Chapter 182: Chapter 182: She can’t be your father’s illegitimate daughter, right?

Liang Hao said, “Sis, I’m a man too. I know too well that his overreaction earlier was because he cares. That man is definitely into you!”

Yuan Xi said, “His overreaction is because he’s a good brother to your brother-in-law. If I saw a close friend’s boyfriend cheating…”

Yuan Xi paused for a moment. If she saw a close friend’s boyfriend cheating, she would definitely record a video without a second thought, then slap the friend’s boyfriend hard, making sure everyone knew he had cheated.

She certainly wouldn’t have acted like Wen Zhuo did earlier, with disappointment in his eyes, pulling her aside to question her.

But Yuan Xi thought that perhaps Wen Zhuo was also mindful of the occasion today, and maybe Wen Zhuo was calmer than her. After all, it was indeed just a misunderstanding.

“Xiao Hao, don’t talk nonsense. The man from earlier is Fu Qin’s fiancé whom she’s to get engaged to today. There’s no way he could like me.”

Liang Hao seemed stunned, “He is Fu Qin’s fiancé? He clearly likes you, how can he be engaged to Fu Qin?”

Yuan Xi, with a stern face, said, “I told you, it’s impossible that he likes me! I know you are very sad today, so I’ll let go of your wild talk from before, but you can’t talk nonsense anymore. He is friend to Huo Shiyuan.”

Seeing Yuan Xi get angry, Liang Hao quickly apologized, “Sorry, sis, I won’t mention it anymore.”

Yuan Xi asked, “Shall I have the bodyguard take you to Yunsen Court?”

Liang Hao clenched his hands and said, “Sis, I still want to see Fu Qin’s engagement with my own eyes.”

“Alright then,” Yuan Xi said.

Yuan Xi watched Liang Hao’s retreating figure and sighed softly before going to find Huo Shiyuan.

Huo Shiyuan and Fu Yixian had finished a match and just came out from the changing room, getting dressed.

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan in his formal attire and stepped forward to help him with his tie.

Seeing how adept Yuan Xi was at tying his tie, Huo Shiyuan chuckled, “You’re quite skilled at this.”

Yuan Xi replied, “Gu Hanchen used to be incredibly lazy. Every time he had to dress up, he wouldn’t tie his tie properly. I specifically learned how to do it because of him.”

At that comment, the smile on Huo Shiyuan’s face faltered, “You used to tie Gu Hanchen’s tie?”

Yuan Xi laughed lightly, “There’s no need for you to be jealous of Gu Hanchen.”

Huo Shiyuan also smiled along with Yuan Xi.

Then, Yuan Xi said to Huo Shiyuan, “The engagement party should be starting soon.”

Huo Shiyuan took Yuan Xi by the hand and they headed to the engagement party. Although it was held outdoors, the setting was in a traditional Chinese style.

Fu Qin wore a red, handcrafted cheongsam with her long hair pinned up with a golden hairpin, exuding a noble and elegant demeanor.

Liang Suisui, upon seeing Yuan Xi, said next to her, “Seeing Fu Qin dressed up like this today really gives off the vibe that she is the daughter of a top-tier wealthy family. Fu Qin is usually too approachable.”

Yuan Xi smiled. Indeed, Fu Qin always toned down her heir-to-Fu-An-Group luster around them.

Fu Qin could be so low-key that everyone might think she was just a normal fashion designer. She would go to the fabric factories in the villages herself to select materials. But deep down, she remained the distinguished and precious daughter of the Fu Family.

Like today, in an occasion like this, Fu Qin was an unattainable figure high above ordinary people, the Fu Family’s precious daughter.

Yuan Xi looked at Fu Qin and sighed again for Liang Hao.

Turning to Huo Shiyuan, Yuan Xi considered that he, being from the same elite background as Fu Qin, was also someone high above. At least, around this time last year, when Yuan Xi visited Huo Shiyuan at Ruohu Mansion, she had been somewhat intimidated by him. Married to him, he had restrained the imposing manner he used to have around her.

Later, when she found out he was Brother Zhuangzhuang, Yuan Xi hadn’t thought about the gap between them anymore.

After the banquet, the tables were cleared for the post-dinner dance party.

Fu Qin and Wen Zhuo started the dance. Both of them had expressions as cold as ice, devoid of any joy, starkly different from the smiling faces of the other guests.

All over the manor’s lawn were sounds of merriment, except for the two main figures of today’s party.

