Chapter Ninety-Six: The Stranger at the Wedding Banquet

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"Go back?" Mei Zijun was stunned, "What's the matter, Ke Qiao?" ”

Yingying knew what I was worried about, and said, "It's okay, Officer Mei, you are responsible for driving well." But Sister Qiao may not have slept well last night. Yang Yize poked Yingying, and Yingying pushed Yang Yize away.

"Let's go back." I made up my mind and looked at Mei Zijun earnestly, "I'm sorry, I caused you to run so much in vain, but if I don't go back, I will not be able to get over this hurdle for the rest of my life." Zijun, help me. ”

Mei Zijun didn't speak, her face became a little worse, her eyebrows were furrowed, as if she was entangled, but the speed of the car was faster. Suddenly, at the high-speed exit in front, Mei Zijun drove out.

Coming out of the highway, I turned around in front of me, and the car drove back towards Nancheng again. Mei Zijun didn't ask me why, and she didn't say much. At eleven o'clock, the car stopped downstairs in my neighborhood.

"I'm so sorry. We'll make an appointment next time. "I really feel guilty, and Mei Zijun said.

Mei Zijun finally turned to me and said lightly: "Ke Qiao, you don't have to say sorry to me. But you owe yourself a word of apology. What you've been doing, isn't it too self-defeating? You are worthy of anyone, but you have to be a little heavier on yourself. ”

I was stunned, Mei Zijun seemed to have something to say, but I was full of anxiety, how could I listen. I nodded to him and hurriedly got out of the car and ran home. Yingying also hurriedly followed.

When I got home, I changed out of the sportswear I had worn in the morning and was about to wear a professional skirt to go over, but I was pulled by Yingying: "Why are you wearing this to smash the field?" ”

"I'm not going to smash the field." I smiled bitterly, how could I have that courage.

But Yingying had already pulled me to her room regardless of it, took out a small bean paste-colored dress from the closet, and smiled at my chest: "This one is just punctual, half revealing and half revealing." ”

"No, I've never worn anything like that." I've mostly worn professional attire before, and I've never tried this kind of gown with bare shoulders and squins.

"Then you can try." Yingying couldn't help but say that she ripped off my coat, "Even if you don't smash the field, you have to be radiant, you are dressed like this, that scumbag looks at you with a gray face, doesn't he feel that he is splitting his legs right, and that chicken girl, don't you look at your jokes more?" Listen to my Sister Keqiao, what clothes to wear on any occasion, you just wear this, that's right. ”

Yingying was right, I gritted my teeth and changed into my dress. Seeing myself in the mirror, I almost didn't know it, with long hair and a shawl, a chest-length dress that showed off the slender neck well, and with the dice necklace, I had a little more tall temperament. The sequins on the clothes are also shining, sweeping away my previous frigidity, and adding a bit of femininity and charm. It seems that people really rely on clothes.

"It's beautiful!" Yingying sighed sincerely, "The scumbag is really blind. Let him regret it. I'll give you another light makeup. After saying that, Yingying pressed me to the chair, quickly painted my makeup, and dragged me away with a casual dress, "It's past eleven o'clock, and it's time to start the table at twelve o'clock." ”

I was going to quietly find a corner to check it out, but Yingying was dressed up to attend. But with Yingying by my side, I'm more down-to-earth.

The address on the wedding card is at the ChΓ’teau de Essen, a luxury hotel located in the south of the city, facing the coast, with a garden, and can be used for weddings on the grass and by the sea. Nancheng attaches great importance to the ceremony of "engagement", usually if two people intend to get married, engagement is essential and extraordinarily grand, traditionally, the man should take the elders and the dowry to the woman's house to propose, also called send-off, and the woman will be hired, serve sweet tea and a series of etiquette. I once followed Han Muzhi to the engagement ceremony of a therapist in the clinic, and I was particularly surprised by the strong traditional taste. After all, in the north, the custom of engagement has become less and less, and even many people get married after meeting their parents directly without getting engaged.

Yingying and I arrived at the gate of the courtyard of the hotel, and there were already many luxury cars driving in. The dazzling "Mr. Lu Zenghan, Ms. Xia Mengci" at the door of the hotel made my heart pound and beat wildly. I took out the invitation card and came in smoothly with Yingying.

The hotel is more like a large resort, as soon as you enter the door, there are carefully trimmed shrubs of different shapes, and the waiter took us for more than ten minutes, bypassing the courtyard and crossing a lake, before arriving at the banquet hall, Yingying shouted "wow".

The ballroom is lit up and decorated like a starlit fairy tale. It is worthy of a billion-dollar engagement banquet, and the limelight is much more luxurious and noble than ordinary people's wedding banquets. Yingying and I handed over the red envelope, and the person in charge came over to help us arrange the seats, and I searched around for Zeng Han's figure, but I couldn't see him anywhere.

