Chapter 60 Birthday Party
Yang Mingxi suddenly received a message from Li Zimai. He carefully read the words "my home" many times before replying: "Li Shen, did you send the wrong message?"
[Li Shen]: Are you Yang Mingxi?
[Yang Mingxi]: Yes.
[Li Shen]: Can I invite you to my home?
As Yang Mingxi sat in the black business car, his brain was already half-crashed. He thought, "Just eat. Can't he just take the subway?" Why did they send a driver to pick him up? What kind of princess treatment is this?
"...Uncle...Uncle, today Li...Li Shen, oh no...Zimai..."
Yang Mingxi spoke incoherently and had no idea how to greet the driver who only appeared in TV dramas.
The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled kindly, "Don't be shy, classmate. The young master asked me to pick you up. Today is his birthday, and many classmates will be here."
Yang Mingxi was petrified. Besides being shocked by Li Zimai's birthday, he was even more shocked that Li Zimai was the real second young master. He quickly sent a message to Cheng Che, asking where Cheng Che was and asking Cheng Che to save him.
By the time Cheng Che replied, the car had already arrived at the exaggerated manor villa area. After entering the park, they drove for a long time before seeing anyone. Along the way, there were either golf courses or artificial lakes, and there were black swans in the lakes.
The car circled the fountain in the square and finally stopped in front of the huge white building. The driver opened the door for Yang Mingxi. He said thank you with great trepidation, and only after his feet touched the ground did he feel the reality.
Yang Mingxi looked around and spotted the host of the banquet in the crowd. He was wearing a high-end dark blue suit, with broad shoulders and a slim waist, an upright posture, a neatly spread collar, and a half-exposed Adam's apple. His hair was rarely combed back, and his nose bridge looked particularly high. He showed good genes from head to toe, which made Yang Mingxi feel jealous. He thought to himself that God was really unfair. Why did he divide people into different classes?
Li Zimai noticed Yang Mingxi and came over to greet him:
"Thank you for coming. Cheche is over there. You can play with him. Can you also help me keep an eye on him? I'm afraid he's uncomfortable."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, Li Shen!"
Yang Mingxi said apologetically, "Happy birthday! But... I came too hastily and didn't prepare a birthday present..."
Li Zimai smiled and said, "It's okay. I was abrupt and worried that you were busy. Thank you very much for coming."
Li Zimai was quickly called away. Yang Mingxi saw him and a gentle and noble young man being greeted by a group of uncles and aunts. There were waiters in uniform running back and forth around them. The scene was more exaggerated than a TV drama.
Cheng Che was also surrounded by several young men. Yang Mingxi looked down at the sneakers on his feet and sighed deeply. His most expensive possession might not be worth even a bottle of wine here.
Several young men followed Cheng Che over. The one leading the group was about the same height as Cheng Che, but much stronger. He had a fashionable hairstyle, with a letter shaved on his ear bone that looked like an N or a Z. He greeted Yang Mingxi enthusiastically, "Are you also Li Zimai's roommate?"
Yang Mingxi nodded awkwardly and gave his name.
"I heard that the dormitories at Hua University are all four-person rooms. Is there one roommate who didn't come today?"
Yang Mingxi replied seriously, "No, there are only three of us in the dormitory right now. I guess there will be a new student next semester."
Zhou Xumao asked curiously, "Then your dormitory is quite big, and can even fit four beds."
Yang Mingxi understood that there was indeed a class wall. He explained the bunk bed system in the dormitory for a long time and even took out photos to prove his point.
Zhou Xumao was surprised and said, "How can Li Zimai fit into such a small bed?!"
Yang Mingxi: “…”
A waiter passed by with a tray. Yang Mingxi felt thirsty but was too embarrassed to ask for water, so Gu Wei politely handed him a glass of wine.
Yang Mingxi took the cup nervously. The cup felt like crystal and was filled with water of a gradient color, soaked with unknown plants. Yang Mingxi wanted to take a photo as a souvenir, as he had never seen such beautiful water before.
After taking a tentative sip, Yang Mingxi began to drink heavily, but his face turned red from choking. Cheng Che patted him on the back, and Gu Wei asked someone to bring him a glass of water, saying apologetically that he didn't know Yang Mingxi couldn't drink.
"No, it's okay. I drank too quickly."
Yang Mingxi was so embarrassed. The wine didn't smell good and didn't choke him when he drank it. But he choked after drinking it. It was so embarrassing.
Zhuang Kaiyue handed a tissue to Yang Mingxi, and Zhou Xumao joked beside him, "Brother Xi is so generous, let's join forces to get the birthday boy drunk later."
Zhuang Kaiyue patted his forehead and said, "Don't make trouble, or Brother Jiang Xun will punish you."
Yang Mingxi tried to join in their conversation, "Who is Brother Jiang Xun?"
Zhou Xumao gestured for him to look in Li Zimai's direction, "He's the birthday boy's eldest brother. He's the head of the Jiang family now, so don't mess with him."
