Grandpa Rongxin’s 70th birthday is a week earlier than Xia Mian’s birthday.
Ning Shaobai will bring Xia Mian with him.
At first, I didn't plan to go to summer hibernation.
After all, this kind of party is interesting if you have many acquaintances or want to expand your network. But it would be boring to go to a party like Xia Mian where you know almost no one.
However, Ning Shaobai tried his best to persuade her to go, "This is a chance to officially declare my status. You don't want me to be constantly harassed by others, do you?"
Xia Mian discovered that Ning Shaobai was really a reserved person. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then how about I post a message online saying that on X month X day of 199X, Ning Shaobai became Xia Mian's boyfriend?"
Ning Shaobai pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder and smiling, "That's a good idea. I'll consider it."
Seeing Xia Mian still hesitant, Ning Shaobai said, "Don't you want to go see Rong Xin's excitement?"
Xia Mian laughed so hard when she heard Ning Shaobai say that Rong Xin’s father watched Calabash Brothers every day and heard people calling him grandpa to urge him to get married.
"He himself said that the day I fell in love would be the day he died."
Xia Mian could imagine Rong Xin's terrified expression, but she was very curious, "Who is Miss Tang? She could scare him like that."
Ning Shaobai said, "Why don't you go and take a look and find out?"
He sighed, "Come to think of it, he thinks I got my ears pierced and started researching cell phone photography for him."
"What do you think his expression would be if I showed up with you?" Ning Shaobai nuzzled her cheek.
Xia Mian tilted her head and nudged him, saying, "You're so mean! Is there anyone who would betray his brothers like this?"
Ning Shaobai smiled, "So are you going or not?"
Xia Mian laughed, "Go!"
Ning Shaobai squeezed her hand and kissed it.
But when the day really came, scaring Rong Xin became a secondary goal.
Still in the same image design store as before, Ning Shaobai changed his clothes and came over to see Xia Mian still choosing earrings. "This one will look better, right?"
“But this one looks more tender.”
"Isn't it inappropriate to be too young? There's no aura."
Ning Shaobai laughed. He took a pair of silver-set blue diamond-studded antler-shaped earrings from the designer and walked over to Xia Mian. "Come here."
Xia Mian turned around and tilted her head to make it easier for him to carry her.
Ning Shaobai looked at her delicate and playful appearance, which was not allowed to have any flaws, and couldn't help laughing, "Is it really that serious? I already said that after scaring Rong Xin and giving the gifts, we can leave after a while."
"Why not?" Xia Mian glared, "I'm afraid it won't be as smooth as you imagined. Gao Qiongying will definitely give me trouble."
"In the war between women, beauty is the greatest weapon!"
Ning Shaobai was amused, "Then you can be successful in everything."
Xia Mian smiled at his praise and said angrily, "Be serious, I'm holding my breath, and you've let it all out."
A few days ago, when Xia Mian went to deliver lunch to Ning Shaobai at noon, he happened to meet him and several colleagues coming out of the laboratory.
Gao Qiongying was also among them. She was wearing a beige suit jacket and gray wide-leg pants. She walked like the wind in a pair of high heels, looking beautiful and cool.
Ever since Ning Shaobai said that she had someone she liked, she seemed to have changed her strategy.
She no longer pursued Ning Shaobai with relentless confessions, but instead showed care like boiling a frog in warm water, as if she wanted Ning Shaobai to gradually get used to her presence.
Xia Mian was not too sure, but she could clearly feel Gao Qiongying's hostility towards her.
She had already walked up to them carrying the thermos, but Gao Qiongying acted as if she hadn't seen her. She said to everyone, "I've asked my aunt to cook some food for lunch today. Let's eat together."
Then he smiled at Ning Shaobai, "And Shaobai, I asked my aunt to make the braised beef with soy sauce that you loved last time."
Someone immediately said happily, "Qiongying brought more food. It looks like we're in for a treat today."
Some people also started to make noises, "Qiongying, don't be so partial. Why do you only make Dr. Ning's favorite food..."
Xia Mian narrowed her eyes and looked at Ning Shaobai.
Ning Shaobai smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You guys go ahead. I can't." He took the food box from Xia Mian's hand, put his arm around her and said, "My family brought it to me."
