Just as she was halfway through her meal, a message came in. She clicked on it and found it was from Qiao Xi.
[Linglingzi, what are you doing?]
While eating noodles, Wen Sining typed a reply with her left hand. [Having dinner.]
[Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. Feng Jingcheng is throwing a party. I was wondering if you'd like to come.]
Upon seeing this message, Wen Sining felt as if three black lines had appeared on her forehead.
[Throwing a party for the Lantern Festival? Is your Feng Jingcheng that rich?]
Wen Sining couldn't quite understand this.
[Well, it's not really a big party. It's just a gathering of a few people. So, are you coming or not?]
[Sure, I'll definitely go.]
How could Wen Sining possibly decline Qiao Xi's invitation?
The two of them made the arrangement just like that.
Lu Luochen returned home at night and found the house pitch - black. He initially thought Wen Sining had already gone to bed, considering he was coming home quite late.
When he entered the bedroom upstairs, he found the bed empty.
"Not back yet?"
Lu Luochen instinctively picked up his phone to call Wen Sining, but then the scene he saw today popped into his mind. He put the phone away again, a self - deprecating smile curving his lips. To her, who was he exactly?
He never thought that one day, the appearance of a person would make him start to doubt himself.
Frustrated, Lu Luochen threw his phone to the side and went to take a shower.
In the bathroom, he let the water wash over him. Maybe this would clear his mind.
After calming down, Lu Luochen came out of the bathroom. He dried his hair and then lay down on the bed, ready to sleep. Maybe if he fell asleep, he wouldn't think so much.
He picked up his phone to put it aside when it vibrated twice. He opened it, and the notification bar showed that a contact had sent him a message. At that moment, Lu Luochen somehow hoped that the message was from Wen Sining.
But more often than not, such hopes ended in disappointment. After clicking on it, he found that it was from Feng Jingcheng, inviting him to the party the next day.
But at this moment, Lu Luochen had no mood to think about this. He typed a few words to decline, but then he remembered Feng Jingcheng's persistence. So he deleted the words he had typed, casually agreed, and then threw his phone aside. Without waiting for Feng Jingcheng's reply, he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
The next day.
The party was set to start at 6 p.m. sharp. Just as Lu Luochen was about to leave the office after work, he received a call from Feng Jingcheng.
"What's up?" Lu Luochen's tone was quite flat.
"The party starts at 6. I saw you didn't reply to my message, so I'm calling to remind you." Feng Jingcheng said.
Hearing this, Lu Luochen just remembered this matter. He had actually forgotten about it.
"I'll..." Before he could finish his sentence, Feng Jingcheng interrupted him. "I don't care what you're going to do later, but you have to come to this party. You promised me, and I have a screenshot."
Lu Luochen helplessly rubbed the space between his eyebrows. He had no way to deal with Feng Jingcheng. He could even imagine that if he declined, Feng Jingcheng would definitely make a big deal out of this in the future.
"I'll come later."
Only then was Feng Jingcheng satisfied.
The two hung up the phone.
The location of this party was still at Feng Jingcheng's villa.
Lu Luochen didn't drive there until 5:30.
Wen Sining had already arrived early. There weren't many people at this party. They were all Feng Jingcheng's usual friends. It was more like a small gathering than a real party.
Everyone who came was dressed casually, and Wen Sining was no exception. She wore a knitted dress as a base layer and casually threw on a coat.
"Do you want to eat yuanxiao? I'll go and get you some." Qiao Xi asked.
Wen Sining immediately shook her head and refused. She didn't like sticky food at all. Yuanxiao was especially cloying, and she always found it hard to swallow.
"But it's the Lantern Festival today. You have to eat at least one. Well, how about this? You just eat one, and I'll eat the rest." Qiao Xi came up with a compromise.
Only then did Wen Sining nod.
She found a seat and sat down. There were other food on the table. She picked up a slice of pizza and started eating.
A familiar figure came into her sight. Her heart skipped a beat. "Why is Lu Luochen here?" she murmured.
Just then, Qiao Xi walked over with a bowl of yuanxiao. "What did you say?" Due to the distance between them, she didn't hear what Wen Sining said clearly.
"Nothing." Looking at the yuanxiao Qiao Xi brought over, she scooped up one and ate it. Then she said to Qiao Xi, "I'm going to the toilet."
"Do you need me to show you the way?" Qiao Xi didn't notice Wen Sining's uneasiness.
"No, I can find it." Wen Sining replied.
After saying that, she walked to the side. For some reason, she instinctively wanted to avoid him. If she had known he would come, she should have found a way to decline.
In fact, Lu Luochen had also noticed Wen Sining, but he deliberately pretended not to see her.
The two of them were inexplicably in a tiff.
Wen Sining hid in the restroom for a while. She thought it wasn't a good idea to stay there forever, as it might arouse unnecessary speculation. So she had to come out.
She deliberately found an inconspicuous corner and sat down, while Lu Luochen kept an eye on her.
A woman came up to greet him. Feng Jingcheng, who was standing beside him, was just about to decline on his behalf, because he knew Lu Luochen didn't like this kind of thing at all. After all, he was already married.
Before Feng Jingcheng could say anything, Lu Luochen had already responded to the woman, "Hello."
Feng Jingcheng was extremely surprised.
Lu Luochen simply ignored him. The woman who took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Lu Luochen thought she had a chance when he talked to her, so she continued, "Mr. Lu, I've heard so much about you. It's a rare opportunity to meet you today."
"Nice to meet you too." Lu Luochen replied.
Just then, Feng Jingcheng was called away by someone else, leaving just the two of them.
While talking to the woman, Lu Luochen kept an eye on Wen Sining's movements. He even shifted his body a bit so that from Wen Sining's direction, their actions seemed quite intimate.
In fact, they didn't talk about much. After the woman left, one by one, the other women at the party came up to greet Lu Luochen.
Lu Luochen didn't turn any of them away. Wen Sining, sitting not far away, saw it all. She didn't know that Lu Luochen did this on purpose to make her jealous.