Chapter 31: The Banquet
Zheng Xichen was lying on the bed, his little face was pale and colorless. The whole person is like a broken doll, lifeless.
Quan Guo lay on the side of the bed, holding Zheng Xichen's hand with his small hand, and looked at Zheng Xichen with a concerned expression.
The light of the setting sun sprinkled on them, and anyone who saw it felt that this was a mother and son with deep feelings.
Quan Ye stood at the door like that, leaning against the door and watching the two of them. Half a ring, turn and leave.
Zheng Xichen, who was asleep, slowly opened her eyes, she felt that her head hurt, she raised her hand to rub her hazy eyes, and sat up with both hands.
How long have you been asleep? Why do you feel so heavy?
Looking up at the window, it was pitch black, Zheng Xichen couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his stomach, well, he seemed to be a little hungry.
Suddenly, the door was opened, and the housekeeper walked in and saw Zheng Xichen who was sitting on the bed, "Miss Zheng, you're awake." ”
"Butler, am I sick?" Zheng Xichen was a little strange, why was there a band-aid on the back of his hand? Raising his head, he looked at the butler suspiciously.
"Yes, Miss Zheng, you have a low-grade fever and have been asleep for most of the day."
The housekeeper came in and walked out of the room after seeing her wake up, and after a while, another person walked in outside the door, and Aunt Zhang walked in with a bowl of porridge.
"Miss Zheng, the young master ordered, saying that you will wake up and let you hurry up and eat something." With that, Aunt Zhang put the bowl on the head of the bed, helped Zheng Xichen sit down, and put two pillows behind him.
Zheng Xichen rubbed his head with his hand, "Aunt Zhang, how long have I been asleep?" What time is it now? ”
Aunt Zhang picked up the bowl, scooped up a spoonful of porridge and fed it to Zheng Xichen's mouth, "Miss Zheng, it's half past ten now." ”
Zheng Xichen saw Aunt Zhang feeding her, and hurriedly reached out to take the bowl, "No need, I'll just come by myself." Aunt Zhang, go to sleep. ”
Aunt Zhang saw Zheng Xichen's stubborn look, and saw that her face was better, so she said, "Okay, Miss Zheng, you have a good rest, and call me if you have something." ”
"Uh-huh, okay, Aunt Zhang." Zheng Xichen nodded.
After Zheng Xichen finished drinking the porridge, she stepped out of bed and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window looking at the dark night scene outside the window, and some inexplicable emotions suddenly welled up in her heart, and she couldn't say where this emotion came from.
"Is that how you don't care about your body?" Suddenly there was a cold voice from behind him.
Zheng Xichen turned his head violently, and his eyes glared at the boss, "You, you haven't slept yet?" ”
Quan Ye's cold eyes gently swept over her, walked to her side, and looked at her condescendingly, "That's how you treat your body?" His eyes fell on her bare feet.
Zheng Xichen followed his gaze and looked down, his little face turned red, and even his heartbeat accelerated a little, and he hurriedly ran to the bed, hiding obediently in the quilt, and looked at Quan Ye a little shyly with a pair of big black eyes, "Are you looking for me for something?" A pair of big round eyes emerged from the quilt, and he secretly looked at Quan Ye.
"I'll have someone bring you a dress in a few days, and you can go with me to a banquet." Quan Ye looked out the window, and there was no trace of other feelings in his faint voice.
Zheng Xichen was a little stunned, "Banquet? However, I had never been to a banquet, so I didn't know what I needed to prepare. Zheng Xichen's eyes were full of embarrassment.
Quan Ye's circle is so big, it shouldn't be difficult to find a partner, he can't do anything, maybe he will lose face at that time, how embarrassing.
Quan Ye's eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, "If you want to go, you will go." Get paid. ”
As soon as he heard the reward, Zheng Xichen looked up at Quan Ye and nodded, and replied in a low voice: "Okay"
Zheng Xichen was reluctant to go, but for the reward that Quan Ye said, she had to go, she had to pay off her father's debts as soon as possible, so that her father could enjoy his old age in peace.
Maybe Zheng Xichen's voice was too quiet, Quan didn't hear her voice in the middle of the night, turned his head to look at her, "What?" ”
Hearing Quan Ye's voice, Zheng Xichen hurriedly forced a smile, "It's okay, when?" ”
Seeing her smile that was even more ugly than crying, Quan Ye frowned without a trace, "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh." I'll let you know when the time comes. You just need to take care of your health, I don't want to bring a sick person to a banquet. After saying that, Quan Ye walked out of the room directly.
When Zheng Xichen saw him leaving, he put away his smiling face and smiled self-deprecatingly.
Zheng Xichen, what qualifications do you have to refuse? You live in his house, eat in his house, and receive such a high salary. People told you to go to a banquet, what's the big deal?
In the end, Zheng Xichen fell asleep in a daze.
The next morning, Zheng Xichen opened his eyes and stretched out comfortably, I don't know why, I slept exceptionally well last night, and when I got up this morning, I felt extraordinarily energetic.
Since the contract signed with Quan Ye was only to take care of Quan Guo at night, but she still had to continue her work in the hospital during the day, Zheng Xichen woke up Quan Guo and hurriedly ate breakfast and went out.
