There really was traffic that night, and they were stuck in it for about five minutes. Tang : didn"t seem to be in a hurry though and Feng Ping became curious, “What type of banquet is it tonight?”
“Business banquet, mainly consisting of the employees in Northern Star, so just treat it as a company dinner, you don"t need to be nervous.” Tang Jianan slowly drove as he vented, “These old geezers do this every year, it"s so annoying.”
Feng Ping smield but didn"t say anything, he wasn"t truly angry, so it was enough for her to just listen, she didn"t need to offer any opinions. Tang Jianan didn"t continue the topic either. The two were silent for a whiel before she suddenly remembered something, “You said that you were looking forward to my performance, what did you mean?”
Tang Jianan immediately replied, “Yes, I hope that you can act like no one can enter your eyes tonight.”
Feng Ping furrowed her brows, “When did I give you such an impression?”
Tang Jianan laughed, “Don"t misunderstand, what I mean is, when we arrive at the banquet hall later, no matter who comes to talk to you, you just need to act arrogantly.”
“I"m pretty good at that, are you sure about it?”
“Very sure.”
“Okay then!” Feng Ping clapped, “Then in a little bit, no matter who I see, just say, cough…” She lightly coughed and raised her head up on purpose, putting a haughty expression on her face, “‘XX, I will allow you to kiss my feet!" that should be enough, right?”
Tang Jianan glanced at her and couldn"t help but laugh loudly, “You know, you actually slightly resemble an empress like that.”
Feng Ping laughed as well but she felt troubled inside: This request makes no sense. As the saying goes, old ginger is the spiciest, those elders were all very experienced and skilled. If she were to give them the impression that she was arrogant and rude, then no matter how one looked at it, it didn"t seem to be a good thing.
Leaving behind the city, the roads became clearer, a light box advertis.e.m.e.nt of Chenyang"s mountain villas lighting up the roadside, bathing people in a captivating red light in the night.
Chenyang"s mountain villas were developed by Ding Xin real estate company, inviting over a famous architect to create a vacation paradise near the mountains and lakes. The nine bend hallway was elegant and minimalistic, very suited to the old geezers that Tang Jianan was referring to for meditating, inviting a few friends to brew some tea and listen to some old instruments or just for light conversations, washing away the copper smell they acc.u.mulated for half of their lives. Of course, if you preferred European style more, then please take a left at the the door. In addition, the hot springs here were very famous. If you were to come to Shenying but didn"t go to Chenyang to soak in the hot springs, then that was an anomaly.
Northern Star"s banquet was held on the fifth floor in the mountain villa"s restaurant. The view was impeccable, directly facing the river so that people could appreciate the beautiful night scenery. Tang Jianan and Feng Ping were late by a few minutes when they arrived. When she looked over, as Tang Jianan said, there were many older people, the female companions they were walking around with were completely flipped. The older the men were, the younger their female companions.
Tang Jianan led her around to greet everyone, all of them were old enough to be her uncles. His seniors were quite friendly to him but treated Feng Ping quite indifferently, the friendly ones paid her a few compliments, the reserved ones nodded their heads in acknowledgement, and the rude ones didn"t even look at her. After walking around in a circle, she couldn"t help but smile bitterly. Everyone here was a hundred more times arrogant than her, yet Tang Jianan actually wanted her to act arrogant, sweat, was this his reminder?
Regardless, this was better for her since she didn"t have to pretend to smile all the time and didn"t have to listen to them insincerely flatter her, otherwise her appet.i.te would be affected. Even though her body was following Tang Jianan, her eyes had set their sights on the delicious food a long time ago. When the outsiders saw this, they looked down on her even more. As expected as someone who climbed up from the lowest rungs of society, her eyes only had food in them, why didn"t Tang er gongzi bring her out without even bothering to teach her basic etiquette? Some people snickered in the corner.
Another person said, Look at the ring she"s wearing, totally exposing that she"s nouveau rich.
A tall and slender man was also staring at her.
