Liu Nian turned around and, unsurprisingly, saw Diao Potian's slightly mocking smile again.
This time, he wasn't wearing the same outfit as that night, but a formal evening suit, surrounded by a bunch of friends who were quite the sight to behold.
They echoed Diao Potian's words, criticizing Liu Nian's appearance and clothing as utterly worthless.
"Look at his weasel-like face, he's obviously not a good person." A young and beautiful woman with heavy makeup was the first to mock him.
"He was already ugly, and now he's blind in one eye, how pitiful!" Another promising young man added insult to injury, rubbing salt into Liu Nian's wound.
"What are you looking at?" A man with a buzz cut said in a sharp tone when he saw Liu Nian turn her head to look at him.
"Didn't you ask your lover for help this time? I bet they dumped you, didn't they?" Diao Potian said sarcastically.
They always picked the softest persimmons to squeeze, and seeing that Liu Nian remained silent, the group became bolder and their words became more and more outrageous.
A lover? Who?
It took Liu Nian a long time to realize that it should be Yan Kuan, right?
As for eloquence? I really have none. I can't win an argument, not even close.
Debating with a group of Confucian scholars was Zhuge Liang's job; Liu Nian couldn't do it.
I don't want to kill someone over this, nor do I want to stay and listen to others' ridicule.
Standing here isn't going to solve anything, so Liu Nian decided to go back and look for the missing invitation.
If they keep coming to cause trouble, they might just run into a ghost if they keep walking in the dark!
The passing guests looked at the disheveled Liu Nian with a hint of mockery in their eyes, and immediately assumed that he was yet another opportunistic man trying to enter high society. They had seen too many of these!
However, before he could go far, new troubles befell him.
"You're just leaving like this, darling?" A slightly coquettish female voice appeared behind Liu Nian, and then her right arm was wrapped around a snow-white arm.
Did they give you the wrong script?
Why does that voice sound so familiar?
Liu Nian turned her head to look to her right and saw that it was Lu Jiaqi, the main character of the banquet.
"What the hell? Are you crazy?" Liu Nian asked in a low voice as people around him pointed and whispered.
A sharp pain shot through his lower back, clearly indicating that Lu Jiaqi had launched a sneak attack.
"Be a shield and don't worry about it." Lu Jiaqi knew it wasn't the right time, but she had no choice but to resort to this tactic in order to get rid of the people who were bothering her.
"Me and you? You're grasping at straws, you know? Even a blind man would think we're mismatched." Liu Nian tried to pull her arm back, but she couldn't make a big movement under the watchful eyes of everyone.
However, the little girl was determined to drag Liu Nian down with her, her arms wrapped tightly around him like an octopus.
Don't drag me into this; I usually prefer to be a bystander.
"I don't care, you figure it out." This was the only option left, and Lu Jiaqi pouted as if she were being coquettish.
"Um...you're Qiqi's...boyfriend?" A tall, handsome man walked over and asked with a hint of doubt.
Upon seeing the approaching person, Lu Jiaqi tightened her arms even more, clearly intending to block the arrow.
"Yes." Before Liu Nian could figure out how to start the conversation, Lu Jiaqi spoke up first to admit it.
Nobody would believe that! If we went shopping together, people would mistake us for father and daughter!
Liu Nian couldn't help but roll her eyes, but then her lower back suffered again.
Ouch, you brat, you pinched me so hard!
Even with my constitution, which is over 30, I can't handle it!!
"Qiqi, even if you're going to find a boyfriend, you should at least find someone better, right? What's this one-eyed bastard?" Unexpectedly, the unpopular Diao Potian also came to join in the fun.
As the son of the Director of the Public Security Bureau, he naturally knew Lu Jiaqi.
The handsome guy next to him didn't say anything, but his expression showed a clear agreement.
My impression of you has changed!
As the saying goes, it's better to provoke than to persuade, so Liu Nian decided to play the role of a shield.
