ACBNHTS Chapter 24

Chapter 24: The Return of the Comments

Chapter 24: The Return of the Comments

The venue for the gathering was at one of the Pei family’s rarely used estates.

These kinds of high society parties are all about judging appearances first. Even if you wore clothes worth tens of thousands, you’d probably still be looked down upon.

Sun Mo was still debating whether or not to rent a suit.

Pei Du had someone deliver two suits.

One was for Sheng Yiguang, and the other was for Sun Mo.

He also sent a message saying that someone would come to pick them up on the day of the party.

On New Year’s Eve, Sun Mo thought Pei Du would send someone to pick them up, but he unexpectedly came in person, driving a luxury car whose brand Sun Mo didn’t recognize, but which looked very expensive.

The suit he was wearing was also more exquisite than the ones they had seen before.

Looking closely…

No!

You didn’t even need to look closely to see that the material of Pei Du’s suit and Sheng Yiguang’s suit were the same!

Looking at either one separately, it wouldn’t be obvious, but standing together, it was clear that this was…

Matching! Outfits!

Sun Mo took a deep breath.

When getting into the car, he consciously sat in the passenger seat next to the driver, leaving all the space in the back for Pei Du and Sheng Yiguang.

He couldn’t help but peek at the two of them in the rearview mirror.

Pei Du leaned against the back of his seat, smiling as he turned his head to talk to Sheng Yiguang, his gaze gentle and tender.

“Have you been waiting long?”

“No.”

“It’s cold today, why didn’t you put on a down jacket outside?”

“I was afraid of wrinkling the clothes, and there’s air conditioning in the company, it’s not cold.”

Pei Du took Sheng Yiguang’s hand.

“Your hands are still warm, so you’re not lying.”

Sheng Yiguang wrapped Pei Du’s hand in between his own.

“Yours are a little cold.”

Pei Du raised an eyebrow and lowered his voice, “Cold? I think you just want to touch.”

Sheng Yiguang smiled.

Pei Du also smiled, “Little thoughts.”

Then, they intertwined their fingers.

Sun Mo: I’m shipping this!

The car drove along the road. Even far away from the estate, there was already a long line of luxury cars. The sky was gloomy, and the forecast said it would rain in the evening, but that couldn’t stop the enthusiasm of these wealthy young people.

Sun Mo had never seen so many luxury cars in his life, and he was practically glued to the car window.

Pei Du: “I might not be able to take care of you at the beginning, you can stay with your friend, don’t run around. After I get rid of the annoying people, I’ll come and keep you company.”

He also slipped a room card to Sheng Yiguang.

“This is my lounge, if you get bored, just find a waiter to take you there, no one will dare to bother you.”

“Okay.”

When they arrived, Pei Du got out of the car first, opened the car door for Sheng Yiguang, took his hand and led him into the elevator.

Stepping out of the elevator was like entering a completely different world.

Elegant clothes, glittering jewelry, dazzling luxury that made one’s jaw drop.

As soon as Pei Du appeared, he was called away.

Sun Mo and Sheng Yiguang wandered around for a while and tried some of the snacks. Suddenly, the lights in the banquet hall dimmed and more than a dozen spotlights focused on the stage.

The noisy scene instantly quieted down, and everyone looked towards the place where the lights converged.

They crowded around like stars surrounding the moon.

Standing in front of the microphone was Old Man Pei. Although his hair was silver, he was full of energy. His opening remarks were vigorous. As soon as he finished speaking, someone applauded.

Sun Mo applauded along, but couldn’t feel happy.

He leaned close to Sheng Yiguang and lowered his voice.

“Bro, I have a question to ask you. Think carefully before you answer me.”

“What is it?”

Sun Mo: “Looking at this party, tell me, do you really want to be with Pei Du?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t you see the gap between you?”

“I can see it.”

Sheng Yiguang’s expression was very calm, making Sun Mo feel like he hadn’t seen it at all, and was blinded by that seductive Pei fox spirit.

“You see my ass! This gap isn’t something you can catch up to in ten or twenty years of hard work, you can’t catch up to it in several lifetimes.”

“Oh, finally there’s someone sensible.”

A sudden voice rang out.

Sun Mo turned his head impatiently.

“Who are you? Eavesdropping on people’s conversations, do you have any morals?!”

Lin Jianyue’s face changed, “You were speaking too loudly, it reached my ears!”

Sun Mo: “Then why don’t you close your ears?”

Seeing that he was fierce and the clothes he was wearing looked expensive, Lin Jianyue restrained herself a bit and asked,

“Which family are you from?”

Sun Mo could tell at a glance that this girl was intimidated by his clothes, and snorted coldly.

“Don’t try to get familiar with me! You’re not worthy!”

Lin Jianyue was about to get angry when Wen Heng walked over.

“Yueyue, today is Grandpa Pei’s party, don’t make trouble.”

Lin Jianyue immediately restrained herself.

Wen Heng stepped forward, greeted Sun Mo, and then directly asked Sheng Yiguang.

“Was it you who asked Pei Ge to delete me?”

“It was me.”

As he spoke, applause thundered around.

Pei Du was on stage.

Sheng Yiguang immediately focused his gaze on Pei Du.

He stood on the stage, not in a hurry to start. He glanced around first, met Sheng Yiguang’s eyes, and then casually adjusted the microphone, patted it a few times, and said,

“Grandpa asked someone to write a speech for me and asked me to memorize it, but I’m too lazy to memorize it, so I brought it up.”

After speaking, he took it out openly, not caring about the gazes of the people around him, and started reading it.

