Chapter 20: Help me change it

The party starts at six o'clock.

Huan Lu, the star of the birthday party, arrived more than half an hour early.

A receptionist was waiting at the entrance of the banquet hall to register and receive the congratulatory gifts brought by the guests.

Baihan Yu followed Huan Lu into the venue with the gift box in her arms.

Just after the entrance, the receptionist said, "Han Bai, young master, leave the gift here."

Baihan Yu thought about it: the banquet will last for several hours, and holding it in his hand is a bit of an obstacle to his eating.

He then handed over the gift box, "I'll pick it up after I'm done then."

He had to give this gift to Huan Lu in person.

The receptionist answered, "No problem."

The gift box was transferred to the counter, and Baihan Yu turned his head to face the side of Huan Lu's face.

The other party's eyes still fell on the gift box, did not retract.

Baihan Yu patted Huan Lu and coaxed, "Don't look, what's yours is yours after all, you can't escape."

The last three words fell, and the arm under the palm of the hand seemed to shake.

Huan Lu exhaled slowly and turned toward the venue, "Go inside."

Near six o'clock, guests came one after another outside the estate.

All the people who came are the upper echelon of the prominent, each dressed up bright and shiny, the whole manor as a flower cluster.

The wholesale hardware er also came early.

When they arrived, they went straight to Huan Lu and Baihan Yu's side, greeting them quite familiarly, "Happy birthday, Brother Lu!"

Huan Lu nodded his head and said "hmm".

Xinyuan Yang turned his head to see the clothing of the two, could not resist the sourly spoken, "couple clothes, good ......"

Baihan Yu : Hmm?

Not just one dark and one light? So this is the couple's clothes.

He swept his eyes over the four golden flowers in front of him, "If you are envious, you can also wear four shades of gray."

Xinyuan Yang looked a little shocked, "Couple's clothes?" The four of them?

Baihan Yu side-eyed, "Family set." What to think.

"......"

Seeing that they were having a good conversation, Huan Lu left to receive other guests.

Baihan Yu did not follow the wandering past.

Most of the people invited to today's banquet are powerful people in C City, and they are familiar with the Si family.

He then stays in the warm comfort zone of the wholesale hardware er to gossip.

After chatting for a while, Yiqing Sun suddenly called out to him, signaling him to look at Huan Lu's end, " Yue He is here with Master He?"

Baihan Yu turned his head and saw Yue He standing across from Huan Lu, and a smiling and kindly old man.

He was in high spirits: Here we go, fellow face-to-face!

"I'll go say hello."

Baihan Yu said and walked towards Huan Lu.

When he came to Huan Lu's side, both sides finished greeting each other politely. Yue He was a bit formal, but his eyes lit up when he saw Baihan Yu, "Han Bai!"

Baihan Yu enthusiastically, "You guys are here."

When he finished, the old man next to him extended his hand towards him and said with a smile, " Han Bai is it, I've been looking forward to this face-to-face for many days."

Baihan Yu shook hands with familiarity, "Master He, a long time friend of mine."

The two met at first sight.

The sense of unfamiliarity makes Huan Lu turn his head:?

Baihan Yu saw that he was still puzzled, so he nodded to Master He and then pulled Huan Lu aside and whispered, "What I told you last time, your 'little fan boy'."

"......" Huan Lu looked like he didn't hear, "What?"

Baihan Yu then gestured to him with his eyes to indicate He Laozi: Here.

Silence spread between the two for several seconds.

And then Huan Lu's low voice slowly rang out, "So you're going to introduce me, the friend of the He family is ......"

"Master He."

"........."

Huan Lu closed his eyes.

He should have thought it wasn't that simple.

Last time I ate a hamster loss, how they just don't remember.

Half a long time, the cold voice grinded out word by word, "That 'little, fan, brother'?"

Baihan Yu shy, "...... After all, a man to death is a teenager."

"......"

Huan Lu's eyes and eyelashes are closed, like a handsome sculpture.

Baihan Yu gently urged, "Well, go now. People He Laozi came all the way to meet with you face to face."

