Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Suspicion?
We ate a bowl of milk porridge around ten o'clock. Summer is hard to eat for lunch. Since we hadn't eaten at home for a long time, the whole family of five was there.
Maybe because the two younger generations were there, the elders all had good appetites, and the whole family sat in the restaurant eating and chatting happily.
Si Cheng talked to Si Guanqing about the company, while Xia Ji told some interesting stories that happened during the filming of the movie, which made Mr. Si and Ding Man laugh so hard that they couldn't stop.
In the summer, I ate a few pieces of pork ribs with plums and then drank winter melon soup without eating a single bite of rice.
He's like this. Although he's not picky about food, his eating habits really depend on his mood. If he's in a good mood, he'll eat a few more bites, but if he's not in a good mood, he won't eat a single bite. Anyway, he'll just snack when he's hungry. He'd probably get sick if no one was watching.
Si Cheng glanced at him and said nothing. He simply put some more food into his bowl. "Come with me to the company this afternoon."
"No, I want to go out and play." Xia Ji poked hard at the mushrooms and shrimps he had picked up.
"Where are we going to play?" Ding Man asked.
"I don't know yet, but Li Siya will come to pick me up in the afternoon," Xia Ji said.
"He returned home?"
"I'm back, and I got my driver's license."
Si Cheng was obviously unhappy, but when he saw Xia Ji obediently eating the food he picked up, he didn't say anything.
In the afternoon, Si Cheng went to the company, and Li Siya also came to pick up Xia Ji.
A fiery red Ferrari supercar parked in front of Si's house attracted a lot of attention.
Summer wore straight-leg gray jeans, a black T-shirt with a large skull on it, white sneakers, and a black and white mechanical watch Sicheng had given him. Before leaving the house, he donned a beige baseball cap, covering up half his face. He had accurately defined himself as a future Grand Slam actor.
Therefore, in order to achieve my career goals, I try to be as low-key as possible and don't want to tarnish my future.
When he went out, he held down his hat and ran to the car.
Li Siya is a mixed-race Chinese-American with blond hair and blue eyes, and a build similar to Si Cheng's. She was playing with her phone in the driver's seat, but when she saw Xia Ji come out, a huge grin immediately spread across her face, like a big puppy. "Xia Ji!"
A gust of cold air from the air conditioner blew in. Xia Tian closed the car door and said, "Yellow Hair! Long time no see. Why do you seem to have grown bigger?"
"Did you see that? I've grown another 5CM taller." Li Siya said happily.
"I wish I could be taller." Xia Ji was quite envious. He was only 178 cm tall, ten centimeters shorter than Si Cheng.
"President, you are one year younger than me." Li Siya said.
"Okay, let's go, where are we going?"
"My brother's birthday is today. There's going to be a party tonight with a lot of friends coming. Have you had lunch yet?"
"I ate it earlier. Haven't you eaten yet?"
"No, please have dinner with me first."
After all, Li Siya had just returned to China, so Xia Tian had to play the role of host and took him to the Taizhou restaurant that he and Si Cheng often went to. It just so happened that this foreign guy couldn't handle spicy food either.
As soon as I came out of the meal, Si Cheng called.
"Where?" The voice was low, with an easily detectable sense of command.
"Xuzhouji is here, just came out." Xia Ji was talking on the phone while following Li Siya to the parking lot.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon and the sunlight was very strong, making people's eyes white.
"What are you going there for?"
"Li Siya didn't have lunch, so I'll have lunch with him. I won't go home in the evening. Li Siya said that there will be a dinner party for his brother's birthday in the evening and many people will come." Before Si Cheng could ask anything, Xia Ji told him everything like pouring beans.
"Don't play around, don't drink, come back and call me and I'll pick you up."
"knew."
He hung up without saying a word.
Xia Tian fastened his seat belt, Li Siya started the car and said, "Si Cheng?"
"right."
"You two have such a good relationship."
Okay? On the surface, everything looked fine, but Xia Tian always felt that something would go wrong at any moment, because the incident hadn't been exposed yet, and because Si Cheng was so suspicious.
Thinking of this, Xia Tian felt quite heavy-hearted, but only for three seconds.
The two returned to Li Siya's high-rise apartment. It wasn't Xia's first time there, so she was familiar with the place. But this time was different. As soon as she opened the door, a blonde girl with a beautiful figure rushed out and ran directly into Li Siya's arms. "John, come and take a look at this. I don't know how to do it. I don't understand it."
Xia Ji was startled and quickly dodged, "Oh my god, Li Siya!"
Li Siya smiled and hugged the girl, "This is my girlfriend. Isn't she pretty?"
Xia Tian finally reacted and gave a thumbs up with a smile, "The two dolls are a perfect match."
"Mia, this is my best friend, Xia Ji." Li Siya said proudly.
"Hello! Summer!" Mia extended her hand enthusiastically.
"Hello." Xia Ji was about to shake her hand when the girl realized that her hands were covered with a lot of flour, and she apologized repeatedly.
