Zhou Shaoqiong took the gift box and glanced at the surrounding guests.
Then, he opened the gift box.
In the next second.
A small round cake was presented in front of everyone.
Everyone looked up and frowned.
Compared to the expensive gifts in the box, the cake paled in comparison.
They wouldn't even look at it when it was placed on the dining table.
Zhou Shaoqiong glanced at the creamy handwriting. On it were the words "Happy Birthday to Zhou Shaoqiong".
The small words were very distorted, like Sanskrit. If she didn't read them carefully, she wouldn't even understand the meaning.
Then, he shifted his gaze to Cheng Su's face.
His eyes were filled with anxiety, his breathing was rapid, and his arms were trembling.
"Cheng Su, is this the birthday present you gave me?”
Zhou Shaoqiong smiled and closed the gift box again. His eyes were filled with slight displeasure.
" I…Shao Qiong, I made this myself. I hope…I hope you don't mind…"
Cheng Su's tone was flustered and she seemed to be at a loss.
Zhou Shaoqiong was slightly surprised to hear Cheng Su's words, but she still stuffed the gift box into Cheng Su's hands.
"Sorry, I don't like it."
Zhou Shaoqiong said firmly, no longer looking at the cake.
As soon as he finished speaking.
She narrowed her eyes and saw Cheng Su's face turn from red to white.
Nearly a thousand guests looked over in disbelief.
However, when he recalled that Zhou Shaoqiong had once used his methods to force a man from an aristocratic family to take the initiative to break off the engagement, he suddenly realized something.
The Zhou family's mother-daughter conflict and frequent quarrels had already spread throughout the circle. It was not a new thing.
And the boy in front of her was so intimate with Zhou Yili. It must have made her daughter unhappy.
Even at her birthday party, she deliberately threw that man in a corner and let the surrounding women hit on him.
In the end, Zhou Yili stepped in and helped him out...
When everyone thought of this, they immediately understood what had happened. They couldn't help but look at Cheng Su with pity.
Men were all very thin-skinned. It was undoubtedly a huge humiliation to be returned in public like this.
Some of the men present felt their scalps go numb from Cheng Su's point of view, and their faces turned slightly pale.
"Even if Zhou Shaoqiong doesn't like the gift, can't you accept it first? This woman is too annoying."
The slightly plump man who had chatted with Cheng Su before had long lost his good impression of Zhou Shaoqiong.
"Yes, even if I marry her in the future, I will definitely not be happy!”
The other man frowned and nodded in agreement.
…………
On the stage in the front row.
Zhou Shaoqiong returned the gift box.
Cheng Su activated her god-like acting skills and pretended to take the gift box back unconsciously. She stood there in a daze, her face as pale as paper.
In his heart.
He had expected this to happen.
Everyone's eyes were filled with pity, shock, and confusion…
Cheng Su saw everything, but she didn't care, continuing to focus on Zhou Shaoqiong.
"Shao Qiong, although this cake is very cheap, I made it with all my heart. Can you accept it…"
Cheng Su's words were filled with hope as she held the cake box and handed it to Zhou Shaoqiong.
However…
Zhou Shaoqiong continued to shake his head with a determined expression. He had no intention of taking it, allowing his hands to freeze in mid-air.
Time passed by.
She suddenly frowned, keenly aware that the hope in Cheng Su's eyes was fading, and her eyes gradually became empty and dull.
"Take it back and keep it for yourself.”
Zhou Shaoqiong's tone was firm as she glanced at Zhou Yili.
The other party's face was as dark as water, and his gaze was cold as he looked at her angrily.
Zhou Shaoqiong retracted her gaze and saw that Cheng Su was unmoved. She was still holding the gift box and continued to speak carefully.
"Then Shao Qiong, my third condition is to give you a birthday present.”Cheng Su gritted her teeth and asked.
As he spoke, he cast a pleading look at her, as if he hoped that she would nod her head.
"What do you think?"
Zhou Shaoqiong's tone was calm. Just three short words had shattered his hopes.
The man in front of her slowly put away the gift box and lowered his head. His face was ashen.
In the next second.
He nodded and said calmly.
"Yes."
Hearing this, Zhou Shaoqiong could not help but fall silent.
At this moment, she noticed that Cheng Su had gradually raised her head and was looking at her again. However, it was as if she was looking at an ordinary passerby, and there was no longer the familiar feeling from before.
Although Zhou Shaoqiong's expression did not change, his heart felt as if it had been cut by a knife. He felt a sudden pain.
"Happy birthday…"
Cheng Su's faint blessings reached her ears, but when she came back to her senses, he had already carried the gift box and walked past the guests, running out of the hotel in loneliness.
After a while.
Only then did Zhou Shaoqiong come back to his senses. He swept his gaze across the entire banquet hall, but Cheng Su's figure was already nowhere to be seen.
…………
After receiving the gifts, the birthday party officially began.
Zhou Shaoqiong was absent-minded as she dealt with the guests who were toasting.
On such a memorable day, she should be smiling, but she found that she could not smile.
In a trance.
Zhou Shaoqiong was holding a glass of wine when she realized that she was already in front of her mother.
She opened her mouth, but in the end, she did not say a word.
"Today is your birthday. I don't want to scold you in public. After you go back, you must get Cheng Su's forgiveness. Otherwise, I will consider taking back the management rights of your company.”
After Zhou Yili finished speaking, she downed the red wine in her glass without a word of congratulations.
Just now, she saw the despair in Cheng Su's eyes and felt that this scene was familiar.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]