CHAPTER XVII

The rest of the process is a bit boring. It's nothing more than all kinds of politeness and entertainment, anyway, Tong Yan didn't talk much, just holding the goblet with orange juice that Cheng Yuan handed her just now, and followed Ling Zesheng and him with a pretending smile.

This circle turned down, and the corners of Tong Yan's mouth were cramped with laughter.

finally waited for the meal time, but since tonight's banquet was buffet-style, Tong Yan had to part ways with Ling Zesheng and Cheng Yuan, and went to forage for food with a plate.

There were a lot of delicious things on the long table, Tong Yan turned into stars in seconds, and she went all the way to the plate, and after a while, the plate in her hand was piled up into a hill.

Putting the last piece of pork ribs, Tong Yan used a fork to stabilize the food on the plate, raised his head and began to look for Ling Zesheng and Cheng Yuan in the crowd. I don't know why, without the two of them by my side, I always feel a little scared.

"Tong Yan?"

There was a sudden soft call behind him, which frightened Tong Yan's hands and almost threw the plate down. She stabilized her movements in a little panic, turned her head to look behind her, and saw Xu Bolin smiling at her.

It turned out that the figure she saw just now was really him.

Don't be so unlucky!

Tong Yan slandered, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

After a moment's pause, she completely turned around to face Xu Bolin, and by the way, she put the plate in her hand on the long table beside her, ready to retreat at any time.

"Long time no see." Seeing Tong Yan turn around, Xu Bolin spoke again, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little deeper than just now.

Tong Yan curled the corners of his lips slightly, and responded politely: "Long time no see." ”

Oh, no matter how much you listen to it, I think this kind of conversation hurts.

This should be the line that the lovers of the year should say after a long time and reunion, right?

But how can it be so ironic to quote Tong Yan and Xu Bolin, not to mention that they were not lovers back then.

Tong Yan frowned again, but still maintained a polite smile, but did not say a word again.

She originally meant to make Xu Bolin a little self-aware, and when she saw that she didn't want to pay attention to him, she hurriedly flashed herself. But the result was obvious that Xu Bolin was not so discerning, because he saw that Tong Yan did not take the initiative to speak, so he took the initiative to ask questions.

"I just saw you, and I thought I was wrong." Xu Bolin smiled and took a step forward, "Why are you here?" ”

"Work reasons." Tong Yan instantly entered the official speech mode, and at the same time took a step back quietly.

"Oh, that's it." Xu Bolin nodded, "But I just saw you following Ling Zesheng and Cheng Yuan." ”

"Or because of work." The child's tone was sparse, diverting his attention without a trace: "Then why are you here?" ”

Xu Bolin was slightly stunned, then smiled a little helplessly, and he replied: "It's also because of work." I'm now the director of True Colors, and I'm bringing my deputy to familiarize myself with the environment today. As he spoke, he turned and pointed to a young woman in a dark green evening dress not far away, "That's her." I just saw you say hello to her. ”

Tong Yan glanced at the woman along his fingers, and seemed to be somewhat impressed.

"Oh." She nodded, smiling a little more exaggeratedly, "Congratulations on your ascension again." After speaking, he nodded politely at him, "I still have something to do, let's go first." After saying that, she turned around, her eyes locked on Cheng Yuan in the crowd at the same time, and walked towards him quickly.

Xu Bolin, who was behind him, didn't seem to expect her to walk away suddenly, tried to chase two steps, and whispered to her twice, but it didn't have any effect.

It's just a blink of an eye, Tong Yan flashed into the crowd and disappeared.

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After that, until the time before leaving the table, Tong Yan never left the side of the process. Wherever he went, she followed, like a little tail.

As for why she didn't go to Ling Zesheng, the answer is very simple, it is well known that Cheng Yuan has a girlfriend, but Ling Zesheng is still single. Therefore, in line with the principle of not creating some kind of wrong hint to the media because they appeared at the same time, Tong Yan could only follow Cheng Yuan behind him with the title of screenwriter to socialize in the venue.

Although Tong Yan has repeatedly emphasized that he is a screenwriter during this period, he still receives ambiguous eyes from some unknown people, and is even joked by several investors who have a good relationship with Ling Zesheng.

This made Tong Yan very depressed. But judging from the current situation, she seems to have no ability to resist at all except for smirking. After all, if Ling Zesheng is involved, the result can only be more and more chaotic.

Tong Yan can only endure.

may be because Tong Yan is too easy to speak, and those investors are even more unscrupulous, and finally pestered Tong Yan before the end of the banquet to ask her to accompany them to drink the last glass of wine before leaving.

In fact, this situation should be put on hold in the past, Tong Yan must have fulfilled their wishes a long time ago, isn't it just a glass of wine!

But not now—after all, she had only promised Ling Zesheng three days ago that she would never drink again.

So Tong Yan could only continue to giggle, and cast a look for help at Cheng Yuan, who had just been squeezed aside.

And Cheng Yuan had no choice but to spread his hands, saying that he couldn't help either.

All right

Tong Yan sighed silently in his heart, and continued to smirk and resist.

"What are you doing?"

