??Chapter 177: Chapter 97 Love Can’t Hide
Chapter 177: Chapter 97 Love Can’t Hide
All eyes were instantly drawn to the entrance.
Yun Yuwan, having heard Zhao Qin’s reminder, carefully descended the stairs in her high heels.
Her dress swayed, revealing the silhouette of a slim and beautiful figure that defied the expectations of an ignorant little bunny, trembling and fearful, in outdated clothes and a shrinking deanor.
Instead, she carried herself with the natural poise of a tycoon’s daughter.
If one didn’t know she was the Wen Family’s foster daughter, they might mistake her for a wealthy heiress they had never t before.
The appearance was sowhat unexpected.
The newcor was dressed in Chanel’s classic little black dress, a design that was bold and straightforward yet highlighted the wearer’s figure and temperant, her legs pale, slender, and straight, with high heels that further accentuated her already fine proportions.
Her jewelry was simple: only a gardenia black pearl necklace resting coldly and spotlessly on her neck, its cool color, although she was relaxed, was indeed expressionless. Her naturally upturned eyes were elongated with eyeliner, a completely different style from usual, complenting the necklace.
Yet in this setting, she dazzled like light glinting beneath a branch, visible but uncatchable, creating a sense of distance.
Everyone unexpectedly focused their attention on her.
Originally their gazes were not kind, but Yun Yuwan, recalling Wen Yangzhi’s instructions, believed the banquet was surely safe, mistaking everyone’s attention for admiration.
So she t their gazes with a broad smile, Qingqing nodded her head, like a breeze passing through.
Her confidence was comforting.
The crowd was surprised that she greeted them.
The boy who had previously said Yun Yuwan couldn’t make it in society slowed his movent holding the wine glass.
Soone couldn’t help but whisper:
“So beautiful…”
“Is it her? It can’t be…”
Zhu Nongzhang hadn’t expected her to greet everyone so amiably upon arrival and couldn’t help but watch for his friends’ reactions.
Yet he saw that none of them showed any rejection, just watched Yun Yuwan, their gazes clearly devoid of dislike, and even with so people’s eyes revealing undeniable admiration.
Zhu Nongzhang felt a vague sense of crisis, fearing that his friends might also think highly of Yun Yuwan.
After Yun Yuwan and Zhao Qin walked past them to enter the inner hall, the group’s gaze reluctantly returned from following her.
Zhu Nongzhang gripped his wine glass tightly, leaning back on the sofa and seemingly nonchalantly exclaid:
“I didn’t expect her to dress up deliberately today, Aunt Qin must have helped her.”
But to her surprise, no one took the bait to agree that this wasn’t her usual style; instead, they continued to express their admiration:
“But no matter who dressed her, she looks really beautiful.”
“She seems quite friendly, greeting us like that.”
Soone seeing Yun Yuwan for the first ti asked curiously, “Could it be that when you guys t her before, she was too young and too shy to mingle with you? She seems quite approachable.”
Zhu Nongzhang felt an uncomfortable, unnad anger as she listened to her friends seemingly take Yun Yuwan’s side.
Yet she couldn’t afford to look bad and could only tease:
“Maybe she wasn’t like this during her blind date with Jiang Yingyu; otherwise, why would Jiang Yingyu have fled in such a hurry?”
One of Zhu Nongzhang’s friends, realising she didn’t seem to like Yun Yuwan, finally chid in:
“Jiang Yingyu has always had high standards to begin with. It’s normal for him not to be interested; who can figure out his taste?”
However, a discordant voice spoke up, “Hey, didn’t I hear that she and Jiang Yingyu are developing sothing?”
Zhu Nongzhang imdiately asked, “Who told you that?”
The other party, oblivious to Zhu Nongzhang’s growing anger, said, “Mrs. Jiang.”
Soone clicked their tongue in comnt, “You know how Mrs. Jiang talks. It’s probably just nonsense she ca up with at the thought of the blind date.”
