The news had already spread throughout the banquet hall before she and Lu Yan took the elevator upstairs. As a result, as soon as the elevator doors opened, Xia Yixin was met with a barrage of gazes, some shocked, some puzzled, and some eager. However, she was in no mood to care about any of that right now.
Tonight is the child's 100-day celebration, so she definitely doesn't need to worry about the gift money. Grandpa Xia must have already given it. The Xia family is currently undergoing restructuring, so there's no need to rely on connections. Besides, most of the people coming tonight are relatives and friends of the Qin family, mostly women, and there are also many children.
She calmed down on the way up, and the system provided the answer regarding the diamond earrings: "Host, don't underestimate Lu Yan. He's a genius. He can sell any drug on the black market for tens of millions of dollars, like the Black Death that suddenly appeared in a certain state..."
The system's words made her feel that the earrings were getting heavier and heavier, and that it was offering unsolicited favors...
"So now?" she mustered her courage, tilted her head back, and asked softly, a question that to outsiders would have been a whispered conversation between lovers.
Lu Yan smiled slightly and answered softly, "Wait."
She avoided the man's intense breath and her gaze fell on the buffet table in the corner, where she had an idea.
"I'm going to eat now. Contact me if you need anything."
Without waiting for his reply, she slipped away quickly; being with him always made her feel like she was being played to death.
Lu Yan watched the woman's retreating figure with a smile, but didn't rush to chase after her.
At this moment, a wealthy man who had come to greet her was a little surprised to see Xia Yixin suddenly leave, but he was too embarrassed to leave immediately, so he awkwardly introduced himself, "Hello, I am Sun Jia from the Northwest Coal Mine Company, and you are?"
"Lu Yan." Lu Yan turned his gaze back, reverting to his noble demeanor.
The wealthy man racked his brains but couldn't recall any Lu family or the name Lu Yan in China's high society. He immediately imagined Lu Yan's identity and thought he was just a handsome male companion brought by Xia Yixin with no real abilities.
A wealthy man chuckled and turned to leave, unaware that in the near future he would regret his actions immensely.
Most of the guests tonight are like this. Someday in the future, when they finally learn the name Lu Yan, they will be devastated. They will have thrown away a golden opportunity to make his acquaintance, and when they want to do so again, they will not even be qualified and will only be able to look up to him.
At this moment, Lu Yan was happy to have some peace and quiet, since his target tonight wasn't those foolish guests.
He decided to settle accounts with a certain woman first.
He walked to the buffet table and placed the strawberry mousse cake that a certain young woman had been eyeing for a while on her plate.
"Given your current height, weight, and basal metabolic rate, a piece of strawberry mousse shouldn't make you fat. But you shouldn't eat the steak; the meat isn't fresh."
The delicious food falling from the sky, accompanied by the man's pleasant voice, made Xia Yixin pause in her hand, which was about to pick up a steak, and obediently put it down as if she had been controlled.
A system's delighted voice rang in his mind: "Host is so obedient! Congratulations, the male supporting character's happiness level has increased by five points, for a total of 15 points!"
Since it seemed there was no way to avoid it, she simply picked up the plate and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble Professor Lu?"
He chuckled and, without any hesitation, started helping her choose.
It seemed that her indirect attempt to please him was actually working. Hearing the system notification that her points had increased by five, she stopped caring how "affectionate" their actions appeared to outsiders.
Because he was a medical professional and a genius in all fields, he could tell at a glance what was new and what wasn't. Before long, he made the decision for her, replacing the high-calorie, high-cholesterol food with something healthy, delicious, and suitable for her.
Because of her experience of being bedridden and only able to eat liquid food in her previous life, she cherished and loved food exceptionally. As she ate fresh shrimp, her almond-shaped eyes involuntarily narrowed slightly with happiness. She ate bite after bite, and before she knew it, she had filled herself up, forgetting all about the mousse cake she wanted to eat the most.
Just as she was hesitating to take a bite with her fork, someone swiftly and accurately forked away the most delicious strawberry at the top.
"Ah, my strawberry!" Xia. Foodie. Yi Xin exclaimed from the bottom of her heart, watching in amazement as the man ate the strawberry. His thin lips were stained with a little bit of cream from the strawberry, and the way he lightly licked it off with his tongue seemed to be in slow motion. His deep eyes were fixed on her, filled with a playful yet wolfish gaze. Even though he was a man, she found him alluring and seductive.
The lecherous man chuckled and gently pinched the tip of her nose. "The best food is saved for last. Are you a child?"
She didn't know what was wrong with her tonight; her heart was pounding with excitement several times. In a fit of revenge, she forked a bite of the mousse cake and said, "Mind your own business!" before turning away and eating it!
Lu Yan watched with amusement as the little woman turned her head to eat the mousse cake, unaware that the doting affection in his eyes was growing stronger.
He stopped smiling when he saw a certain figure.
He glanced at Xia Yixin, who was still struggling with the mousse cake, and followed the other person.
Xia Yixin regretted eating the mousse cake as soon as she finished it. She drank a glass of sparkling wine to suppress the sticky and nauseating feeling. Only then did she belatedly realize that Lu Yanguang had fed her, but he hadn't eaten any of it.
She picked up a glass of non-alcoholic juice, ready to offer it to Lu Yan, but when she turned around, she realized that Lu Yan had disappeared.
The banquet had already begun, and the bustling hall was filled with people. Perhaps she had drunk too much, because after looking around and confirming that Lu Yan was not there, she decided to take care of her personal matters first.
She ran into Mr. Lin, who was dressed in a Tang suit, at the entrance of the banquet hall. She greeted him politely and left, but she did not miss the deep disgust hidden in his eyes.
Xia Yixin was very puzzled. She didn't remember offending this old man Lin. The first time they met, he looked down on her with condescension, and the second time, he showed disgust. How could such a person be the grandfather of the female protagonist in the original story?
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