Chapter 114: The Fruit of Time
A few days passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye it was the day of Ning's mother's fiftieth birthday party.
Ye Jing got up early in the morning and started to dress herself up. She slept late last night and had noticeable dark circles under her eyes.
She had obviously gone to bed early, but she couldn't fall asleep. When she thought about waking up to meet Ning Yi's parents and relatives in such a grand occasion, and... Ning Yi's mother seemed to dislike her a little, she wanted to toss and turn, and only fell into a drowsy sleep when it was almost dawn.
She put on some light makeup, changed into a goose yellow dress and strappy stilettos. The bright colors added a lot of color and vitality to her face.
After packing up, Ye Jing went out. She had planned to hail a taxi at the hotel entrance, but as soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she saw a man in a suit sitting on the sofa in the lobby, holding a newspaper in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
"Why are you here? Didn't I say I would go there by myself?" Ye Jing walked slowly up to him and asked.
Xie Fei put down the coffee in his hand and held her cold hand. The next moment, he frowned and looked Ye Jing up and down, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Wearing so little?"
Ye Jing felt guilty when he looked at her. She hesitated for a long time when changing clothes, but finally gave up the warm ones and chose the good-looking ones. She looked away, swallowed her saliva and said, "Not a small amount... I'm not cold at all. My hands are cold because they are exposed."
Xie Fei didn't give her any chance to explain. He pulled her to sit next to him, took off the scarf from his neck and put it on her.
His movements were very gentle, but the expression on his face was a little hard to read. He didn't look angry, but his handsome thin lips were tightly pursed and he exuded a cool aura.
Ye Jing bit her lower lip and hesitated for a few seconds, then reached out and pulled his sleeve, whispering: "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong...but wearing too much will really make you ugly, I want to leave a good impression on my uncle and aunt."
Xie Fei paused while adjusting his scarf. After a while, he looked up at Ye Jing's aggrieved face and sighed, "It doesn't matter what they do. You don't have to please them for me..." He paused here, rubbed her face with his warm palm, and slowed down his tone, "You don't have to wrong yourself like this. It makes me sad."
Ye Jing's almond-shaped eyes were full of spring water. She stretched out her hand to cover his big palm, pursed her lips and said, "I don't want to wrong myself, nor do I want to make you feel bad... In fact, I also want to look better. How about I go up and change it back now?"
"Forget it." Xie Fei shook his head and smiled, "As long as you like it, you can wear my clothes if you feel cold."
As he spoke, he pinched her red nose and said, "Don't be so stubborn."
"Yeah." Ye Jing nodded obediently, smiling with curved eyebrows.
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More than an hour later, the car stopped in front of the Ning family villa. Although it was winter, all that could be seen was a lush and green scene.
The lawn and garden in front of the villa were carefully decorated, the stairs were covered with red carpet, beautiful music came from the gate, and bursts of laughter and chatter could be heard from time to time.
Ye Jing took Xie Fei's arm and walked in slowly. The banquet hall was bustling with people, singing and dancing.
Swallowing nervously, Ye Jing looked at the crowd of strangers at the banquet and for a moment didn't know what to do.
Xie Fei noticed her emotional ups and downs, patted her hand gently, and took her to a quiet corner to sit down: "Have some refreshments and rest here, I'll go see if Grandpa is ready, and take you to see him later."
"Okay." Ye Jing nodded with a smile.
"Call me if you have anything to say." Xie Fei paused and said, "Don't be polite if someone picks on you. Remember, you are the wife of a major general."
"As you command, Major General." Ye Jing nodded again, smiled and pushed him, urging, "Go quickly, I'll be fine."
After Xie Fei left, the nervousness in her heart gradually surged up again. Ye Jing picked up the juice on the table and drank it in small sips, slowly calming down her nervousness.
Bored, she ate her snacks and looked around. The next moment, she saw Lin Manyue in the crowd. She was wearing a floor-length silver fishtail skirt, a white fox jacket on her upper body, her hair was tied up behind her head, and she wore a pair of sparkling silver diamond earrings on her ears.
She snuggled intimately with a graceful lady beside her, and the two of them were chatting and laughing with three ladies opposite them. Lin Manyue lowered her head and smiled slightly. The smile on her face was just right, delicate and beautiful, but if you look closely, you will find that there is no smile in her eyes.
At this moment, Lin Manyue picked up another glass of wine from the tray held by the waiter, and as she thanked him with a smile, she caught sight of Ye Jing in the corner.
She immediately smiled and waved, turned around and said something to those people, and after a while, she walked towards Ye Jing.
"Sister Ye, why didn't you tell me you were here?" Lin Manyue took Ye Jing's hand and said with a smile, "Aunt Ning is over there, come on, I'll introduce you to her."
Her movements and expressions were very innocent and cute, but her tone faintly revealed the aura and boasting of the host. How could Ye Jing not hear it?
She didn't want to cooperate with Lin Manyue's performance, but she couldn't refuse because Ning's mother and others not far away were looking at the two of them from afar.
Ye Jing smiled and nodded, and took the opportunity to withdraw her hand while adjusting her skirt. Then she stood up and followed Lin Manyue over there.
"Aunt Ning, this is Sister Ye Jing whom I often talked about to you. Sister Ye, this is Brother Ning's mother. Well... why don't you follow me and call her Aunt Ning--" Lin Manyue took Ye Jing's arm and introduced the two enthusiastically.
