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I looked towards the center of the dance floor. If I could choose, the person I most wanted would be Zhao Qingshi, who was dancing in the center of the dance floor. But I knew it definitely couldn't be her. Just now, I witnessed with my own eyes that she and Qi Hemei officially became a couple.
At this moment, Qi Hemei's big hands were still around Zhao Qingshi's slender waist, and his broad chest seemed to rub against Zhao Qingshi's towering breasts unintentionally. As Qi Hemei slowly increased his strength, Zhao Qingshi was held tighter in his arms, and their bodies became closer. At the same time, Qi Hemei's other hand began to tentatively stroke Zhao Qingshi's back through the thin clothes.
The actions between the two were a bit excessive, and I really couldn't bear to watch any longer, so I turned my head to look at the people around me who were also sitting in the audience. Except for Luo Suohui, the son of the deputy mayor who only liked to play games, most of the people who didn't go dancing were ordinary people like me. There was a special exception among them, that was Wang Hongxi, who was from Tiandu City like Qi Hemei.
Before Qi Hemei came, this prince was the undisputed male protagonist of the banquet. Now in the center of the dance floor, he was supposed to be the one dancing with the heroine Zhao Qingshi. However, since Qi Hemei came, his status has plummeted. Not only was Zhao Qingshi's slender waist hugged by other men, but even Zhao Shi completely ignored him.
This young master was still sitting in the audience drinking alone, while Zhao Shi actually went to dance with a beautiful mature woman. Although Zhao Shi's fat body twisting in the middle of the dance floor was a bit indecent, he had a very smug smile on his face, and one of his hands was blatantly kneading the mature woman's plump buttocks.
Most of the men who came to the banquet had reserved dance partners in advance. Wang Hongxi's original plan was that he should be the one dancing with Zhao Qingshi, but now Zhao Qingshi has gone to Qi Hemei. Although there are still some single women in the audience, I am afraid that even I would not want to invite them with their quality, not to mention this young master from the capital. For a while, Wang Hongxi could only stay alone in the audience with nothing to do like ordinary people like us.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with staying on the sidelines. You can just chat with someone or play with your phone to pass the time. But Wang Hongxi is so proud of his status that he holds a glass of red wine in his hand, half-closes his eyes, takes a sip from time to time, and then shakes his head slightly, as if he is half drunk. It is because he is immersed in the appreciation of fine wine that he ignores the disturbances in the outside world.
I just found it funny. With such poor acting skills, he is said to be a young entrepreneur leader. He used to brag about himself as if he was very powerful. In my opinion, he is actually a fool. If he didn't have the protection of his family, he would have been eaten alive long ago.
I thought again, so what if he is a fool? The place he was born in is farther away from the destination of most people in this world. Even if he fails in front of Zhao Qingshi today, as long as he waves his hand, there will still be a lot of beautiful women willing to lie in his bed.
But I thought that I would not have any interaction with Wang Hongxi in the future, so I stopped paying attention to him.
Ning Yingxue just came back from the bathroom at this time. To be honest, although Luo Suohun was a little unromantic, his girlfriend was indeed an absolutely stunning beauty.
At this time, Ning Yingxue crossed the entire hall. Her graceful and exquisite figure attracted many eyes. When Ning Yingxue finally landed beside me, many eyes with obvious jealousy focused on me.
Once upon a time, I often enjoyed this kind of treatment. Whenever Ning Yingxue and I appeared together, people would look at me as if to say, look at the level of the girls around this guy, he must be super rich.
Although I know that these people mistakenly think that I am Ning Yingxue's boyfriend, but as a small character with little presence in most situations, these jealous eyes still make me feel elated occasionally. If I really can have a girlfriend as beautiful as Ning Yingxue, it would be such a face-saving thing.
An idea suddenly came to my mind: I want to invite Ning Yingxue to dance with me.
I don't know if it was because of vanity, or because some traces of the past resurfaced when we were together, or maybe it was to make up for some regrets in my heart, but I suddenly wanted to go a step further. Amid the jealous gazes of these people, I held Ning Yingxue's hand and walked into the dance floor.
I know this idea is crazy. Not to mention that I can't dance at all, there is a high probability that Ning Yingxue will directly reject my invitation. Even if I get her consent by chance, what should I do if Luo Suohun sees it?
I put my arm around his girlfriend's waist. Given Luo Suohun's temper, he would definitely have lost his temper on the spot. Let alone the friendship between classmates and roommates, any normal man would be furious when seeing such a scene.
However, I was still thinking in my mind that Luo Suohun was completely focused on the game and he should not pay attention to what was happening on the dance floor. As long as Ning Yingxue and I picked a secluded corner, taking advantage of the cover of other people on the dance floor, we could just dance for a few minutes and then come back immediately. It should be like nothing happened.
A beautiful girl like Ning Yingxue should not be confined to the sidelines. Flying freely like a beautiful butterfly is where she should be.
"Xue'er..." I couldn't help but speak.
