C19 A Feast

The weather was clear and the sky was blue. White clouds were floating as the warm sunlight shined on the land.

A banquet was being held in the lobby of the famous five-star luxury hotel in Z City. The banquet invited business and political celebrities. All those who came wore suits and shoes, and all the women wore dresses and dresses.

Half an hour ago, when Zuo Yi was still in the library watching Red and Black , she suddenly received a call from Lu Shaoqian. His magnetic voice told her that she should return to Lu Family Villa immediately.

Shaking her head and sighing, Zuo Yi closed the book, picked up her schoolbag and walked towards the school gate. The black Audi stopped at the door and she walked over. When she got in the car, she saw the handsome and seductive face of the domineering CEO in the backseat.

"Let's go to the clothing store first." Lu Shaoqian said to the driver.

Zuo Yi sat down on her seat. Hearing Lu Shaoqian's words, her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that she was going to attend the banquet?

It turned out that her guess was right. Lu Shaoqian was going to take her to the most famous friendship party in Z-city.

Not only did this news fail to make Zuo Yi happy, it even made her feel uneasy. She used to hate banquets the most. In short, she didn't even like banquets in public.

"What's wrong? Are you happy? " Lu Shaoqian saw Zuo Yi sitting there in a daze, so he opened his mouth to ask her.

He knew Zuo Yi because of the banquet. Since then, in Lu Shaoqian's mind, the banquet became a synonym for luck.

Therefore, he decided that no matter what kind of banquet was held in the future, regardless of whether it was in the open or in the large room, he would bring Zuo Yi to attend it and also take the opportunity to bask in the affection of this newly-wed couple.

"Lu Shaoqian, can I not participate?"

The man, who was still waiting for the sweet reply to 'I like', felt the muscles on his face twitch. It was completely different from what he had imagined.

What had gone wrong?

"Why? Is the banquet not fun? There's a lot of good food and fun. " Lu Shaoqian thought for a while and tried his best to explain the situation of the banquet.

Zuo Yi pursed her lips. How was she going to explain it? If you don't like it, then you don't like it. What's the reason for that?

"Your parents are coming for this banquet as well. If you don't see your daughter, they'll miss you." Lu Shaoqian thought back to what happened last time in the Zuo Family living room. He reached out to touch his chin and suddenly felt that this reason wasn't really appropriate.

Zuo Yi frowned. Since she was going to attend the meeting with her parents, it would be better if she didn't go with them, in case she saw them, her emotions would burst out again. It would affect her marriage with Lu Qian, so if she wanted to investigate the cause of her mother's death, Lu Shaoqian would probably not help her.

After all, their marriage was an agreement. If one party broke it, the other party could terminate it.

"I don't want to go to the party!" Zuo Yi rejected him flatly.

Lu Shaoqian's eyes showed a hint of regret. He knew why he said that earlier.

However, two rays of intelligence flashed through his hawk-like black eyes.

From his pocket, he took out two small and exquisite invitation cards. He handed them over to Zuo Yi beside him. "Look, the invitations have already been sent over. We can't not go."

Zuo Yi's eyes swept across the two invitations and immediately lost. It seemed like this banquet was going to be an extraordinary one.

But he clearly didn't like it.

She rubbed her temples, and her head suddenly hurt. Zuo Yi's gaze inadvertently landed on the face beside her. Her head hurt even more.

He had never had a headache before, ever since he got married to Lu Shaoqian, it had started.

So what this marriage had left him with was only a headache.

Zuo Yi suddenly felt that she had done a lot of things she didn't like to do ever since they were married. Acting like a loving couple and showing off on all sorts of occasions, she felt that she would go crazy if this went on.

He turned to the person beside him. "Has the cause of my mother's death been resolved yet?"

Lu Shaoqian stared at the two invitation cards in his hand and said without raising his head, "Not yet, I think it will take a while."

After listening from both sides, he could only silently ask in his heart, just when would it be in the end?

Soon, the black Audi stopped in front of the entrance of the five-star hotel.

Lu Shaoqian and Zuo Yi walked towards the banquet together.

When the people at the venue saw the CEO of the Lu's entering, they all surrounded him. After Lu Shaoqian introduced Zuo Yi to the people, he started a conversation with business friends.

Zuo Yi didn't know much about business, so she wandered around the venue. Suddenly, she noticed an empty sofa in the corner, so she walked over and sat down.

The people in front of her made her dizzy.

The female students at the banquet dressed in formal attire and dresses were all dressed up beautifully. The corners of their mouths were raised and their smiles were as sweet as those of an intoxicated chocolate bar.

Zuo Yi just liked to be quiet. She would rather spend the afternoon in the library, quietly reading a book.

A person walked towards her. Zuo Yi raised her head and saw Zuo Nian's smiling face.

"I knew you were coming, so I pestered dad to bring me here." Zuo Nianyi opened her mouth to start a fight.

Zuo Yi shook her head. She felt even more pain in her temple.

She didn't want to argue with Zuo Nian, so she just leaned her head to the side and enjoyed the scenery outside the window.

However, Zuo Nian was obviously angered by her cold attitude. She sat down on the sofa and said angrily, "Zuo Yi, let's see who will have the last laugh."

Of course, Zuo Nian's voice was very soft and only Zuo Yi could hear it.

