The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 278 Strawberry Print

December 25th, Magic City Exhibition Center.

This building, which adopts the northern classical style and incorporates elements of Baroque art, is located in Jing'an, Shanghai. The building looks majestic and elegant. The cream-yellow exterior walls will be shining in the sun on sunny days. The gilded five-pointed star and spire on the top make it one of the iconic landscapes of Shanghai. The solemn and gorgeous impression also makes it the most favored venue for political and business events.

On this festive Christmas day, the Ye family and the Yuan family are preparing to add insult to injury. Today, Gu Yuan and Yuan Yi are going to hold their engagement ceremony here.

Jian Xi, wearing a new suit, was led by the waiter through the cream-yellow classical column corridor. I remember that in the original drama, Gu Li wore an exaggerated black floor-length dress and walked through this corridor into the hall with great momentum to disrupt the wedding. That scene was indeed quite shocking.

Jian Xi thought about it and realized that he was about to witness another famous scene.

Before entering the exhibition hall where the ceremony was held, Jian Xi looked back and saw that the snow, which had stopped for a few hours in the morning, had started falling again.

When we entered the hall, there were already quite a few people here. In addition to the relatives from the Ye family and the Yuan family, there were also some partners of the two families.

Jian Xi immediately saw the two protagonists of the engagement ceremony. Gu Yuan and Yuan Yi were toasting the guests together.

Just as he looked over, Yuan Yi also saw him, so he pulled the sleeve of Gu Yuan next to him, and the two of them walked over together.

Gu Yuan, who looked reluctant the day before yesterday, now showed no reluctance at all. When Yuan Yi came over with his arm, he smiled and nodded to greet other guests.

Jian Xi knew that his good brother was waiting for Gu Li to come and ruin the ceremony, so he was willing to continue acting at this moment.

For some reason, Jian Xi felt that this had some of the flavor of "A Chinese Odyssey".

Fairy Zixia is about to be forced to marry the Bull Demon King, but she is not in a hurry because she believes that her lover will come to save her on a colorful cloud.

Only, now this is a gender-swapped version.

Jian Xi took a glass of champagne from the waiter at the small table next to him and walked towards his good brother and his fiancée with a smile.

"Jianxi."

Gu Yuan picked up the glass and clinked it with him. Jian Xi didn't rush to drink, but clinked it with Yuan Yi and said with a smile: "Congratulations, happy engagement."

"Thank you." Yuan Yi smiled and raised his glass to clink with his, and then the three of them took a sip each.

Apart from the slight movement of his eyebrows, Gu Yuan did not show any other expression.

After taking a sip, Gu Yuan suddenly asked, "Jian Xi, did you come here alone?"

"What else? Who else can I come with?"

When it comes to this, Gu Yuan winked and said, "Why didn't you bring a female companion? You don't look like someone who is short of a female companion!"

Jian Xi knew what the other party meant. Lin Xiao would also come today. Since he knew this, he naturally did not bring Lin Quan along.

Otherwise, you will probably end up stealing the show and become the one being watched.

Last night was Christmas Eve. The old scumbag returned to the two-bedroom apartment he rented in the JA area. While spending Christmas Eve with Little Green Tea, he also mentioned that he would attend the engagement ceremony today.

Lin Quan didn't seem to care whether to attend the ceremony or not, as she had classes anyway. She only asked Jian Xi to spend Christmas Eve with her.

The man agreed without thinking too much, but he was a little surprised that the little green tea girl didn't do anything last night and just simply hugged him and slept.

And there was a hint of mystery in Lin Quan's tone when he asked him to go there again tonight.

It made the man want to end today's melon-eating journey as soon as possible.

Facing Gu Yuan's teasing suggestion, Jian Xi laughed and said, "As a bachelor, what female companion can I bring? If I just randomly pull one over, there's no need for that."

Hearing this, Gu Yuan just blinked and smiled without saying anything, but Yuan Yi next to him had a strange expression.

After receiving the blessing from Gu Yuan's good brother on the phone, she checked and found out that Jian Xi and Gu Li's good friend Lin Xiao were a couple.

At that time, she didn't think much about it. She just felt that as the boyfriend of her rival's best friend, Jian Xi's blessing for her and Gu Yuan to be together was a sign of turning from evil to good.

But after Jian Xi came to the Ye family for dinner the day before yesterday, she learned more things in the past two days.

For example, in addition to Lin Xiao, Jian Xi was also with a girl named Lin Quan. However, Jian Xi has broken up with both girls now, but it doesn't seem like the three of them are in a relationship of breaking up...

When Yuan Yi learned about these things, he felt speechless.

I didn't expect that Jian Xi, a gentle and honest man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was not as gentleman as he appeared to be.

Looking at it this way, my fiancé is better. He is a loyal and good man!

The one he is devoted to is… not himself.

