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Chapter 22 Xiao Jie's Birthday

I'm going to Xia Sijie's birthday party. I don't know why, but I always feel that Li Yaofan won't agree, so I didn't plan to tell him about this matter, let alone want him to accompany me, but decided to Go alone.Having said that, as a down-and-out rich daughter, I haven't been to such a high-end birthday party for many years. It is very difficult to prepare a decent and low-key dress for myself. After thinking about it Go, only to find someone to help.

My social circle is very narrow, so the only ones who can help me are Sister Le, Shanshan, and Xiao Zhou. Fortunately, these three bad friends are pretty good. The three of them worked together to successfully transform me from a dick girl into a fake socialite.Looking at the person in the mirror with long curly hair, exquisite makeup, and light green off-the-shoulder dress, I seemed to be back to myself ten years ago, that person who lived in a dream castle every day, was hurt by someone, Loved by others, innocent and carefree princess.

I smiled wryly in the mirror.

"Why this expression, isn't the dress good-looking?" Shanshan looked at me worriedly.

I shook my head: "It looks good, but it doesn't suit me."

"Fart, it fits so well!" Sister Le held my hand excitedly, "This makeup, this outfit, look like a celebrity, promise me, don't talk, okay?"

I glared at her with black lines all over my head.

"It's really good, it's just..." Xiaozhou whispered beside him, "Qianxing, is it really okay for you to go alone?"

I was stunned, is this really okay?In fact, I don’t know what will happen at that time. Ten years later, I am no longer the little princess who goes to various high-end occasions as a routine. Now I can’t afford to wear brand-name goods, afford a platinum bag, or even Even wearing high-heeled shoes will fall down. I really don't know if I want to go to a celebrity-gathered party in this state.

It would be great if Li Yaofan could stay with me, but such an absurd thought flashed in my mind.

"What are you thinking about?" Sister Le's violent temper brought me back to reality, "Isn't it just going to a party alone, and it's not like I haven't been there before. Even if I'm unfamiliar now, temperament is something that is born with me. , as long as you don't be nervous, take a deep breath, and try to recall the previous state, I don't believe you can't overwhelm those snake faces with over-plastic surgery!"

What Sister Le said made my depressed mood suddenly clear, yes, even though I am down now, at least I once shone brightly. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. For such a small birthday party, I should still be able to hold live.

"Just don't talk!" Sister Le emphasized again.

Me: "Shut up!"

After packing everything up, I went to Xia's mansion alone, and received a call from Li Yaofan on the way.

After hesitating for a while, I pressed the connect button, and Li Yaofan's deep voice came from the other end of the phone: "Where are you?"

"There's something going on outside." I replied vaguely.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"Private business."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and suddenly he said coldly: "Is there any private matter that I can't know?"

The trace of apology that was still there disappeared suddenly because of his cross-examination. I said impatiently: "Private matters are private matters, and it has nothing to do with you. Don't ask. I have something to do. I will go home later, that's all." After finishing speaking, I hung up the phone without hesitation.

Before I could recover from my resentment, he called back again, once, twice, three times... After pressing down several times, I simply turned off the phone and threw it into my bag.

As the only heir of the Xia family group, Xia Sijie's birthday party was very grand, which can be seen from the various luxury cars parked inside and outside the gate of the Xia family mansion.Considering my out of place status, I arrived very late on purpose, hoping to avoid strange eyes from all walks of life.But even so, when I got out of the taxi, I still attracted the attention of the guards at the gate.

"Miss, are you here to attend Young Master Xia's birthday party?" He asked politely, but couldn't hide the contempt in the other party's tone.

I didn't bother to talk to him, so I took out the invitation letter and said concisely, "I'm in a hurry, please show me the way."

The other party's expression changed, and he hurriedly led me in.

This situation made me feel a little proud. Actually, I am not unfamiliar with this house at all. I think I was also a frequent visitor in and out of this house back then. Who in the Xia family didn't treat me with courtesy?Although my identity is no longer what it used to be, the foundation is still there after all. Now that I step here again in bright clothes, a long-lost momentum emerges spontaneously, sweeping away the previous anxiety, and following the guards who lead the way , Walk in with your chest up and your head up.

