Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Starlight

My eyesight has always been bad, and I don’t know how I saw him from the crowds all over the mountains and valleys. It can only be attributed to his strong star aura—so conspicuous, shining like stars but not making people feel glaring. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. A few days after Rong Jiaming and I had dinner, my elder brother found out about it. We were sitting together for dinner, and he asked me, "Rong Jiaming invited you to a charity dinner?" I answered: "Yes." The eldest brother frowned, tapped his knee lightly, "Rong Jiaming is not a bad person, he said he has a good impression of you."

"Oh." I answered casually while eating my snack.Ordinary people, as long as I help solve computer problems, they have a good impression of me, and it is not uncommon for them to treat guests and give gifts.Rong Jiaming is also one of the ordinary people, no exception. "It's over with an 'oh'?" Yao Yao was also on the side, looking at me in surprise. It was my turn not to understand. Yao Yao raised her forehead, "Your elder brother means that Rong Jiaming may like you. You don't have a boyfriend, so you might as well get in touch with him. As far as I know, he has a good reputation and doesn't have any common problems of rich men. Besides, he has an extraordinary status. , is also your elder brother’s partner, and it seems that you refuse to face again and again. You accompany him to the dinner party, and you have the right to leave your computer and go out to get some air. "

"That's not what I said," the elder brother shook his head. "It's okay if Ah Li refuses." "No, big brother, Sister Yao is right," I nodded, "Okay." Yao Yao patted the back of my hand lightly, "Ali, I didn't mean anything else when I said that. It's just that I sincerely think that Rong Jiaming is pretty good as a friend." "I understand." I tilted my head and looked at my elder brother, "Then, elder brother, are you going?" The eldest brother shook his head, "I also received the invitation, but I have too many things to do recently, so I don't plan to go." He should be talking about the company's establishment of branches in other places.

Yao Yao let out a soft "Huh". The eldest brother was very keen, and raised his eyes from the electronic notepad in his hand, "Why, do you want to go?" Yao Yao raised her eyebrows and laughed, "No, just ask casually." Later that day, I told Rong Jiaming that I could attend the dinner with him. He was very happy and said that he would be responsible for the clothes, but I refused.I'm not someone who can't even afford a dress, besides, Yao Yao is still trying to give me advice. Although Yao Yao said yesterday that she was "just asking casually", her actual performance was not the same. She was quite interested in such a charity dinner.The next day she called and asked me if I had prepared clothes and jewelry.She said in a half-joking tone: "I found out that this charity dinner is quite high-profile, and the participants are either rich or expensive. You can't go there with a bare face."

Although we technicians are informal, I have also attended some awards shows over the years, and there are still clothes and jewelry that fit. "But it must be out of season." She said it with certainty, slammed my wardrobe into a rant, and dragged me into the downtown area for a big shopping trip.I don't have many opportunities to go shopping with my peers, so I am amazed by Yao Yao's ability to move. She is a great shopping partner and has a great appreciation for brands.She persuaded me to buy clothes, "You don't know how beautiful you are when you wear them!" Usually no one says I'm beautiful, but most people say I'm "cute".But she is the one who is about to become my sister-in-law, and it is understandable that she loves the house and loves her.

She took out her credit card to pay the bill, and I was secretly surprised.The big brother's name was engraved on the card, but he didn't expect that the big brother even gave her a credit card.That's a top-tier credit card with millions in advances.I then thought of the name of the yacht, and decided that my elder brother must love her so much. "Don't worry about money. To be honest, your elder brother asked me to help you choose clothes." "That's not necessary," I shook my head, "I have money, but I think it's not worth buying these clothes once or twice."

"A twenty-five-year-old girl should wear twenty-five-year-old clothes!" She said, "When I was twenty-five years old, my father forced me to enter law school. I spent my days in ashes, and I really regret it when I think about it now." "Hey, is that so?" "That's right," she said, "I originally studied in the Department of Literature, but after working as an editor for two years, I was forced to study law again. Naturally, it was harder than others." "why?" "My family is a legal family," she sighed. "From my grandfather to my father, they are all judges. The expectations are the same for me."

I sympathize with her very much.Compared with her, my eldest brother and I are really happy.Our parents were very liberal and let us make all the big decisions. The specifications of the charity dinner this weekend were really high, and it was held at a manor hotel on the outskirts of the city.There is a huge lake in the manor. The water surface is flat like a mirror. The white marble building where the banquet hall is located is projected into the water surface, which is noble and elegant. The scene was also very lively, there were four to five hundred people, dozens of western dining tables were placed in the huge hall, and waiters and guests came in and out like a stream of water.

