Chapter 7: See You Again at the Dinner
Tonight, the flowers of Dewey Manor are in full bloom, trying to make the most of their beauty.
The Viennese orchestra plays soothing and pleasant music in the hall, and the crystal chandeliers make the hall even more dazzling and extravagant, and there are two waiters smiling and bowing their heads in all directions, followed by a few circles, and the walls are hung with dim and ambiguous wall lamps, which are extraordinarily relaxed and casual compared to the glittering crystal chandeliers.
Dignitaries and nobles are in an endless stream.
Looking down on the land of the rich on this side, there is a bit of the taste of night songs.
"Councillor Brown has arrived!"
"Ms. Jin Bao has arrived!"
"Mr. Gao Hongming has arrived!"
"Princess Victoria has arrived!"
Standing at the door to greet the guests, Jack's butler reported the gilded champagne-colored invitations in front of him, and from this registration, it was clear that the owner of the Dewey Manor, Mr. King, was not only in the business world, but also had good relations with several important figures in the political circles of the country where the sun never sets.
Kim Jae-hyun looked amiable and shook hands with the guests one by one.
At this time, in the middle of the hall, on the stairs of the second floor, there was a lovely woman in a floor-to-ceiling white dress coming slowly.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on this person, either surprised, admired, inquired, or envious.
This person is Yan Jiujiu.
She was a rough girl, she had never seen such a market, so she had to be careful step by step, quietly descending the handrail like a cat, and the blank in her brain slowly filled, and the past in front of her slowly became real and clear.
"This dress really suits you!" Seeing Yan Jiujiu's hand holding a glass of champagne trembling slightly, Henry stepped forward and looked at her with a smile, and said kindly.
If he was a girl, they would definitely be good playmates to talk about, Yan Jiujiu thought secretly.
The spotlights around her no longer made her feel like she was on pins and needles.
"Is that you?" Yan Jiujiu was a little surprised, she suddenly understood that she had underestimated her uncle's strength, and he actually knew such a person in front of her.
"Miss Jin, I forgot to introduce myself last time, I was rude! My name is O'Henry, you can call me Henry!"
"Ruthlessly" Yan Jiujiu stroked his sideburns in embarrassment, "Can I call you Henry?"
O'Henry saw Yan Jiujiu's embarrassment, so he simply pretended to be stupid and followed her: "Yes!
O'Henry looked at the ruby on Yan Jiujiu's neck, and said with a slight smile: "I forgot to tell you that day, although the design and cut of this dress are very suitable for you, I always feel that this ruby is very abrupt, but it seems that something is missing." ”
He opened the delicate square blue velvet box in his hand, a sun-shaped object, the whole platinum material, hollowed out in the middle, the periphery of the sun was replaced by a pointed triangle image, each triangle was decorated with diamonds as fine as gravel, but from a distance it looked like a whole giant diamond inlay, but it was full of colors, reflecting the dazzling stars.
"I'll bring it for you!" said O'Henry with a smile.
"No, no, it's too expensive."
O'Henry didn't seem to hear Yan Jiujiu's refusal, stepped forward, and bowed his waist close to Yan Jiujiu.
Yan Jiujiu wanted to refuse, and the strong ** charm was in O'Henry's close breath.
The faint fragrance was very similar to her mother's taste, and she sniffed secretly, blushing like a fried tomato.
"It's just right!" The corners of O'Henry's lips curled up in a beautiful arc, and he looked at Yan Jiujiu with a smile, "Why is your face so red?"
"Well, it's the reason why I drank a little champagne just now, I'm too strong to drink!" Yan Jiujiu didn't dare to look up at O'Henry's sunny and warm face, she looked east and west, only to feel that her neck was scorched by the place where O'Henry touched.
O'Henry couldn't help but laugh when he saw her so helpless.
"I said at De Rolls that I'm really looking forward to seeing each other next time. O'Henry smiled lightly, as if talking to himself, "But you really didn't disappoint me. ”
Yan Jiujiu looked up at him ignorantly and looked at him with a harmless face.
"Can I call you Qixuan?"
"Hmm. ”
Yan Jiujiu had no ability to stop O'Henry's pair of sweet wine pear vortices at all.
She subconsciously stroked the ruby around her neck, and the hollowed-out sun coincided seamlessly with the ruby.
The ingenious design is very attentive. Yan Jiujiu thought silently, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.
"Henry, longtimenoseeyou!"
O'Henry only felt that he was being patted enthusiastically, and then he heard an elegant and familiar voice.
He turned around, kissed the back of the man's hand gentlemanly, and smiled, "Victoria, youarejustasbeautifulaseverbefore!"
Yan Jiujiu stood quietly next to O'Henry, anyway, she couldn't understand the foreign language spoken by the two of them, it seemed that the two of them seemed to have a good conversation, and she had to maintain an elegant and generous smile out of politeness, but she couldn't interject at all.
The woman with a graceful figure and a very rich court education seemed to notice Yan Jiujiu, and she leaned over and said curiously in fluent Chinese: "Henry!
"This is Miss Kim of Dewey Manor!" O'Henry said, turning around.
"Oh?" Victoria looked Yan Jiujiu up and down without concealment, "Sure enough, he is a wonderful person! Compared to my famous beautiful cousin Margaret, it is not as good as it!"
