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"Cousin, I have something to tell you..."

I caught up with that figure, and just as I reached out to pat him on the shoulder, the man who turned his face over made me stunned.

Xu Yuzhong raised an eyebrow at me with a smile on his face: "What do you want to say, Xiaoyan?"

He and Xu Yucheng are two years apart, with the same height difference, and some similarities in appearance, but Xu Yucheng is more like an aunt, with more handsome features in his eyebrows and eyes.However, their temperaments are completely different from head to toe, so I never misidentified them.

I didn't expect that this time Xu Yuzhong changed from his usual frivolity, and he dressed more sedately, and I was too preoccupied and didn't make a careful distinction, which resulted in such an oolong.

At the moment, he smiled and said: "It's okay, I haven't seen you for a long time, I came to say hello."

"My brother, why are you being polite." He agreed with a fake smile, "Recently you are all busy outside, and you have no time to go back to the house. Grandpa said several times that the house is getting more and more deserted."

I thought to myself that the old man loves excitement when he is old, and what he wants is the excitement of filial sons and grandchildren gathering together, not me, an eyesore.But he had to say: "After all, the work is there, there is no way, I will definitely go back to visit him in a few days."

Xu Yuzhong manages the company for his uncle, and he is in a good mood recently, and he didn't deliberately make things difficult for me.He waved his hand, didn't care about the answer, and looked a little far away: "Why are you here, where is Yang Chen?"

What is this nonsense?It's just a wedding, without the status of Yang Chen's vassal, I can't participate?

"He is chatting with a friend, Xue Keming is our classmate."

"Oh."

He nodded with little interest.

I'm curious why he appeared on this occasion. As far as I know, the Xu family and the Xue family have no relationship, otherwise Xue Keming would not have dared to treat me so rampantly back then.Moreover, he doesn't know about the "marriage contract" between Xue Keming and Yang Chen's family, otherwise he would have made a mockery of it.

So, Xu Yuzhong knew the man?I smiled: "Cousin is so handsome today, is he going to be the best man?"

"If I were the best man, I would be too busy by now." He looked too lazy to speak, and his tone sounded like teasing at first, but it was a bit weird, "The groom has a good relationship with me, come have a glass of wedding wine. You ask so many questions What's the use, go back and find your boyfriend."

I didn't want to make him suspicious, so I made an excuse to leave after saying a few words casually.Just a few steps away, I suddenly heard Xu Yuzhong calling me from behind: "Hey, Xiaoyan, wait a minute."

I turned around in confusion, and saw a man in a suit and leather shoes walking to Xu Yuzhong's side.The other party is about 30 years old, with a good appearance and a firm demeanor, except for a pair of eyes that are particularly deep.

He had a smile on his face, and although he didn't show any impolite gestures, I felt that he was staring at me secretly: "Yu Zhong, is this your brother?"

When Xu Yuzhong treated him, his usual frivolity was swept away, and he said politely: "My cousin, Xu Junyan."

In a blink of an eye, I understood the identity of this person, and quickly reached out my hand: "Mr. Hou, hello."

"Hello." He shook my hand, "Hou Guangyue. You are Yu Zhong's younger brother, just call me big brother like him."

"Brother Hou." I smiled and retracted my hand, "Happy wedding."

For some reason, I feel that his strength is a little too strong, the handshake time is a little longer than normal, and the look in my eyes also makes me numb all over.But Xu Yuzhong's expression remained the same, and he didn't notice any abnormality when he looked at the other people here intentionally or unintentionally, so I could only think about it as myself.

"It's a mess outside, let's find a place to chat." Hou Guangyue greeted us with a calm expression, "Ke Ming and the group of girls are all putting on makeup, and it will take some time before we start."

I saw that he seemed to want to bring me along, and when I was about to say that I had something to do, Xu Yuzhong glanced at him coolly: "Xiaoyan, Brother Hou doesn't treat you as an outsider, so don't be too polite. Learn more from me." , others spend money to ask Brother Hou for advice, and they are not qualified."

Xu Yuzhong had never "taken care" of me, a cheap little brother, before. Usually, it would be no good to call me, and I didn't want to go at all.But I can't forcefully leave to offend Hou Guangyue, so I can only follow behind them, secretly praying that Yang Chen will not have any doubts about my leaving for too long.

"Looking at you talking to Yu Zhong, you look a bit alike. I thought you were that Xu Yucheng." Hou Guangyue took us to sit down in a spacious lounge and looked at me with a smile. It looks like it's painful, how can it be so uncute as he said."

