After entering the lobby, she also noticed that there were many elders present today, and she knew most of them. But after saying hello to them all the moment she entered, she already wanted to run away.

"Really, then I'm afraid you won't be able to get what you want today." Lin Chutian whispered a few words to the passing waiter. After the waiter nodded and left, Lin Chutian turned to her again, "Wait for me here obediently, and don't go anywhere."

After he finished speaking, he left.

After a while, the waiter who left just now came back and brought Ye Ruling a glass of water. He also placed a fruit plate with several kinds of fresh fruits on the small coffee table in front of her. Ye Ruling looked at it carefully and saw that they were all her usual fruits.

The ones you like to eat.

But who was she? After just sitting for a while, someone came over to say hello and compliment her. She had to get up immediately and smile appropriately and gracefully. After a while, there were more and more people around, so she had no choice but to get up and take it.

Have a drink and walk slowly around the site to find another habitat.

While he was searching, his eyes naturally fell on Lin Chutian among the crowd. The beauty standing next to him, wearing an off-white dress and holding a cocktail in hand, was Han Jinxue. She had proud curves and a plump figure.

The twill cut dress was easy to control, and her eyes were firmly fixed on Lin Chutian's face, never leaving it for a moment.

Ye Ruling drank all the wine in her hand and then left the scene that made her afraid to look further.

"Dear guests, hello everyone!"

Suddenly there was a sound on the main stage. A host wearing a black formal suit came up from the backstage. After his opening remarks, everyone gradually gathered in front of the main stage, "Next, please—"

Next, it’s time to throw the ball to Lin Chutian.

"Chairman Lin Zifeng of Fengsheng Group!"

Ye Ruling finally understood where the strange feeling before came from. Even though it was her beloved son's birthday, the elders who were all present must have important things to announce in this name. How could she be so stupid and not think of this.

"Everyone knows that tonight is the birthday party of my beloved son Lin Chutian. In fact, I have another piece of good news to announce to you tonight. Our Lin family and Ye family made arrangements for their children thirty years ago.

Dear, now, the children of both families have grown up and are dating, so today’s banquet is also the engagement banquet for my beloved son Lin Chutian and Ye Ruling!"

Ye Ruling was swallowed up by applause like a tide.

Ye Ruling saw her father in the middle of the audience. He was actually sitting in a wheelchair. His mother was by his side, and their hands were holding each other tightly. She had no time to study the calm expression on her father's face.

true meaning.

Agree? Accept your fate? Or are you forced to have no choice?

I could only hear the host's high-pitched voice: "Please President Lin Chutian and her fiancée Miss Ye Ruling dance for everyone!"

Orchestral music rang in her ears, and a beam of chasing light came over, pulling Ye Ruling out of the crowd. Before she could react, Lin Chutian had already held her hand and walked onto the dance floor.

"..."

What's going on? She asked a thousand times in her mind, but she couldn't say a word.

"Today is our engagement party."

Ye Ruling really wanted to take out her hand and slap the person in front of her hard, but her hand was held tightly by Lin Chutian and she couldn't pull it out.

"you……"

"Ye Ruling, I just want to tell you why this engagement happened. If you really feel aggrieved, we don't have to take the next step. I hope you can see clearly where you stand is the right place," he replied.

She was so frank that she was speechless.

"Chutian, my father..."

"You know that he is not in good health. As long as he is seriously ill and hospitalized, Shang Lu will not be able to hold on anymore. Shang Lu will not exist in the Ye family. If you want to see such a situation..."

Lin Chutian decided not to condone her timidity and evasion anymore. She was obviously scared but still pretended to be calm and didn't care. He was helpless and angry but there was nothing she could do.

Yes, he didn't force her, he was just asking multiple-choice questions, and there was only one answer.

"Are we really going to get married?"

"yes."

"why me?"

"Everyone gets what he needs, right? Ye Ruling."

She didn't know how to end the expressionless dance with stiff limbs. After leaving the dance floor, Ye Ruling went to the bathroom like a gust of wind.

Unsurprisingly, Ye Ruling saw Han Jinxue in the bathroom. She was still wearing the same dress, as if she had just cried, and her eyes were still red and swollen. Seeing Ye Ruling, she was a little nervous, lowered her eyes, and said cautiously: "Miss Ye.

Hello."

"Miss Han, you are here too." Looking at Han Jinxue's walnut-like eyes, Ye Ruling felt an inexplicable feeling of guilt in her heart.

Do you want to comfort her? But how can you comfort her? They said that they actually got engaged because of a business plan. She, as the person involved, didn't know about this beforehand. She was not stupid enough to think that she would reveal her secrets.

It's a good way to comfort each other. Besides, their relationship is not necessarily good.

"Miss Ye, congratulations."

"..." Ye Ruling didn't know how to answer for a while.

Han Jinxue thought for a while and suddenly wanted to explain something: "Ms. Ye, Mr. Lin and I are just friends. We just came to see you today. We don't have anything. Don't get me wrong."

"Then what do you want me to say about you?"

What was she trying to show off? Show off that they had their own "home", an apartment somewhere, and by the way, the name of her community was similar to the one where she lived now.

