Chapter 147: Giving her fireworks

Chang Mo's cocktail party was three days after the He family's cocktail party.

That evening, He Zhangbai arrived quite early.

Perhaps because Lin Wu, Feng Tingshen, Ren Jifeng, and others were not there, nothing major happened at Chang Mo's cocktail party.

There were quite a lot of guests that evening.

Rong Ci and Yu Moxun were very busy and didn't have much energy to pay special attention to He Zhangbai.

When the cocktail party was more than halfway through, seeing He Zhangbai chatting with Rong Changsheng, they suddenly realized that He Zhangbai hadn't left early.

You have to know, the Lin family's cocktail party was also being held this evening.

They had all thought that He Zhangbai arrived so early because he intended to leave halfway through to attend the Lin family's cocktail party.

They didn't expect...

Yu Moxun was quite satisfied and couldn't help but say: "What does it mean to value the cooperation with our Chang Mo? Look, this is an example. That Ren Jifeng... tsk, I can't even be bothered to talk about him."

Rong Ci was also somewhat surprised.

Since He Zhangbai was giving them so much face, Rong Ci and Yu Moxun couldn't treat him coldly.

They walked toward He Zhangbai and said politely: "Mr. He, there are quite a lot of guests; please forgive us if our hospitality has been lacking."

This evening, He Zhangbai's attention had been on Rong Ci from time to time, but no one had noticed.

He Zhangbai clinked glasses with her and Yu Moxun, took a sip of wine, and then said: "We are all friends; you two don't need to be so polite."

Although they had gotten along quite pleasantly during this period of cooperation, Yu Moxun never felt that they were friends.

Of course, he also felt that what He Zhangbai was saying now was just polite social talk.

It couldn't be taken seriously.

However, Yu Moxun was quite satisfied with He Zhangbai's attitude of completely putting aside personal grudges and discussing only business.

Although He Zhangbai was talking to Yu Moxun, his attention was actually on Rong Ci.

Tonight's cocktail party was Yu Moxun and Rong Ci's home turf.

Although she had Yu Moxun's protection, Rong Ci still drank quite a bit of wine tonight.

Her cheeks were slightly flushed, her eyes were watery, and she was two or three parts less cold than usual, looking a bit... cute.

He Zhangbai tightened his grip on the wine glass slightly and slowly shifted his gaze away.

Although Rong Ci had drunk some wine, she hadn't reached the point of being drunk.

As the cocktail party was about to end, when Rong Ci saw He Zhangbai to the entrance, He Zhangbai stopped.

The cold wind outside was biting. Looking at the small section of her snow-white, slender calves exposed beneath her soft long dress, he said: "Let's stop here."

Rong Ci nodded: "Okay, drive safely."

He Zhangbai looked at her, seemingly having something he wanted to say, but he paused and still didn't say it, turning to leave.

After the important guests had left, Rong Ci got into Rong Changsheng's car and left the hotel.

He Zhangbai actually hadn't left yet.

He was worried that something might happen to Rong Ci after she had been drinking.

Seeing her safely get into Rong Changsheng's car and leave, he then said to the driver: "Let's go."

The next day, when Rong Ci woke up and was eating breakfast, He Mingxue and Old Lady Rong were discussing the matter of purchasing New Year's goods.

Tomorrow was New Year's Eve.

The company was officially on holiday starting today.

Rong Ci said: "I'll go with you."

Old Lady Rong smiled: "Good, good, good, let's go together."

After these words, her smile paused: "Xiao Ci, is Xin Xin... spending the New Year at the Feng family this year?"

Mentioning Feng Jingxin, Rong Ci's smile faded slightly, and she said: "That should be the case."

The day she received Mr. Tang, in the elevator, although Feng Tingshen mentioned Feng Jingxin to her and indicated both openly and covertly that he hoped she could take care of Feng Jingxin, since that day, neither Feng Tingshen nor Feng Jingxin had contacted her again.

Since that was the case, then in all likelihood, Feng Jingxin should be spending the New Year at the Feng family.

Old Lady Rong felt both reluctant to part with Feng Jingxin and sad for Rong Ci.

Rong Ci was calm inside and comforted Old Lady Rong, saying: "Grandma, I'm fine; as long as Xin Xin is happy, that's enough."

But Old Lady Rong felt that she was just putting on a brave face so as not to let her worry.

Old Lady Rong sighed secretly and didn't mention it again.

After breakfast, Rong Ci, He Mingxue, and the others went out to buy New Year's goods.

The shopping street outside was decorated with lanterns and streamers, familiar New Year songs could be heard everywhere, and the atmosphere of the New Year was very strong.

Regarding the New Year's goods, He Mingxue and the others had actually already purchased a round.

Many things were already at home; coming out today was just to fill in the gaps.

On the street, there were already children wearing Chinese-style festive three-piece cotton-padded jackets, and the little tiger lanterns in their hands were also endearingly naive.

Rong Ci watched the figure of a little girl on the street jumping and skipping, and slowly stopped in her tracks.

Before Feng Jingxin followed Feng Tingshen abroad, she would buy her two or three sets of these Chinese-style three-piece cotton-padded jackets every year for the New Year.

Feng Jingxin also liked them very much.

The little tiger lanterns were the same.

For the few days after New Year's Eve, the little lantern was Feng Jingxin's favorite toy; at night, after lighting the candle, she could carry the lantern and play by herself for several hours without getting bored.

But these were all things from two years ago.

In the two years since Feng Jingxin left, there was one year Feng Tingshen spent with her abroad.

She did come back last year.

But she no longer liked these festive things.

She thought they were tacky and refused to wear them.

If she didn't like them, she wouldn't force her.

Later, she picked out other things for her, but Feng Jingxin didn't like them either.

Previously, she thought it was because she couldn't keep up with Feng Jingxin's aesthetic, but later she realized it was just that she purely didn't want to wear the clothes she bought.

Rong Ci slowly withdrew her gaze and thoughts, and followed the pace of Old Lady Rong and He Mingxue.

Learning that Rong Ci, He Mingxue, and the others were out buying New Year's goods, Rong Yunhe and Rong Xun secretly contacted her, asking her to buy more fireworks so they could set them off in the garden on New Year's Eve.

Rong Ci saw the message, smiled, and replied: "Okay."

In the years she was married to Feng Tingshen, Feng Tingshen not only was rarely in Ducheng on weekdays, but he also often flew around the world during holidays.

Even so, after marrying him, even if he wasn't there, she would still go back to the Feng family's old mansion with Feng Jingxin every year to spend the New Year.

Thinking about it carefully, she hadn't spent the New Year at the Rong family for seven years.

Rong Ci put away her phone, smiled, and was just about to go buy fireworks when her phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from Yu Moxun.

He told her that he had someone buy a lot of expensive fireworks and said he would send some over to her in a while.

Rong Ci didn't stand on ceremony with him and said: "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Listening to Yu Moxun's meaning, he should be sending her quite a lot, so she wouldn't need to buy any more separately.

After buying the New Year's goods, when she got home, Rong Ci's phone rang again.

This time, it was a call from He Zhangbai.

Rong Ci paused and answered: "Mr. He."

"I had someone order a small batch of fireworks a while ago; Seeing Dan Dan told me to send some to you. Give me the address in a while? I'll have someone send them over to you."

Rong Ci was stunned and subconsciously refused: "Mr. He, there's no need—"

"Then why don't you call Seeing Dan Dan in a while and tell Seeing Dan Dan?"

"..." She was silent for two seconds before saying: "Thank Seeing Dan Dan for me."