When Yuan Yi thought of this, her heart became sad again. This advantage of her fiancé turned into a disadvantage in herself.

A chaotic stream of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yuan Yi quickly calmed down and said to Jian Xi, "Jian Xi, you can't just focus on your career. Next time, it will be Gu Yuan and I's turn to attend your engagement ceremony."

"Haha, okay, I'll try my best, but maybe at your wedding ceremony, I can bring my girlfriend over."

The dog man smiled and clinked glasses with Yuan Yi again, thinking to himself that judging from the development of the original drama, you and Gu Yuan probably won't have the chance to hold a wedding celebration again.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Jian Xi was taken by Gu Yuan to meet Ye Chuanping.

At this time, Ye Chuanping was standing and chatting with Yuan Yi's parents. As the main driving force behind this engagement ceremony, they now had a feeling that they were about to succeed.

The engagement is successful, so can marriage be far behind?

The Yuan family wants to get close to the Ye family, and Ye Chuanping wants to arrange Haodaer's marriage as soon as possible to prevent Haodaer from getting deeper and deeper into Gu Li's arms. With these ideas in mind, both parties are now content.

"Are you two satisfied with today's scene?"

"Satisfied, very good."

Just as Ye Chuanping was drinking with them with a smile, Gu Yuan and Yuan Yi came over with Jian Xi.

Seeing Ye Chuanping turning around and seeing him, Jian Xi walked closer and greeted her first. After all, she was the first wave of financial supporters of his company. Putting aside her status as an elder, he also had to consider the money.

"Aunt Ye."

"Jian Xi is here."

Ever since he invited Jian Xi to his house for dinner the day before yesterday and talked about investment matters, Ye Chuanping's attitude towards his older friend has become much better.

He is not just regarded as an ordinary junior, but also as a partner.

Although it was only a preliminary agreement, Jian Xi discovered that Ye Chuanping did not just ask others to learn about his industry, but had almost conducted a detailed investigation.

So when we were chatting in the study that day, the appetite shown by the other party was much greater than his previous attitude.

Although Jian Xi was a little surprised at the time, he still accepted the amount of funds that the other party would provide with a smile. After all, he had also said that he would eat as much as he could.

As for eating up the company?

Sorry, I started the company with the intention of selling it.

Of course, at present, Ye Chuanping's investment amount was just a little surprising to Jian Xi, not enough to surprise him, and this was just a preliminary intention. After the initial capital test, it would depend on how his specific development would be in three months. Jian Xi had no objection to this. Three months was just enough time to test the feasibility of his approach. After all, his business was not an industry, and the cycle of mass promotion and creating Internet celebrities was exactly three months.

So now that they were in a cooperative relationship, Ye Chuanping was quite enthusiastic and even introduced Jian Xi to the two relatives around him.

Looking at the harmonious scene in front of him, Jian Xi wondered what the scene would be like next.

After greeting a few more times, as the host, they had to go and entertain other guests. Just as Jian Xi was about to find a suitable place to watch the show, he saw two familiar people coming in at the door of the hall.

Lin Xiao, wearing a dark green skirt, and Tang Wanru, wearing a rose-red long skirt, also came here.

Lin Xiao looked around the hall curiously and saw Jian Xi. She quickly walked over with her skirt lifted up. Tang Wanru, who was staring at the food on the table, had no choice but to follow her.

"Jian Xi, when did you arrive?"

As soon as Lin Xiao finished asking, without waiting for Jian Xi to answer, he pursed his lips and said, "I asked you to come with me before, but you didn't agree."

Jian Xi smiled and pinched her face and said, "What do you mean by disagree? Didn't I think you would come here with Tang Wanru? I'll come over first to try the drinks here for you. If they're not good, there's no need for you to come."

"What are you talking about?" Lin Xiao rolled his eyes at him, "We're not here to eat and drink for free."

"is it?"

Jian Xi looked at Tang Wanru behind Lin Xiao. This woman in a red dress with a slightly burly figure looked like an embroidered Zhang Fei at the moment. The charming dress looked inexplicably funny on her.

Tang Wanru lived up to her body size. During this short walk, she was able to grab two pastries from the dining table and couldn't wait to take a few bites as soon as she stopped.

Seeing Jian Xi looking over, Tang Wanru raised the cake in her hand and said with a silly smile: "Holle, Jian Xi."

"Long time no see, Tang Wanru. The food on the table over there has been replaced. It tastes good. You can try it." Jian Xi greeted with a smile and considerately pointed to a dining table not far away.

Tang Wanru glanced at Lin Xiao, winked at her, and left with a strange smile.

Seeing her best friend being sent away, Lin Xiao felt a little embarrassed. She smiled dryly at her boyfriend... her ex-boyfriend, and said, "Anyway, we're not here to eat and drink for free."

"Then what are you doing here? Are you here to eat and drink at the banquet?"

