Because she was not the protagonist of the banquet, Yu Qiuran showed up in the hall and sat in the corner waiting for the plot to develop.

In the original book, Su Tiantian accidentally bumped into a wealthy lady while helping to deliver small desserts. The other party mocked her meanly, and then Ao Jingyi discovered the farce here and rushed over to help her out.

At this point in the original book, the male and female protagonists already have a certain emotional foundation. But now that the plot has developed into a mystery, Yu Qiuran is a little confused, so he can only observe it secretly first.

The gorgeous crystal chandelier at the top of the hall exudes a bright and soft light, and the people at the banquet are dressed in fragrant temples.

Ao Jingyi and Ms. Ling did not act together, but were surrounded by people at both ends of the hall.

Although Xiaomei became a lot more lively in the Vientiane Garden and her party, when Ao Jingyi asked her if she wanted to attend the banquet, she still showed a look of resistance.

Ao Jingyi blocked the people sent by Ms. Ling and did not force Xiaomei.

In the boring waiting time, Yu Qiuran saw Xiaomei sneakily appearing in the corner where the promenade and the ball hall meet.

Xiaomei stuck out half of her head, blinked a pair of big clear eyes, and quietly looked at the luxuriously dressed guests curiously.

Seeing that Ao Jingyi was surrounded by people of different ages, he calmly shook hands with the old man with a Chen Su face, and said something that caused everyone to laugh happily Afterwards, Xiaomei showed a look of yearning and longing.

She seemed hesitant to pluck up the courage to walk in. But the dance music that suddenly sounded, and the crowd who danced off the stage startled her back again.

She looked around for a while, dawdling forward a little, but back and forth.

Finally, she turned her head and found Yu Qiuran hiding in the corner upstairs, her eyes lit up immediately.

Yu Qiuran watched her along the wall all the way, like a little mouse sneaking in to steal oil to eat, she held back her laughter and opened her arms to her.

From Xiaomei's location to the corner of Yu Qiuran's terrace, a long table with food is separated from the wall. Everyone's attention was on the dance floor at the moment, and no one was passing by the dining table or the stairs.

Xiaomei hesitated for a moment, finally closed her eyes, and rushed in the direction of Yu Qiuran.

However, because she didn't see the road, she ran halfway and bumped into a young lady who had just entered the venue in a hurry, wearing a gorgeous petticoat.

Miss Shi was bumped by Xiaomei, and she held onto the long table to stabilize her figure.

Seeing that something had changed, Yu Qiuran immediately got up and walked quickly in this direction.

Miss Shi, who was hit, was very angry and planned to scold the naughty child angrily. But after she lowered her head and glanced at Xiaomei's mutilated right hand, her eyes moved slightly, and she immediately put on a smiling face.

She grabbed Xiaomei who was about to rush away, changed into a gentle tone and said, "You are Master Ao's younger sister, Ao Jingmei, right? Is Xiaomei going to find her brother? Come on, sister take you there."

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Xiaomei's face suddenly lost its blood. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she pushed harder on the stranger who had grabbed her.

Miss Ke Shi grabbed her wrist and squatted down, pretending to coax her.

At this moment, a dining car slammed into Miss Shi who was half-squatting, knocking her into a stagger and almost falling. She hurriedly stretched out her hand to support the ground and let go of Xiaomei's shackles.

The petite Su Tiantian showed her head from behind the dining car, she nervously clutched the corner of her clothes: "I'm sorry, miss, I didn't see you bending over."

As she said this, she moved in small steps, blocking Xiaomei.

Xiaomei recognized that this was Sister Su, who she had seen before, who made snacks for herself. She immediately hid in Su Tiantian's figure and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

Miss Shi stood up and saw a few small cakes thrown from the cart, rolling down her gorgeous skirt, leaving traces of cream along the way.

Take a look at Xiaomei's somewhat dependent behavior.

Miss Shi reacted and scolded in a low voice: "How dare you hit me on purpose!"

