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“She is my girlfriend, also your cousin-in-law.” They didn"t know when Fang Rui appeared next to them. He put his hand around Yu Weiya and pulled her to his side. “Cousin-in-law?!"
“Good ah! You two!” Fang Yan narrowed her eyes and pointed at them as she eyes them up and down. She feigned anger, “None of you told me anything. If I hadn"t come today, how long were you going to keep this from me.” She and Yu Weiya are best friends. Sooner or later, they will talk about it. Such a big matter of getting a boyfriend and she didn"t even tell her. She must have been influenced by that scamp Fang Rui.
“It"s not like that, I didn"t want to hide it from you. We just established our relationship today.” Yu Weiya hurriedly explained, afraid that Fang Yan would misunderstand.
“So what if we hid it from you, no one has to tell you anything if we"re dating,” Fang Rui said, knowing full well that she is pretending.
“You"re afraid I will tell grandma.” Before, she had even heard grandmother nagging him to find her a granddaughter-in-law and give her a great-grandson. Before he could finish his meal, he flew back to Hong Kong that night. After that, whenever grandmother would call him to come back, he would use all sorts of excuses for working to avoid going back, in fear of getting into an arranged marriage.
“If I was afraid why would I bring her here. Uncle Hao told me in advance that you, this blabbermouth, we"re going to be here today.” He had no intention of hiding his relationship with Yu Weiya, he wanted to introduce her to everyone.
“Who"s a blabbermouth, I am not that bored.” Fang Yan grumbled.
“Wait.” Yu Weiya suddenly chimed in.
“Huh!” Fang Yan suddenly had an ominous feeling.
“You know him?” Yu Weiya pointed at Fang Rui and asked, looking to be in a daze.
“Eh, it seems so.” Fang Yan suddenly realized how nice it was not knowing Fang Rui at all.
“What is your relationship with her?” Yu Weiya then asked Fang Rui.
Fang Rui seemed to have remembered something. He smiled brightly and shouted, “She is my cousin.” Fang Rui was acting like a good baby answering a question and didn"t forget to add fuel to the fire, “Didn"t Yanyan tell you? I thought you were best friends.”
“Fang Rui, if you don"t speak, no one is going to think you are dumb.” Fang Yan gritted her teeth while looking at Fang Rui desperately.
“Well, Fang Yan, you still have the audacity to say me, but you hid something from me.” The volcano erupted. She is his cousin, they are not lovers, just siblings. This made Zheng Weiqian feel happy. Carrying his wine gla.s.s, he recalled what he had just heard and seen and his lips unconsciously raised into a nice arc, revealing a fascinating smile.
“Weiqian?” Lin Xuanxuan looked at Zheng Weiqian in puzzlement. From the moment he returned from the restroom to now, he seemed to be acting fishy. He looked at the wine gla.s.s in his hand but didn"t drink it and then for some reason, he started to laugh. Presumably, something must have happened midway, only she couldn"t tell what it was.
“Huh?” Zheng Weiqian comes back to his senses and realized he was just lost in his thoughts. He turned and saw Lin Xuanxuan looking at him dubiously and asked, “What?”
“What happened when you went to the restroom earlier?” Lin Xuanxuan couldn"t help but ask. She really wants to know what could make him laugh in secret. She wants to know everything about him.
He smiles, not intending to tell her, “Nothing.”
“But ever since you came back, you have been laughing. What made you so happy?” Lin Xuanxuan didn"t give up and ask. Zheng Weiqian just smiled and didn"t answer her.
The music started at this time. It was a melodious waltz making the people have the urge to dance.
Lin Xuanxuan was waiting for Zheng Weiqian to extend her an invitation to dance but he made no action to do so and just stood there watching. Then a middle-aged man approached them and asked Lin Xuanxuan, “Can I have this dance?”
Lin Xuanxuan looked at Zheng Weiqian, hoping he would reject the man"s offer for her. However, Zheng Weiqian only smiled and said he did not mind lending his partner.
Today all of Shanghai"s respectable people have arrived so Lin Xuanxuan was too embarra.s.sed to refuse and could only follow the man to the dance floor.
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Zheng Weiqian looked around trying to find Fang Yan and saw her sitting on the sofa watching the dancing pairs on the dance floor. Zheng Weiqian walked towards her. “Watching them dance, do you not want to try it?” Zheng Weiqian came to her side and sat opposite of her.
She gave him a slight glance and they turned away. Fang Yan did not notice when he came. However, given his previous att.i.tude towards her, she is not prepared to deal with him so she just ignores his existence.
Zheng Weiqian looked at her humorously. It seems that she is still angry that he had been avoiding her. If that is the case, then that means that she thinks about him differently than others. Zheng Weiqian really hoped that this speculation is true.
When she didn"t reply, Zheng Weiqian stood up and walked in front of her. As a gentleman, he slightly bent his waist and extended his hand, “This beautiful lady, can I have this dance?”
Fang Yan thought that he was getting ready to leave, she didn"t think he would ask her to dance.
“Don"t you have a dance partner?” Fang Yan only notice how sour her tone was when she said it out loud.
Actually, when she saw him with Lin Xuanxuan this evening, her heart didn"t feel well. Even though he had been deliberately alienating them, she still minds very much. She didn"t understand why her eyes would always find him the entire night. When their eyes met, she would immediately look away, embarra.s.sed. She does not like this feeling.
Does she care? Zheng Weiqian was secretly happy and smiled, “She was taken away.”
She was taken away so he came to find her, Fang Yan secretly thought, “I can"t dance.”
“I remembered I taught you before and did quite well.” Zheng Weiqian charmingly smiled.
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Fang Yan knew he was talking about that time at Fangshi"s 30th-anniversary party. She still remembered that she would step on his feet from time to time but he did not get angry and just continue to dance with a smile on his face. At that moment, she felt like she was falling in love with dancing. Later when she returned to Shanghai, she tried to learn from a teacher but the result was just as bad.
Zheng Weiqian took advantage of when she was lost in thought to grab her hand and pull her to the dance floor. Fang Yan looked at him stunned; he adjusted their position and said into her ears, “Just like last time, follow my footsteps.”
That voice had some bewitching element as Fang Yan unconsciously followed his footsteps. Lin Xuanxuan watched them resentfully, her discontent for Fang Yan growing.