"Miss Zheng, wait a minute, the young master will also go out later, you can take his car together." The housekeeper hurriedly stopped Zheng Xichen, who was about to go out.
Zheng Xichen paused in putting on his shoes, and after a while, he smiled and said to the housekeeper, "No need, I'll just go out by myself." ”
"Miss Zheng, it will take a long time to get out of here before there is a bus stop. You'd better go out with the young master. The butler looked respectful.
Zheng Xichen lowered his head and thought about it, and shook his head firmly, "No need, I'll just take a walk." She didn't want to sit in the same space as Quan Ye, the aura emanating from Quan Ye was too oppressive. She couldn't stand it.
"Miss Zheng, you better go out with the young master, you really have to go a long way from here." The housekeeper said with a sincere face.
Zheng Xichen hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
On board:
Quan Ye sat next to Zheng Xichen, looking intently at the newspaper in his hand, and the car was also financial news.
When Zheng Xichen inadvertently turned his head, he happened to see the side face of Quan Ye concentrating on reading the newspaper, and he was a little stunned for a moment.
Kwon Ye's side face is angular, with deep eyes, a high nose bridge, and thin and moderate lips.
Zheng Xichen couldn't help but look a little dazed.
Quan Ye, who was concentrating on reading the newspaper, noticed Zheng Xichen's gaze, and frowned slightly, "Haven't read enough?" ”
His cold voice frightened Zheng Xichen and hurriedly turned his head, his little face was red, he didn't dare to turn his head to look at Quan Ye again, he looked up and saw that the hospital had arrived, and as soon as the car stopped, he immediately ran down. Quan Ye looked at her departing back, and she simply fled.
At noon that day, when Zheng Xichen was sitting on the sofa in the living room playing flying chess with Quan Guo, the butler's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Miss Zheng, the young master has sent someone to send a dress." ”
Zheng Xichen was obviously stunned for a moment, dress? Then I suddenly remembered that Quan Ye said that he was going to take her to the banquet that day.
After taking the gift box, Quan Guo immediately said loudly: "Sister Xichen, can you go and change it for me?" ”
Zheng Xichen was still a little stunned, and was pushed upstairs by Quan Guo with his little arm.
Zheng Xichen stood in the room, looking at the dress in his hand, a little overwhelmed.
After a while, there was a knock on the door, "Knock knock, Miss Zheng, I was invited by Mr. Quan to put on makeup and arrange your dress." ”
After a while, the door was opened, Zheng Xichen was wearing a lilac off-the-shoulder chiffon knee-length dress, a slender white ribbon around her neck, a small bow around her waist added a bit of cuteness to her, layers of lace embellished on the skirt, making him look elegant, and wearing the latest season of limited-edition high heels on his feet.
Zheng Xichen's little face put on a little light makeup, a chestnut hair was casually draped over his shoulders, his long eyelashes were like the fluttering wings of a butterfly, his big watery eyes looked a little charming because of some eyeliner, his small nose was of moderate height, and his pink lips wanted to make people kiss Fangze.
Because she usually doesn't wear high heels, Zheng Xichen is now walking and staggering, and the young lady who helped her with makeup just now reached out to help her by his side to prevent her from falling.
Zheng Xichen's whole heart is now like her body, shaking and uneasy.
When he walked to the living room, Zheng Xichen found that Quan Ye had returned, he looked at her dress with a flat face, and then turned his head and continued to watch the news on TV without commenting.
As soon as Quan Guo saw Zheng Xichen's appearance, he couldn't help but pounce on it, and was grabbed by the housekeeper, "Little master, what should you do if you accidentally break the dress as soon as you go up later?" Just stand by and take a good look. ”
Although Quan Guo was very reluctant to listen to the housekeeper's words, what if he really accidentally damaged Sister Xichen's dress, for the sake of Sister Xichen, he would just sit next to him and watch.
Zheng Xichen lowered his head a little embarrassed.
The housekeeper stood next to him and raised his hand to look at his watch, raised his eyes and said to Quan Ye and Zheng Xichen, "Young Master, Miss Zheng, it's almost time, it's time for you to go." ”
"Huh? Good. Before Zheng Xichen could react, he followed Quan Ye.
When he arrived at the banquet venue, when Zheng Xichen walked in with Quan Ye's arm, he only felt that many eyes were focused on him, and he looked up and secretly glanced at Quan Ye, his face was expressionless, so calm.
Zheng Xichen couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm himself down, not caring about the eyes of others.
Since Zheng Xichen was not good at wearing high heels, she couldn't walk after a while, so she walked to the sofa in the corner of the banquet, and when Quan Ye was done, she could leave.
Zheng Xichen looked at the various characters in the banquet boredly, and couldn't help but feel bored.
At this moment, a girl's voice suddenly came from the side.
"Hello, are you Zheng Xichen?" Zheng Xichen turned his head, it was a girl with burgundy hair.
Zheng Xichen seemed to vaguely remember that someone called her Zhang Xiaorong, and asked uncertainly: "I'm Zheng Xichen, may I ask who you are?" ”