Chapter 24: Going to the Feast
Alex is very respectful to Zhao Xiaoting, and he is also very serious, except for the necessary explanations and questions and answers, he basically doesn't talk much, and even his sitting posture is very straight, Zhao Xiaoting guesses whether this guy has served in the military, his posture is so standard, and he is so boring!
The car stopped in front of a small-looking door, Alex pulled the car door, respectfully invited Zhao Xiaoting to come down, this is actually a beauty room, as soon as you enter the door, you see a woman with short hair dressed in a gorgeous dress, this is the owner of this beauty room, Lily, smiled and pulled Zhao Xiaoting over to look at it, and then pressed Zhao Xiaoting on the seat, called a few people to start tossing on her head and face, Zhao Xiaoting wanted to ask, can you ask your own requirements and avoidance first? Is it really good to just toss yourself like this?
Women's makeup is really a very troublesome thing, it took two hours, and finally Zhao Xiaoting sat on the chair and kept yawning, I am afraid that such a torturous thing will be indispensable in the future, it is really uncomfortable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoFinally, Lily took out a red evening dress and handed it to Zhao Xiaoting, and said that it was the dress that Mr. Li Zeyuan personally selected for her. Zhao Xiaoting took a closer look, the one-shoulder red long skirt, it seemed that the Li family liked to wear red very much, but she didn't touch the kind of woman of this color at all before, although everyone said that she matched this color very well.
Wearing this festive dress, Zhao Xiaoting still muttered a little in her heart, on the occasion of people's big day, is it too much for a guest to dress like this? Stepping on the ten-centimeter translucent crystal high heels, Zhao Xiaoting felt that the height of her life could only be like this, the already tall height and such tall shoes, she looked at Alex standing beside her, they seemed to be taller.
Wrapped in his blue trench coat, but such a thin evening dress still made me feel a little cold. She looked up at the night sky, and although the weather was good, it was still a little cool. An afternoon passed, Zhao Xiaoting followed Alex back to the company, she carefully sat upright, for fear that the dress on her body would be wrinkled, and she was completely looking for guilt. She was in a lounge in Li Zeyuan's office, which was almost as big as Li Zeyuan's office, and Li Zeyuan had been meeting in the conference room, so they hadn't seen each other in the afternoon. Zhao Xiaoting suddenly thought that she hadn't prepared a gift at all, but then she thought about it, since Li Zeyuan only notified her temporarily, she must have been ready.
When Li Zeyuan entered the lounge, he saw Zhao Xiaoting in a daze, with such a radiant appearance, sitting there quietly like this, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off.
He walked to the safe, opened it, took out a jewelry box, and put it in front of Zhao Xiaoting. Zhao Xiaoting only then discovered the existence of Li Zeyuan! She was so engrossed in her mind that she ignored the changes in her surroundings.
"What is this?" Zhao Xiaoting looked at the jewelry box, she had a lot of such jewelry boxes, but she almost didn't wear them, so much money was too heavy on her neck, and she felt that she couldn't stand it.
"This set of jewelry is just right for your makeup today." Li Zeyuan said, opened the jewelry box, and a set of shiny ruby platinum jewelry appeared in front of her, Zhao Xiaoting swore that she was really not tempted, but she just thought that this set of jewelry was too beautiful, really more beautiful than all she had ever seen, even the set of seven million jade jewelry could not compare.
"This set of accessories was only delivered today, and it is just right to use." Li Zeyuan said while helping Zhao Xiaoting put them on one by one. Zhao Xiaoting stroked the slippery gem on her neck, and couldn't help but feel a little fluttery, she was going to be robbed today, right?
"Isn't that too valuable? I still don't wear it! Zhao Xiaoting looked at the face of Li Zeyuan, who was close at hand, a poor person like her really couldn't get used to a set of millions of jewelry.
"This was originally customized for you, if you don't want it, you can only throw it away!" Li Zeyuan finally helped her adjust the position of the necklace, looked at it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction, "The largest ruby on this chain was auctioned by my father at Christie's auction house a few years ago, and it has always been stored in the safe, this time it is for you, the new daughter-in-law, who is willing to take it out and match you with this set of jewelry, if you don't accept it, I don't know how to explain it to my father." ”
"Huh?" Zhao Xiaoting was surprised, this gem was actually given to her by Li Zhihe, but she didn't expect this patriarch to be so generous to her daughter-in-law. "Let me ask, how much is this jewelry worth?"
"What are you asking about? As long as you like! Li Zeyuan frowned, but did not answer her question directly, the most disappointing thing he gave to a woman was that a woman came to ask for the price.
Zhao Xiaoting thought for a while, and her little face was very serious: "I am a poor person, such valuable jewelry is not suitable for me at all." And I've never liked to wear these things, so after tonight, you'd better take care of this set yourself, I'm afraid I'll not be able to sleep for it. ”
"You woman......" Li Zeyuan shook his head, the things he usually sent, Zhao Xiaoting locked them all into the safe, and occasionally followed her sister-in-law to the party to reluctantly choose a set to wear, as soon as she got home, she took it off immediately, the whole family was the only one who was plain all day long, her neck, ears, and wrists were empty, only the gold ring she wore every day.
