Li Si’s lips curled into a faint smile; Long Wu really had bad luck, befriending a lousy pal and getting caught in the crossfire for no reason.
Speaking of which, neither of the couple showed up at today’s banquet.
Bai Shasha shot Xu Er a glare. "Why are you dragging Long Wu into this? My hearing’s just fine! Mr. Si didn’t say anything at all! It’s you who’s been blabbering non-stop!"
Just now, she had noticed Xu Er bursting with excitent, which made her pull Li Si over quietly.
Who’d have thought they’d overhear such juicy inside information.
No wonder he had been so thrilled earlier when he saw that guy! Turns out, he’s the dream girl’s younger brother!
But the way he talked, wasn’t it easy to mislead others and make them uncomfortable?
Li Si and her husband had just reconciled, and now this guy pulled a stunt like that without knowing his limits. What if it caused another spat between the couple?
Xu Er wore a gloomy face, feeling utterly wronged. "No, no! I’ve been wronged, seriously wronged! I just happened to bump into that guy earlier, and wanted to follow Leng Er’s example! How did it end up like this?"
"Back in the day, Long Wu definitely had a thing for Yin Rui’s elder sister. This isn’t baseless rumor! It’s just that she didn’t like him, that’s all! Leng Er, co help a brother explain, will you?"
"Explain what?" Leng Mochen retorted innocently, "I don’t rember anything, I’ve lost my mory!"
Li Si was already bursting with laughter inside but kept her face carefully neutral—otherwise, wouldn’t it seem totally unreasonable?
Xu Er sighed in frustration; he truly felt the universe was against him this year.
Bai Shasha, bold and unyielding, grabbed Xu Er’s arm directly. "What’s with all the excuses? Let’s go! You and I need to have a private chat sowhere else!"
She actually believed what Xu Er had said long ago, but for the sake of her friend’s happiness, she still needed to give her own man so pointed reminders.
Leng Mochen and Li Si walked hand in hand, watching the two of them retreat. They exchanged amused glances, finding those two together simply entertaining.
Li Si joked playfully, "Your ’goddess’, Long Wu’s ’dream girl’—what does she look like? She must be sothing if Xu Er’s still so hung up on her!"
She was just curious, with hardly any jealousy in her heart, because even if this so-called goddess was the ideal woman in Leng Mochen’s past, what did she have to do with the Leng Mochen of today?
Leng Mochen touched his nose, saying, "No need to rush; there’ll definitely be an opportunity to et her in the future."
To him, a goddess was rely a baseless halo around soone, nothing more.
Li Si couldn’t help but tease with a sly grin. "When you see her, will your heart be swayed?"
"What do you think?" Leng Mochen’s expression darkened a bit. "Where would I even find so many hearts to sway?"
"Just joking! You’re the type that takes everything so seriously!" Li Si, knowing when to stop, raised her brows with a smile. "By the way, why haven’t Long Wu and ng ng shown up? Earlier, Shasha and I called her, but we couldn’t reach her! Do you know why?"
Leng Mochen’s lips twitched as his eyes filled with amusent. "I do know! Want to hear about it?"
"Of course! What’s the deal?" Could it be that sothing happened again between those two?
Leng Mochen leaned in close to her ear and whispered, "Not telling you!"
Li Si huffed indignantly. "Fine, don’t tell then!"
He saw the gleam in her eyes and the blush on her cheeks, which instantly brightened his mood. "I’ll tell you when we’re ho!"
Just then, an excited voice called out from behind them, "Leng Er!"
Li Si instinctively turned her head, only to see a slightly chubby man in a white suit with slicked-back hair running toward them...
Could this guy really be the dream girl’s younger brother?
What an unconventional image!
Leng Mochen also gave the man a cold examination. If it weren’t for Xu Er’s earlier explanation providing a heads-up, he truly wouldn’t have known who this could be.