"You're overrated, Princess Victoria!" Yan Jiujiu bowed his head and smiled modestly.
Yan Jiujiu's mother taught her that a thin-skinned person still has a sense of courtesy, righteousness and shame, which is probably the reason why she blushes and is ashamed when people praise her.
After some greetings, Yan Jiujiu took a closer look at the royal princess in front of him, without exception, dressed as a court lady from head to toe, with curved eyebrows and plump cheeks, and skin like a new lily, giving people a vibrant, noble and generous impression.
"You speak Chinese very fluently! Unfortunately, my English is very bad! I can't communicate with you in English, it's rude!" Yan Jiujiu really admired a talented woman with both talents and appearances, just as she admired a talented woman like her mother, and now she was only annoyed that her mother was half-hearted when she usually gave her small lessons.
"Etiquette lessons, pedagogy lessons are compulsory lessons for royal women, and it's not a big deal!" Victoria was noncommittal, these were indeed basic skills for the royal princess, "yes." It's a little clumsy, but you're not annoying. ”
Victoria looked Yan Jiujiu up and down again and said seriously.
Yan Jiujiu didn't know why for a while, and looked at O'Henry blankly.
"Haha! Very few people can get into Victoria's eyes!" said O'Henry, who was surprised, and laughed quite amusedly.
"You say that, but you think I'm a picky and harsh person?" Victoria glanced at Henry, tapped O'Henry's shoulder with a small fan, and said with wide eyes: "Miss Jin's neck decoration is really original! I have known Henry for so long, and although I have given countless things, I have never been so ingenious!"
Then she didn't stop, "That scene just now! What do you mean to say Lang Qing concubine!" She slapped her fan, hid her face and smiled playfully, "It's not Lang Qing concubine!"
Yan Jiujiu, who was bombarded by a series of shells, had nowhere to hide, and was speechless for a while.
"Oh yes! I'm going to take you! You've been fishing for good things from me since you were a child!" O'Henry pursed his lips, a pair of dimples looming, "I'm still so naughty!"
Victoria was about to quarrel with her, Yan Jiujiu only thought about how to excuse her to leave, she didn't want to be an audience of two flirtatious people, it was really boring!
"Qi Xuan, come on, I'll introduce your aunt!"
Yan Jiujiu seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, smirked and left in a hurry.
"Bao Yuan, this is Qi Xuan. Kim Jae-hyun patted Yan Jiujiu's shoulder lovingly, and said kindly.
"Qi Xuan, this is your aunt, she doesn't usually see her because she lives in York City all year round and doesn't have a lot of transportation. Kim Jae-hyun was in a very good mood today, and he couldn't help but be greedy for a lot of cups, and after a meal, his face was much more ruddy.
"Hello Auntie!" Yan Jiujiu exclaimed sweetly, very well-behaved and sensible.
"Well, your mother has educated you very well. "Jinbao is naturally beautiful, her skin is very well maintained, and she looks very quiet and generous when she smiles.
"Aunt Xie's compliment!" Yan Jiujiu looked at the middle-aged woman in front of her quietly, she seemed to have heard her mother mention such a lady, whether it was or not, she immediately touched the vine and said honestly: "You are really as described by your mother, rich and beautiful, fairy and jade!"
Yan Jiujiu was sincerely admired.
Jin Baoyuan was slightly surprised, she didn't expect Shi Huaizhen to also mention her, the corners of her eyes were slightly sour, and said: "I and your mother had the same likes and dislikes at that time, and everyone said it at that time, it was comparable to the boya period." It's just that, later," her voice stopped abruptly, and she immediately raised her eyebrows, "I just have a little jasper, your mother was a national beauty at that time!
She suddenly knew that she had lost her words, and then she said, "Your father is really blessed!"
Yan Jiujiu smiled slightly, and his face was exposed.
Kim Jae-hyun took in this qiē, he knew that Yan Jiujiu was not suspicious, he secretly suppressed the tremor in his heart that surged to his throat, and looked at Yan Jiujiu lovingly, just like his own flesh and blood.
Suddenly, a few flashes of white light flashed, which was particularly abrupt at this sweet and harmonious dinner.
At some point, a few news reporters dressed in disguise were mixed in at the dinner, and they saw the time when the three of them were together, and quietly gathered around.
"Mr. Jin, there are rumors that Miss Jin is your illegitimate son in a foreign country, can you explain this?"
"Miss Kim, do you have anything to say about your father's behavior?"
"Ms. Kim, what do you think about this?"
Kim Jae-hyun and Kim Po-chan are both born into famous families, and they are calm and calm in this kind of questioning, and Yan Jiujiu is a little embarrassed.
At this time, the people of Dewey Manor came and took away the idle people one after another.
Yan Jiujiu seemed to smell her mother's fragrance, she turned around as if she was avoiding, and in front of her was the smile that was as warm as a spring breeze, "Are you okay?"
Yan Jiujiu nodded, then shook her head again, and her heart landed again.
"Shall we go eat the pastries over there?" O. Henry made a gesture of please, Yan Jiujiu took his arm, and said with a shallow smile: "Okay!"
"No, I need to eat some fruit to help digestion!"
Yan Jiujiu nodded and replied with a smile, but he was still unable to give up, and his mind drifted to the sharp question from the reporter just now