Huo Shiyuan extended a hand, “Can you dance?”

Yuan Xi said, “No.”

Huo Shiyuan gripped Yuan Xi’s hand tightly and said, “You didn’t learn it for Gu Hanchen?”

Yuan Xi saw that he was still jealous of Gu Hanchen and lightly laughed, “I tried once, but after stepping on Gu Hanchen’s feet a few times, he stopped asking me to dance.”

Couple dances are not actually hard, but Yuan Xi had always been lacking in the arts and singing since she was young. She knew in her mind what moves to make, but her hands and feet wouldn’t listen to her brain.

Huo Shiyuan wrapped his arms around Yuan Xi’s waist, “I’ll teach you, just follow me as we dance.”

Yuan Xi followed Huo Shiyuan’s steps, and he was indeed an excellent teacher.

After stepping on Huo Shiyuan’s feet a few times, with his guidance, she gradually got the hang of it. As Yuan Xi spun within Huo Shiyuan’s raised hands, she fixed her gaze into his eyes and smiled knowingly.

Yuan Xi said, “So it’s this simple.”

Huo Shiyuan replied, “Indeed, it’s not difficult.”

As Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyuan’s eyes met, smiles appeared on their faces.

In the center of the dance floor, Fu Qin looked at Wen Zhuo’s gaze and then followed it, saying, “Envious of their true love? They’ve been friends since youth, just like us.”

Wen Zhuo heard the phrase “friends since youth” from Fu Qin’s mouth and his expression grew colder, “Not all those who grow up together are childhood sweethearts.”

Fu Qin’s gaze, when touching upon a waiter watching her dance, stiffened her body, and she quickly let go of Wen Zhuo’s hand.

Wen Zhuo followed Fu Qin’s gaze. “Is that Yuan Xi’s cousin? No, that’s not right, how could Yuan Xi’s cousin be working as a waiter?”

Fu Qin withdrew her gaze and once again reached for Wen Zhuo’s hand, tiptoed, and kissed him on the side of the face. When she looked sideways again, Liang Hao’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

After the dance, Yuan Xi didn’t want to dance anymore. When she went to look for Liang Suisui, she spotted a figure, lighting a cigarette lighter with a cigarette in hand.

Yuan Xi approached, snatched the cigarette from Liang Hao’s hand, and asked, “Since when did you learn to smoke?”

Liang Hao replied, “I don’t smoke; I’m just smelling it.”

Yuan Xi, seeing Liang Hao’s uncomfortable look, said, “Xiao Hao, forget about Fu Qin…”

Liang Hao, with a choked voice, said, “Okay, sister, I will try very hard, very hard, to forget about Fu Qin. I want to go back to Jiang City.”

Yuan Xi said to Liang Hao, “I’ll have the driver take you.”

Liang Hao replied, “No need, I’ll take the high-speed rail back.”

Yuan Xi insisted, “It’s so late; let the driver take you.”

Yuan Xi called Huo Shiyuan’s driver and had him take Liang Hao back to Jiang City.

After Liang Hao got into the car and saw Fu Qin in a red cheongsam on the lawn, he slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his eyes were filled with tears.

Yuan Xi, watching the black Maybach depart, let out a light sigh and continued her search for Liang Suisui.

Finally, she found Liang Suisui beside the dessert table in the house, eating a small cake.

Yuan Xi looked at Liang Suisui and asked, “Why are you hiding here?”

Liang Suisui laughed, “No one asked me to dance; isn’t it embarrassing? I just hid here and ate cakes. Don’t say, the cakes of top-tier engagement parties are different, this is the best cake I’ve ever eaten.”

Yuan Xi took the small cake Liang Suisui offered her and ate, “It’s quite delicious.”

Liang Suisui spoke to Yuan Xi, “I’ve made a big discovery hiding here.”

“Hmm?” Yuan Xi responded with confusion.

Liang Suisui pointed at a uniformed hotel waitress, “Doesn’t that girl look like you? I’d say at least seventy percent similar.”

Yuan Xi followed Liang Suisui’s gaze to the long-haired waitress in a Chinese-style uniform, who looked to be in her twenties. She did bear a seventy percent resemblance to herself, “She really does look quite a bit like me.”

Liang Suisui speculated, “Could she be a love child of your real dad?”

“That’s hardly the case.”

Yuan Xi chuckled. Considering the Yang Family’s standing and prestige, Chu Qing would definitely not dare to have an illegitimate child.

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