Fu Yanzhou arrived at the cocktail party before 7:30. In the past, he would not arrive early for such occasions. Sometimes he would only show up for ten or twenty minutes before leaving in a hurry. Today, the host of the cocktail party was Yan Heyu, and it was a cocktail party specially held for him, so he had to show his support.
Yan Heyu was waiting for him at the entrance of the banquet hall. He looked at his dark red and dark diagonal striped tie and said, "You don't have to be so formal. I didn't see you wearing a tie when you got the marriage certificate."
Because no one bit his neck on the day they got the marriage certificate.
After what happened today, when he was hugging Min Xi, she bit him. She didn't want to admit that she was targeting him intentionally, and she said in a sarcastic way that she was bewitched by him and that she bit him because she was blinded by lust, so he couldn't blame her.
Yan Heyu raised his chin towards the banquet hall and said, "I've been waiting for you."
The two walked in while chatting.
Fu Yanzhou: "I don't drink tonight, let someone bring me a glass of ice water."
"Why, Min Xi is not letting you drink?"
Because the cut on my tongue hasn't healed yet, I don't dare drink alcohol. "I took anti-inflammatory medicine for a cold."
Fu Yanzhou was the protagonist tonight. As soon as he entered the banquet hall, he was surrounded by a crowd of people.
After a round of socializing, two glasses of ice water were enough.
Yan Heyu was afraid that if he continued drinking, his body would not be able to bear it and his cold would get worse, so he lied to him that he had something to ask him and pulled him aside from the crowd, thus temporarily rescuing him.
"Do you feel the enthusiasm of Jiangcheng Park towards you?"
Fu Yanzhou is self-aware: "I am passionate about my money."
Yan Heyu laughed: "It's boring to talk about it."
Fu Yanzhou just saw a familiar figure in the banquet hall. He was surrounded by people and were talking about the development plan of the park in the next few years. The man didn't come over.
He asked Yan Heyu: "Why is Lu Zhen in Jiangcheng?" and he also appeared at the cocktail party tonight.
"Her hometown is Jiangcheng, and her grandparents still live here, so it's not surprising that she came back."
"She knows I'm here tonight?"
"I know. I came here just for you." Yan Heyu said, "I told her that you got the marriage certificate."
Fu Yanzhou's voice sank: "How do we invite her?"
"No, she was already at the entrance of the banquet hall when I saw her. Why did I stop her from entering? Her mother is the editor-in-chief of the Financial Media Group and has some connections with my mom. Her uncle is also cooperating with you. She's here, so I can't just kick her out for no reason."
Yan Heyu's glass was empty. He waved to the waiter and exchanged a glass from the tray. He then said, "Deal with your emotional debts as soon as possible. Don't let Min Xi down."
Fu Yanzhou was puzzled: "What emotional debt do I have?"
Yan Heyu glanced at him from the corner of his eye: "Alright, I'm not Min Xi, there's no need to sugarcoat things in front of me."
"What on earth did Lu Zhen tell you?"
"She didn't say anything. Some people say that you cheated on Lu Zhen right after you started dating. They saw you leaving the hotel with different women within a week. Many people know about this. No one dares to say anything to your face, but that doesn't mean they don't talk about it behind your back. Do you really think your reputation is much better than mine? In their eyes, we are birds of a feather."
“…”
Fu Yanzhou burst out laughing: "I'm dating Lu Zhen?"
Speak of the devil; he will appear.
Before he could go find Lu Zhen, Lu Zhen walked over with a glass of red wine. She was wearing a bright red dress tonight, looking bright and charming.
Yan Heyu left with an excuse.
When Lu Zhen heard from Yan Heyu that Fu Yanzhou was already married, she couldn't believe it. She was not familiar with Yan Heyu and they didn't have a deep conversation. She checked with other people and found out that Fu Yanzhou was really married.
She felt unwilling and regretful, but was completely relieved when she learned that he was married.
"Congratulations and happy wedding." Lu Zhen smiled and toasted Fu Yanzhou from a distance.
"Thank you." Fu Yanzhou was too lazy to beat around the bush: "What do you want from me?"
Lu Zhen smiled and said, "What can I do? I want to have a drink with you."
I didn't know he was married before I came here. I knew he was in Jiangcheng, and I couldn't help but want to come and see him, that's all.
She met Fu Yanzhou through her uncle and asked him for help several times. He helped her sincerely, and to express her gratitude, she treated him to dinner several times.
