Chapter 45: The Theft Storm
It was the first time for Lu Zhifeng to bring a female companion to the banquet, and many of the guests at the banquet were curious about Ye Sining's identity, the circle of the upper class in City B was not large, and everyone knew that Lin Shu was the future daughter-in-law of the Lu family, but Lu Zhifeng obviously showed that it was indeed a different look.
Father Ye saw Ye Sining accompanying Lu Zhifeng from a distance, he stepped forward flatteringly with champagne, and said to Ye Sining, "Why didn't you tell Dad when you came?" I want Mr. Lu to take care of you all the time. ”
"I'm here because of work." Ye Sining responded lightly, with a little disgust in her eyes.
"Sining, Dad hasn't seen you for a long time, your mother said you were sick, why don't you rest well, and you have to work overtime on Sunday?" Father Ye glanced at Lu Zhifeng, with a look of sudden realization, and pretended to be concerned and said, "When can you go home for a meal?" I want to catch up with you. ”
"Thank you for your concern, but our mother and daughter are doing well, and we don't want to be disturbed anymore." She looked at him with a frosty face.
Lu Zhifeng's cold eyes looked over and motioned to Father Ye not to disturb Ye Sining anymore, but Father Ye had no choice but to smile and walk to the other side of the banquet hall.
"In the past, Ye Sining wouldn't look at me so arrogantly, but now that he has climbed up to Lu Zhifeng, he can't even write filial piety." Father Ye secretly scolded, and then drank the champagne in the cup violently.
"Mr. Ye, what is the happy thing that makes you drink here?" Lin Chunzhi suddenly appeared beside him, and the cunning in his eyes flashed.
"No, I was just infected by the atmosphere of tonight's banquet and drank two more glasses." Father Ye hurriedly suppressed the anger in his heart, smiled and talked to him, and knew at a glance that he was coming for himself.
"Mr. Ye, while you are so happy, I might as well say it, although I am very unlucky, I can't marry your two daughters, but my Lin family still sincerely wants to cooperate with your Ye family." He said with a sincere face, his sincere gaze taking over the entire spectrum.
Cooperate? Hmph, who doesn't know that your Lin clan has encountered a crisis recently, so he just asked for help, Father Ye thought secretly in his heart, but this may not be a good opportunity, the two have been pressed by Lu Zhifeng, if they cooperate......
"Okay, you let me think about it." He also wants to see if he can climb the relationship with the Lu family through Ye Sining.
Lin Chunzhi raised the champagne, raised his eyebrows slightly, and the two clinked glasses together, and a dark glint flashed in their eyes.
The banquet started for more than half an hour, and soon reached the climax, Lin Shu, as the hottest jade singer at present, walked out from behind the scenes and began to sing her latest works. Ye Sining stood under the stands, looking at Lin Shu who was surrounded by smoke on the stage, and couldn't help but envy in her heart, although she didn't like Lin Shu very much, she had to admit that she was an ugly duckling in front of Lin Shu, and Lin Shu was a white swan.
Under the light, the diamond necklace worn by Lin Shu around her neck and the crystal on the skirt were shining, and she listened to the guests around her talking about her necklace that Lu Zhifeng gave her many years ago. She glanced at Lu Zhifeng, and when she saw that his eyes were firmly fixed on Lin Shu on the stage, she turned her head and stopped looking at the stage.
After finishing the song, Lin Shu returned to the backstage, she took off the necklace around her neck and carefully put it in a box, she originally wanted to rely on this necklace today to recall Lu Zhifeng's old memories and remind him that they were the most suitable pair. When all the preparations were done, she returned to the ballroom.
As soon as Lin Shu came out of the banquet hall, she heard a sound of praise, and many people walked towards her, but she didn't stop, and walked straight to Lu Zhifeng's side, and everyone didn't dwell too much when they saw her walking to Lu Zhifeng's side.
"Zhifeng, what do you think of my singing?" Lin Shu asked with a smile, she didn't believe it, on this occasion, Ye Sining still dared to spill.
"Yes, very good." Lu Zhifeng smiled slightly and replied politely.
Ye Sining knew that Lin Shu had come to Lu Zhifeng on purpose, she didn't walk away, nor did she join their chat, she just stood aside and listened to them silently.
Lin Shu saw that Ye Sining still didn't go away, and she was a little anxious, so that the plan could not be implemented, so she had to deliberately anger Ye Sining and bring up the old things six years ago.
Ye Sining suddenly remembered that six years ago, it was also such a banquet, she was still the pearl of Ye's palm at that time, and attended the banquet with her father, at that time, she was not deeply involved in the world, and she didn't know that she was drugged in her champagne, and by chance, she entered the same room with Lu Zhifeng, and was possessed by him, a demon, for a night.
Her temples suddenly ached, and she didn't want to remember them anymore, so she silently walked to the balcony to breathe. Lin Shu saw that she had left Lu Zhifeng's side, and also found an excuse to leave, but as soon as she left, another wave of people surrounded her, and Lu Zhifeng was busy entertaining many guests, and he didn't notice her leaving.
Ye Sining held her forehead, the music of the banquet was lively and cheerful, but her heart sank, the night wind was a little cold, blowing her nose a little cold, she sniffed, turned around suddenly, but hit a strong chest.
