Chapter 23
“Your hand?” Su Mei stared at Ye Mo who was as if nothing was wrong and pointed at Ye Mo’s right hand with a bit of surprise.
When Ye Mo saw Su Mei, he frowned and said, “Jing Wen, I’ll rest for a while.” After saying that, he walked to the side by himself and sat down at a different table.
Ye Mo? Ning Qingxue looked at Li Mumei a little strangely, thinking, “Who is this Ye Mo?
Li Mumei smiled bitterly and hurriedly pulled Ning Qingxue to the side and said, “In fact, he is the Ye Mo who is betrothed to you, but now he seems to be a bit different from before, not only his looks have changed a bit, but even his aura is very different from the original. I don’t know what happened to him, but I haven’t seen him for a long time, I just don’t know why Jing Wen would invite him over.”
He was Ye Mo? Ning Qingxue subconsciously looked at Ye Mo again, this Ye Mo in front of her spoke and acted without being overbearing or humble, although he was dressed in a very shabby manner, his demeanor was all natural and dashing, without the slightest hint of being rushed or a dude, there was even a faint manly aura about him that she could feel from a long distance.
Such a man, how could he be either? In case he wasn’t which, living with him, this …… Ning Qingxue hesitated. But she then smiled to herself, if Ye Mo was the man in front of her, then in the end it was still a toss-up whether he would agree with her.
“Qingxue, I feel that he has changed a lot, I’ll go and get his side of the story first, you sit down for a while.” When Li Mumei saw Ye Mo, she suddenly had some hesitation about her plan, the Ye Mo in front of her did not seem the slightest bit the same as the decrepit and wasteful person in the legend, if I must say that he was unkempt, it was that his hair was a bit messy and had not been tidied up by a special barber.
Ning Qingxue took Li Mumei’s hand, “Mumei, I’ll go by myself for this kind of thing.”
Ye Mo looked at the people who came in here were either rich or noble, all dressed in bright and flashy clothes, compared to him who was dressed as the most shabby one. However, he did not feel inferior because of this constraint, but was very bashful. Once a person is at a different height, his state of mind is completely different.
Not to mention that Ye Mo did not have those angry horses and fresh clothes, even if he did, he would still live his life according to his own way. His pursuit is not on this, if his pursuit is on this, he has the certainty to become a rich man envied by everyone, but so what if it is? Life is only a few decades long, and life does not bring death. His original quest was for eternal life, and now, although his cultivation has become slow, his quest has not changed.
Now he has the same concern for his master, Luo Ying, in two lives. If he still does not understand Luo Ying’s mind now, he can really die again. For anything else, for him Ye Mo is just a pale dog white clouds, pa*sing clouds.
“Ye Mo ……” Ning Qingxue came next to Ye Mo’s table and called out in a somewhat complicated manner.
“You’re here? Have a seat.” Ye Mo smiled lightly, as if he was the boy next door, and Ning Qingxue suddenly had a familiar feeling of not having seen him for a long time. Although she knew she was meeting Ye Mo for the first time, although she knew she had never wanted to meet this man before.
“Thanks.” Ning Qingxue she sat down, suddenly having a sense of relief, or rather a sense of peace, Ye Mo was like a calm lake, making her feel some peace of mind.
“Your brows are darkly locked and your gaze is tinged with fatigue. Is there something on your mind? If I can help you, I am willing to do you a favour.” Ye Mo certainly knew that a girl like Ning Qingxue would not come to talk to a man who had already broken off her engagement for no reason. Since she had come, she must have something to do, so she might as well say it first. Moreover, although her voice was small when she spoke with Li Mu Mei, Ye Mo still heard it. He just didn’t expect that his fiancée was such a beautiful woman, even no less than Luo Ying.
He had no ill feelings towards Ning Qingxue, or rather no feelings at all. But when he saw that melancholy and bewildered look in Ning Qingxue’s eyes, he thought of Luo Ying.
Ning Qingxue looked at Ye Mo in surprise, she was amazed at Ye Mo’s subtle insight and his ability to speak with clear thinking. This kind of person would be a wasted young master who had been abandoned by his family?
“I ……” Ning Qingxue deliberated for half a day, but had difficulty in speaking. With a secret sigh in her heart, she said that it would have been better if she had let Mu Mu speak.
Ye Mo indifferently sat opposite her, without the slightest sense of oppression, just giving her a sense of tranquility and stability. Ning Qingxue finally made up her mind and said, “It’s because of my marriage ……”
The breezy Ye Mo frowned, his heart finally wavering as he interrupted Ning Qingxue for the first time, “Your Ning family has already broken off our marriage contract, and I’m not a member of the Ye family in the capital now ……”
Ye Mo did not say anything further, but his meaning was clear, that is, he could help with other matters, but the marriage matter has already been broken off by your Ning family, and still coming to me seems a bit too much. Although he had some good feelings for Ning Qingxue, it did not mean that Ning Qingxue could dwell on this issue.
