I failed again

In the dressing room, when Yun Yao came out after changing his clothes, Qin Muxiu had already changed and was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

Looking at Qin Muxiu's straight eyes, Yun Yao blushed and lowered his head, clutching the corner of his clothes.

The corners of the clothes that were originally ironed flat were wrinkled by him.

Qin Muxiu stepped forward and held his hand. He gently pried open Yun Yao's hand that was holding the corner of his clothes, inserted his fingers between Yun Yao's fingers, interlocked their fingers and said, "My friends are waiting for us. Let's go over now."

"...Brother Siheng is here too?" Yun Yao asked.

"Yes, he is following Lin Ze." Qin Muxiu said, holding Yun Yao's hand and walking outside.

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In the room, when Lin Ze and Si Heng came in, Bai Ci and the others were already there.

Si Heng glanced at the girl sitting next to He Ziru. She looked familiar, but he was not sure, so he looked again.

After seeing the person clearly, Si Heng was stunned. Why was she here, and following He Ziru?

He Yue moved and used He Ziru's body to block her own.

Oh my god, she always thought it was just someone with the same name, but she didn’t expect it to be Si Heng.

If I had known this earlier, I would have never come here today even if you beat her to death.

He Ziru saw that Si Heng's eyes were always on He Yue, and remembered that He Yue did not attend Lin Ze's wedding because of something, and they might not know each other, so he kindly introduced them.

"Mr. Si, this is my sister He Yue." He Ziru felt his shoulder being patted heavily by He Yue. He looked at He Yue strangely and continued, "I remember that Mr. Si seemed to have graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts. My sister is studying there now and is Mr. Si's junior."

He Yue glared at He Ziru fiercely. How did this tactless guy become the heir?

Si Heng looked at He Yue with a fake smile and said, "Hello, Junior Sister He."

She is not only his junior schoolmate, but also his student.

Si Heng recalled how He Yue had pestered him for more than three months two years ago, telling him about her difficult journey from the slums to the Imperial Academy of Arts with her piano talent, and begging him to accept her as his apprentice.

At that time, he heard this experience which was very similar to his own growth process. In addition, he was unable to bear it anymore because He Yue had been pestering him for more than three months, so he accepted her.

Now, He Ziru came to tell him that He Yue was his sister? !

Shit! You cheated on him!

"Hello...senior." He Yue greeted with a guilty conscience.

She was wrong. She shouldn't have been curious about who Qin Muxiu married and pushed aside everything else to come back. She should have stayed outside like she did at Lin Ze's wedding.

When she first heard the name Si Heng, she should have sent someone to investigate Lin Ze's wife, instead of arbitrarily assuming that they had the same name. In this way, perhaps what happened today would not have happened!

Besides, the teacher is really stupid. Why didn’t you tell her that you were married?!

Oh, it seemed that when she went to participate in the competition half a year ago, the teacher said that he had something to do and did not accompany her. Now that I think about it, that thing could not be marrying Lin Ze?

He Yue checked the time and became more certain of her guess.

However, in the past six months, she seemed to have never seen a wedding ring on her teacher's hand.

He Yue secretly glanced at Si Heng and saw that he was wearing a ring on the ring finger of his left hand. She then glanced at Lin Ze and saw that he was also wearing a ring on his hand. Although they were far apart and she couldn't see the style clearly, He Yue guessed that they should be a pair.

Si Heng then sat next to Lin Ze, looking at He Yue with a guilty look on his face with a half-smile.

Because He Yue was his only disciple, and thinking about how difficult it had been for her to get to where she is today, he gave her whatever resources he had, which would be beneficial to He Yue's development. Even if he didn't have them, he would try his best to get them for her.

It turned out that this guy was the eldest daughter of the He family, one of the four major families, and she made up a story about her life to deceive herself.

Si Heng felt that his feelings were all misplaced.

He Yue looked away guiltily and asked, "Why hasn't Qin Muxiu come over yet? Why is he taking so long?"

"Don't you need time to change clothes?" Jiang Ruoyuan, who was curled up next to Bai Ci playing with his mobile phone, asked without even raising his head.

The original owner and He Yue didn't get along well. They would quarrel with each other whenever they met. Although he has given up now and doesn't want to do the mission anymore, he still has to maintain his character.

"I'm not asking you." He Yue said, "Go play your game!"

Jiang Ruoyuan snorted, changed his angle and leaned on Bai Ci, continuing to play the game.

He Yue went to talk to someone else again.

Si Heng was spinning the ring on his hand while watching He Yue looking for someone to talk to in order to ease the embarrassment. As he was spinning, his hand was pulled over by Lin Ze.

Si Heng glanced at Lin Ze, who was playing with Bai Ci's hands while talking to him, and thought to himself, "Don't I have hands? Why do I always play with his hands?"

Not long after, the door of the room was opened and Qin Muxiu walked in holding Yun Yao's hand.

When Yun Yao saw Si Heng, his eyes lit up and he was about to run over, but Si Heng stopped him with his eyes. He could only follow Qin Muxiu obediently.

After Jiang Ruoyuan finished the game, he looked up at the two people wearing the same style of dress, then lowered his head in annoyance.

"Qin Yuan, sit down." Qin Muxiu looked at Jiang Ruoyuan leaning on Bai Ci like he had no bones, and spoke even more worriedly.

He really couldn't understand why Bai Ci kidnapped his brother while he was just out fighting?

Jiang Ruoyuan said "oh", then sat up straight, looked at Yun Yao, smiled and said hello, sister-in-law.

