Chapter 55: The Birthday Party (Part 1)

After all that tossing and turning, the day had been tossed into darkness.

It was already nearly seven o'clock, dinner time had arrived, and there were more and more people on the commercial street.

All the major malls and shops had lit up with all sorts of colorful lights.

Lighting up this dark night just like it was daytime.

The city's nightlife was only just beginning...

After Zhou Xiaoru and Jiang Bufan returned the two big bear costumes, Jiang Bufan received her pay.

At this moment, the two of them had already returned to the commercial street.

Standing outside a certain boutique hotel, staring at the large, golden-glowing signboard...

The two of them fell into discussion once again!

Zhou Xiaoru, "How about we just run away now!"

They had only managed to get out smoothly just now by using the excuse of returning the big bear costumes.

Jiang Bufan, however, gave a direct slap, forcefully patting the head of the person beside her.

"There's a free dinner to be had, are you stupid!"

This way, she would save the money she would have had to spend on treating a certain Xiaoru to dinner!

Zhou Xiaoru rubbed her head, which was aching in waves, and looked at a certain Fan who was calculating her own little schemes.

"You really have no integrity at all, you even dare to eat at this trap!"

I'm just afraid that even if you have the life to eat it, you won't have the life to get out!

Jiang Bufan retorted again, "Even if this is the Last Supper today, I'm going to eat it!"

Last time, for the sake of a bet, she lost a full four hundred ocean dollars! She treated those few idiots to grilled fish twice.

She was determined to eat today's buffet!

Seeing Zhou Xiaoru looking dejected, she reached out her arm to wrap around the other person, comforting her with her somewhat broad shoulders.

"Don't think too much. Having a free dinner to eat and free handsome guys to look at, isn't this one of life's great pleasures! Cheer up! Besides, if we just run away like this, and then that Young Master deals with those two front-desk ladies in private, wouldn't we become the sinners?"

After hesitating for a long time, Zhou Xiaoru nodded firmly and replied.

"Fine! Then I shall accompany a gentleman to his death today!" Who could turn down a free dinner.

But they forgot, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world!

This conversation was heard by passersby, who thought they were heading into a sea of fire.

Re-entering the hotel, this time, they didn't need to ask the front desk again.

Because Shen Andong had already greeted the lobby manager, telling them to go straight to the fourth floor.

Now, the ladies at the counter and the lobby manager, seeing them enter, even took the initiative to walk over and escort them to the elevator.

This made the two of them feel very embarrassed.

The lobby manager even asked them with concern how things went and if they had managed to stop the incident in time.

Because they had seen that furious beauty leave at the front desk.

Jiang Bufan continued to make things up, telling them that fortunately they arrived in time, otherwise a great mistake would have been made.

Hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but feel relieved, feeling that they had accumulated virtue, not only saving a little life but also saving a marriage and a family!

Until they entered the elevator, they thanked those two front-desk staff countless times!

The moment the elevator doors closed, the faces of the two, which had been wearing fake smiles, finally relaxed.

If it had been any later, they felt the smiles on their faces would have cracked dry.

Sure enough, lying is not a good job, and neither of them was good at it.

What they were good at was only little skits, without any follow-up skits.

Zhou Xiaoru helplessly put her hands on her hips, leaned against the elevator, and muttered, "So tired."

Day after day, it's either an idol drama or an ethics drama, it's really too tiring...

When the two reached the fourth floor, they realized that the previous fatigue was nothing at all.

They even thought, how about going back and chatting with those two front-desk ladies for a bit more?!

Because the sight before their eyes had already gradually dropped their jaws!

That golden hall was just like entering the Vienna Music Hall!

Everywhere was shining with high-class luster; not only were there bands playing various famous instruments, but what stunned the two was the people dining inside...

Everyone looked like they were attending a banquet; the men were all wearing formal attire, suits, and tailcoats.

The women were either in low-cut dresses or even lower-cut dresses, all evening gowns!

Zhou Xiaoru and Jiang Bufan looked at the clothes they were wearing at the same time.

Different colors, identical spring jackets, jeans, plus sneakers.

And each of them was carrying a little rustic bag!

From head to toe, they exuded two words: "tacky style."

This time, it was Jiang Bufan who wanted to back out.

She quietly tugged at the clothes of a certain Xiaoru, who was also stunned, and whispered.

"How about we just retreat, I'll treat you to snacks at Dachengfang, how about that?"

Zhou Xiaoru leaned toward her and replied.

"Weren't you the one shouting that even if it were the Last Supper, you had to come and eat it!"

"That's what I said, but if I eat in an environment like this, I'm afraid I'll lose a layer of skin after the meal."

"Isn't that better, saves you from having to lose weight."

"That won't do, rapid weight loss is prone to rebounding, we still have to find a scientific method."

Zhou Xiaoru, ".........."

Just as she had a face full of black lines and the two were preparing to retreat again, a person dressed in a tuxedo and bowtie, looking just like a head butler, walked over.

That was a smiling, handsome middle-aged man, and he took the initiative to greet them.

"Good evening, you two!"

