Chapter 22 There are so many guests, but none of them are here for me
Happy times are always short-lived, and Lu Yunzheng didn't stay at home for a few days after the year.
I was not idle, I went to his study and got a lot of study materials he used to review, hoping that I would not be at the bottom after the school started tomorrow.
Two or three months have passed, and Lu Yunzheng and I are very busy during this period, so we rarely have the opportunity to meet alone, at most, we occasionally have a meal together at home.
On my birthday this year, Li Tinglan offered to throw me a birthday party and introduce me to her friends by the way.
I naturally want to listen to her, in fact, I have figured out Li Tinglan's habits, the real purpose of these banquets held by wealthy families is to win over relationships and discuss business, and no one cares if you really celebrate your birthday.
There were a lot of people who came on the day of the party, some of whom I knew well and could greet them skillfully, but most of them were still very strangers to me.
Li Tinglan set the location in another suburban villa, which had a large backyard lawn, just enough to host open-air banquets.
Dressed in a white tulle tutu dress and delicate makeup, I expertly recited a pre-prepared speech on stage.
Look, how much the environment can change a person, and in less than a year, I went from being a shy and timid girl to someone who was not afraid in front of so many people.
These procedures are very fast, blessings, receiving gifts, cutting cakes, smirking and greetings, etc. I looked at the people who gave gifts one after another, and I just felt that they were drunkards who didn't mean to drink.
Because the gifts they gave were not at all available to girls of my age, some were limited men's belts, men's watches, and even more exaggerated knitted wool shawls, which were given to Li Tinglan in the name of giving them to me.
My own gift might have been a nicely wrapped pen and a couple of big teddy bears.
After the process, the adults were already talking about business with their wine glasses, so I took a piece of cake and hid in the lounge on the second floor, and after a few bites, I found that it was too sweet and greasy and put it aside.
In the past, I used to like sweets very much, but today I don't know what's going on, but when this sweet and greasy cream comes into my mouth, it has an indescribable bitter taste.
"Knock knock."
Suddenly, there was a brisk knock at the door, and I looked up through the dressing mirror to see that Lu Yunzheng was wearing a long black windbreaker and standing at the door with his hands in his pockets, with a few hints of a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"May I come in?" Lu Yunzheng's smiling voice echoed in the empty room, tugging at my heartstrings for no reason.
"Yes." I wiped the remaining cream from the corners of my mouth, and looked at Lu Yunzheng's reflection in the mirror and walked towards me step by step, first the expensive shoes, then the straight and slender legs, and finally the sharply contoured chin and ruddy thin lips.
He leaned over and pulled a velvet box from the pocket of his trench coat, walked around my front and gently opened it.
The box was opened, and a pair of pink diamond peach stud earrings lay quietly, and the velvet base set off the two pink diamonds even more beautifully, sparkling in the sunlight.
It is also difficult to ignore Lu Yunzheng's neatly trimmed and full nails, the nail bed is clean and healthy, and the fingers are as warm as jade.
"A birthday present for you." There was a bit of suppressed tenderness in Lu Yunzheng's deep voice.
Just by looking at the packaging, I knew that these stud earrings were worth a lot of money, let alone a diamond that was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off it.
Seeing that I was still hesitating, Lu Yunzheng moved the box forward again and motioned for me to put it on and try it.
I bit my lip lightly, and with some flattery, I carefully took one of them out and put it on my ear, and looked in the mirror when the stud stud shone on my ear, adding a little vitality to my somewhat decadent complexion today.
"Not bad." Lu Yunzheng glanced at me in the mirror a few times, and handed the box and the rest of the earrings to my hand.
Seeing that I was still in a daze, Lu Yunzheng unconsciously frowned and leaned over to look at me and said, "What's wrong?" Not happy today? ”
He was so close that I could even see the tiny fluff on his fair face.
I pinched the edge of the box and rubbed it gently, and explained with some frustration: "There are so many guests, but none of them are here for me."
