half thorns, half joy

Being watched by so many people, Tang Xuan felt more and more embarrassed.But fortunately, she has a calm personality. Even though she is already extremely embarrassed in her heart, she is still calm on the surface, and her steps are very calm.

As for Xiao Zihan, he has long been used to being watched and surrounded by halos, and he didn't react at all.

That expression was indifferent, as if the people standing in the aisles around were not people, but flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables.

"Young Master Cai, why are you here?" Behind Xiao Zihan, Cai Jinyu was stopped by a woman in a coquettish dress.

Cai Jinyu glanced at it, not sure whether he recognized it or not, and smiled very politely and took the hand that the woman offered, "Long time no see, I came here with Zihan."

"Is that so, then you are also going to the banquet now?" the woman asked.

"Yes." Cai Jinyu immediately saw the hint in the woman's eyes. He hadn't thought about bringing a female companion there, but when he thought about what Xiao Zihan asked him just now, he changed his mind temporarily.

Cai Jinyu squeezed the woman's hand, still smiling very politely, "Do you want to go there together?"

The woman suddenly burst into laughter, "Okay."

Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan left the door of the styling room. The driver had already driven the car to the door. Just as they were about to get in the car, they saw a strange woman walking out holding Cai Jinyu's arm.

Cai Jinyu's unscrupulous smile returned to his face again. He stood a few steps away and waved to Xiao Zihan, "Go on your own, the two of us will drive over in my car."

Xiao Zihan: "..."

Tang Xuan smiled politely at the strange woman and got into the car.

Outside the car, Cai Jinyu hugged the woman intimately, looking like a real couple.

Tang Xuan was afraid that her dress and skirt would be wrinkled, so she sat up straight before asking Xiao Zihan, "Do you recognize that woman just now?"

Xiao Zihan shook his head, "I don't know him, he seems to be a model."

"Well, it looks like she's very close to Jinyu." Tang Xuan joked, "Could it be Jinyu's ex-girlfriend again?"

"It should be. There are too many women around that guy, I can't remember." Xiao Zihan's gaze was firmly fixed on Tang Xuan, and he answered casually.

All his indifference at the moment is an illusion, and it is a last resort.

Only he himself knows how much he wants to do something out of line at this moment, how much he wants to tell the driver to turn around and go straight home.

Or, just ask the driver to pull over and then...

But no, Xiao Zihan knew that this was too disrespectful to Tang Xuan. Tang Xuan had done this look for more than an hour, and he couldn't ruin it just because of his impulsiveness and irrationality.

Tang Xuan didn't know that Xiao Zihan was thinking so much, she thought Xiao Zihan was still angry about Li Yan's matter, so she shut up very sensiblely, leaving Xiao Zihan a quiet space.

Therefore, in the huge carriage, the atmosphere was strangely silent.

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Cai Lin often attends high-class banquets. She is proficient in dressing up and is her own stylist.So she dressed up early and set off, waiting for Xiao Zihan and Cai Jinyu at the entrance of the banquet.

Originally, she could have sat in the inner hall and waited, but she had just heard about Xiao Zihan teaching Li Yan a lesson, so she couldn't wait to see Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan with her own eyes, and listen to the parties describe what happened just now .

Because Cai Lin has been abroad all year round, not many people know her in China. The dignitaries, dignitaries, celebrities and big names who passed by her just took a quick look at her and continued walking in.

"Why is it so slow?" Cai Lin took out her mobile phone in her handbag to check the time, muttered and stomped her feet.

She turned back and forth impatiently, and walked back and forth a few times. When she looked up, she was stunned when she saw the person walking from the red carpet in front of her.

The man was in his early forties, and it seemed that he couldn't figure out his age. He was not wearing a suit like the others, but a gray gown, and walked slowly towards the entrance of the banquet hall.

He was followed by several bodyguards, one of whom Tang Xuan had seen many times.

That was the bodyguard who once stood guard at the door of Deng Langyue's ward.

While Cai Lin was dazed, the man in the long gown had already walked up to her and passed her by.

Cai Lin couldn't tell whether it was her illusion or the truth, she felt the man's gaze pause on her meaningfully for a few seconds.

It seems to be looking at her.

Cai Lin turned around, stared at the man's back as she entered the banquet hall, and it took her a while to regain her senses.

Although she hasn't met many elders, she generally knows the relationship.The bodyguard who protected Deng Langyue must be the bodyguard of the Deng family.