She was furious. Xiaomei is a convenient way to approach Ao Jingyi, this little maid dares to take her chance!

She glanced up and down the maid's clothes on Su Tiantian's body with an uncomfortable look, and then said meanly: "Some people who don't know their identity, think that through this method, they can Have you climbed into a wealthy family?"

After whispering and quickly picking on Su Tiantian's appearance and demeaning him to nothing, she covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Oh, such an important occasion is so tricky to come in here. Toad | Toad."

Su Tiantian was stunned by her scolding and blushed, but still stood in place to protect Xiaomei and refused to move.

Yu Qiuran came down the stairs and rushed here, just in time to hear Miss Shi's last words, she couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Some people dress like dogs, but their inner Not as good as a toad | a toad."

Miss Shi, who was raising her hand to push Su Tiantian, trying to approach Xiaomei again, froze. She turned her head to see Yu Qiuran and squeezed out a smile: "Young Master Yu, you misunderstood..."

Yu Qiuran ignored her at all, just nodded to Su Tiantian, then waved to Xiaomei.

Xiaomei ran to hug Yu Qiuran's leg.

Yu Qiuran touched her head to comfort her.

Su Tiantian also hid nervously beside Yu Qiuran.

Miss Shi looked at the three people she clearly knew with an ugly expression.

At this moment, Ao Jingyi came over.

Because Xiaomei was short, mixed in the crowd, and was blocked by the long table where the food was placed at the banquet, he did not notice his sister running in before.

He didn't pay attention to the farce here until he saw Yu Qiuran who had been dodging in the corner moving.

When Miss Shi saw Ao Jingyi approaching, she immediately sued. She lifted the skirt aggrievedly: "Master Ao, your servant bumped into me and stained my skirt."

Su Tiantian deliberately bumped into people, originally very guilty. But she secretly glanced at Yu Qiuran beside her, and saw His Highness Yu's well-defined profile and calm expression.

She suddenly felt confident in her heart, and retorted loudly: "I saw that she was holding on to Miss Jingmei and wanted to stop her in a hurry."

Ao Jingyi's arrival attracted many people's attention to this corner, and Su Tiantian's crisp and resentful voice further attracted everyone's attention. Everyone looked at this side and began to whisper.

Ao Jingyi's face sank.

Miss Shi hurriedly defended: "It was this child who hit me first. I saw that she was alone, and I wanted to take her to find you for fear of her falling."

Ao Jingyi glanced at his sister who was aggrieved and shriveled, with tears in her eyes hiding behind Yu Qiuran, her eyes stopped on her little hand holding the corner of Yu Qiuran's clothes for a moment.

He didn't listen to Miss Shi's explanation any more, he directly signaled to the housekeeper: "This lady's clothes are dirty, pay her ten times the compensation, and then ask her to go home and change her clothes."

Miss Shi turned pale. Ao Jingyi ordered her to evict her, and like sending a beggar, he didn't show her face at all.

She looked around anxiously, saw Ms. Ling walking towards this side, her expression relaxed, and she couldn't help raising her voice: "I'm a guest invited by your mother, I..."

When she mentioned Ms. Ling, Ao Jingyi's eyes became colder. He interrupted him forcefully: "This is my birthday party, and I have the right not to welcome people with filth in their hearts."

As soon as these words came out, the voice of the crowd gradually increased. In the face of those strange eyes, bright or dark, Miss Shi's expression was stiff.

And Ms. Ling, who came in a hurry, heard this and shouted sternly: "Ao Jingyi, shut up!"

Ao Jingyi sneered, bent down and hugged Xiaomei, turned around and nodded to everyone: "I'll take my sister back to the room, I'm sorry for the time being."

After he finished speaking, he did not give Ms. Ling a look, and left her there.

This is to put the difference between their mother and son on the bright side. Just now, she praised Ms. Ling's good partner for teaching her son, and she couldn't help showing an embarrassed look.

Ms. Ling blushed for a while, and went to comfort Miss Shi who started to lose her temper.

