Because it was night, the villa was halfway up the mountain, and the balcony was filled with a bit of spring cold.

Xu Shuyao tightened the juice cup in her hand, wanting to see the man standing in the corner smoking clearly.

At the balcony door, a lady came over. She was wearing a black trouser dress and looked dignified and generous. She looked at the man in the corner, and there was a little more anger in her voice: "Why are you hiding here? Your uncle from Tan's family said

Want to meet you."

"I know." The man's voice was low and hoarse, but it was particularly magnetic.

He sucked the cigarette he had just taken in his hand, crushed it out, threw it into the trash can next to him, and slowly walked out of the darkness.

The light slowly moved on him, and when he was about to reveal his true face, the lady noticed Xu Shuyao: "Miss, the balcony is cold, do you want to go in and sit?"

Xu Shuyao came back to her senses, looked at her, and smiled embarrassedly: "Thank you for your reminder."

The man walked over and paused when he passed by her.

She smelled the faint smell of tobacco on his body.

Xu Shuyao subconsciously looked up, and when she looked over, she had only time to see the man's tall back. He and the lady gradually integrated into the crowd in the hall.

The banquet hall was still very lively. Xu Shuyao looked around and saw that none of them were known to her, and her father didn't know where she went.

Suddenly, Xu Shuyao turned around and saw Xu Mengyao standing behind her.

Xu Mengyao said reluctantly: "My mother asked you to go over. Why are you standing here alone and doing nothing? You really don't understand the rules."

Xu Shuyao looked at her, paused, and smiled and said, "Then please let me know the rules and lead the way."

Xu Mengyao snorted softly, gave her a blank look, turned her head and walked towards a small hall on the left side of the hall.

Although this side hall is only half of the hall, the ladies who come to attend the banquet are basically gathered here. The lights here are a little softer than the hall, and it seems that the heating is still on. The dark red curtains fall on the floor, turning the room on.

Decorated very thickly.

The furnishings in the house are particularly simple and heavy. In the last row of glass cabinets, there are also various trophys. In the left corner, there is also a grand piano.

The ladies in the side hall gathered together, having tea and chatting, talking and laughing. Sitting in the middle c position was a lady wearing a dark blue dress and a refined expression.

Xu Mengyao quietly brought Xu Shuyao to Sun Wenli: "Mom, the person is here."

Sun Wenli looked at Xu Shuyao and whispered: "Shuyao, just stay with your aunt, don't walk around."

Xu Shuyao nodded in cooperation: "Okay."

The topics of noble ladies are still inseparable from husbands and children. Some complain that their sons are too naughty, while others say that their daughters are not serious in their studies.

"Mom." The girl screamed unhappily by her mother in public, with a soft and thick act of coquettishness.

The lady smiled and hugged her daughter: "You should study harder next time, I won't talk about you."

The wives around them all chuckled and said that they had a good relationship with their mother and daughter.

Xu Shuyao looked at the girl who was acting coquettish next to her mother and lowered her eyes slightly.

"When it comes to educating children, what I admire most is Mrs. Xu." A wife turned her head and looked at Sun Wenli: "I heard that Mrs. Xu's daughter is often in the top ten in the grade when taking exams in school, and she is amazing.

”

"Mrs. Xu, how do you teach your children? My daughter said that your Mengyao not only studies well, but also plays the piano well. In the music class last semester, did she still accompany the teacher? She was praised by the teacher?

Woolen cloth."

Sun Wenli said modestly: "Mrs. Wang, it's not as exaggerated as you said. I don't urge our Mengyao much, she learned it herself."

After being praised by a group of people, Xu Mengyao was also happy, with a proud and reserved expression on her face.

"Mrs. Xu's daughter can play the piano?" Mrs. Ye, who was sitting in the c position, looked over with interest: "Miss. Xu, do you want to come and perform for us?"

Xu Mengyao looked at her mother, Sun Wenli nodded slightly, and smiled and encouraged, "It doesn't matter, just think you practice at home."

She took a deep breath, stood up from Sun Wenli, and bowed slightly, which was quite polite: "Then I'll be ugly."

As she said that, she took two steps forward, turned around, looked at Xu Shuyao, who was sitting behind her, and had not moved, "Can I invite my sister to help me?"

This request made the eyes of the wives present fall on Xu Shuyao.

Some wife was curious: "Mrs. Xu, who is this little girl?"

Sun Wenli looked at Xu Shuyao with a smile and introduced: "This is the daughter of our old Xu and his ex-wife. She has never been at home before, and now she is back to live."

There is no problem with such an introduction. After all, when Xu Licheng introduced Xu Shuyao to his business friends just now, many wives were present.

There were a few friends who whispered to each other and they all knew Xu Shuyao's identity.

"I told you why Lao Xu brought a little girl to my old Cheng just now." Mrs. Cheng said with a tsk voice: "Old Xu is so lucky. Both daughters are so beautiful." When he said this, Cheng

The wife stared at Xu Shuyao.

