diskusbooks Chapter 677 The High-and-mighty, Two-Faced Academic Genius (Gong) VS The Unrestrained, Charming, and
Chapter 677 The High-and-mighty, Two-Faced Academic Genius (Gong) VS The Unrestrained, Charming, and
Under the bright lights, the spilled champagne filled the air with its aroma, and the shattered glasses reflected shimmering light. Several waiters quietly moved forward to clean up, while at a nearby table, the birthday celebration was just beginning.
Perhaps under the influence of alcohol, the young men started to cheer, offering words of blessing as they stood up to toast Lu Ziqi.
As the birthday celebrant, Lu Ziqi naturally couldn't refuse.
One cup after another, the young men seemed to have conspired to get Lu Ziqi drunk. By the end of the round, Lu Ziqi's face was flushed red.
He quickly waved his hand and said, "I won't drink anymore, I won't drink anymore!"
"Lu Ziqi, you're not good enough! You've only had a few drinks!"
"Yeah, yeah, we all came here specifically to celebrate your birthday. You can't refuse the toast from your brothers."
Lu Ziqi said nonchalantly, "Just have a drink to show for it."
Seeing this, one of the young men joked, "In my opinion, let's just leave it at that. Look at Lu Ziqi, his face is all red from drinking. So red... does he look like what?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately joked, "It looks like a monkey's butt, hahaha."
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, and even Jiang Xiyu, who was sitting next to Lu Ziqi, couldn't help but laugh.
Because of the laughter, the atmosphere at the table instantly became relaxed, and everyone seemed to have forgotten the incident from earlier. Only the other three remained expressionless, completely out of place with the boisterous atmosphere at the table.
Their gazes were all fixed on Jiang Xiyu, but Jiang Xiyu didn't look at them. She just found the young master's words about Lu Ziqi somewhat amusing.
Lu Ziqi was close to him, and when he looked down, he saw Jiang Xiyu smiling.
The curved shape, combined with Jiang Xiyu's attire tonight, gave him an air of nonchalant elegance.
Lu Ziqi stared at it for several seconds.
For some reason, her face gradually turned even redder.
Under his gaze, Jiang Xiyu's smile remained unchanged; he simply picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip.
Lu Ziqi's mind was a little slow. After seeing Jiang Xiyu finish his drink, he blurted out, "Brother, why don't you toast me too?"
Jiang Xiyu looked up at him.
Lu Ziqi sat back down in his chair, staring longingly at Jiang Xiyu's wine glass.
Jiang Xiyu raised an eyebrow, noticing how comical his red face was, and the smile on her lips deepened slightly. "Okay."
After saying that, Jiang Xiyu stood up, lowered her eyes to toast Lu Ziqi, and said a simple blessing: "Happy birthday, I wish you happiness every day in the future."
Lu Ziqi looked up at him, stunned for a moment before reacting. He chuckled, got up, poured himself another glass, and said happily, "Thanks, brother, I'll drink it all."
Anyone with eyes can see that Lu Ziqi is very happy right now.
However, while he was happy, some people were unhappy, and there was more than one.
Sitting across the table, Zhou Xi could naturally see everyone's expressions. Seeing Bai Chengci's restraint, Xu Yunzhi's anger, and Lu Ziqi's joy, he coldly curled his lips and took out his phone, seemingly having completely lost patience.
At 8:30, several waiters wearing white gloves arrived right on time, pushing the birthday cake in.
It's less like a cake and more like a meticulously crafted architectural work of art.
At the same time, the young men sitting in their seats also stood up tacitly and took the initiative to walk to the cake to celebrate Lu Ziqi's birthday.
"Let's cut the cake, and then we'll have a blast tonight."
Lu Ziqi had no intention of having a good time with them.
He wanted to cut the cake right now so he could take Jiang Xiyu out to play alone, so he urged the waiter to hurry up.
In front of the cake, the waiter took out a device, turned it on, and sprayed out liquid nitrogen, instantly condensing the floral garnish on the cake into translucent crystal fragments.
Just then, Lu's mother, who had gone out for a while, returned. Seeing them gathered around the cake, she simply smiled and did not approach.