Yang Mingxi took out his cell phone when no one was around and searched for "Jiang Xun". He was a regular customer of major financial newspapers and financial websites, a typical domineering CEO. He silently turned off his phone and found that his phone seemed to be owned by the Jiang family. He once again felt that his ancestors had done a lot of good deeds to allow him to be roommates with the second young master.
Yang Mingxi glanced at Cheng Che not far away and slowly realized that the other party seemed even more silent than usual. He used the excuse of going to the bathroom to take Cheng Che away from this suffocating environment.
The two of them sat by the lake, looking at the mountains and the water. It was a rare opportunity for them to be alone together. Yang Mingxi said sullenly, "Brother Che...I apologize to you."
Cheng Che glanced sideways at him, then returned his gaze to the black swans in the lake. As night fell, the two black swans flapped their wings tirelessly and issued high-pitched military calls.
Yang Mingxi sighed and said, "Before the holiday, I said I envied you for having a rich boyfriend. I apologize. I only now understand how uncomfortable it feels."
He said to himself, "Li Shen asked me to come for dinner. I'm quite scared seeing all this. Brother Che, you're with him every day. Isn't it very stressful?"
Cheng Che didn't say anything, but Yang Mingxi saw his slightly lowered eyes in the night. Yang Mingxi rarely saw him happy. The few times he smiled were in front of Li Zimai. When he was alone, he never got close to others.
Yang Mingxi frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands, "It doesn't matter! He's just a second-generation rich man. Brother Che will still be a first-generation rich man in the future. No one can compare to him."
"Besides, you and Li Shen are both so outstanding that you can't be measured by vulgar material things. You are soulmates, soulmates!"
His lame words of comfort had no effect. Cheng Che stood up and brushed off the grass on his body. "Thank you for the compliment."
Yang Mingxi: “…”
Li Zimai found time to look for Cheng Che. When she found him, she immediately gave him a bear hug, completely ignoring the light bulb, and said in a sloppy manner: "Baby, are you really bored? Let's go back after dinner. We won't stay any longer."
Cheng Che pushed him away expressionlessly, "Go and do your work, don't worry about me."
Li Zimai looked down at him and said seriously, "I know you don't like this kind of environment. You definitely don't come here normally. So, if you come here today, just consider it as a drop-in. Can you go meet my grandma and mom?"
Unable to get an answer from Cheng Che, Li Zimai sighed, "Forget it, I'm already very happy that you can come."
Yang Mingxi had already escaped a hundred meters away and was standing there alone watching the two great gods fall in love. Next to him stood a lush maple tree in the moonlight, and the scene was as beautiful as a painting.
"Hello, are you Zimai's roommate?"
The voice came from a young man, probably in his early twenties, wearing a simple shirt and black pants, with delicate silk trims on his cuffs and collar. He was handsome and had a rather high-spirited demeanor.
Perhaps because he didn't get the response he deserved, the other party politely greeted him again: "Hello, I'm Yang Yanning, a high school classmate of Lizimai."
Yang Mingxi felt that the name sounded and looked familiar. After coming to his senses, he quickly said, "Hello, hello. My last name is Yang too. My name is Yang Mingxi."
Yang Mingxi thought that the other party was of similar status to Zhou Xumao and Gu Wei, and chatted with him without any precautions. Later, he felt something was wrong. The other party kept asking about Cheng Che, asking how long Cheng Che and Li Zimai had been dating, and even asked about his family situation.
Yang Mingxi shut up in time, "...I'm not sure, sorry."
Yang Yanning smiled and said, "You're quite interesting. I can't even get any information from you."
Yang Mingxi couldn't handle such directness. He felt completely out of place with the environment and the people here, and didn't want to talk much. However, the other party clearly had no intention of ending the conversation, saying to himself, "It seems he really likes it."
Yang Mingxi followed his gaze and saw the tall boy under the maple tree clinging to the skinny boy, as if begging for something. Yang Mingxi realized what he meant and said firmly, "Of course."
Yang Yanning smiled and suddenly said, "But don't all boys never forget their first love?"
Yang Mingxi finally remembered! The post mentioned Li Shen's first love, and Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. This person must be one of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Could it be Spring? Isn't Spring a girl?
Before sitting down, Yang Mingxi saw that Mr. Chun was sitting at the host's table very rudely, while her real boyfriend was sitting at the table with classmates and friends. He also saw that Yang Yanning was wearing a ring on her ring finger that was almost identical to Li Zimai's. He was immediately furious. It turned out that the scammer had happened in front of the real owner.
Fortunately, Li Shen came over to the table a short while later, perhaps having finished his polite conversation with the elders. As soon as he arrived, everyone consciously moved out of the seat next to Cheng Che.
Yang Mingxi looked at Yang Yanning at the next table. He seemed calm on the surface, but the slightly drooping corners of his mouth revealed his emotions. Yang Mingxi felt relieved immediately.
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