A certain Xiaoru, "Good... heh heh..."

She laughed dryly, and the steps under her feet were also quietly moving along.

The handsome middle-aged man continued, "Are you two Miss Zhou and Miss Jiang?"

"Uh..."

Should they answer yes, or no?

Under the two's entanglement, the handsome middle-aged man looked around their faces and smiled.

"Heh heh, Mr. Shen has already arranged seats for you two, please go inside and wait a moment."

Jiang Bufan asked with a dry laugh, "Is this... a buffet restaurant?"

She now seriously suspected that this was not one!

The handsome middle-aged man explained, "This is a buffet restaurant, but today, it has been booked out to host a birthday banquet."

A birthday banquet?!

Zhou Xiaoru and Jiang Bufan heard this and widened their eyes in astonishment.

Zhou Xiaoru immediately asked another question, "Whose birthday?"

"Mr. Su Poyang's birthday banquet."

That Dianfan Guo?!

Upon hearing this, the two were again so shocked that their faces turned red and then white.

The little theater is back online...

Could it be that the great beauty from before was Su Poyang's birthday gift?!

Just as they were still having an internal monologue, the elevator door behind them opened once again...

Out walked three men who were equally dazzling, even more so than the banquet hall!

Following their entry, everyone in the entire lobby stood up and came to greet them.

Or one could say, all the female compatriots were in a total frenzy!

And Zhou Xiaoru and Jiang Bufan, being very sensible, had already slipped into the kitchen not far from the elevator entrance before those three people came out.

Their guts were already green with regret; if they had known it was Su Poyang's birthday party, they wouldn't have come even if they were beaten to death.

Sure enough, there was still a large gap between high-society people and commoners like them.

They decided it would be more peace of mind to go to the old street corner and eat at a street stall.

And while the two were squatting at the kitchen entrance, staring at the movement outside, the people in the kitchen were also staring at them.

The first to notice something wrong was Zhou Xiaoru.

She slowly moved her neck to look behind her; at this look, her pupils shrank in fright, her pores opened up, and she almost sat on the ground.

She hurriedly tugged hard on the clothes of the person beside her, but the certain Second Fan beside her was watching with great interest.

She even impatiently pulled at her own clothes and said.

"Don't pull me, let me watch a while longer! This is just like the imperial concubine selection in ancient times, it's so fun!"

Zhou Xiaoru was just about to take that large iron pot and smash it on a certain Fan's head; fun your head!

"Stop watching, you need to look behind you!"

Would they be caught as illegal intruders in a moment?

With so many people, wouldn't it be embarrassing to be caught!

Jiang Bufan heard this and glanced behind her unintentionally, while still muttering.

"What look behind..."

Before she finished speaking, this glance made her sit directly on the ground!

Only to see at least twenty or so 'angels in white' wearing white clothes and white hats, staring at them with hostility!

Some held large knives in their hands, some held large ladles, looking as if the next dish was to stew the two of them.

Zhou Xiaoru was already speechless, clutching her forehead in shame!

Still concubine selection! It was truly going to be awkward to death in this place.

She now deeply felt that it wasn't that her luck was bad, but...

Her fate was bad!

Should she go and calculate what she was missing in her fate!

Maybe she was missing the five elements in her fate!

Over here, in the back kitchen, while they were stuck in that awkward situation, the banquet outside had already begun under Su Poyang's brief speech.

In the center of the hall, people were already dancing gracefully.

Just when Zhou Xiaoru thought she would die of embarrassment in this kitchen today, the butler who had greeted them earlier found them.

Seeing the two, one squatting and one sitting on the ground, he paused briefly and then hurriedly said.

"Why did you run here? I've been looking for you. The banquet has started, please enter quickly."

Zhou Xiaoru pulled the person on the ground up and said with a dry laugh.

"Um, sorry, we seem to have come to the wrong place. Please help us tell Mr. Su, wish him a happy birthday and a long life. We won't disturb him, heh heh..."

Under the astonished gaze of the middle-aged butler, the two supported each other like old men and women crossing the street, preparing to leave.

But when they wanted to go out, they found that the area around the elevator was full of people.

Zhou Xiaoru had no choice but to ask again, "Excuse me, is there any other exit here?"

The head steward did not answer her question, only looking at them with a strange expression.

Seeing that look on his face, as if he were staring at an alien, made Zhou Xiaoru feel completely uncomfortable!

A birthday banquet...

She couldn't help but feel that those three men had joined forces to embarrass them!

Gradually putting away the dry smile on her face, since the other party didn't care to see her pleasant expression, there was no need for her to be polite to anyone.

At this moment, Jiang Bufan, who was at her side, seemed to sense the change in her mood, patted the hand on her arm, and said.

"It doesn't matter, we'll just take the elevator we came in on to go down!"

They weren't stealing or robbing; even if they had accidentally stumbled into some damn birthday party, surely they could still leave openly and honestly!

Feeling the comfort from her friend beside her, Zhou Xiaoru smiled slightly and replied.

"Mm, let's go get some snacks, I'm hungry..."

"Let's go..."