Ao Jingyi walked to the corridor holding Xiaomei, only to find that Yu Qiuran did not follow.

He stopped in a daze and looked at the hall. She and Su Tiantian were no longer in the chattering crowd.

He looked down at the intricate patterns of the carpet, as if waiting for something, and was stunned for a while. Until Xiaomei, who was in his arms, gradually calmed down, she touched his cheek in turn: "Brother?"

Ao Jingyi woke up suddenly. He smiled and asked, "Are you going by yourself?"

Xiaomei nodded, signaling him to put herself down.

The two brothers and sisters held hands and walked up to the third floor, walking quietly in the moonlit corridor.

Suddenly, when Ao Jingyi passed the large window of the living room, he saw Yu Qiuran and Su Tiantian walking in the garden in the atrium.

Xiaomei raised her head to see his expression and took the initiative to pull him towards the window.

Yu Qiuran on the other side originally planned to leave with Ao Jingyi to comfort Xiaomei.

But the system kept urging her to quickly complete the "male protagonist" task, because this is the key plot that belongs to her, and if she misses it, she doesn't know what trouble she will cause.

She had no choice but to stay behind, motioning Su Tiantian to leave with her while the chaos.

The two sneaked out through the side door and had to bypass the atrium garden before returning to the back kitchen.

Because Su Tiantian was not familiar with the path of this piece, Yu Qiuran offered to send her back.

On the way, Su Tiantian secretly looked at the people walking by her side.

Yu Qiuran was wearing a decent and extravagant tuxedo.

Su Tiantian looked at her simple maid outfit again, lowered her head and bit her lip.

When she was about to walk out of the garden, Su Tiantian offered to take the initiative: "Your Highness, thank you for sending me off. It's not too far away, and I recognize the road ahead, so don't go behind."

Yu Qiuran looked at the other party's determined expression, and stopped according to the words.

But instead of letting Su Tiantian leave, she asked her to wait a moment.

Yu Qiuran pressed the badge on her chest, the maid sister of the Yu family suddenly appeared, handed her a booklet and quickly disappeared.

Su Tiantian is a little unclear.

Yu Qiuran smiled and handed her the booklet: "I went to the Gem Kingdom not long ago, and found this there, I think it should be returned to the original owner."

Su Tiantian took it with some doubts, opened it and saw that it was a familiar handwriting.

She quickly browsed two pages, suddenly raised her head and asked in surprise: "His Royal Highness, this is! This is my grandfather's..."

Yu Qiuran nodded: "As you mentioned before, I didn't expect your grandfather to leave a manuscript there."

Su Tiantian held the thin booklet on her chest with great care, and burst into tears of excitement.

She wiped the corners of her eyes a little embarrassedly: "Thank you very much, Your Highness, my grandfather rarely told me about his overseas affairs..."

Yu Qiuran wanted to deal with the matter, handed over the booklet and left quickly, so as not to develop too many emotional lines. But she looked at Su Tiantian's eyes with deep nostalgia for her relatives and curious pleading eyes, and felt that it was not good for her to leave at this time.

Under Su Tiantian's uncontrollable questioning, she sighed: "Actually, I don't know much about your grandfather..."

She told Su Tiantian some relevant stories that Sylvia and Anderson told her when they were chatting.

Su Tiantian remembered sadly and happily in her heart, and from time to time she couldn't help but tell Yu Qiuran a few words about her grandfather's thoughts in her heart.

Ao Jingyi on the third floor watched in the clear moonlight, the handsome and handsome boy chatting with the lovely and lively girl.

The acacia flowers in the garden are like pink clouds shining with silver, and they lively surround them, creating a quiet world for them.

Yu Qiuran said something, Su Tiantian jumped up excitedly, and almost fell. Yu Qiuran grabbed her arm, and both of them laughed.

Ao Jingyi stood motionless by the window.

He suddenly felt that the corner of his clothes was being pulled. He lowered his head and saw Xiaomei waving at him.

