The open-air lawn outside the ballroom is decorated with white and green flowers, with warm orange lights as a backdrop.

A well-dressed lady with a custom diamond-filled calla lily aquamarine necklace around her neck weaves her way through the crowd, expertly greeting the guests.

When Qi Huai and Shen Zhi stepped into the venue, they immediately attracted the attention of all the ladies in the audience.

A man with a tall figure and a cold face, his slender figure was loosely attached to Shen Zhixi's side, and the black special lenses on the tip of his nose were plated with a layer of flowing fire in the light.

Shen knew that half of his shoulder was pressed by the person next to him, and he complained dissatisfiedly: "Master, you are blind, not paralyzed. ”

Qi Huaiyan straightened up slightly, dragged Shen Zhixi's palm harder and harder, his cold eyes behind the lenses scanned the audience, and said lazily: "There are not many people in the world who can be relied on by me, cherish the opportunity, this is your honor." ”

Shen Zhixi was choked and complained about why the car accident didn't take away the vocal cords of the guy next to him.

The eyesight is broken, the mouth is not broken, and it will be sarcastic, which is very scary.

Qi Mu'an saw the two people standing in the center of the banquet hall, and stepped forward with mixed feelings.

"I know it's here, Xiaowan has been waiting for you for a long time," she smiled kindly at Shen Zhixi, "This girl likes to stick to you since she was a child, I really can't help her." ”

Shen Zhixi smiled and quipped: "Sister Qi, I haven't seen my skin get better again after a few months, if it goes on like this, do I have to call you sister?" ”

Qi Mu'an waved his hand, obviously very useful for his praise: "You kid has such a sweet mouth, it's no wonder that Xiaowan likes you, and Auntie likes it too." ”

"I don't have such a young aunt," Shen Zhixi teased, "Besides, if I call you Auntie, I don't have to call Uncle Ahun, this is not good, he can't take advantage of me." ”

The corners of Qi Mu'an's mouth were slightly curved, her good upbringing did not make her facial expression fluctuate too much, she understood the meaning of Shen Zhixi's words, and being the same as Qi Huai meant that Xie Wan was his junior.

How can an uncle and niece be together?

Thinking of her daughter's appearance of "knowing her brother" in three sentences after returning to China, she had a faint attack on the head disease she hadn't committed for a long time.

"Have you forgotten what Professor Shen calls me every time?" Qi Huai put one hand in his pocket and raised his eyebrows arbitrarily.

Shen Zhixi put his hand on the shoulder of the person next to him, and laughed heartlessly: "Each has its own opinion, I call you brother, and he calls you brother, there is no conflict." ”

Qi Mu'an smiled dryly, and looked at Qi Huaiyan, who was standing upright, most of that handsome face was immersed in shadows, and her emotions were blurred, and her sharp facial features were carved out of the same mold as the man who caused her mother to die of depression.

The palm she put on her side involuntarily clenched into a fist, and every time she saw Qi Huaiyan, the hatred in her heart increased a little, and she was uncomfortable.

"Brother!"

Xie Wan ran down the stairs with her skirt, rushed over excitedly, and pulled Shen Zhixi's arm and didn't let go, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, why did you come?" I have a lot to say to you. ”

Qi Mu'an frowned with a headache when she saw her daughter's worthless appearance: "Xie Wan, what does it look like, so many people are watching, where have you learned the usual etiquette?" ”

Many of the guests turned their eyes over, and there was a lot of discussion, everyone knew that the daughter of the Xie family, Xie Wanming, the grandson of the Qi family, had been in love with the eldest young master of the Shen family for many years.

It's a pity that the young master of the Shen family doesn't seem to call Xie Wan, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is hiding from Xie Wan.

Xie Wan noticed that her mother looked displeased, so she reluctantly let go of her hand and greeted her obediently: "I know that my brother is good, and my little uncle is good." ”

Qi Huai's eyes were half-closed, the corners of his lips were slightly pulled, and he didn't speak.

Xie Wan looked at Qi Huai through the black lenses, when she went abroad to study three years ago, her famous little uncle was still the object of fawning among the ladies in Lucheng, but when she returned from school, she heard that she was blind in a car accident, and she even had to rely on her grandmother to pimp her.

She moved her eyebrows mockingly, and continued to coquettish with Shen Zhixi: "Brother Zhixi, you can help me cut the cake together, my great-grandmother ordered me a big cake, and I can't cut it alone." ”

Shen knew that he wanted to excuse himself, but Xie Wan's pestering skills were amazing, and Qi Mu'an was on the side, so he could only be dragged into the living room by the two of them.

Qi Huaiyan was hung in the venue like this, accepting the scrutiny and discussion of the people around him, I don't know if Qi Mu'an did it intentionally or unintentionally.

He was straight, his expression indifferent, his eyes behind the lenses cold and detached, a vague smile on the corner of his mouth, and indifferent to the gaze of mockery or pity around him.

Sunset stepped forward and hugged Qi Huaixi, and even if he didn't have himself, the boss could walk into the living room smoothly.

But there is no way, the boss doesn't know what is bad in his heart, so he has to pretend to be completely invisible in front of outsiders.

Qi Huaiyan was finally arranged by Sunset on the sofa seat on the floor-to-ceiling balcony on the second floor, which was quiet, with a layer of gauze curtains to isolate the lively banquet outside.

The lights on the balcony are dim and dim, far less bright than those in the ballroom, and the three-foot-wide curtains divide the scene into two different spaces: lively and silent.

Qi Huai pinched the cigarette butt between his fingers, his body almost blended into the night, and the white veil on the curtain was swept by the breeze across the back of his hand.

He suddenly remembered that ambiguous morning, when Sang Yu was lying between his legs, there was also a white curtain brushing her smooth back, causing her to tremble frequently.

Qi Huai's heart was hot, and his thoughts gradually drifted away.

Not long after, a noisy discussion rang out.

Sunset looked up to see two or three young girls dressed fashionably with goblets gathered around the curtain to talk.

"Did you just meet Master Shi? His face is truly stunning. ”

"Of course! Where are the genes of the Qi family, Mrs. Qi, who died fifteen years ago, has the title of 'the first beauty in Lucheng', and her son ......"

"Snort."

The girl in the goose yellow dress didn't finish her sentence when she was interrupted by the taunting voice of a young girl in a warm apricot monogram shoulder bag hip skirt.

Seeing that it was her who interjected, several people didn't dare to make a sound, and raised the dark red wine glass in their hands flatteringly, and lifted it towards her, waiting for her next words.

"An illegitimate son who survived by picking up rags, how can he have any face, he has already been thrown three miles away."