Chapter 116 Deja vu

A few simple words made Li Deze, who was standing opposite her, look ashamed. Although he had already guessed that this would be the result, but when faced with it, he still felt like a knife was twisting his heart.

The people around him breathed a sigh of relief.

Nangong Xuyao slowly let go of Ye Xiyuan's hand without even looking at Li Deze. Because, in his eyes, Li Deze was not even considered an opponent.

Such a contemptuous attitude made Li Deze suffer even more. He couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face. He had always regarded the other party as a rival in love, but it turned out that in the other party's eyes, he didn't exist at all. That's right, how could a behemoth like the Nangong family think highly of him!

Ye Xiyuan passed her hand to Li Deze's as if she didn't notice anything.

Although it was confirmed that Ye Xiyuan didn't like him, Li Deze still wanted to invite him to this dance. This may be the best memory for him.

The two slowly slid onto the dance floor and blended into it. The atmosphere in the banquet hall has also returned to its original excitement.

Not far away, Qian Gumeng felt distressed when he saw Li Deze's dejected look. And when he saw him dancing with Ye Xiyuan, envy and jealousy flashed in his eyes, and his mood was very complicated.

"Xiyuan, have you fallen in love with Young Master Nangong?" Li Deze looked at Ye Xiyuan in his arms and couldn't help asking.

Things have come to this point, even if he already has the answer in his heart, he still wants to ask clearly. It seems that only by doing this can he give up completely.

"Brother Deze, why did you ask this all of a sudden?" Ye Xiyuan blinked her eyes, a trace of confusion flashed across her face, "We are just good friends."

Hearing Ye Xiyuan's answer, Li Deze felt hopeful again. He took a deep breath, and while matching the dance steps, he was brewing his emotions. After a while, he said, "Xiyuan, if I say, I like"

"Dezego,"

Li Deze hadn't finished speaking, but was interrupted by Ye Xiyuan. She said again, "Brother Deze, I am very happy that you can come to my birthday party today. You have always been like my brother, protecting me. Thank you very much. I hope you can take care of and protect me like a brother in the future, and I will treat you like a sister."

A few words directly shattered all of Li Deze's hopes. His face is full of dejection, and now he has completely given up. However, for Ye Xiyuan, he couldn't let go of it. That was the first time he liked someone like this, but now it's over without a problem.

Looking at Li Deze's appearance, Ye Xiyuan was not in a hurry to get an answer from the other party. Where no one noticed, a smug gleam flashed in her eyes.

Li Deze's net worth is simply not within the scope of her choice. However, even so, she will become the indelible white moonlight in Li Deze's heart. She wants the other party to never forget her and always be used by her.

The song was about to end. Li Deze looked deeply at Ye Xiyuan, suppressed his inner emotions, and said in a hoarse voice, "Xiyuan, I am your brother. If you have anything to do in the future, just ask me, and I will try my best to help you."

Although she had already expected such a result, Ye Xiyuan still put on an expression of surprise, and at the same time her eyes were touched, "Brother Deze, you are really kind. I believe that you will definitely meet someone who is the most suitable for you."

Looking at the smile on Ye Xiyuan's face, Li Deze felt that everything he had done was worthwhile.

As soon as the dance was over, Ye Xiyuan returned to her parents again.

At this moment, the atmosphere between her and Li Deze is already very harmonious, and there is no embarrassment like before.

Ye Li looked at the two of them, and he was even more satisfied with his daughter from the bottom of his heart. Originally, I thought that because of today's incident, I was afraid that the friendship with the Li family for many years would be lost. But now it's just a dance time, and everything has changed.

"Wanqin," Pang Tingting passed on a decent evening dress, and walked towards Ye's family, "I'm sorry, I have something to do with a client at the moment, so I'm late."

After finishing speaking, she took out a box, handed it to Ye Xiyuan, said with a smile, "This is a birthday present for you, do you like it?"

Ye Xiyuan took a look at Chen Wanqin before taking the box that Pang Tingting handed over, and thanked her with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Pang."

After finishing speaking, she opened the box, and inside was a Cartier diamond bracelet, which seemed to be of great value.

Seeing such a gift, Ye Xiyuan was a little surprised. Because she did not expect that Pang Tingting would be so generous. To be honest, they only met two or three times. Although she is my mother's friend, she is not that close to her. Now he would actually give her millions of bracelets as a birthday gift, no matter how you look at it, it feels too heavy a gift.

