Chapter 1294 - Watching Her Being Close to Another Man (2/2)

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At seven o’clock in the evening.

The social gathering was held in the hall.

Cen Xi followed Yan Hua to the hall and she was awed when she saw the men dressed in their uniforms. Because of Yan Hua, Cen Xi also sat in the front row which was the closest to the stage.

Bo Yan sat next to them with several of his superiors. Bo Yan had changed into a service uniform, looking stylish and full of charisma. The face under the brim of his hat was handsome and under his high nose, his lips were pursed into a straight line, giving out the dignity and coldness of those in a high position.

Since she had arrived, Yan Hua did not smile at him like usual. She only talked to Cen Xi and greeted his a.s.sistant, but treated him like he was invisible.

Bo Yan frowned.

Soon, the event began.

The girls from the art troupe prepared an opening program, followed by the nurses from the hospital.

After the performance, the men from the social gathering event went up the stage to show their talents. Then there was the interactive segment and seeing their interaction, Cen Xi and Yan Hua could not help but smile.

After the men had their blind dates, it was their superiors’ turn.

One of them was Deputy Lu whom Yan Hua had mentioned. Deputy Lu was tall, handsome and masculine. He received the most red flowers.

If he was interested in someone, he would give the rose to the woman and then give a performance.

There were shouts and cheers under the stage.

Deputy Lu took the microphone from the host, looked at the girls on the stage who had given him the flowers then swept his eyes down stage. “The girls who gave me the flowers are all excellent, but the one who caught my eye is not on stage.”

Deputy Lu went down the stage with the flowers in his hand and walked up to Cen Xi who was sitting in the first row. “Miss Cen, do you want to be friends? Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to be my girlfriend. I just want to be friends with you.”

What Cen Xi did not know was that Deputy Lu knew Cen Xi because he was friends with Bai Lin and had heard Bai Lin mention Cen Xi before. He knew that Cen Xi was good with archery.

Cen Xi could see that Deputy Lu was nervous and that he purely wanted to be friends with her.

Countless pairs of eyes in the hall landed on them. Cen Xi could not refuse and had no reason to refuse. She admired Deputy Lu’s exceptionality and it was no problem being friends.

So Cen Xi stood up from the chair and nodded with a smile. “It’s my honor to be friends with Deputy Lu.”

Shouts and cheers erupted in the hall.

Deputy Lu took Cen Xi up the stage and took out a flute. “Miss Cen, I’ll play a piece of music with the flute. Can you do an accompanying dance? I heard from Bai Lin that you learned ethnic dance when you were a child.”

“Deputy Lu, I haven’t danced for years.”

“It’s okay. I learned to play the flute a week ago. I’m sure you can dance better compared to me playing the flute.”

Deputy Lu told her the piece he was going to play and Cen Xi pondered for a few seconds before nodding. “Okay, I’ll give it a try.”

Deputy Lu told the host and the host made the announcement. When the audience heard that Deputy Lu was going to perform with Cen Xi, there was thunderous applause.

Qiao Yanze had left the force in the afternoon and had a gathering with Tang Xi and the rest in the evening. But he did not know what came over him and he came to the hall.

He did not let Bo Yan know and went to the last row, sitting down like an ordinary person.

Picking up a gla.s.s of wine from the table, he took a sip and looked at the man and woman on stage over the rows of heads, his expression strange and his gaze gloomy.