Chapter 185
Mrs. Shen put her tone softly: "I know it's not easy for you recently. This time, I gritted my teeth and picked a precious gift to send to the banquet to see if the company can turn around."
It was enough for the Yan family to survive. Hearing that Yan Xuexiao likes boys, she couldn't help but look at Ji Shu.
She was a beauty when she was young, but Ji Shu didn't inherit the slightest bit, with a short round face, small nose and small eyes, neither ugly nor good-looking.
Looking at Ji Shu's mediocre face, there was a touch of disappointment in Mrs. Shen's eyes. Shen Chi couldn't read, that face was really beautiful, and if it was sent to her, she might still be able to please Yan Xueyiao.
Father Shen questioned: "But can we go?"
"Do you think I'm usually white?" Mrs. Shen continued to browse the auction book, "This modern painting is good."
She is confident in her own business, and she didn't panic even if she didn't receive an invitation the day before the banquet. She must have made a mistake.
*
On October 14th, Yan's old residence.
Countless guests brought gifts for the young Yan family's head, He Sheng, but the person on the throne did not appear. Luo Shu, who was sitting next to Mrs. Yan, frowned: "It's too rude."
Zheng An couldn't get used to Luo Shu's aloof appearance, and sneered before Madam Yan responded, "What kind of rudeness?"
"Uncle Luo is yours to entertain the guests." Zheng An's cloudy eyes flashed brightly, "What else does Xue Xiao use?"
Seeing that the atmosphere on both sides of the banquet became more and more tense, Mrs. Yan looked at Yan Ji who was sitting in the wheelchair worriedly. Yan Ji, who used to be smiling, pushed the wheelchair to the corridor without saying a word.
Raven, who was sitting at the end of the table, got up and followed Yan Ji. He has been following Yan Xuexiao since graduating from the Department of Political Science at Princeton.
When he was reading, he guessed that Yan Xuexiao had an extraordinary family background, but he never thought that he was so prominent. He had witnessed the infiltrating snowy night and knew the dangers, but he also understood the opportunities.
"Aren't you worried?"
Raven asked behind Yan Ji.
Yan Ji squinted under the shadow of Yin, the wheelchair stopped in front of an ancient painting, and the painting was a fight between two tigers.
The luxuriously dressed Mrs. Shen stood outside the Yan Mansion and said to the security guard: "We were all on the banquet list last year, so it makes no sense not to be this year."
"You can't go in without an invitation."
The security guard replied coldly.
Mrs. Shen tried her best to leave gracefully, and got into the car with a famous painting that she bought with a lot of money. Since this year, the Shen family has been in trouble. Not to mention the difficulties in the company's operations, she even tried her best to break into the upper circle, but she was called back at once. prototype.
She suddenly crossed a guess: "Could it be that I offended the Yan family?"
"I don't know if I have offended the Yan family." Father Shen's face was full of impatience, "I just know that if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to make such an expensive painting, and the interest at the end of the year will not even pay."
Ji Shuser in the car shrunk and didn't dare to speak. It was not a good sign to see Shen Chi that day. He always had a hunch that everything would be taken away from him. He couldn't help thinking that it would be nice if Shen Chi left Yancheng.
Or, just die.
*
Due to the postponement of the training match, Shen Chi left the base after finishing the game at 7 o'clock in the evening, and it was nearly 10 o'clock when he arrived at the ferry port.
The teenager who was still wearing the team uniform ran to Yan Xueyiao and said embarrassedly, "Sorry for the late training, did you wait for a long time?"
"It didn't take long."
Yan Xueyiao, who arrived in the afternoon, answered calmly.
"Then let's go to the island." The boy took out two tickets bought from Huáng Niu from his pocket, "Although it's a bit late, there shouldn't be many people at the moment."
A Pei on the side thought that there were not many people, there were no other people on the whole island, and even he was not allowed to go to the island.
The ignorant young man bought the ticket, and the two got on the boat bound for Moonlight Island. The sea was particularly quiet at night. The moonlight soaked in the sea like a flowing gauze, and it was impossible to see how clear the sea was.
Sitting on the boat, Shen Chi was nervous for no reason, squeezed the ticket stub in his hand and said, "I haven't asked you about your blind date yet?"
"Want to know?"
Yan Xueyiao smiled lightly, because her appearance was already outstanding, this smile was a bit seductive, and the young man finally looked away and nodded.
"young."
"Love to be coquettish."
Aware of the familiarity in her tone, Shen Chi held back the sourness in her heart, and when her eyes were about to turn red, she heard Yan Xueyiao say again, "The game is playing well."
His breathing stopped for a while, and just as he was about to speak, the boat docked, and the lights on the coast suddenly lit up, like the bright flames of the fog and fire festival, illuminating the dark sea.
He subconsciously glanced at the red rope on the man's wrist, exhaled slowly, and summoned up his courage to say, "I didn't tell you at the Fire and Mist Festival, tying the red rope means that the person you like will last a long time."
Finally, he told the secret that had accumulated in his heart, and he regretted it after he said it, lest Yan Xuexiao would avoid suspicion and stay away from him.
There was an unspeakable silence in the air, and when he was in a state of anxiety, Yan Xueyiao stared at him and replied, "I know."
At the floodlit seaside, the young man suddenly raised his head, and the scene of Yan Xuexiao tying the red rope on the Fire and Mist Festival appeared in front of him. Hearing his increasingly fierce heartbeat, he blushed and opened his mouth.
"Brother, did you—" He took a deep breath before he had the courage to continue asking, "Did you like me very early?"
He finished asking the question resignedly, and the next second Yan Xuexiao's cold kiss fell on his lips unexpectedly, and a low voice came from above: "I like it so much."