945 Perplexed and Smitten 5 (1/2)

”He's once investigated blood-feeding humans. However, he didn't dare to expose much about it, although he was rather brave. I only found out about it secretly too. I was thinking you must be very curious about this. Don't you want to meet him?”

”I do. I hope your former classmate will feed me with some useful information,” said An Xiaoning, whose curiosity was piqued.

”Just take it that we're attending for fun. Don't carry any high hopes, though. He's been traveling around non-stop for several years. I reckon he must know a lot of things that we don't. No harm in getting an eye-opener, right?”

Once they arrived in Wei Ni Estate, they alighted from the car, after which Fan Shixin said, ”Young Madam, the items you ordered online have been delivered.”

”Really? I'm going upstairs, help me place them inside the bedroom.”

”Alright.”

”What did you buy online?” Jin Qingyan asked.

She blinked at him and said, ”You'll find out tonight.”

”Why so secretive?”

She smiled and kept quiet. When Fan Shixin entered with a rectangular cardboard box, Jin Qingyan tried to open it, only to be stopped by An Xiaoning, who said, ”It's a present for you. You can only open it tonight.”

Jin Qingyan's eyes lit up with joy and excitement upon hearing that it was a gift for him. Thinking to himself that she was going to give him a surprise, he curbed his curiosity and said, ”Alright, I shall see what it is tonight.”

In order to prevent him from sneaking a peek, she moved the box into the dressing room.

After taking a shower and changing into a fresh set of clothes, she put on some beautiful makeup and said to him in satisfaction, ”Let's go downstairs and eat something to fill our stomachs first. I'm a little hungry. We'll be busy drinking and chatting later anyway. You rarely get to eat much at such gatherings.”

”Sure,” he agreed.

The gathering was set at seven o'clock in the evening, and they set off at half past six.

They arrived at their destination twenty minutes later.

It was a gathering with Jin Qingyan's former classmates from high school.

He had almost forgotten all of them and was, in fact, rather surprised when he received the invitation.

However, he seemed to have some recollection after hearing about the then-monitor of the class' recount of the events that took place during their school days.

He did not have a penchant for attending such gatherings, for he felt that the entire purpose was not to catch up with each other and reminiscence about the past. Rather, it was for the superficial sake of broadening connections.

They weaved through the dancing crowd on the dance floor and made their way upstairs to a stretch of exquisite private rooms. After verifying the room number, Jin Qingyan opened the door.

There was initially ongoing chatter and boisterous laughter. Upon the sight of Jin Qingyan, they immediately stood up and greeted him.

An Xiaoning closed the door and looked at the bunch of former classmates inside.

There were more than ten people who attended the gathering, amongst which were males and females. An Xiaoning thought to herself, There must be tens of classmates within the class, yet only so few were invited. That just means that the organizer must have selected who to invite based on their current status. Those who did not make a name for themselves definitely weren't included in the list.

Everyone knew that Jin Qingyan and An Xiaoning were divorced. However, it was obvious that they had made up with each other since they both showed up together.

The female monitor said to An Xiaoning, ”Madam, you're so beautiful.”

An Xiaoning smiled politely and answered, ”Thank you, you're pretty too.”

”Have a seat, please.”

Jin Qingyan sat down together with An Xiaoning, appearing cool and collected while introducing An Xiaoning to each of his former classmates. However, when it came to those whose names he could not remember, he would say, ”This one's…”

The person being introduced would then blurt their own name.

After the introduction, the female monitor said to An Xiaoning with a grin, ”Jin Qingyan is still as dashing as he was back in high school. He hasn't changed much at all. Well, all of us proceeded to embark on our own endeavours after graduation from high school, and we haven't contacted each other much ever since. It's such a rare opportunity for us to be able to ask him out this time.”

An Xiaoning teased, ”How many girls had he courted in high school?”