After reading a few sentences, he stopped and said, “It’s a bit long.”

The crowd laughed.

Sheng Yiguang followed with a smile.

He remembered when he was in school, Pei Du once gave a public self-criticism.

He stood on the podium, holding the self-criticism, read a few sentences, and complained that it was too long, saying, “How about I post it here and you can read it yourselves?”

The teacher was so angry that he punished him to clean up.

Thinking of this, the smile on Sheng Yiguang’s lips deepened.

“You’re hurting him.”

Wen Heng’s voice suddenly entered his ears.

“You don’t understand his situation in the Pei family. Grandpa Pei only has one son, but he has a younger brother and a younger sister. Before Pei Du came back, these two families fought fiercely over the Pei family’s shares. When Pei Du came back, Grandpa Pei wanted to give all the property under his name to Pei Du, and he became the target of public criticism.”

Sheng Yiguang’s heart skipped a beat.

Wen Heng: “As long as he doesn’t have enough power, he won’t have a peaceful day. I can give him the support of the Wen family, what can you give him?”

After Wen Heng finished speaking, Pei Du on the stage paused again and folded the paper in his hand.

“It’s really too long, anyway, have fun.”

Applause thundered.

Sun Mo stood in front of Sheng Yiguang, looking at Wen Heng unhappily.

“If you have so much wisdom go and tell General Manager Pei! If you don’t go to him, is it because you don’t want to talk? It’s because you’re not good enough to talk to him! Betting on Pei Du, bah, your Wen family isn’t even worthy of carrying shoes for the Pei family, you really have the nerve to say that!”

Wen Heng glared at Sun Mo coldly, “We’ll see.”

Sun Mo didn’t let him off the hook at all, “We’ll see, who’s afraid of who.”

Wen Heng left.

Lin Jianyue also followed Wen Heng away.

Sun Mo went to see Sheng Yiguang, “Are you okay? Don’t take the words of a fool to heart. General Manager Pei is coming to find you, I won’t be a third wheel, I’ll go play over there for a while, okay?”

Sheng Yiguang looked up.

The crowd in the banquet hall automatically opened a path for Pei Du.

As he walked over, people kept greeting him, enthusiastically inviting him to play. Pei Du ignored them, and everyone’s eyes followed the direction he was walking, landing on Sheng Yiguang.

Looking closely, the two of them seemed to be wearing matching outfits?

Everyone’s expressions were different.

Pei Du didn’t care about other people’s opinions and walked straight to Sheng Yiguang, flirtingly, “Is this young man alone?”

“Yes.”

“Want to have a drink together?”

Sheng Yiguang hesitated.

He did embarrassing things both times he got drunk.

There were a lot of people here, and he was a little worried.

Pei Du saw through it at a glance, lowered his voice, and drawled, “Afraid of getting out of control after drinking… with me?”

Sheng Yiguang’s ears turned red, and he nodded.

Pei Du smiled and beckoned for a waiter to come closer, took a glass of low-alcohol sweet wine, and asked with his eyes if he wanted it.

Sheng Yiguang thought for a moment and took it.

Pei Du: “Aren’t you afraid anymore?”

“Didn’t you say that I can’t control myself, so you’re the one who should be afraid?”

Pei Du raised his eyebrows, “Oh, right, that’s right.”

He took another glass and gently touched Sheng Yiguang’s glass.

A clear “ding” sound.

Pei Du’s eyes gradually darkened, his Adam’s apple bobbed, and his gaze was firmly locked on Sheng Yiguang.

“Then let me officially notify you, I’m not afraid.”

Not only was he not afraid, but he couldn’t wait for him to lose control after drinking.

Sheng Yiguang avoided his gaze a little embarrassedly and took a sip of wine.

Sweet and very tasty.

Pei Du: “The alcohol content is low, don’t drink too much, you’ll still feel uncomfortable if you drink too much.”

Sheng Yiguang: “Okay.”

Pei Du: “I’ll take you to get some good food, and when the time is almost up, we’ll pack it up and go find Tongtong and spend New Year’s Eve with him.”

Sheng Yiguang nodded with a smile, “Okay.”

They hadn’t taken a few steps when a middle-aged man in a suit stood beside them, his posture respectful.

“Old Man Pei invites you to come over, it won’t take too long, just a few minutes.”

Pei Du frowned.

Sheng Yiguang took the initiative and said, “Go, I’ll wait for you here.”

Hearing this, Pei Du put the wine in his hand aside.

“I’ll be back soon.”

“Okay.”

Sheng Yiguang watched Pei Du leave.

The scene in front of him suddenly blurred.

He closed his eyes and opened them again. His vision became clear, and at the same time, comments appeared.

[Finally waited! Grandpa Pei is going to propose the marriage between Little Wen and Pei Du! Grandpa Pei, the CP leader, really doesn’t let me down!]

[Both parents are here and they all agree, what’s the difference between this and an engagement banquet?]

[Ahhhhh! Let’s consummate the marriage tonight!!!]

“Crash”

The wine glass in Sheng Yiguang’s hand fell to the ground, and the blood drained from his face.

He raised his foot and wanted to chase after him without thinking.

He couldn’t let Pei Du go!

[This white moonlight is going to cause trouble again!]

[It’s because he didn’t let Pei Du get married that Pei Du lost face in front of everyone and angered Grandpa Pei, who slapped Pei Du]

[Pei Du is so miserable, it’s so annoying to have such a white moonlight!]

[Ahhhhh! Heartache for Pei Du!!!]

…

Sheng Yiguang stopped abruptly.

In a dilemma.