“I’m sorry ……,” Ning Qingxue suddenly felt a little weak and powerless.
Ye Mo said with a faint smile, “There’s nothing to be sorry for, I’m an invalid who was kicked out of the Ye family, and I’m not worthy of your Ning family, this marriage dissolution is also a big relief for me. I don’t mean to blame you in any way, I just don’t want to talk about it.”
Ning Qingxue suddenly felt a bit stuffy in her heart, if she had heard these words from Ye Mo before meeting him, she would have simply dismissed them as not having been heard. But after meeting Ye Mo, she felt that she looked down on Ye Mo, and that subconscious thought that Ye Mo didn’t deserve her was somewhat ridiculous.
The Ye Mo in front of her looked as if he had nothing, but the breeze he displayed and the aura of calmness and non-condescension were simply too far away from the Ye Mo she had imagined. It seemed that he was not the Ye Mo who had nothing, but the Ye Mo who defied the world and was alone at the top of the clouds. This feeling made Ning Qingxue very strange.
Ye Mo sighed, he knew that Ning Qingxue was in trouble, but since it was not something he could solve, there was nothing he could do, thinking about it, he said, “Since ……”
Ning Qingxue seemed to know what Ye Mo wanted to say as she bit her lips and interrupted Ye Mo, “I want to go to …… tonight.”
She suddenly felt a soothing balance in her heart as she interrupted Ye Mo’s words, as if the displeasure she felt just now because Ye Mo had interrupted her had disappeared.
However, Ning Qingxue did not expect that her words would be similarly interrupted by someone else.
“Qingxue, it’s really you, I really didn’t expect to see you at Jing Wen’s birthday party. It’s so surprising and unexpected for me.” As soon as the words left her mouth, a young man with half a gla*s of red wine in his hand had appeared next to Ye Mo’s table.
Ning Qingxue frowned and did not continue speaking.
This youth was quite good-looking, but his eyes were very wandering. He simply ignored Ye Mo when he first saw him, because Ye Mo didn’t even look like a guest, or even a waiter at all.
“Excuse me, I haven’t met with Light Snow for a long time.” This wandering-eyed youth walked up to Ye Mo and said to him.
Chapter 24
“Zhao Hong, I’m sorry, we have something going on right now, please sit somewhere else.” Ning Qingxue was very uncomfortable when her words, which she had managed to muster up the courage to speak, were interrupted.
Zhao Hong looked at Ye Mo with some surprise, this man who just looked poor and didn’t even know how he got mixed up, how could he possibly be related to Ning Qingxue.
“Hello, my name is Zhao Hong. I’ve just returned from studying in Cambridge, England, and I’m temporarily in the Ninghai City Hall office, so if you have any difficulties in Ninghai just look for me directly, I can still help with general things.” Zhao Hong didn’t leave just because of Ning Qingxue’s words, but very superiorly extended his hand over, for him to take the initiative to shake hands with Ye Mo was for the sake of Ning Qingxue. Although he didn’t know what reason Ning Qingxue had to talk to this man, he only wanted to win Ning Qingxue’s goodwill.
To Zhao Hong’s surprise, Ye Mo casually took a plate of fruit from the waiter’s tray that walked by, as if he didn’t even see Zhao Hong’s hand reaching over.
Zhao Hong’s face turned green and red for a moment, and he put his hand down somewhat sarcastically. He gave Ye Mo a fierce glare and was regretting that he had reached out when Wang Xue came over.
“Brother, there you are, that hand of yours actually fooled even me, good skill, here’s my number, we must have a chat when you have time.” As soon as Wang Xui arrived, he excitedly patted Ye Mo’s shoulder and said, handing over a business card with only a phone number.
He felt that this was a good person, or at least someone he could make friends with. So when he heard Wang Xue say that, he also smiled slightly and said, “Sure, with pleasure.”
Ning Qingxue looked at Ye Mo’s two very different attitudes towards the two people and pondered.
“Brother Xue is here, huh.” Zhao Hong saw Wang Xue and smiled a little awkwardly.
“Fake foreign devil, why are you back? Weren’t you in England?” Wang Xue spoke very directly.
Zhao Hong said somewhat awkwardly, “I’ve already graduated, and this time I’m working at the Ninghai Municipal Government office, I didn’t expect Brother Xue to be free to come over as well.”
“I am returning to Ninghai by the way.” Wang Xui finished and turned to Ye Mo and said, “Brother Ye, you must remember to call me later, oh, give me your phone number too.”
“He doesn’t have a phone.” Su Jingwen’s voice came over in time.