Come and meet him, face to face.

Huan Lu pressed down the cloudy air in his heart and reopened his eyes. He cast a sly glance at Baihan Yu, then turned his feet towards the old man at the other end.

-

Baihan Yu wandered back into the comfort zone of wholesale hardware after watching that head start to face the base smoothly.

Jue Qi ran off to socialize, leaving Lou Wen, Xinyuan Yang and Yiqing Sun to talk in the same place.

As soon as Baihan Yu returned, he heard them discussing "gift-giving".

Lou Wen quickly pulled Baihan Yu into the conversation, "What did you send Lu?"

Baihan Yu said, "Yiqing Sun knows that he staffs for me."

The words fell, and the two opposite gazes shook slightly.

Xinyuan Yang snapped at Yiqing Sun, who had a serious face, "You asked him?"

Baihan Yu, rightfully so, "Yeah."

Or ask you two?

A look on the straightforward, a special "will talk".

Before Xinyuan Yang could say anything else, Jue Qi came back from the other end. He looks puffed up, walking with the wind in his face.

"These chew behind the scenes!"

Baihan Yu exclaimed, "You're so heroic."

Jue Qi's stomach full of gas instantly deflated a little.

He soon said to Baihan Yu with hatred, "I'm angry for you, okay? I just went over there and heard someone pushing and saying that Lu left you alone and didn't care about you."

Baihan Yu looked at Huan Lu, who was still talking with Master He.

Jue Qi followed his gaze and twisted his head to explain, "Look Lu is too busy for you, don't misunderstand ......"

Baihan Yu is quite understanding, "No."

He's the one who keeps Huan Lu busy.

...

The night was low and the first half of the banquet was drawing to a close.

The banquet was divided into two halves, the first half was for business socializing, and the second half was for the various families and gentry to have a party.

By now, there were already guests ready to leave the venue one by one, all saying goodbye to Huan Lu in the middle of the venue.

Baihan Yu's eyes caught the reception at the entrance who was packing gifts and immediately went over to intercept them, "I'll take my gift box."

Their Lu students are still waiting with bated breath.

"Okay, Young Master Han Bai." The receptionist turned his head and brought it to him.

With the gift box back in his hand, Baihan Yu glances up the stairs: upstairs is Huan Lu's bedroom. Tonight's birthday party lasts all night, so Huan Lu will stay here too.

He looked at Huan Lu, who was temporarily unable to get away, thought for a moment, took the gift box and prepared to go upstairs.

Just swinging past the guests, a voice suddenly rang out from the crowd, "Eh? Is this the birthday gift Mr. Lu got from Mr. Si?"

Baihan Yu feet a brake.

At the same time, the surrounding eyes all turned to fall on the gift box in his hand.

Huan Lu looked up abruptly in the middle of a circle of guests and looked across the sky at him.

Baihan Yu , "......"

His eyes narrowed slightly, who in the end was hiding in the pile of people to point him?

Before he could catch the unruly man, the atmosphere around him was vaguely agitated. Numerous curious, inquiring eyes crossed his and Huan Lu's body--

It is the newlyweds, and I do not know what the young master of the Si family will give to Huan Lu when he appears in the circle for the first time.

There was a succession of cacophony of voices saying they wanted to see the congratulatory gift.

Lou Wen also followed in the crowd and danced vigorously, "Lu, open it up on the spot!" After he finished yelling, he suddenly glanced at Yiqing Sun beside him and took a small half step back into the crowd.

Lou Wen turns his head: ?

Are you serious about the half-step back?

Dark currents are swirling on their end.

Baihan Yu is in the center of attention, while the other center of attention is Huan Lu across the street.

As their eyes met, the look in Huan Lu's eyes grew deeper and deeper.

In the rising atmosphere, Baihan Yu read his question from the soul: Are you sure this is a romantic gift that can be opened on the spot?

"......"

Baihan Yu is furious: Huan Lu What kind of look is this?

Is it questioning what little purity he has left!

