Chapter 2017: Chapter 2017: Rejecting Hong Ling (2)
Hong Ping followed Ruan Jun to finish toasting and felt somewhat sore in her waist and back. Leaning against Ruan Jun, she said to Hong Ling, "Lingling, can you accompany me back to my room for a rest?"
Hong Ling’s eyes scanned the hotel lobby, and finally landed precisely on someone, her eyes lighting up. She shook her head, stuck out her tongue, and said playfully, "No way, brother-in-law, you accompany my sister back to the room, I’ll go find Jiaojiao first."
Without caring how bad Hong Ping’s expression looked, she turned around, lifted her skirt hem, claiming to find Ruan Jiaojiao but actually heading to Ruan Hao.
Ruan Jun knew that Hong Ling had been hanging out with Ruan Jiaojiao lately. Hearing this, he did not doubt and turned to Hong Ping, seeing her expression was not pleasant, assuming she was too tired. He said caringly, "I’ll take you back to the room for a rest first, Auntie said she’ll prepare some food. I’ll take care of things here, you get some good rest."
When Ruan Jun mentioned Auntie, he was referring to Liu Qingyun.
Looking at her gentle husband, Hong Ping felt slightly better and nodded, following him back to the room first.
As soon as Hong Ling left Hong Ping, she hurried over to where Ruan Hao was.
Because in these years, Ruan Jun followed Ruan Hao and took over Changling and Yuansu’s stores entirely, meeting numerous people in the business field, many of whom came today for his wedding. Now that he’s not here temporarily, these people are being hosted by Ruan Hao.
When Hong Ling suddenly popped up, Ruan Hao was talking to someone, but Hong Ling’s eyes couldn’t see anyone else, only him, filled with uncontrollable joy, "Hao Brother."
Upon hearing her, Ruan Hao turned his head to glance at her, a smile appeared, as if his features softened with a gentle curve. Seeing Hong Ling made his heart race, his cheeks reddened.
However, Ruan Hao just nodded at her and then turned back to continue talking, his voice gentle, making people feel refreshed like a spring breeze.
Listening from the side, Hong Ling felt somewhat drunk even though the words weren’t directed at her.
Her eyes, dreamy, gazed at Ruan Hao, unable to help but think how could there be such a perfect person in the world. Not only good-looking and with a pleasing voice, everything seemed so impeccable, without a flaw.
Even among male members of the Ruan family, Ruan Jiaojiao’s fiancé was handsome too, but every time she saw him, she just felt cold all over. She didn’t like him at all, she only liked people as gentle as Ruan Hao.
Whenever she thought of being with him in the future, and he would rub her head like he did with Ruan Jiaojiao, she felt nothing could make life feel more blissful.
After Ruan Hao finished talking with others, he turned to see Hong Ling staring blankly at him. He didn’t have much impression of Ruan Jun’s little sister-in-law but remembered her due to her earlier rashness and Ruan Jiaojiao’s discontent shown in the morning.
Although perhaps to others, disliking something just because of his sister’s dislike might seem childish, his smile remained distant as he asked, "Is there something?"
"I... I... Hao Brother, I can’t find Jiaojiao. Can you help me look?" Hong Ling, under Ruan Hao’s gaze, blushed further, nervous to the point of almost being speechless, her mind a complete jumble, eventually using this lame excuse.
