Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Pei Yining was about to answer her son’s words, but the lights dimmed again, the music stopped, and the banquet hall was instantly plunged into a pitch-black darkness. Just when everyone thought it was a power outage, the air was suddenly filled with a faint fragrance, the smell of roses.
Then, the lights came on, and everyone found that there were several more drones in the banquet hall, and they were now scattering rose petals, which was where the fragrance came from.
“Is this also your arrangement?” Shen Qinglan raised his eyebrows.
Unexpectedly, Fu Hengyi shook his head, “No, I didn’t know there was such a thing.”
For some reason, Shen Qinglan’s heart sank suddenly. Just when she felt vaguely uneasy, her sight suddenly paused and looked towards the door, with shock in her eyes.
The man stood in the light in a straight suit, with a gentle smile on his feminine face, and was smiling at Shen Qinglan at this moment. One step behind him, was Xu Nuo.
Sisli’s pupils shrank suddenly, and she took two steps back. Andre quickly pulled her into his arms. Although Andre’s reaction was not as big as Sisli’s, his inner shock could still be seen from the depths of his eyes.
“Pop.” Jin Enxi was drinking water. When she saw the person on the screen, she sprayed a mouthful of water directly on the computer screen in front of her. The cup in her hand fell to the ground and shattered. Eden stood up suddenly and looked at the person on the screen in shock.
Shen Qinglan came back to her senses from the shock. The smile on her face had long disappeared. She looked at Alan with a cold face, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking at the moment.
The whole audience was silent, looking at the person who appeared at the door.
Alan smiled slightly, walked through the crowd, and walked in front of Shen Qinglan, “Qinglan, long time no see.” His eyes were full of undisguised longing and greed, as well as deep obsession.
It turned out that they knew each other. The people present were silently relieved in their hearts, and only the hearts of a few people who knew Alan were still hanging high there.
When the Shen family saw Xu Nuo following behind Alan, their faces changed. This woman had once pretended to be Leng Qingqiu. Although many people did not recognize her even if they had seen her because of her makeup today, the Shen family still recognized her at a glance. Shen Junyu looked at this woman with a cold face. Thinking of something, he looked at Alan with unkind eyes.
Shen Qinglan looked at him with a blank expression. Fu Hengyi saw Alan and his face gradually darkened. As a man, he could understand the affection in Alan’s eyes.
“Lanlan, who is this?” Shen Junyu walked over and asked with a smile, but the coldness in his eyes was obvious to others.
“I’m Qinglan’s friend. I heard that it was her birthday today, so I came here to congratulate her.” Alan spoke. Even though his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, it was gentle and affectionate. However, when he saw the ring on Shen Qinglan’s hand, a vicious flash flashed in his eyes. He glanced at Fu Hengyi, and his gaze immediately shifted to Shen Qinglan, “Isn’t that right, Qinglan?”
Shen Qinglan’s eyes were heavy, her red lips slightly opened, and she uttered a word, “Yes.”
Alan smiled slowly. He looked feminine, but different from Han Yi’s masculine and feminine beauty. When he smiled, people could see the coldness for no reason. “Qinglan, I haven’t seen you for a few years, you are still so beautiful and cute.”
Shen Qinglan was not happy at all to be described as beautiful and cute. Her eyes fell on Xu Nuo who was following Alan, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly, “Miss Xu, we meet again.”
Xu Nuo smiled slightly, “Hello, Miss Shen.”
“This lady looks very familiar.” Shen Junyu said coldly.
Alan chuckled, “It was just a little joke with Qinglan before, Xu Nuo, I apologize to Miss Shen.”
Xu Nuo heard this and a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, but her actions were also decisive, “Miss Shen, it was wrong of me to pretend to be Leng Qingqiu before, please forgive me.”
Their voices were not small, and others had heard it, and they all looked at Xu Nuo. The previous incident was a hot topic, and many people had seen Xu Nuo, but her makeup today was different from before, so many people did not recognize her at first glance.
Xu Nuo ignored everyone’s gaze, just looked straight at Shen Qinglan, saying sorry, but her eyes were full of provocation.
She believed that Shen Qinglan must know that she was hunting down Jin Enxi. Now that she saw her, Shen Qinglan could still remain calm. She couldn’t help but be curious. Shen Qinglan was obviously the daughter of the Shen family, but she knew Alan, and it seemed that they had a special relationship. And when she was hunting down Jin Enxi that night, the man who came out later had a weapon in his hand. This was very interesting. Miss Shen was friends with such a person, so who was she? Alan was a cold-hearted person, even his blood was cold, but he took this woman to heart.
Shen Qinglan naturally didn’t expect Alan to not tell Xu Nuo about her identity.
“This gentleman’s joke is not pleasing to people.” Fu Hengyi said lightly. Although his tone was flat, everyone could hear the dissatisfaction in his tone.
Alan had deliberately ignored Fu Hengyi’s existence. Now when he heard him speak, the smile on his face was a little stiff. Seeing him standing next to Shen Qinglan, he wished he could tear this man into pieces. “I don’t think Qinglan minds my joke, right, Qinglan?” He said the last two words gently, fearing that others would not know that he liked Shen Qinglan.