The moment he hid it, he looked weak. Baihan Yu settled down and walked through the crowd with the gift box in his arms.

It was supposed to be a proper gift, what can't be seen.

He stood in front of Huan Lu and gave a teaser, "So I open it?"

Huan Lu lowered his eyes and pursed his lips, "Hmm."

With the gift box in his hand facing Huan Lu, Baihan Yu slowly opened the lid toward him like a clam shell. A slit in the lid opened and the edge of a thin leather band fell into Huan Lu's eyes.

Huan Lu eyes seemed to be fixed for a moment.

Baihan Yu explained, "This is the skin I sent you ......"

The next second, the lid was snapped back by Huan Lu: Boom!

Baihan Yu : ......

Crowd: ????

What, Pi what? Why don't you look at it anymore?

Huan Lu's hand is firmly clasped on the lid of the box, the lowered eyelashes hide the look under his eyes, only the fingertips covering the box surface imperceptibly tremble.

Two or three seconds later, his protruding throat moved, and then he spoke toward the crowd, "Excuse me for a moment."

After taking the gift box with one hand, he picked up Baihan Yu with the other and turned his head towards the second floor.

-

Baihan Yu followed Huan Lu all the way to the second floor corridor.

There was no one around, Huan Lu stopped and turned around, and a violent fluctuation arose under his dark eyes, "Si, Bai, Han!"

Baihan Yu knew he was thinking wrong as soon as he saw him like this.

It is really wild enough to know so much.

He maintained a straightforward posture and was calm, "What's wrong, so much reaction? Is it so agreeable that you can't wait to try it out?"

"......" to try it out.

Huan Lu's always calm demeanor cracked at this moment.

He suppressed his throbbing brow and reached out to open the gift box, "What is this."

The box opens and the three-piece set falls into view.

This time clearly spread out in front of the eyes, Huan Lu directly sneered and picked up the shirt clip, "This."

He finished putting it down and pointed to the belt, "And this ......"

"Wait, what's wrong with this?" Baihan Yu interrupted him.

Cue to the shirt clip he might have to be a little vain.

Is there something wrong with this belt?

Huan Lu's movements stopped abruptly, and his eyes fell on the belt, surprisingly silent.

Baihan Yu stood in front of him, staring at the belt looped into two loops for a moment, did not resist the temptation to speak, "You do not think that this is an item ......"

"Si Han Bai!"

...... seems to have hit the nail on the head.

Baihan Yu immediately took the moral upper hand and looked at him with a strong condemnation, "See, you think too much of yourself, this is obviously a serious gift from me."

The hallway was quiet for a while.

With the gift lid closed, Huan Lu tilted his head and pinched his brow.

The good old days, he posed like a rotten word said, "Okay, then you take it to my room and put it."

Baihan Yu whispered gently, "No rush first."

He took out his phone and looked at it, the roses had been delivered to the estate a few minutes ago. It was brought up with the cake, just in time to soothe their Lu classmate's boundless heart.

"I have another gift for you, so take the gift box back to your room and wait for me."

Huan Lu's pendulum swinging heart stirred again, "What kind of gift?"

Baihan Yu was about to say, "This time it's really romantic," but before he said it, he thought about Huan Lu's criteria and said, "It's the kind of thing that can be seen in a big way.

He finished recognizing a room and went downstairs under Huan Lu's cautious gaze.

...

The slim figure disappeared at the stairway in a flash.

Huan Lu stood in the same place for a while, took the gift box and turned his head back to the room.

He entered the room and turned on a floor lamp, placing the gift box next to the bed in the dim light. Then he loosened his tie and went to the bathroom with a twist of his foot.

The dark, secluded room isolates the bustling noise downstairs.

Huan Lu turned on the faucet and leaned down to pick up a handful of cold water to cover his face.

The cold water stimulates the nerves, the whole tense nerves finally relaxed a little at this moment.

He is not so relaxed and happy today, invited guests are not all family and friends. There are also those families who stood by, fell on their faces, and took advantage of the fire when he was disillusioned in his previous life ......