"I haven't seen those things I gave you before, and you want to return them?" Li Zeyuan looked at her playfully.
"Actually, I've been planning to return it to you, but I just think that those things have been kept in the Li family's old mansion, which is similar to returning them to you, so I didn't say anything about it. If you really don't think it's safe to put it with me, you know the password to the safe anyway, you can just go back and change it. Zhao Xiaoting shrugged her shoulders indifferently, she didn't care at all, anyway, those things were not suitable for her and didn't belong to her.
"It's okay to make a joke? Since those things were given to you, you can wear them well, and it's not the same thing to keep them in the safe all the time, and you can't blame you for losing them anyway. Li Zeyuan is very generous in supporting Zhao Xiaoting, anyway, those things can't get out of his house, and he doesn't wear them without wearing them.
"I see. When do we depart? Zhao Xiaoting didn't want to dwell on this issue, anyway, it was all on her, and the decision was up to her.
The full moon banquet of the Yang family and grandchildren was extremely luxurious, and a hotel was chartered, which is simply a seaside castle, which has a very European medieval feeling, but it is a little far away, and it takes nearly an hour's drive from the downtown area. By the time they arrived, it was completely dark, and the waves were crashing against the shore with a sound that seemed to drown out the music in the castle. Zhao Xiaoting took off her coat, wrapped her arms around Li Zeyuan's arm, the smile on her face was already ready, and followed Li Zeyuan into the hall slowly.
Their arrival was neither early nor late, and there were many people in the hall, all of whom were brilliant, it was really a typical drinking party in high society! As soon as they came in, they attracted everyone's attention, of course, the women looked at Li Zeyuan, and by the way, they looked at the legendary Cinderella with disdain; And the men's eyes were almost all attracted by Zhao Xiaoting, this woman didn't appear much in high society, and she was still a raw face, but everyone knew that this woman's methods were not simple, and she grabbed Li Zeyuan, the most likely heir of the Li family, in her hands, and sure enough, she was a stunner with her own eyes! With this tall height, beautiful figure and almost perfect face, how can a man not be tempted!
Yang Wuxing, the eldest young master of the Yang family, personally came to receive Li Zeyuan, Yang Wuxing was a few years older than Li Zeyuan, they had both been exiled to the United States to study, and they were also familiar with each other during that time in the United States. Yang Wuxing is a righteous man, when he was in the United States, he had received a lot of help from Li Zeyuan, so whether it was a personal relationship or the cooperation between the two over the years, Yang Wuxing has given Li Zeyuan a lot of face, and Li Zeyuan is still courteous, and making such friends is much better than those who have a sweet belly.
"Oh, third child, why are you here!" Yang Wuxing put his arm around Li Zeyuan, and Zhao Xiaoting took advantage of the situation to hold his arm and stood aside slightly.
"I'm here in a hurry, and you know how far this is from my company." Li Zeyuan did not reject Yang Wuxing's enthusiasm at all, and replied to him with a smile.
"That's really mine, it's not!" Yang Wuxing pretended to look at him with guilt, and then turned to Zhao Xiaoting, "This is my brother-in-law, your relationship is vigorous!" But my brother and sister are so beautiful! ”
"You and your sister-in-law were so touching, were you good? Why bother to tease us. Li Zeyuan smiled and held Zhao Xiaoting's hand, this smile was so happy that it was about to overflow.
Zhao Xiaoting also smiled slightly, and said to Yang Wuxing: "Congratulations to Brother Yang!" ”
"Hey, hey, rejoice! When you get married, I will definitely go to the party, brother and sister, you are really lucky, my brother is a rare infatuated man......" Yang Wuxing is a hearty person, laughing loudly and very arrogant.
Zhao Xiaoting peeked at Li Zeyuan, this guy is an infatuated man? Who is he infatuated with? would be so indifferent and hurriedly come to such a ridiculous contract with a person like himself who has no family background, this person is better to say infatuation than to be ruthless.
After a few people chatted for a while, Yang Wuxing greeted the others, and Li Zeyuan led Zhao Xiaoting into the hall, took two glasses of wine from the waiter, handed one to Zhao Xiaoting, and the other cup took a sip of himself, Zhao Xiaoting also learned to take a sip, this wine tastes good, anyway, Zhao Xiaoting is still very confident in her own amount of wine. "Don't drink too much at night, you go upstairs to meet your sister-in-law in a while, she has always wanted to see you." Li Zeyuan instructed in a low voice. Such a picture of leaning over and leaning over the ears seems very intimate to outsiders.
Zhao Xiaoting nodded, they were immediately surrounded by a group of people, all of them were decent people, although Zhao Xiaoting didn't know these people, but from the clothes and accessories they wore all over, she could tell that these were not ordinary people. It's just that these people are a little disappointing, they are respectful and flattering to Li Zeyuan, and even she is a little lightly praised by these people, but it is too detrimental to the atmosphere on this occasion, although I know that such a drink will inevitably avoid people who come to talk. She listened to this group of people talk about stocks, IPOs, NASDAQ indexes and other terms, and she was confused, although she used to be a science student, her four-year liberal arts career made her completely ignorant of these financial economics.
