Hearing this, Xia Sanghuan's ears visibly turned red.
Fortunately, they were the only two standing in front of the seed display cabinet. Otherwise, she would have bolted already.
Their every move had already been shown on Shen Ruoyan's computer through the surveillance cameras.
The woman twisted her fingers restlessly, her expression fluctuating.
"Getting impatient already?"
Shen Siyuan beside her picked up her coffee and took a sip.
"But sister, look at her!"
Shen Ruoyan pointed at their intertwined hands.
"They're a couple. What's wrong with holding hands?"
Shen Siyuan raised her eyebrows.
She never expected her younger sister to break them up.
After all, that Xia Sanghuan was the girl whom Leng Chuanjin would protect with his life.
She just wanted her sister to make this man pay for what he had done to the Shen family.
But it seemed that her sister had other ideas.
"In another hour, the show will start."
...
"The restaurant in the exhibition hall is so far away."
The girl looked down at the electronic map on her phone.
"Let's head towards the restaurant then."
"While walking, we can continue the tour."
When their hands clasped together, Leng Chuanjin clearly felt the malicious and inquisitive gazes behind them, some even mixed with schadenfreude.
He frowned and turned around, scanning the crowd. His dark eyes were full of threats.
Those people felt terrified under his stare and quickly averted their eyes.
The man glanced at the girl beside him. After seeing that she wasn't affected, he continued leading her forward.
How could a sensitive person like Xia Sanghuan not feel those malicious gazes?
She just pretended not to see.
She didn't want to ruin this date.
The two of them, understanding each other tacitly, carefully took care of each other's emotions.
They originally thought the plant exhibition would end at two o'clock in the afternoon. But just as they were about to leave the last exhibition hall, a round platform suddenly rose from the largest open space in the middle of the hall.
Then a host appeared on the round platform.
"Dear guests, good afternoon."
"I'm the host of this Flower Goddess Contest. On behalf of the organizer, I sincerely thank you all for attending this plant exhibition!"
The host was wearing a long pink dress. With delicate makeup and a sweet voice, her appearance perfectly matched the theme of the "Flower Goddess".
"Flower Goddess Contest?"
Hearing this name, the girl was stunned for a moment.
"Did the flyer mention this event?"
She looked up at Leng Chuanjin and found that he was also frowning tightly.
Here it comes again.
He always unconsciously showed this expression.
She sighed.
She shouldn't have come here. She should have asked for his opinion.
Even if she had asked, he would only have said, "Go wherever you want."
"The rules of this Flower Goddess Contest are a bit different from before. Besides the participants who signed up voluntarily, the organizer has randomly selected a young lady from the guests as a special invited contestant for this competition."
"Next, the name and number of this young lady will be shown on the big screen."
"Please come to the stage as soon as possible, and the staff will take you to the preparation area."
As soon as the host finished speaking, Xia Sanghuan's name appeared on the screen behind her.
There was no photo, but the girl knew it couldn't be someone with the same name.
Because the number below the name was exactly the same as the one on her ticket stub.
No wonder the tickets for the plant exhibition were purchased under real names.
So they had set up such a trap for her.
She couldn't help but sneer.
She wondered who had gone to so much trouble to set her up like this.
The moment her name appeared, everyone's attention in the hall was focused on her.
Their gazes were naked, as if they wanted to see through her.
Actually, at the very beginning, the girl had really wanted to know.
Why did these people inexplicably hate her so much?
Although she didn't interact much with people from these families, she was very sure that she had never deliberately caused any trouble.
So, the reactions of these tourists must be related to the so - called organizer.
"Don't go."
Leng Chuanjin grabbed Xia Sanghuan's hand, stopping her from moving forward.
"It's okay."
She gave him a reassuring smile.
"Don't you have you?"
After saying that, she gently let go of his hand and walked to the stage under everyone's watchful eyes.
The other side had even built a stage for her to deal with her. How could she not go?
Moreover, if she were to be a "coward", she thought the consequences would be even more unbearable.
"Miss Xia, please follow me."
The waiter who came to pick her up was the man who had checked her ticket at the entrance at the beginning.
Sure enough.
She followed him to the back of the round platform.
It was all premeditated.
After reaching the back of the round platform, she saw the other contestants.
Including her, there were a total of five people, and they were all women.
After all, this was the "Flower Goddess Contest".
Seeing her come, one of the women picked up a fan to cover half of her face.
"Miss Xia, I don't mean to be rude."
"But your outfit is a bit inappropriate for this competition, isn't it?"
There was a proud smile in her eyes.
Of course it was inappropriate.
She had come for a date, not a beauty contest.
Moreover, since she had come to the plant exhibition, she would naturally be dealing with plants and soil.
For convenience, she was only wearing a casual outfit today - not even a dress.
"I don't know if it's appropriate."
The girl smiled at her, not affected by her words at all.
"But I do know that the perfume on you is so strong that the flowers won't like it."
The woman's expression instantly froze.
She snorted, closed her fan, and turned her head away, no longer looking at her.
The others who had been waiting to watch the show also put away their schadenfreude expressions and began to focus on waiting for the competition to start.
There was a screen hanging on the wall backstage, which was broadcasting the situation on the stage.
The girl didn't pay any more attention to them and started looking for Leng Chuanjin in the crowd through the screen.
Since they had been standing far from the stage at that time, and now more tourists had come to this exhibition hall to watch the competition, the man had been submerged in the sea of people.
Looking at the dense crowd, the girl's eyes began to hurt. Finally, she simply gave up looking.
When Shen Ruoyan's face appeared on the screen, she finally understood who had set up this stage for her.
She thought she had no grudges against Shen Ruoyan. Their only encounter was when she had glanced at Shen Ruoyan's profile at the Xie family's banquet.
Xia Sanghuan wasn't a fool. She of course knew why Shen Ruoyan had gone to so much trouble to target her.
It was because of Leng Chuanjin.
This woman really had deep feelings for Second Brother.
The girl couldn't help but sigh.