Gao Qiongying then looked at Xia Mian, as if she had just recognized her. "Isn't this your neighbor's little sister? She's so enthusiastic about bringing me food. Doctor Ning, do you think she's an errand girl or a servant?"
Ning Shaobai said calmly, "Miss Gao's family is full of servants and errand boys, so she probably doesn't know about having a loved one or relatives delivering food."
He turned his head and looked at Xia Mian with a gentle smile, "Let me introduce everyone, this is my girlfriend, Xia Mian."
Xia Mian smiled generously and said, "Hello."
Gao Qiongying obviously didn't expect that they would confirm their relationship so quickly, and her expression changed immediately.
The others were also shocked and looked at Gao Qiongying at the same time.
It can be seen that everyone knows that she is pursuing Ning Shaobai.
It's only because Ning Shaobai always looks aloof and cold in the hospital, otherwise who knows how many people would tease and try to match them up.
Over time, the illusion that they are a couple naturally formed.
Gao Qiongying quickly adjusted her mood and didn't say anything at the time.
However, when Xia Mian and Ning Shaobai finished their meal and came out of the hospital carrying their lunch boxes, they ran into her.
She seemed to have just come out of the laboratory, but her car was parked right where Xia Mian was going to pass by. Logically, her way home should be on the other side.
Gao Qiongying, wearing sunglasses and high heels, walked past her with quick steps. She opened the door of the Mercedes-Benz in front of Xia Mian and got in neatly, as if she didn't notice such a little girl at all.
It is undeniable that her aura is quite strong. If she had just started the car and left, her pretense would have been quite successful.
If Xia Mian was really a young girl who had just graduated from high school and was ignorant of the world, it would be hard for her not to feel inferior.
But she was probably too unwilling to accept it, or she really didn't take Xia Mian seriously.
Before starting the car, he rolled down the window and said to Xia Mian, "Little girl, if you want to stand on top, it's better to take solid steps one by one."
"It's not a good thing to be unworthy of one's position."
"If one's virtue is not in line with one's position, disaster will surely follow. Confucius said so." Xia Mian added subconsciously before turning to look at Gao Qiongying. "It's Miss Gao. I didn't recognize you. I thought you had already left."
"Were you just talking to me?"
Gao Qiongying paused, as if she felt it was cheap to talk to someone like her. She looked like she didn't want to argue with her and said lightly, "I'll give you a piece of advice. If you don't want to embarrass Shao Bai, you'd better not come to Mr. Rong's birthday party."
Xia Mian said with a smile, "Thank you for the reminder, I will definitely go, Miss Gao, see you at the birthday party!"
After Gao Qiongying left with a gloomy face, Xia Mian's expression changed in the blink of an eye.
The next day, he dragged Ning Shaobai, who was resting, to buy clothes.
"She's really good at sowing discord," Xia Mian tilted her head to the other side. "She said something like that. If I don't go, there'll always be a thorn in my heart, and she'll definitely keep quarreling with you."
"If I go, she'll find a way to humiliate me, make me feel ashamed, and then come back to continue messing with you!"
"Tsk tsk. She just can't stand seeing us get ahead, so she can take advantage of the situation and show off her understanding, generosity, and sensibility."
"Look at you, oh my, Miss Gao is still the best. She's easy to get along with and capable. Unlike that Xia Mian, she gets angry over the smallest things and is so annoying!"
She learned it vividly.
Ning Shaobai's hand trembled, and the silver needle almost went astray. He smiled and pinched her earlobe and said, "Can you please stop teasing me?"
Xia Mian said, "I'm not teasing you, she must be thinking so."
"That's a good plan."
"What a pity, she was really wrong," Xia Mian said, "Will I be embarrassed? The only one who can embarrass me is you, Doctor Ning."
She said with a smile, "Doctor Ning, are you willing to embarrass me?"
Ning Shaobai fastened the hat behind her earrings, pinched her neck and turned her around, then bent down and kissed her lips, "I'm reluctant to let you go, but I suggest you take a break now and recharge your energy."
The designer next to him was surprised and immediately lowered his head in embarrassment.
Xia Mian glared at him, "You rubbed off my lipstick!"
Ning Shaobai: ...
She quickly turned around to apply lipstick. Since she didn't have any lip gloss or other cosmetics, Xia Mian put on a sexy lip-biting makeup and turned back to cast a seductive glance at Ning Shaobai, "Isn't it beautiful?"