She didn't want to disturb the young people's gathering, and she only came back to remind Lu Ziqi to drink less. Now that she saw that he was still sober, she didn't say anything more.
But someone noticed her and called out loudly with a laugh, "Auntie, come and cut the cake together!"
These young masters may have fun, but they are still very polite when it comes to manners.
They turned around and, seeing Lu's mother, voluntarily gave up their seats.
Under their watchful eyes, Mrs. Lu smiled and shook her head, saying, "You guys play, Auntie will just watch."
Lu Ziqi didn't know when his mother came back. He thought she was just there to make a formality, since his mother never interfered or participated in his birthday parties.
Unexpectedly, this time he brought the two people he hated the most. His mother still thought he was friends with Bai Chengci and Xu Yunzhi.
Who will be their friend?
One loves to tattle, and the other relentlessly pesters his brother every day.
Thinking of Jiang Xiyu, Lu Ziqi glanced at him and hoped to introduce him to his mother.
So he went over and entangled Lu's mother.
Lu's mother hadn't originally planned to come and join the young people's gathering, but Lu Ziqi said he wanted to introduce her to his friends, so she came.
In fact, she knew most of the children here, because the children she could play with all came from well-off families.
However, Lu Ziqi wanted to introduce Jiang Xiyu to his mother, so he specifically mentioned it to her when cutting the cake.
"Mom, this is my best friend."
Suddenly introduced to an elder like this, Jiang Xiyu was puzzled, but still smiled politely at Lu's mother and said, "Auntie."
When they first entered, Lu Ziqi and Bai Chengci were on the verge of conflict, and Jiang Xiyu hadn't formally greeted Lu's mother. Lu's mother's impression of him was only superficial.
But just based on his appearance, this young man is impressive enough.
From her son's attitude and the attitudes of others, she had a good impression of the person. Especially Bai Chengci and Xu Yunzhi's attitudes; someone who could make both of them care must indeed be a very good friend.
Lu's mother looked at Jiang Xiyu, sized him up for a moment, and replied with satisfaction, "Hello."
Jiang Xiyu wasn't good at talking to elders, so after greeting them, she didn't say anything more and just turned to look at the cake in front of her.
Lu Ziqi couldn't help but tug at his mother's hand and continue introducing, "Mom, his name is Jiang Xiyu, and he's in the same class as me."
Upon hearing this, Lu's mother read aloud, "Jiang...Xi Yu?"
The tone suggested that he was somewhat puzzled as to which three characters Lu Ziqi was referring to in the name.
Lu Ziqi explained: "The character '江' (river) has three dots of water, the character '席' (chairman's seat) has three dots of water, and the character '玉' (jade) has three dots of jade."
Lu's mother understood. She rarely saw Lu Ziqi introduce his friends like this, so she smiled and praised, "What a nice name."
This kind of behavior of introducing things to parents is both inexplicable and laughable.
Xu Yunzhi stood not far away, glaring at Lu Ziqi, and finally couldn't help but grit her teeth and say, "What does he think he's doing, introducing Brother Jiang to his parents? How ridiculous!"
Others might not be able to tell, but Xu Yunzhi certainly could.
He liked Brother Jiang, so he could easily see through Lu Ziqi's gaze when he looked at Jiang Xiyu.
This is clearly because she's interested in Brother Jiang.
Otherwise, why would Lu Ziqi always interfere every time he gets close to Brother Jiang?
Xu Yunzhi grew angrier the more she thought about it, and she could hardly contain herself anymore.
Bai Chengci watched quietly, and said in a flat tone, "He's not qualified."
Xu Yunzhi turned her head to look at him after hearing this.
Bai Chengci's eyes dimmed slightly, and she said calmly, "He's not Jiang Xiyu's boyfriend."
Xu Yunzhi thought he was saying this to comfort her, so she agreed, "That's right, Brother Jiang would never like him."
Bai Chengci stared at Jiang Xiyu for a long while before giving a very soft "hmm".
Zhou Xi overheard their conversation, then suddenly looked at Bai Chengci and raised her voice, speaking with utter sarcasm, enunciating each word clearly: "He's not Jiang Xiyu's boyfriend, but you, Bai Chengci... are?"