Yue Song returned to the dormitory and told Qian Wei: "I promised Zhang Qi that I would attend her birthday party."
"Fuck, what?" Qian Wei poked his head out of the bed. "What... Oh! I see, it was Zhang Qi who came to see you just now, right?"
Yue Song thought Qian Wei would be unhappy, but Qian Wei thought about it and said, "Then I'll go too."
Yue Song was surprised: "Don't you hate her the most?"
"A rich girl who drives a sports car to school," Qian Wei said, "I want to see what a rich person's home is like. I guess this is the only chance I'll have in my lifetime."
Yue Song laughed.
"I still have to prepare birthday gifts, right? What a loss." Qian Wei calculated carefully, "No, I have to eat a lot when I go, I have to eat to make up for the money!"
He was worried again: "Hey, what do you think I should prepare for my birthday?"
Yue Song said: "Ask other people. It would be best if we all pool our money and buy a gift together."
"You are really smart!" Qian Wei slapped the bed, "I was just thinking about it. The most I can give her is 100 yuan, no more. I am still worried about what to buy. After all, we are rich people. We can't be too shabby and let others look down on us."
Qian Wei is not the only one who is worried about gifts. Basically, everyone who is invited to the student union is worried about this. Normally, students give each other birthday gifts. Over a hundred yuan is considered expensive, but usually a few dozen yuan will suffice.
But Zhang Qi is a young lady who drives a sports car and carries a C-brand bag. Everyone knows that a gift worth more than one hundred yuan is definitely not worth giving her.
Qian Wei mentioned it, and everyone responded to the call and decided to put their money together. After some discussion, they adopted a girl's suggestion and bought a gift box of big-brand cosmetics for Zhang Qi.
According to this estimate, each person should spend less than 200 yuan.
Yue Song also shared the cost with everyone. Qian Wei was still distressed: "What a loss, what a loss, it's too expensive!"
Yue Song comforted him: "Don't worry, you will definitely get your money's worth out of it."
No one spent much time thinking about this matter and focused on the final exam first.
After the exam, the two girls used the money raised by everyone to buy a cosmetics gift box. On the third day after the exam, everyone went to attend her birthday party according to the address Zhang Qi gave her.
Although I knew before I went there that Zhang Qi's house must be a mansion, I was still shocked when I actually went there. Even that expensive cosmetics gift box didn’t seem so worthwhile.
Sure enough, Zhang Qi accepted the gift with just a polite "thank you" and put it aside, not taking it seriously at all.
Zhang Qi smiled and told everyone to feel free, but her eyes flickered over Yue Song.
Yue Song was wearing the same plaid shirt as Qian Wei.
Zhang Qi knew about this shirt because the girls from the Student Union had laughed at it before - it was a group purchase by Yue Song's dormitory and the two dormitories next door. It only costs a few dozen bucks, with standard plaid, a perfect shirt for otakus.
But even such a cheap item looks good when worn by Yue Song.
She has a celebrity face and a clothes rack-like figure. She looks fashionable even when wearing a sack.
The luxurious mansion, the aunties in uniform, the sumptuous buffet of drinks, snacks, fruit plates... the students couldn't help but feel very reserved. Even Qian Wei, who snorted when Zhang Qi was mentioned, didn't know what to do.
When Zhang Qi's mother came out to meet everyone, everyone became even more reserved.
Zhang Qi's mother is a noble lady covered in jewels and gems, and you can tell at a glance that she is in very good shape.
But she was clearly greeting everyone with a smile, but everyone felt that she didn't pay any attention to them, and they always felt that the smile in her eyes was a little cold.
With a bit of disdain and contempt, not even bothering to cover up and hide. Coming out to say hello was purely to show her presence and upbringing.
Not only a few people from the student union came to K University to celebrate Zhang Qi’s birthday, but also her three suitors. Zhang Qi's mother only spoke to them for a few sentences alone.
These three suitors all come from wealthy families and can be considered second-generation rich. Judging from the look on Zhang Qi's mother's face, she was obviously aware of their existence.
Then, the lady smiled and said, "Feel free to do as you please and have fun."
Before she left, she casually glanced at Yue Song, who was wearing the same plaid shirt as Qian Wei, and turned to go upstairs.
Yue Song observed her for a while when she first appeared. He had seen many such arrogant ladies, so it was nothing special. It’s just a bit strange why such a mother would raise Zhang Qi to have such a personality.
Zhang Qi is rich and beautiful, and she should be a proud young lady like her mother. But in fact, Yue Song saw her inherent lack of confidence from the fact that she wanted to compete with Senior Sister Jiang, liked to be surrounded by people, and many other small details. Eager to outdo others and seek recognition.
She doesn't have the pride that comes from being spoiled by a real rich girl.
While Zhang Qi's mother was greeting everyone, Yue Song observed and easily distinguished the several groups of people, which ones were middle school classmates and which ones were children of old friends.
But there was one girl and two boys who were particularly special. The three of them were obviously younger than the others. He is also particularly close to Zhang Qi's mother, calling her "Aunt", making it very clear that he is Zhang Qi's cousin.
So, what about my cousin?
Where is Zhang Yanyan?
When the main course started, Yue Song realized that Zhang Yanyan probably would not come.
In theory, everyone thinks that people with the same surname are one family. But when Zhang Qi celebrated her birthday, she invited her aunt's cousin's sister-in-law, but did not invite her cousin. It can be seen that she is closer to her maternal relatives.
The relationship with Zhang Yanyan is not very good.
