Yan Yan

After my brother left, Bai Xinglan took a step forward and said to Su Yan and Yao An'an, "The dinner party hasn't started yet, let's find a seat first."

"Okay." Su Yan couldn't help but glanced at Bai Xingfan and the woman's back, and couldn't help but ask, "Who is today's protagonist?"

"Yes, she is Sister Tongtong." Bai Xinglan explained for his brother, "My brother must be going to sign a contract with her."

Su Yan: "Oh."

Yao An'an: "Huang Tianhua's sun is bright, they can't do anything, don't worry about it."

The person who knows a woman best is a woman's best friend.

Su Yan's cheeks flushed, and she refused to admit it: "I didn't!"

Yao Anan shrugged: "When I didn't say it."

Su Yan: "..." But your expression doesn't seem to be credible at all.

Afterwards, the two of them followed Bai Xinglan to find an empty table by the water, and Su Yan chose the position facing the pond.

After being seated, she raised her eyes and glanced at the corridor on the other side, and happened to see Bai Xingfan and the woman walking into a small two-story building together.

Lights are lit upstairs and downstairs, and the warm yellow light penetrates the glass and illuminates the latticed wooden window lattices.

"Sister Yanyan, drink tea." Bai Xinglan put a blue and white porcelain cup in front of Su Yan, and the cup was already full of tea.

Su Yan immediately retracted her gaze: "Thank you!" Then she quickly picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea as if trying to cover it.

When she put down the teacup, she suddenly noticed that the water in the pond was actually flowing, her eyes chased the source, and was finally cut off by a yellow wooden fence door inlaid on the stone wall. She wanted to look at it, but it was too dark. She couldn't see anything clearly, she could only roughly see the outline of the top of the mountain, so she asked curiously, "Does this water flow down from the top of the mountain?"

Bai Xinglan: "Yes, the top of the mountain is the source, and it flows all the way down to the bottom of the mountain, running through the four courtyards."

The terrain of this yard is indeed descending gently from high to low. Looking up from the high end, it is a dark mountain top, and looking down from the low end, it is a wooden fence gate that blocks the view. .

Su Yan became curious again: "Why use a wooden door to block the waterway?"

Bai Xinglan: "Only on the surface of the water, not underwater."

Yao Anan also noticed the two wooden fence gates in the front and back: "Isn't this unnecessary? Why open two wooden gates on the courtyard wall? To let people know that there is water under the gate?"

This question touched Bai Xinglan's blind spot of knowledge. He scratched his head: "I'm not very clear, but it seems to be used to light the sky lantern."

Su Yan and Yao Anan said in unison, "What lamp?"

"Sky lantern." Bai Xinglan said, "It is said that it is the most advanced service provided by Shan Yinxuan. The full name is a pool of sky lanterns."

Su Yan was even more curious: "How advanced is it?"

Bai Xinglan: "It's so advanced that I've never seen anyone order it."

Su Yan: "…"

Yao An'an: "Is it because the price is expensive?"

Bai Xinglan: "The price must be expensive, the sky lanterns must be lit in the water, but the water is alive, the lanterns will follow the water and flow through the four courtyards, and guests in other courtyards will be disturbed, so the rules here are who lights the sky lanterns. Who is booking the venue?"

Su Yan was shocked: "All four games?"

"Yeah, because I'm disturbing others. The price of a dinner party is in the millions, and I'll say five million less after four." Bai Xinglan explained, "But I don't think money is the main reason. Who will pay for it? Can't afford five million?"

Su Yan: "…"

Yao An'an: "..."

We really don't understand the rich world.

Bai Xingfan continued: "The main reason is that the act of lighting the sky lanterns is so disrespectful to the host of the banquet, so few guests will take the initiative to light the sky lanterns, unless the host wants to do so, but I never never met."

Su Yan felt that Bai Xinglan had a point. Since it was a guest who came to the banquet, lighting the sky lantern was equivalent to taking the top spot, which would overshadow the host. It was neither etiquette nor rules.

But she still has a small question: "Well, since it is a sky lantern, why should it be placed in the water?"

Yao An'an was also surprised by this: "Yes, why not call it a pond of river lanterns?"

Bai Xinglan spread his hands: "I don't know, maybe it's because the real sky lanterns are not environmentally friendly, and it's easy to cause mountain disasters?"

Su Yan: "…"

Yao An'an: "..."

Sounds reasonable.

