Previously, Qin Xu and his brother Qin Chengqi had both gone downstairs to greet the guests. When Qin Chengqi saw that it was almost time, and most of the guests that they had invited had also arrived, he called for Qin Xu to come up to the stage so that he could say a few words to the guests during his birthday banquet.
Qin Xu had long since been told that he was going to make a birthday speech today, so when his brother Qin Chengqi invited him on stage, he had already made his preparations.
Actually, there was nothing much to prepare for a birthday speech, all he needed to do was to thank his friends who had come today, and say a few more words. But today, Qin Xu wanted to take this opportunity to do something else …
He wanted to officially announce his relationship with Ye ming Xin at the end of his speech.
Since he was the one who proposed to be a couple, then he should take the responsibility of getting up and being his boyfriend. It wasn't a good idea to keep hiding things from him all the time.
Qin Xu knew that once he announced Ye ming Xin as his girlfriend at the birthday banquet, his father would definitely find out about Ye ming Xin's existence very soon. Maybe he would even realize that Ye ming Xin's appearance was similar to Chu Xiaoxiao's, and also think of some sort of substitute body thing …
Although he had a relationship with Ye ming Xin in the beginning, and indeed wanted to use her as a substitute for Chu Xiaoxiao, but after getting along with him recently, he discovered that Ye ming Xin also only looked similar to him. Other things, whether it was personality or words, were all different from Chu Xiaoxiao's.
He didn't really like Ye ming Xin now either, but he didn't hate her either. He could even try to like her in the future …
Qin Xu did not like to be covered up. This time, hiding his relationship with Ye ming Xin from him for so long was already his limit, so he wanted to take advantage of today's birthday to reveal that Ye ming Xin was his girlfriend. This could also be considered an explanation to Ye ming Xin.
Although Ye ming Xin never said it out loud, Qin Xu knew that she had always hoped that the two of them could become an honorable couple …
If Dad did ask afterwards, he would probably explain it all truthfully.
Therefore, Qin Xu had long planned out his speech for today. This was also the "present" that he would give back to her when he received Ye ming Xin's gift.
Although he couldn't return the favor to Ye ming Xin now, but since he had a relationship with Ye ming Xin and he didn't hate her, he decided to try to have a good relationship with her. This relationship was only the first step.
Before going up the stage, Qin Xu intentionally looked around the living room on the first floor for Ye ming Xin, but he did not find him.
He found a waiter and asked before he found out that Ye ming Xin had gone to the resting area on the second floor. Thus, he instructed the waiter to go to the second floor to invite Ye ming Xin down to ensure that she would be able to be present when the relationship between the two of them was announced and heard immediately.
, on the other hand, went up the stage first and began to thank the guests first. As he spoke, he would occasionally look towards the elevator to the second floor to check if there were any movements on the second floor.
"Many thanks to all my friends for coming to attend my birthday banquet today. Your arrival today has really made me very happy. I am happy to the point that it's enough to dilute my sadness of having aged by another year …" Qin Xu stood on stage and spoke with humour and ease.
When Qin Xu said that he was "old", it meant that everyone was old. Hence, the people below the stage all wailed at Qin Xu in protest.
Qin Xu unconcernedly shrugged his shoulders, and continued to speak: "Alright, I know what fighting everyone means, we will always be young, so later on, don't let others say that we can't control ourselves from staying up late and will have to leave early. "Also, I …"
As Qin Xu was speaking, in the blink of an eye, he saw that before he could even go upstairs to invite Ye ming Xin, Ye ming Xin had already ran down from the second floor.
He originally thought that Ye ming Xin had heard his speech on the second floor, which was why she came down hurriedly to hear his speech.
But following that, Ye ming Xin not only ignored the waiter who wanted to lead the way, but she also bypassed the crowd and ran towards the exit.
All along the way, she actually did not even glance at him. She had used a microphone when he spoke, so Ye ming Xin should have clearly heard his voice.
It was only then that Qin Xu noticed that something was wrong with her.
Realizing that something might have happened to Ye ming Xin, without thinking, Qin Xu immediately said to the people below the stage: "I'm sorry, I suddenly have something to take care of. Everyone please take care of yourself first." Then, he walked down the stage and chased after Ye ming Xin.
Seeing Qin Xu suddenly drop the microphone and run, the people below the stage could not help but look at each other, then turned to look at the direction Qin Xu left in.
When they looked over, Ye ming Xin coincidentally ran into the corner of the living room, so no one realized that Qin Xu was chasing after him. They only saw Qin Xu trying to run in one direction with all his might, and immediately became confused.
