The banquet was held indoors, and the people who came to this seemingly random party were actually the ones I often saw on the TV.

Lao Jiang and Li Tinglan were busy talking about business with wine glasses, and Lu Yunzheng was also surrounded by a few rich daughters to talk, only I had no one to care about, sitting alone in the corner holding a piece of cherry cream cake.

After I took a bite of the cake on the plate, I inadvertently raised my head and glanced in the direction of Lu Yunzheng, the warbler Yanyan who had just surrounded him was gone, and only a young girl in a long black dress was left standing beside him.

This girl is tall and tall, and her bones are extremely slender, and she has a bit of a weak temperament in it. The distance between us is a little far, and I can't see her facial features clearly, but I can feel that she is very beautiful and has a gentle personality.

The girl stood very close to Lu Yunzheng, and Lu Yunzheng could look at her as soon as he lowered his head. The two of them seemed to be chatting very speculatively, and the corners of Lu Yunzheng's mouth, who was usually high, would even show a little smile to respond to her.

The combination of the two of them stood together like a beautiful landscape painting to attract the attention of the people around them, and I looked at them with a faint trace of bitterness in my heart.

What's the use of squeezing into these giants? There will still be barriers for me to stand with these veritable sons and daughters.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance in the direction where Lao Jiang was, and found that he was chatting happily with other people.

Alas, the world of adults is so complicated.

I couldn't help but look down and sigh, and turned to see a few fish swimming in the fish tank in the corner.

These fish are mediocre in appearance, and even a little ugly in my opinion, but they are kept in a delicate and expensive flowing pool, so they also look like noble fish.

"Hello." Just as I watched boredly as they grabbed food, a tentative male voice came from behind me.

I didn't know anyone other than my own family on this occasion, and I didn't think this person was talking to me at first, so I didn't look back.

It wasn't until the man took a few steps closer that he tentatively patted me on the shoulder and asked, "Hello, is it Miss Jiang?"

I was sure he was coming for me, and I turned to look up at the man in front of me.

The boy in front of him looked to be less than twenty years old, and although he was young, his face was full of shrewdness and philistine. He was a little chubby, in a suit that didn't fit well, and he was only slightly taller than me, and he was smiling a little flatteringly.

"Hello, who are?" I responded politely.

"I am Mr. Zhang's youngest son, you can call me Zhang Ming." The boy smiled flatteringly, and then took a business card out of his jacket pocket and handed it to me.

I have the impression that this Mr. Zhang is a well-known coal boss in the city, but I don't seem to have a good reputation, and I like to tie things up everywhere.

It was the first time I had encountered such a situation, and looking at the boy's shrewd eyes, I could only take the business card with a polite smile.

The moment I took the business card, I felt Zhang Ming's greasy fingers inadvertently rubbing the back of my hand, and I immediately pulled my fingers back quickly like a frightened rabbit.

Zhang Ming saw my dodgy and frightened look, his narrow eyes narrowed, a few traces of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and he quickly changed to a hypocritical smile and said tentatively: "Miss Jiang is a good girl at first glance, she shouldn't have been in love, right?"

This question really hit my Heavenly Spirit Gai, I was stunned for a few seconds before I reacted, during which Zhang Ming looked at me from head to toe with strange eyes, and this time his smile gradually became obscene: "Miss Jiang might as well consider me."

I was directly surprised by this sentence, I was still an innocent female high school student at the time, where had I ever seen this kind of scene, his eyes were as disgusting as if he had stripped me naked.

"No...... Not really. "Punishment, his question is really torture, my brain is temporarily short-circuited, and I can only stammer to answer him.

"Miss Jiang," Zhang Ming's tone was a little bit of gnashing of teeth, maybe my refusal made him angry, he took a few steps closer and stared at me and said, "Offended our Zhang family, Mr. Li's business is a lot more yellow."

As soon as I heard that it was related to Li Tinglan's business, I was so anxious that I almost cried, I didn't know that Zhang Ming was bragging, and their family's money was not enough for Li Tinglan to stuff his teeth.

"If you don't want to affect the cooperation between us, then drink this glass of wine, and you will make amends to me."

Zhang Ming waved at the waiter who passed by, and the waiter came over consciously and handed us two glasses of champagne.

"Please." Zhang Ming's eyes were very obscene, if there were not many people here, he would probably pinch my chin and pour wine into my mouth.

I had no choice but to take the goblet, take a deep breath, open my mouth wide and drink it all.

This was my first time drinking, and the strong pungent smell of alcohol made it difficult for me to swallow, but Zhang Ming was staring at me tightly, and I had no choice but to swallow it with my eyes closed.

The cold liquid flowed down my throat to my stomach, stimulating my sensitive and fragile nerves, and I looked at the unrelenting man in front of me, and the tails of my eyes gradually turned red, and at this moment I realized my insignificance.

"Miss Jiang, this wine is not drunk like this."