Jian Xi also brought her a glass of champagne, clinked their glasses and continued, "Could it be... that you are here to cause trouble?"

"..."

After being hit on the head by Jian Xi, Lin Xiao was not embarrassed. He took a sip of wine and moved closer to him and whispered, "Gu Yuan has been with Gu Li for so long, and now he wants to get engaged to another woman. How can we bear this? Wait and see how I throw a glass of wine at her!"

"Who to splash?" Jian Xi asked with a smile, "Gu Yuan or Yuan Yi?"

"Of course it's Yuan Yi!"

Hearing this, Jian Xi took a sip of wine, looked at Lin Xiao as if he were a fool and said, "You just said that you were angry because Gu Yuan was not with Gu Li, but was engaged to Yuan Yi, so shouldn't you throw it at Gu Yuan?"

"..."

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then he explained: "After all, we are friends with Gu Yuan! And this Yuan Yi is stealing someone's love. She is Gu Li's enemy, and my enemy."

Jian Xi was speechless after hearing her explanation. He was quite impressed by her logic, so he toasted her again and said, "That makes sense. What about Gu Li? Has she not come yet?"

Lin Xiao shook his head and said, "I don't know. Gu Li didn't say whether he would come."

"It's normal for her, the ex-girlfriend, not to come to her ex-boyfriend's engagement. But I think Gu Li will definitely come." Jian Xi smiled and guessed that Gu Li should be on the way with the surprise she prepared.

Lin Xiao also felt that Gu Li would definitely come, so he nodded in approval.

Then she suddenly asked another question.

"Jian Xi, did you spend Christmas Eve with Lin Quan last night?"

She originally wanted to find Jian Xi yesterday, but she felt that it was not good to just abandon Gu Li like that. After all, Gu Yuan was getting engaged the next day, and Gu Li must be in great pain at this time.

And Tang Wanru didn't know if her luck was really changing. She was not in the villa last night for the first time. When she came back in the middle of the night, she happily said that she was going on a date with someone else.

Upon hearing the news, Lin Xiao almost put the hair dryer in his mouth.

She simply couldn't imagine which hero could be... so hero!
Although it was a bit unfair to think so to her best friend, the other girls in the Times Sisters would all feel the same way, including Tang Wanru. She just didn't dare to face the fact about her appearance.

She wants to be a woman like Marilyn Monroe, but now, it is still a work in progress and she cannot become Marilyn Monroe for the time being.

So even though Lin Xiao betrayed her inner thoughts last night, Tang Wanru was just angry for a moment, and then said that she had met the boy the day before yesterday, and that he fell in love with her at first sight, and she couldn't do anything about it.

To be honest, Lin Xiao felt that if he hadn't eaten dinner a little early, he would have probably vomited out his dinner when he saw Tang Wanru covering her face and speaking in that shy and awkward manner.

In short, she had nothing else to say except that it was a good thing.

Jian Xi didn't know what happened last night, but when Lin Xiao asked, he answered sincerely, "Yes, I came back last night, and only Lin Quan was at home."

"..."

I had obviously guessed the answer a long time ago, so why did I have to ask about it? Isn't this just making myself uncomfortable?

Seeing Lin Xiao's unhappy expression, the dog man pretended not to understand and said, "What's wrong? You don't look very well. I'll go get you something to eat!"

"No need." Lin Xiao said angrily, "I want to eat you now. No, I want to bite you!"

As he spoke, Lin Xiao raised his free hand and pulled Jian Xi's clothes, pretending to bite him.

However, just as he pulled Jian Xi's suit jacket a little askew, Lin Xiao suddenly saw the red mark on his neck.

Her eyes suddenly widened. After being in a relationship for such a long time, Lin Xiao knew very well what this was. The bastard Jian Xi actually still had Lin Quan's strawberry mark on his face.

"What's wrong? You're not biting anymore?"

Jian Xi smiled and deliberately moved his neck closer to her face.

"you!"

Lin Xiao's cheeks also bulged, and he said angrily: "Who wants to bite you? You haven't even washed your neck! Bah!"

"What's wrong with my neck?"

Jian Xi looked innocent and pretended to be unaware.

Of course he knew what was going on. The strawberry mark on his neck was left by Nan Xiang in the office the day before yesterday. He refused to let Nan Xiang kiss him, so the agitated woman just kept hitting him on the neck.

Fortunately, I have a good physique, otherwise, with that woman's crazy strength, my arteries would have been broken by her.

Lin Quan also saw it yesterday, but Xiao Lu Cha thought it was left by Lin Xiao. This was probably the reason why she suddenly wanted to sleep on a vegetarian bed last night.

"The strawberry mark on your neck, was it left by Lin Quan?"

"What strawberry mark? I was bitten by a dog." The dog man touched his neck and said seriously with blinking eyes.

(End of this chapter)