strange, and his thoughts are strange too.
He glanced back at Song Xingyao and saw her looking at him encouragingly. Then, like a little adult, he reached out his hand to greet her.
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