Chapter 16: Dancing on a Cruise Ship
His voice was not high, but every word carried a vicious threat, and the momentum was compelling, just like the arrogance he had once been.
Lin Jia raised his eyes to look at him, his chest seemed to be filled with countless indescribable emotions, and before he could think of how to speak, he heard two knocks on the door behind him, and then a low male voice came in from outside the door: "Mr. Jiang, the banquet is about to start." β
Jiang Huaiyi's hand did not move, and he replied "I know" with his head sideways, and then let go of her and took a step back, raised his hand to tidy up his clothes, raised his hand to open the door lock and pressed the handle, and looked at her sideways: "Remember?"
Lin Jiaqiang resisted the urge to slap him, gritted his teeth and glared at him angrily: "Get out!"
Jiang Huai also didn't fight back this time, raised his eyebrows and opened the door directly, and as soon as he walked out, he saw a man who looked like an assistant coming up from behind him, and handed over a few pieces of A4 paper in his hand: "Mr. Jiang, this is the speech you are waiting for." β
Jiang Huai also took the manuscript without looking at it, walked a few steps and suddenly stopped, and pointed behind him with the finger holding the manuscript without looking back: "Find someone to send this young lady off the boat, don't alarm others." β
"Yes. β
The assistant paused slightly, then nodded in response, stood up straight and waited for Jiang Huai to leave the corridor, then turned around and strode to Lin Jia: "Miss Lin, I'll send you off the boat." β
"No, I can find my way myself, you're still-"
Lin Jia opened his mouth menacingly, but he was stunned the moment he turned his head and saw the assistant's face, and raised his hand and pointed with some uncertainty: "You-you are Qiao Mu?"
The man named Qiao Mu raised his head, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his clean face was as sunny as three years ago: "Lin Jia, long time no see." β
"Why are you here?"
Lin Jia was slightly surprised, Qiao Mu was her classmate in college, the male voice with the best grades in their class, a typical male science student, she never thought that he would work with Jiang Huaiyi.
Qiao Mu saw her surprise, and the corners of her mouth were still an elegant smile: "I am now Mr. Jiang's personal assistant." β
"Mr. Jiang? β
Lin Jia couldn't believe it, if she remembered correctly, Qiao Mu looked down on them when she was in school, and every time they walked into the study room, Qiao Mu would pack up his schoolbag and leave directly, as if he would be infected with bad habits if he stayed with them for a while.
Qiao Mu smiled: "Yes, I haven't found any satisfactory job since I graduated, Mr. Jiang contacted me and said that he needed an assistant, so I came over." β
Lin Jia remembered their conversation just now, and it was really the work of an assistant, so he simply pouted: "It seems that a lot of things have really happened in the past three years that I don't know." β
Qiao Mu didn't pick her up, raised his hand to support his rimless glasses, and still smiled just now: "Do you want me to send you off the boat?"
"No, I don't. β
Lin Jia refused directly without thinking about it, and snorted coldly: "Wait, don't you still have an important moment to witness, how can I go." β
"Butβ"
"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you, but I heard that there will be a romantic scene on the cruise tonight, and I want to join in the fun!"
As she spoke, she raised her hand and unconsciously grabbed Qiao Mu's wrist, dragging him away coquettishly: "Just go back and tell Jiang Huaiyi that I have already disembarked, so as not to affect her performance." β
Maybe it's because such an action abroad is really not intimate, or maybe it's the friendship between classmates who haven't seen Lin Jia for many years that makes Lin Jia a little casual, she didn't notice the unnaturalness of Qiao Mu's expression at all, and said extremely casually: "Is there any process next?"
"Shen Dong spoke, Mr. Jiang spoke, and then Mr. Jiang danced. Qiao Mu replied kindly
JAC also danced?
Lin Jia's heart moved, and her eyes lit up, this way of showing affection was really unique, she coughed lightly, and turned her head to look at Qiao Mu: "In this way, I haven't seen what the richest man in Ningcheng looks like, it seems that I must see it today." β
After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Qiao Mu to react, she walked directly to the front with her skirt, Qiao Mu wanted to step forward to stop her, but when she thought of the relationship between Lin Jia and Jiang Huaiyi, she paused again, and at this moment of hesitation, the applause in the hall rang out warmly, and then she heard the familiar voice of the host: "Next, I invite Jiang Huai Yijiang, the general manager of the Shen Group, to speak on stage!"
This tongue twister-like sentence The host did not stutter at all, and the audience immediately applauded when the words fell, and no one seemed to have any objections to Jiang Huaiyi's surname.
Lin Jia followed everyone's gaze to look at Shen Tai, who had just stepped down from the stage, and remembered the information he had investigated before returning to China, Shen Tai was in the real estate and food business, and belonged to the most representative figure among the self-made businessmen in Ningcheng in the eighties, and had a son and a daughter with the original partner, all of whom were well-known figures in the shopping mall, and JAC could also sit firmly on the throne of Shen's general manager in this situation, it seems that his father is really good to him.