Ye Mo smiled bitterly in his heart, no matter where he sat, a lot of people would come in a while, and he didn’t like this noisy environment. Then he moved the idea of giving the gift to Su Jingwen and leaving immediately.
“Jingwen, happy birthday to you ah, this diamond encrusted pendant, I specially brought it back from England, I still hope you don’t mind it ah.” Zhao Hong saw that he had been pushed aside and hurriedly took out his own gift.
“Thank you, Zhao Hong, for breaking your bank.” After saying that Su Jingwen took the pendant and handed it to the maid behind her, Zhao Hong’s eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment when he saw that Su Jingwen had only handed the maid behind her what she had given her and had not even opened it to look at it.
“Sister Jingwen, I’ve brought something to wish you a happy birthday too.” Su Mei saw this and immediately squeezed in and gave a set of cosmetics.
All at once people who came to the party gave their gifts, but many of them had already given their gifts to the greeters at the entrance, and those who came in to give gifts were all friends who were very close to Su Jingwen, or were very familiar with her.
Even Ning Qingxue had given a delicate brooch, and it was only then that Ye Mo realised that although his gift was what he considered to be the most precious, the workmanship was simply not up to scratch compared to the gifts given by others.
But at this time Su Jingwen was looking at him with some expectation, Ye Mo smiled bitterly and took out that bracelet he made from his pocket and handed it to Su Jingwen and said, “I made this myself, it’s a bit rough, huh, I don’t have money to buy a more expensive one.”
The bracelet was crudely made, the main thing was that there were only six pea-sized jade grains on this bracelet, sparsely distributed in various places on the bracelet. The quality of the jade was poor, and to be honest, it really didn’t look very good.
All the people around stared at Ye Mo’s gift in amazement, thinking that if you didn’t have any money, you could sell a random handicraft that would be much better than this bracelet you had made. However, the jade grains on this bracelet were so ugly that it might be a fake. If it was fake jade, this bracelet would only be worth a few dollars, which is quite a bit cheaper than a handicraft.
“Puff ……” Someone among the crowd finally couldn’t help but let out a laugh. This person is really a superb person, even if he dresses so shabbily, he also gives a gift so shabbily.
“This gift is really chic, I guess it’s the only good thing ever made, hehehe ……” Zhao Hong finally found a chance to laugh at Ye Mo when he saw this gift from him.
Su Jingwen gave Zhao Hong a blank look, but smiled happily as she accepted Ye Mo’s bracelet and happily put it on her hand and said, “Ye …… thank you, thank you for making this gift for me with your own hands ah, I like this bracelet very much, does this bracelet have a name?”
Ye Mo smiled faintly and said, “I’ll call it Liu Ji Pingan.”
“Liu Ji Ping An? That’s quite a personal name.” Su Mei looked at the very happy Su Jingwen and had the intention to say a few words about Ye Mo, but held back.
Ning Qingxue looked at Ye Mo who gave out such a humble gift, yet her expression was bland and calm, without the slightest uneasiness. Looking at Su Jingwen’s joy after receiving the gift, Ning Qingxue suddenly had an indescribable taste in her heart, which she couldn’t actually say.
Soft music was playing and the time for the first dance song was about to come.
Just when all the people were guessing who Su Jingwen’s first dance song would be for, Su Jingwen looked at Ye Mo and said, “Ye Mo, can you dance this dance song with me?”
He was actually Ye Mo? Zhao Hong had of course heard about Ye Mo and Ning Qingxue, and his face became a little odd.
From the fact that Su Jingwen had accepted Ye Mo’s gift and was still wearing it on her hand, plus the fact that she had invited Ye Mo to dance the first song, even the uninitiated knew that Ye Mo was most likely a shield that Su Jingwen had put out to keep out anyone who wanted to dance with her tonight.
Ning Qingxue thought otherwise, she felt that Su Jingwen genuinely wanted to invite Ye Mo to the dance, and although she didn’t know why Su Jingwen was doing this, she felt a little annoyed in her heart for no reason. However, she immediately felt a little baffled by her subconscious feeling.
Ye Mo also didn’t expect Su Jingwen to invite him to the party to actually be such a thing, and said somewhat awkwardly, “But I don’t know how to dance at all.”
Su Jingwen also froze for a moment, she had thought of every aspect, but she just didn’t expect Ye Mo to not be able to dance. Ye Mo was the outcast of the Ye family, at least he was once the young master of the Ye family, moreover he was a student of Ninghai University, how could he not know how to dance?
Only Li Mu Mei was clear that Ye Mo might really not know how to dance, although Ye Mo liked to show off, it seemed that he never went to dance halls and discos. And he has very few friends, he simply likes to show off and be nonsensically arrogant.
