Chapter 76

Noticing Su Ruoyun's skillful technique, someone didn't hesitate to praise: "This tea-making skill is indeed the best among the best."

Hearing this, Old Man Su's eyes were full of pride, and he smiled and took the conversation: "My granddaughter is good at everything."

Old Man Huo sighed: "I also want a granddaughter, but it's a pity..."

The Huo family had only three grandsons.

The words were not finished, but the people around understood his meaning.

Someone said casually: "It's not simple to want a granddaughter. There are already three grandsons, so don't worry about not being able to marry Xiao Yun."

Old Man Su's face turned black.

The people in the lounge chatted casually, and some people had already left after sending gifts.

It wasn't until Su Jiayi walked in with loose steps to call people that Su Ruoyun supported Old Man Su and walked out of the lounge together.

The birthday banquet process was almost the same. After a few programs, the banquet officially started, and many people held wine glasses and walked toward the main table...

Under the name of toasting Old Man Su, they took the opportunity to talk to Su Ruoyun. They were all here to celebrate Old Man Su's birthday, so Su Ruoyun naturally couldn't shirk, holding the wine glass and returning the toast one by one.

Compared to Su Ruoyun, Su Mingyan had a bit of drunkenness after a few glasses of wine. He had no one on top, and it was impossible to let his father and second uncle block the wine, so he inevitably drank a few more glasses.

Calling his sister, he specifically instructed: "Help me take care of people."

Su Ruoyun was confused and didn't understand: "Take care of whom?"

After saying this, she raised her eyes and bumped into Su Mingyan's smiling gaze, instantly understanding. She wanted to agree immediately, but thinking of the information she got at the auction, she took the opportunity to put forward her own request.

"I'll ask you a question, you answer me, and I'll agree to you."

Su Mingyan saw through the cunning hidden under her beautiful face at a glance, sighed helplessly, bent his long fingers, pinched the bridge of his nose, and then opened his mouth with a bit of indulgence: "Ask."

"Did you have feelings for her before the blind date?"

This didn't get a direct response from Su Mingyan, but...

Su Ruoyun already knew the answer.

Su Ruoyun patrolled the crowd and soon locked onto the target. She walked toward Jiang Xihan, and the few men who were chatting around her seemed to have a tacit understanding and retreated quietly.

By the time Su Ruoyun walked closer, the eyes of the two met in mid-air for a moment. One look was better than a thousand words, and the gratitude was self-evident. Then the two went to the women's lounge together.

Su Ruoyun and Jiang Xihan originally thought that the women's lounge would be cleaner without the disturbance of men, but didn't expect that even the socialites and daughters of Sijiucheng began to toast her.

After a few glasses of wine, the phone vibrated, it was a message from Huo Jingcheng.

— 【The last lounge on the right on the first floor, I'm waiting for you.】

Immediately after, the second message followed.

Two short words 【Something to do.】

Su Ruoyun pondered for a moment, her fingertips rubbing the phone screen lightly, and raised her hand to type 【What's the matter?】

However, by the time these words were sent, Huo Jingcheng didn't reply to her again.

At this time, the birthday banquet was coming to an end. She found a reason at will, turned her head and whispered a word to Jiang Xihan beside her, and then got up and left the lounge.

The women's lounge was on the left. She walked forward all the way, then bypassed the corner, and walked to the innermost one, which was the lounge Huo Jingcheng mentioned.

Su Ruoyun pushed the door open lightly, stepped into the room, her thin high heels grinding on the thick and soft carpet, each step appearing slow and sluggish.

Inside the lounge, it was pitch black, only the open curtains allowed the starlight and lights intertwined outside to penetrate, allowing a glimpse of a corner of the room.

She subconsciously gathered her hair, tucked the broken hair behind her ears with her long fingers, scanned the room where she couldn't see her fingers, and then, she raised her hand to press the light switch. With a crisp "clatter", the warm yellow light instantly dispelled the darkness in the room, and when she looked up, she saw Huo Jingcheng sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window.

On that low table, wine glasses and wine bottles were placed at will, and that bottle of red wine had already been drunk by one-third.

His whole person exuded a kind of decadent temperament. The navy blue suit was taken off and placed on the sofa armrest. A few buttons of his shirt were undone, the collar was slightly open, and an exquisite black tie was draped loosely on the collar, with both ends drooping naturally, trembling with the ups and downs of his breathing. The imperceptible drunkenness added a bit of charm.

Outside the window, light and shadow intertwined on the glass window, like a flowing abstract painting. The light and shadow fell on his face, making his originally upright and distinct features more deep and three-dimensional in the intertwining of light and dark. His eyes fell on her quietly and silently through this layer of light and shadow.

Su Ruoyun felt her scalp tingle inexplicably, subconsciously avoiding his gaze that didn't blink, and asked stiffly: "What's the matter with looking for me?"

"Come here." Huo Jingcheng's voice was lazy, and carried a thickness soaked in alcohol, an unquestionable tone, breaking the stagnation in the air.

I don't know if he really had anything urgent to find her, but this sentence still made Su Ruoyun take a step and walk toward him. Each step was a bit hesitant, and finally, she stood still three steps away from him.

She repeated it again: "Is there anything?"

Huo Jingcheng's gaze sized up the distance between the two, his eyes full of dissatisfaction. Immediately, he straightened his body slightly, raised his hand and stretched out his long arm, his movements were crisp and neat, and he grabbed her wrist, the strength in his hand carrying an unresisting toughness.

While Su Ruoyun hadn't reacted yet, his long arm retracted, pulling her into his arms, forcefully and domineeringly pulling her to sit on his lap.

Su Ruoyun was still thinking about what Huo Jingcheng called her for, immersed in her own thoughts, and for a moment, didn't notice the movement around her at all.

Unexpectedly, a residual shadow flashed across the corner of her eyes, and a large hand reached out to her. Su Ruoyun subconsciously tried to avoid it backward, but couldn't beat Huo Jingcheng's hand speed, and a force that couldn't be resisted suddenly pulled her into a warm and solid embrace.

The posture of sitting cross-legged was a bit strange, she blurted out without thinking, and cursed: "Dead pervert."

Huo Jingcheng hugged her waist with his large hand, the strength was just right, as if declaring some kind of possession, and his whole person leaned back against the sofa backrest leisurely, tilted his head slightly, his eyes full of teasing and playfulness, staring at her with great interest: "Repeating the same 'dead pervert' over and over, can't you change to some new words to scold, what's more,"

As he said this, he shook his legs like a prank, and Su Ruoyun, who was sitting on his lap, couldn't help but sway back and forth, hurriedly reaching out to climb onto his shoulders to stabilize her body.

Seeing this, he raised his eyebrows, and what flashed in his eyes was a faint smile, his tone was truly careless: "Have you seen any pervert who looks like me?"

"Narcissist!"

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