At this moment, Yao An'an's cell phone suddenly rang, and she answered the call immediately.

Su Yan thought it was her master calling, but who knew that Yao Anan suddenly stood up from the chair and hurriedly shouted to the mobile phone: "Right now! Immediately!"

After she hung up the phone, Su Yan quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Yao Anan was furious: "The caller from the parking lot said that a Ferrari had scratched my Civic!"

Su Yan immediately stood up from the stool: "I'll accompany you to take a look."

"It's better for me to go, I'm familiar with this place." Bai Xinglan also stood up and said to Su Yan, "The three of us can't go together, we have to leave someone to wait for my brother."

Su Yan had no choice but to stay.

After the two of them left, she sat alone at the table, brushing her phone boredly, and occasionally glanced at the second-story building opposite to see if the lights were still on.

About fifteen minutes later, the woman in the green cheongsam walked out of the small building. Su Yan had a premonition that she was about to raise her eyes to look at the other side, so she immediately turned her eyes away and put on a stern look. Vice years are quiet and indifferent.

After that, she never looked there again, and kept scanning her phone with her head down.

After an unknown amount of time, a person sat on the chair opposite her. She thought it was Bai Xingfan, but when she raised her head, she was stunned. It turned out to be that beautiful woman.

"My name is Zhang Ruotong." The woman smiled at Su Yan and pushed the black tray just placed on the table in front of Su Yan, "Mr. Bai ordered it for you, and I brought it to you for him."

On the tray is a white porcelain cup, a white porcelain spoon drag, and a white porcelain spoon.

Su Yan was a little confused: "What is this?"

Zhang Ruotong: "Yangzhi nectar."

Su Yan: "..." Why didn't he bring it to me?

She couldn't help but ask, "Where did he go?"

Zhang Ruotong: "He is always busy with other things."

Su Yan didn't like her expression and tone very much, as if she knew Bai Xingfan better than herself.

Zhang Ruotong looked at Su Yan's face carefully: "He must like you very much, right?"

Su Yan: "…"

Zhang Ruotong: "He and I have been classmates since junior high school. For more than ten years, you are the first female companion to accompany him to the banquet, and the first woman who can make him remember his preferences."

Su Yan was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to continue the conversation, let alone what the other party's intention was.

Therefore, she chose to remain unchanged and respond to changes, and listened to her quietly.

Zhang Ruotong didn't stop there, and continued: "You are very beautiful, but I always thought that he would not like a woman of your type."

"He's a very strong man, you know? In my memory, he has always been a person who is not willing to fall behind, so I always thought that he would like the kind of woman who can keep pace with him."

"But you're not like that at all."

"You are superficially beautiful, and you have to let him see your face. You look like a squeamish little white flower. You really don't look like the kind of woman who can help him."

Su Yan was unmoved, and only replied with two words: "You look like you."

Zhang Ruotong: "…"

Su Yan: "But he doesn't like you."

Zhang Ruotong: "…"

Su Yan calmly looked straight into Zhang Ruotong's eyes: "It's not that he doesn't like you because of my appearance, it's that he doesn't like you himself, so you don't need to be so hostile to me, let alone say this to me. kind of talk."

Zhang Ruotong was stunned for a long time, and his expression gradually showed embarrassment and apology: "I'm sorry, I didn't control my emotions well."

Su Yan didn't continue to be aggressive: "Go ahead, I'm listening, I'll keep it a secret for you."

Zhang Ruotong was startled again, stared at Su Yan for a while, then shook his head and chuckled: "Sure enough, how can the person who can put him on the top of his heart is an ordinary woman?"

Su Yan: "Not really, I understand."

Only women know women better, so she can hear that Zhang Ruotong's words are harsh, but they are not malicious, they just want to explain that they are unwilling.

Not all men and women in this world can love each other, most of them are unwilling.

Zhang Ruotong smiled again, with self-mockery in the smile: "It's really not reconciled, I liked him for many years, but he didn't even notice it." She sighed lightly, "We have known each other since we were twelve, but To this day, he doesn't know what I like, I hate wearing perfume, and he gave it to me as a birthday present for three years in a row."

Su Yan: "…"

How much is this, a little bit, perfunctory?

She couldn't help but ask, "Then what are you trying to figure out about him?"

Zhang Ruotong: "I think he is tall and handsome, he is very rich, and he has a good family background, okay?"

Su Yan: "…"

It can be regarded as a strong reason, but it will not be unforgettable for more than ten years, right?