"Sorry, sorry, I got flour on my hands. I was just baking a cake in the kitchen. I don't understand the Chinese in the recipe, and that oven..." She gesticulated as she spoke. "I was going to make a small cake for John's brother."
The three of them went to the kitchen together. Li Siya taught the girl Chinese, occasionally lent a hand, and chatted with Xia Ji.
Mia is a good cook. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the small cakes were ready, and the three of them took a car to Li Siya's mother's house.
As a major shareholder of the fashion group, the banquets hosted by Li Siya’s mother are always attended by guests, including people from the business, political and entertainment circles.
The entertainment industry's only solo attendees are usually high-profile celebrities, A-list stars, or international movie stars. There are also some lesser-known celebrities, but these usually have people around them, like Tang Li.
It's not strange to meet colleagues at a fashion party, but Xia really doesn't want to see him.
Tang Li still followed the man, standing in the middle of the crowd, with his neck held high and a proud look on his face.
Xia Ji, Li Siya, and Mia were standing by a corner window, chatting. Soon, Li Siya's mother, Ms. Li, came over and chatted with them. Xia Ji was a natural talker, and he made Ms. Li smile uncontrollably. It wasn't a social smile, but the genuine smile of an elder towards a younger one.
Because of Li Siya, Xia Ji also has a very good relationship with Ms. Li.
After Ms. Li left to attend a social event, Li Siya hugged Mia again and they were very affectionate with each other. In summer, they sipped orange juice without any appetite. The foreigner was very thick-skinned and didn't realize that he had left his friend aside.
Xia Tian's eyes moved among the crowd. He saw Tang Li, but Tang Li seemed not to see him.
There were a few acquaintances, including a veteran actor named Xia Ji, who he had worked with in the previous film "Night Rain". After saying goodbye to Li Siya, he went to greet his acquaintances. After chatting for a few words, he was suddenly patted on the shoulder. He turned around and saw that it was Ding Xue.
"Aunt Ding! You're here too!" Xia Ji said in surprise.
Ding Xue's career is also in the entertainment industry, so it's not surprising to meet her.
"Are you alone? Where's Sicheng?" Ding Xue looked around. She was already used to Sicheng and Xia Ji being inseparable.
"My brother should still be working overtime at the company, right? He'll come pick me up later."
After the two chatted for a few sentences, Ding Xue put her arm around Xia Ji. It just so happened that she didn't have a male companion, so she asked Xia Ji to accompany her for social events and introduced her to acquaintances. People who didn't know her well might think that Xia Ji was her kept gigolo, but people who knew her knew that when Ding Xue introduced Xia Ji to people, she would say, "This is my child, a real child. Please take care of me in the future."
Tang Li followed the man, looking around. This was his first time attending such a private banquet.
It wasn't one of those public banquets held by the entertainment industry, attended by reporters and celebrities, nor was it a highly anticipated brand advertising banquet. This was a private banquet held by a fashion tycoon in the entertainment industry, and the attendees were basically his partners and friends, either wealthy or noble.
Although the man next to him is also very rich and his family owns a chain of supermarkets, which is pretty good and can invest in his filming, but who doesn't want to make better and richer friends?
He dressed up beautifully tonight and was looking for someone to make friends with when Xia Ji appeared in his sight holding Ding Xue's hand.
The man next to him noticed his expression, followed his gaze, and immediately locked his eyes on Xia Tian in the crowd.
The young man wore a black, high-end suit. His tall figure was as graceful as a pine or bamboo, and as refreshing as the breeze. Yet, his face was incredibly beautiful. He was held by the woman beside him, looking adorable and lively.
It is something you will never ignore once you see it, and you will never forget it and will not be willing to look away.
"Isn't this the friend you met last time? Why not go over and say hello?" the man asked, his mind itching to make a move.
"Not a friend." Tang Li said deliberately.
"Aren't you friends? Didn't you film a scene together?"
"Just because we've filmed together doesn't mean we're friends. You don't know this guy. He's just a serious guy on the outside. I guess he came in this time to accompany that old woman next to him."
"No way? He is not an adult yet, how could he be with an old woman?" The man raised his hand and took a sip of the wine in the glass.
"How do you know he is not an adult?" Tang Li asked unhappily.
"I've read his information. He's only seventeen, a few days away from turning eighteen, right?" the man said.
"What's so interesting about his profile? He's just an ordinary child star. His family was originally very poor. I saw the variety shows he filmed when he was a child, and he even said that his whole family depended on him for money."
As they were chatting, the lights in the venue suddenly went out, a spotlight shone down, the door of the banquet was pushed open, and a multi-layered cream cake was pushed in by four waiters.
Everyone sang the birthday song, and the spotlight shone on the cake cart, which slowly moved and stopped in front of Li Siya's mother and his brother.
Several cameramen quickly stepped forward and captured the scene of the mother and son enjoying everyone's blessings and cutting the cake together.
The next step was almost the photo session. Ms. Li took photos with her two sons, Li Siya’s girlfriend, and Xia Ji. The five of them took a photo together.
Seeing this, the man guessed that Xia Ji had a special relationship with the Li family and asked, "Didn't you say he came with Ding Xue?"
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