He decisively pulled his arm out of Lu Jiaqi's arms.
"That's more like it..." Diao Potian's face, which had been showing a mocking expression, turned ugly after seeing Liu Nian's actions.
Liu Nian pulled his arm away and then grabbed Lu Jiaqi's shoulder, pulling her into his arms.
Glancing sideways at Diao Potian's ugly face, Liu Nian pressed Lu Jiaqi's head against her chest.
"A good dog doesn't block the way." Liu Nian spoke in a human voice, his eyes fixed straight ahead.
Liu Nian's eyes, sharpened by years of bloodshed, pierced the gazes of the people in front of him like a blade. They were all intimidated by his killing intent and took a few steps back.
"Thank you," Liu Nian said lightly, then put her arm around Lu Jiaqi and left.
Dogs can be rude, but people can't!
Those people were still intimidated by Liu Nian's gaze and stood obediently in place.
"I can't find my invitation. Can I still get in?" Liu Nian asked the greeter in front of her.
"Your invitation is here with me." Yan Kuan, who was also attending the banquet, quickly stepped forward and handed it to the host as the farce ended.
"I'm so sorry, please come inside." Although it wasn't her fault, she still apologized first.
Liu Nian had no intention of making things difficult for her; it was her own fault for losing the invitation first.
After entering the city lord's mansion, Liu Nian was finally relieved of his responsibility as a shield.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Liu Nian, Yan Kuan left first without asking Lu Jiaqi what was going on. They weren't that close, and besides, it was someone else's private matter.
Just as they were about to try the chef's skills at the City Lord's Mansion, the silent Lu Jiaqi spoke up: "That person is called Xiao Yan, the son of the City Lord of C City."
Oh, a family marriage? Liu Nian has watched dramas before.
I understand, the goddess is willing, but the king has no dream!
Sure enough, that's exactly what Lu Jiaqi was saying.
"Even if you don't choose the Romeo and Juliet storyline, at least don't choose the Romeo and the pig storyline, right? There's no chance for us, absolutely none." Liu Nian spoke the truth, though it was a hurtful truth.
Lu Jiaqi didn't catch the main point and was amused by Liu Nian's witty remark.
Romeo spending the night with a pig? What an absurd scenario!
"I've blocked all the arrows, shouldn't I be begging for my life now?" It's really not appropriate for me to be the center of attention and be watched by others.
It has to be said that Liu Nian is more like an oddball; he always thinks about leaving the opportunities that others would love to take.
However, being with him was very relaxing and stress-free, and Lu Jiaqi didn't want to let him go too soon.
"Am I that unpleasant to you?" Lu Jiaqi asked angrily.
"Don't you have that awareness yet?" Liu Nian retorted.
"You know this is an opportunity that others would kill for, right?" If one plan fails, try another.
Why should I copy others?
"Where's my birthday present?" With her elaborate scheme foiled, Lu Jiaqi had no choice but to resort to her last resort.
For some reason, she gets very happy when she makes things difficult for Liu Nian.
Thankfully, I forgot the invitation, but I didn't forget the gift!
Liu Nian took out the gift box containing the Deep Blue Heart necklace. He had asked the landlady to make the gift box after he returned to the inn, paying the price of a piece of monster meat for it.
Meat is everything!
I must say, the gift box the proprietress wrapped was very appealing.
"Happy birthday." I can be playful at other times, but I have to be serious now.
"Thank you." Lu Jiaqi opened the gift box and found a beautiful necklace inside.
Exquisite but impractical, Liu Nian added to himself.
Without level restrictions, how good can your stats be?
"Aren't you going to help the lady put it on?" Lu Jiaqi tossed her long hair.
"If I don't help, I'll die from being pierced by a thousand eyes!" Liu Nian looked at the murderous gazes around him, especially at the middle-aged man named Mu Feng, whose eyes could practically spit fire.
After giving the gift, Liu Nian decisively left, leaving the birthday boy standing there dumbfounded.
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