The night is slightly dark, and the luxury cars are either low-key or luxurious around the huge fountain and parked at the door of the villa, and the staff in uniform black and white uniforms will take the keys at the right time to drive the car to the place where it should be parked.

Men and women in ceremonial dresses walked in twos and threes towards Qi's house. This Qi family mansion, which covers an area of more than 3,000 square meters, is located on a distant hill next to the Lingdong River, and the greening rate has reached more than 65 percent.

"Qi Yuan, happy birthday!"

Qi Yuan rarely wore a skirt as Qi's mother requested, and her face was also painted with light makeup. With a polite smile, she took the gift from the other party and said thank you generously.

After the people left, she casually threw the gift to the servant behind her, not caring about what was inside. She greeted the guests as she looked out at the main road leading into Qi's house, where there was a lot of traffic, flashing lights, and her eyes were full of anticipation.

I wonder if Xu Xiaoxiao will come from that road?

"Aunt Qi, what is Qi Yuan doing standing there all the time?" The cute and cute girl curiously grabbed Qi Mu.

Qi Mu shook her head helplessly: "She seems to have invited a very special friend, and she has been looking forward to it for a long time." I didn't even resist asking someone to dress her, I guess I wanted that person to see her as soon as she entered the door. ”

The girl showed a smile in her heart, she must be waiting for Qin Yao, who in this circle doesn't know that Qi Yuan likes Qin Yao? And the two are childhood sweethearts and fiancés, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a pair made in heaven.

The gifts were all sent into a specially placed room under the command of Steward Qi, and in less than an hour, the room that was a little empty on weekdays was about to be crushed by the huge mountain of gifts.

The servant struggled to slip in the beautifully wrapped gift, and turned to find the Qi steward who was directing the arrangement.

"Steward Qi, I can't let go of ......"

Steward Qi frowned, glanced at the sky again, and his face sank significantly. "Don't worry about that, it's going to rain soon, it's not suitable for an open-air banquet today, so ask someone to bring everything in."

"Yes." The servant answered. He turned around and began to ask his colleagues to move things in.

The weather in the mountains is unpredictable, often clear skies one second, hail the next second.

Steward Qi shook his head, turned around and saw that the servant who had just spoken to him was still holding a gift, so he shouted. "Hey! Don't keep holding this gift in your hands! It's all for the eldest lady, and I don't know how valuable it is. ”

As he spoke, he ran over and snatched the present.

A few girls who played well with Qi Yuan pulled Qi Yuan away. "Yuanyuan, Qin Lang is here, come here."

Qi Yuan didn't care about Qin Yao's arrival at all, but she couldn't stand the kindness of her friend, so she was dragged over by Shengsheng.

When Xu Xiaoxiao found the Qi family according to the abstract map drawn by Qi Yuan, it happened to be the busiest time, and the servants of the Qi family were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, which can be regarded as the most important banquet for the Qi family since the incident happened more than ten years ago.

Now this banquet is not only to celebrate Qi Yuan's eighteen-year-old adulthood, but also to announce the engagement with Qin Yao, a major event of the strong cooperation between the Qi and Qin families.

Xu Xiaoxiao was holding a half-human-tall teddy bear doll, a little tired. Rich people like to choose this kind of villa on the high mountain as if they live in isolation, not to mention that it is remote and difficult to find, the key weather is not generally bad, obviously the foot of the mountain is still warm and breezy, the sound of crickets bursts, to the halfway up the mountain, it began to be gloomy, and finally climbed to the top of the mountain, but suddenly it rained heavily with ice slag.

"Hey! That one! What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come here yet! ”

Xu Xiaoxiao stood under the pillar and pointed to his nose. Is the person dressed like a cosplay maid calling her?

"Don't be stunned, go change your clothes!" The man grabbed Xu Xiaoxiao without saying anything, pushed her and told her to change her clothes.

"No, you recognized the wrong person, I'm here to attend Qi Yuan's birthday. I'm her friend. Xu Xiaoxiao said seriously, and wiped the rain on his face with his sleeve.