"Mr. Lu, shouldn't you be inside?" Ye Sining asked curiously.
"What are you running out of here for?" Lu Zhifeng frowned, it was already late autumn, and the cold wind at night was already carrying a deep chill. She bowed her head and did not answer.
"Take it." Lu Zhifeng handed her a small brocade box, she took it in surprise, guessing that the contents must be very valuable, and looked at him blankly.
"Your birthday present." He said lightly, as if it was an insignificant trifle, but Ye Sining felt a warmth in his heart, it turned out that this cold-faced man remembered his birthday. The little hand slowly opened the small brocade box, and inside was a delicate necklace.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu." A sweet smile spread on her lips, no one remembered her birthday for a long time, Lu Zhifeng's gift made her happy, and with the music in the banquet hall, she almost couldn't help the urge to pull Lu Zhifeng in and dance a song.
Suddenly, she heard the music stop abruptly, and the host's voice sounded like nothing: "Sorry to disturb you, guests, Miss Lin Shu said that she lost a valuable necklace, which she had just worn during the performance, and now she needs to search in the banquet hall, I hope you can cooperate." ”
Curious, she walked back to the banquet hall and found that her bag was missing, and there was an important USB flash drive inside, she put her hands on her head, and shouted loudly with an anxious expression: "My bag is also gone." After she finished speaking, she realized that she had lost her temper in front of many guests, but the shouting had already been shouted, and she couldn't care so much.
All of a sudden, two items were stolen in succession from the banquet hall, and the guests panicked, especially the female guests, scrambling to check their belongings, while more people watched the excitement or kindly helped to find them.
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice sounded: "Whose bag is here?" ”
Ye Sining looked back and saw that it was her bag, she stepped forward in surprise to thank the well-wisher, and the kind-hearted person reminded her: "Do you want to check if there is anything lost inside?" ”
She immediately opened her bag and checked it, and the people next to her also surrounded her, she took out the items in her bag, and when she confirmed that she was not missing anything, she saw a small brocade box at the bottom of the bag, so she put it on the table, and said blankly: "This is not mine, whose thing fell on me?" ”
"This is ......" The well-wisher opened the small brocade box and exclaimed, "Isn't this the necklace that Lin Shu just said he lost?" How could it be here for you! Her voice was high-pitched, and the guests around her heard it, and they all thought something big had happened, and they all gathered around.
"I don't know!" Hearing that it was related to Lin Shu, Ye Sining's first reaction was to clear up the relationship, "Since it's hers, let's call her to get it back." ”
Soon, someone notified Lin Shu and Lu Zhifeng to come over, Lu Zhifeng actually didn't want to care about such a trivial matter, he just wanted to see what Ye Sining had provoked.
Lin Shu squeezed through the crowd, her eyes and nose were slightly red, and there were dots on her eyelashes, she looked like she had just cried, and she looked very anxious. When she saw the little brocade box, she rushed forward, and she didn't care about her own image. She turned the necklace back to the back, saw her name engraved on it, and immediately protected it in front of her heart, choked up and said, "Yes, it's my necklace." ”
She sobbed slightly, suddenly raised her head, stared at Ye Sining with her eyes, and asked, "Why is the necklace in your bag, did you steal it?" ”
As soon as the words fell, the onlookers were in an uproar, although there are more or less things happening at the banquet every year, but who would have guessed that this year's incident was actually the female companion brought by Lu Zhifeng who stole Lin Shu's necklace, which can be used as gossip for a long time.
"What proof do you have?" Ye Sining frowned, she was innocent, and it was impossible for Lin Shu to frame her for no reason.
"Evidence? The proof is that this chain was given to me by Lu Zhifeng, and you are jealous. After all, Lin Shu's acting skills have been learned, and soon, the aggrieved look overflowed his face again, which made people feel pity when they saw it.
Ye Sining felt that her logic was a little funny, and couldn't help but laugh in front of the guests, "I'm jealous that you're going to steal the necklace, then I'm jealous that everyone here is so rich, am I going to steal their company?" ”
When the guests heard her words, they couldn't help laughing, and even Lu Zhifeng, who had been watching silently from the side, looked at her with interest. Seeing that she had the upper hand, she persuaded Lin Shu with good words: "You better take good care of your necklace, don't be weird if you lose it." After speaking, she picked up her bag and walked to Lu Zhifeng's side.
"Stop." Lin Shu bit her lower lip, she obviously didn't want to let Ye Sining go so easily, "At that time just now, you didn't seem to be in the banquet hall, so in this way, you have time to commit the crime." ”
"I'm breathing in the balcony." She was a little impatient, and wondered if this woman was finished.
"No one can prove that you weren't there, right?" Lin Shu stepped forward and didn't let Ye Sining have a way to escape. She looked at Lin Shu with a firm look, and she was not afraid of her words.
"I can prove that she wasn't there." Lu Zhifeng saw that Lin Shu was getting closer and closer, and blocked in front of Ye Sining.
"Zhifeng, why are you helping her, she is jealous that I have the necklace you gave, so she stole it, and now she has stolen it." Seeing Lu Zhifeng protecting her, Lin Shu became more and more anxious.