"Welcome to everyone who has taken some precious time out of your busy schedule to attend this engagement banquet. I, Helan Lingyu, on behalf of the entire Helan family, would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone." Helan Lingyu's voice quickly spread through the microphone.

I was so excited that I almost fell off my chair.

He... I saw his eyes. In the eyes of others, he was facing everyone, but I could tell that he saw me. He... noticed me in the crowd! He was looking at me!

!

What did he want to do? The rules of the engagement party shouldn't be like this, right? I noticed Miyamoto Shizuka standing aside. She seemed to have noticed my presence. This was the first time I noticed it on her face.

Regarding the panic expression, it was a kind of panic that could not be concealed at all, covering up all her indifference and calmness. In contrast, Helan Lingyu was still so calm, and he raised the microphone again.

"I would like to take this opportunity to announce something to you, about this engagement banquet——"

What did he want to say? What else did he want to say?? A bad premonition made me want to run away and step back, but I had no chance to stand up, and my wrist was grabbed hard by a hand.

Sitting aside, Aoki Izawa did not turn his head, and his expression did not change at all. He casually slipped one hand from the collar of his suit and inserted it into his trouser pocket. This seemed to an outsider to be a very natural and casual action.

I was so frightened that I broke into a cold sweat and didn't dare to move at all.

This is definitely a threat, a threat from Chi Guoguo! Only I could see Aoki Izawa's silent movements. Just a second before he put his hand in his trouser pocket, his index finger and thumb suddenly stretched out toward mine.

His right hand made a shooting gesture.

Aoki Izawa, what does he mean by this? Or... is all this within his expectation?

Suddenly there was a burst of exclamations around him, and Helan Lingyu actually walked down from the stage!

He... what did he want to do? I saw Miyamoto Shizoko stepped forward and pulled him, but he didn't hold back. He walked off, and the host and his fiancée Miyamoto Shizoko were left on the stage by him.

.

My body began to tremble slightly uncontrollably, and I didn't know what I was nervous about. Helan Lingyu came towards me, and his eyes never seemed to leave me... He was coming to find me.

Me? But that doesn’t make sense. You know it was me who rejected his kindness last night and even scolded him bloody and kicked him out. How could he be stupid enough to let himself be embarrassed like this in front of everyone?

Face?

But next——

"Xia Zhiyan!!" These three words were amplified several times by the wireless microphone and spread throughout the hall, finally overturning my remaining expectations.

Helan Lingyu was still walking forward, and the people sitting in the front row gave up their seats one after another as if they had agreed, until I was completely exposed sitting stupidly in my position. And I was indeed stupid.

, I wanted to get up quickly and join the others

I gave up my seat in this way, but my hands and feet failed at the critical moment. Now I am basically a scarecrow with no thoughts. I can only watch helplessly as he approaches me step by step, and finally stops at a distance.
Chapter completed!