Chapter 199: How about we consider it?

Currently, inside Ningzhou Wansheng Hotel.

The banquet hall, capable of accommodating thirty tables, already had quite a few people seated.

From white-haired elders to toddlers learning to speak.

Everyone was joyful and lively.

However, as the nominal host of this banquet, Tao Tao, ever since two or three in the afternoon, had been by the side of a bald old man.

Watching him and another amiable old man playing chess.

Taking turns, step by step, they were enjoying the game.

Just then.

Tao Tao’s phone suddenly rang.

He quickly took out his phone, and anxiously looked down at it.

The next second, his expression immediately became somewhat deflated.

He composed himself, and still answered the call.

As soon as it connected, a loud voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Brother Tao! Everyone from Class 9 of our No. 1 Middle School is here!”

“And several people you wouldn’t even imagine have also come.”

“…Who?” Tao Tao frowned, and asked, puzzled.

Then the voice on the other end of the phone immediately changed into an overbearing female voice.

“Tao Tao~”

“You didn’t even tell us about your 18th birthday!”

“Our Sister Na, she…”

Before she finished speaking, the voice on the phone changed again into a charming female voice.

“Tao Tao~ I’m here~”

A moment later.

After the call ended, the bald old man looked at his calm-faced grandson, and asked, puzzled.

“The young students from Jiangzhou are here too?”

“Why don’t you go greet them?”

“Xia Zhi has already picked them up,” Tao Tao replied, then reached out and picked up the nearby kettle, and refilled the tea for the two old men.

“Since they’ve been picked up, why do you look a bit unhappy?” The amiable old man beside him asked with a chuckle.

“Could it be that the person you want to see isn’t among them?”

“Not at all,” Tao Tao replied with a smile.

But both people present were astute.

From Tao Tao’s distracted and insincere demeanor, they could discern something.

It was just that, due to certain things, they didn’t ask directly.

A moment later.

When Tao Tao arrived at the banquet hall, it was already in a noisy state.

And when these people saw the host of the banquet, they all greeted him very politely.

Tao Tao finally managed to break free from a crowd of relatives.

He came to a few tables at the back of the banquet hall.

Here, two groups of people were seated on either side.

One group consisted of old classmates from Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School; there were quite a few of them, occupying two whole tables.

On the other side were new classmates from Ningzhou No. 14 Middle School; there weren’t many of them, occupying one table.

But the two sides seemed clearly demarcated, each talking among themselves.

At this moment.

The classmates who had just been chatting, seeing the host approach, immediately became boisterous.

“Birthday boy, hahaha!”

“Happy birthday! Tao Tao!”

While greeting him, they all took out the gifts they had brought.

“Brother Tao! This is my gift!”

“This is mine!”

“And this…”

…

After a full round, the gifts beside Tao Tao had already piled up into a small mountain.

Just then.

A girl suddenly walked out from the No. 14 Middle School side.

She had a slender figure, a delicate face, shoulder-length black hair, and exuded an intellectual beauty.

Her name was Cheng Yu.

She was Tao Tao’s classmate.

She was a famous talented girl in the first year of Ningzhou No. 14 Middle School.

She had countless admirers.

But it had never been heard that she showed any special favor to any male.

And for today’s birthday banquet, originally only some of Tao Tao’s closer friends were expected.

But Cheng Yu’s arrival truly surprised many people.

At this moment.

She was seen holding a beautifully packaged box, and walked up to Tao Tao.

Saying with a smile:

“Tao Tao, I heard from Sister Suihe that you like Michael Jordan, and my aunt just happened to be on a business trip in America recently.”

“So I asked her to have someone get this knee pad with Michael Jordan’s signature for you, I hope you like it.”

Wow~

A signed knee pad from a famous basketball star.

This was something all basketball lovers dreamed of.

However, just as the students were surprised, another girl with streaked red long hair suddenly came up to the two of them.

She was also holding an exquisite small box in her hand.

Although this girl was slightly inferior to Cheng Yu in terms of facial features, appearance, and height, she possessed a proud figure that surpassed her peers.

“Tao Tao, this is a Longines Master Collection 628.5.12.7 that I had my aunt bring back from Hong Kong.”

“The dial is silver, and to complement your skin tone, I specially customized a coffee-colored strap.”

After the girl finished speaking, she glanced at Cheng Yu beside her with a half-smile.

This direct provocation not only made Cheng Yu frown, but even the students from both middle schools behind them let out monkey-like hoots and cheers.

The girl with streaked red hair was Ye Na from Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School.

Tao Tao’s impression of her was still of her long, black hair from a few months ago.

He couldn’t help but ask.

“You dyed your hair?”

Hearing this.

