Chapter 362 : Green Plum Meets Wine 13 (1/2)

Chapter 362 : Green Plum Meets Wine (13)

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That night, Shi Sheng was still dragged along to the event.

There were quite a few young men and women. If you merely looked at the backgrounds of the attendees, it certainly did seem like a pretty important event. However, this was seemingly at odds with the fact that most of them appeared rather young.

Shi Sheng allowed herself to be pulled along by Yao Qin, as she went through the original setting in her mind.

Only after stepping onto the dance floor did Shi Sheng remember that the FL would become the disciple of a magnate in the stone-gambling world.

But he was, shall we say…not a good person by any means.

Those who had heard the news sent their children here in the hope that they’d be chosen by this magnate.

If they could become his disciple, then their statuses would rise drastically.

Of course, all of them were merely there to serve as foils to the real star, the FL, and emphasise her already powerful background.

“There’s so many people.” Yao Qin scanned the crowd. “Strange…why don’t I see my dad? Hey, it’s Uncle Gu!”

Yao Qin pulled Shi Sheng along, as she squeezed through the crowd to get to Gu Yan. He was standing together with Yu Xingyun.

Since both men were handsome and didn’t have any female companionship, they couldn’t help but draw attention.

“Uncle Gu.” Yao Qin obediently called, before turning to Yu Xingyun. Since she didn’t know how to refer to him, she just called him ‘Uncle’.

“Oh, it’s Yao Qin.” Gu Yan had some impression of her. She had always been rather close to Sheng Xia. After the latter had entered her ‘rebellious phase’, Yao Qin was pretty much the only person he saw at her side consistently.

“Xiaoxia’s here too.” Yu Xingyun caught sight of Shi Sheng first. “If I’d known you were coming, I would’ve sent people to fetch you.”

“Uncle Yu. Uncle Gu.” Shi Sheng obediently called them.

In the past year, Gu Yan had roughly gotten an idea of what the ‘rebellious teen stage’ Shi Sheng was like.

If you gave her respect, she’d return it.

But if you dared to disrespect her even slightly, she was capable of raising all hell to get back at you.

Yao Qin released Shi Sheng and tactfully spoke, “Uncle Gu, I’ll go find my dad first. I’ll come back later.”

“Go on then.” Gu Yan nodded.

After Yao Qin left, Gu Yan began nagging like an old mom, causing Shi Sheng to look to Yu Xingyun for assistance.

Yu Xingyun laughed boisterously as he placed an arm around Gu Yan’s shoulder. “Don’t nag so much, the girl’s already all grown up! She knows what she’s doing!”

“I’m losing control of her already.” Gu Yan shook his head helplessly. Their conversation began derailing from there.

But Shi Sheng didn’t expect Gu Yan to suddenly address her again.

“Ah right, your Yu-gege’s arriving in a bit. Go outside and fetch him.”

Shi Sheng, “…”

‘I’m sorry? What did you say? I couldn’t hear you over the wind…

Why’d he come back… Back… Back…’

[Chain Quest 2: Go and welcome Yu Jiu.]

System’s guts had grown, so it began forcing her to complete this quest by blocking off every path but the one leading to the outside.

‘System!!!’

Shi Sheng made her way to the entrance with a dark expression, whereupon the attendants flanking it gave her a bow.

Shi Sheng, “…” ‘Which idiot trained these lot? Bowing so deeply… Are you attending a funeral?’

The outside world was still filled with brilliant lights. Shi Sheng was standing on top of the stairs, and was just about to descend them to run off, when she saw Shen Jiayin get off a car.

The one opening the door for her was Wen Jingxuan.

The two came face-to-face with Shi Sheng.

“Sheng Xia, you really came.” Shen Jiayin had an appropriate smile. Her exquisite make-up complemented her equally beautiful evening gown, making for a perfect combination.

Shi Sheng was standing on the stairs, and the sides were blocked off by those temporary velvet rope railings that were usually put up to help maintain order. If they wanted to enter, they would either have to circle around Shi Sheng, or wait for her to make way.

“Why can’t I be here if you are?” Shi Sheng’s words were prickly.

Shen Jiayin’s expression remained unchanged. “Of course you can come. I never said you couldn’t.”