After resigning from Qiao Xining's assistant position, I haven't seen so many people appearing at the same time for a long time. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but I couldn't help myself in the arena, and Rong Jiaming pulled his arm all the way to the front row. . Along the way, he greeted people familiarly, and the other party would say "Jiu Yang" very politely.When you meet someone who is eloquent, you will even praise me.Those who control investment have more power to speak than ordinary people, and people will give face wherever they go. The house is full of guests, and most people will look at me several times.I tried my best to play my role, try not to trouble him, be obedient, not talk too much, with a polite smile on the corner of my mouth.In fact, he should invite women who are eloquent.

Finally we sat in the front row, eight people per table, Rong Jiaming politely greeted the neighbors.There was an old couple at our table. Even an ignorant person like me knows that the old man is the most famous oil painter today. It is said that he offered a piece of work for auction tonight, and all the proceeds from the auction will be donated to charity funds. Rong Jiaming has a lot of experience in painting, and greeted the old man. The old gentleman is full of literary flavor, and he also praised me as "beautiful like a poem", which made me blush and flattered. Then I commented, "Not as interesting as our meetups online."

"What's your party like? Prepare food in your own room and hold a party through the Internet?" "almost." He shrugged, "Actually, I don't like this kind of occasion either. The so-called charity dinner is just for everyone to get together and have fun. Of course, money must be raised." I couldn't help but glance at him, he was a sensible person in this respect. "As long as we are investing, as long as we can make money, the investors will be happy, and the entertainment is second to none. I usually don't participate in this kind of activities," Rong Jiaming explained to me, "but this time is very special, the planning of the charity dinner Ren is the head of Lin's Media Group." "Really?" "You don't know?" He raised the corner of his mouth, "Search through your search engine." "I can't say I don't know, I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I'm not interested." As big as the world is, there is as much information as there are unknown things.I am not very interested in things far away from my life, and as for any media group, there is no need to do in-depth understanding. "A media group with film and television as its main body has extensive investment." He said, "In particular, it has occupied a large part of the financial and financial information market." I nodded. For me, knowing this is enough. If it comes, it will be safe, and I will wait for the opening of this charity dinner with peace of mind, and I have the right to increase my knowledge. At the very beginning, the sponsor gave a speech. It was Mr. Lin Yuanyang, the head of the Lin Group, who introduced that the fundraising was for children.He doesn't look young anymore, and his gestures and gestures have the courage of a helmsman.Rong Jiaming told me that he seldom shows up, only in this kind of charity activities. This kind of charity dinner naturally requires people from the entertainment industry, whether it is the master of ceremonies or the following performers, there are many guests. I saw An Lu walking gracefully to the front of the stage with the hem of her purple dress, and put her slender hand on the hand of another famous male anchor of Max.Two people, one man and one woman, one old and one young, one fat and one thin, sang and harmonized, it was indescribably harmonious.I was in a complicated mood, thinking that I could see An Lu everywhere. ——And when she came, Shen Qinyan might be there too. Although I resigned, I have been paying attention to the entertainment news. I happened to see from the news this morning that all the filming of "Looking for Him in the Crowd" has ended, and the actors have withdrawn from the island a few days ago.Then Shen Qinyan should be more relaxed recently, and may also attend these lively occasions. I looked around calmly, and sure enough, I saw a familiar shoulder two tables away—Shen Qinyan was sitting upright in an evening dress, with his body slightly sideways, his cheeks turned towards my direction, and he was meeting the plainly dressed man at the next table. The young woman nodded.Shen Qinyan usually had very little expression on his face, but just now he was obviously smiling, with an unusually warm expression. The young woman was very attractive, her eyelashes drooped slightly, and occasionally she looked up, and she could see stars in her eyes.I just want to shout "beauty".Most of the women at this dinner party competed for beauty, but she was completely different, elegantly dressed, with a light blue long skirt, her hair pulled back, almost no makeup, and no jewelry—even I wore it A platinum necklace and diamond earrings. Such a unique and beautiful person, no wonder Shen Qinyan looked at her with a smile on his face. Seat arrangement in a banquet is a subject of great knowledge, Shen Qinyan's table is considered one of the best seats in the audience, and one cannot afford to be seated with money.Sister Min said that he made friends with high-level people, and she was not lying. As soon as the thought flashed across my mind, I saw the young