Then this man, judging by his age and demeanor, should be the leader of the Deng family, Mr. Deng.

In the past, Cai Lin was very unaccustomed to the title Lord Deng. She was educated in the West. In her view, everyone is equal, and her parents and elder brothers are all friends, so there should be no such thing as a grandfather.

However, when she saw it with her own eyes today, Cai Lin admitted with some unwillingness that this man called Lord Deng really...has that kind of posture.

Kind of like... the old gang boss?

Cai Lin thought to herself, and then thought of Deng Langyue.Calculated according to the number of days, Deng Langyue's leg injury is still not healed, so she should not attend this kind of banquet.

After all, wearing a suit and leather shoes, sitting in a wheelchair or using crutches is really indecent.

It's fine if you don't come, if you come and see her, she really doesn't know what expression and attitude she should use to face Deng Langyue.

No matter whether Deng Langyue was joking and laughing at her indifferently, or turning a blind eye to her indifferently, she would not accept it.

Either way, they are ruining the little sincerity she secretly gave.

However, she hadn't seen Deng Langyue for a while, and she didn't want to admit it, but she had to admit that she missed Deng Langyue a little.

Cai Lin's mood suddenly fell.

Originally eager to try to think about gossip, but also flew out of the blue sky.

The car stopped outside the red carpet, the driver opened the door, Xiao Zihan got out of the car first, and then supported Tang Xuan to get out of the car as well.

Tang Xuan looked around and was slightly relieved after seeing that there was no one around.

Seeing this, Xiao Zihan explained to Tang Xuan, "This is another door. There is no media here. I was worried that you would not be used to being photographed, so I made an agreement with Jinyu beforehand, let's go this way."

"So that's how it is." Tang Xuan nodded belatedly.

"Well, celebrity directors need to walk the red carpet and need exposure. We don't need it, so we can just go this way."

Xiao Zihan took Tang Xuan's hand and went up the steps. He saw Cai Lin standing on the steps dejectedly, wringing her fingers and wondering what she was thinking.

Tang Xuan was puzzled and asked Cai Lin, "Linlin, what's wrong with you? Why are you standing here in a daze?"

"Ah...you are here." Cai Lin quickly put away her negative emotions, looked Tang Xuan up and down, and made an exaggerated expression, "Wow, sister, you are so beautiful."

"Thank you, you are beautiful too." Since she is more familiar with Cai Lin, Tang Xuan complained, "Zihan has been with me for more than an hour with this body, if you are not beautiful, then I am really hopeless gone."

Cai Lin took Tang Xuan's other hand and said playfully, "No, sister, you are already beautiful."

After walking two steps, she remembered her original intention of waiting here, and immediately asked Tang Xuan, "By the way, I heard that actress Li Yan bullied you in the dressing room?"

Tang Xuan was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, "How do you know everything?"

"Everyone knows, it's already spread." Cai Lin became excited again when she talked about the gossip, "It's said that Li Yan played a big game in front of you, and was severely slapped in the face by brother Zihan, haha, didn't she Really?"

"Eh..." Tang Xuan glanced at Xiao Zihan, then nodded in embarrassment, "It's true."

Cai Lin's eyes lit up, "It's actually true. Tell me quickly, what happened at that time? I want to hear the details, all the details, it's so exciting."

Tang Xuan was amused by Cai Lin's excited tone, she had no way to refuse Cai Lin, she could only compromise and said, "Okay, I'll explain it to you in detail, but let's go in and sit down later, I'll take it easy Say, okay."

"Okay, okay, let's go in and find a seat now."

The banquet seats are arranged in advance, basically distributed according to status, background, ability and property, the table for the big boss is all big bosses.

Xiao Zihan is now the president of the Xiao Group, so his status is self-evident.As soon as he entered, a waiter greeted him and led the way respectfully.

"Mr. Xiao, please sit down."

Xiao Zihan nodded slightly, and the waiter immediately stepped aside.

"Sister, let's sit down quickly, and tell me quickly." Cai Lin didn't wait for Xiao Zihan, pulled Tang Xuan, and sat down first.

The moment she sat down, she caught sight of the person on the opposite seat from the corner of her eye, and she instantly realized something was wrong.

Cai Lin raised her head slowly, and sure enough, she saw the person she wanted to see but didn't want to see in the seat opposite.