"You can go over there and get some food, and I'll look for you later." Li Zeyuan whispered in Zhao Xiaoting's ear. Zhao Xiaoting nodded obediently, nodded at the group of people, and walked away.
As soon as Zhao Xiaoting left, the women around the group also dispersed, no matter what the identity of these women was, they were always a little proud to be brought out. Zhao Xiaoting looked at the small snacks on the long white dining table, it was very cute, if she could take pictures, she would definitely take a big shot. She picked up a few random things with a white dinner plate, and wanted to find a corner to eat quietly, but unfortunately, as soon as she turned around, she almost bumped into a woman in a short pink dress, it seemed that this woman was not very old, and she was dressed in pink and tender, but she was also very suitable.
"I'm so sorry!" Zhao Xiaoting felt that she was really unlucky, did those episodes in the bloody online novels really happen to her?
"It's okay, your name is Zhao Xiaoting. Hello, my name is Ally! Ally didn't care, the baby's face was full of kindness.
"Hello. Do you know me? Zhao Xiaoting was a little puzzled, has her face really become known to everyone?
"You and the third brother have been in the headlines for so many days, how could I not know." Ally smiled, playful.
"Third brother?" Zhao Xiaoting looked at Li Zeyuan, who was chatting with others not far away, it was the first time she had heard a girl call him that.
"Yes, I've been called that since I was a child, Yang Wuxing is my eldest brother, I'm Yang Ping, but my name is not very good, you still call me Ally."
"Hello, Ally!" Zhao Xiaoting felt strange, at first this girl didn't seem to come with her eldest brother to greet them, but now she came to talk to herself, so Zhao Xiaoting had to be vigilant.
"I heard from other friends that the third brother's girlfriend is very strange and rarely attends such an occasion, and I thought you wouldn't come this time." Ally gradually began to lose the smile on her face.
"Oh, I'm a little unaccustomed to such occasions, but Brother Yang is Johnson's good brother, and it would be too rude for me not to come again."
"That's right, I've never seen my eldest brother be so good to any friend, better to my third brother than to me. At the beginning, my eldest brother said that he would introduce me to the third brother, but unfortunately my third brother didn't get oil and salt, so he was angry with me, and he rejected me for a bunch of reasons. ”
Now Zhao Xiaoting stopped talking, this girl is honest to this extent, and she doesn't know how to deal with it. It seems that she seems to have a good impression of Li Zeyuan, or has she been secretly in love for a long time? Do you want that? It seems that the identities between us are not suitable to talk about such topics.
"I'm sorry, Johnson is motioning for me to come over." After speaking, she hurriedly put down a plate that she hadn't eaten and returned to Li Zeyuan.
At this time, there was a pair of men and women standing next to Li Zeyuan, and Zhao Xiaoting walked in and found that she actually knew the woman! She is the girlfriend of the writer she once worked for, but the middle-aged man with a big belly next to her is not the writer!
"This is our largest publisher in Hong Kong, Tian Dong, and this is his wife Molly!" Li Zeyuan introduced her.
"Hello!" Zhao Xiaoting said hello lightly, this woman named Molly is really changeable, even her name has changed, and what she didn't expect is that it has only been a few months, she has actually separated from the writer, and she has already married this dwarf winter melon, which is even faster than herself.
"Miss Zhao is really beautiful, Brother Li is really blessed." Tian Dong, the man, smiled evilly, Zhao Xiaoting didn't like this kind of person at first sight, and he was also a publisher, Molly's taste was really single-minded, from a writer to a publisher, it was all related to books.
"Where, Brother Tian's wife is very beautiful!" Li Zeyuan, you come and go politely.
Speaking of which, Molly and Miss Zhao are still old acquaintances. I've heard her say that. Tian Dong's small eyes looked at Zhao Xiaoting again, this look was shrewd and a little obscene, which was even more disgusting.
"Mrs. Tian is really familiar, but I don't seem to know that person's name is Molly." Zhao Xiaoting looked at Molly aggressively, Molly smiled a little embarrassed, she seemed reluctant to accompany Tian Dong.
"Isn't the name just a code name, and it's nothing to change it. Aren't all writers with several names in one person? Tian Dong smiled, he still wanted to push Molly forward, but Molly couldn't shirk it, so he had to smile at Zhao Xiaoting.
"Really?" Zhao Xiaoting was disdainful. I don't know if I'm taking revenge on Molly for embarrassing myself or if I'm really sorry for Mr. Writer.
Tian Dong saw that the atmosphere was not right, and he also smiled a little embarrassed.
"Brother Tian, I'm sorry, I'm going to take Xiaoting upstairs to see my sister-in-law, please do it." After Li Zeyuan finished speaking, he led Zhao Xiaoting upstairs. Zhao Xiaoting glanced back as she walked, Tian Dong's face became very bad, and Molly shrunk her shoulders a little, this is probably Molly's choice, choosing a richer one does not mean being happier.