Chapter 57: We Are Cousins
Xu Ningzhou stood up and walked towards Song Qinghuan with his slender legs spontaneously. He was tall with a well-built physique and wearing a dashing black suit. Calm and restrained, he was no longer that playful boy.
The man walking over was exactly who Song Qinghuan knew in the previous life. Yes, he should be like this, confident and calm, elegant and handsome. He deserved to stand on the top, overlooking the hustle and bustle at his feet.
Song Qinghuan felt that everyone had many sides, including Xu Ningzhou. Only with her would Xu Ningzhou act like a naive man who always kept smiling.
“It’s very nice.” Xu Ningzhou didn’t know what Song Qinghuan was thinking at this time. He turned to the clerk and said, “This one, please.” Then he naturally took out his bank card from the wallet and handed it to the clerk.
However, at this moment, Xu Ningzhou’s arm was caught by Song Mingxiu. Song Mingxiu squinted his eyes and said in a sharp tone, “Mr. Xu, your girlfriend needs to change the dress. This dress belongs to someone else already.”
Hearing what happened, Shen Yinian came over. Right now she was no longer that aloof goddess as everyone knew.
She might have failed to maintain that image in front of her good friend, but what troubled her more now was the misunderstanding!
“Qinghuan.” Shen Yinian was holding a light pink dress in her hand. After seeing Song Qinghuan, her eyes lit up, and she genuinely commented on the outfit, “This dress looks good on you. You look like a fairy.”
“Thank you.” Song Qinghuan then noticed the presence of Xu Ningzhou.
Xu Ningzhou and Song Mingxiu seemed to be in a scramble. The two men did not give in to each other. The two black credit cards were placed in front of the clerk at the same time, and the female clerk was at a loss.
Song Qinghuan fixed the dress in front of the mirror. Shen Yinian maintained her composure and was not embarrassed at all. Instead, her fingers naturally ran across the clavicle of Song Qinghuan, “You need a necklace here.”
Right after that, Shen Yinian took out a long dress box from her bag and handed it to Song Qinghuan, “Well, it’s the gift I brought to you this time from abroad. I planned to give it to you on the weekend. I didn’t expect we could run into each other here. It is a good match for this dress, have a try?”
Song Qinghuan did not refuse. After the two became friends, they had the habit of giving each other gifts. She smiled and said, “I don’t like selecting clothes.”
“Leave it to me, I am the best at this.”
So the two of them walked away arm in arm, while Xu Ningzhou and Song Mingxiu, who were left in the same place, looked at each other and didn’t know what to say. The female clerk backed away with an awkward smile. She chose to play safe and left this silent battlefield of men.
When they went afar, Shen Yinian explained softly into Song Qinghuan’s ear, “Dear, don’t get me wrong, we are not in that kind of relationship.”
Song Qinghuan took a glance at Shen Yinian. Of course, she would not doubt Shen Yinian’s relationship with Xu Ningzhou, because she knew that Shen Yinian belonged to Han Shuo. After all, they were all adults now, and they could choose whom to be with.
Looking at Song Qinghuan’s eyes, Shen Yinian knew that her friend had misunderstood her. She explained with a smile, “It’s not like what you think, we are cousins.”
“!!!?” Song Qinghuan looked at Shen Yinian with a dazed expression, and then she couldn’t help but look back at Xu Ningzhou.
Suddenly she got some clues about the mystery in her mind, but Song Qinghuan did not dare to think further.
“No wonder.” Song Qing nodded to show that she understood all this.
“You discovered it long ago?” Shen Yinian asked.
Song Qinghuan took out the bank card from her wallet and handed it to the clerk. She smiled at Shen Yinian next to her, “No wonder you both are good-looking.”
“…” Shen Yinian was helpless, “My dear, this joke is not funny at all.” She was really scared and deeply fearful of being misunderstood before. If Song Qinghuan did not listen to her explanation, then she would definitely try every possible means to clear up the misunderstanding, even at the cost of betraying her brother’s trust.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org
Song Qinghuan swiped the card to pay for herself, and the female clerk at the cash desk asked, “Are you together? Mr. Song’s dress fits him well. Miss Song has a very good figure. This ‘cloud dress’ looks like it’s tailor-made for you.”
“Thank you for the compliment,” Song Qinghuan smiled at the female clerk, “Yes, pay the bill together, thank you.”
The girl clerk said softly, “You’re welcome.”
Xu Ningzhou and Song Mingxiu came to look for them and heard the conversation between the clerk and Song Qinghuan. Xu Ningzhou looked quite unhappy because he found that his little fairy not only chose the outfit for another man but also paid for it.
Song Mingxiu noticed Xu Ningzhou’s displeasure, so his previous displeasure disappeared now. Then, he approached Song Qinghuan with affection and said in a somewhat helpless and doting tone, “Didn’t I say I’d buy it for you? Do you have enough pocket money?”
Song Qinghuan took the shop assistant’s pen, signed her name and said without looking up, “This suit is very suitable for my elder brother.”
“I like it very much, thank you Huanhuan.”
Looking at the brother and sister of another family, Shen Yinian glanced at her cousin and found the latter’s expression was quite scary.
Eh…
Shen Yinian decided to keep away from her cousin and stay with Song Qinghuan.
“Which dress do you think suits me better?” Xu Ningzhou managed to drag his cousin away from Song Qinghuan.
Song Qinghuan raised her eyebrows slightly, not knowing what was on Xu Ningzhou’s mind at the moment. Shen Yinian on the side saw they were preparing to leave and said, “My dear, please help us. There is a party tonight, and my cousin doesn’t have an appropriate outfit.”
Song Qinghuan didn’t want to be alone with Song Mingxiu, so she nodded and agreed. Then Song Mingxiu was the only one resting on the sofa. He crossed his legs while holding a fashion magazine. Although he was turning the pages, his mind was not on the magazine.
Song Mingxiu listened to the three people’s conversation, squinting his eyes in contemplation. At the grandmother’s birthday banquet, Xu Ningzhou was brought there by another real estate developer in Lin’an City, and the latter only said Xu Ningzhou was his own relative. When Song Mingxiu saw Xu Ningzhou getting close to Song Shuyao, he didn’t worry much since he only thought it was just another person trying to please his sister.
After all, too many such people were around Song Shuyao.
But when the news about Xu Ningzhou appeared again on Song Mingxiu’s desk, Song Mingxiu found the man was with Song Qinghuan. Song Mingxiu sent someone to follow Song Qinghuan secretly. The person would give Song Qinghuan’s whereabouts and photos to him regularly. At that time, he started to take notice of Xu Ningzhou.
Song Mingxiu originally thought that Xu Ningzhou was just a playboy, who deliberately tried to be with his two younger sisters. Song Mingxiu even learned from Song Shuyao that the man was having a romantic relationship with many girls.
Song Shuyao said to Song Mingxiu that Xu Ningzhou pursued her but was rejected, so he pursued Song Qinghuan instead.
After hearing this, Song Mingxiu was even more disgusted with this person. When he was about to deal with Xu Ningzhou, he found that the young master of Kaiyue had already taken the initiative, so he decided to sit back and enjoy watching the show.
He just thought that Xu Ningzhou was a cute-looking H-listed celebrity from a fairly wealthy family and that he was at Li Kairui’s mercy. It turned out that he was the heir to the Glory Consortium!