She was too embarrassed to say it clearly, she could only say euphemistically, "There are still many such men."

Zhang Ruotong smiled mischievously: "I'm just kidding you."

Su Yan: "Then why do you like him so much?"

Zhang Ruotong looked serious: "Because he is very good, like a high mountain, although he can't reach it, he yearns for it."

Su Yan understood what Zhang Ruotong meant: because he admired him, he liked him.

Zhang Ruotong smiled bitterly: "Before today, I had been deceiving myself and comforting myself that he sent perfume for three consecutive years not because he didn't care about my birthday, but because he was too busy to take into account my preferences and birthday. , so it's normal to forget what I gave last year, but after seeing you, I realized that it's not that he doesn't remember, but that he doesn't want to remember, I'm just an ordinary friend to him, so there's no need to make him spend his time." Said Here, she looked at Su Yan with admiration, "He is really kind to you."

Su Yan was a little embarrassed: "It's just a cup of Yangzhi nectar, and it's not very good." Although Bai Xingfan was really kind to her, she certainly couldn't admit it in front of Zhang Ruotong, otherwise, wouldn't she sprinkle salt on other people's wounds? ?

Zhang Ruotong raised his brows slightly: "Not very good? Miss Su, you are indeed a little hypocritical."

Su Yan: "…"

Hey, why are you like this? I kindly comfort you and you still call me hypocritical?

outrageous!

He held back his eyes and didn't roll his eyes.

Zhang Ruotong didn't say anything more, looked back at the mountain top in the distance, got up from the stool, walked into the crowd, and said loudly, "Mr. Bai lights the sky lantern for Miss Su."

Shan Yinxuan's "One Pond Sky Lantern" is well-known, but almost no one has seen what the sky lantern looks like, so Zhang Ruotong's words caused an uproar among the guests.

Su Yan was even more shocked, staring at Zhang Ruotong dumbfounded.

The voices of the surrounding people gradually became lively, and the guests were discussing constantly. Suddenly, a female guest shouted: "Look at the top of the mountain!"

Everyone turned their faces and looked up, and cast their eyes towards the high mountain.

The night was full of stars, and the dark top of the mountain gradually lit up with a fire that was brighter than the stars. One, two, three... Countless lights poured out from the top of the mountain one after another. Zhandi floated down the river smoothly and quickly towards Wangmei Garden.

The wooden fence gates at both ends of the courtyard have been opened at some point, and the fluorescent lamps floated into the pond in the courtyard without any hindrance. Only then did everyone see that the lamps were in the shape of light pink lotus flowers, and the stamens were lit red. candle.

Exquisite lotus lanterns pass through Wangmei Garden one after another, drifting from top to bottom along the turbulent water into the next garden, like stars entrenched on a black jade belt.

The lantern comes from the top of the mountain. In the darkness, the black part of the top of the mountain blends into the night sky without any gap. At first glance, the lantern really seems to come from the sky, like a star that has fallen from the Milky Way.

Su Yan couldn't help staring blankly - is this a sky lantern?

I don't know how long it took, the crowd rioted again, and someone shouted: "It's changed! The lights have changed!"

From a certain moment, the light pink lanterns suddenly turned rouge red, and the shape was much larger and rounder than before, very much like round lanterns floating in the water.

After the "round lantern" floated into Wangmei Garden, everyone could see its true appearance: it was a flower bud waiting to bloom.

This kind of water lantern made into a bud shape seems to have remote control. It does not flow down the water flow to the next yard like the previous lotus lantern, but gathers in the pond of Wangmei Garden, one after another, accumulating more and more more.

When the entire pool surface was almost covered with lamps, the red flower buds suddenly bloomed in unison at a certain moment, turning into red lotus flowers, and then, one after another, the moon The small white lamp **** flew out of the lotus, rising higher and higher like stars.

At first, these small light **** were arranged in a disorderly manner, but after reaching a certain height, they began to fly regularly, tossing and turning in mid-air like fireflies, dazzling for a while, and finally slowly freeze in mid-air It became four words: cub Yanyan.

Su Yan was completely stunned, she sat on the chair stupidly, her chin raised high, her red lips were slightly open, and she even forgot to blink.

"do you like it?"

Someone's voice suddenly came from overhead, Su Yan suddenly returned to her senses, turned her head and stared at Bai Xingfan who appeared beside her at some point.

He smiled warmly, raised his left hand, and rubbed her head gently: "Cub, are you still angry?"