Qin Chengqi was suspicious of his younger brother's sudden departure halfway through his speech, but the most important thing now was to comfort the guests, thus, although he was worried about Qin Xu, he still stayed behind and spoke up in place of Qin Xu, temporarily stabilizing the situation.
When he chased after Ye ming Xin, he realized that Chu Xiaoxiao was actually chasing after her too.
"Ming Xin, calm down. Don't be so impulsive!" Chu Xiaoxiao chased after him while persuading him to stop.
Of course, she also noticed that Qin Xu was chasing after them, but she did not turn around to look.
At this time, seeing that Ye ming Xin was about to run out of the villa, Chu Xiaoxiao was afraid that after Ye ming Xin ran home and calmed down for the night, if she could figure out the doubts in her previous words, not only would everything she did today be in vain, she might even make things difficult for herself …
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ye ming Xin had to fight Qin Xu head-on today!
Chu Xiaoxiao's gaze could not help but darken.
She was not too far away from Ye ming Xin at the moment. Chu Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and quickly ran a few steps, wanting to stop Ye ming Xin for him.
But just as she was about to catch up to Ye ming Xin, she twisted her heels and fell backwards.
Ah!" Chu Xiaoxiao screamed. She was about to hit the ground with the back of her head.
Ye ming Xin was originally running outside, but after hearing Chu Xiaoxiao's scream, she stopped for a moment out of worry.
Seeing that Chu Xiaoxiao was about to fall, she wanted to rush forward to support him, but it was already too late.
But at the moment of life and death, Qin Xu suddenly ran forward, bent down and reached out with his hand, and pulled Chu Xiaoxiao's body from the small of her back, preventing her from making contact with the hard marble floor.
As Chu Xiaoxiao's entire body fell backwards, coupled with the fact that she sprained her leg and couldn't even use one leg, when she was pulled up by Qin Xu, she fell into Qin Xu's embrace.
Qin Xu did not immediately push Chu Xiaoxiao away to avoid the attack. Instead, he looked at Chu Xiaoxiao's body worriedly as he hugged her, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that she had only sprained her leg.
But even now, he still did not think about pushing Chu Xiaoxiao away from him …
Ye ming Xin suddenly laughed in a very unsightly manner.
Even though she didn't want to admit it, even though she was deceiving herself, Qin Xu's current concern and care for her definitely wasn't fake.
His real girlfriend was still around, yet he was so close to other women – it was obvious who the person he cared about was …
That's not right either...
The corner of Ye ming Xin's mouth curved in a ridiculing smile — How could she be considered Qin Xu's "real girlfriend"? This was only a private agreement between the two of them, the people around them thought that they were not acquainted at all!
She finally understood why Qin Xu had to wait and wait so long before announcing his relationship with her. It was probably because from the beginning, he had never thought of becoming her real girlfriend …
Rather than calling them man and woman friends, it would be more appropriate to call them lovers.
She was merely a substitute that Qin Xu had requested for.
Even when she had a relationship with Qin Xu that night, it was probably Qin Xu who took a fancy to her face, that's all.
A strong hatred suddenly rose up from Ye ming Xin's chest — — Why did she look so similar to her cousin Chu Xiaoxiao?!
If the two of them didn't look like each other, Qin Xu wouldn't have taken a fancy to her. No, it should be her face, then she wouldn't have suffered such an awkward and heartbroken injury.
Ye ming Xin was still unable to face Qin Xu. She glanced at Qin Xu and Chu Xiaoxiao once more, then turned around with the intention to continue leaving.
Chu Xiaoxiao had always been paying attention to Ye ming Xin's actions, when she saw that Ye ming Xin was about to leave again, she anxiously stood up from his embrace, and pushed him away: "Quickly go and chase him!"
Qin Xu was subconsciously getting used to Chu Xiaoxiao's care and relationships. He had initially wanted to ask Chu Xiaoxiao what had happened, but with Chu Xiaoxiao's reminder, he saw that Ye ming Xin was about to leave after losing her three souls, so he quickly went forward and pulled her back.
"Ming Xin, what's wrong with you?" It was only then that Qin Xu realized that Ye ming Xin's eyes were red and swollen. At the same time he felt slight heartache, his heart couldn't help but sink — it seemed that an extremely bad thing had happened to Ye ming Xin.
Ye ming Xin's wrist was being held by Qin Xu. She struggled with all her strength, but she could not break free, she could not leave now.
But Ye ming Xin only stared at Qin Xu with red eyes, and did not immediately answer his question.
But, Chu Xiaoxiao, who was not far away, spoke up for Ye ming Xin.
She guiltily said to Qin Xu: "Come to think of it, it's my fault. It's me …"
"Sis!" Ye ming Xin interrupted Chu Xiaoxiao with a hoarse voice, "Let me tell Qin Xu personally."