Chapter 1767: I Came at a Really Bad Time

Xie Wanyi did not overthink it and readily agreed.

On the day of the banquet, he came to the Li Family first, preparing to set off with Jiang Motian for the banquet venue.

However, when he arrived, Jiang Motian was not yet ready.

Xie Wanyi then went upstairs to find Jiang Motian.

The moment Jiang Motian opened the door, Xie Wanyi felt his vision blur for a second.

Afterwards, he saw a graceful beauty in a pearl-white cheongsam, standing before him with a slender, swaying figure.

Today, Jiang Motian did not have too many decorations.

She wore light makeup, her hair was held up by a hairpin, and she wore pearl accessories on her ears and neck, her whole person as gentle as water.

Jiang Motian was a little anxious.

She opened the door, turned back to the mirror, and while tidying her stray hairs, said, "I'll be ready in a moment, wait for me three more minutes."

After saying this, Jiang Motian did not hear a response from Xie Wanyi.

This made Jiang Motian feel strange, so she tilted her head to look over from the mirror.

And with that look, she discovered that Xie Wanyi was staring straight at her.

Jiang Motian asked uncomfortably, "Why do you keep staring at me?"

"Because you're beautiful, I can't take my eyes off you."

"Today is a charity banquet, I can't dress too gorgeously; even with this simple and elegant look, you can't take your eyes off me?"

"In my eyes, you are beautiful no matter what."

After Xie Wanyi finished speaking, he walked to Jiang Motian's side, leaned over, and gave her a light kiss on the forehead.

The moment he kissed her, someone came walking over to the door in a rush.

And shouted in a loud voice, "Sister, you guys..."

Li Moning's words were not yet finished before she stopped abruptly.

Afterwards, she looked at the two people stuck together with a teasing expression and said, "Oops, sorry, I came at a really bad time."

Jiang Motian immediately kept some distance from Xie Wanyi, then asked as if nothing had happened, "Is something the matter?"

"Yeah, the car has a little problem, Mom said we should wait a while longer before setting off."

"Mm, got it."

"As for you two, you can keep being lovey-dovey for a while longer, I won't disturb you, but next time you get intimate, remember to close the door properly!"

After saying this, Li Moning gave the two an ambiguous look and then "helpfully" closed the door.

In fact, Jiang Motian and Xie Wanyi hadn't intended to do anything.

But after Li Moning said it like that...

Xie Wanyi and Jiang Motian looked at each other, and then both of them felt a bit uncomfortable.

To ease the atmosphere, Xie Wanyi found a topic: "Don't you have many sketchbooks? You must have drawn quite a lot of local customs and conditions, can I take a look?"

"Of course, they're in the cabinet, wait a moment."

When Jiang Motian traveled, she was in the habit of carrying sketchbooks.

Wherever she went, she would draw.

The sketchbooks accumulated more and more, and now they were all put in the cabinet; Jiang Motian needed to flip through them.

Just as Jiang Motian was searching, a piece of drawing paper fluttered down from inside.

Xie Wanyi saw it and helped pick it up.

Incidentally, he flipped the drawing paper over to take a look.

But with just that look, his whole body instantly stiffened!

"Here, look at this one first!"

Jiang Motian pulled out a sketchbook and turned around, intending to hand it to Xie Wanyi.

However, the moment she turned around, she saw the portrait in Xie Wanyi's hand.

Jiang Motian was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take the portrait and put it back into the cabinet.

Xie Wanyi's eyes moved, and he asked, "That child is..."

Jiang Motian stood with her back to Xie Wanyi and said in a very soft voice, "The real Xiaoshi."

This answer made Xie Wanyi's palms tighten immediately.

Jiang Motian did not notice this small detail.

She said with some melancholy, "Regarding Xiaoshi, I can remember less and less; I'm worried that one day I will completely forget his appearance, so I drew this portrait."

After hearing this, Xie Wanyi murmured, "It's drawn very much like him."

"You've never met him, how do you know it's very much like him?"

Xie Wanyi paused before looking at Jiang Motian and added, "I mean, you drew it very vividly, like a little boy."

This explanation...

Jiang Motian couldn't help it and let out a "puchi" laugh.

After laughing, Jiang Motian curved her eyes and said, "I'll just take that as you complimenting me."

However...

Jiang Motian stared straight at Xie Wanyi's face.

The next second, she held up the drawing in her hand and placed it next to Xie Wanyi's face.

Then she murmured, "You look like an enlarged version of Xiaoshi."

Jiang Motian had only made the comment unintentionally.

But Xie Wanyi felt inexplicably stiff and uneasy.

But such an anomaly was fleeting.

Xie Wanyi slightly raised his eyes and asked, "You previously mistook Zhang Xingxing for Xiaoshi, and now you think I resemble Xiaoshi; is your desire to find someone so urgent that everyone looks like him to you?"

When Xie Wanyi spoke, his tone carried a hint of mockery.

However, Jiang Motian could sense his displeasure.

So, Jiang Motian did not continue the conversation; instead, she opened her sketchbook and began talking about the stories in the drawings.

As it turned out, after chatting for only a short while, Jiang Motian discovered that Xie Wanyi was distracted.

This made Jiang Motian stop.

Xie Wanyi's gaze also shifted away from the sketchbook, looking at Jiang Motian, and he asked, "Why did you stop?"

"Because someone wasn't listening at all."

"Who says I wasn't listening? I was listening very carefully."

After saying this, Xie Wanyi even repeated the content Jiang Motian had just spoken about.

Xie Wanyi recounted it word for word.

He was using concrete action to refute Jiang Motian.

Yet, Jiang Motian did not change her mind because of this.

She felt that Xie Wanyi was simply quite skilled at multitasking.

Jiang Motian closed the sketchbook and made a concession: "Let's talk about something you're interested in."

Xie Wanyi hesitated for a moment before making a decision: "Then tell me more about Xiaoshi's past."

"Didn't we already talk about that?"

"But I want to hear it again."

Since there was nothing else to do anyway, Jiang Motian rested her chin on her hand and began to reminisce.

Xie Wanyi listened very quietly.

But the quiet was only on the surface.

He had to listen from the stance of an outsider.

And he had to try very hard not to make any associations.

Because once he made an association, his head would ache as if it were splitting.

In those lowered eyes, there was also a hidden, inscrutable undercurrent surging...

Amidst Jiang Motian's soft, fragmented murmurs, someone knocked on the door.

Then, Li Moning pushed the door open.

She looked at the two people in the room and asked with a smile, "Are you sitting so far apart just to avoid suspicion?"

Xie Wanyi did not respond to Li Moning's teasing, but instead asked, "Can we set off now?"

"Yes."

Xie Wanyi nodded slightly.

He then took Jiang Motian's hand and walked out of the room with her.

As they reached the doorway, Li Moning instinctively stepped aside.

She scratched her head, looking at Xie Wanyi's back, and suddenly felt... he was a bit strange.

Jiang Motian naturally felt it too.

She looked at Xie Wanyi's profile, unable to understand where Xie Wanyi's oddness came from.

Jiang Baobao looked at the man in front of her, her heart feeling as if it had been pricked by a needle.