The main meal was also a luxurious and sumptuous buffet, and a professional team of party chefs was hired.
Before Qian Wei came, he boasted that he must eat a lot to make back his investment. But when the time came, he couldn't eat as much as he wanted and ate much more politely than usual.
According to Zhang Qi, there are some arrangements after dinner, such as some multiplayer games. But Yue Song was no longer interested and planned to leave after dinner.
He went to the bathroom and was about to return to the restaurant when he passed by a small living room. He glanced at it inadvertently and was suddenly attracted by a picture on the wall.
There was a Western-style fireplace in the hall, and on the wall above the fireplace hung a family portrait.
The two sons, with their wives and children, surrounded a noble old lady.
Needless to say, this old lady must be the current head of the Zhang family, Old Lady Song Lanying. The Yue family had no contact with the Zhang family, but Old Man Yue had also heard of Old Lady Song. She is one of the most powerful women in the province.
The old lady was sitting on a chaise longue, and sitting on her left was the noble lady just now, Zhang Qi's mother. Then theoretically the person on the right should be another daughter-in-law.
But why is this woman so thin?
Yue Song remembered that his cousin Xue Xintong once told him that Zhang Yanyan's mother passed away several years ago. Judging from her appearance in the photo, she must have died of illness.
Zhang Qi in the photo was much younger than she is now, still a young girl. Standing next to his mother, his posture was meticulous.
Another little girl was also sitting on the chaise longue, snuggling up to the skinny woman.
The three men of the Zhang family all stood behind.
It looks like a large and harmonious family. If his grandfather saw this, he would definitely be envious. The Yue family has been a single-line family for three generations.
"Yue Song!" Zhang Qi suddenly appeared at the entrance of the hall, smiling, "I was wondering why I couldn't see you anymore, and now it turns out you are here."
"Oh, sorry." Yue Song apologized for trespassing. This is obviously a family living space, not for entertaining guests. "When I saw this, I couldn't help but come in and take a look."
Zhang Qi was very happy to have the opportunity to talk to Yue Song alone. She walked over to take a look and said, "This is a family photo from several years ago. This is my aunt, she has passed away."
It turned out to be just as he had guessed.
Yue Song didn't know that the Zhang family took family photos every year. But because Zhao Lanfen looked down on Liang Yingying, Zhang Yu's family kept the last photo with Zhang Yansheng's mother and did not replace it with a new family photo.
At the old lady's place and Zhang Huan's home, they were all replaced with new ones for Zhang Heling and Zhang Shuocheng.
Yue Song looked at the little girl in the photo who was snuggling closely with her emaciated mother and asked, "Who is this child...?"
"Oh, this is my cousin Zhang Yansheng." Zhang Qi sighed with compassion, "She lost her mother at such a young age, how pitiful."
Yue Song turned around and asked in surprise: "Zhang Yan, what?"
"Zhang Yansheng." Zhang Qi wondered why he was so interested in a primary school student in the photo. "The sound of a wild goose leaves its mark behind."
Goose sound?
Male and female geese mate together. If one geese is missing, the remaining one will never look for a mate until it dies. It has symbolized faithfulness since ancient times.
I really admire my cousin. How could she come up with such a tacky name like "Zhang Yanyan" to match a girl with such temperament?
Yue Song closed his open mouth and nodded: "Good name."
Zhang Qi's compassion disappeared, and she said reluctantly, "That's it."
Yue Song stopped talking and looked at the little girl in the photo again. You can tell it's her from the features on her face. She has been so pretty since she was a child.
But what is different from when she grew up is that the girl snuggling beside her mother has a very gentle look in her eyes. At first glance, she is a soft and warm girl.
Yue Song thought of Zhang Yansheng's gorgeous but cold face, his serious mouth, and his slightly cold eyes...
There was a slight ripple in his heart, and he felt a slight pity.
Back at the restaurant, Yue Song told Qian Wei that he planned to leave after dinner and asked Qian Wei if he wanted to go with him.
Qian Wei didn't want to leave yet: "I want to stay a little longer. I don't know if I will have another chance in the future. I want to learn more!"
Yue Song then sent a text message, and waited for a while after everyone had dinner and moved to the conference hall. When he received the text message, he stood up and said goodbye to Zhang Qi - Old Man Yue originally wanted to take him to the company today, and he had already wasted a whole morning for Zhang Qi, so it was not worth it to continue wasting more time here.
Of course Zhang Qi wanted to keep him, but Yue Song declined: "I have something else to do at home."
One of Zhang Qi's second-generation rich suitors said, "What's the matter? How can it be more important than Zhang Qi's birthday? How rude!"
Yue Song kept a low profile in college so that his college life would not be affected by his family background and he could interact normally with his classmates. It's not to be ignored by others.
The cold star-like eyes glanced over, and the rich second generation who was choking paused, and his momentum was obviously reduced by this cold glance.
But he immediately felt ashamed. Looking at the cheap plaid shirt on Yue Song, he became confident again and wanted to say something else.
Zhang Qi stopped him and defended Yue Song: "Something happened at home, what are you talking about?" Then she said to Yue Song gently and considerately: "Are you in a hurry? I'll ask the driver at home to take you there."
Yue Song smiled and refused: "No, I've already called a taxi."
Zhang Qi went to the door to see Yue Song off, but didn't see the car Yue Song called. Yue Song left Zhang Qi's home and kept walking until he disappeared.
The second-generation rich man sneered: "Where is the car you ordered? Are you going to take the bus?"
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