She was thinking about this, and there was a second wave of applause around her, and she raised her head a little suddenly, and saw Jiang Huai Yi not far away with a smirk on the corner of her mouth and slightly bowed her head, how hypocritical she looked.
The host and Jiang Huai, who were standing on the side of the stage, also signaled, and then said with a smile on their faces again: "Now comes to the most anticipated part of tonightββ"
He deliberately didn't say everything, and deliberately created an atmosphere to look at everyone, but the insiders had already turned their attention to the three members of the An family who were standing with Shen Tai, and An Wenqi, who was standing in the middle, was already crimson, looking at the stage with a sweet smile, and her eyes were full of friendship.
Lin Jia sneered and looked at her spring-hearted expression, looked sideways at Jiang Huaiyi, who had walked from the stage to the middle of the hall, and suddenly an idea popped up in her heart, and this idea didn't even stay in her mind for a second, it had already directly dominated her body and made a movement - she gracefully lifted the hem of her skirt and walked directly towards the middle of the hall.
The host blurted out the lines that he had prepared a long time ago, but in the middle of speaking, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the person who came up, so he hurriedly turned around: "Please invite our Mr. Jiang and his fiancΓ©e An, this beautiful young lady, to dance together!"
The lights and music in the hall specially prepared for dancing lit up with the last syllable of the host, and the tactful violin music sounded melodiously, completely covering the whispers of the surrounding people, Lin Jia glanced sideways at An Wenqi, whose eyes changed from surprise to resentment, the corners of his mouth hooked a smile, and walked straight to the opposite side of Jiang Huaiyi to stand, beautiful like a goblin under the rendered light.
Jiang Huaiyi's face became ugly in an instant, and he raised his hand to go to Lalinga, but the latter seemed to have been prepared, and deftly dodged his movements and climbed directly onto his neck, the curve was close to his chest, the seductive red lips were close to his ears, and his low voice was charming: "Do you like the gift I gave you?"
"Who is this woman? Isn't Mr. Jiang's fiancΓ©e the daughter of the An family?"
"That's right, didn't you say that there were fireworks today, where did this woman come from?"
ββ¦β¦β
The discussion of the people around him became louder and louder, and even with the suspicious pointing, the host and security personnel on the side also looked embarrassed, and they all looked at this side intently, and Shen Tai, who was not far away, also frowned, obviously a little confused by the scene in front of him.
Just when everyone was waiting for Jiang Huai to push the strange woman away and explain, his big hand suddenly grabbed the slender waist in front of him, slammed in his direction, and then grabbed her wrist with his other hand, and shook gently with the music.
All the uneasiness in Lin Jia's heart disappeared at this moment, and she didn't think of any consequences the moment she rushed to the stage, so if she was really pushed away just now, it would be really embarrassing to be thrown to her grandmother's house, but fortunately, Jianghuai was not so ruthless, at least she didn't get off the stage.
"Do you know what you're doing?"
Jiang Huai also spoke in a voice that only two people could hear, and his warm breath hit the side of Lin Jia's face.
"Dance, what else can you do?"
Lin Jia, who had already lifted the crisis of humiliation, was extraordinarily calm, tilting his head towards Jiang Huai and smiling, and the smugness between his eyebrows was not concealed at all.
Jiang Huaiyi's eyebrows were cold, and the big hand on her waist slightly increased her strength, and every word in her cold voice was a warning: "Now, immediately, leave here immediately, before I am angry." β
His words fell, and he didn't care that Lin Jia was still leaning on him, he took a step back, directly widening the distance between the two, and then didn't look at her anymore, and turned to leave.
The people around were still discussing, but Lin Jia couldn't hear it at all, her eyes kept following Jiang Huaiyi, watching him walk in the direction of An Wenqi, and the smile on the corner of her mouth slowly narrowed.
Boring.
Too lazy to look at An Wenqi's cute and pitiful stupid look, Lin Jia got up and walked directly in the direction of the door, since everything she wanted to do had been done, there was no need for her to stay here.
Most of the inner halls on the first floor are glass doors, and if Lin Jia wants to get off the boat, she needs to go around to the stern, where there is a small boat to send the guests away, she has just walked out of the door, and the hull of the boat is shaking, she leaned forward without standing firmly, and she was about to fall, and a pair of slender hands directly pulled her up:
"Be careful!"
Lin Jia exclaimed in surprise and grabbed the person in front of her, barely shook it for a moment before she stood firm, she raised her head and said gratefully: "Thank you." β
"You're welcome, it's my honor to serve beautiful women. β
In front of him is a handsome face with a warm and sunny sunshine, and he is particularly stylish in a clipped striped suit, standing like a model in the wind.
Very handsome man.
Lin Jia raised his hand and smoothed his hair, revealing a bright smile, and before he could say the next sentence, he heard a menacing voice behind him:
"Linga, you bitch, stop me!"