Xia Sijie's birthday party was arranged in the backyard of Xia's house, that place is very suitable for an open-air party, as it was many years ago.However, when I was about to go there, the guard who accompanied me suddenly went another way and made a gesture of invitation to me.

I stopped, a little strange: "Isn't the party over there?"

"Miss Shen, your invitation letter is written by the young master himself. There is only one piece. He has ordered that if anyone sees this invitation letter, please invite her to the study for a while."

It turned out that Xiao Jie wanted to meet me alone, and that was fine, as there are some things that need to be explained clearly by the two of us quietly.Thinking of this, I didn't have any doubts, and followed the guards towards the study room, but it never occurred to me that the person waiting for me in the study room was not Xia Sijie at all, but someone I had never thought of.

—— Xia Xiong

"Uncle Xia?" I looked at the person in front of me in surprise.

"Are you here?" Xia Xiong turned around, with a kind face on his face, completely different from the fierce look he had when he called me "a lost dog" last time, which made me feel a little bit at a loss for a while.

"Why are you looking for me?"

"Don't blame Uncle for lying to you. If it wasn't for this method, I'm afraid you wouldn't want to come to see me."

He was right, if I had known that he was going to see me, I would never have come here, not only because I had a bad impression of him, but also because last time at Xia Sijie's engagement ceremony, he He was merciless to Xia Sijie, and he was rude to me.As a person who holds grudges, I have already put him on the blacklist of refusing to communicate, but I never thought that such a high-ranking group tycoon like him would tamper with the invitation letter just to meet me, which shows that his purpose is not pure.

My heart calmed down a lot, and I pretended to be surprised and asked, "Uncle Xia, what do you want from me?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, I just want to apologize to you." He said kindly, "What happened last time was uncle's fault, so don't forget to take it to heart."

He was obviously referring to what happened at Xia Sijie's engagement ceremony last time. If I put it in the past, I must have been flattered, but after going through so many things, I don't believe that there will be an invincible capitalist in this world, because of this I made a special apology to a little-known little guy, so I decided to check him out.

"Uncle Xia, since you have already mentioned it, let me tell you frankly that what happened last time was indeed a misunderstanding, Xiao Jie is your son, no matter what, you shouldn't beat him in front of so many people. Another point I have to clarify is that Xiaojie is only impulsive towards me. He is young and ignorant, and he will soon forget this impulse. And I am also very clear about my identity, and there will be absolutely no wrongdoing Think about it, don't worry."

"Why do you say that?" Xia Xiong suddenly laughed, "What happened last time was entirely because I was angry. After calming down and thinking about it afterwards, it's not that I haven't been young. Xiaojie's thoughts, as a father, I can still I understand. In fact, you don't need to belittle yourself. Although the incident happened in your family before, after all, my uncle watched you grow up and believes in your character. If you two are really in love, I will do it The elders will definitely not object."

The sun came out from the west, and the chairman of the dignified Xia Group actually lowered his figure and said this to me. Although I haven't figured out what his purpose is, I must not expose my suspicion.

I shook my head hastily and said, "Uncle, what are you talking about? I really have nothing to do with Xiao Jie, not to mention that he was impulsive, just talk about me. I have completely a sister-brother affection for him, and I have never thought about anything else."

"This is strange. You two grew up together as childhood sweethearts. I used to plan to marry you, the Lin family. It's a pity that you later married Li Yaofan, so I let go of this idea."

I smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, don't mention the old things again."

"Okay, let's not bring up the past, but the present." He changed the topic, and suddenly said bluntly, "During these days, Xiaojie has been in a bad mood, and I can see that he still likes you very much. I'm ashamed to say it. This father has never given him anything since he was a child, and now he feels even more sorry to see him like this. Uncle came to you today just to ask you, when you had Li Yaofan, you didn't think about Xiaojie, but now Li Yaofan After that, do you really not think about Xiaojie?"

