Chapter 161 - VIP

Xiong Zhi took a deep breath. She did not let any emotion came out of her face. She knew he will come. But it was still too surprising to be seated in the same table with him.

Xiong Zhi maintained her cold face.

"Old Xiong! Your white hair grew a lot!" Old Guan greeted Old Xiong happily.

"Your wrinkles grew a lot." Old Xiong greeted Old Guan back.

"I'm hoping you'll sit together with Old Lu. Too bad." Old Guan was a little bit disappointed that the intense bickering show of his told two friends that he was expecting was nowhere.

Lu Yin Ze stand up and came to their table to greet Old Xiong.

"Godfather, how are you?" 

"I'm good. Thanks to my granddaughter." 

Old Xion answered while looking at Xiong Zhi.

Xiong Zhi who glanced a bit to Guan Gao Huan's side looked at her grandfather when she was mentioned. She was a bit stunned that her stoic grandfather would compliment her like this.

��Ho.Ho.Ho Looks like I've lived long enough to witness Old Xiong complimenting his kin." Old Guan commented at the side.

"Good evening, Master Guan." Lu Yin Ze greeted Old Guan as well.

"Looks like you've adjusted well." Old Guan nodded at Lu Yin Ze.

Lu Yin Ze then turned to Guan Gao Huan. 

It was the first time Lu Yin Ze met him after eight years. Among the three Guan brothers, the youngest, Guan Gao Huan was the closest to Lu Yin Ze before. 

Because their age was a bit close and their shyness and cry-baby personality were the same.

However, when Lu Yin Ze met Guan Gao Huan's eyes, the smile and the warm words that were supposed to greet his former playmate stopped.

He could see Guan Gao Huan smiling gently to him, however, those eyes were saying something else. It was scrutinizing him. Was it the same shy and cry-baby Gao Huan that he played before?

' It looks like eight years changed him so much. Like me.' Lu Yin Ze thought.

Lu Yin Ze who changed from a lively boy to a lone wolf thought that Gao Huan who was being left alone in states made him masked himself like this.

"It's been a while, Young Master Gao Huan." The warm words turned into a formal greeting instead.

Gao Huan smiled deepened, his eyes became colder and there was something else.

"Yeah. It's been a while." Gao Huan bowed to Lu Yin Ze as well. He bowed too to Old Lu. Old Lu just nodded to him.

"Xiong Zhi." Lu Yin Ze turned to Xiong Zhi and casually called her name. He bowed to her as a greeting.

Xiong Zhi returned the greeting. "Good evening, Yin Ze."

This casual greeting made Gao Huan raised his eyebrow slightly.

Xiong Zhi then greeted the Masters and the couple Tang Xinyang and Jang Shin. 

However, she did not greet him.

No one noticed this but Gao Huan who was waiting for Xiong Zhi to greet him and prolong a conversation frowned.

'Did she deliberately do this?' 

However, Gao Huan could not think of the reason why she had to do this to him. They only met once. He also could not forget that he lost the chance to talk to her in the Xiong's banquet.

So, Gao Huan approached her first.

"Young Miss Zhi, it been a long time." 

Xiong Zhi just glanced at him then looked at the side.

"Yeah. Its been a long time." 

Gao Huan hides his frown.

'why this girl is not looking at me? Is it just me?'

So he gives another try, 

"We are in the same school but we never met at school even once." Gao Huan chatted with Xiong Zhi. He was polite and he was gentle.

Xiong Zhi glanced at him then looked again sideways.

"The school is big. It's natural." Her voice was cold and her tone was dismissive.

Gao Huan was now sure that the Young miss of Xiong doesn't want to talk to him.

'But why? She seems to be fine with Lu Yin Ze.'

Gao Huan smiled like he was a senior brother who doesn't mind his junior sister's grumbling.

"It seems like Young Miss was a bit cold to me. Is there was something that you find offending from me? I'll try to fix that." His words caught the two Master's attention in the same table. 

