In the storybook I read when I was a child, there was an emperor who loved to wear new clothes, and one day, he held a grand ceremony to show off his new clothes to his people, which was a dress that only a wise person could see, and all the courtiers and people in the ceremony were afraid that they would be considered stupid, so they all praised the emperor's new clothes, until one of the children broke through and the emperor was not wearing clothes.

When I was a child, this story was in the same storybook as the story of the Little Mermaid, and the cover of the book was obviously a melancholy little mermaid wandering in the blue ocean, and the words "daughter of the sea" were printed on it, but when I opened the storybook, I found that behind the story of the mermaid, it was the story of the emperor.

For a long time, I was thinking about how to tear the story of the emperor out of that storybook, I thought, most of the enlightenment lessons about shame in my life were taught to me by that emperor, I was young at that time, I didn't understand the deep meaning of the emperor's story, I just felt that walking naked in the crowd, it was very embarrassing, that story was too unbeautiful.

It seemed to me that my crutches were exactly the same as the Emperor's new clothes. I am afraid that I will be considered a stupid person, so no one will point out that the dress does not exist at all, just as I am afraid that I will be considered an uneducated person, so no one will laugh loudly at my crutches in the crowd, and I, like the emperor, are taboo about children who will speak the truth out loud without the city government, and will have a weak heart, but even so, they will pretend and proudly ignore the strange gaze of others.

The story of the mermaid and the story of the emperor's new clothes were printed in the same book for a long time, so that I, who was still very naïve at that time, naively thought that it was God's warning to me.

I sympathize with the emperor and take it as a warning. I don't want to do something as embarrassing as him, the cautious and neurotic prototype of Lu Xiaochao is probably the masterpiece of that story.

As I walked into the bright and ornate banquet hall on crutches in my beautiful evening dress, my mind was full of thoughts of the emperor who walked in the crowd without clothes.

I feel that at this moment, I am the ridiculous emperor.

I was wearing a black evening dress. The skirt of the dress dragged on the floor, covering the little white shoes on my feet, the dress fit so well that the lines of my body could not be hidden, I was really sorry for everyone who saw me tonight, I felt so guilty for them to see me like this.

In their eyes, the girl on crutches looked so weak in her legs. Her hips were not plump, her thighs were a little shrunken, she could barely hold up the beautiful skirt, her left shoulder seemed to be a little shorter than her right, the lines of her bare arms didn't look so soft, and some muscles seemed to be visible; Her steps weren't pretty, she wasn't coordinated, and she was a little shorter than the other girls in the room. She is simply the embodiment of ugliness.

But no one laughed at me aloud when I walked into the banquet hall. Almost everyone's eyes fell on me, and their eyes were on me, barely leaving, but even then, no one laughed out loud.

Lin Yue said that everyone in this banquet hall. They are all celebrities in high society, and I think each of them should have been educated a lot, and everyone is very, very educated, so. Like the emperor, I tried to walk into the crowd without changing my face.

I was holding a small leather bag in my right hand and a cane in my left hand, and I was so embarrassed when the waiter was about to hand me the champagne glasses with a tray, it was the first time I had attended such a grand and magnificent banquet, and I forgot that I had one hand that was helping my legs, and that I had only one hand to call at will, but I had entrusted it with the most meaningless task.

The waiter smiled stiffly and said, "Miss, I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay." I smiled and shook my head.

So the waitress passed me with the champagne, but she had barely taken a few steps when she was stopped.

That person is Lu Xi.

She picked up a glass of champagne from the waiter's tray and handed it to me, then took the bag in my hand with her other hand.

I took the champagne glass with my empty hand.

Lu Xi took another glass of champagne from the waiter's hand, clinked glasses with me and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?" ”

Naturally, I was full of gratitude, so I replied with a smile: "Long time no see!" ”

"Are you coming alone?" Lu Xi looked around, and then asked, "Lin Yue didn't come with you?" ”

I remembered that she said that she was Lin Yue's girlfriend, or, like Dani, she didn't like me, I shook my head: "He has no reason to come with me." ”

It was indeed Lin Yue who asked me to come, and I promised him to wear this dress he prepared for me to attend this banquet, and then he promised me that he would not hurt Zhang Xingchen.

I think that when Zhang Xingchen leaves, Lin Yue will no longer be able to grasp my weakness and torture me like this.

"Dress, it suits you." Lu Xi smiled and changed the subject.

"It's worse than laughing at me loudly." I muttered under my breath.

"What?" Lu Xi asked.

"Nothing." I laughed, Lu Xi stood with me like this and talked to me to relieve me a lot of embarrassment, I really thank her.

"I know you're a designer, but I don't even see what jewelry you're wearing, are designers like that?" Lu Xi looked at me again, and then asked with a puzzled face.

"You can't, wear the radiation jewelry on your body, hurt yourself, right?" Another voice sounded, Lu Xi and I turned our heads and found Dani walking towards us, she was wearing a burgundy low-cut evening dress, she looked sexy and very attractive, she stepped on a pair of heels of nearly ten centimeters, and when she walked in front of me, I almost felt like a short and ugly bell tower weirdo.

