Chapter 43 High-end Matchmaking Event (Part 1)
pathetically just to look for this stubborn girlBut somehow, there seemed to be a mysterious charm about Yan Luoxi. After getting her once, he found himself wanting more, like an addict who could not...Chapter 85: High-end Matchmaking Event
When Yan Luoxi started talking about Sun Liangliang, she felt a bit uneasy and couldn't look her mother in the eye. After hearing her mother's brief reply, she didn't ask any further questions.
Xue Liping chatted with Yan Luoxi about beauty tips for a while before starting to pick out clothes for her.
Seeing that Xue Liping was going to buy more clothes for her, Yan Luoxi tried to stop her. In recent days, under Li An's semi-compulsion, she had already bought plenty of luxurious dresses that made her cringe.
"Mom, I have enough clothes. Since I'm not working now and don't need to go anywhere, there's no need for new clothes."
"Even if you're not going out to work, you still need to meet people. If you stay at home like this, you'll end up becoming dull. Tonight, come with me to a gathering." Xue Liping didn't ask but rather stated her decision.
"Mom, I don't want to go. I don't know any of those people..." Yan Luoxi murmured as she tried to protest, only for Xue Liping to interrupt forcefully, "No can do, you must go. If you stay at home like this any longer, you'll develop depression."
In reality, Yan Luoxi didn't want to be at home either. When Li An was there, she always found him annoying and wished he would leave so that she could have peace and quiet. But after he left, the emptiness of his absence made her feel lonely, even reviving memories of a past heartbreak.
She realized she had started to care about and rely on Li An; without him around, she felt anxious inside. In order to prove that she could survive without him as well, she decided to follow her mother's wishes and attend the gathering with her.
Xue Liping not only ordered Yan Luoxi to accompany her to the event but also spent an entire afternoon taking her shopping for clothes and having a spa treatment, thoroughly dressing her up.
After going through so many procedures, Yan Luoxi felt annoyed. However, when she complained to her mother about it, Xue Liping frowned and lectured her, "I would lose face if I bring my daughter, who looks disheveled, out!"
With her mother, the super beauty consultant, accompanying her, Yan Luoxi managed to make a fresh appearance at the dinner party.
However, after arriving at the venue of the dinner party, she regretted it. It wasn't just an ordinary gathering for middle-aged and elderly women; it was a meeting where they brought their children along, essentially turning into an indirect matchmaking event.
Xue Liping stood out among this group of people. Suddenly bringing a young girl with her inevitably led to questions from others, forcing Xue Liping to introduce her daughter's background whenever she met someone.
Yan Luoxi was quite accomplished; she graduated from an elite university in the capital city and looked pure and cute, moving gracefully. If one were to overlook the period when she was kept by Li An, she would be considered a qualified candidate for a wealthy woman's son-in-law.
Xue Liping basked in compliments, as if all her daughter's success was due to her careful cultivation, completely forgetting about how she had ignored her daughter for over ten years.
Yan Luoxi, on the other hand, felt extremely embarrassed when everyone praised her. She finally found a way out by claiming she wanted to use the restroom and managed to escape from being surrounded by the group of wives.
The dinner party featured a variety of dishes in a buffet style. The little steak slices on the plate were fragrant. Seeing no one around, she picked up a piece and quietly put it in her mouth.
Just as she had taken two bites, she heard her mother calling out to her from behind, "Luoxi, I finally found you! It was hard for me to find you!"
What was there to look for I wouldn't just disappear!
Yan Luoxi sighed inwardly and struggled to swallow the food in her mouth. Turning around to look at her mother, she saw her leading a man who exuded poise and mature charm towards herself, and this familiar yet strange man made the meat in her throat feel stuck.
"Miss Yan, what a coincidence!"
The gentle voice, impeccable smile, profound demeanor...
Where have I seen this person before!
Yan Luoxi forced herself to swallow the food and her brain worked at high speed.
"Miss Yan, I am Guo Yuehui. Do you remember me" The man smiled warmly at Yan Luoxi.
"Ah!" Yan Luoxi suddenly remembered, "You're Brother Guo who helped me in the capital city!"
"Finally, you've thought of me." The man seemed to heave a sigh of relief.
"So you two knew each other before! This is just great!" Xue Liping was overjoyed. Her favored young and accomplished man happened to be an old acquaintance of Yan Luoxi, making things much easier. She pulled Yan Luoxi closer and introduced her: "This is my best sister-in-law’s son. He's the president of a major bank in the capital city at such a young age, quite remarkable!"
Afterwards, Xue Liping affectionately hugged Guo Yuehui and said as if they were family members, "Yuehui, this is my daughter, your dear Luoxi sister. You should take good care of her in the future!"
Yan Luoxi understood what her mother meant; it was a subtle way of promoting herself. If the person standing in front of her were someone else, she could simply dismiss them with a few polite words and leave. However, this person was Gu Yuehui. During his time in Beijing, he had helped her twice when she was miserable and alone. No matter how you looked at it, he was her benefactor, and one mustn't be ungrateful.
So, Yan Luoxi gathered her spirits and smiled sincerely at Gu Yuehui, calling him Brother Gu in a sweet voice. When Xue Liping saw this, she felt hopeful and even more delighted.
Gu Yuehui was an outgoing person with lively thinking and engaging conversation, sprinkled with some small humor that occasionally made Yan Luoxi giggle softly.
Xue Liping's sharp eyes could see that Gu Yuehui had a very good impression of Yan Luoxi. Her heart felt incredibly relieved; this Gu Yuehui was not inferior to Zhou Guangtao in looks, wealth, or position. If her daughter could marry him, it would be quite an achievement indeed. She was satisfied and patted both Gu Yuehui and Yan Luoxi on the shoulder before quietly retreating.
Seeing her mother leaving, Yan Luoxi wanted to ask her to stay but thought she could just chat a little longer with Gu Yuehui instead, sparing herself from more introductions and conversations about foolish and noisy topics by self-proclaimed high-society ladies.
The conversation between Gu Yuehui and Yan Luoxi was going well when his phone suddenly rang. He smiled at her apologetically: "Sorry, I need to take this call."
As Yan Luoxi watched Gu Yuehui walk aside to answer the call, she remembered her own phone as well. She took it out and saw six missed calls from Li An; they had been too loud in the ballroom for her to hear.
Yan Luoxi returned Li An's call. It only rang once before Li An shouted angrily: "Are you still alive"
"The room was noisy, and I didn't hear my phone," Yan Luoxi explained cautiously.
"Where are you now" Li An panted heavily on the other end of the line. indeed the most perplexing creatures even a smart person like him couldn't fully understand after living with Gu Xiaobei for so long.Stepping back a few paces, Li Haonan made some noise, pretending h...