woman he had just nodded to pick up the phone and connected a call. Her expression changed, she whispered a few words to Mr. Lin Yuanyang, the initiator of the banquet, and stood up in a hurry. leave. You must know that the master of ceremonies has not finished the introduction, and she left in such a hurry, she must have something important to do. Shen Qinyan didn't seem to expect it, and watched her leave the venue in astonishment. She went around the back as she left, but it caused a little commotion nonetheless.After all, she had a special seat, and Lin Yuanyang also took a seat at the scene after his speech, at the same table as her. I asked Rong Jiaming: "Who is she?" He shook his head, "I don't know, I've never seen it before." This small episode passed quickly, and the process of charitable fundraising unfolded in turn. As the master of ceremonies, An Lu seemed to be interested in the auction. First, she bought a famous men's watch. The master of ceremonies teased her, "Send it to a boyfriend?" The cameraman understood, and the camera on the big screen moved to Shen Qinyan's face. She said calmly, "No, you guessed wrong, give it to my father. My boyfriend will buy a watch for me." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became active.The fundraising first, and then the auction, proceeded in an orderly manner according to the process. Rong Jiaming repeatedly asked me what I thought about the auction items. To be honest, I had no idea and felt a little irritable, so I found an excuse to go to the bathroom. There is an exquisite corridor outside the bathroom, which is built around the entire exterior wall of the hotel. The well-repaired garden looks dark green in the night.I walked slowly along the corridor against the night wind, and took out my mobile phone to read my emails. There were footsteps coming from far and near, I hit the keyboard and clicked send, looked up, and saw the young woman who had just left the table hurriedly approaching with the walkie-talkie in hand, and said, "What did you find in the surveillance video?" Looking up, I saw me , anxiously but politely asked me: "Excuse me, did you see a little boy?" I was completely at a loss, "What?" "A little boy of eight or nine years old," she frowned, "wearing a black suit and a white shirt." I shook my head blankly, "No." She nodded slightly, "Yes, thank you." The manager of the hotel came to look for her, she and the manager whispered a few words, then turned and left. Just looking at her from a distance, I thought she was very young and beautiful, but now I realized that her brows were tightly furrowed, her lips were dry when she spoke, and there was tiredness in her eyes that could not be concealed.But a beauty is a beauty, even if she is tired, it only adds a soft feeling to her temperament. It was much better outside than in the feasting hall, I walked back slowly with the night wind blowing. I wore new contact lenses today, and my eyesight was much better than usual. Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a small figure flashing past behind the corridor. Hey, could it be the kid everyone was looking for just now? I became curious and ran over with my skirt in hand. Behind the corridor is a long and narrow staircase, and the sound of footsteps can be heard very densely, like the drumbeat of a snare drum.The lights here are dim.I looked up and looked around. There was only one camera in the narrow passage, which was installed in a high corner. If a small child was hiding here, it would not be easy to see.No wonder he can hide. I hesitated a little between informing the hotel staff and catching up, and then I went after him. Looking for the figure of the child along the corridor, I went up a few more steps, walked through the patio, and reached a small garden.When I stood up gasping for breath, I didn't know where I was - I could only sit on the bench in the corridor, take out my mobile phone and prepare to call the hotel security. I tapped on the keyboard, clicked on the display, and started looking for the hotel phone number.Suddenly footsteps approached, I looked up, it was the little boy, his eyes flashed like a little leopard, he snatched my mobile phone, turned around and ran away when I was in a daze. I had to catch up again.It's a pity that my physical strength is really not good-this is also a common problem of IT people. I work with computers for a long time, and my physical strength and physical fitness are getting worse day by day.I am half-blind and motor-impaired without the computer. Finally I found the little boy. He was sitting on the steps, playing the game with my mobile phone in his hand, the screen of the mobile phone flickered faintly.I approached him cautiously, trying to imitate his sudden attack. "Hey," the little boy suddenly turned his head and looked at me, "What kind of game is this?" It didn't look like he was going to run away, so I walked up to him and looked down at him, "It's the software I wrote myself." "You wrote it yourself?" He blinked and pouted, "You sit down first." Although he has a bad personality, he is a very cute little boy with a tiger head and a white neck. When looking at people, his eyes are round and round, and the two eyeballs are as big and round as grapes. Sit down as soon as you sit down, I lift up my skirt and sit down, and reach out to him, "Here, give it back to me." He looked down at the screen, excitedly playing with the small software on my phone.The