"Tingting, why did you give such an expensive gift?" Chen Wanqin was also surprised, "How can I say this! It's just a small birthday, and your gift is too expensive."

"What's so precious!" Pang Tingting said with a smile, "It has nothing to do with you! I like Xiyuan, that's why I gave you such a gift."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head, looked at Ye Xiyuan, and asked with a smile, "Xiyuan, do you like the gift that Aunt Pang gave you?"

"I like it very much," Ye Xiyuan nodded, knowing that she couldn't make excuses, she nodded and said politely, "Thank you, Aunt Pang."

At this moment, the lively banquet hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the door.

At this time, a girl in a red dress walked in slowly. Different from other people's costumes, the girl was only wearing a simple and elegant red dress, but it couldn't conceal her peerless elegance.

The girl is wearing a red dress, not tacky, but with a hint of arrogance. Ink-like black hair cascading down her waist, clear and bright pupils, curved willow eyebrows, long eyelashes trembling slightly, fair and flawless skin with a hint of pink, and thin lips as delicate as rose petals. Those deep eyes are as cold as a pool of clear springs on a snow-capped mountain, and there is an ethereal and arrogant aura about him.

Almost everyone was attracted by the girl in red, and everyone was wondering whose daughter this beautiful girl was.

However, after careful identification, everyone discovered that the person who came was none other than Ye Leng'an, the former Miss Ye Family. No, to be precise, it should be the fault, not the past.

Who would have thought that Ye Leng'an would appear on an occasion like today. Could it be that someone from the Ye family invited this? No way! Is inviting someone over on such an occasion to spoil the scene?

But, I have to say, it seems that Ye Leng'an's changes after leaving the Ye family can really be described as earth-shaking. It's obviously the same face, but the feeling it gives is completely different from before. Perhaps to be precise, the current Ye Leng'an looks like the kind of person who shows his sharpness.

Not only the others, but even Nangong Xuyao couldn't help being stunned when he saw Ye Leng'an. When investigating Ye Xiyuan, he also saw a picture of overnight Leng An. It's obviously the same person, but the girl who appears now feels completely different from the one in the photo. And, most importantly, after seeing Ye Leng'an, he always had a feeling of dj vu. But he can be sure that they have never met. Even when they ran into each other in the restaurant before, they didn't go up to say hello, they just took a look from a distance, and they didn't see it very clearly.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Leng'an, Ye Xiyuan's teeth were itching with hatred. Obviously she is the protagonist today, but now everyone's eyes are attracted by Ye Leng'an. The protagonist of this banquet is her, and she will never allow Ye Leng'an to take away her light.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiyuan hurried forward, wanting to hold Ye Leng'an's hand, "Sister, oh, no, classmate Ye, why are you here so late?"

Originally, she wanted to call her sister, but thinking of Ye Leng'an's temperament, she was afraid that the other party would let her down, so she changed her name.

"What? Aren't you the protagonist today?" Ye Leng'an dodged, dodged Ye Xiyuan, then shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and said indifferently, "You just need to come on time, you don't care when the guests come over!"

Ye Xiyuan fell into embarrassment immediately after her words.

"Miss Ye, you are really well-bred!" Nangong Xuyao took a step forward and stood next to Ye Xiyuan. When he looked at Ye Leng'an, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Today is Xiyuan's birthday. As a guest, you think it's Xiyuan's fault that you are late. You are really good at eloquence!"

At this time, the strangeness in his heart had already dissipated. After hearing such unkind words, he stood beside Ye Xiyuan. This is the girl he likes, and he naturally wants to protect it.

Li Deze on the other side couldn't help but feel dark after seeing Nangong Xuyao's actions. Sure enough, he was one step too late.

"You" Ye Leng'an looked at Nangong Xuyao in front of him, and always felt a little familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he met him, and originally planned to reply, but when the words came to his lips, he still asked doubts in his heart, "Have we met before?"

Hearing Ye Leng'an's words, Ye Xiyuan on the side was a little anxious, she immediately took Nangong Xuyao's arm, and said with a smile, "Student Ye probably forgot, we met once in the restaurant before, but it was inconvenient at that time, so I didn't go up to say hello."