They were watching the two exchanged for different reasons. It was also amusing for them.

"Is that it? I'm just aloof to people I don't care about." Xiong Zhi's cold voice reached everyone's ears. She was finally looking at Gao Huan's eyes.

"Ho.Ho.Ho. Feisty. Your granddaughter grew after you." Old Guan silently commented to Old Xiong.

Old Xiong was proud.

"Of course. She is a Xiong." 

Gao Huan did not take offense from Xiong Zhi's answer. He actually finds it amusing that someone said these things to his gentle face in an outright manner. It made his smile deepened with mischief.

"Is that so? I hope I will be a person who can approach you in the future." Gao Huan meant that he wants to know more about her and be close to her and finally become a person she wouldd care about.

However, Xiong Zhi knew that Gao Huan was playing the role of a charming prince to bewitch a princess. She never falls for that. Even from the past, and surely never in the future.

Xiong Zhi looked away again. Because looking at him for a minute made her wanted to vomit. Those disgusting memories were surging to her mind.

"I'll make sure you will not be. You will never be." She muttered these words. So only Gao Huan could hear her.

Xiong Zhi really wanted to avoid Gao Huan as much as possible. She could act calm and aloof right now. But her insides were nervous. She was in relief that she did not tremble in fear like before. However, she could still not look directly at him and go along with a conversation. For now, this was the best she could do.

'If only Linfeng is here.' Xiong Zhi already prepared herself ever since she saw the list. But still, overcoming a trauma was not merely in a day or two. She was still adjusting. If Linfeng was here she would felt a lot better. She calmed her mind and think of his gentle smile. The a.d.u.l.t Linfeng and the young Linfeng. Their overlapping image calmed her mind and made her disgust slowly sealed away.

Gao Huan looked at her for a moment. Because he could feel the weight on those words. She was serious. 

He was only jesting but this girl in front of her did not soften but harden her wall instead. He felt like she was treating him like an enemy.

For the first time, he did not know how to retort on that.

But he was more surprised that he did not get angry. He was more curious now and wanted to know what the girl before him was thinking.

The murmurs behind them suddenly got loud. It happens when a VIP entered the room.

A group of bodyguards was surrounding the two men.

The two men's appearances were catchy. Because they were the only person who entered the hall wearing a mask.

Their mask was almost identical. It was covering most of their face. The half part was golden while the half part was black. It was no doubt that those gold were genuine gold. The younger man has the golden color in the left part while the middle-aged man, the older one based on the body built, has the golden color in the right part. Their mask was reversed.

The guest wondered who were these people. Since they couldn't recognize them adding the fact that the two were wearing their mask, they thought that the two men were new VIP's. However, even they were known, the guest knew that was a great feat that they couldn't do even after five years.

So no doubt these two men have the same network of the people in the VIP area. They were worthy to have a connection with.

The two men were led in the front table, where the legendary families' tables are.

In the VIP area, they were divided by how great their connection and influence is. They were only five tables at the front. Five tables at the back. And another four tables for the VIP section. 

The nearer the seat in the walkway platform, the higher the person's status was. 

So the guest's eyes widen in shock when the two men went to the Lu family table. They gained that seat!

The guest knew how expensive it was even for them. But they knew the problem was not money. But having a more amazing feat and limitless connection that made the organizer of IAmFashionista invite them or approve of their seat.

The fact that the two unknown men were sitting there was telling the guest how amazing these two are.

'Who are they?!' This seems to be the question in everyone's mind.

Especially, in Master Lu's case.

He was curious about these men whose crest was mocking him.

The two bowed slightly to their tablemates. But they did not speak further.

This made Master Lu frowned. Not because he felt offended but because usually, all the people he meets would try to strike a conversation to him then offered partnership between their companies. But the two seem like they have no intention to do that. 

Master Lu was focused on these newcomers that he missed the shock expression of Lu Yin Ze.