Chapter 103 (Second Update)

  The night fell slowly, the sky was as black as a grinding disc, and even the stars were barely visible.

  The entire mansion, both inside and out, was a dazzling spectacle of lights, bustling with an air of grandeur.

  In the backyard, a group of young men and women were clinking glasses and having a lively time. Several rich young masters couldn't stop boasting about their previous topic, and later they even finalized plans to take an oil tanker trip together for Zhao Zijun's birthday.

  Ai Zi Qing, however, simply lowered her eyelids and quietly ate her food. At one point, she even called out to the waiter to ask for a bowl of rice, which earned her various disdainful looks from Li Ying Xin and others. But Ai Zi Qing was completely natural, merely glancing up briefly at the group before continuing to eat on her own, without any awkward or affected mannerisms.

  In the meantime, An Miao Miao surprisingly called over the bartender at the bar in the hall and had him mix a cocktail for each person. Everyone was having so much fun that no one objected, of course. This bartender was quite skilled and managed to create a different colored drink for each person. When it came to Ai Zi Qing's turn, he ended up with a Bloody Mary made with vodka as the base liquor.

  This strong liquor made Aizi slightly frown, the cocktail was purely temporary and hadn't been handled by Xingyue's skilled hands. As for whether it had been tampered with, she wasn't worried about that at all. It's just that her alcohol tolerance wasn't very high, and this kind of wine obviously didn't suit her.

  But things often go against one's wishes, just as Ai Ziying slightly frowned, An Miao's mouth corner slipped over a hint of a pleased smile, stood up and said in a soft voice: "This kind of wine, of course, has to be drunk quickly to have flavor, today is my birthday, everyone will not leave until they are drunk, let's finish this cup of wine together, as a celebration for me, how about it?"

  Everyone stood up, and Ai Zi Qing naturally saw through An Miao Miao's little thoughts. She frowned at the bright red wine glass, thinking that drinking this wine was actually quite unpleasant, but she didn't pretend to be polite. She simply followed everyone else in standing up, and drank the wine in her cup. As it entered her mouth, the vodka made the taste extremely smooth. The slight spiciness from the tomato juice trembled on the tip of her tongue and between her teeth, leaving a lingering aftertaste.

  Wow!

  Ai Zi Qing let out a long breath and took two bites of food into her mouth, which finally alleviated the spiciness.

  But then An Miao spoke up again.

  "Hey, Miss Ai, what's wrong with you? You come to celebrate someone's birthday, not giving any gift is one thing, but not even a word of congratulations? Isn't that too rude?" An Miao Miao stared for a while and found that whenever Ai Zi Qing had picked up a dish more than twice, Zhao Zi Jun would carefully swap it with the one in front of her. This made An Miao Miao, who had never received such treatment, feel unbalanced in her heart. She endured for half a day before finally not being able to hold back and making a sarcastic comment.

  She didn't notice that as soon as she finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to An Miao Miao with a strange gaze.

  "Great!" As expected, Zhao Zijun frowned first and blamed his cousin for being impolite: "Guests are coming, how can you talk like that!"

  "Big Brother!" An Miao felt that the two of them were using their master-disciple relationship as a cover, otherwise how could Ai Zi Qing, a weak and frail girl, take Zhao Zi Jun as her disciple? What if they had an affair? Which professional coach wouldn't know how to fight? This made her think of when she was in middle school, when boys and girls would get close, they would first address each other as "sister" or "brother", were these two also playing this trick?

  The more I look at it, the more alike they are! An Miao coldly snorted and turned her head to Li Yingxin: "Sister Yingxin, I've already told you not to spend money, but you still gave a gift!"

  "Pretty good, the gift money isn't much, but it's the thought that counts." Li Yingxin sneaked a glance at Wen YaoHui and smiled in response. In fact, she had only received 500 yuan today, which wasn't a lot of money, but for an ordinary high school student, this amount could cover living expenses for one or two weeks. For someone from a middle-class family like Li Yingxin, it was normal to give a red envelope with 200 yuan when attending someone's birthday party. But there was no way around it - the host was Miss An, and giving too little wouldn't look good, so she had to grit her teeth and give a red envelope with 500 yuan.

  "Many are not many, but some people come to eat for free!" An Miao muttered a sentence, her voice was not small, but this sentence successfully made the dinner table quiet for a while. Just now Ai Zi Qing's 'brave' performance was still vivid in their minds, and they didn't expect that An Miao would dare to scold her indirectly?

  This made everyone involuntarily break out in a cold sweat for her.

  Li Hui and others did not give any gift money, originally Zhao Zijun also said that they just came to join in the fun. They didn't have much of a relationship with An Miaomiao either, besides, they weren't some rich family's young ladies, so they didn't understand these social etiquette things very well. If you say who has the highest status here, it would be Li Hui, but her father is just a senior inspector in the deep water area, and he doesn't pay much attention to this aspect of things.

  On ordinary days when friends have birthdays, most of them just buy a gift to show their kindness, but today An Miao Miao took the opportunity to squeeze me for money.

  Ke Ai Zi Qing picked up a napkin and gently wiped the corner of her mouth, stood up smiling and said: "If Miss An is only entangled because of a gift, then I want to say that you don't have to be like this, because I've already paid for everyone on behalf of this gift." After finishing, she looked up at the sky and then looked at Li Hui and others saying: "The day is not early, we should..."

