"Xiaomo, are you back?"
As soon as I pushed open the heavy mahogany door of the perfect apartment, Xia Yan greeted me warmly.
"yes……"
Unlike Xia Yan's enthusiasm, I answered weakly. After entering the door, I still kept the posture of opening the door to allow Cen Shengyuan to come in.
The smart and kind-hearted Su Xiaomo has now completely become Cen Shengyuan's personal maid.
Seeing Cen Shengyuan following me in, Xia Yan's face became noticeably gloomy.
But seeing Xia Yan like this, Cen Shengyuan seemed to be in a good mood and greeted him with a smile: "Hi, Xia Yan, I'm back too!"
Xia Yan rolled his eyes speechlessly at Cen Shengyuan, packed up the books on the table, and prepared to go back to his room.
But just as I was about to close the door of the perfect apartment, a person suddenly appeared.
Susie?
What is she here for?
Susie ran out of breath, pushed the door against my chest, and glanced at me with disdain.
"Cen Shengyuan, here's an invitation for you!"
Invitation?
When Cen Shengyuan heard Susie's voice, he immediately turned around and looked at Susie who was leaning on the door with one hand.
Susie, who had just been bent over and gasping for breath, immediately raised her head, quickly tidied her hair, and smiled lightly.
"There's a party tonight in Auditorium No. 3." She took out a few invitations from her bag and handed them to Cen Shengyuan. At the same time, she glanced around the lobby of Perfect Apartment. "Here are also invitations for Chi Zaochuan and Wenrou. I hope everyone can come."
"Did you write this? It's so ugly." Cen Shengyuan pinched the invitation in her hand with two fingers, put it in front of his eyes, squinted his eyes and looked at the gold-plated words on it, "Bring me another invitation."
"Yes, I wrote all the invitations for this party." Susie was obviously unhappy when he said his handwriting was ugly, but she still kept smiling stiffly, "You still need invitations? Whose invitations?"
Humph! He rolled his eyes when he looked at me, but smiled so enthusiastically at Cen Shengyuan that even his eyes narrowed into slits.
Seeing that Cen Shengyuan seemed to be talking to Su Si very seriously, I curled my lips and planned to walk over to say a few words to Xia Yan, but Cen Shengyuan glared at me quickly and fiercely.
ok, I get it.
Recently, whenever I talk to Xia Yan, Cen Shengyuan will be like he is now, not only glaring at me, but sometimes even attacking me directly with venomous words.
How abominable!
After giving me a quick glare, Cen Shengyuan turned his head, took the invitations from Wenrou and Chi Zaochuan, and said, "Susie, do I need to say hello to whoever I'm going to bring to the party?"
Hearing his words, Susie glared at me resentfully, and then said, "The invitations this time have been printed in advance. If Lord Cen Shengyuan wants to bring someone with him, he doesn't need an invitation."
"I'll think about it, you can go now."
Seeing that Cen Shengyuan had ordered us to leave, Susie left reluctantly, and glared at me fiercely before leaving.
Hey, it was clearly Cen Shengyuan who drove you away, why are you glaring at me?
"By the way." Just as she was hesitating, Cen Shengyuan suddenly spoke up. Su Qian turned around in surprise and said, "Remember to close the door."
Su Si looked at Cen Shengyuan, who looked calm and composed, with tears in her eyes, then turned around and slammed the door shut.
Hahaha, Susie, you deserved it for glaring at me!
I couldn't stop smiling. Cen Shengyuan is at his best only at times like this.
"Cen Shengyuan." Xia Yan, who was standing at the door of the room, suddenly came over and said, "Take me to the party tonight."
This was the first time Xia Yan took the initiative to talk to Cen Shengyuan since the last time.
But why would he want to go to this party?
"You want to go too?"
Cen Shengyuan turned around and looked at Xia Yan with raised eyebrows.
"I want to meet new classmates."
Xia Yan frowned as he answered Cen Shengyuan's words. It was obvious that he was trying to control his emotions while talking to Cen Shengyuan.
But to my surprise, Cen Shengyuan seemed happy to agree to Xia Yan's request: "Okay, the invitation says it starts at 8pm, you can wait for me in the living room at 7:30pm. By the way, since you want to meet new classmates, are you interested in the student union?"
"Student Union?"
Xia Yan, who had already turned around to go back to his room, turned back again.
"Yes, if you are interested, I can ask the recruitment department to arrange for you to go directly for an interview."
Xia Yan looked at me, then looked at Cen Shengyuan, and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I'm just helping you, don't worry!" Cen Shengyuan looked at me and smiled, "Then it's settled. You go for the interview tomorrow, and I'll let you know the time and place."
Xia Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay...thank you."
What are these two people doing?
They were clearly just talking to each other, why were they always looking at me?
While Cen Shengyuan and Xia Yan were talking, I quietly picked up my schoolbag and tried to sneak back upstairs, but was seen by Cen Shengyuan.
"Su Xiaomo, come down, you will also follow me to the party tonight."
I am coming too?
