The Song family's banquet would be held in the afternoon. Before that, Song Jiaye was going to take Li Qiyu to get dressed up first.
Li Xiyu had a familiar makeup artist who owned a studio. Hearing that Li Xiyu was coming, the makeup artist specially cleared their schedule.
Song Jiaye waited at the door.
But Li Qiyu wouldn't let him wait in peace. She let out a scream every now and then.
"Ah, what's this!"
Song Jiaye rushed over and saw that it was just the makeup artist asking her to lie down to rinse her hair.
"Ah, don't burn my hair!"
Song Jiaye glanced up and saw that the makeup artist was just perming her hair.
After a few times, when Li Qiyu screamed again, Song Jiaye could stay quite calm. He could even guess what she was going through based on the content of her scream.
After the chaotic hair - styling session, it was finally time for makeup. Li Qiyu was quite calm this time, as Ming Yuexuan had taken her to experience makeup before.
Next was changing clothes. There were quite a few evening gowns in Xiyu Villa. However, after Li Qiyu jumped into the river, Song Jiaye had forgotten to ask someone to send the latest gowns. A few months had passed, and the fashion circle had updated again. So it was naturally better to choose the latest styles in the studio.
The designer picked out a white mermaid dress for her.
Song Jiaye's eyes lit up.
He wasn't unfamiliar with Li Xiyu in evening gowns, but Li Xiyu preferred more neutral ones. She wouldn't wear a low - waisted, semi - see - through, and very form - fitting gown like this.
It had to be said that Li Xiyu's face and figure were really suitable for this kind of dress.
Li Qiyu twirled in front of Song Jiaye and asked, "Do I look good?"
Song Jiaye's ears were already red, but he still said stubbornly, "Not bad."
"Just not bad?" Li Qiyu was a bit disappointed. She said, "It seems this dress isn't worth me sucking in my stomach."
Saying that, she stopped holding her breath and let her belly stick out.
After all, she had been sick and recuperating at home for a month. After arriving at Xiyu Villa, she rarely went out because she was unfamiliar with the place. It would be strange if she didn't have a little belly.
The designer, seeing this scene that ruined the beauty, advised, "My young lady, please pay a little attention to your image."
Maybe because Song Jiaye had danced children's songs in front of her yesterday, Li Qiyu naturally felt closer to him. Since he had shown her the children's song dance, there was nothing else she couldn't show him.
Song Jiaye actually thought that Li Qiyu with a little belly was more real.
He said to the designer, "I'll buy this dress, but she won't wear it today. Take her to change into another one that can cover her belly."
"Thanks!" Li Qiyu never thought that Song Jiaye might be嫌弃 her. She happily walked towards the dressing room. While walking, she said to the designer, "Great, I can eat more today."
Song Jiaye watched Li Qiyu chattering as she walked into the dressing room, and his eyes became softer and softer.
Li Qiyu finally chose a red French V - neck cocktail dress. She walked out of the studio with Song Jiaye. The sun outside was still very glaring. Li Qiyu's eyes were dazzled by the sun just as she was about to go out.
Li Qiyu couldn't adapt to overly bright light in ancient times. Back then, she was almost blind in the snow. Unexpectedly, in modern times, she didn't bring over other things, but this bad habit followed her.
Now, with the glaring sun, she couldn't see anything.
The designer was quite observant and quickly handed over a pair of sunglasses.
Li Qiyu had worn Li Yuanhua's glasses before and thought these were the same. The psychological shadow made her wave her hand and refuse.
"I'll get dizzy."
"Miss Li, don't worry. These have no prescription."
"No prescription?"
Song Jiaye acted as an interpreter, "It means you won't get dizzy."
Hearing that she wouldn't get dizzy, Li Qiyu readily took them.
These glasses looked strange. The lenses were pitch - black.
As soon as Li Qiyu put them on, the world immediately turned black. She was so scared that she quickly threw the sunglasses away.
"Wow, Song Jiaye, you lied to me. I'm blind!"
Song Jiaye was speechless...
Seeing how much Li Qiyu rejected the sunglasses, Song Jiaye said to her, "Then close your eyes and follow me."
Song Jiaye held an umbrella and let Li Qiyu hold onto his arm. He led Li Qiyu step by step slowly towards the car parked by the road.
Since Li Qiyu had her eyes closed, the only person she could rely on was Song Jiaye. Without vision, her other senses became more sensitive. She could feel Song Jiaye exert a little strength when supporting her, and she could hear his gentle reminders.
"There's a step ahead."
"Hold onto me."
...
The journey that should have only taken three minutes actually took fifteen minutes. Xiao Wu got out of the car and opened the door for them. When Song Jiaye helped Li Qiyu into the car, he even thoughtfully supported the top of her head to prevent her from hitting the roof.
After they sat in the back seat, Song Jiaye said to Li Qiyu, "Okay, we're here."
Li Qiyu opened her eyes and saw the familiar surroundings.
By this time, Song Jiaye had already let go of her hand.
Li Qiyu looked at her own hand and felt a bit lost.
This feeling startled Li Qiyu.
No, no. She couldn't fall into the same pit twice.
Wasn't the lesson from her past life enough?
Even if the person in front of her wasn't the ancient Song Jiaye, it was still not okay!
The car drove towards Mingyue Villa all the way. It seemed that the closer they got to Mingyue Villa, the worse Song Jiaye's mood became. On the contrary, Li Qiyu's mood became happier and happier.
Because she had sent a message to Xiaoxuan on the way. Since this banquet was very important, Xiaoxuan had come back from training in advance.
Just thinking about seeing her little friend again, Li Qiyu's happiness was written all over her face.
When they arrived at the entrance of Mingyue Villa, just like in Xiyu Villa, all visitors had to get out of their cars and walk in.
Surprisingly, other visitors had to show their invitations, while Song Jiaye and Li Qiyu just showed their faces. As soon as the guards saw them, they let them in directly.
Li Qiyu was complacent and said to Song Jiaye, "Look, isn't Xiaoxuan amazing? The guards must have let us in without asking for our invitations because of Xiaoxuan."
Song Jiaye absent - mindedly echoed a couple of words, but he knew very well in his heart.
This was a Song family's banquet, and Ming Yuexuan didn't have that much influence to sway the Song family.
It seemed that this banquet was a "Feast of the Hongmen" for him.
He hoped that Old Master Song wouldn't play any tricks behind his back.
In front of the main gate of Mingyue Villa, a young man was standing in the flower hall to greet the visitors. He greeted everyone with ease, looking like a smooth - talking and sociable person.
Song Jiaye recognized him at a glance.
Li Qiyu also recognized him at a glance.