His female companion spoke, “Haoyun, let"s go say hi.”
Tang Haoyun held onto his winegla.s.s, not agreeing or disagreeing.
His female companion spoke coquettishly, “Let"s go, I want to see what type of magic spell she cast to actually tie down Ah Nan.”
Tang Haoyun relented and walked over with her. When the two brothers met, both raised their gla.s.ses in greeting.
Tang Jianan introduced, “My older brother and his lawyer girlfriend, Sun Yuanyuan.” Then he glanced at Feng Ping and smiled, “I don"t think she needs an introduction?”
Sun Yuanyuan let out a laugh, “Miss Feng is currently this city"s hottest topic, it"s hard to find someone who doens"t know her. Ah Nan, congratulations, Miss Feng, you"re very lucky.”
Congratulating Tang Jianan first then saying Feng Ping had good luck, hehe, no wonder why she was a lawyer.
Feng Ping smiled but didn"t say anything, her gaze landing on Tang Haoyun.
Tang Haoyun had sword-like eyebrows and twinkling eyes, a square face and tanned skin. From the outside, he certainly seemed to be more mature and steady than Tang Jianan. At this moment, his calm face held an indifferent expression and he stiffly nodded, “h.e.l.lo.”
This wasn"t the att.i.tude of a friend but he didn"t act very unfriendly either. Feng Ping drank the wine in her gla.s.s and spoke, “I"m going to the restroom, you guys can talk first.”
Finished, she placed the winegla.s.s on the table and went in the direction of the restoom. She left behind a stupefied Tang Haoyun and Sun Yuanyuan, and then glanced back at Tang Jianan.
Tang Jianan had a helpless expression as he shrugged, “She"s always like this, haha, so cute!”
The last part that he added on caused the two people to break out in gooseb.u.mps.
Sun Yuanyuan couldn"t help but finish the wine in her gla.s.s too, trying to calm down. She relied on her own skills to achieve success, being able to walk down this road with Tang Haoyun all the way to today was not easy. Compared to Feng Ping"s single step ascending into the sky, she felt slightly dissatisfied but her grudges were towards Tang Haoyun, why couldn"t he be impulsive like Ah Nan for once? Why did he always have to consider this and consider that, but never considering her feelings, she was almost thirty years old…
Tang Haoyun didn"t seem to notice this his girlfriend was lamenting about her increasing age and spoke in a low voice, “Ah Nan, don"t go too overboard.”
Tang Jianan laughed lightly, “What are you talking about?”
“You brought her here on purpose…”
“She"s my fiance.”
Tang Haoyun felt stifled, “I think you"re—oh, Director Liu, it"s been a while.” He suddenly changed his tune, smiling at the person behind.
Tang Jianan turned around, his savior was actually Tianyao Technology"s Director Liu. The three began to exchange pleasantries.
At this time, Feng Ping was also exchanging pleasantries with someone in the bathroom.
The woman who approached her was young and pretty, had thick eyebrows and black eyes, and her long hair was especially beautiful, ink-black and shiny, even better than the models in shampoo advertis.e.m.e.nts.
When she was washing her hands, this woman had just pushed open the door to enter and saw her, “Hm, aren"t you Feng Ping?”
Feng Ping started and then smiled, “It looks like I really am famous now, I should start getting used to people recognizing me everywhere…”
The young lady laughed, her laughter crisp and clear and Feng Ping couldn"t help but glance at her a few more times.
When she finished laughing, the young lady spoke again, “You"re prettier in real life.”
Feng Ping smiled, “Thank you.”
“Tang Jianan must really love you.” She widened her eyes, looking like the picture of innocence.
Feng Ping didn"t know what to say and could only continue to smile, and then she pointed towards the door indicating that she was going to leave.
That young lady started to laugh again and nodded.
What an energetic and cute girl. Feng Ping smiled as she opened the door, raising her head to see a person standing in the hallway.
When she saw this person, her smile froze on her face.
The other party turned around, their face also carrying a smile, also freezing when they saw her.