A few people warmly took Shi Ran’s hand and led her into the living room.
“Old Huo, your ancestral grave must be emitting green smoke! This Da Hua boy has finally found a girlfriend.”
“Come, come, hurry and take a look. How beautiful Da Hua’s girlfriend is.”
“You old man, you should finally be at ease. Now that Da Hua has a girlfriend, you two should worry less.”
Even though Shi Ran explained several times that she was not Huo Xiao Hua’s girlfriend, they all turned a deaf ear.
Just as she was torn between laughter and tears, she realized that among the people sitting on the living room sofa was a familiar figure…
Tang Si!
When Shi Ran saw Tang Si, Tang Si naturally saw her too.
Old Huo, Father Huo, Old Madam Huo, Zhao Wuyan, Tang Si, and a few others stood up and looked in their direction. They saw Shi Ran being pushed towards the sofa by them.
“Old Huo, this girl is Ran Ran, Da Hua’s girlfriend.”
“Look, how does she look?”
“Very pretty, you can tell she’s a clean child.”
“Not that old, Da Hua used to like old cows eating tender grass.”
“Hahaha…”
The remark about ‘old cows eating tender grass’ caused everyone to burst into laughter.
However, Tang Si stared at her with a sinister gaze, “When did you start dating Huo Xiao Hua?”
That damned woman, she was truly skilled at attracting attention.
After dealing with Yuan Wei, she was now hooking up with Huo Xiao Hua.
How had she not noticed her charm before?
“I…”
Facing Tang Si’s questioning, Shi Ran’s heart thumped uncontrollably. Nervously, she pursed her lips, “You misunderstood, I…”
“Xiao Si, Ran Ran is my guest. You’re being so fierce, you’ll scare her.”
As if by coincidence, just as Shi Ran was about to explain, Huo Xiao Hua appeared.
He grabbed Shi Ran’s wrist and pulled her behind him, shielding her.
Instantly, the relationship between the two became subtle. If Shi Ran were to explain further, it would seem like she was being melodramatic.
Of course, in the eyes of others, her explanation was unnecessary.
“Brother, when did you get together with her?”
Zhao Wuyan, the focus of today’s event, wore a white strapless, waist-cinching, fluffy dress. Her slightly curled long hair cascaded down her shoulders. She wore a silver crown inlaid with diamonds, sparkling brilliantly, truly a little princess.
She took a step forward, tilted her head, and looked at Shi Ran, “You’re actually my brother’s girlfriend? Oh dear, I’m so sorry, I misunderstood you before.”
Zhao Wuyan affectionately took Shi Ran’s hand, with a smile that was not a smile.
At this moment, Shi Ran felt a sense of sudden realization. She finally understood the hidden motive and recalled Tang Si’s warning that day.
Today, she had walked into Huo Xiao Hua’s trap.
It was likely that he had deliberately used her relationship with him to create a false impression, making Tang Si believe they were a couple, thereby dispelling Tang Si’s affection for her.
However, fate had other plans. They didn’t know that Tang Si did not ‘like’ her at all!
Shi Ran thought so naively.
She even felt that Zhao Wuyan’s previous hostility towards her was because she misunderstood her liking Tang Si. Therefore, taking this opportunity to pretend today was also a way to indirectly ‘tell’ Zhao Wuyan that she didn’t like Tang Si.
“It’s, it’s fine, it’s all in the past.” Shi Ran smiled, implicitly acknowledging the relationship.
Because of her single sentence, Tang Si’s expression immediately soured, becoming as dark as ink.
His sharp gaze seemed capable of piercing a hole through her body, scaring her into trembling uncontrollably. She lowered her head, not daring to meet Tang Si’s eyes.
Thus, Shi Ran was led to the sofa and forced to chat with the various aunts and elder ladies.
Tang Si sat directly opposite her, constantly staring at her with icy eyes, scaring her little heart into a continuous tremor.
“Excuse me, I’m going to the restroom.”
Shi Ran said midway.
“The restroom is at the end of the corridor, turn left and go all the way down.”
Old Madam Huo, who was very fond of Shi Ran, pointed in that direction and then said to Zhao Wuyan, “Xiao Yan, take her.”
“No, no, I can go by myself.”
Shi Ran fled as if she had sprouted wings towards the restroom, her anxiety making her feel almost crazy.
After spending some time in the restroom, she calmed her emotions. As she pulled the door open to leave, a dark figure flashed past and burst in, locking the door from the inside.
“Tang… Tang Si, what are you doing coming in here?” Shi Ran was incredibly nervous, her words becoming fragmented.