small balls on the screen collided happily, and he also bit his lips tightly, watching very intently. "what game is this?" "This is not a game, it's a small mathematical software." I said, "Look, this is a three-dimensional cube, and there are twenty small balls of different colors floating in the space. All you have to do is use one of them to hit the other balls." , the color of the two balls will become the same when they collide, and the sign of customs clearance is that the colors of the 20 balls will become the same." He didn't answer, but asked me instead: "Can you design games?" "I have said twice that this is not a game, although it looks very similar," I said with a straight face, "The movement of twenty small balls completely follows the laws of physics. I wrote this small software to test the computing speed of the computer. It's a work from a long time ago. Okay, can you return it to me?" He gripped my phone tightly, and I looked down at him. He looked at me warily for a while and asked, "You won't tell them, will you?" I couldn't help but laugh, "Who should I tell? Kid, I don't even know who you are." He pursed his lips in satisfaction, revealing two shallow dimples, "Then why are you chasing me?" "It's not safe for you as a child to be outside, and it's very late now." "I'm not afraid. No one dares to do anything to me." "The tone is really loud." He gave me a blank look. "I'm not like you! I'm a man!" he said. "Yes, yes, I know you are different, little friend." I have seen a child like him a lot, just from the look of rolling his eyes, I knew it must be the young son of a wealthy family, "Just now I saw someone looking for him everywhere. You, I think it may be your mother... you should contact them quickly, don't make her wait. " "She's not my mother!" The little boy suddenly jumped up and said bitterly. "Hey, it's not your mother?" I said, "Even if it's not your mother, it's not good to worry her. I saw that she was very anxious." "It would be best if she died in a hurry!" He said angrily, "My father threw me at her, cut!" It's my fault, I shouldn't reason with children. I sighed silently in my heart and decided to avoid this topic, "We won't talk about this anymore. Kid, please give me back your phone. If you really like this little game, tell me your email address, and I will forward it to your email address." , you can play on your mobile phone or computer.” Based on his proficiency in playing with my mobile phone, I guess he is very familiar with computers and must have an email.Sure enough, the little boy held his chin and thought for a while, holding my mobile phone and shaking it in front of me, showing an expression like a little devil, "I'll give it back to you like this? That's not okay! There must be conditions." This little adult actually made a condition with me?I was angry and funny, "Huh? Then what do you want?" "Send me all the games you make up!" It's so strange, even though he's a little kid, there's an indescribable majesty in his expression when he speaks like this—it's inexplicably similar to my former mentor.I don't know which young master it is, probably because he is used to giving orders.It's obviously my mobile phone, why is it being used as a tool to blackmail me?I think the child's parents must be businessmen. They have been so shrewd and cunning since they were young, and they have mastered the good ability of making things out of nothing. I just want to get away now, "Ok." He handed me the phone back, told me the email address, "Send it right now!" "Yes Yes." After I successfully sent the game under his instructions, he jumped up from the stairs, looked down at me who was still sitting on the stairs, and said "I'm going back, I will look for you often in the future" , disappeared at the other end of the corridor at a whirlwind speed. I chased a few steps in the direction where he disappeared, and shouted "Don't run around, kid, go back to your parents quickly" turned into a weak ending, fluttering and dissipating in the air.I rubbed my knees with a wry smile, patted the ashes on my skirt and stood up, and returned to the hall where I came from, and met no one on the way. I went back to the hall and found that the seat beside the main table was still empty, and Shen Qinyan's seat was also empty for some reason.I was a little absent-minded, worried about the little boy, and hoped that his elders had found him. Fortunately, before the show ended, I received a reply email from the little boy: What's your name? This domineering tone is really helpless, I remind myself not to be serious with the child and reply him. ——Du Li. --How old are you? —Anyway, older than you. --Do you have a boyfriend? — not to tell you. — That is, there is no more. ——This matter has nothing to do with you. ——I knew that people who often play with computers must not have boyfriends! --eventful! —Are you eighteen? ——Already surpassed! —What about twenty years old? - It's impolite to ask a girl's age! He sent a sullen face on IM, and I reminded him: Remember to go home and don't run around. He replied me with two words - blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The strange thing is that many people are much less wary online. During the back and forth chats with him, he told me that his name is Lin Yue and that he should appear at the dinner party with his father tonight. I don’t know why, His father missed the appointment tonight, and he was so angry that he sneaked out without