Here comes the point!I was startled at the time, and immediately understood what Xia Xiong was looking for me for today, he was inquiring about Li Yaofan's condition with me in a roundabout way.Due to Ouyang Fei's pressure, the media hospital kept silent about Li Yaofan's condition, but Li Yaofan himself was completely determined to make matters worse, and kept pretending to be crazy in front of people, so that now the outside world has different opinions about Li Yaofan's condition , it is not accurate at all.And only I am the closest to Li Yaofan, and I know the whole thing the most, so Xia Xiong spends so much time trying to talk to me by beating around the bush.

Okay, if that's the case, then I'll help Li Yaofan continue the play, thinking of this, I immediately said: "Uncle Xia, you underestimate me, no matter what happens to Yaofan, I will never leave him! After finishing speaking, I acted as if I realized something, and hurriedly changed my words, "I mean, Yaofan is fine now, and if it doesn't work out in the future, I won't leave him alone, don't get me wrong. .”

"That's why you are wrong. You still treat your uncle as an outsider. You can't hide the matter of Li Yaofan from your uncle. You and I know very well what is going on with him. This disease will not heal in a while. Don't ruin it just because of a moment of pride. For the rest of my life." He went on, apparently probing me again.

"Uncle, stop talking!" I interrupted him furiously, "I can't say more about some things, but I must make it clear that I am serious about my relationship and will never be shaken by anything. I appreciate your kindness Yes, Yaofan is still waiting for me to go back, I'm leaving first, sorry, please help me say happy birthday to Xiaojie."

After finishing speaking, before Xia Xiong could speak again, I turned and left without looking back.

The moment I walked out of the door, cold sweat broke out from my forehead, and I walked out without stopping, feeling ups and downs in my heart.

This is the real shopping mall, with a friendly face on the surface, but a dark tide surging in private. Today, Li Yaofan's condition has become the focus of everyone's eyes, whether it is the gossip I heard in the bathroom before, or Xia Xiong's relationship with Xia Xiong My conversations all imply that a big change is about to happen next.This is what Li Yaofan is looking forward to, but it is what I don't want, because I know that he will win, and he will return to the Li Yaofan who has everything. At that time, can we still be together?

Nostalgia is a terrible emotion. It will make a person afraid of change, afraid of the unknown future, and afraid of all the factors that will make the present become the past. Maybe it's time to wake up.

I was thinking like this, and unknowingly went the wrong way. When I came back to my senses, there was already a party scene in front of me. What's more, Xia Sijie was standing in the crowd not far away, watching in disbelief. with me.

Looking at each other, Xia Sijie was very surprised and opened his mouth to call me.

I hurriedly turned around and left quickly. Although I really wanted to say happy birthday to him personally, I was an unexpected guest at this party after all. In addition to the farce of the previous engagement ceremony, meeting him in public at this moment would only cause unnecessary misunderstanding.Thinking like this, I couldn't help speeding up my pace, and left silently along the remote and dark path beside me, hoping that Xia Sijie would think that I had admitted the wrong person.

However, things didn't go as I expected. Just when I thought he didn't catch up and breathed a sigh of relief, I was suddenly grabbed by the shoulder.

"Thousand stars!"

Xia Sijie's sudden voice startled me, my feet were unsteady, and I almost fell down. Fortunately, he had quick eyesight and quick hands, and wrapped my waist in time.

At that moment, all the weight of my body was on his arm, and I had to raise my head to meet his eyes.On this secluded alley with no one around, the thin moonlight fell on his face, those dark eyes were as deep as the night sky above his head, flashing some kind of light that I didn't want to look directly at.

Embarrassment hit me in an instant, and I hurriedly took a step back, trying to stabilize my body. At the same time, a huge force locked me tightly in his arms.

"Don't push me away!" He lowered his eyes, hid his face in the shadow of the moonlight, and whispered the second half of the sentence, "Please..."

My heart was squeezed tightly at that moment, and memories flooded into my mind like a flood. No matter how bad the situation was, no matter how badly he was beaten by his father, or even when he was ridiculed by his classmates for not having a mother, he would never show the slightest cowardly and helpless.But it is such a proud, strong Xia Sijie who has never bowed his head to anyone, but now because of me... No, it shouldn't be like this!

"Let go." I said coldly.

"Thousand stars!" He raised his red eyes and stared at me closely.