Zhang Ming's mood became stronger when he saw me like this, and brought a glass of champagne again, handed it to me, and motioned for me to drink it again.

The alcohol I had just swallowed was churning in my stomach, and I felt a little less clear, but I still had to grit my teeth and persist in dealing with the boy in front of me.

"I'll drink it for her."

Just when I wanted to grit my teeth and continue to drink the second cup, Lu Yunzheng finally appeared behind me with steady steps.

As soon as he approached, I felt the air around me feel calm, and my tense nerves relaxed slightly.

As soon as Zhang Ming saw Lu Yunzheng coming, he immediately seemed to be a different person, and he no longer had the greasy and obscene look just now, but was completely sincere and obedient.

"How can this allow Young Master Lu to drink it personally? I punished myself with three glasses, and I punished myself with three glasses. ”

Lu Yunzheng's short four words made Zhang Ming feel unprecedented pressure, he thought that Jiang Lanyue was just a powerless stepdaughter, but he didn't expect Lu Yunzheng to come forward to relieve her in person.

Zhang Ming poured wine into his mouth in a panic, and secretly looked at Lu Yunzheng's expression while drinking.

The latter's expression was very cold, his sharp and deep eyes narrowed unhappily, and the gaze coming from it was so cold that it could freeze Zhang Ming.

Lu Yunzheng picked up a glass of champagne from the waiter standing aside, gently pinched the part of the goblet with his long white fingers and shook it, then glanced at the shivering boy contemptuously, and then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

When he was done, he slammed the goblet on the tray, Zhang Ming trembled with fright when he heard the crisp sound, bowed humbly and apologized to Lu Yunzheng and me, and ran away with his tail between his legs.

Watching Zhang Ming disappear from sight, I forcibly endured my feverish mind before I completely relaxed.

When the alcohol hit, I didn't stand firm and fainted, Lu Yunzheng stretched out the back of his hand against my waist to help me keep my balance.

"Are you alright?" There was a subtle eagerness and concern in his tone.

"I'm fine, I can still stand." I replied after I steadied myself and stood up again.

"Hmm." Lu Yunzheng withdrew the hand that helped me keep my balance, and said unnaturally: "I was coaxed to drink a few glasses just now, and I went upstairs to drink a sip of water to relieve my hangover."

He was explaining why he hadn't come out in time to block my drink.

I was stunned, in fact, there is no need to explain to me with his identity, Lu Yunzheng will not say anything even if he is a cold bystander, after all, the two of us are not related by blood.

"Got it." I happily smiled at Lu Yunzheng and waved my hand to show that it didn't matter.

At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd, and people all put down their cups and rushed outside.

"New Year's Eve fireworks are about to start!"

"Let's take a walk, I heard that Mr. Li has made a big deal this time, and the fireworks this time are very beautiful, let's go out and have a look."

Listening to the chatter and discussion of people around me, I realized that the New Year's bell was about to ring.

I want to go out and see it too, but there are too many people outside, right?

Lu Yunzheng seemed to see my thoughts, hooked the corners of his lips and said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the second floor to see."

"Uh-huh." I hurriedly and cautiously followed his footsteps, but unfortunately I was really not used to wearing these high heels, so I walked a little slowly.

After Lu Yunzheng noticed my discomfort, he consciously slowed down and waited for me to follow.

We came to a small balcony on the second floor, where there was a black and white piano in the corner.

From here, you can see the fireworks in the entire night sky, and you can see the scenery of the villa.

I smelled the scent of earth in the air and felt the refreshing wind in the woods of the lodge, feeling more relaxed than ever.

With the call of the people, beautiful fireworks burst into the night sky, lighting up the whole dark night.

"Look at it, how beautiful this is!"

I patted Lu Yunzheng excitedly, while pointing to the fireworks rising in the distance.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it will eventually turn into a pile of dust."

Lu Yunzheng's tone was very flat, and he didn't seem to have a trace of emotional ups and downs for these fireworks.

"But if only they were brilliant for a moment!"

I retorted in a low voice, for some reason, when I said this, the scene where Lu Yunzheng and the girl in black were talking and laughing just now came to my mind.

Then I asked, "Will you marry in the future?"

The moment this sentence was spoken, I regretted it, what kind of identity am I, dare to ask Lu Yunzheng such a private question.

I thought that Lu Yunzheng would not answer, but after he pondered for a moment, his thin lips slowly spit out a few words: "Do you want to?"

"Of course I don't want to!" I blurted out almost without even thinking about it, "I want you to be free and happy and live the life you want."

As soon as the words fell, I turned to look at Lu Yunzheng, and his eyes were full of brilliant fireworks, including ...... My figure.

The complicated emotions in Lu Yunzheng's eyes made me unable to read, so I quickly turned around and continued to look at the fireworks in the night sky.

Accompanied by the sound of fireworks, I heard the beautiful sound of the piano slowly flowing from Lu Yunzheng's fingertips.

After many years, I realized that the song Lu Yunzheng talked about back then was called "To Alice".