"Hello." Yun Yao replied with a smile.

Qin Muxiu looked at Yun Yao who was smiling faintly. The place where their hands were clasped together felt a little sticky, because Yun Yao's palms were sweating.

He patted Yun Yao gently with his other hand, telling him not to be too nervous and to relax.

Qin Muxiu took Yun Yao and sat down, and introduced Bai Ci and the others to Yun Yao one by one.

When Si Heng was introduced, he looked like he had just met Yun Yao and greeted Yun Yao in a distant tone, "Hello, Mr. Yun."

Yun Yao glanced at Lin Ze who was next to Si Heng, and nodded to Si Heng cooperatively. After saying hello, he didn't say anything else.

Qin Muxiu took Yun Yao to chat with Bai Ci and the others, trying to bring Yun Yao and Bai Ci closer together and make them less unfamiliar.

Three minutes later, Qin Muxiu gave up the idea.

Looking at Yun Yao who had talked about so many topics that he had no idea how many times, Qin Muxiu rubbed his brows helplessly. Forget it, forget it, don't force it, just get to know each other so that you can recognize each other in the future at banquets or other places.

However, Qin Muxiu looked at Yun Yao who was sitting upright beside him and felt that Yun Yao would not even leave the room, let alone attend the banquet.

"Brother, why don't you take your sister-in-law to meet His Majesty?" Jiang Ruoyuan asked, his hand on Bai Ci's shoulder.

"We're ready to go." Qin Muxiu said as he stood up, "We'll go over first."

Yun Yao glanced at Si Heng again before turning around and following Qin Muxiu out.

Not long after Qin Muxiu left, someone knocked on the door. The door opened and Uncle Lin walked in with a smile.

"Xiao Ze, so you've been hiding here." Uncle Lin looked at Si Heng and smiled, "Your grandma is looking for you and Si Heng."

"Well, we'll be there soon." Lin Ze said, "Thank you for the hard work, uncle."

"It's not hard." Uncle Lin said, "Let's go. I'll go with you."

Lin Ze said something to Bai Ci and was about to leave, but was stopped by He Ziru, "Wait, Lin Ze, let's go with you. It's just right. I'm going to look for my father."

Then, he followed Lin Ze and the others out.

Bai Ci looked at their backs as they left, a little dazed.

Jiang Ruoyuan waved his hand in front of Bai Ci's eyes and asked curiously, "Bai Ci, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Ci came back to his senses instantly, looked at Jiang Ruoyuan with concern, and said, "Nothing... I just thought about Lin Ze and the others today..."

Jiang Ruoyuan waited for a long time, but Bai Ci didn't continue talking, so he said, "What's wrong with them? When did you learn to speak half of the sentence?"

"...You'll know in a moment." Bai Ci said, and before Jiang Ruoyuan could ask again, he immediately changed the subject and asked, "Are you going out? Or are you going to stay here?"

"Stay here. Their wedding ceremony is over anyway, and the next step will be the banquet. It doesn't matter whether I show up or not." Jiang Ruoyuan said, and started another game.

"Okay, then let's wait for Lin Ze and the others... before going out." Bai Ci said.

Jiang Ruoyuan nodded in agreement.

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Si Heng followed Lin Ze back to the banquet and saw from afar Grandma Lin, Grandpa Qin, and Qin Muxiu sitting next to His Majesty and talking.

Second Uncle Lin blocked the people who came to flatter Lin Ze, and asked Lin Ze to take Si Heng to see Grandma Lin.

Si Heng followed Lin Ze and sat next to Grandma Lin. He listened to them praising Yun Yao to the sky, and looked at Yun Yao with amusement as he lowered his head and dared not speak.

A waiter brought Si Heng a glass of red wine. Si Heng didn't think too much about it. He reached out to take it, took a look at it, and didn't want to drink it.

I shouldn’t have answered it, Si Heng thought with some regret.

Then, he handed the wine glass to Lin Ze. In front of outsiders, Lin Ze usually would not refuse when someone handed him a wine glass.

It just so happened that I didn’t want to drink it, so it wouldn’t be a waste to give it to Lin Ze.

While replying to the emperor, Lin Ze took the wine glass handed to him by Si Heng, drank it all, and then put the empty glass on the table.

The emperor looked at Lin Ze's actions, teased them with a smile, and then turned the topic to Qin Muxiu and the other person.

Yun Yao didn't say much, it was Qin Muxiu who answered.

"I heard that when Mr. Qin called Mr. Yun to discuss the marriage, Mr. Yun hung up. Is this true or false?" asked the emperor.

"It's true. Yaoyao thought it was a harassing call from an unfamiliar number and hung up." Qin Muxiu said, "It was the first time that the old man was treated like this.

"So that's how it is. People who don't know would think Mr. Yun did it on purpose." The emperor teased Yun Yao, who lowered his head and dared not speak.

Qin Muxiu wanted to say something, but Lin Ze spoke first, "Your Majesty, Si Heng and I have something to discuss, so I'll excuse myself first."

After saying that, seeing the emperor nod, Lin Ze directly grabbed Si Heng's wrist and pulled him out.

Si Heng was almost dragged away by Lin Ze. Looking at the person walking in front of him, he complained in his heart, what did Lin Ze smoke again? And why did he smell a faint scent of cedar in the air?

Si Heng watched as Lin Ze pulled him into a room, slammed the door roughly, then grabbed his neck and pressed him against the door, and asked with bloodshot eyes, "Did you drug me?"