In the place where the wives couldn't see, Xu Mengyao had a little contempt and contempt in her eyes: "Sister, go." She warmly invited Xu Shuyao to play with her.

Xu Mengyao did it on purpose, and she wanted to make Xu Shuyao look embarrassed in front of all her wives while she was playing later.

Didn’t my father introduce Xu Shuyao to others? Then let everyone see that this so-called biological daughter is actually not on the table.

No matter how beautiful Xu Shuyao is, she is still a flashy and stupid fool, far less outstanding than herself.

Xu Shuyao saw through her thoughts, stood up slowly, curled her lips slightly: "Okay." I hope you don't regret it.

The two walked to the tripod piano together, and Xu Mengyao exclaimed: "What a beautiful piano."

The pure black piano body is shining with a faint luster, which makes people dare not touch it easily, for fear that there will be any stains on it.

The servants on one side brought two pairs of gloves on a tray and handed them to them.

After the two of them put on gloves, they sat down on the stool. Xu Mengyao's expression was a little excited: "I'll play Beethoven's sonata for everyone. Sister, Is it OK to just go to D major of the third movement?"

Xu Shuyao raised her eyebrows and nodded: "Yes."

The rhythm of this section is very fast, and people with poor basic skills cannot play it at all. The music is also full of joy, which is quite suitable for the atmosphere at this time.

Xu Mengyao didn't plan to take Xu Shuyao to play with her. She calculated that she could not do anything, but just deliberately left her aside, which made her embarrassed.

However, Xu Mengyao soon discovered that it was her who couldn't keep up with the pace.

Xu Shuyao mastered the rhythm very well, and every note fell accurately, and he could even help Xu Mengyao fill in the tone when she didn't keep up.

The cheerful rhythm brought every listener in, making people unable to help but follow her piano and nodded slightly.

In the end, Xu Mengyao followed Xu Shuyao's rhythm completely passively before she could finish playing this part.

After the song was over, Xu Shuyao stood up and bowed slightly. Xu Mengyao was stunned for a while before she stood up in a hurry, with cold sweat on her forehead.

Mrs. Ye took the lead in applauding, and the other wives clapped and praised: "This is so good."

"Miss Xu, is your mother okay?" Mrs. Ye looked at Xu Shuyao with a smile, with a little kindness in her expression.

Xu Shuyao nodded gently: "Do you know my mother?"

The other wives also looked at Mrs. Ye curiously: "Who is Miss Xu's mother?"

Mrs. Ye looked a little more sighing when she thought of her former friend, and she explained with a smile: "You may not know that Miss Xu's mother is the Gu family, Mr. Gu's only daughter, Gu Chuman."

"God, it's her?" The lady sitting next to Mrs. Ye exclaimed: "No wonder, she is so beautiful and plays the piano so well."

The Gu family is an artistic family, and Mr. Gu is the successor of Liyuan Opera. The old man's wife is a world-famous singer at that time. Under the cultivation and influence of his parents, Gu Chuman was even more talented and pursued countless suitors.

"I heard that Gu Chuman broke off relations with his family in order to marry Xu Licheng. As a result, the two divorced within a few years. After that, we had no news about her. However, Xu Licheng had developed in those years.

I just met Mrs. Xu now."

"Isn't it? I heard that Mrs. Xu used to be a nurse. When she was taking care of Lao Xu, the two of them got along and were still having a second marriage."

"Her daughter is not Lao Xu's. She changed her surname to Xu after she got married. In those years, Lao Xu really treated her daughter as her own daughter."

"Just her daughter has achieved results by spending Lao Xu's money and going to a good school."

Although the wives were not gossiping loudly, Sun Wenli clearly felt the mockery of the people around her and the expressions of watching jokes.

These expressions were so familiar, very similar to those when she tried to integrate into these wives, they smiled at the surface, but in fact they looked down on her at all.

I am out of place with them.

Xu Shuyao led Xu Mengyao out of the side hall, and the two stood in front of the no one's flower bed. Xu Mengyao glared at her angrily: "Did you do it on purpose?!"

"What did I mean?" Xu Shuyao looked at her and found it funny.

"You can play the piano, you..." Xu Mengyao was so angry that she couldn't speak. She originally wanted Xu Shuyao to make a fool of herself in public, but she turned out to make a fool of herself.

"I never said that I won't." Xu Shuyao curled her lips, and the curve beside her lips was a little ridiculous: "You have always been wishful thinking, how about me."

"I gave in to you before, for my father's sake. But in the future, if you are so petty, don't blame me, you are not polite to you." Xu Shuyao said, with the corners of his lips still curled, but his eyes were still under his eyes.

No smiles were seen.

She raised her hand and patted Xu Mengyao on the shoulder, slowly leaned into her ear and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go and ask your uncle."

"You injured my uncle's leg?" Xu Mengyao took a deep breath.
Chapter completed!