But before she finished her words, she was interrupted by Ning's mother. She glanced at Ye Jing and said indifferently, "Farewell, we are not very familiar with each other. Just call me Madam Ning."
Ye Jing's smile remained unchanged as she nodded and said, "Happy birthday, Madam Ning."
"Thank you." Mother Ning replied calmly without looking away, then she greeted Lin Manyue with a smile on her face, "Man'er, come over and meet Madam Zhuo. She just praised you for your cleverness and thoughtfulness."
Everyone present here is a smart person. How could they not notice such obvious differential treatment? But this has nothing to do with them. Apart from watching the fun, they are unlikely to meddle in other people's business.
Everyone turned their eyes to Ye Jing and the other person. Lin Manyue bit her lip with some guilt and said, "Sister Ye..."
"It's okay, don't worry about me, just go to Madam Ning." Ye Jing said neither humbly nor arrogantly, her calm demeanor without any pettiness, and she was not at all ashamed or annoyed by other people's questioning.
In fact, she was somewhat grateful to Ning's mother for calling Lin Manyue over, because she felt really uncomfortable and uneasy being held by Lin Manyue.
Lin Manyue's hands were not simply chilly because of the cold, but had a chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.
She clearly didn't like him, but she still acted so intimately with him, which made Ye Jing very unhappy. It was as if there was a vicious and beautiful snake clinging to him, hiding in the dark and staring at him coldly. If he wasn't careful, she would take the opportunity to pounce on him and bite him.
Her dignified, generous and calm appearance quietly won the favor of some ladies. Regardless of this girl's family background, her attitude towards people and things is much better than many girls of the same age.
Lin Manyue greeted Madam Zhuo and the others. Madam Zhuo took Lin Manyue's hand and clapped her hands, saying with a smile, "What a pretty and capable child. Unlike this lazy girl in my family, she can't even take care of herself, let alone help organize such a big banquet."
As she spoke, she sighed again and said, "As expected, studying abroad can really help one develop self-care abilities. It looks like we really need to send Qing'er to study abroad as well."
A little girl beside Madam Zhuo curled her lips in dissatisfaction and said silently: "Tsk, what's the big deal."
Upon hearing this, Lin Manyue immediately shook her head in embarrassment: "Mrs. Zhuo, you are too kind. I didn't do anything. When I was studying abroad, I basically ate and lived in school, and I just did some trivial things. I can't really be called 'capable'."
At this point, she paused, slowly turned her head to look at Ye Jing, and the next moment she said with surprise: "Speaking of being capable, Sister Ye is the one who deserves it. I heard from Jiang Wei that Sister Ye moved out of her home and shared a house with someone when she was in her third year of high school, but..."
"Just what?" Ning's mother asked subconsciously.
"It's just that the roommate seems to be... a boy?" Lin Manyue said cautiously, pursing her lips. After that, she shook her head and smiled, "Well... maybe I heard it wrong. Sister Ye shouldn't share a room with a boy, right?"
Waiting for me here.
Ye Jing smiled calmly. She guessed that Lin Manyue must have used some method to get some information about herself from Jiang Wei, but it shouldn't be much. As for whether she sent anyone to find out more information about herself, she didn't know.
Anyway, she definitely didn't know that the person she was living with was Ning Yi, otherwise she wouldn't be stupid enough to tell this matter in public.
"You heard me right. I do share a house with a boy." Ye Jing nodded calmly and said, "No, maybe you prefer the word 'living together'?"
Ye Jing stared at Lin Manyue closely, not missing the gleam in her eyes when she heard the word "living together".
"Living together?!" Lin Manyue looked at Ye Jing in shock, her voice suddenly rising. Some of the guests around them looked over and said, "Sister Ye, are you kidding? How can a girl live with a boy casually? How can you be worthy of your future husband by doing this... Sorry, this is the last time I call you Sister Ye. I, a conservative person like me, really can't accept this kind of thing."
Mother Ning sneered at the side: "Silly Man'er, Aunt Ning has already told you that your sister Ye is not as simple as she looks. With the identity of a poor person, she can enter such an upper-class banquet. How can she live up to her appearance without some tricks?"
At this time, the noble ladies around had also heard most of the gossip from others and started pointing and talking. Lin Manyue lowered her head slightly, and her bangs covered the smile in her eyes.
Ye Jing sneered, looked around at everyone with her bright eyes, and said in a clear voice: "I didn't expect that people in the upper class would have such dirty thoughts in their minds."
No one expected her to say such a thing. There was silence in the banquet hall. They looked away in surprise, panic, or embarrassment.
After a while, a girl in the crowd snorted, "If you can do it, why can't we think about it?"
"What did I do? I didn't do anything. It's all your own thoughts." Ye Jing replied calmly. After that, he sighed and said leisurely, "Forget it. There's no point in talking to someone who doesn't agree with you. Your upper-class circle is really messy. A small person like me can't really get involved. I won't disturb your elegance."
After saying that, she said no more, turned around and walked back to the corner where she had been before.
The author has something to say: ??The world will end tomorrow, and a secret from the past life will finally be revealed. I have been holding it in for so long!
And are there any good TV series recently? I didn’t finish watching Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace. I was a little distracted by Zhou Xun’s voice (*/ω＼*)
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