Rebirth of the entertainment industry and the return of the queen

Chapter 133 The Encounter at the Cocktail Party

Xia Ling walked into the reception hall and looked around.

The hall is flooded with lights. On the black marble stage, a violin band is playing live. The soft sound of music floats in the air. The waiters in white shirts and bow ties shuttle back and forth with red wine. Square scarves were folded in the pockets of the guests, the evening dresses of the female guests were gorgeous and charming, and there was a faint fragrance floating in the hair on the temples.

They speak softly, full of high-society scenes.

Xia Ling didn't know how she liked this kind of hypocritical reception in the past, and she never got tired of holding so many receptions year after year.She remembered the time when she was imprisoned and banned by Pei Ziheng. Xia Yu brought back secretly recorded videos from outside. It was these people who had attended her reception many times, gloating: "Such an arrogant woman should have been banned a long time ago. You don't believe that Dong Pei will get tired of playing with her sooner or later."

"Who doesn't believe it? Boss Liu and I even made a bet on when Director Pei would despise that woman. Haha, it's only been less than two years, so I won."

One by one, flashed through Xia Ling's heart.

The only thing that made her feel better was that Pei Ziheng was not there, and she didn't see him in the whole hall.

"It's so boring." It was Wei Shaoyin who spoke. He has been uncomfortable since he stepped into the hall, "I hate places with many people."

Li Lei shrugged his shoulders: "Stay where you like." He didn't like Wei Shaoyin following along, a good date for two turned into carrying a light bulb with him.

Ah Wei felt relieved, and decisively left his boss behind, and went to hide in a corner.

Xia Ling's interest was not high either. Looking at all these familiar faces, she only felt nauseated.

Li Lei observed his words and expressions: "Feeling bored?"

She nodded.

Seeing that she didn't like the reception held by Pei Ziheng, Li Lei was very happy, and said politely: "Then I'll get you something to eat, what do you want?"

"Hazelnut cake," she said.

Hazelnut cake is her favorite, and Li Lei often eats with her during this time, so he has already figured out her taste.At this time, he responded, and told her to stand where he was and wait for him to come back, then go to the dining area to get the cake.

Xia Ling stood alone by the hall and waited. Suddenly, she felt a pain in her shoulder—someone bumped into her, causing her to stagger.She subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold on to the window sill beside her, so that she didn't fall down in embarrassment.

"What's in the way, don't you have eyes?!" Before she could look up and see who hit her, the other party had already pre-empted the attack. It was a young girl's voice, "What the hell."

That contemptuous tone made Xia Ling's heart suddenly angry.

She looked up and saw a well-dressed girl in a haute couture gown, with a peacock brooch inlaid with many finely colored diamonds pinned to her chest.

"What are you looking at? Are you dissatisfied?" The girl didn't like Xia Ling's eyes very much, they were cold and clear, without a trace of humiliation or fear.She snorted coldly, turned her head and walked away from Xia Ling.

Xia Ling was so angry that she wanted to explode, so she took a deep breath and managed to suppress it.This is the emperor's reception, Pei Ziheng's territory, she doesn't want to attract attention here, any extraneous things, if there is one thing that can be missing, one thing will be missing.

She frowned slightly, put her hands on the window sill, and tried to stand up for a while.

The ankles hurt a lot, and one of them lost his footing and almost fell down again.

A steady and powerful hand appeared in front of her, with clean nails, a black suit and a white shirt on her arm, and platinum cufflinks shining with the unique luster of precious metals under the crystal chandelier.

She raised her head and saw the man's face clearly - Feng Kun.

haven't seen you for a long time.

He is still the appearance she is familiar with, not very handsome, but gentle, stable, calm and harmonious, so that no one can find a trace of fault.He looked at her with gentle eyes and said, "Are you okay?"

Only then did she realize that she had been staring at him for too long, she came back to her senses and shook her head.

His hand was still stretched out in front of her.

She suddenly felt a little better, and handed her hand to his.

Feng Kun used a little force to pull her to stand still.

"Thank you," she said.Before coming to the reception, she had imagined that she would meet Feng Kun here. She missed this old friend whom she had not seen for a long time. Now that they meet again, she has a thousand words in her heart that she wants to tell him, but she can't.

Feng Kun looked down at her: "You're welcome."

It was a very unfamiliar polite word, but he didn't walk away immediately after he finished speaking.He didn't know what was wrong with him, the girl in front of him gave him a very familiar feeling, she really looked like Xiaoling... It was so strange, they looked completely different.

"Is there anything else?" Xia Ling asked. She was very conflicted. On the one hand, she didn't want to get involved with her previous life, and wanted Feng Kun to leave quickly. On the other hand, she couldn't bear it—old friend, long time no see Yes.

"I've heard you sing "The Siren"." Feng Kun said.

His voice was like a gentle sea, which made her feel more relaxed. She wanted to hide her identity, and she must not let him see the flaws——"I can't sing well." She said.

"No, it's very nice." Feng Kun smiled, "You are the first person I've ever seen who can sing Xiaoling's singing with charm."

This evaluation is too high, she pretended to be flattered: "Thank you."

"If she was still alive, she would definitely like you."

Feng Kun's voice seemed lost, which made Xia Ling's mood sour.Out of nowhere, she asked, "You... How are you doing abroad?"

"What?" Feng Kun was taken aback.

It was only then that Xia Ling realized that she had made a slip of the tongue. With the friendship they met for the first time today, how could they ask such rash words like old friends?She regretted her slip of the tongue, and rounded back in embarrassment: "No, it's nothing, I just feel that Xia Ling died, and you will be very sad."

Are you sad?
definitely.

Feng Kun raised his head, looked at the video of Xia Ling's life scrolling on the big screen not far away, and smiled bitterly. "She's my best friend," he said softly and sadly.

Feeling even more sour, Xia Ling was afraid that he would notice her abnormality, so she turned her head away.

"I'm sorry," she said, "There are still people waiting for me over there, I should go."

She fled from him, she could face so many enemies in her previous life, and fight with those who were wronged.She struggled with humiliation and hatred, but she couldn't bear Feng Kun's remembrance and warmth.

She was afraid that she would lose control in the next second.

She left quickly and walked towards the dining area. Li Lei was there to help her fetch the hazelnut cake before, why hasn't he come back after so long?She searched in front of rows of exquisite pastry racks, and finally found his figure——

In front of him, there was a girl smiling sweetly, pulling his arm familiarly and saying something.The girl combed her delicate long curly hair, dressed in a splendid dress, and pinned a splendid peacock brooch on her chest.

It was the one who bumped into her just now and spoke ill of her.

(End of this chapter)