With that, she stood up from the sofa and walked into the crowd. The smile on her face was like a blossoming peach flower. Even her voice had turned soft and gentle, as if the person who sat beside Zuo Yi just now wasn't her.

Zuo Yi ignored her. Her eyes pierced through the crowd and saw Lu Shaoqian.

At this moment, he was happily chatting with the people around him while holding the champagne. His hawk-like eyes flashed with a cunning light.

Zuo Yi looked at the time on her phone. It was only two in the afternoon, so this banquet should take another four to five hours to finish.

She rubbed her temples, stood up, and went into the bathroom.

She stepped on her unaccustomed heels and walked carefully into the bathroom. Zuo Yi turned on the tap, and a stream of cool water flowed into her heart.

Not long after, the bathroom door opened again. Zuo Yi looked up and saw Zuo Nian walking towards her with a smile.

"Yo, sister, your dress today is so beautiful." Zuo Nian walked over to Zuo Yi's side with a brilliant smile on her face.

Zuo Yi looked at his face and immediately thought of a bright and blossoming man-eating flower.

"Thank you." Zuo Yi washed her hands and prepared to leave.

"Wait, sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Don't you want to talk to me?" Zuo Nian suddenly acted like a spoiled child.

Zuo Nian frowned as she looked at Zuo Nian in disbelief. It seemed like she wasn't the one who had been scolding Zuo Nian ten minutes ago?

Zuo Yi nodded. Okay, it was just a chat. Anyway, Zuo Nian was still his sister.

Zuo Yi thought that Zuo Nian's heart had really become as beautiful as the smile on her face.

"Elder sister, how did you get to know brother-in-law? "I don't remember you talking about it before. Why are you hiding it when you're in a relationship?"

The moment Zuo Nian opened her mouth, Zuo Yi knew that she was wrong. She thought that her little sister had become kind-hearted. From the looks of it, it was just a delusion. No matter how Zuo Nian tried, she couldn't change it.

Just a little.

"About that, I don't want to talk about it anymore. Don't ask anymore." Zuo Yi suddenly felt a headache coming on. She didn't want to stay with Zuo Nian any longer and wanted to return to the banquet hall.

"Sis, don't go. This is my present to you." Zuo Nian said as she took out a bottle of red liquid from her bag.

Zuo Yi frowned, thinking that this was the first time she had seen wine with such bright colors.

She waved her hand and said, "I appreciate your kindness, but you should keep this bottle of wine." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the washroom.

At that moment, she suddenly felt a chill behind her back. Turning her head, she saw a patch of red on the back of her white dress. That red was very conspicuous, but that spot couldn't help but cause her to let her imagination run wild.

"You, how could you do this?" Zuo Yi turned around and looked at Zuo Nian with a frown. She still needed to go back to the banquet, but with her current sorry state, it was impossible for her to go back to the banquet.

With her eyes closed, Zuo Nian could imagine the headline in the newspaper tomorrow, "A newlywed couple with broken feelings, their wife leaving the banquet in a fit of anger".

If that was really the case, then he wouldn't be able to find his mother's true cause of death.

However, if he were to return to the banquet just like that, he would definitely be laughed out loud.

"Elder sister, I didn't mean it. I don't know how I ended up like this. The stopper might have fallen off. Elder sister, take it. Although there's only half a bottle left, it's still my little sister's heart." Zuo Nian said in an extremely aggrieved tone.

The bathroom door was slightly ajar, and Zuo Nian's voice could be heard from time to time, causing people to peek inside.

"Elder sister, just take it. Don't let sister down." Zuo Nian continued to speak with a wronged tone.

Zuo Yi only felt a wave of nausea. If Zuo Nian felt wronged, then wouldn't she be even more wronged than Dou Er?

She reached out her hand to open the bathroom door and stepped out. There were a few people standing in the corridor. Apparently, they had all heard what was said in the washroom.

When they saw that it was Zuo Yi with a wronged girl following behind her, they started to discuss among themselves.

"Why is the wife of the Lu's's CEO like this? Her quality is really not that good!"

"That's right, that must be because of our Lu's!"

Hearing their discussion, Zuo Yi frowned. She turned around and saw that Zuo Nian's face was actually crying.

Heavens, is there justice left?

Zuo Yi frowned as she continued walking forward. Along the way, he heard another round of mocking laughter.

"What do you see on that girl's dress?"

"It must be a physiological period."

"Haha, what bad luck. I was even wearing a white dress."

Zuo Yi could imagine that when she appeared in the banquet hall, other people would think that she had seen the beast race. She gritted her teeth and braced herself as she pushed open the door to the banquet hall.

Suddenly, he was stopped by an arm.

She turned around and saw Zhou Wenli.

"Madam, please come this way with me."

Zuo Yi let go of her hand that was on the doorknob and followed Zhou Wenli into the room upstairs.

Zhou Wenli took out a new white dress and said to Zuo Yi, "You should put this on. When it's time for the ballroom dance, you can go back to the banquet."

With that, she left the key with Zuo Yi and walked out of the room.

Zuo Yi picked up the new dress and looked at it. The size was exactly the same as her own … He took off the gown that had been splashed with red wine and put on the new one. Standing in front of the mirror, he looked at himself. This one seemed to be even better looking than the previous one.