After they got to know each other, she expressed her affection for him.
He said: I never thought of having any other relationship with her uncle other than a partnership.
Politely rejected her.
…
Fu Yanzhou used water to toast her back: "Thank you for your blessing. I have something else to do, so excuse me."
"Actually, I do have something to ask you." Lu Zhen suddenly remembered his mother's business.
Fu Yanzhou stopped. Even though he had rejected a woman as free and easy as Lu Zhen, he still had basic manners: "You say."
Lu Zhen said bluntly: "My mother is about to retire, and she wants to do two in-depth special reports on your Lingyu Group during her term of office."
Fu Yanzhou is not opposed to positive reports that are beneficial to the group, but now he has concerns: "Some people say that I have dated you. I don't know if you have heard about it."
Lu Zhen nodded.
Fu Yanzhou said, "I just heard about it tonight. Although it's all hearsay, I don't want it to affect my family. I'll go back and ask my wife about this special report."
When Lu Zhen heard that he wanted to ask Min Xi for instructions, he knew it was over. There was a high probability that nothing would happen next.
Regardless, she expressed her sincere gratitude.
Fu Yanzhou's phone rang. Caller ID: Chu Yi
He nodded apologetically to Lu Zhen and turned to answer the phone.
Chu Yi was one of his better classmates in high school. They had been desk mates for a year in their senior year. After graduating from college, they had maintained business dealings and kept in frequent contact.
"She's getting married. On the 28th of this month."
This was the first sentence Chu Yi spoke.
No names were mentioned and there was no beginning or end.
Fu Yanzhou: "Who's getting married? Zhu Youran?"
"Um."
Chu Yi openly fell in love with Zhu Youran during high school. Finally, after graduation from senior year, he immediately confessed his love to her, but of course he was rejected. He did not give up and applied to university in the city where Zhu Youran was studying, but still failed to catch up.
Later, he never met a woman who moved him as much as Zhu Youran, so he could never forget her all these years.
Five minutes ago, he learned from his classmates that Zhu Youran was getting married. He was in a very upset mood and had no one to talk to, so he had to call his old deskmate Fu Yanzhou.
"She met her fiancé through a blind date. The man treated her well and she was satisfied with him."
"Not bad." Fu Yanzhou asked a familiar person for a cigarette, took a lighter from the waiter, and went outside the banquet hall to light up the cigarette.
Chu Yi smiled conflictedly and bitterly: "Yes, it's good."
"Have you received Zhu Youran's invitation?" he asked.
Fu Yanzhou took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I haven't received it yet."
Chu Yi was not worried that Fu Yanzhou would not receive the invitation, because every classmate who got married would invite him.
Most of the students in their high school were either rich or noble, but Fu Yanzhou's family was not ordinary rich. However, he was low-key in his conduct, had excellent grades, was also the monitor of their class, and had always been very popular.
After entering the society, Fu Yanzhou naturally belonged to the group of people standing at the top of strength and wealth, but the feeling Fu Yanzhou gave him remained unchanged, strong but low-key.
So when he was in a bad mood, the first thing he thought of was to call Fu Yanzhou.
"When you go to the wedding, bring a blessing for me." Chu Yi hadn't decided what blessing to bring. "Are you free tonight? Let's go out for a drink."
"No time. I'm in Jiangcheng."
"Okay. You're busy. Contact me when you get back."
After hanging up the phone, Fu Yanzhou smoked half a cigarette and returned to the banquet hall.
Yan Heyu was waiting for Fu Yanzhou on purpose. Just now, Fu Yanzhou mentioned Zhu Youran after answering the phone, and he was sure that he did not hear it wrong. The name Zhu Youran has become particularly sensitive now, because the person that Fu Yanzhou asked Min Xi about before marriage was Zhu Youran.
He handed Fu Yanzhou a cup of warm water.
Fu Yanzhou held the glass, and both the glass and the cup were hot.
He looked at Yan Heyu and said, "If you have something to say, please tell me."
Yan Heyu went straight to the point: "Why did I hear you mention Zhu Youran?"
Fu Yanzhou said calmly: "A classmate called and said she was getting married at the end of the month."
Yan Heyu paused before asking, "Who are you marrying? Chu Yi?"
"With a blind date."
Yan Heyu nodded. Since they met through a blind date, their families and personal abilities must be a good match. "That's good."
