When Xie Yin saw the girl standing at the door of the private room, the fingertips of the cigarette ash paused slightly.

Xia Li, who was standing at the door, was wearing a black off-the-shoulder dress, with a chest and waist.

Under the light of the hotel's ceiling lights, the black dress outlines her graceful curves, and the collarbone on her chest is exposed with a large area of delicate skin like snow jade.

The left side of the gown skirt was slit, revealing the long, thin white legs.

The man's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he withdrew his gaze from the girl without a trace.

Xia Li could clearly feel the man's gaze on her, and she was a little embarrassed to take her eyes off Xie Yin's body and slowly lowered her head.

"Yo, did the eldest prince change his girlfriend today?"

I don't know who broke the silence in the audience, but the quiet atmosphere just now suddenly became lively.

Qi Du led Xia Li to the table, and gentlemanly helped Xia Li pull the chair in front of him and motioned for her to sit down.

Xia Li hadn't reacted from the surprise just now until he sat down.

She hadn't thought in the direction of Xie Yin since she knew in the hall downstairs that he was a big guy from Hong Kong City.

But until she stood outside the private room and looked at the man's extremely beautiful and recognizable eyes, she felt unreal for a while.

When Xia Li reacted from his surprise, he found that his position was impartial, facing Xie Yin, who was sitting on the main seat.

She lifted her eyes and quickly glanced at the man sitting across from her, and then quickly lowered her eyes.

In the afterglow, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the watch that the man was wearing on his wrist, and the warm yellow light in the private room shone a fine halo into her eyes.

Xia Li's gaze paused slightly, if she was not mistaken......

The watch seemed to be the one she had bought in Port City at the time.

In her daze, the sound of conversation around her came to Xia Li's ears unhurriedly.

Someone next to him asked Qi Du curiously:

"Why didn't Qi Shao bring Su Cheng here today?"

Qi Du just glanced at Xia Li who was sitting beside him lightly, and his tone was a little indifferent:

"After all, it's for Mr. Xie to pick up the wind and wash the dust, if you bring a side Internet celebrity, it's not appropriate."

Su Cheng was just a whim plaything for him, and she was not qualified to participate as his female companion on such an occasion.

Even if his parents didn't propose to let him take Xia Li with him, Qi Du's female companion would not choose Su Cheng.

"Then Qi Shao is not going to introduce us to a new female companion?"

Qi Du smiled: "What is there to introduce?" Xia Li, the daughter of the Xia family. ”

I don't know if he did it on purpose, deliberately biting the last two words very hard, as if he was deliberately emphasizing and mocking.

"The daughter of the Xia family? Is it the Xia family who is about to go bankrupt? ”

Qi Du laughed: "Hmm." ”

Xia Li didn't squeak.

The sound of conversation was not big or small, and it came into Xie Yin's ears impartially.

The man's gaze swept over Qi Du, who was sitting beside Xia Li, and his eyes sank a little.

His fingertips ran his fingertips over the beads he was carrying on his wrist, and he lowered his eyes to the watch.

During the meal, several sons and brothers who had a good relationship with Qi Du didn't know if it was intentional, and they grabbed Xia Li to drink.

Xia Li's amount of alcohol is not good, but thinking that the Xia family still has to rely on Qi Du, it is not good for her to let Qi Du not come to the stage in front of so many people, so she can only drink glass after glass with her head down.

In the end, Xia Li, who couldn't hold it anymore, excused himself to go to the toilet and came to the balcony at the end of the corridor to blow the wind.

She stood in front of the balustrade of the balcony and looked up at the crescent moon in the dark night sky.

Thinking of the scene where I was constantly drunk just now, I felt melancholy.

I suddenly remembered the picture of Xia Youming always returning home drunk after socializing in the past.

I remember when she was very young, at that time, the Xia family's company was just starting, and Xia Youming was drunk and unconscious almost every night when she came home.

The young Xia Li would always persuade Xia Youming to drink less because he was worried about his health.

But now, she suddenly understood what it was for her father to get drunk and unconscious every time he came home after socializing.

Now that the wine is up, Xia Li only feels dizzy.

The slightly cool breeze of the summer night slowly blew through, which made Xia Li's still groggy head sober up a little.

She reached out and gently pinned the windswept hair behind her ears.

Suddenly, she felt her shoulders sink.

Immediately afterwards, the clear and good-smelling ebony agarwood came to her nose.

She subconsciously turned her head to look, but crashed into Xie Yin's deep inky eyes.

Xia Li was stunned: "Mr. Xie? ”

"Beware of catching a cold."

Xie Yin hooked his lower lip without a trace, and handed the hot milk prepared by the waiter in his hand to Xia Li.

"You don't seem to be feeling well, so drink something hot first."

Xia Li lowered his eyes and took the cup of warm milk from the man's hand, and his eyes paused again on the watch that the man wore on his wrist.

This watch is not expensive.

Even when she knew that the "Gangcheng Boss" in Qi Dukou was Xie Yin, she realized that the watch she gave might look extra cheap in the eyes of men.

But I didn't expect him to wear it.

As if sensing her gaze on the watch, Xie Yin raised his eyebrows slightly:

"The watch you gave me is beautiful."

Xia Li subconsciously handed the milk in his hand to his lips and took a sip, and said in a low voice:

"Mr. Xie likes it."

A chuckle escaped from the man's throat:

"When I went to the private room to get an umbrella, Miss Xia had already returned to Beijing, so Xie had not solemnly thanked Miss Xia."

