half thorns, half joy

The banquet auction is initiated and hosted by the organizer.

The auction items were all provided by the celebrities who came to the scene, and all the funds from the auction were donated to charitable organizations in the name of the organizer.

Essentially, it's a show.

But in the final analysis, it is also doing good deeds, so everyone is still actively participating.

The Xiao Group has its own charity organization, so it didn't participate in it, and just acted as a bystander throughout the whole process. Together with Tang Xuan, they watched the people around them bid for the auction.

When a handmade necklace made by a female celebrity was auctioned off by a businessman at an unusually high price, Tang Xuan let out a low exclamation.

Seeing this, Xiao Zihan tilted his head and explained to Tang Xuan, "Those two are lovers."

"Lover?" Tang Xuan was even more surprised.

Tang Xuan couldn't help being surprised, the actress was in her early twenties, and the businessman, with gray hair, looked like 56 years old.

Xiao Zihan nodded lightly, not surprised, "Yes, and it was that woman who took the initiative to pursue her."

"My God." Tang Xuan couldn't close her mouth in surprise.

She secretly looked at the position of the actress and the businessman, looked at it for a long time, and then retracted her eyes with emotion.

"Why?" After all, Tang Xuan couldn't hold back and asked Xiao Zihan puzzled.

It's not that Tang Xuan is so worldly, but it's really unusual for an actress in her early twenties to actively pursue a businessman over fifty years old.

After all, the normal version is reversed.

"This matter is more complicated. If you want to know, I will tell you slowly when I go back." Xiao Zihan pondered for a few seconds before saying.

Tang Xuan hummed, did not continue to ask, and continued to watch the auction quietly.

The auction ended successfully, everyone stood up and applauded, the lights were turned on, and everyone returned to the banquet hall.

Xiao Zihan held Tang Xuan's hand. He was worried that Tang Xuan was not used to high heels, so he subconsciously held Tang Xuan's hand.

"Nephew." Suddenly, a rough male voice came from behind Xiao Zihan.

Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan stopped and turned to look around.

The one who stopped Xiao Zihan was the man Tang Xuan had been curious about just now.

Xiao Zihan smiled politely, leaned forward and stretched out his hand, "Hello, Uncle Tang."

"Well, yes, quite energetic." The man's eyes slid to Tang Xuan, turned around and looked at Xiao Zihan again, "It's a pity that I couldn't attend your father's funeral."

Xiao Zihan smiled and shook his head, "It's not your fault, my father left so suddenly."

"Yeah, it was just too sudden. Who would have thought of it? I originally wanted to..." The man stopped talking suddenly, "Don't talk anymore, today is a happy day, so I won't mention these past events. "

"……fine."

"Nephew, all the burden of the Xiao family will fall on your shoulders from now on, you have to work hard, take this burden for me and your father."

Xiao Zihan nodded heavily, "I will."

The man patted Xiao Zihan's shoulder meaningfully, and left.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't look at Tang Xuan directly.

After the man walked away, Tang Xuan asked Xiao Zihan, "Do you know each other?"

"Hmm." Xiao Zihan's eyes were still looking at the direction the man left, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Thinking back to the man's elder-like teaching, Tang Xuan wondered, "What's the relationship between him and you? Are you relatives?"

Because of Tang Xuan's special status, there have been too many incidents in the Xiao family in the past year, so Tang Xuan, the young wife of the Xiao family, does not want to have an understanding of the family relationship like the new wives in other families.

Except for Xiao Zihan and Zhao Suizhi, Tang Xuan hardly knew anyone from the Xiao family.

"No, he's my father's friend." Xiao Zihan led Tang Xuan forward, and said as he walked, "In the earliest days, my father was in business with him, and then they had some conflicts and fell out. A few years ago, they reconciled again. Anyway, the relationship with our family is quite complicated. "

"Is his surname Tang too?" Tang Xuan asked casually.

