Madam Zi and Zi jiayi were knocked speechless by his words, coincidentally Zi chunming, Lui mingrui and Lui shenhui who were walking towards them had also heard his words, they too got shocked. The person who was more shocked was Lu yao yin herself.
This pervert had stolen a kiss a from her yet he just pushed the blame on her as the culprit! this guy was really trying her!
She jabbed him with her elbow and glared at him, mouthing 'f*ck you!'
He in turn threw her a victorious smirk and mouthed back 'i can't wait'
"Zi yichen you're here" Zi chunming said as he got to where they were.
"yes Dad" he gave a short reply
"Miss Yan How are you doing?" He greeted Lu yao yin
"I'm quite alright, I trust you have been well too Mr Zi" she greeted back politely
"you must be Lu yao yin, I've heard so much about you" Lui mingrui came forward and introduce, his voice carried a haughty tone
"and so have I of you, Prime minister Lui" she skipped the greetings, there was no point being polite to him when he sounded so haughty
"I was just talking of you with a few of my colleagues today, I was awed by how a 23 year old lady could manage such a big company. it's really admirable, don't you think Miss Lu yao yin?"
Lu yao yin immediately understood what he meant, he was trying to find fault in her ownership of DxD but she was less concerned with his intentions.
She opened her lips to dismiss his words but her words ended up being drowned back into her throat cause Zi yichen had stolen a kiss from her right infront of all of them!
The Zi family were shocked beyond measure while Lui shenhui and her father clenched their fist secretly.
ignoring their dumbfounded faces he said "we rushed here without eating, so if you would excuse us, we have something else to do" He pulled the shocked Lu yao yin after him leaving the rest people still glued to their spots.
"what was that for?" Lu yao yin asked when she regained herself from shock
"what?" he asked back feigning ignorance.
"the kiss" she replied in a voice as low as a whisper.
"oh that? you were moving your lips, it seemed like you wanted me to kiss you"
"???" what kind of logic is this? how does me talking mean that I want you to kiss me?. doesn't that mean that he would kiss me everytime I talk
just thinking of it almost made her knees go weak.
She was going to argue but he shoved a little grape into her mouth.
"you should eat to your fill, cause you would need your strength when I collect my reward"
Her cheeks turned crimson, then she shoved him away slightly and focused herself on savouring the delicious foods before her.
she definitely wouldn't bother herself with this perv*rt!.
"gather around everyone!" The host exclaimed and everyone began walking towards the stage.
when they all gathered, He continued excitedly "we all know that we have gathered here to wish the Zi family a happy anniversary, and so I have an anniversary present for them."
Everyone intently watched the man wanting to know what his present was. As they watched the big screen behind the man had suddenly lit up and a slideshow of pictures began playing.
"awwnn!" people exclaimed in excitement when they saw the pictures.
There were pictures of Zi chunming and Jia Lin right from when they newly got married down to when they started having kids.
"pttf" Lu yao yin chuckled when pictures of little Zi yichen appeared on the screen. She secretly peeped at him from the corner of her eyes and she wasn't the only one cause almost everybody turned to look at him.
The man whose baby pictures were being displayed on the screen had an awkward look on his face. he turned and Lu yao yin who was trying her best not to burst in laughter.
He didn't say anything but made up his mind to punish her when they were alone.
The mood of everyone in the hall including the Zi family were still happy and excited, until some unexpected pictures appeared on the screen. In one of the screen, little Zi yichen sat on a table while a little girl forcefully tried to feed him. His face was calm but the little smile hanging on the edge of his lips showed how happy he was, there was no question to what the relationship between the two children were cause they looked so much alike and it could be seen they were siblings.
The smiles on the faces of Zi chunming, Jia Lin, Zi yichen and Zi jiayi froze immediately and began fading little by little while the audience gushed at the harmonious scene.
"awwn is that Zi yichen twin sister? she's so cute"
"not only is she cute but she's so low profile, that's why it's really hard to hear about her"
"wow she must have grown into a very beautiful lady if her miniature version is this beautiful"
"yes I agree but how come I don't see her today?"
The host must have heard the whispers cause he began speaking.
"Miss Zi Liling is a great lover of nature and so she has embacked on a world tour to see all the wonders of nature" He was a close family friend so he too naturally was told the same story by the Zi family.
people showered praise on the young lady while the Zi family tried very hard to maintain their smiles
subconsciously Lu yao yin gave Zi yichen hand a little squeeze to comfort him to which he returned a small smile, seeing her concerned expression he suddenly didn't feel very sad anymore.
after a few more pictures the slideshow came to an end and then what was left was presentation of presents to the Zi couple, One after the other people began presenting their gifts to them.
"uncle I heard you are a fan of ALYY so I got Two of her paintings for you, I hope you like it" Lui shenhui said with a broad smile on her face and some men passed a huge packaged frame to Zi chunming.
"are these really ALYY painting?" His hands shook as he collected the frames, his elderly face had the look of a excitement and adoring while carefully and gently unveiling the frame.
Everyone too were focused on the package waiting for the art work to be revealed.
There was no one that didn't know ALYY, she had become a big thing in the art world many years ago and was till reigning with her fabulous painting and stories told by drawing.
She worked for Dreamland studios and had helped them gain over billion of naira from every exhibition or auction they held. It was very hard to get one of her paintings cause it ranked over hundreds and thousands of naira.
Finally the painting was revealed, and just like they expected it was a true perfection of art.
On the frame A giant bird stood on a hill too with it wings stretched out. around the hill was a blazing fire attempting to scorch down the hill and the mighty bird but yet the bird didn't seem to be bothered by the flames instead it's expression carried a hint of sarcasm and disdain, it look down on the fire, mocking it for it's inability to incinerate it. Truely the fire was useless in destroying the bird and under it's heat the wings of the bird morphed into gold.
"This is Flight of the Roc! I've seen it before" someone suddenly exclaimed.
"that's true I watched the exhibition, Dreamland was really proud of it then and they said they weren't sure if they were going to sell it, just how did Lui shenhui get it?"
the next person's comment made everyone to look at Lui shenhui in awe. some art fanatic began raining compliments and praises on her.
Zi chunming also began looking at her with a satisfied gaze, he was really satisfied with his present so how could he not look at her in a new light.
She secretly threw Lu yao yin a triumphant smirk then spoke to Zi chunming.
"Uncle you should check the other one out".