"No, Mr. Xie," Xia Li was a little flattered, "I should be the one who should say thank you." ”

If she hadn't had Xie Yin's umbrella that day, she probably wouldn't have known when she would be able to leave the temple.

Xie Yin hooked his lower lip slightly, raised his hand and glanced at the time on his watch.

"I need to go in first, if you're really uncomfortable, do you need me to let my driver take you back first?"

Xia Li refused without thinking about it: "No need Mr. Xie, I'm fine." ”

After all, she came with Qi Du, and if she left first in the middle of the banquet, Qi Du would have lost face in the eyes of everyone.

In addition, now she still needs to find a way to let Qi Du marry her, and she can't just walk away.

The man standing next to her seemed to see through her thoughts:

"Is it for the one who came with you?"

The mellow and deep voice slowly entered Xia Li's ears with the breeze of the summer night.

She lowered her eyes slightly and whispered an "um".

Xie Yin looked at the girl in front of him, his long eyelashes were slightly constricted, covering the emotions in his eyes.

"Okay." Xie Yin's flat tone made it impossible to hear the slightest emotion, "Then I'll go back to the private room first." ”

When Xie Yin just turned around, he was stopped by Xia Li behind him.

He turned: "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Li carefully took off the black blazer draped over his shoulders, handed it to the man, and whispered:

"Mr. Xie, your coat ......"

Xie Yin's gaze fell on the blazer in Xia Li's hand: "Be careful of catching a cold." ”

"No need, Mr. Xie."

Xia Li's fingers touching the soft fabric of the suit curled slightly.

She hung her head, inexplicably afraid to look into the man's eyes:

"It will be misunderstood if it is seen by others, and it will not be good if it brings some unnecessary trouble to Mr. Xie."

The girl's voice reached Xie Yin's ears, and the man's brows frowned slightly.

Xie Yin looked at her with narrow eyes, wondering whether she was really worried that he would be misunderstood, or if she was worried that she herself would be misunderstood by the little young master of the Qi family.

But in the end, Xie Yin didn't embarrass Xia Li, took the blazer from her hand and went back to the private room.

Xia Li looked at the man's stiff back as he gradually moved away, and glanced down at the fingers he was holding the man's suit just now.

She only felt that her fingertips seemed to still have the faint smell of ebony on the man's black suit, and her fingers touched the glass with warm milk, and her fingertips curled up slightly against the wall of the cup.

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At the end of the banquet, a thin line of rain suddenly drifted in the night sky.

In the past two days, the weather in the capital always likes to carry out raids, obviously the weather forecast does not show that it will rain, but it has been raining suddenly at night for several days.

A black Maybach stopped right in the middle of the hotel gate, while Qidu's Porsche stopped behind the Maybach.

When the Maybach driver saw Xie Yin come out, he respectfully went around the back of the car and opened the door for the man.

Xia Li and Qi Du stood on the side of the door, watching Xie Yin, who was wearing a white shirt, slowly walk out of the revolving door of the hotel and walk to the front of the car under the eyes of everyone.

The black suit was casually placed on the crook of the man's arm, and the driver carefully picked it up.

I don't know if it's Xia Li's illusion, she always felt that Xie Yin's eyes seemed to stay on her body for a few seconds before getting into the car.

By the time she lifted her eyes to look, the man had already gotten into the car.

It wasn't until the Maybach disappeared from everyone's field of vision that the other sons and brothers got into their cars.

As soon as the black Porsche left the hotel, Qi Zhou's mobile phone, which was sitting next to Xia Li, rang.

She looked sideways at the man and frowned and pressed the answer button, and then the female voice on the other end of the phone faintly came into her ears.

"Adu, I have a fever......."

The sweet and coquettish voice came into Xia Li's ears, and she had goosebumps all over her body when she heard it.

Qi Du's voice was faint, as if he didn't have the slightest worry: "Where is it?" ”

"Adu, I'm ....... at home"

Su Cheng on the other end of the phone said pretending to be delicate, while putting the thermometer in hand into the hot water cup in front of him, and raised Erlang's legs casually.

"Got it, wait for me."

Hanging up the phone, Qi Du asked the driver to park the car on the side of the road.

He turned his head to meet Xia Li's eyes:

"I still can't send you back, so you can take a taxi yourself."

"Good ......"

Xia Li got out of the car on the side of the road, watching the black Porsche drive away in front of her, until she disappeared completely, she took out her mobile phone from her bag and planned to click on the taxi app.

I was in a bit of a hurry when I came out today, and Xia Li forgot to charge his phone before going out.

As a result, as soon as she clicked on the taxi app and selected the starting point, the mobile phone was shut down because the battery was too low.

Xia Li lowered his eyes and looked at the black screen mobile phone in his hand, and sighed helplessly.

Seeing the raindrops falling to the ground getting heavier and heavier, Xia Li stood under the dim street lamp and looked at the taxi in the passing vehicle.

I waited for a long time, but I couldn't see a taxi with the word "empty" on it.

The rain became heavier, and the raindrops the size of beans fell to the ground.

Xia Li and other places were also a little anxious and overwhelmed.

Just when she was hesitating to walk back to the hotel in the rain and ask the waiter for a charger, the Maybach stopped in front of her in the rain.

Immediately after, the window of the rear seat of the Maybach slowly descended.

The half of the man's face hidden in the darkness gradually appeared in Xia Li's eyes.