"You? Haha, no kidding, look over there. Those who are dressed in ceremonial dresses and have a noble status are here to attend our eldest lady's birthday party. For a girl like you who buys a low-quality shirt with jeans and sneakers at a stall, we don't have friends like you! ”

Xu Xiaoxiao looked in the direction she pointed, those brightly dressed people stood in the brightly lit hall talking and laughing, and in an instant, they could make friends with high-ranking and powerful business bowls and talk about millions of business.

This so-called upper circle, Xu Xiaoxiao has never been in contact with. Even when she stayed by Wei Lingyun's side in her previous life, she was just like a pet, let alone bringing her to this kind of banquet, even the relationship between the two of them was also Wei Lingyun's privacy, and people didn't dare to talk about it.

The light there is desirable, but the position where Xu Xiaoxiao stands is dim. Qi Yuan obviously said it casually when she mentioned it to her, so she wore homely clothes and walked over generously with the gift given to her. Even watching countless luxury cars that can only be seen in movies or commercials easily overtake her along the way, and I didn't notice any difference. Unexpectedly, this was an ordinary birthday party in Qi Yuan's eyes, and it was so loud that she was ashamed.

The maid was still rudely dragging Xu Xiaoxiao, "Hurry up and change your clothes, we're dying!" ”

It turned out that in her previous life, she begged Wei Lingyun to no avail, not because he already had her in his heart, but because she was fundamentally unworthy of the other party. It's no wonder that Wei Lingyun would treat her with that kind of contempt for fun, and she can't complain anyone, she is not a person in the same world.

Xu Xiaoxiao suddenly gave birth to a cowardice that she didn't know where it came from, she broke free of the maid's hand and stuffed the teddy bear in her arms into the maid's arms. "I sent the gift, tell Qi Yuan: I wish her a happy birthday."

Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, Xu Xiaoxiao turned around a little staggeringly.

Without the cover of the teddy bear, the maid saw the other party's beautiful face like a cloud of smoke. I couldn't help but almost lose my voice, but I just looked at it in a daze for a while, and suddenly came out again just as she was about to leave.

"Don't go! You must be here for a part-time job, right? I knew as soon as I saw that the housekeeper had said that we were understaffed and would find some people to work part-time. ”

The man had a look on his face that I had already guessed who you were.

"Xiaofang, what are you doing? Why don't you go pack up with them and move in! ”

"Yes, Steward Qi."

Steward Qi held the gift given to Qi Yuan by the guest and walked quickly. "Who is she?"

"Isn't she just helping out part-time?"

In Xu Xiaoxiao's point of view, the white-haired old man, who was almost old, straightened his chest, snatched the teddy bear doll in Xiao Fang's arms with a look of disgust, and stuffed a gift in his arms into her hand. Said to her arrogantly and arrogantly. "Go to the storage room on the west side!"

Xu Xiaoxiao: ......

The movements of the two were so fast that Xu Xiaoxiao didn't have a chance to explain.

With the doll and an extra gift in his arms, Xu Xiaoxiao turned around and began to look for the so-called storage room.

As she went deeper and deeper, there were no people along the way, and there were flowers everywhere that had been knocked down by the ice and rain, and these flowers, which were precious or rare in the market, were just flowers here.

After passing through a rusty old iron door, Xu Xiaoxiao walked into a European-style gazebo with stone tables and benches, a few delicate and tempting dim sum plates, and a steaming pot of tea on the side. The petal-like cup is filled with reddish-brown tea, and the faint heat is constantly ethereal.

The tea was still hot, and nothing had been touched. There should be someone around here, so let's ask him for directions. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find any storage room in such a large house with a garden.

Xu Xiaoxiao originally planned to put things directly on the table, but there were too many things on it, and at most she could put the gifts that the old man had forced into her, but there was no place to put the doll in her arms.

Luckily, the doll is very light and doesn't get in the way of holding. Xu Xiaoxiao happily decided, so he took the doll and went to ask for directions.

As we walked deeper along the cobblestone path, the plants on both sides began to grow lush and cluttered, as if they had never been pruned, unlike the ones that had been carefully tended before.

Weeds grow wildly, and the stone statues covered with vines and moss have obvious broken lines, and some of them are missing a corner.

It's like people have forgotten about it.

Xu Xiaoxiao thought secretly.

At this moment, there was a slight cry under a statue of an angel.