"Dani, why are you here too?" Lu Xi changed his conversation with me to be kind and gentle, and when she faced Dani, there was obviously a needle in her words.

"Your little lawyer is here, why can't I come?" Dani looked at Lu Xi with disdain and said.

"Yes, a place where models who have been hidden in the snow can come, I really shouldn't have come." Lu Xi sneered and said, she turned her face to me and said to me again: "Xiao Chao, I heard about it. You're so unwise to ask her to shoot a commercial, I guess she made up your radiant jewelry, and maybe she changed things behind your back! ”

"You!" Dani was so angry that she glared at Lu Xi but didn't say a word.

Such a fierce scene, I should really shy away. Standing alone is bad enough to look lively, plus these two-for-tat beauties, it's really eye-catching.

However, there was a commotion of the people at the venue, and they all looked towards the door of the venue, and following everyone's gaze, Zhang Xingchen and Qin Jiami appeared at the venue, and those who appeared with them were Danqilong Shuyi and his wife. And walking in front of the four of them was Ru Lang and his daughters, Ru Qin held the arm of his father Ru Lang, and Ru Yu held Tang Xiayi with a smile, like a pair of beautiful people who came out of the comics.

As soon as they entered, another group of people appeared at the door of the venue, all of whom I didn't recognize. It doesn't seem to be a general.

Such a formation. It immediately attracted everyone's attention, and almost everyone in the venue greeted me, but I was still confused about what kind of banquet could bring these characters together.

"These are all big shots!" Lu Xi sighed twice.

Dani also greeted her, and heard Lin Yan say that she had signed a contract with Ru Yu. Presumably she was going for Ru Yu.

I looked around at the layout of the room, but I was preoccupied with how to hide myself.

I finally knew why Lin Yue did everything possible to let me participate in this banquet, he just wanted me to make a fool of myself and make me ugly in front of everyone.

"What's wrong with you?" Lu Xi asked me.

I shook my head in a panic, and the venue exited the entrance I had just entered and the exit by the stage side. There was only one staff member left to let me escape, I put the wine glass in my hand back on the table covered with white tablecloths, smiled at Lu Xi with an apologetic face and said, "I want to go first, I'm sorry, I'll see you next time." ”

However, the mobile phone rang suddenly came from the leather bag in Lu Xi's hand, and I was taken aback, Lu Xi saw this, and immediately helped me open the leather bag, took out the mobile phone, handed it to me and said, "Lin Yue called." ”

I looked around weakly, but I didn't see Lin Yue, so I picked up my phone and answered it.

"I forgot to tell you that if you run away halfway through this banquet, I won't count what I promised." Lin Yue's cold voice came from the mobile phone.

I even refuted loudly and scolded him loudly, and my strength was taken away, but I just stood there stunned, imagining what kind of expression Zhang Xingchen would have when he saw my nondescript appearance.

Lu Xi patted me on the shoulder with concern and asked me, "What's wrong with you?" You okay? ”

"It's fine." I came back to my senses and smiled at Lu Xi.

"You're very pale, are you really okay? Didn't you say you had to go first, or did you want to find a place to sit and rest? ”

"No thanks." I politely declined Lu Xi, then took my bag from her hand and walked to the corner of the banquet hall. The lights of the banquet hall illuminated every corner, and I felt like I didn't even have a place to hide, every place was so dazzling, and this was not where a person like me should be.

A man's voice sounded at the venue: "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, now, let us invite tonight's birthday star, Ms. Qiu Yuyao, and Mr. Zhang Hanmo, chairman of Senrui Company, everyone is welcome." ”

As he was talking, Zhang Xingchen's father took a graceful woman on the stage together, and walked to the podium surrounded by flowers, the woman next to Zhang Xingchen's father was wearing a moon-white long dress, she combed her simple and elegant hair in a simple and elegant bun, and the lines of her neck were soft and delicate, her facial features were exquisite, and she wore light makeup, so beautiful that people ignored the slight traces left on her face by the years.

But even so, the temperament exuded from her whole body, and the light in her eyes, are shrewd and capable, and she is not angry and self-threatening, which can also be described as a woman, she smiles, but it is not difficult to see that she is a capable woman, a woman with a status.

"Thank you friends, you took the time out of your busy schedule to attend my birthday party, saying that it was a birthday party, but in fact, it was just a birthday party to get together with you, I am glad that you can come, I hope you can have a good night, thank you." Her voice was delicate but powerful, and as soon as she finished speaking, the banquet hall burst into applause.

I remember that Long Shuyi asked me if I knew Qiu Yuyao, or the Qiu Shuyao she said was the woman in front of me, but did I have anything to do with this person?

I really want to, I really wish I could stride out of the corner, walk in front of them, talk and laugh with them, and then know the reason from it, but I don't dare, I am wearing this close-fitting evening dress, it is like being stripped naked and standing here, I don't even dare to breathe loudly, I am afraid that I will be discovered, I am afraid that Zhang Xingchen and they will see me, I once imagined that maybe one day I would suddenly die somewhere, ending my unhappy life, and I was never afraid of this possibility; But at this moment, I was very afraid, just like I was afraid of sudden death in the bathroom at home, for me, at this moment, this evening dress on my body is the emperor's new clothes. (To be continued......)