Ning Shaobai laughed, "Beautiful."
Seeing his eyes fall on her lips, Xia Mian quickly covered her mouth and said, "You can't kiss me from now on."
Ning Shaobai sighed, "What kind of crime is this? Can we leave now?"
Xia Mian put down his hand and said in a heroic and confident voice, "Let's go. Today, let Miss Gao see the dangers of society!"
Ning Shaobai laughed.
It was not too late when the car arrived at the Rong family's old house.
Rong Xin was standing at the door of the villa to welcome guests.
After getting off the car, Xia Mian rolled her eyes and hid behind Ning Shaobai, intending to give Rong Xin a surprise.
Ning Shaobai let her do what she wanted, and interlocked his fingers with hers with his hands behind his back.
He was wearing a blue and white striped suit with black trousers today. He looked fresh and handsome, and Rong Xin noticed him quickly.
"Brother Bai!" Rong Xin came up quickly, "Do you really have a girlfriend?"
He still doesn't want to believe it.
"I just came back from the south the day before yesterday. I've been so busy with Grandpa's birthday party these past two days that I haven't had time to look for you."
"Could it be that my father asked you to lie to me, just to force me to get married at Grandpa's birthday party?"
Ning Shaobai smiled and took his hands out from behind his back, "What do you think?"
Looking at the delicate fingers intertwined with the big hand, Rong Xin was completely desperate. "Really? When did it happen?"
"About the recent events." Ning Shaobai smiled, "Do you want to meet her?"
Rong Xin quickly straightened his clothes and said, "Sister-in-law, are you shy?"
"Hello sister-in-law, I'm Rong Xin, Brother Bai's good friend..."
Xia Mian suddenly popped her head out, "Hello! Doctor Ning's good friend!"
"Xia, Xia, Xia Mian!" Rong Xin seemed to have been hit hard, "You, you, you..."
Xia Mian stood up, took Ning Shaobai's arm, and said with a smile, "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Doctor Ning's girlfriend."
She was wearing a blue and white mesh lace dress today, and she and Ning Shaobai looked very well matched standing together.
Rong Xin was speechless, covering his head and said, "No, let me think about it, when did you two get together?"
Xia Mian touched her earrings.
"Ah!" Rong Xin pointed at her earrings and touched his own, "Last year, last year you..."
"So, Brother Bai, you're here for summer hibernation?!" Rong Xin covered his chest with his hands and said with a sad face, "Am I just your guinea pig?"
Seeing that he finally reacted, Ning Shaobai couldn't help laughing and said, "Call me sister-in-law."
Rong Xin: ...
I can't even scream, okay?
Looking at his silly look, Xia Mian couldn't help laughing out loud.
After bullying Rong Xin, Ning Shaobai held her hand and walked all the way from the gate through the front yard to the hall.
Xia Mian calmly accepted all kinds of gazes from all directions.
This was something she had expected.
Although Ning Shaobai is low-key, everyone can see the development of Mohe Company, and many people pay attention to him.
This kind of handsome, capable and self-disciplined man is the best candidate for a son-in-law in many people's minds.
However, he has been single for so many years, and coupled with Gao Qiongying's high-profile pursuit, everyone thought that he would be with Gao Qiongying.
Now that Xia Mian, an unknown Cheng Yaojin, has suddenly appeared, how could he not attract attention?
Whether out of curiosity or gossip, her background will soon be thoroughly exposed.
This is the result Gao Qiongying wanted. She didn't even need to show up. A little girl from a county town broke into a high-society banquet.
It's like a pheasant breaking into a phoenix's nest.
As someone who doesn't fit in, she naturally realizes her own insignificance and wants to escape;
If there were a few more cynical or nosy young ladies or gentlemen, Xia Mian's self-esteem would be crushed, and she would no longer be able to be confident and calm when facing Ning Shaobai.
Such a relationship will sooner or later run into problems.
It can also be considered an open conspiracy.
What a pity, Xia Mian thought, Miss Gao’s wishful thinking might be wrong.
She was thinking about what she might encounter in a while, but she saw a few unexpected people.
He Wei, Lu Nana, and Qi Kai were there too.
Xia Mian narrowed her eyes, feeling that today she might be able to find out the truth behind He Wei's treatment of Mao Huimei.
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