CHAPTER 166: CHAPTER 166: I LIKE WU TAOTAO

Wu Taotao went to school, and her classmates greeted her awkwardly.

Wu Taotao nodded expressionlessly.

The usually lively and lovely girl had now become silent and withdrawn, and everyone looked at her with sympathetic eyes.

Wei Hanzhang came over and whispered comfortingly, "Taotao, don’t be too upset. Yesterday’s events were too sudden; we didn’t protect you well."

"It’s fine, thank you, Senior Brother Wei, I’m okay," Wu Taotao said.

At this moment, Leng Ziqing came over.

His white sportswear made him look clean and cool.

He looked at Wu Taotao with deep eyes.

Seeing this, Wei Hanzhang quickly said to them, "I have something to do, I’ll go first. You two take your time chatting."

Having said that, Wei Hanzhang left sensibly.

However, after Wei Hanzhang left, Wu Taotao kept a straight face, intending to leave as well.

As she passed by Leng Ziqing, Leng Ziqing reached out to stop her.

"Let’s talk."

"Sorry, I have something else to do, no time to talk."

"Sorry about yesterday," Leng Ziqing apologized softly.

Wu Taotao sneered, "Senior Brother Leng is joking. We’re just classmates; that young lady is your fiancée. You clearly distinguish between what’s close and distant, I deserve it, you have nothing to apologize for."

"After you left yesterday, I had a fight with her," Leng Ziqing said.

Wu Taotao scoffed, "So what, should I pay for your argument?"

"Wu Taotao, I like you."

Leng Ziqing suddenly confessed.

Wu Taotao: "..."

She looked at Leng Ziqing in shock, her eyes wide open.

She had liked Leng Ziqing ever since the first meeting, what you might call love at first sight.

All along, she had been so obvious, openly showing that she liked Leng Ziqing.

She believed that Leng Ziqing had always known she liked him.

Yet, he had never confessed, always being ambiguously involved with her.

Giving her a little hope but never speaking outright.

"Why... why?"

Why suddenly confess?

Leng Ziqing looked at her with deep eyes: "Sorry, I didn’t protect you yesterday. It was too sudden, and I didn’t react in time. After the fact, I argued with her and told her that I wanted to break the engagement. At that moment I realized, I like you, Wu Taotao, I don’t want you to suffer any grievances."

Wu Taotao pressed her lips, moved to tears.

All previous grievances and anger vanished in his heartfelt confession.

"Senior Brother Leng, are you serious?" Wu Taotao asked, somewhat in disbelief.

Leng Ziqing reached out to touch her eye corner, looked at her reddened eyes, and said softly, "Taotao, call me Ziqing from now on."

Wu Taotao cried and laughed, throwing herself onto Leng Ziqing, hugging him tightly.

"Thank you, thank you for not making me feel like a fool, thank you for not making me wait any longer."

"The day after tomorrow is my birthday party, you should come. At that time, I will tell my mother that I like you and I want to be with you," Leng Ziqing said.

He also reached out, gently embracing the girl’s soft body.

However, soon after, he tightened his arms.

A restless heart seemed to have finally found a landing spot at this moment.

Ye Ningwan sent invitations to the Leng Family through Tingyu.

When Lady Leng heard about it, she frowned slightly, "An invitation from the Xie Family of Tong City? We have never had dealings with the Xie Family; why would they send us an invitation?"

Yazi said, "Perhaps they want to cooperate with our Leng Family? But this Xie Family isn’t an ordinary family, and since they sent an invitation, we can’t just shut them out."

Lady Leng said, "Of course, since an invitation was sent, we must let them come. Reply to them, welcome."

Yazi nodded.

Leng Ziqing’s twenty-first birthday.

Although it’s not a major birthday, after this year, Leng Ziqing will graduate from university.

Lady Leng intends for him to work at Leng Group next year, to inherit the family business.

Therefore, this birthday party was more of a social event.

Giving him the chance to meet more people, making it smoother to take over the family business next year.

Zhan Hanjue naturally had to come too.

With just this one nephew, who was also the president of the Zhan Group, even if Lady Leng disliked him, she had to invite him over.

Otherwise, if he didn’t come, the people of Jiangcheng wouldn’t take her son seriously.

Lady Leng reserved the largest hall of the family’s hotel for the party.

Leng Ziqing invited two classmates, which Lady Leng allowed.

However, she only allowed the invitation of two.

She did not think highly of his so-called classmates.

"Another female classmate?"

Lady Leng saw the guest list and frowned.

She knew about Wei Hanzhang, the student council president, who always had a good relationship with her son.

He was invited to the birthday party every year, which was nothing special.

But, Wu Taotao?

Why did that name sound so familiar?

Yazi said, "Maybe she’s Wei Hanzhang’s girlfriend."

Lady Leng nodded, thinking that made sense.

Wei Hanzhang at his age having a girlfriend was normal.

So she didn’t pay much attention.

Mayor Zhang’s family was naturally also on the invitation list.

Zhang Meimei was Leng Ziqing’s fiancée, and Lady Leng also wanted to take this opportunity to bring it up to the Zhang Family.

If possible, next year they’d hold an engagement party, and the year after that they’d marry.

Everything was perfectly planned, Lady Leng attended in full dress, in a deep red cheongsam, dignified and elegant.

Leng Ziqing in a white suit also looked handsome.

The two greeted guests at the door, and once Mayor Zhang’s family arrived, Lady Leng would accompany them inside.

"Ziqing, you should go inside too! Let Yazi and Linglong help greet the guests here," Lady Leng said.

Once Mayor Zhang’s family arrived, there were no more important guests.

So Lady Leng felt Leng Ziqing didn’t need to stay here.

But Wu Taotao hadn’t arrived yet, and Leng Ziqing didn’t want to leave.

"Mom, my classmates haven’t arrived yet, I’ll wait a bit."

Lady Leng frowned, displeased, intending to say something, but Feng Qi said, "Changxin, let’s go inside and chat; Ziqing wants to wait for his classmates, let him wait."

With Feng Qi saying this, Lady Leng couldn’t say anything, so she smiled and went inside with them.

Leng Ziqing checked the time, and soon Wei Hanzhang and Wu Taotao came over.

Wu Taotao wore a pink-blue dress today, sweet and charming.

Her skin was snow-white, appearing even more fair against the pink-blue, making her look delicate and cute. The ruffle design on the chest made her look fuller, and the elegant and exquisite cut highlighted her playful cuteness, her fluffy bun also showcased her charming beauty.

In short, Wu Taotao today seemed like a different person, so beautiful it was hard to look away.

Seeing her, Leng Ziqing’s eyes brightened, full of gentle light.

"You’ve come."

"Yes."

Wu Taotao nodded shyly.

Wei Hanzhang joked, "You two are enough; the way you look at each other is so tender it’s overflowing. I’m still here, and you’re feeding me dog food like this."

Seeing Leng Ziqing’s gaze on the pretty girl, Yazi, who was at the side, was shocked.

His classmate, isn’t she Wei Hanzhang’s girlfriend?

Yazi knew Wei Hanzhang, having met him twice.

Oh dear, if she’s not Wei Hanzhang’s girlfriend, then she’s the girl Young Master Leng likes.

Thinking of their lady’s decision today, Yazi felt a chill rising from her heart.