Chapter 131 Seemingly Sweet
Chu Xi heard Li Mu's concern for her and smiled brightly. "It's okay. Although I'm a bit busy, I don't feel tired because of you."
When Li Mu heard Chu Xi say this, he almost jumped up with joy. After all, he was just a child now, and he knew all the girls he met. No one could stand Chu Xi's words and expressions. He couldn't see that Chu Xi was pretending at all. On the contrary, he really felt that Chu Xi had always liked him.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on him, because including Chu's mother and almost everyone present, they all think that the two are a match made in heaven.
"I really didn't think we'd meet again and end up together like this. Xixi, I really didn't want to go abroad back then. I'm so sorry for letting you down all these years."
"It's okay. I understand you. After all, your family would have looked down on me because of my status back then... And, you know that because of my special status, I haven't been able to..."
As Chu Xi spoke, her eyes turned slightly red and she sobbed silently. Li Mu watched from the side and felt so distressed.
Just as she was about to speak out to comfort Chu Xi, she heard Chu Xi continue, "But don't worry, I really haven't had relationships with other men in these years. I just accompanied them to drink some wine and attend some social occasions. Because I met you at that time, I really have never forgotten you all these years..."
As long as Chu Xi doesn't say it, who would know? Besides, she is now the eldest daughter of the Chu family, and those men who have had any connection with her have to be more or less cautious.
"I believe in you, Xixi. I'm responsible for all the suffering you've endured over the years. Don't worry, when you marry into the Li family, I will do my best to give you the best and make you the happiest woman in the world."
Chu Xi had almost finished watching the play. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips and smiled again. "Well, I believe in you. I know that if I marry you, I will be happy."
Li Mu didn't say anything, but just hugged Chu Xi and gave her the greatest comfort he could give her at the moment.
"The love between Master Li and Miss Chu has been full of ups and downs. Now that they can be together, I give them my most sincere blessings." A pot-bellied man walked towards the two of them, holding a glass of red wine.
No one else knows this middle-aged man, but Chu Xi is very familiar with him. He was once one of her many financial backers. However, if he doesn't say anything and Chu Xi doesn't say anything, not many people will know.
The man wanted to pass the red wine in his hand to Chu Xi. Seeing this, Chu Xi couldn't refuse. Just as she was about to take it back, Li Mu took it away. The man was obviously unhappy when he saw this.
"Master Li, are you worried that Miss Chu will get drunk? Master Li, don't worry. From what I know, a glass of wine is nothing to Miss Chu. After all, her career used to be related to alcohol, wasn't it?"
Chu Xi heard the malice in the man's words and laughed dryly, "It's okay, a glass of wine is really nothing."
Chu Xi reached out to take the wine from Li Mu's hand, but Li Mu dodged it. "Drinking is bad for your health. I know you can drink a lot, but you should drink less in the future. Let me drink this wine for you."
Li Mu gave Chu Xi a reassuring smile, drank the wine in his hand, and then looked at the middle-aged man who was in a daze.
"Although Xixi's previous career wasn't very glorious, I think everyone has a less-than-stellar past, and there's no need to dwell on it. I don't care what Chuxi did in the past. After tonight, she'll be my, Li Mu's, fiancée. I believe you can show some respect."
When the man heard Li Mu say this, he touched his nose in dismay to ease the embarrassment, "Master Li, you misunderstood. That's not what I meant. The main thing is..."
"No matter what you mean, I hope you can stay away from Xixi in the future." After saying that, Li Mu didn't wait for the man's reaction and directly pulled Chu Xi away from this place.
After what just happened, all those who had bad intentions could no longer say anything. After all, the protagonist of the engagement party had said so, so they couldn't do anything else.
They were just having fun. They just looked down on Chu Xi, but there was no need to offend the Li family because of Chu Xi, so they all put on their most iconic smiles and gave insincere blessings.
Everything was going on in an orderly manner until Zheng Ronglan's arrival broke this rare tranquility.
Zheng Ronglan and a group of bodyguards rushed into the engagement party directly, and the guards outside were unable to stop him. The bodyguards behind Zheng Ronglan were all dressed in suits and looked very aggressive.
Seeing Zheng Ronglan like this, Mother Chu was filled with confusion and even more anger. "I welcome Young Master Zheng to my daughter's engagement party, but... I don't know what these bodyguards mean."
"It's nothing special. I just missed Siran, so I came to see her, but..." Zheng Ronglan paused deliberately, "But I heard that Chu Siran was imprisoned by the Chu family, so of course I have to bring some people to rescue her."
As Zheng Ronglan spoke, he winked at Chu's mother playfully, not feeling that there was anything wrong with himself.
Lin Yilan and Chu Siran had come out of the room a long time ago because they were bored. Now they were standing upstairs, quietly watching every move downstairs.
Chu Siran noticed Zheng Ronglan as soon as he came in, not to mention that he was accompanied by so many bodyguards, which attracted so much attention.
"Did you find Zheng Ronglan?" Lin Yilan also noticed Zheng Ronglan and looked at Chu Siran on the side. In her understanding, the Zheng family seemed to have no business dealings with the Chu family, and she had not heard that Zheng Ronglan was invited to Chu Xi's engagement party.
If Chu Siran hadn't called Zheng Ronglan, she wouldn't have understood why Zheng Ronglan suddenly came.
However, to Lin Yilan's surprise, Chu Siran shook his head, denying Lin Yilan's idea. "I don't know why he suddenly came, but... looking at those bodyguards, haha, I'm very happy to be able to cause trouble for Chu Xi."
Hearing Chu Siran say this, Lin Yilan rolled her eyes and followed Chu Siran's gaze to look at the bodyguards. Lin Yilan couldn't help but shudder. Thinking of the bodyguards sent to her by Huo Juncheng, Lin Yilan became a little scared.
I didn't even say hello to Huo Juncheng and came straight to Chu Siran. What if he gets angry? Will he send me a few more bodyguards?
Lin Yilan was still thinking to herself, and then she saw Huo Juncheng looking at her from downstairs. Looking at Huo Juncheng's expressionless face, Lin Yilan really wanted to slap herself.
What had she been looking at? Now, what she feared was coming true. Lin Yilan looked at Huo Juncheng and slowly uttered two words. Although she couldn't hear them from the distance, she could still make out his lip shape.
What he said was, "Come here."
Lin Yilan scratched his head and said, "Siran, I think I need to go down now, otherwise my bodyguard army may have to double in the future."
Chu Siran didn't understand what Lin Yilan said at first, until he saw Huo Juncheng looking at him, then he understood.
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