Ye Na raised her hand, played with the red streaks in her hair, and said with a grin:

“Highlights, what do you think?”

“Does it look good?”

“Not bad,” Tao Tao nodded.

Immediately, Ye Na’s face was full of smiles.

However, just when everyone thought Tao Tao would accept Ye Na’s wristwatch first, Tao Tao made a move that surprised everyone.

He smiled at the two girls, and softly said:

“Thank you, your gifts are too valuable, I cannot accept them.”

Then he walked past both of them, towards the peach-blossom-eyed girl who was watching the show not far away.

“Tao Tao!”

Cheng Yu still wanted to say something, but Ye Na, who was beside her, cut in front of her, and called out to Tao Tao:

“Tao Tao! It’s a replica I bought, it’s not valuable.”

Saying this, she threw the wristwatch, worth nearly five figures, along with its box, into the pile of gifts.

Then she continued:

“I’ll leave the gift here for now, make sure you remember to take it when you leave!”

Seeing this.

Cheng Yu, who was beside her, also wanted to put her gift there, but being unwilling, she thought for a moment, then stomped her foot, and said angrily.

“I must hand it to you personally.”

Then she turned around, and returned to her seat.

Xu Suihe, on this side, after witnessing the entire drama.

Said with a teasing expression:

“What great gifts, what wonderful sincerity, aren’t you going to consider it?”

Facing the teasing, Tao Tao scoffed.

He was very familiar with the personality of his ‘childhood friend’.

From childhood to adulthood, whenever a girl was rejected by him, this ‘childhood friend’ would transform into a good person, and go up to comfort the girl.

With such methods, she had managed to lead several girls astray.

“How about I introduce them to you?” Tao Tao retorted with a glare.

However.

Xu Suihe’s light ‘I don’t want them’ immediately surprised Tao Tao, who narrowed his eyes.

“What? Had a change of heart? Changed your ways?”

“That’s right, I’ve had a change of heart, changed my ways, so…” Xu Suihe’s peach-blossom eyes flickered.

“How about we consider it?”

As soon as she said this.

Tao Tao instinctively took a step back.

Then he suddenly realized something, and awkwardly coughed twice.

“Don’t you f***ing scare me.”

“Seriously!?”

“More than ten years of understanding just changed like that?”

But as soon as he finished speaking, when he saw Xu Suihe’s indifferent expression, he probably understood something.

He took a light breath.

“Got lectured again?”

“Yeah, two whole hours of moral concepts.”

Although Xu Suihe said this with a smile, Tao Tao, who knew her well, shook his head helplessly.

Then the two of them stood silently in the corner.

Just then.

Tao Tao seemed to remember something.

“Where’s Jiang Ning?”

“Traffic jam…”

“Really stuck or just pretending?”

Ever since hearing Xia Zhi vividly describe so many pigeons, Tao Tao had developed a slight doubt about Jiang Ning’s ability to be on time.

“I don’t know, why don’t you call her and ask?”

Xu Suihe dangled her phone in front of Tao Tao.

But the latter just shook his head.

“Never mind, whether it’s a real jam or a fake one.”

“As long as she doesn’t stand me up.”

Actually, if Tao Tao had really called, he would have known.

Miss Jiang was indeed stuck in traffic.

It was almost six o’clock.

Their car had just entered Ningzhou city.

Looking at the endless line of cars ahead.

Miss Jiang sighed helplessly.

Just then.

Wang Shazi, who was playing Snake in the front, suddenly spoke up and asked:

“Boss~”

“You’re going to someone’s birthday banquet, what gift did you prepare?”

A gift?

Oh, holy crap!

There’s such a thing as a gift?

Miss Jiang sat up straight from her seat, her face full of shock.

And this action immediately attracted the attention of the two people in the front passenger and driver’s seats.

“Boss~ you didn’t…”

“Cough, cough, cough, Old Lin, do you know if there are any places selling fruit along the way?”

“Boss~ fruit is for visiting people, you know.” Wang Jianguo’s words immediately made Miss Jiang annoyed.

“Then what do you suggest we do?”

“We’re in a hurry, and we need to buy a gift!”

However.

As soon as she finished speaking.

Wang Jianguo chuckled at the pretty boss, who was full of annoyance.

“Boss~”

“Actually, gifts don’t necessarily have to be bought with money.”

“What do you mean?” Miss Jiang was stunned.

Hearing this.

Wang Jianguo beckoned.

Jiang Ning leaned closer, puzzled.

But when she heard the paparazzi girl’s suggestion.

Her clear, almond-shaped eyes mysteriously emitted a faint glow.

“Hmm…”

“This way… it seems, it’s not impossible…”
(End of this chapter)