The event’s host ca to inform the scattered scions in the main hall to move into the inner hall.
Zhu Nongzhang put down her wine glass, her complexion not looking too good, “Fine, let’s all go in and have a look.”
As the host, she was the first to stand up.
In the inner hall, Yun Yuwan and Zhao Qin had already taken their seats.
The stepmother of Zhu Nongzhang was organizing this gathering, and while she wasn’t particularly interested in flower arrangent, it served as an excuse for socializing, conducting business, and expanding one’s network beneath the guise of flower art.
Therefore, they had invited a rather famous master of floral artistry to demonstrate for everyone.
Watching soone trim and tend to flowers invariably led to an itch to try it oneself, so two long tables were set up in the inner hall, covered with various types of flowers and materials, as well as vases and pruning tools.
Yun Yuwan sat to the lower end of Zhao Qin’s seat.
Everyone casually chose spots to sit while Yun Yuwan glanced around to see who might be the person Wen Yangzhi had ntioned.
But no one took the seat opposite her for quite a while.
She rose from the sofa, planning to take a stroll outside first and return later, to spare others the embarrassnt of not daring to sit across from her.
However, soone suddenly sat down next to her and cheerfully struck up a conversation, “Hello.”
Yun Yuwan halted in her tracks and responded with a smile, “Hello.”
The other person probed deliberately, “I heard you were studying abroad for a long ti?”
“Yes, I seldom ca back.”
But clearly, the person who had started this friendly chat was a smiling tiger with little patience, “I heard you were previously arranged to have a blind date with Jiang Yingyu?”
Caught off guard by such an intrusive question, Yun Yuwan hadn’t yet responded when she heard a clear and bright male voice calling her.
“Yuwan.”
Yun Yuwan turned around and upon seeing who it was, she was montarily stunned, unsure how to react.
There stood a young man, handso and composed, no longer the boy from years ago, but his eyes were still fervent, still lingering on Yun Yuwan’s face.
Yang Ni.
Yun Yuwan hadn’t expected to encounter Yang Ni in such a place.
His eyes nearly overflowed with affection, “Long ti no see.”
The person who had spoken to Yun Yuwan was a bit shocked, “Yang Ni?”
Yang Ni had recently been promoted, and since his mother already held a position of significant influence, he was seen as an unreachable figure among his peers. Due to the nature of his job, he rarely attended these social gatherings, valuing his reputation highly.
Many heiresses who wished to et him never had the chance, knowing it was likely out of reach.
Hard to co by, both attractive and capable.
And Yun Yuwan was surprised by his sudden appearance.
Yang Ni said in a gentle voice, “May I sit opposite you?”
Zhao Qin, who had been chatting with others, glanced over and saw Yang Ni, then saw him sit down opposite Yun Yuwan.
Yun Yuwan felt sowhat uncomfortable, as Yang Ni’s gaze remained intensely fixed on her.
Yang Ni’s voice, though coming across the table, felt as if it were whispering directly in her ear, “When I was reassigned to Shanghai, the first thing I thought of was to see you.”
A friend of his had sent a ssage saying he saw Yun Yuwan at the gathering, so he ca over imdiately. Concerned she might not fit in easily, he also called so of his friends to co.
Yun Yuwan sowhat avoided his gaze, “I haven’t congratulated you yet, on your promotion. Congratulations, everyone admires you very much.”
“No need for admiration, if you want—”
Before he could finish, Yang Ni’s friends crowded around, both n and won, converging beside her:
“Yuwan, you’ve beco even more beautiful after a few years, no wonder Yang Ni has been thinking about you incessantly.”
“Let
trim the flowers for you, the stems are too hard for a girl to cut.”
Soone gave Yang Ni a teasing slap on the back.
The person who had just been chatting with Yun Yuwan was dumbstruck, not having expected Yang Ni and Yun Yuwan to have such a relationship.
This was, after all, Yang Ni.
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