Time passed little by little, and the guests all entered the table one after another, and many of the guests were familiar with the wedding banquet of the rich and noble, and they were common celebrities on TV in Nancheng. A little-known person like me, if he wasn't related to Lu Zenghan, he would definitely not be among Xia Mengci's invitations. I twitched the corners of my mouth self-deprecatingly.

At twelve o'clock, the engagement banquet officially began. I became nervous and stared at the dreamlike stage, Lu Zenghan in a black suit and Xia Mengci in a white dress slowly moved out from both ends of the stage like a golden boy and a girl, not they were moving, but the stage under their feet was moving. With the smoke released, it is beautiful and smart.

My hands and feet were cold, and Lu Zenghan's smile stung me. I fantasized countless times, what kind of expression would he have to marry Xia Mengci? Will there be a little unwillingness? A little painful? But reality ruthlessly shattered me, and the smile on his face was full of happiness and contentment. I finally fully understood what Han Muzhi and I said. When a man decides to marry a woman, he must be happy, for whatever reason.

At that moment, I almost wanted to run away. But in full view, it would be an even bigger joke if I fled. I bit my lip and looked at them on the stage, at the signal of the emcee, telling about their love experience, and when I heard the emcee ask him if Xia Mengci was the woman he loved the most, he only hesitated for a moment, and then said "yes" firmly.

I heard my heart crackling. Why should I come? Why should I send it to my door and let people tear themselves apart? Yingying gave me a worried look and squeezed my hand tightly in hers.

Watching Lu Zenghan and Xia Mengci hug and kiss under the auspices of the master of ceremonies, I finally couldn't help it, stood up quickly, and ran out along the large curtain that mopped the floor. I couldn't stand it anymore, I couldn't hold on anymore.

But as soon as I got out of the door of the banquet hall, I turned around, this is not like an ordinary hotel, the outside is a hall, but a European-style corridor and arches, I went around a few, I don't know how to climb up to a second-floor balcony, the balcony is open-air, and there are seats with parasols, maybe usually a coffee bar or something, today the whole venue is wrapped by the wedding, here is empty.

I lay on the balcony fence and looked at the entire hotel's garden-like courtyard, gasping for air. Mei Zijun is right, I'm asking for my own hardship. I could have expected such a scene, so why should I have any illusions? Why are you so confident about your place in his heart? My tears were unbridled, and I lay on the railing and cried breathlessly.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind me, as if someone was coming, I hurriedly wiped my tears and turned around. A man who looked like he was in his fifties was walking upstairs with a few people. At first glance, the man was in a high position, and the people behind him were condescending, like the stars holding the moon. I was teary-eyed, I couldn't see his face clearly, and I turned around again.

The men walked across the balcony and headed inside. Suddenly, the man in the lead paused and turned back. I stood here not knowing if it was in their way, I wiped away my tears again, and hurried downstairs, but I met the man solidly, and the man's expression suddenly froze, and his brow furrowed as if he was thinking about something.

I pursed my lips slightly, and was about to leave, when the man called out to me, "Miss, wait a minute." ”

I froze, turned my head and looked at him in confusion. Although this person looks not young, he is well maintained and has a well-proportioned figure, unlike ordinary middle-aged people with a big belly, thin and tall, but his eyes are full of the old spicy of the falcon. It's not handsome, but it's very manly.

Seeing that I was stunned, the man smiled faintly: "Are you here to attend the wedding?" ”

"Yes." I nodded, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"I don't know Miss's surname?" The man suddenly asked this question, and when he asked this question, a trace of imperceptible fierceness and contradiction flashed in his eyebrows and eyes, and there was a deep desire in his eyes. It seems that there is a particular urgency to know about this issue.

I'm a little wary, why would a stranger want to know my name? I looked down and just saw Yingying looking for me everywhere like a headless fly, and I hurriedly said, "Yingying, I'm here." After saying that, he smiled apologetically at the man, "My friend is looking for me." Good bye. ”

After saying that, he ran down the stairs. "Huh! You stop! "The man shouted at me, but he stopped him. I turned my head to look behind me, but luckily no one was following. I ran towards Yingying.

"But where have you been, Sister Qiao? I'm looking for you everywhere. Yingying hugged my arm anxiously, "I've been following you, but I can't find you as soon as I leave the hall." This dilapidated hotel is a labyrinth. ”

Seeing that I was silent, Yingying asked tentatively, "Shall we go back?" I haven't eaten yet. Coming up with lobster and shark fin," he swallowed.

I hesitated, to go back or not to go back? Go back, the heart is hard, if you don't go back, you are unwilling. After thinking about it, Yingying and I walked back to the banquet hall. Yingying happily sat back in her previous seat and ate heartily. I watched Lu Zenghan and Xia Mengci toast table by table, and my heart was torn again, should I face them face to face?