CH 22

Unlike Zhu Luo, when Huo Annong looked at people, his eyes were very oppressive.

When he looked down on someone, his eyes were even sharper, like thorns piercing through your skin.

In the original book, Huo Annong was the son of the eldest daughter of the renowned gambling king. His maternal side of the family declined during his mother’s early years, and she married the still-young father Huo, who was in business at that time.

His mother was a sharp person, and she left traces on all parts of his life as she watched over him. Huo Annong was influenced by her since birth, which created a slightly rough temperament in him.

At the same time, his father carefully cultivated him as the heir, allowing him to keep etiquette and bearing even with his mother’s influence.

Therefore, it was understandable that his charm was described as having a kind of wild rudeness and unscrupulous dignity.

These two extreme qualities were strangely fused in him. Wearing a shirt, he can chat with the lower class, brag, and fight in groups; wearing a suit, he can use standard etiquette to make others think he was born in a noble family of three generations.

Moreover, his own conditions were excellent. He was tall and had eight-pack abs. It was not surprising for him to be the idol of many in the younger generation.

In the original novel, Zhu Luo was the main exception to this, turning their love into a sweet syrup…a facade that was kept until he was made unable to get out of bed for the first time.

This is not President Huo, but Stallion Huo.

Such a bold and careful person mixed with such varying teachings and cultures should have been a merciless wanderer, but for the sake of his beloved violin prince, he hid his personality and bared his heart.

The last person you ever want to mess with is still this wealthy overlord though.

Under Huo Annong’s mocking eyes, Yu Le gritted his teeth in humiliation and decided to endure it.

With a soft snort, Huo Annong regarded him as acquiescing, leaving a contemptuous look in his eyes, and turned to leave.

The more Yu Le thought about it, the angrier he became.

Immersed in this sudden emotion, someone called him from behind, but he didn’t react until he was suddenly patted on the shoulder.

“Man, Manman…?”

A familiar female voice sounded, and when he looked back, he found that it was An An?!

“You…” Why are you here?

Thankfully he cut himself off, realising quickly that he wasn’t Manman right now; he was still Yu Le!

With a flash, he changed his words, “Who are you?”

As a staff member of the Municipal Grand Theatre, An An was naturally present at this charity dinner.

She had just called Zhu Luo over, and once she came out, she happened to see a familiar figure’s back. Walking closer, however, she realised it was a man.

An An playfully stuck her tongue out and clasped her hands together, “I’m sorry, your back looks very similar to a friend of mine, I mistook you for her!” She apologised while peeping at Yu Le with a cute little expression.

This let Yu Le calm down a little.

An An didn’t seem to have recognised him.

His tense face relaxing, he responded coldly, still somewhat worried she would see through him, “It’s okay.”

An An blinked her eyes, “You really look just like a close friend of mine, do you have any sisters?”

Yu Beiman had once said that she had an older brother, had An An misunderstood that he was him?

If he admitted it, things would only become more complicated, “Sorry, I don’t.” Pretentiously looking at his watch, he nodded slightly to her, “I still have something to do, please excuse me.”

Yu Le slipped away.

Taking out his mobile phone, he pretended to be engrossed in texting someone as he walked to the roof in a serious manner, but he always felt that An An’s eyes were still glued to his back, making him extremely uncomfortable.

As he reached the rooftop, he carefully observed his reflection in the large glass door and confirmed that there was indeed a big difference between himself dressed as he was now and as Manman.

It was extremely unexpected that An An would attend the charity dinner.

This made Yu Le anxious, he wanted to leave early.

Unfortunately for him, Zhu Luo was still missing.

Remembering him only now, he turned on his phone for real, this time to send Zhu Luo a message before leaving by himself.

But as he opened WeChat, a message popped up from An An.

[the finest old lady in the world: Manman! Manman! Guess who I just met at a party! A super handsome guy!! He looked just like you!]

This girl’s desire to share was really strong.

[Yu Beiman: Hmm?]

[the finest old lady in the world: His back looked so similar to you, and your height is about the same too! I really thought it was you at first, so I went over to talk; I was so embarrassed when I called out to the wrong person!]

[the finest old lady in the world: But that brother was soooo good looking! [Hehe.jpg]]

[Yu Beiman: …]

[the finest old lady in the world: But he was so indifferent to me! You don’t think he misunderstood that I was deliberately hitting on him, do you? To be honest, my performance just now felt unreliable even to me!]

Yu Le was at a loss for words.

Okay, he was relieved entirely now; An An really didn’t find anything out.

Just as he was about to type a reply, the banquet hall outside suddenly became lively.

He turned his head to look for the cause and found that everyone had turned to a certain direction, talking in a bustling whisper as if someone had arrived.

Feeling his phone shake with vibration, he bowed his head to see that An An had sent another series of messages.

[the finest old lady in the world: !!!!!!!!!]

[the finest old lady in the world: ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

[Yu Beiman: …What’s wrong with you?]

[the finest old lady in the world: Manman, I, I seem to be lucky today!!!!!]

[the finest old lady in the world: It’s our brother! It turned out that our brother came here!]

[the finest old lady in the world: I participated in an event today, and our brother came too! He really came! He’s right there!!!]

Brother?

Were they still talking about Yu Beiman’s nonexistent brother?

He turned his head to look into the banquet hall again.

At this time, the double banquet hall doors were opened wide. A group of men dressed in solid black suits came in, looking like the stereotypical bodyguards found in novels, and lined up in two rows at the door. As everyone stared expectantly, a young man with an outstanding temperament walked in and was instantly surrounded by people.

This man! Yu Le would never forget his face, even in his dreams!

Brother…it was Yu Youzhi!

He was stunned as he rubbed his eyes, suspecting he was wrong.

Looking again…he was not.

This scene was shocking; Yu Le felt faint.

He unconsciously took a step forward, trying to get a better view of him, but his phone slipped from his grasp as his attention slacked and, with a “bang,” fell to the ground.

The banquet hall was very noisy.

No one noticed a small phone being dropped in this remote corner.

However, the grey-eyed man who had just entered the venue turned his head slowly towards Yu Le, and like fate, their eyes met.