I don't want to! With Susie and so many other self-righteous girls around, I can tell with my toes that Susie will embarrass me.
"I'm not going..."
"When Chi Zaochuan comes back, ask him to help you put on makeup." Cen Shengyuan seemed not to hear my protest and made the decision on his own.
"Hey, I'm not going to that party!"
"Go and finish your homework now and come down at six o'clock." He suddenly looked me up and down.
Hey! Why are you looking at me like that?
I was horrified by Cen Shengyuan's gaze and took a step back involuntarily.
"Looking at your figure, I guess you can't even wear a plus-sized dress. You should lose weight!"
After saying this, Cen Shengyuan picked up his coat, pushed open the door of the Perfect Apartment, and said, "Remember, 6 o'clock."
I'm not going to the party!
He even laughed at me for being fat!
I picked up my schoolbag angrily and prepared to go upstairs, but suddenly saw Xia Yan who hadn't returned to his room yet, so I asked, "Xia Yan, are you going tonight too?"
Xia Yan no longer had the joy he had when he saw me come back. He just said "hmm" and looked at me with a complicated expression.
I was about to go upstairs in frustration, but Xia Yan stopped me.
"Hello, Su Xiaomo."
"What's wrong?"
Xia Yan adjusted his glasses, lowered his head out of habit, and said, "Nothing... Cen Shengyuan is really good to you."
Looking at Xia Yan who walked into his room after saying this, I suddenly felt a little puzzled.
Why did he say such a thing?
Besides, how has Cen Shengyuan been nice to me?
I finished my homework at 5:30 and then sat in the room anxiously until 6 o'clock.
"I really don't want to go to that party..."
I lay weakly on the table and screamed.
My classmates have been ostracizing me lately. If I go, Susie will definitely embarrass me.
If you don't go...
I suddenly remembered the photo in Cen Shengyuan's hand and his threat to send me to the Discipline Department.
Let’s go downstairs. When we get to the party, I’ll follow Cen Shengyuan. This way, no one will dare to cause trouble for me.
Before I reached the first floor, when I was standing on the stairs, I was shocked by the scene on the first floor.
What is Cen Shengyuan doing? Has he moved his fashion store to the Perfect Apartment?
The lobby on the first floor of the Perfect Apartment has changed its appearance. The round table and chairs originally placed in the middle of the lobby have been moved to the side, replaced by a long clothing rack with various evening dresses hanging on it. There are all kinds of jewelry on the dressing table. From a distance, I am almost dazzled by the sparkling crystals and diamonds.
Cen Shengyuan, who had one hand in his pocket and was directing Wenrou and Chi Zaochuan to carry the clothes rack with his other hand, looked up and saw me standing on the stairs. He said, "Su Xiaomo, why are you coming down just now? Didn't I tell you to come down at 6 o'clock? It's already 4 minutes and 32 seconds! Why are you still in a daze? Come down quickly!"
After he yelled at me, I immediately walked down the stairs quickly, looking at the various evening dresses hanging on the clothes rack with envy.
So beautiful...
My eyes were immediately drawn to the dresses on the hangers, each with layers of lace, ribbons and hand-crocheted lace. Some of the skirts were densely decorated with rice-sized pearls, emitting dazzling light under the lights.
"Which one do you like?"
While I was admiring the dress, I suddenly heard Cen Shengyuan's voice.
like?
I looked at him in disbelief, pointed at myself and asked, "Are you asking me?"
Cen Shengyuan rolled his eyes unceremoniously and said, "Idiot! Who else can wear these skirts except you? Do you want that sissy Chi Zaochuan to wear a fishtail skirt to the party?"
"Cen Shengyuan, you've gone too far!"
Hearing Cen Shengyuan's words, Chi Zaochuan reached out to rub his hair angrily, but I had no intention of watching the big devil being bullied by Chi Zaochuan for a rare time. Instead, I looked at those beautiful dresses with surprise.
Is this the clothes that Cen Shengyuan prepared for me? He didn't just pick one at random, but let me pick the one I like.
Cen Shengyuan, I will never call you the Big Devil again!
I looked at him with emotion, but Cen Shengyuan was tidying up his hair that was messed up by Chi Zaochuan, frowning and saying, "Hurry up and pick one to change into. If you lose another ten pounds, I won't have to take these. Starting tomorrow, you are not allowed to eat dinner. Do you hear me?"
"I'm not fat, I'm healthy! Mom always says I'm a healthy baby!"
I curled my lips, quickly picked up the pink skirt in the middle of the hanger, and ran to the room upstairs.
I really like this dress! Although it doesn't look good with me wearing glasses and a ponytail, this layered pink dress is absolutely beautiful! The add a touch of Gothic style. The asymmetry of the left and right sides also modifies my waist and makes my legs look longer. The left hem is so short that it reveals my thighs, while the long tulle hem on the right is decorated with layers of pearls, which makes it look luxurious and lively.
But where is the pink ribbon on this skirt used for?
I walked downstairs in my skirt, holding the ribbon and asked Cen Shengyuan: "There is an extra ribbon, where is it placed?"