She didn't know what Ye Leng'an meant by this, whether she wanted to seduce Nangong Xuyao. However, she would never allow such a thing to happen. Nangong Xuyao was her favorite, and Ye Leng'an was wanted to take her away.

"Oh, is that so?" Ye Leng'an didn't care, she just asked casually. Then, she looked at Ye Xiyuan and said perfunctorily, "Happy birthday!"

"Ye Leng'an, you also know that today is Xiyuan's birthday!" Qian Gumeng stood up and looked at Ye Leng'an with a look of disdain, "On a day like today, you don't even wear an evening gown, you are really a bumpkin. Also, when you come to someone's birthday, don't you even bring a gift?"

"Why, you invited me to this dinner just to ask me to give you a gift?" Ye Leng'an ignored Qian Gumeng, but looked at Ye Xiyuan, "If that's the case, you should have said it earlier!"

Ye Xiyuan scolded Qian Gumeng secretly in her heart, saying that what she accomplished was more than nothing, and then she quickly said, "It's already an honor for me to be here, and I don't need any gifts."

Qian Gumeng is really stupid for saying this. Although she wanted to use Qian Gumeng as a gun, she didn't say such stupid things as she is doing now. Saying such things in public, isn't it saying that her banquet is just to receive gifts? How would other people think of her?

Qian Gumeng was completely unaware of his problem, and still yelled at Ye Leng'an, "Ye Leng'an, don't misinterpret my meaning. I'm just saying that you"

Ye Leng'an withdrew the smile on his face, looked cold, looked at Qian Gumeng, and said mercilessly, "The master hasn't spoken yet, so don't bark like a dog."

Hearing such words, Qian Gumeng immediately exploded with anger, she stepped forward to fight Ye Leng'an desperately, but was stopped by someone.

Ye Xiyuan held Qian Gumeng who was about to lose his mind, and said, "Classmate Ye, please don't talk nonsense. Gu Meng and I are good friends. She is doing this now just to help me speak. You don't need to use such words to attack her in life."

She spoke righteously, but in her heart she cast aside Qian Gumeng. The reason why she held on to Qian Gumeng was not because of any sisterly love, but because she didn't want Qian Gumeng to ruin her birthday party.

After hearing such words, Qian Gumeng looked at Ye Xiyuan with an expression of emotion.

"Since we're here, let's have fun." When Ye Li stepped forward and looked at Ye Leng'an, there was no smile on his face, "Don't make trouble here."

If it weren't for the presence of so many guests, he really wanted someone to drive Ye Leng'an out.

"If Mr. Ye doesn't welcome you, then I can leave now." Ye Leng'an said indifferently, "After all, someone came to invite me in person. Now that I've come, it's a way of saving face!"

After speaking, Ye Leng'an turned around and planned to leave.

"Classmate Ye, since you're here, at least eat the cake before leaving!" Afraid that Ye Leng'an would leave like this, Ye Xiyuan quickly said, "If you leave at this time, it means that our hospitality as hosts is not good enough."

After finishing speaking, Ye Xiyuan cast a pleading look in Ye Li's direction.

Yeli turned his head and didn't say anything more.

Since Ye Xiyuan was persuaded to stay, Ye Leng'an also took advantage of the trend to stay. After all, the drama that Ye Xiyuan arranged for her has not yet been staged! Moreover, the most important thing is that she hasn't delivered the big gift to Ye Xiyuan yet!

Thinking of this, Ye Leng'an glanced at Pang Tingting, and then raised a meaningful smile.

At this moment, although Pang Tingting was talking with Chen Wanqin, she was always paying attention to Ye Leng'an. For some reason, when she saw Ye Leng'an, she always felt uneasy. Especially when she saw the other party's smile, she just felt terrified, as if something terrible was about to happen.

"Tingting, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Pang Tingting's absent-minded look, Chen Wanqin pushed her, "What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing." Pang Tingting quickly retracted her gaze, and then said casually, "By the way, Wanqin, who was that girl in the red dress just now? How do I feel, after she appeared, you all seemed a little"

Chen Wanqin sighed, and then slowly said, "Tingting, in fact, that is the child who hugged Xiyuan wrongly back thenYe Leng'an."

"What?" Pang Tingting exclaimed, and then she realized that her reaction seemed to be a little overwhelmed. She quickly calmed down, forced a smile, and said, "So it's that girl! She looks really good. But, on a day like today, how would you invite her over? Don't you feel embarrassed?"