It’s okay if the elders say that the child is so close, but even if he is much older than me, we will not be inferior in generation, so this seems to have some meaning.What's more, the man opposite is the protagonist of today's wedding, Xue Keming's future husband.

I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles, and looked away in embarrassment: "Brother Hou really knows how to joke."

"Xiaoyan is much more likable than Yucheng." It was rare for Xu Yuzhong to praise me, but I couldn't hear it right. Sure enough, he continued, "Otherwise, why would you be so fascinated by that young master of the Yang family?" ?”

I couldn't hold back my face, so I got up abruptly: "Sorry, I'm sorry."

Before going out, Hou Guangyue grabbed him. He glanced at Xu Yuzhong, his tone was not salty, but it sounded like a warning: "Yuzhong, why did you talk to your younger brother?"

"Sorry, sorry, Xiaoyan and I are used to being casual." He pretended to be sorry, turned his eyes between me and Hou Guangyue, and showed a strange smile, "I still have something to deal with, first Take a step and come to you later. Brother Hou, Xiaoyan is still young, teach him more."

I was absolutely sure that Xu Yuzhong's pronunciation on "teach him" was so heavy that his whole body turned cold, and I watched him leave without hesitation in disbelief.

"It's just the two of us."

Hou Guangyue sighed softly, and stroked my wrist with his fingers.I turned back stiffly: "Mr. Hou, today is your wedding, you must hope everything goes well."

"Then do you dare to speak out?" His eyes were deep, as if he had seen through me, "It doesn't matter whether you can go out of this door to spread the word, as long as you open your mouth, not only will you be notorious, but the Hou family will be ruined by the public." The Xue family's face, oh, and the Xu family—what do you think you can get?"

I know that as he said, even if I am raped here, I can only swallow my anger.So what if Yang Chen is willing to help me?I'm not a woman, so I can't enter the door of the Yang family, and his father can't offend a political upstart because of me.

But I still bite the bullet and say: "You are the groom...Xue Keming is going to marry you, how can you treat her like this?"

"As far as I know, Xue Keming did a lot of bad things to you when he was in school." Hou Guangyue whispered in my ear, "Don't you want to take revenge on her once? Only we will know about it. You slept with her Husband, doesn’t that sound pleasant?”

My eyes turned cold, and I let him speak without saying a word.

Xu Junyan's background is indeed filthy, but it doesn't mean that I will treat a woman in such a lowly way.And I only agreed to Song Cheng not long ago, believing that he has a way to rescue me from this quagmire, why bother to compromise in this kind of place?

I know that if he is powerless, he will bear the consequences of offending Hou Guangyue alone, but no matter which path he chooses, he is not qualified to turn back. It is better to believe in the sincerity of Song Cheng's promise.

——What's more, I have no choice but to trust him.

"Mr. Hou." I said coldly, "Please be respectful, it must be very ugly to fight here."

They are both men. Although I don't know the details of the other party, I can still win a chance for myself if I fight hard.The reason why he hesitated not to fight before was not because he couldn't beat him, but because he didn't want to anger the opponent.

Now that I am determined to tear my skin apart, I feel much more relaxed.

Hou Guangyue seemed to be surprised by my toughness, and his expression was a little more inquiring: "Aren't you afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" I took advantage of his unpreparedness and directly shook off his hand, "If you want to ruin your reputation, you should be afraid."

When he came out like this, I was really enlightened—yes, what do I have to be afraid of?Left and right Xu Junyan has been a street mouse since he was a child, so what if he offends the Hou family and the Xue family?So what if the Xu family hates me a little more?How bad can my life be?

In the worst case, it's just a dead word!

At that time, he, Hou Guangyue, would not even think of being alone.In the past, I tolerated Xue Keming because I still had hopes for my future and didn't have the courage to make a decision.But at this moment, I think that Hou Guangyue has a bright future, and I can earn money by using him as a backing.

"Interesting." He said calmly, "You and I think differently."

"Mr. Hou forced me to this point." I turned around and wanted to leave. After thinking for a while, I added coldly, "I won't say what happened today. Mr. Hou, please be more self-respecting in the future."

He didn't bother, sat back on the sofa and nodded to me, as if nothing happened just now: "It's my fault, let's sit down and talk for a while."

I was speechless for a moment, did this person have a brain problem?I was considering whether to leave directly or maintain the superficial etiquette and have a fake polite conversation with him, when I saw another door opened in the corner, and the person who came in made me stand still.

Song Cheng was sitting in a wheelchair, but the emotion in his gentle eyes was even more unpredictable:

"It just so happens that Toshihiko is here, let's chat."