"Stop." Ning Yingxue waved her hand to stop him. "Don't try to get to the bottom of this. This is all I can say. I will never directly reveal the girl's name. This depends on you..."
I shook my head and said, "That's not what I'm asking. I want to ask, Xue'er, how about we..."
Wait, there are other classmates in the class. There are so many eyes at this party. Will they see it? Will they gossip about it afterwards and let Luo Suohun hear it?
I paused involuntarily as I tried to finish the sentence. My mouth was still slightly open, but I didn't know how to finish the rest of the sentence.
Ning Yingxue was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What are we doing together?"
I looked at Ning Yingxue's beautiful and peaceful face. Her smooth black hair hung down, highlighting the tenderness of her snow-white skin. Under her long eyelashes, her two big black eyes stared at me without blinking, waiting for me to continue.
Say it, say let's go dance together.
I shouted loudly in my heart, but it was like an invisible hand was pulling at my heart, making it impossible for me to finish the sentence.
Ning Yingxue will definitely refuse, she will definitely refuse!
She is now Luo Suohun's girlfriend, how could she agree to such an absurd request? In front of everyone, right next to her boyfriend Luo Suohun, how could she agree to dance with me? Not only will she refuse, I'm afraid she will even scold me for not knowing the limits.
I suddenly remembered what Ning Yingxue said before, you haven't even taken the initiative, how do you know that the girl won't agree to you.
If you try to take the initiative once, the ending of all stories may be different from the beginning?
"Let's play another game together..." My voice was so weak that I could hardly hear it myself.
Ning Yingxue looked at me strangely and asked in a questioning tone, "Are you talking about playing games?"
I quickly recovered, skillfully took out my phone, opened the game, and replied with a relaxed look, "Of course, what else can we do together?"
"Okay." Ning Yingxue was silent for a moment, then smiled. "Looking at your serious expression just now, it seemed like you had made up your mind. You hesitated for a long time, and I almost thought you were going to invite me to dance."
"Dancing? Haha, I..."
I turned my head away guiltily, not daring to look into those beautiful eyes staring at me.
How could she be so bold as to speak my mind!
She really shouldn't have been so bold as to speak my mind!
Even if I was rejected, I don't need to regret it many years later. At that high-class banquet with feasting and drinking, I boldly said to the beautiful girl sitting in front of me:
Let's go dance together!
Although I never owned her, if possible, at least in this short period of time, she belonged to me completely.
"Xue'er, I can..."
"Beautiful lady, may I invite you to dance?"
An unnecessary voice interrupted me. Wang Hongxi, who was pretending to taste wine, actually walked in front of Ning Yingxue and easily said the words that I had been struggling with for a long time. At the same time, he politely made a gesture to invite her to dance, waiting for Ning Yingxue's answer.
I suddenly felt very annoyed. I had hesitated for so long and finally made up my mind to say it, but this guy beat me to it.
And the most annoying thing is that I don't seem to have the qualifications to scold Wang Hongxi. If I were Ning Yingxue's real boyfriend, then of course I could tell him to get out with a clear conscience. But Ning Yingxue and I are just ordinary friends. Only Luo Suohun is qualified to express his opinion on whether Ning Yingxue agrees to someone else's invitation to dance.
Luo Suohui was still playing games, completely oblivious to the fact that a man was flirting with his girlfriend. I quietly clenched my fists, fearing Ning Yingxue would accept Wang Hongxi's invitation. You know, Ning Yingxue actually wanted to go dancing, but her repeated requests were rejected by Luo Suohui, so she had no choice but to stay on the sidelines and play games with me.
Fortunately, Ning Yingxue didn't even think about it and directly refused: "Sorry, I already have an appointment."
"oh."
Wang Hongxi scanned my clothes, then glanced at my phone interface. His eyes revealed a look of undisguised contempt as he said, "Could it be that this gentleman invited you to play this stupid game?"
This was a naked humiliation. I stood up and was about to fight back, but was stopped by Ning Yingxue.
Ning Yingxue said indifferently, "You misunderstood. He didn't invite me, but I asked him to play games with me. He's very good at it and we had a lot of fun together. So please go and invite the other girls to dance."
Under normal circumstances, after saying this, Wang Hongxi should have left tactfully.
But Wang Hongxi was born into an extraordinary family and was used to being the center of attention. Today, he came to Zhao Qingshi's birthday party with full confidence, thinking that it would be a sure thing, but was intercepted by Qi Hemei who suddenly appeared. He was in a terrible mood to begin with. After finally finding a new prey that he was interested in, he was directly rejected again. This made Wang Hongxi, whose life had been smooth sailing, almost angry and embarrassed.
Of course, the more crucial reason is that Qi Hemei is not someone he can afford to offend, so it's okay to just step on him. But in Wang Hongxi's eyes, I'm just a poor and smelly boy who came out of nowhere, and I'm not worthy of competing with him for a woman.
"I heard that many men with no special abilities like to rely on being good at playing games to attract girls. In fact, this is just a trick used by children. I think anyone with a little vision should be able to tell what is valuable." Wang Hongxi said calmly, while raising his right hand, quietly revealing a watch on his right wrist.