It turns out that this is the girl who was randomly selected by her! But does this girl know anything? Otherwise, why would you look at her like this?

But thinking about it, she felt that it was impossible. It was a baby back then! Moreover, it is impossible to find out what happened back then. Moreover, if it is true, she can be regarded as the benefactor of that girl! If it wasn't for her at the beginning, how could that girl have the opportunity to grow up in a wealthy family, how could she have enjoyed the rich life for so many years!

"Actually, I don't want to invite her here either," Chen Wanqin said with a helpless smile, "It was Xiyuan's idea to invite her here. Besides, she didn't tell us until today. Even if we wanted to object, it was too late."

"Xiyuan?" Pang Tingting couldn't help frowning, and became even more puzzled, "How could she have such an idea?"

"Xiyuan is a very kind girl." Chen Wanqin explained, "She wanted to take this opportunity to reconcile with Ye Leng'an. All she did was to make our family harmonious and happy. But Ye Leng'an was too ignorant of good and evil that day. She actually wanted to make trouble just now."

Sure enough, I should have found a way to prevent Ye Leng'an from coming to make trouble just now. She didn't think at all that Ye Leng'an would really come to this dinner party. She always felt that Ye Leng'an just wanted to take this opportunity to do something.

Pang Tingting's smile was a bit forced, "Then Xiyuan is really a kind child!"

Although she said this on her lips, she was very disdainful in her heart. Moreover, she didn't think that Ye Xiyuan invited Ye Leng'an over because of her kindness. Knowing that the other party will be embarrassed, but calling the other party over, how could this be kindness!

The Ye family's family automatically put on filters when watching Ye Xiyuan's behavior because Ye Xiyuan is their family. But as a bystander, she could see clearly. Ye Xiyuan has absolutely no good intentions towards Ye Lengan. As for why she called Ye Lengan over, there must be other reasons.

On the other side, Ye Xiyuan was also comforting Nangong Xuyao.

"Brother Nangong, what happened just now really made you laugh." Ye Xiyuan looked at Nangong Xuyao, a trace of melancholy flashed in her eyes, "I invited my sister here just to reconcile with her. I didn't expect such a joke to come out."

"This matter has nothing to do with you." Nangong Xuyao comforted, "Your thoughts are good, but there is nothing you can do if you don't appreciate it. From now on, you should keep a distance from that night Leng'an! This is good for all of you."

"Yes." Ye Xiyuan nodded obediently.

The banquet hall was very lively, and the waiters kept shuttling through it. The gentlemen gathered in groups and talked about business matters. And the ladies will also gather together to discuss various new clothes, bags, or jewelry. Even those students from Sheng'an High School that Ye Xiyuan invited over gathered together to say this.

Only Ye Leng'an seemed unable to blend in at all. Everyone is isolating her intentionally or unintentionally, and even avoids her when she walks over.

If it is an ordinary person, it may feel uncomfortable when faced with such a target. But Ye Leng'an is completely different. She doesn't pay attention to such little tricks at all. Moreover, she doesn't like people chattering in her ears. So, after picking up the plate and picking up some food, I found a corner seat, put the bag aside, and started eating.

During the period, she also looked at the watch on her wrist from time to time.

In the middle of the banquet, a waiter walked in pushing a three-story high cake with exquisite shape. Obviously, it's time to cut the cake.

For these, Ye Leng'an has no interest at all. However, unexpectedly, Ye Xiyuan would come over and invite her to cut the cake together.

After thinking about it, she still agreed.

She didn't know what Ye Xiyuan was thinking about, but since the other party came to ask her to cut the cake at this time, it must not be that simple.

Thinking about it with her toes, she knew that Ye Xiyuan definitely wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and do something to her! She is such a considerate person, how could she not give Ye Xiyuan this chance!

It's just that, at the end of the day, it's hard to say whether Ye Xiyuan's wish will be fulfilled.

Soon, the lights of the entire banquet hall were extinguished, leaving only the faint candlelight on the cake.

Everyone sang the birthday song, Ye Xiyuan closed her eyes and began to make a wish.

Soon, after making a wish, Ye Xiyuan opened her eyes and blew out the candle. Then, the lights in the banquet hall came on again.

Just then, a panicked voice sounded.

"Necklace! Where's my necklace? My necklace is gone!"

(end of this chapter)