The expression on Shen Qinglan’s face remained unchanged, but her eyes gradually became cold. She looked at Alan steadily and said slowly, “I mind.”
Alan smiled, as if looking at a child in a bad mood, shook his head, and said helplessly, “Okay, I joked too much, I apologize. Today is your birthday, and I specially prepared a birthday present for you.” As he spoke, Alan took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to Shen Qinglan, “Qinglan, happy birthday!”
Shen Qinglan did not take it, “I appreciate the kindness, you can take the gift back, you can leave now.”
Hearing this, Alan finally couldn’t hold back the smile on his lips, “Qinglan, this is something I prepared specially for you, don’t you want to open it and take a look?” The two words “specially” were emphasized, making Xu Nuo, who was lowering her head behind him, look even gloomier.
Shen Qinglan reached out and took the box from Alan’s hand but did not open it. “I have accepted the gift. You can go now.”
Alan saw Shen Qinglan accept the gift, smiled again and shrugged, “Okay, Qinglan, it seems that you don’t like me to be here. It’s okay. We can talk alone another day.” After saying that, he glanced at Fu Hengyi, who had not said much but had not moved his hand from Shen Qinglan’s waist, and turned away.
Xu Nuo took a deep look at Shen Qinglan and followed him.
After walking out of the banquet hall and turning the corner, Alan’s face changed, his legs softened and he knelt down. His hands supported the ground. Xu Nuo was shocked and hurried forward to help him up, but before she touched him, he opened his hand, “Get out.”
Xu Nuo stood aside helplessly. Alan tried to stand up by himself, but the piercing pain in his legs made him lose all his strength. He tried several times but failed.
Xu Nuo wanted to help him, but Alan didn’t even let her touch him. She could only stand there and watch him hurt.
Finally, Peter, who was still worried about Alan, came up and saw this scene and took him away.
“I told you a long time ago that you can’t hold on for too long. You have to come down quickly. What are you dawdling on there for?” Peter scolded him.
Alan had a gloomy face and said nothing. He finally met Shen Qinglan, how could he bear to leave.
This was just a small episode at the banquet. After Alan left, the banquet hall became lively again. Although everyone was curious about Alan’s identity, they naturally turned their attention back to the banquet after everyone left.
Shen Qinglan held the small box in her hand, lowered her eyes, and didn’t know what she was thinking. Fu Hengyi looked at her, “Qinglan.” He called softly.
Shen Qinglan came back to her senses and found that Fu Hengyi and Shen Junyu were looking at her at the moment.
“Lanlan, who was that man just now?” Shen Junyu frowned. Alan gave him a bad feeling. This man was too gloomy.
“It’s just someone I knew before, and there’s a bit of grudge between us.” Shen Qinglan said, without any explanation. Shen Junyu and Fu Hengyi were both smart people, knowing that the occasion was not right, so they didn’t ask any more questions. However, Shen Qinglan was obviously a little absent-minded during the following banquet. Although she concealed it very well, Fu Hengyi could still sense it.
His eyes narrowed slightly. For some reason, he always felt that this man named Alan seemed to be related to the past that Shen Qinglan didn’t want to mention.
Although Alan was gone, the shock he brought to Andre and the others was still there. They had been speculating about Alan’s life or death before, and even some time ago they had been sure that Alan was still alive, but today they saw him standing in front of them with their own eyes, and the haze in their hearts was heavier than ever before.
“Andre, he is really still alive, he will definitely not let us go, what should we do now?” Sisli grabbed Andre’s clothes on his chest and asked softly, her voice trembling slightly.
Andre had a smile on his face, but his eyes were gloomy as he gently embraced Sisli, “Either he dies or we die, since we don’t want to die, then… Sisli, we have all died countless times, are we still afraid of this?”
Sisli gradually calmed down, thought about it, and nodded. Yes, there was no room for manoeuvre in this matter.
Looking at Shen Qinglan who was chatting with others, Sisli smiled. It’s true that she has lived a comfortable life for too long, which has worn away her courage. It’s just Alan. She carried out so many missions and survived so many trials. What was there to be afraid of now?
She reached out and lifted her hair, smiled, and instantly returned to the charming Sisli. Seeing that she had figured it out, Andre smiled and pulled Sisli to slide into the dance floor again.
“Eden, our battle has begun.” Jin Enxi smiled, and after recovering from the initial shock, there was a light of excitement in her eyes.
Eden smiled gently and nodded in agreement, “Well, the game has begun. I think this time, victory is still in our hands.”
“Haha, yes, victory must belong to us.” Jin Enxi smiled, rolled her eyes, and pointed at the frozen picture on the screen, “Eden, it was this woman who chased me last time. Let’s start with her. After all, Alan is our instructor. Now that we have graduated, we must show him our learning results. What do you think?”
“Your idea is very good.” Eden thought of something and said, “Maybe we can give Alan a big gift.”
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