Cen Shengyuan didn't answer me right away, but was stunned for a moment. Chi Zaochuan, who had taken out a bunch of things and was fiddling with them on the table, said, "Tsk tsk, I didn't realize, little country girl, you have such good skin. You look really good in this dress. Cen Shengyuan, you have really good taste!"
Cen Shengyuan has good taste? Does that mean he picked all the evening gowns?
Ike Hayakawa came over, took the ribbon from my hand, and said, "This should be tied to the exposed left leg. Let me help you. You can't bend down anymore, right?"
I nodded and stretched my left leg forward.
But Chi Zaochuan was pushed away by Cen Shengyuan, who knocked Chi Zaochuan on the head vigorously and said, "Go over and do your eyeshadow."
He took the ribbon from Ike Hayakawa, squatted down and knelt on one knee on the ground.
Cen Shengyuan actually wants to help me tie the ribbon? And in such an ambiguous posture.
Kneeling on one knee!
"I...I'll do it myself ..." I declined awkwardly, but Cen Shengyuan stubbornly refused to get up.
Seeing the originally proud Cen Shengyuan lowering his head in front of me, I don’t know why, my heart suddenly started beating violently.
He tied the ribbon on me very carefully. His movements were very gentle and quick, and he didn't touch me at all, but I still felt a burning sensation passing over my skin.
Doesn’t kneeling on one knee usually mean proposing or courting?
My mind started to associate uncontrollably...
"Okay, now go over there and let Chi Hayakawa put on your makeup."
After being awakened by Cen Shengyuan's voice, I found a suspicious blush on his face. But before I could observe carefully, he reached out and pushed me to the dining table on the side, and pressed my shoulder to make me sit down.
Ike Hayakawa took off my black-framed glasses, then deftly untied my hair and picked up a powder puff from the table.
"No need to put on makeup..."
"Shut up!"
Chi Zaochuan and Cen Shengyuan spoke at the same time. Looking at their faces, I could only shut my mouth and let Chi Zaochuan use a bunch of strange things to play with my face.
It took Chi Hayakawa an hour to finish my makeup. He also took out a curling iron and curled my hair into big waves.
Now I finally understand why Ike Hayakawa's bangs always curl in one direction. What a vain boy!
No wonder his dressing room is also a forbidden area!
After putting on a necklace made of three rows of pink pearls and a small crown inlaid with diamonds, I immediately broke free from Chi Zaochuan's hand and tried to stand up, but Cen Shengyuan stopped me.
"What else do you want to do?"
However, Cen Shengyuan rarely scolded me. Instead, he picked up a pair of high heels inlaid with rhinestones and pearls from under the clothes rack and walked over to me.
"Hey, Cen Shengyuan, are you sure I can still stand after putting it on..."
But my protest stopped the next second.
It must be my illusion. Cen Shengyuan actually knelt on one knee again to help me change my shoes.
I suddenly had an illusion that I was a princess protected by Cen Shengyuan. It was not until he helped me walk to the huge mirror in the living room that I woke up from this illusion.
In the mirror, the girl in the asymmetrical pink princess dress has long seaweed-like hair, and both the necklace on her neck and the fish-mouth shoes on her feet are emitting the dazzling light of diamonds. Unlike the long skirt on the right, the ribbon wrapped around the exposed left leg makes the girl's legs look slender and white.
But no matter which beautiful accessories she chooses, they can't draw people's attention away from the girl's delicate face - jelly-pink lips, a high nose, and a pair of eyes that seem to be able to speak.
"Is this really me?"
"Su Xiaomo, you really should have chosen to wear contact lenses." Chi Zaochuan interrupted, making me even more certain that the princess in the mirror who seemed to have walked out of the royal family was really me.
"My glasses are for corrective vision. I can take them off after wearing them for another month."
Cen Shengyuan didn't say anything. He was wearing a black tuxedo and his hair was neatly combed. He suddenly took a step forward and stood beside me. The smile on his face was so gentle for the first time.
He raised one arm slightly.
Does this mean I should hold his arm?
I slipped my hand through his arm, looked at him in disbelief, and took a step forward.
Damn it! I knew I wouldn't be able to walk steadily in these shoes. It turns out he was holding me up because he was afraid I would fall.
Xia Yan's door suddenly opened, and Xia Yan, wearing a dark blue dress, walked out, tall and elegant. His eyes swept over us, and then stayed on me for a full ten seconds, and then he hesitated and said: "Cen Shengyuan, where is Xiaomo?"
"Hey, hey, hey! I just took off my glasses, changed my hairstyle, changed my skirt, and put on some makeup. Can't you recognize me?"
Xia Yan said in disbelief: "Are you Xiaomo?"
"Let's go, Chi Zaochuan, Wenrou, both of you should move faster!"
Cen Shengyuan interrupted Xia Yan and pulled me out very gentlemanly.
As much as I hated attending parties with Susie, it was actually pretty nice!
I held Cen Shengyuan's arm and felt him deliberately slowing down to let me get used to the high heels. A big smile appeared on my face.