Lu Yunzheng chuckled twice after hearing my words, and after a while, he said with a leisurely smile: "Aren't I just here for you?"
I was in a frustrated mood but instantly improved after hearing this comforting word, and when I looked up and saw him staring at me, I lowered my head in a panic and whispered: "You still laugh, many of the gifts they give are for you!" It's not for me at all......"
"So I'm the one who started it." Lu Yunzheng also felt funny, and replied with a smile.
"You're still laughing!" I stretched out my hand and slapped Lu Yunzheng's shoulder a few times, and the two of them were playing in the mirror.
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I was going back to school after the banquet in the afternoon, and the driver at home was busy sending the scattered guests back, so he didn't have time to see me off.
Lao Jiang came over and handed me a few banknotes and asked me to take a taxi back to school first, I looked at the pile of study materials in the room, and thought about it, as if there was no other way.
"Uncle Jiang." Lu Yunzheng walked over with the car keys in his long fingers, glanced at me and said, "I'll send her to school."
Lao Jiang looked at the Porsche car key in Lu Yunzheng's hand incredulously, looked at him again and asked in surprise, "Have you got your driver's license?"
"Well, just took it." Lu Yunzheng replied with a polite smile, and the string of Porsche car keys was put on his index finger and turned around leisurely a few times.
"Okay, then you can send this dead girl to school, and pay attention to safety on the road." Lao Jiang knew that Lu Yunzheng was very cautious, so he entrusted me to him with confidence.
"Dad! Why do you still call me a dead girl. I muttered a whisper and complained, and glanced at Lu Yunzheng casually out of the corner of my eye.
"You're my daughter, I'm not happy to call you twice!" Lao Jiang pulled a face with his hands behind his back, and quickly waved his hand at the two of us and said, "Go, go, pay attention to safety on the road!"
Lu Yunzheng took me to drive on a relatively remote road, because I was afraid that it would be unsafe for novices to go on the road because of the fear of too many people.
The inside of his car was very clean, and there were no decorations even in front of it, and the car was filled with the faint smell of cedar on his body, which made me a little drowsy.
"Which country are you going to study in?"
"Germany." Lu Yunzheng manipulated the steering wheel with his long fingers neatly and made a beautiful turn, the car drove onto the road, and the high-rise buildings in front of him suddenly opened up.
"How long are you going to go?" I didn't know that the cycle of studying medicine was very long, but I was simply concerned about when Lu Yunzheng would come back.
"Six years, and if it's slow, it's going to add another half a year." When Lu Yunzheng said "six years" lightly, I even suspected that my ears were wrong.
"Six years??" I counted on my fingers, and by the time he came back, I had graduated from college.
"Hmm." Lu Yunzheng patiently replied to my question and glanced at me.
"And when are you leaving?" I unconsciously pinched my fingers at the edge of the gap in my bag as I pretended to make small talk.
"It's almost there, it's been the last month or two." The car kept moving, and it was almost at the school gate, but Lu Yunzheng suddenly slowed down the speed of the car at this time, and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.
"Uh-oh." Six years is too long, but he should be back in the meantime. I comforted myself silently in my heart, I don't know why, when I thought that I hadn't been able to see Lu Yunzheng much in the past six years, I had an indescribable sense of frustration in my heart.
"You can send me WeChat." Lu Yunzheng glanced at me quickly and threw out such a sentence.
"What?" My brain was spinning slowly, and before I could react to what Lu Yunzheng was saying, my mouth followed first.
Lu Yunzheng seemed to be amused by my stupidity, a smile overflowed from the corner of his lips, and then he opened his mouth and explained again: "I went over there, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me on WeChat."
"Well, well, I will!"
As if there was some telepathy, Lu Yunzheng and I glanced at each other at this moment, just like the childish agreement of two teenagers in our youth, we both hope that when we see each other again, we have become better versions of ourselves.