Chapter 38: The Watered-Down White Moonlight

Du Yifei was the one who organized the gathering tonight. He had even pushed his birthday forward from the day after tomorrow to today, and he only announced it at the last minute.

His friends almost strangled him when they received his call.

However, he had been following Lu Yunzheng around like a little brother since they were kids, so even though he was just a carefree rich second-generation now, it didn’t affect his friendship with Lu Yunzheng.

When he saw Luo Qianyun, Du Yifei’s eyes lit up. “Sister-in-law, you’re so beautiful!”

Du Yifei’s shout prompted everyone else to join in with praise.

There weren’t many people present, but the gender ratio was heavily skewed. There were only two girls in the entire group.

Lu Yunzheng was clearly very familiar with everyone, and he immediately led Luo Qianyun to a seat. The others all sat around them, either pulling up chairs or standing close by, surrounding them completely.

When Meng Chi arrived with his sister, Meng Xirou, they saw a group of people huddled together.

The two girls in the corner, upon seeing Meng Xirou, quickly walked over. “Xirou, come here.”

“What’s wrong?” Meng Xirou asked softly, her gaze drawn to the group of people in the middle, where a woman in a red dress seemed to be sitting.

“Yunzheng brought his girlfriend,” one of the girls explained.

Meng Xirou was taken aback. “When did he get a girlfriend?”

“Who knows? It just suddenly happened.”

Meng Xirou looked through the crowd and finally saw Luo Qianyun’s face clearly. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy.

Luo Qianyun seemed to sense something, and when she looked over at Meng Xirou, she caught her quickly withdrawing her gaze.

“Are those girls over there your childhood friends?” Luo Qianyun asked softly.

“I think so,” Lu Yunzheng replied.

Luo Qianyun couldn’t help but feel a little helpless. “It’s either yes or no, how can you say ‘I think so’?”

“I’ve been in the army for almost ten years, it’s normal to forget things,” Lu Yunzheng said innocently.

Luo Qianyun thought about it, and it did make sense.

Especially for girls, they change so much from childhood to adulthood, and then when they put on makeup, it’s not so easy to recognize them.

Of course, this only applied to those you weren’t particularly close to.

However, after thinking about it, Luo Qianyun still said, “I saw them looking at you.”

“Are you sure they weren’t looking at you?” Lu Yunzheng asked, lowering his head.

Well, Luo Qianyun wasn’t so sure…

Seeing Meng Xirou and the others sitting together, Lu Ya strutted over to them like a victorious rooster. “Why are you all sitting in the corner? Don’t you want to go and greet my little auntie?”

“Lu Ya, do you have to be so impatient? Yunzheng hasn’t even gotten married yet, who knows when his girlfriend will change?” the girl on Meng Xirou’s left said coldly.

“That’s right, it’ll be Xirou’s sooner or later.” The other girl chimed in.

Meng Xirou sighed helplessly. “Don’t talk nonsense, what if you upset Yunzheng’s girlfriend?”

Lu Ya rolled her eyes. “She’s always been obsessed with my little uncle. I told you, my little uncle isn’t interested in Meng Xirou.”

“If you say Yunzheng isn’t interested in Xirou, then explain what happened before! You can’t even explain yourself properly, who are you trying to fool?”

“That’s right, maybe this girlfriend is fake.”

…

Seeing Lu Ya come back in a huff, Lu Huai reached out to rub his sister’s head. “I told you not to play with them, if you don’t like them, don’t force yourself. It’s not fun.”

“My little uncle doesn’t like that white lotus Meng Xirou.” Lu Ya said angrily.

“Yes, yes, he definitely doesn’t like her. But this is your first time meeting Qianyun, so don’t cause trouble. What if you make her misunderstand?” Lu Huai reminded her.

Lu Ya could only obediently agree. “I understand.”

But while Lu Ya managed to hold back, Meng Xirou couldn’t…

So, while Lu Yunzheng was out of the room, she went and sat down next to Luo Qianyun.

Seeing Meng Xirou sitting down beside her, Luo Qianyun immediately understood. “Hello.”

Hearing Luo Qianyun’s greeting, Meng Xirou smiled slightly. “Hello, I’m Meng Xirou, I’m a good friend of Yunzheng’s.”

“Nice to meet you, I’m Yunzheng’s girlfriend,” Luo Qianyun said with a smile. As for the “good friend” she mentioned, Luo Qianyun had her own judgment about the water content.