"Well, his name is Tang Jieshan."

Tang Xuan's eyes widened in an instant, "Is he Tang Jieshan? The negative Tang Jieshan who is full of news?"

Xiao Zihan couldn't help but glanced at Tang Xuan, "You know him?"

"I know." Tang Xuan's expression became complicated. "The previous news, actress An Qi betrayed her model husband and cheated on businessman Tang Jieshan. It's considered explosive news."

Tang Xuan knew about the news and had a deep memory of the name, but the photos in the news were blurry, so she didn't look carefully. Tang Jieshan himself was younger and more fashionable than the photos, so Tang Xuan didn't recognize him.

"Well, that's him. But An Qi is already in the past tense." After walking to the banquet hall, Xiao Zihan dragged Tang Xuan to a corner of the hall and stood facing the crowd.

The banquet hall has been re-arranged, the tables and chairs have been taken away and placed around, leaving an empty space in the middle, and the tables are piled with an assortment of exquisite snacks and drinks.

"I thought it was fake, it was hype, but I didn't expect it to be true." Tang Xuan couldn't help feeling emotional, "Sure enough, the entertainment industry is more complicated, and anything can happen."

The news was so explosive that Tang Xuan, a person who didn't usually gossip, couldn't help but want to gossip. She couldn't wait until she went back to listen to Xiao Zihan.

She looked up at Xiao Zihan, and couldn't wait to ask: "You just said that the female celebrity chased him, why?"

"Because..." Xiao Zihan was about to explain to Tang Xuan when a graceful woman walked over with a wine glass and stood in front of Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan.

"Young Master Xiao, long time no see."

Xiao Zihan smiled slightly, "Long time no see."

The woman glanced at Tang Xuan and took a drink, "This... must be the one in the legend?"

"Let me introduce you." Xiao Zihan was generous and calm, "This is my lover, Tang Xuan. Tang Xuan, this is my friend, Zhao Xiaochi."

The woman's expression was momentarily stunned, but she quickly returned to normal. She reached out her hand to Tang Xuan, "Miss Tang, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Tang Xuan also smiled and stretched out her hand, and shook it lightly, "Hello."

Zhao Xiaochi pursed his lips, and joked with a smile: "Young Master Xiao is an extremely excellent man, Ms. Tang, do you know that you are the envy of all the single women here?"

The words were very subtle, and seemed to be a compliment, but there was obviously a touch of jealousy in that tone.

Tang Xuan still smiled calmly, turned her head to look at Xiao Zihan, and said deliberately, "That's right."

"Of course, you have to take good care of Young Master Xiao. Those hungry wolves will grab food."

Xiao Zihan suppressed his smile a bit, and put on a bit of seriousness, "Stop talking nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense. Isn't this the obvious truth?" Zhao Xiaochi stuck out his tongue and said to Tang Xuan in a playful manner, "Okay, I don't dare to say any more. Besides, Young Master Xiao will be angry."

Tang Xuan only smiled and didn't answer.

It was obvious that we couldn't continue the conversation today, so Zhao Xiaochi smiled while holding his wine glass, said that you can talk, and then walked away.

It wasn't until this moment that Tang Xuan realized that among the women present, many of them were pretending to be casually looking at her and Xiao Zihan.

Immediately, Tang Xuan forgot about the gossip about Tang Jieshan.

She turned her head to look at Xiao Zihan, and after staring at Xiao Zihan's side face for a few seconds, she asked, "Does that woman like you just now?"

"..." Xiao Zihan stiffened his neck, and responded unnaturally, "No."

"no?"

This word, explains the answer.

"You are really lucky." Tang Xuan sighed from the bottom of her heart. Ever since she and Xiao Zihan were together, so many women have stepped into Xiao Zihan's arms one after another.

"It's just... so-so." Xiao Zihan didn't show off, and he didn't think there was anything to show off. In fact, he was a little annoyed by it.