Chapter 38

There were quite a few people in the private room, all of whom were family friends and good friends, but only Li Yuxuan and Shen Yi knew what Zhou Qizhen was thinking.

Zhou Qizhen only solemnly introduced Shen Yi and his fiancee to Lu Xiaoqiao, and only briefly introduced the rest of the people.

But even with a simple introduction, anyone who was attentive could tell what was going on. If someone could make Zhou Qizhen personally pick her up, then she must have a special place in his heart.

Shen Yi came with his fiancee today, a very beautiful woman. Lin Lin secretly told Lu Xiaoqiao that the two of them were in a family marriage.

Everyone greeted Lu Xiaoqiao one by one, and everyone was very enthusiastic, without being a bit slow because of their status or family background.

“Everyone is here, so let’s serve the food first.” Li Yuxuan said and went out to ask the waiter to serve the dishes.

A very large round table was just full of everyone. Lu Xiaoqiao was cleverly arranged to sit next to Zhou Qizhen, and Shen Yi sat on his other side. She felt something was wrong when she sat down.

There were so many people eating, and only she and Lin Lin were the juniors. No matter how you put it, she shouldn’t sit next to Zhou Qizhen, so she stood up and changed seats with Li Yuxuan.

Li Yuxuan raised his hand and made a gesture of pressing down: “Xiao Qiao, please sit down quickly. We are all family today, so there is no need to be so particular. Zi Yang and I just have something to talk about. We will switch back later.” 𝙒𝓦𝓦.𝙑🄾🅳𝙩𝙒1.𝘾𝙘

Hearing what he said, Lu Xiaoqiao didn’t insist anymore. After sitting down, she was pulled by Lin Lin, who was sitting on her right side, to discuss what was the most delicious.

Glancing at the table full of delicacies from land and sea, she still liked the plump hairy crab the most. But today, no matter how much she loved to eat, whether as a friend of the host or a friend of Lin Lin, she didn’t reach out to eat the hairy crab, which was a bit complicated to eat. She just picked up whatever dish on the turntable was passed to her.

Zhou Qizhen watched the whole process without saying anything. He turned to the waiter standing next to him and asked for a clean bowl and plate, then started to disassemble the hairy crab.

Originally, there were crab-chopping workers here, but he just did it himself for some reason.

When Lu Xiaoqiao was about to pick up the dish on the turntable, a big hand with distinct joints slowly handed over a plate of peeled crab meat. The peeled crab meat was as white as jade, and it was neatly placed on the plate, with the golden crab roe in the crab shell.

At this moment, Lu Xiaoqiao felt an indescribable feeling in her heart, a little flattered, and more of a sense of guilt. Not only did he not care about what she did, but he also treated her better than before.

On the back of the hand that had just been extended, you could still clearly see the redness and swelling with purple. Just looking at it like this, you couldn’t imagine how painful it must have been when it was hit.

After handing her the crab meat, he said something to the person sitting opposite as if nothing had happened.

Lu Xiaoqiao tilted her head to glance at him. Due to the high temperature in the room, she took off her coat and wore a well-fitting dark shirt with a suit vest of the same color as her pants and coat. The light above her head clearly illuminated his angular profile, his high nose bridge, and his eyes without any emotion, which always gave people a sense of coldness, alienation, and oppression.

Zhou Qizhen saw from the corner of his eye that she hadn’t touched the plate of crab meat for a long time. He thought she was embarrassed because there were so many people, so he leaned closer to her and whispered, “Why don’t you eat? No one will say anything, eat it! Tell me what else you want to eat, and I’ll give it to you.”

Lu Xiaoqiao was indeed a little embarrassed, but since he said so, she didn’t act pretentiously anymore and picked up the chopsticks to eat.

“Do you want crab vinegar?” Zhou Qizhen asked.

“Yes, I do. Asked the waiter for more crab vinegar and put it in front of her.

After a short break after dinner, Li Yuxuan brought over a birthday cake: “Old Zhou, come and blow out the candles. This year is special. There are more ladies. They all come to celebrate your birthday. You can’t miss out on a piece of birthday cake.”

Lu Xiaoqiao heard from Lin Lin that her uncle never prepared a cake for birthdays. He just ate with friends and played cards. Lu Xiaoqiao asked her why, and she said that her uncle thought that being surrounded by a bunch of people singing and blowing candles made him feel like a monkey performing.

Lu Xiaoqiao was surprised why he thought so, but when she imagined his usual serious look, wearing a birthday hat and making a wish with his hands folded, it really made people feel very inconsistent.

Zhou Qizhen skipped all the steps and only blew out the birthday candles. He cut the cake into many small pieces with a knife, and then picked the largest piece and handed it to Lu Xiaoqiao who was standing next to him.

“Brother Zhou, you are so considerate today. You just peeled the crab and now you are handing me the cake. Pick a piece for me later!” Someone in the crowd shouted this.

Lu Xiaoqiao’s hand, which was about to reach out to take the cake, paused for a moment. The difference in status and social position between her and Zhou Qizhen made it unsuitable for such a joke. Because of Lin Lin, she had to call him uncle. She felt awkward and didn’t know what to do.

But with so many people watching, Zhou Qizhen was not affected by the words of the man just now. Lu Xiaoqiao took it with a stiff upper lip and said with a smile: “Thank you! Uncle.” Zhou Qizhen was stunned for a moment after hearing her call “Uncle”, and then handed cakes to others as if nothing had happened.

He instinctively frowned after hearing the teasing just now, and was about to scold her, but suddenly he didn’t want to do that. He also wanted to see how she would react to this kind of ambiguous joke between men and women. Instead of the shyness and blushing she expected, she was replaced by a name that clarified the relationship between the two. 𝙬🅆𝓦.🅅𝙤🄳𝓣𝕎1.𝓒𝙘

Isn’t it obvious enough from what he usually does? Make her feel that he cares about her in the way that only lovers and lovers would, and misunderstands that he is an elder and a younger person?

It was almost nine o’clock after eating the cake. Lu Xiaoqiao and Lin Lin still had to go to work tomorrow, so they discussed leaving first.

“Brother, Xiao Qiao and I are going back first. We both have to go to work tomorrow. You can come back after you send us off. Anyway, you will play until late.”

“Brother! Did you hear that?”

Lin Ziyang hadn’t digested the secret he just discovered yet. His soul had already flown to the ninth heaven. When Lin Lin called him, he didn’t react for a while.

He had never thought about it before. The main reason was that what his uncle did today was too obvious. He went to the bathroom just now and tried to sound out the matter with Brother Li who went with him.

Li Yuxuan’s words, “Your uncle has fallen on Lu Xiaoqiao in this life.” surprised him.

He didn’t expect that his uncle would have such thoughts about Xiao Qiao, and Li Yuxuan’s last sentence, “As a junior, you should help your uncle more in the future.” Now thinking about the stupid things he did before, he really deserved to be sent to the clan house.

A few days ago, grandma told Lu Xiaoqiao to find someone who is mature and stable, has a good family background, has a successful career, and is a little older than her. Isn’t it obvious that she is promoting the three words Zhou Qizhen!

What did he say at that time? Oh! Not only did he laugh at it, but he also said that this was looking for a father.

No wonder grandpa said he was a bad mouth!

Think about the vacation that disappeared for no reason, and the overtime work every day that seemed innocent but not innocent. It was all because of his bad mouth!

Li Yuxuan heard Lin Lin’s words and hurriedly stopped her and said, “Your brother has been drinking. Your uncle and I are the only ones who haven’t drunk here because we have a business trip tomorrow morning. Let your uncle send Xiaoqiao off later. I will go back later for something. I will send you off then.”