At this moment, the night is as cold as water, icy cold.

I gritted my teeth, stretched out my hand, and threatened: "Say it again, let go, or I will be impolite!"

In the night, the originally reddish eyes suddenly became manic, like a stimulated beast, exuding a strange and terrifying breath, accompanied by a deep and hoarse voice, said from his mouth: "I won't let you go! Why do you always have to I let go, I was the one who met you first, and I am the one who loves you the most, Li Yaofan is not worthy!" After saying that, he grabbed my wrist without any explanation, bowed his head and kissed it.

Lips touched each other heavily, with a strong aggression, pulling me back from the shock to reality.

There was a moment of blankness in my head, followed by shame, anger, shock... Countless emotions erupted in my chest in an instant. I pushed him away with all my strength, raised my hand, and slapped him hard.

"Snapped!"

A crisp voice sounded in the silence. Xia Sijie held his face, took a step back, and looked at me with wide eyes. There were shock, unwillingness, anger, and despair in those eyes.

His mood at the moment must be as complicated as mine.

After calming down for a while, I hid my trembling hands behind my back and looked up at him: "Xia Sijie, I want you to apologize."

He retracted his gaze just now, lowered his head, and asked coldly in the shadow of the moonlight: "Why?"

"Do you still need to ask? For me, you shouldn't do this kind of thing."

"Then what should I do?" He raised his head and asked me back, "Should I obediently stand aside and watch you and Li Yaofan fight each other, or should I wish you two grow old together forever? I'm sorry, I don't want to see what I like I can't stand a woman being with a man who hurt her, I feel sick!"

"Little Jie!" I interrupted him, "Stop talking, I was wrong, I'm stupid, I'm stupid, I'm crazy, I can't feel your feelings for me. But, you shouldn't have such Thought, from beginning to end, I only regard you as my younger brother, even if I found out earlier, I would reject you, why don't you understand?"

"Yes, I just don't understand! Compared to Li Yaofan, what's wrong with me? Apart from bringing you endless harm, what else can he do for you? Don't be stupid, the injuries you have suffered are not enough. You are with him There will be no good results together, only I can protect you."

"Protect me?" I sneered, "You're right, Li Yaofan hurt me, and I was also hurt, despaired, and even wanted to die. Where were you at that time, didn't you just abandon me? Don't think I'm a fool, for so many years, I know very well that no one can protect me, only I can protect myself and my mother!"

Xia Sijie's eyes dimmed: "Qianxing, in fact, I left because..."

"Stop talking, I don't want to hear any explanation, because I never blamed you, all of this is my father's fault, it's my fate, I don't blame anyone, neither you nor Li Yaofan. So , Don’t say anything about Li Yaofan hurting me, and don’t think I need someone to protect me anymore, I’m fine now, better than ever before.”

"But I'm not good..." He murmured softly.

My heart softened again, but I could only grit my teeth and continue to say: "Little Jie, you have grown up, and it's time to see the cruelest appearance of this world. Life can't always be smooth sailing. What kind of identity should be No matter what price you have to bear, some things cannot be obtained by forcing you.”

"I don't want to force it. I just want you to know that I love you and have never changed. Why can't you give me a chance? I will do better than anyone else."

"I believe what you said. From the beginning to the end, I never doubted that you would become an outstanding man. In my eyes, you have always been the best and most proud brother. But what you are doing now But let me down, I don't want to see you have no confidence in yourself, I don't want to see you so humble in front of me, and I don't want to see you become another person for impossible feelings. Do you understand?"

"I still don't understand, I really don't understand..." He lowered his head and stepped back step by step, repeating this sentence in his mouth.

"Little Jie!" I wanted to continue persuading him, but he suddenly turned around and ran away.

I didn't catch up. In a person's life, there are some truths that cannot be explained clearly by just a few words from others.Just like me, who has experienced so much right and wrong before becoming indifferent to right and wrong, fame and fortune, Xiao Jie still has a long way to go, and all the difficulties and obstacles ahead cannot be overcome without shedding blood and tears. This is the real Life!
After watching his leaving back, I turned around and left in the opposite direction.

(End of this chapter)