In fact, Han Jinxue and Ye Ruling had known each other before. At that time, she was still working as a model and shooting print advertisements. At that time, Ye Ruling School held a design competition. Because it was a national event, the school invited models to promote it. Han Jinxue was

One of the models, at that time, the school had several sets of dresses sponsored by Ye Ruling and asked Ye Ruling to distribute them. Among them was an extremely beautiful pink dress from a famous brand. Ye Ruling gave it to a girl with a slender figure.

During the performance the next day, that suit of clothes came to Han Jinxue. Ye Ruling inquired and found out that the tall and thin girl had gone to the hospital with abdominal pain because she accidentally ate seafood that was not fresh enough yesterday. And Ye Ruling clearly saw Han Jinxue and

The girl was very friendly and even gave her some seafood.

Although he has sharp claws raised in his heart, he is still well-behaved and polite on the outside. He is a completely different person.

Ye Ruling thought that maybe Han Jinxue's love for Lin Chutian was true. She had soft feelings in her heart, but she was still young, but she was already so scheming that no matter how beautiful her face was, she couldn't like her. I really don't know how Lin Chutian hooked up with her.

of.

But for a man like him, even if he doesn't exert any effort, many women will be willing to go through fire and water for him just by standing up, as if he is born with the flaming temperament that makes moths fly to him.

Ye Ruling didn't know how she returned to that banquet scene, and was suddenly promoted from a bystander to a heroine, and she was still the envy of everyone. She was like a landmark sculpture in the city, becoming the focus of everyone's attention, silently accepting

Seeing the looks of envy, jealousy, disdain or disbelief from all around, she could only straighten her back a bit.

Along the way, people said congratulations to her, some of them might be sincere congratulations, and some of them might just be watching the show.

She was a little impatient, a little frustrated, and a little confused. However, she couldn't get angry here or walk away. She walked straight to the bar and greeted the bartender: "Give me whiskey, please, no mixed drinks."

.”

She needed something strong now, so she drank several glasses of whiskey in a row.

"Ru Ling."

Not far ahead, her father was sitting in a wheelchair, and her mother was pushing the wheelchair towards her. She quickly put down her cup and went to meet him.

"dad……"

"Ru Ling, dad apologizes to you. Let the past go. Dad hopes you can be happy."

Just now, her father was under the main stage, too far away from her, so she didn't see clearly. When her father came to her, she realized that what her mother said was not an exaggeration. After not seeing each other for a few days, she tortured not only her mother, but also her father. She

I noticed the white hair on his temples and his wrinkled hands.

Her father, Ye Peiheng, is such a proud and stubborn man. How could he show any weakness in front of outsiders unless he had to?

No, Dad! All of this is a play that I directed and acted. Because of my willfulness, arrogance, and selfishness, all of this has developed to such an uncontrollable point. This sin of deceiving everyone will make me go to hell.

Dad, what should I do? Dad, what should I do?

Ye Ruling shouted in her heart, there was light in her eyes, and she almost blurted out——

Then she saw her mother standing behind her father, staring at her with pleading eyes, and shook her head slightly and invisibly.

It was obviously a scorching hot summer, but why did she feel a bone-chilling cold?

"Dad, are you okay?" He apologized in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

Even though they were in a cold war, she still felt resentful, but the person in front of her was her father, so she could rest assured.

"I'm fine." Father Ye wanted to comfort her, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a series of coughs.

Ye Mu quickly covered Ye Peiheng's blanket tightly.

"Ru Ling!" Someone called her again, and she quickly raised her head and pushed back the tears.

The enthusiastic voice came from Lin Chutian's mother. Next to her was Lin Zifeng, Lin Chutian's father, and Lin Chutian's second uncle Lin Yuqing. The elders gathered in an instant.

"Ru Ling, Chutian will leave it to you." Mother Lin held her hand warmly.

This is not the first time she has met Mother Lin. When she was a child, she and Ye Zhongru also went to Lin's house to play. Mother Lin was beautiful and gentle, and she could also make all kinds of beautiful and delicious snacks. She was famous for being a glutton, and she always rushed for delicious food.

Mother Lin has acted like a spoiled child before. It's not like Ye Ruling has never seen adults before. In the past, she could deal with it as long as she was sweet-tongued and acted like a spoiled child. Now she was a new character that she was not used to. She actually stood there in a daze, not knowing how to react.

.

"After the engagement, it's time to get married. How about setting the wedding date next month?"

"So fast?"

"Silly boy, there is no good thing you can do too soon."

"Ru Ling and I will be happy." Lin Chutian didn't know when he appeared beside her, pulled her into his arms, assured her, and helped her out naturally.

"Ru Ling, although your father is fine, he still needs to rest, so we are going back first. Chutian, you are also tired today. Go back and rest early. Give us a call when you get home to reassure us."

"good."

Mother Ye reached out and held Mother Lin's hand, tightening it silently, and then they said goodbye to each other.

Ye Ruling watched the car carrying her parents completely disappear from her sight, and then turned back. She looked at Lin Chutian, who had been standing next to her, and found that he was intertwined with her, and his eyes were burning, and every bit of them was projected.
Chapter completed!