The birthday dinner passed mostly in harmonious celebration, except for a small disturbance at the beginning.
Except for... Lin Baiyao, who spent the entire evening radiating charm everywhere she went.
Regrettably, none of the three men present showed any interest, which significantly dampened the spirits of a woman used to conquering countless men.
Gu Xiaoer and Shen Mingyou quickly formed a friendship among women, chatting away happily.
After the dinner, Shen Mingyou stood leaning against the railing on the rooftop, her head against her dearest brother.
"Brother, I'm so envious of Brother Li and his wife!" The twenty-year-old girl's eyes were filled with longing for love.
Shen Minghan patted the girl's head, "Silly girl, feeling envious?
"Yes, exactly, super envious!" Her large eyes gazed into the night sky, saying, "It's really hard to find a man who likes you and cherishes you for a lifetime. Luckily, Xiao Er met Brother Li. Even the forever frosty Brother Li has learned to be tender and to love. Today, I secretly watched Brother Li, and his eyes were full of her. The way he looks at her is totally different from how he looks at others. Tsk tsk, people say that the colder the man, the truer his love when he falls; I think they're talking about Brother Li."
"Actually, I'm envious too." Shen Minghan sighed, wrapping his sister in his coat to shield her from the night wind, "Your Brother Li has his own difficulties, which is why I told you not to let anything slip to Xiao Er. She's naive and not suited for the strife of an Aristocratic Family."
"So that's how it is. Brother Li has thought of all this, he really is a good man!" Shen Mingyou snuggled up obediently. "And my sister-in-law is great too, I really like her. She's the kind of person who makes you feel comfortable at first sight, a feeling of closeness."
"You felt that too! Actually, I had the same feeling the first time I met her. I felt that this girl was particularly comforting, it's an indescribable feeling. It made me want to take care of her, like a brother would for his sister. Youyou won't mind if I treat her as a sister too, right?"
"Am I such a petty person!" Shen Mingyou protested strongly, "I've already formed an alliance with my sister-in-law. If any of you bullies her, you're bullying me, and I'll be the first to disagree!"
"Good, my little angel of a sister!" Shen Minghan smiled tenderly and then remembered to add, "In the future, when you make friends, you also need to be discerning, okay? Don't let yourself be used by people with ulterior motives." The girl was still so naive and trusted people too easily.
"Oh, I was wrong, brother..." The girl replied guiltily, clearly aware that her brother was talking about Lin Baiyao. She had already decided to delete Lin Baiyao as a friend after she got home that night and never to contact her again.
That morning, Gu Xiaoer groggily reached out in bed for the comforting presence of a man, but after a long search, she only found the cold emptiness of the sheets.
Only then did she feel the loss upon remembering that Da Luoluo was away on a business trip again.
Whenever he was away, she felt so bored.
As she thought this, the phone on the nightstand rang out of the blue.
Gu Xiaoer stared at the name on the screen for a few seconds before answering, "Minister Bai?"
"Do you have time? Come to revise the draft," Bai Xiaoyu stated simply and clearly.
The call from the aloof executive... Gu Xiaoer stuck out her tongue, quickly responding, "Yes, Minister Bai, I'll be right there!"
Excited by the prospect of a design job, she felt as if she were surging with adrenaline.
"I'm at the villa gate; you can just come down."
"Ah?!"