telling his family. I advised him to calm down, maybe his father encountered an unexpected situation and couldn't come to the scene. He replied - I hate excuses!Adults only know how to make excuses! The huge blood-red exclamation mark left me speechless. I thought of the depressed mood when I was a child when my parents let the pigeons go, and I didn't feel sorry for him.Rong Jiaming asked me: "What's the matter? You have such a lively expression, you grit your teeth for a while, and smile all over your face for a while." I pinched my face and smiled calmly, "It's okay, I'm chatting with netizens." Rong Jiaming smiled and nodded, "I guess so." After ten o'clock, the dinner party finally ended, and most people got something.Rong Jiaming and I walked among the crowd that left the venue. I came to the square outside the hall amidst the chatter and laughter of the crowd, and waited for Rong Jiaming to drive out the car. The lights outside the hotel illuminated the parking lot like daytime. I looked around and was surprised to find Shen Qinyan, who was absent from halftime, standing outside the side door of the hall not far away.He looked down at his watch, as if waiting for someone.He stood upright, even looking down at his watch, his back looked like a mountain peak piercing the sky from the silhouette. My eyesight has always been bad, and I don’t know how I saw him from the crowds all over the mountains and valleys. It can only be attributed to his strong star aura—so conspicuous, shining like stars but not making people feel glaring. He suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes swept over me, and then moved away flatly in the next moment, like a stranger. "He really didn't recognize me" The thought flashed through my mind. The next second he turned his head again, stared at me without blinking, and walked towards me with long legs. "Du Li." He called me. He still didn't express much, but his tone was affirmative. Surprised, I nodded quickly. "Mr. Shen." "Why are you here?" I foolishly replied: "I came with my friend. He went to pick up the car." He gave an unimportant "um", took a step forward, and looked down at me quietly. He never seemed to need too many words, he only needed to listen and observe to express his meaning.His pupils are very deep, and when you look at people, you always feel that his eyes are deep and focused, like black silk threads wrapped around you. He said, "Long time no see." I was wearing a suspender dress today, which is actually a very conservative style, but my shoulders were bare, and my shoulders felt cold when he saw it. I subconsciously turned the bracelet on my wrist, and tried to ease the embarrassment with words, "It's a coincidence." "What have you been doing all this time?" "Huh?" I don't know why. "I didn't see you on set." "I am no longer Qiao Xining's assistant," I said, "I resigned." He paused, "Really?" For some reason I feel like I should explain, "I got a new job." "Does it suit you?" "I really like my new job, it's new and quite challenging." He nodded and said, "As long as you can do what you like, that's fine." "I think so too." I wore high heels about ten centimeters today, and the difference in height between me and him was much smaller than before. When I looked up, my eyes just stopped on his broad shoulders.He is really a standard clothes hanger, and the black double-breasted button dress fits him very well, with a slightly waisted cut, neat placket, a straight collar, and the hem of the suit is a delicate dark pattern embroidered with brown silk thread. There was a wind blowing by the lake in midsummer, Shen Qinyan said calmly with his face facing the wind, "My computer, the one you repaired last time, has a new problem." Sure enough, there is no necessary connection between the price and performance of the computer. I asked, "What are the symptoms?" "I don't know, but there is still no way to turn it on. There are many important materials and documents in that computer. If it is lost, it will cause great trouble." Electronic data is in some ways the most secure, but also the least secure, and I get serious thinking about it.I have seen countless people beating their chests and feet in grief over the damage of their computer hard drives, and I really don't want him to be one of them. "Mr. Shen, when it's convenient for you, I can help you find out what's wrong with the computer." "Okay, then I'll trouble you." He followed suit. I lowered my head and took out my mobile phone from my small satchel, "Mr. Shen, please tell me your mobile phone number." He uttered a series of numbers fluently, and I wrote them down. "when are you free?" He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "I'm not too busy recently, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is fine." Yeah, he just finished a movie, and he should really take a break, take a vacation or something.I thought about it for a moment—the original plan for tomorrow was to move, but his needs were also urgent, so I replied: "Then tomorrow, it happens to be the weekend." He simply said: "Okay, I'll wait for your call." I looked up and saw Rong Jiaming's Cadillac slowly driving out of the driveway on the parking lot. I took a deep breath and said, "My friend is here, I'm leaving first." He nodded, and walked in another direction—at the end of the direction, there was a slender woman. I couldn't see her face clearly from too far away, but the purple dress was very impressive.