He squatted down according to Xiaomei's wishes.

Xiaomei hugged his neck comfortably, whispered in his ear, "Don't be sad, brother. Brother Ran doesn't like Sister Su."

Ao Jingyi was startled. He turned his head and flicked Xiaomei's forehead lightly: "What are you thinking about every day, a little guy! Is this something you should worry about?"

Xiaomei didn't care about her brother's "attack" at all, but gently touched his eyes with her soft little hands, and said very confidently: "When brother Ran looked at Sister Su, there was no such thing as Brother, look at him."

Ao Jingyi was anxious, and was about to explain something to Xiaomei when she heard the sound of high heels hitting the ground and coming.

He got up and looked, Ms. Ling's figure gradually emerged from the shadows.

She walked quickly with a cold anger on her face.

Just now, Miss Shi felt deeply ashamed and couldn't coax her well. Mr. Shi also felt very unhappy and took her daughter away.

Shi Jia is Ms. Ling's most important partner in this project.

Because she learned that Miss Shi admires and likes Ao Jingyi, Ms. Ling originally planned to arrange for him to dance with Miss Shi, socialize with the younger generation, and get closer.

As a result, not only did Ao Jingyi not listen to her at all this time, he also said very rude words directly to Miss Shi.

Ms. Ling has a hunch that the cooperation in this project may not be so smooth.

She stood beside Ao Jingyi with a cold expression, and through the large window, she saw Yu Qiuran in the garden, "I thought what were you doing, it turned out to be important Just to see your 'true friend' flirting with someone else's house."

She didn't wait for Ao Jingyi to answer, she sneered to herself: "After knowing his gemstone | country background, I thought Su Tiantian was useless, but I didn't expect him to be quite affectionate. "

The reason why the project she is negotiating now is so important to her is because she was calculated by the Yu family before, and her assets have shrunk significantly.

In order to make a comeback, Ms. Ling finally got in touch with the Shi family, but Ao Jingyi, who has always been obedient, was also instigated by Yu Qiuran, and more and more like to oppose her.

Ao Jingyi saw the disgust and calculation in her eyes, but this time he was very calm. Because he knew that as long as there was still Patriarch Yu suppressing her, Ms. Ling would not dare to act rashly against Yu Qiuran.

He covered his sister's ears and said calmly: "I hope you will pay attention and don't talk about this in front of Xiaomei."

Ms. Ling looked at his indifferent expression, and suddenly laughed: "It seems that you don't care about these romantic affairs, you really are more and more like your father. Follow him and learn Did he give him a lot of tricks?"

Ao Jingyi's face paled for a moment. He ignored Ms. Ling's ridicule, and only gently pushed his sister's back: "Xiaomei, go back to your room first and have a good rest."

Xiaomei glanced at Ms. Ling's face, took a step back, and ran towards the bedroom.

Ao Jingyi waited until her back disappeared in the corner, and then stared at Ms. Ling again: "You promised that as long as I maintain the top of the college's rankings and the first score in each test, I will not Say that to me again."

Ms. Ling hugged her chest and looked at him: "You are wrong, I will not use this to restrain you because you are obedient and meet my requirements."

Her eyes slashed Ao Jingyi's face like a knife: "But what are you doing now! Have you forgotten what your father has done? You said you would never tell him Reconciliation, you were the traitor first."

Ms. Ling's lips covered with blood-colored lipstick opened and closed, and a steady stream of accusations spewed out of her mouth:

"Who is it that worked so hard to train you to grow up, it's fine if you are not grateful, and to deal with me, begging for food from a scum like your father."

"You'd rather work with him than be soft to me. It's a joke."

"Where do you think he is good? He didn't even show a face at your birthday party today. Will he really help you?"

"How dare you follow your sister after the tragedy. Are you worthy of Xiaomei!"

Ms. Ling approached Ao Jingyi and said softly, "I admit that we are both at fault with your sister, but your father is the biggest culprit. You can't be as unscrupulous as he is."