As a homebody, I know nothing about watches, but judging from the diamonds inlaid on this watch and the complex craftsmanship, I estimate that the price will be at least no less than seven figures. In other words, the watch on Wang Hongxi's right wrist is worth almost ten years of an ordinary person's income.
"It's a very beautiful watch. Vacheron Constantin is one of my favorite watch brands."
Just as Wang Hongxi raised his head and chest with a smug look on his face, Ning Yingxue changed the subject and continued, "But I still think that for a woman, the most valuable thing in the world should be a man who also regards her as the most valuable thing. Whether he can only take her to play games or give her a Vacheron Constantin watch, it doesn't really matter."
I almost couldn't help but applaud Ning Yingxue for what she said, and even regretted my prejudice against Ning Yingxue, wondering if she had gradually become a vain girl.
But Wang Hongxi did not give up easily. He was used to using money to appease women, and this trick often worked quite well.
He went on to boast, "My family owns a very large entertainment company. Many girls have become superstars through our operations, like XXX and XX. Now, whenever they go out, they're surrounded by thousands of people. We've also got several movies in the works, but we haven't confirmed the lead actresses yet. Are you interested in learning more about this, beautiful lady?"
I frowned. Why was this guy so persistent like a dog-skin plaster?
I can't always rely on Ning Yingxue to stand in front of me. After all, in Wang Hongxi's eyes, I am Ning Yingxue's male companion today, so I should also take some responsibility. It seems that if I don't say something harsh, this buzzing fly will not leave.
"Put away your tricks and stop harassing us. Just go somewhere cooler, okay?" I said bluntly.
I was thinking, now that things have come to this, if Wang Hongxi still continues to refuse to leave, then his face must be as thick as a city wall.
The muscles on Wang Hongxi's face twitched a few times, and he was obviously angry, but this was Zhao Qingshi's birthday party after all, and there were many people from the upper class present. It was not appropriate for him to do anything out of line on the spot for a woman.
Wang Hongxi paced for a few steps and finally chose to leave. Of course, no one knew whether he was thinking about what to do next.
After Wang Hongxi left, I swallowed and whispered, "Xue'er, okay, the fly has been driven away. Should we continue playing games, or..."
Of course I wanted to go dancing with Ning Yingxue, but after being disturbed by Wang Hongxi, I felt a little timid. Although Wang Hongxi was driven away, in a sense, he and I actually had the same identity. We were both despicable poachers who took advantage of Luo Suohun's addiction to games.
"Um, Chen Xiao..." Ning Yingxue's face flashed with hesitation, but she still said, "When I heard that guy named Wang introduce himself just now, he seemed to be from Tiandu City. So, could the entertainment company he mentioned also be in Tiandu City?"
"Xue'er, you are not interested in being a star, are you?" I asked with some concern.
"No." Ning Yingxue looked troubled and answered perfunctorily, "I was just asking casually."
I knew Ning Yingxue was holding back, but I couldn't press the issue, so I could only advise her, "Actually, even if you want to be a star, Xue'er, it's okay. You can ask Luo Suohui for help. After all, he's your real boyfriend. With Luo Suohui's status, it shouldn't be a difficult task. He's definitely more reliable than Wang Hongxi, who clearly has bad intentions."
Worried that Ning Yingxue had really gone astray, I continued with a hint of intimidation, "This kind of playboy has wild thoughts when he sees a pretty girl. You think he can really make you a star? It's just a trick. His real purpose is to get you into bed."
"Oh, I know. I'm an adult and not that stupid. Let's continue playing games." Ning Yingxue said.
We returned to the game, but Ning Yingxue was absent-minded. She often stopped playing and stared at the phone screen, her thoughts flying off to who knows where. I wanted to remind her to concentrate several times, but when I saw her furrowed brow, I didn't say anything in the end.
Soon, there was no suspense in this game and we were directly defeated by the opponent.
The crystal cracked and the game screen turned dim.
"Chen Xiao, will you scold me?" Ning Yingxue asked.
"Of course not." I could see that Ning Yingxue was in a bad mood and thought she was apologizing for losing the game. After all, she had been scolded by Luo Suohun as a stupid as a pig because of losing the game before.
I said as gently as I could, "It's just a game. If you lose, you lose. I don't feel anything at all. You don't have to take it to heart."
"I'm not talking about games." Ning Yingxue looked at me seriously. "I'm asking, if I do something else wrong, will you scold me?"
I was stunned and replied subconsciously: "No way."
"Can I take this as a promise that no matter what I do, you won't scold me."
"Of course, I would never scold you."
Ning Yingxue finally smiled again. She was already extremely beautiful, and this smile was even more extraordinary. Although the corners of her mouth only curved slightly, it made my heart suddenly skip a beat.
I have seen Ning Yingxue smile many times, but never once did I feel that she looked so beautiful when she smiled.
It was so beautiful that I even wondered, will I ever be able to see such a beautiful smile on her face again?