The feud is engraved in your bones, but you still have to bend your mind to meet it.

Huan Lu tugged at the corners of his lips, turned off the cold water and looked up at himself in the mirror.

The bathroom is dimly lit, with only a mirror lamp reflecting on his face. Water droplets slid across his cool brow and crimson thin lips, snaking out a trail of water.

Suddenly, Huan Lu's eyes were fixed.

A cluster of wavering candle flame was reflected abruptly in the mirror. The firelight is ghostly, a hidden face emerged behind him.

His pupils shrank slightly and his throat twitched.

The candle flame deviated to reveal the dark eyes in the back.

Huan Lu's eyelashes fluttered lightly, "...... witchcraft?"

Baihan Yu shook her head and flicked her lips:

"Say bye~bye~ to all your worries

Say Hi~Hi~" to all the fun

"Dear, Lu, happy birthday."

"Every day is wonderful~"

Baihan Yu sincerely sends his best wishes, "May you have a wonderful day~"

Huan Lu , "......"

The two men stared at each other through the eerie firelight in front of the dark bathroom mirror.

Huan Lu's heart, which had been beating wildly for a moment, finally calmed down.

He took the cake with both hands, his voice sounding a little hollow in the bathroom, "Thanks, it's been wonderful enough."

Baihan Yu pursed his lips and smiled, "Make a wish, just before the lights are turned on."

Huan Lu then took a slight breath and closed his eyes.

It is clear that three minutes ago he still had that engraved face in his mind, but at this moment, what he was thinking about was actually not revenge.

Huan Lu prayed in his heart: May the years be quiet and no one be a monster.

After making a wish, he opened his eyes and blew out the candles.

Whew...bless.

When the candles went out, Baihan Yu turned his head and turned on the bathroom light. The bright light instantly fell from overhead, illuminating the space.

The cupcake in Huan Lu's hand fell into the eyes of the two men.

The creamy white background is topped with a pink birthday peach. Probably because the cake is too small, so only one candle was inserted, standing in the center of the birthday peach.

Baihan Yu's eyes shone brightly, "Does it look good? I made it."

Huan Lu stared at the pink peach for a second and turned to carry the cake back to the bedroom, "Of course we Han Bai made it good."

Baihan Yu smiled coyly and followed him into the bedroom.

Upon entering the bedroom, what caught my eye was a large bouquet of roses placed on the bed.

The entire bouquet of roses was red and luscious, but the petals somehow stretched sporadically from the doorway all the way to the bed, spreading half the bed, with a few petals covering the half-opened gift box.

The room was dimly lit and the picture was somewhat subtle.

Huan Lu stops in front of him.

Baihan Yu walked up and brushed the flower petals, "My hand was used to carry the cake, and I accidentally brushed the door frame when I was holding the bouquet."

Huan Lu moved his feet and placed the cake on a side table, "It's okay."

The gesture reveals a calmness that is unperturbed after experiencing big winds and waves.

Baihan Yu was relieved: I knew Huan Lu had nothing to accept.

He swept the petals off the bed and turned his head to see Huan Lu fetching a small spoon from somewhere and tasting the cake.

Baihan Yu asked, "Is it good?"

Huan Lu made a faint "hmm" sound.

Baihan Yu is not surprised, "Animal cream from the prairie, how can it not be delicious."

"......"

Seeing that Huan Lu was in a good mood, he opened the gift box on the bed, " Huan Lu."

Huan Lu put down his spoon and turned his head, staring at the gift box.

Baihan Yu said magnanimously, "Since the misunderstanding has been solved, you remember to wear the serious gift I gave you."

He said his eyes drifted ...... especially that shirt clip.

There was silence around the table for three or four seconds.

Baihan Yu was about to make some more words, when suddenly he heard Huan Lu drop a light laugh, with a familiar flavor of Yinbi.

He raised his eyes warily: ?

Huan Lu walked over to the bed and picked up the gift box, and said in a smooth tone as usual, "It's just that I need to change my clothes for the second half of the reception. Since it's such a serious gift, why don't our Han Bai help me change into it."