The man, seeing Leng Mochen rely giving him an icy stare without any sign of recognition, exaggeratedly pointed at himself and exclaid, "Leng Er! Don’t tell you don’t recognize ? It’s , Yin Rui! Xu Er was just telling about it—damn! How could you lose your mory like this?
Take a good look and see if you can recognize ! Sure, I’ve gained so weight compared to the old days, but my handso looks haven’t changed!
We were childhood buddies, thick as thieves! Think hard; you’ll definitely rember!"
Li Si stood off to the side, listening skeptically. If they were really childhood buddies and close friends, how co he hadn’t shown up, even to congratulate anyone, during their weddings or even Xu Er’s recent one?
Who knew where this guy had been hiding all this ti?
With his plain, compact features squeezed onto a round face, she really couldn’t spot a trace of "handso" anywhere.
Could it truly be like so people said—he wasn’t entirely un-handso, just not obviously so? Or maybe: one weight gain ruins all?
Leng Mochen shot him an indifferent look. "Don’t rember."
From the very first glance, he hadn’t liked this man. The small, squeezed eyes on his chubby face shone with a false, insincere gleam.
Yin Rui sighed dramatically in regret. "Oh, Leng Er! How could you not rember , your buddy? At least Xu Er recognized instantly, proving I haven’t changed that much.
I admit, it’s my fault—missing all three of your weddings. Is this your wife? Hello, ma’am! I’m Yin Rui. Back in the day, all the guys used to call Yin Er!"
Li Si smiled politely. "Hi!"
But inside, she privately mocked: all three of them ranked second in their respective families—what a coincidence!
Xu Er, spotting Yin Rui from a distance, hurriedly dragged Bai Shasha’s hand to rejoin the group.
Just in ti to hear Yin Rui’s words, he couldn’t stop himself from putting him in his place: "Yin Rui! You have the nerve to bring that up? All these years without a single word from you, and you claim you didn’t know about any of us getting married?
Even if you’d been abroad, your parents still live here in Beijing.
My wedding wasn’t exactly low-key; it was practically a spectacle. How could the Yin Family possibly have heard nothing?
Who’s buying that?"
Just earlier, when he bumped into Yin Rui, he’d chosen not to ntion it to keep things cordial.
But who’d have thought—this bastard brought it up himself first.
Yin Rui smiled sheepishly. "My bad! At the ti, I really wanted to drop everything and fly back, witness your weddings firsthand.
Unfortunately, so things were beyond my control. Anyway, let’s not dwell on it! The important thing is, I’m back now. From now on, let’s go back to how we were, alright?"
Xu Er scoffed lightly. "Since I haven’t asked yet—are you married now?"
Though they hadn’t seen each other in years, Xu Er’s old feelings for their friendship still lingered in his heart, which made him warr toward Yin Rui than Leng Mochen.
Yin Rui licked his lips nervously and chuckled awkwardly. "Almost there! When the ti cos, all of you must be there to celebrate! I only accept blessings, no cash gifts!"
"Where’d you et her? College buddy?"
Yin Rui shot a triumphant look at Leng Mochen and Li Si, then shifted his gaze to Xu Er and Bai Shasha. "It’s pure fate! Providence! You’ll all et her soon. Her na is He Zixi—absolutely a match made in heaven with !"
Li Si and Bai Shasha exchanged amused glances, their eyes filled with speculation over what exactly "a perfect match" ant—appearance? Personality? Or perhaps... weight?
Xu Er tilted his head, thinking. "He Zixi? Why does that na sound familiar?"
Yin Rui chuckled slyly, his eyes glinting with a mysterious light. "She’s the daughter of jewelry mogul He Shenghui. Her aunt’s pretty famous too—you must have heard of her: Hong Kong Baili Group’s He Yinyin!"
When Leng Mochen heard He Yinyin’s na, an unfamiliar shadow of emotion flickered across his usually calm and steady eyes.
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