"I found that you are more and more like him now. Are you ready to apologize to your mother and sister..."

Ao Jingyi heard a sharp buzzing in his ears, and then his head hurt violently.

Xiaomei was kidnapped, and the kidnappers made extortion calls to Ms. Ling and Mr. Ao respectively.

But Ms. Ling was busy with work at the time, so she directly rejected unfamiliar calls. After the kidnapper persistently called, she didn't even have a chance to speak to the other party when she got on the phone, she just scolded her and hung up.

As for Mr. Ao, he was so busy flirting with his lover that he didn't see a call overnight.

The kidnappers took a lot of effort to tie Xiaomei out, but they couldn't even get through the phone at the first step of closing the line. The angry leader cut off two of Xiaomei's fingers and sent them to Ms. Ling and Mr. Ao respectively.

Because the battle line from attracting attention to final rescue dragged too long, although Xiaomei was successfully rescued and the kidnappers gang received due punishment, but her fingers could no longer be brought back .

Ms. Ling looked at Ao Jingyi's lips that suddenly turned white, and smiled smugly: "Jingyi, you should stand with your mother. From childhood to adulthood, how much was your father? , do you need me to list it for you one by one?"

Ao Jingyi resisted the headache and nauseating dizziness, and stood up straight: "I have grown up and will have my own judgment. where to go."

He held the table by the window and muttered to himself: "I won't be like him, and you can never use this method to control me again."

Ms. Ling felt happy when she heard his involuntarily faster speech. She hadn't used this trump card for a long time, but she didn't expect it would still come in handy now.

She stepped forward and took Ao Jingyi's arm: "But you are indeed becoming more and more like him. Didn't you learn to use your uncle to threaten me before?"

Ao Jingyi waved her hand suddenly: "That's because you always use Xiaomei to blackmail me!"

Ms. Ling was smiling and no longer angry.

She admitted her mistake softly and softly: "Well, it's my mother's way, I apologize. But I did it for your own good, your father is the one who likes to coerce others the most, you Don't imitate him, you must stand by your mother."

Ao Jingyi suppressed the desire to vomit and had a splitting headache.

He clenched his hands behind his back and said in a calm tone, "I won't listen to your side like I did when I was a child, and I won't let you use me as a tool anymore."

Ms. Ling did not hear the answer she wanted, her face darkened, and she planned to add another fire.

Ao Jingyi knew that what she said next would make him even more headache and nausea. He wanted to escape from here, but his feet couldn't move as if they were rooted.

He began to feel breathless, and suddenly he seemed to be his childhood self again, carrying a heavy burden of sadness and hatred for his father, looking at the mother, Ms. Ling, with red lips resentful in her eyes Start lightly.

Then he heard "quack-quack-quack-quack..."

Ao Jingyi's expression was stunned, and seeing Ms. Ling like crazy, she began to make a frog call in a melodious tone.

Ms. Ling desperately wanted to keep her mouth shut, but this time it seemed she couldn't help it. She was in a hurry and anxiously turned around, not even caring about her appearance and image, she directly squeezed her mouth with her hands.

But she still couldn't stop the dull frog-like sound in her chest.

She shouted in panic: "This is- goo-what's going on goo-quack-"

At this time, a dark shadow flashed outside the window. The two turned their heads subconsciously and saw that Yu Qiuran grabbed the fence above the window, swayed hard in the wind, and smashed the window with one foot.

dark corner.

The evening breeze suddenly swept in with the light fragrance of acacia flowers, and in the fresh air that suddenly poured in, Ao Jingyi's tense shoulders relaxed a little.

The sound of rustling footsteps came from his ears, and he saw Yu Qiuran walking towards him stepping on the shimmering glass fragments, with a golden moon in his eyes.

Amid the unstoppable croaking of Ms. Ling, Yu Qiuran put one hand in his pocket, touched his chest with the other and bent down slightly, gave a handsome and perfunctory salute, and said with a light smile, "Good evening. ,Miss."