Shen Wanci looked up, and standing before her was a young girl with black hair and fair skin. She had large, round eyes, and her evening gown also had a cute style that matched her temperament.

was looking at her with questioning eyes.

She nodded. "Okay."

Just as Shen Wanci was about to continue messaging, she heard the girl ask: “I just saw you come with Shao Nie, are you his girlfriend?”

"No, I used to work for him," she gestured towards the "Crossing City" on stage, "I'm here for the celebration."

“Oh, that’s wonderful! My name is Zhou Jing,” the girl beamed, her face radiant, “My father and Uncle Nie have been discussing a marriage between us, and I’m very pleased with him. When I saw you come in with him just now, I thought I might be rejected.”

Shen Wanci: "..."

Zhou Jing's approachable attitude was simply unbeatable. In no time, he had revealed all his secrets, even sharing about his first kiss with his first love. He was already daydreaming about his wedding to Nie Yucheng, wondering if it would be Chinese or Western style, and how many children they would have.

"Miss Zhou," Shen Wanci interrupted her, "you shouldn't go out alone from now on."

Why?

"Easily deceived."

"......"

In this delay, Shen Wanci forgot to reply to Bo Jingzhou's message. There was a commotion at the door, and she turned her head to see that it was Second Master Jiang, with Lu Feng following closely behind as always.

She only glanced at him before looking away. It was essential for the Jiang family to attend the banquet and expand their network if they wanted to develop in Kyoto.

Zhou Jing was still asking what she meant by her previous words, Shen Wanci was picking at the cake in front of her, replying occasionally.

Shortly after, there was commotion at the door again. This time, it was quite a stir, but Shen Wanci wasn't interested. She was about to finish her cake and leave when she heard Zhou Jing shout, "Mr. Bo is here."

Shen Wanci raised her head and saw Bo Jingzhou being surrounded by people in the crowd. He was also looking this way, their eyes met, and then they quickly looked away from each other.

She didn't want people to see their relationship, and Bo Jingzhou was truly unable to get away.

Zhou Jing was called away by her father. Shen Wanci took out her phone and found that Bo Jingzhou had sent her several messages, but she had turned it to silent just now because the constant vibration was annoying: "What are you doing at the Nie family's banquet?"

When will it end?

Where is the banquet address?

Each message was heavier with resentment than the last, and you could feel it even through the screen.

On the other hand.

Nie Yucheng looked at Bo Jingzhou, who had arrived unannounced, raised an eyebrow, and asked in a low voice, "How did you get here?"

No one knew they had fallen out, everyone still thought the two were good brothers. Seeing them chat, everyone tactfully left for a while.

Bo Jingzhou's gaze immediately fell on Nie Yucheng's wristwatch. The watch looked somewhat old, not large in size, even a little delicate. But Nie had a gentle temperament and was not aggressive; this kind of watch suited him very well.

He saw it not because he was paying special attention, but because it stood out too much.

Nie Yucheng used the hand wearing a watch to hold up his wine glass.

Bo Jingzhou frowned, his face full of disdain: "Take that ugly watch away from me. Have your taste standards really degraded this much? Are you just getting old and losing your eyesight? This style is decades old!"

Nie YuCheng didn't get angry at all, he even turned it over and looked at it: "I think it's pretty good."

"Hmm."

Bo Jingzhou sneered, too lazy to argue with him.

He took out his phone to send a message to Shen Wanci, not hiding it from Nie Yucheng beside him: When are you coming back?

However, Nie Yucheng was still a very courteous person. He didn't have the habit of peeping at other people's information. When he took out his phone, he consciously turned around to talk to others.

Bo Jingzhou：“……”

Hypocrites are bad because they always put on a show of being virtuous and righteous. You can't even casually show them a 'secret'.

Shen Wanci only said that she couldn't take the initiative to tell others about their relationship, but she didn't say that they couldn't be discovered by others.

After sending the message, he stared in Shen Wanci's direction. But the other party didn't even look at her phone, let alone reply to the message. She seemed to have run into an acquaintance and was engrossed in conversation.

As the host of the banquet, Nie YuCheng was busy and soon was called away. As he left, he asked Bo Jingzhou, “Do you really think this watch isn’t good-looking?”

"Yes, it's ugly."

Nie Yucheng smiled meaningfully and left.

Bo Jingzhou walked towards Shen Wanci. Someone offered him a toast along the way. He didn't want to drink, but the other person had an official position, so he couldn't be too disrespectful.

All the way, she walked and stopped until finally reaching the rest area. As soon as she arrived, she heard Shen Wanci asking the person across from her how to better care for a wristwatch.

This kind of ornament, isn't it just worn a few times and then thrown away? There's no need to take special care of it.

Bao Jingzhou was reflecting if he hadn't given her enough jewelry in the past, causing her to meticulously take care of even a simple wristwatch.

Then, she carefully took out an antique watch from her bag, identical to the couple's watch on Nie Yucheng's wrist.

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