  "Let's go, I've had enough of this. You still have the nerve to calculate with just this little money?!" Li Hui said as she stood up straight, her words were straightforward and blunt, matching Ai Zi Qing's previous statement, causing An Miao Miao's face to turn bright red instantly. The young girl who usually cared about saving face was now being openly rebuked, making it seem like she really did care about the small amount of gift money, especially since they had already paid it, which made her even more embarrassed!

  Zhao Zijun furrowed his brow and looked at An Miaomiao, secretly sighing in his heart. Today's events were indeed one after another. He couldn't help but blame himself for letting Ai Ziqing come to muddy the waters, feeling very guilty in his heart.

  Feng Rouqiao suddenly stood up and said with a hint of embarrassment: "Ai Xue, Meimei is always talking nonsense, she absolutely didn't mean what you think, why don't we all sit down again? We're all gathered here together, it's a rare opportunity, no need to make things unpleasant."

  Ai Zi Qing raised her eyes and glanced at her, discovering a hint of tension on her face, occasionally stealing glances at Li Hui, feeling puzzled in her heart, wondering if she had really tampered with the wine earlier.

  Before Ai Zi Qing could think further, she was blown by the gentle breeze in the courtyard and suddenly felt a bit tipsy. She shook her head slightly and said: "It's getting late, I'm also feeling a bit tired today, you all have fun, we'll take our leave first."

  Feng Rouqiao was about to speak, but Zhao Zijun interrupted: "It's really late, I'll send you back."

  Ai Zi Qing nodded, Li Hui had quite a bit of wine today and really needed someone to send her off.

  As Ai Zi Qing stood up, Li Hui and others followed suit, then Zhao Zi Jun and Wen Yao Hui. The dinner table was suddenly empty, making An Miao Miao clench her teeth in anger, while Feng Rou Qiao secretly raised an eyebrow and lowered her eyelids, making it impossible for anyone to guess what she was thinking.

  Li Yingxin could only sit there, staring blankly as Wen YaoHui walked away with big strides. She had dressed up especially beautifully today just for him, but throughout the entire meal, they didn't exchange a single word, and now she could only watch as he left!

  She didn't care about what others thought, Ai Zi Qing attended today just to give Zhao Zi Jun some face, as for what she should do, she did it all, she was just accompanying Li Hui and the others to join in the fun, and at the same time leave a deep impression on these famous people, so that it would be convenient for her to take action in the future.

  As for whether the Huangfu family would know her whereabouts, it was no longer important to Ai Ziying now. If she had said that she was unfamiliar with Hong Kong and had no foundation in Hong Kong before, then she obviously already had a lot of confidence that most people didn't have. In the previous semester, she had quietly made friends with Deng Weilun and others, hoping to lay a good foundation for future development. Moreover, this semester, she had unfolded the blueprint for Xiangji, if there were no accidents, this was just her beginning in Hong Kong!

  What she needs to do now is to slowly move from behind the scenes to the front, entering into some people's eyes, that is, Ai Zi Qing's transformation from initial to Hong Kong, from nothing to something...

  Moreover, she had already sent someone to closely monitor the movements of the Huangfu family. Now, every day, Ai Ziqing could receive reports from David about the whereabouts of Huangfu Xiong and Huangfu Ze. She was extremely familiar with the situation in the Huangfu family, although it was just some superficial information. However, for her, it was already sufficient.

  Don't forget, she came to Hong Kong with only one goal, and that is to bring down the Huangfu family, which poses a huge threat to her. Apparently, the other party doesn't take her too seriously yet, but Ai Zi Qing wants to use this point to shake this big tree!

  ……

  Zhao Zijun sent Ai Ziqing home first, and then Abao, Xiangyao and Li Hui. At this time, Ai Ziqing's face was already flushed red, and after saying goodbye to the three of them, she hurriedly turned around and entered the corridor.

  As she stepped out of the elevator, Ai Zi Qing took out her keys and was about to open the door when the door across from hers opened, followed by a sentence filled with thick dissatisfaction: "Why are you back so late?"

  Ai Zi Qing turned around and saw Ah Wen wearing a nightgown, with her hands crossed over her chest, leaning against the door frame, with an expression of resentment, which gave Ai Zi Qing a great headache!

  "You're not going to stay up all night waiting to catch me, are you?" Ai Zi Qing patted her own cheek and sighed helplessly.

  "Are you still drinking?" Ah Wen was even more surprised this time, her tone greatly dissatisfied, as if blaming her for drinking outside.

  Alas! Ai Zi Qing let out a helpless sigh. How did she end up knowing such an unlucky star? The more she tried to avoid her, the more she stuck around...

  Ah Wen let out a sigh, walked up and grabbed Aizi Qing, leaned in close to her and sniffed: "Bloody Mary? Next time don't drink so much outside, you're a girl, if you get drunk outside something bad might happen!" As she said that, she pulled Aizi Qing towards her house.

  Ai Zi Qing had no choice but to pull out the key that was inserted into the door, followed A Wen into the house, was pressed on the sofa and asked this and that, finally drank a cup of hot water before leaving.

  Out of Ah Wen's house, Ai Zi Qing couldn't help but smile again as she took out the key, feeling dizzy and thinking to herself, "Could it be that I'm now walking on peach blossoms, with such good luck with women?"

  As soon as she opened the door and entered the house, Aizi Qing reached out to turn on the light switch, but her hand was suddenly pressed against the wall by someone. Immediately afterwards, her waist was tightly wrapped, and she was pulled into a sturdy embrace. She was shocked, and more than half of the wine's effect wore off instantly.

  Her body involuntarily arched back, but her lips felt a sudden chill, as a soft pair of lips landed on hers...