Zhu Youran was the campus belle in high school, and later became a recognized talent and beauty in the overseas study circle. It is said that Zhu Youran received a maximum of three love letters a day. So many people pursued her, but no one caught up with her.
He went to the same high school as Fu Yanzhou and knew Zhu Youran. Fu Yanzhou and Zhu Youran had been in the same class since their first year of high school, and they had been classmates for three years.
When he was a student, many boys liked Zhu Youran. Just from what he knew, there were three or four boys in Fu Yanzhou's class. In addition to Fu Yanzhou, there was also Fu Yanzhou's deskmate, Chu Yi.
Chu Yi's love for Zhu Youran is quite straightforward; it is a bold and passionate love affair. Fu Yanzhou's love was reserved and he never showed it. None of his classmates knew about it. He was the only one who knew about it at the time, and later Min Xi joined the group.
Since Min Xi wanted to put Fu Yanzhou's previous relationship behind him and didn't want to talk about it anymore, as an outsider, he shouldn't interfere in the affairs of the couple.
Some things, once the window paper is broken, will cause unnecessary conflicts.
Gathering his thoughts, Yan Heyu said: "Min Xi has a bad temper and is sometimes willful, I admit that..."
Fu Yanzhou interrupted him: "What do you want to say?"
Yan Heyu was conflicted: "Zhu Youran..." He paused, "What's past is past. And as for Lu Zhen, since you said it was a misunderstanding, I believe you, you should deal with it as soon as possible. Even if you and Min Xi have no feelings for each other, now that you are married, don't let her down."
Fu Yanzhou: "With her personality, she is the only one who lets others down."
Tonight, the phone rang one after another. It was the hotel front desk who called. After he answered, he just said, "Wait for two minutes, I'll be there right away."
"I'll go back to my room and come down in a while." When he said this to Yan Heyu, he had already taken a step forward.
It takes less than a minute to take the dedicated elevator from the ballroom level to the top floor suite.
Fu Yanzhou strode down from the elevator, and a waiter was waiting at the door of the suite with a food cart.
He ordered dinner for Min Xi, which was supposed to be delivered to the room at 7:30, but Min Xi was too sleepy, so the delivery was delayed until 9 o'clock. The waiter rang the doorbell but no one opened the door, so he had to ask the front desk to contact Fu Yanzhou.
The waiter put the tray on the table and left. Fu Yanzhou went to the bedroom to wake Min Xi up.
Afterwards, she was so sleepy that she rolled up in the quilt and fell into a deep sleep.
There was only one wall lamp on in the room. He held Min Xi's shoulder and shook her gently: "Xi Xi, get up and eat."
Min Xi was shaken awake from her sound sleep, and half asleep and half awake, she shook off his hand with great emotion.
Fu Yanzhou propped up his hand on her pillow: "Not eating anymore?"
Min Xi was already hungry. His stomach wanted to eat, but his body didn't want to get up.
"Can you get up?" he asked her again in a low voice.
Min Xi regained consciousness and said truthfully, "I don't want to think about it." After a pause, he said, "It can't be wasted."
He had come back from the cocktail party specially to get her food. Neither the food nor his kindness could be wasted, so she planned to take her time before getting up to eat.
"Got it. Got some more sleep."
Fu Yanzhou stood up and left the bedroom.
Min Xi was puzzled, what did he know?
After sitting up and relaxing for a while, she simply washed up and went to eat.
In the restaurant, Fu Yanzhou was sitting at the table eating.
"You didn't go to the party?"
Fu Yanzhou turned his head and looked at her: "Eat the salad you don't want to eat. Didn't you say that we can't waste it?"
“…”
As he was speaking, Min Xi walked up to him. Most of the salad on the plate had been eaten, there were still some vegetables, and only one shrimp left.
She knew that Fu Yanzhou didn't like eating salad, nor did he like eating shrimp very much.
She sat down next to him: "I don't mean to ask you to eat it."
Fu Yanzhou realized that he had misunderstood just now.
He took out his phone and ordered another salad for her.
He continued eating the remaining salad on the plate and forked the last shrimp.
Min Xi: "Give me the shrimp."
She spoke half a second late, and when she finished speaking, Fu Yanzhou just put the shrimp into his mouth.
Fu Yanzhou looked at her and thought she was very hungry.
He put his arm on the back of her chair, leaned over, and fed her the unchewed shrimp.
When their lips touched, they both subconsciously paused for breath.
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