Ling Zesheng's low and slightly cool voice suddenly sounded outside the crowd, and Tong Yan instantly felt a sense of relief.

"Not really." An investor responded with a smile, "Before leaving, I wanted to have a glass of casual wine, and I wanted a beautiful screenwriter to accompany her, but she didn't want to, and she was disappointed." As he spoke, he stepped aside, stretched out his hand and pointed at Tong Yan, "Not sensible." ”

Tong Yan was speechless, and cast an innocent look at Ling Zesheng.

You see, just because I promised you, now I'm scolded for being ignorant!

"Huh." Ling Zesheng responded coldly, glanced at Tong Yan with a pale face, turned his head to the investors and said, "Is it interesting for you big men to bully little girls, you want to drink and accompany me." ”

Domineering!

I don't know why, after listening to Ling Zesheng's bland words, several pink bubbles instantly popped up in her heart.

Handsome!

"We're going to have a drink with a beautiful screenwriter." The investor didn't buy it at all, and waved his hand to Ling Zesheng lazily, "I'm not bored with you." ”

After speaking, he beckoned the people around him to get the wine.

Ling Zesheng's face turned a little colder, and he turned his head to glance at the venue. If it weren't for the fact that some media people hadn't left, he really wouldn't mind turning his face with these investors now. But after thinking about it, Tong Yan will have to mix in this industry in the future, and this situation is inevitable.

So

"Okay. Drink it. Ling Zesheng said coldly, and then took the red wine glass handed over by Cheng Yuan and sent it to Tong Yan.

What is this for?

Faced with Ling Zesheng's sudden change, Tong Yan was a little confused.

To be honest, she was really afraid that he would work against these investors just now, and that would not be beneficial to either of them, but now that he actually compromised, this made Tong Yan a little surprised.

A little smug took the wine glass from his hand, and when he raised his eyes, he nodded at him slightly, and a vague smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.

What's so funny?

Tong Yan pursed his lips, reached out and raised the wine glass in front of him, and drank it all with his eyes closed

Sweet?!

It's not wine, it's grape juice!

Tong Yan was startled, but he didn't dare to open his eyes, and he couldn't stop snickering in his heart. It turned out that he had planned it a long time ago, and he was really cunning.

Although I said that, my heart was full of sweetness, and I was very moved. Tong Yan continued to close his eyes, trying to make an expression that was extremely painful by the wine, and tried to deduce it realistically.

Finally poured a full glass of grape juice, Tong Yan opened his damp eyes, glanced at Ling Zesheng, and stood up.

Seeing this, several investors were not ready to let Tong Yan leave, but they didn't want Ling Zesheng to take the lead and block all their words.

"If you're not feeling well, go back first." His tone was not softened in the slightest compared to Fang Cai.

"Okay." Tong Yan nodded, glanced at him secretly before walking towards the exit in the venue.

When passing the corner of the hall, she couldn't help but glance back in the direction of Ling Zesheng, but she happened to see Xu Bolin standing at the door of the venue, and he also happened to look in her direction.

Looking at each other, Tong Yan was slightly stunned, and then he was shocked, could it be that he had been looking at her?

At this time, the mobile phone in her handbag began to vibrate, and Tong Yan took it out to see that it was a text message sent by Ling Zesheng, telling her to go downstairs to the underground parking lot to wait for him first.

Stuffing the phone back into his handbag, Tong Yan looked up at the door again, only to find that Xu Bolin was gone.

That's great.

Tong Yan turned around and entered the elevator.

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In the evening, Ling Zesheng sent Tong Yan home.

After parking the car, Ling Zesheng got out of the car directly and walked in the direction of her unit.

Hey, what's the matter, didn't you say you're here to send her home? Why do you have to go upstairs now?

Tong Yan was nervous for a while, and chased after him with high heels.

As a result, as soon as I entered the door of the building, I heard Ling Zesheng ask, "Is there any food at home?" ”

“？？？” Tong Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xia Qi had just come to bring her food in the afternoon, and replied mechanically: "Yes." ”

"That's good." Ling Zesheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and walked two steps upstairs: "I basically didn't eat much in the afternoon, and I was a little hungry." Suddenly, he stopped, turned his head to look at Tong Yan, and his expression was a little stern, "Do you know how to cook?" ”

That's a good question.

Tong Yan squinted, caught up with him, and squeezed out one word in an unkind tone: "Yes." Then he pulled the key out of his handbag and opened the door.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Ling Zesheng was a little happy, followed her into the door, and turned on the light with his hand, "Okay, then you are responsible for cooking, and I am responsible for eating." After saying that, he changed his shoes and walked to the living room and sat on the sofa.

It's casual.

Tong Yan couldn't help but slander when he watched his movements, but he was a little proud in his heart. closed the door and was about to take off his high heels, but was stopped by Ling Zesheng.

"Don't change your shoes yet." He said.

Tong Yan was a little puzzled, straightened up and looked at him: "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm patronizing tonight, and I don't have time to take a good look at you." He said calmly, "Come, let me see if the dress I chose is beautiful." ”

The dress he chose?!