Xu Xiaoxiao followed the sound and saw a girl in a beige suspender dress squatting there, with her thick red curls draped behind her head, and her thin body twitching with crying. The skirt was stained with black earth and sand, and her feet were bare-naked on the wet and cold stone slabs.

"Hello." Xu Xiaoxiao shouted at her. The man's crying voice paused, but he didn't look back at Xu Xiaoxiao and continued to bury his head in his legs and cry.

"Well, I didn't mean to disturb you crying. I'm looking for a storage room to put my gifts. ”

After Xu Xiaoxiao finished speaking, the girl cried louder.

Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't understand why she was even more sad, but just letting the little girl cry in the open air while drenching ice and rain was not something she could do.

She stepped forward and pulled out a hand and placed it on her shoulder. "Don't cry, you see it's still raining in the sky, you have to cry and cry in the house." Otherwise, what should I do if I catch a cold? ”

As soon as the words came out, Xu Xiaoxiao wanted to slap herself, and she was so lame even comforting a little girl after living two lives.

What do you mean by not catching a cold? People are sad, where is the air control for this!

The little girl who was crying suddenly became angry, looked up at Xu Xiaoxiao and pushed her away, and yelled at her angrily. "Fuck off! You're so annoying! ”

With that, she retracted and continued to cry.

It was this appearance just now that made Xu Xiaoxiao see clearly, only to see the corners of Xu Xiaoxiao's mouth twitch a few times, and then patted her ass and sat beside her.

"Qi Yuan, what are you crying for? I spent a month's salary to buy a gift because of your ordinary banquet, and I slowly walked to your house step by step. I was disgusted by the people who work in your house, have I ever cried? ”

Qi Yuan was even more sad when she heard this, and shouted angrily. "Do you love to come! Who wants you to come! Obviously you came in a hurry on your own! Blame me! ”

Xu Xiaoxiao listened to the fire, thinking that it was obviously Qi Yuan who forced her to come, and said that it was only Pu Yuan's birthday, so she ...... Unexpectedly, the other party didn't appreciate it at all, and complained about her.

Where can I endure this! It's too much.

"Qi Yuan, you did it on purpose, right? Deliberately misleading me to dress like this so that you and your friends could make fun of me, right? ”

Qi Yuan raised his head, obviously his eyes were still red and swollen, but Xu Xiaoxiao could still see a trace of cold hatred from it.

Xu Xiaoxiao was a little frightened when he saw it, and subconsciously took a few steps back, but he didn't know that this seemingly evasive action stimulated Qi Yuan, so he blurted out even more hurtful words.

"It's on purpose! It's on purpose! You're dressed so shabby, and you're embarrassed to be friends with me? You don't deserve it! You don't deserve it! ”

Xu Xiaoxiao looked at her for a long time, then turned around and left. I can't afford to provoke her, so she won't serve anymore.

Seeing that she was really leaving, Qi Yuan couldn't help but cry again. "Let's go! Let's go! They all hate me and don't like me! Woohoo......"

The other party's heroic crying method was really scary, and Xu Xiaoxiao finally obediently returned to sit beside her.

"Nonsense, didn't I love you the last time I saw Aunt Qi in the hospital?"

"This is a gift I bought for you, give."

Qi Yuan sniffled and wiped his eyes with his arm. The red-colored rabbit eyes stared at the teddy bear doll that Xu Xiaoxiao sent over, "To... For me? ”

Xu Xiaoxiao scratched his hair and nodded a little apprehensively. "I know I'm not as expensive as a gift from your guest, but I picked this doll as soon as I received my salary."

"I hope you enjoy it."

Qi Yuan pursed her lips and took it, and pinched the doll's ears with her tender white fingers. "It's ugly, it's not good-looking at all, the color is gray, and the wool is not as soft as my wool carpet......"

The little look that disgusted, but wanted to force himself to accept. Seeing that Xu Xiaoxiao's heart is on fire, this girl is really underwhelmed.

"Qi ~ Yuan ~" Xu Xiaoxiao clenched his fists and gestured a few times, "You seem to be dissatisfied with the gift I gave you?" ”

Qi Yuan didn't look at her, and smiled like an angel when her eyes fell on the doll. "It's not what I wanted, but for the sake of it, you bought it for me...... I like it very, very much. ”

Xu Xiaoxiao felt as if he had punched the air, and said weakly. "It's up to you."